2014–15 Azadegan League
Season | 2014–15 |
---|---|
Champions | Esteghlal Ahvaz |
Promoted |
Esteghlal Ahvaz Siah Jamegan |
Relegated |
Tarbiat Novin Naft Gachsaran Niroo Zamini Etka Gorgan Sh.Bandar Abbas Rahian Kermanshah Foolad Novin |
Matches played | 285 |
Goals scored | 475 (1.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Issa Alekasir (11 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Sanat Naft 4–1 Parseh Tehran Mes Kerman 3–0 Fajr Sepasi Rahian Kermanshah 3–0 Shahrdari Bandar Abbas |
Biggest away win | Gol Gohar 1–3 Mes Rafsanjan |
Highest scoring |
Aluminium 5–2 Shahrdari Ardabil Parseh Tehran 4–3 Etka Niroo Zamini 4–3 Naft Gachsaran |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
The 2014–15 Azadegan League is the 14th season of the second-level football league competition of Iran. The league is composed of 24 teams which drawn into two divisions of 12 teams each. Each group has a home and away round robin format for the total of 22 matches.
In each division, one team promoted to Iran Pro League, and one team enters into a promotion play-off and two teams relegated to the third-level Second Division. In total, the league promotes two/three teams to Iran Pro League and relegates eight teams to the Second Division.
The league was started on 4 October 2014 and ended on 22 April 2015.
Start of season
- The league is feature to three teams relegated from Iran Pro League in 2013–14; Mes Kerman, Fajr Sepasi and Damash Gilan.
- It featured four teams promoted from 2013–14 2nd Division: Shahrdari Ardabil, Etka Gorgan, Foolad Novin , and Shahrdari Tabriz.
Changes
- Two fewer teams participate in the 2014–15 Azadegan League, compared to the previous year.
Teams
Group A
Team | City | Venue | Capacity | Head Coach | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aluminium | Bandar Abbas | Persian Gulf | 20,000 | Majid Namjoo-Motlagh | |
Esteghlal Ahvaz | Ahvaz | Takhti Ahvaz | 30,000 | Daroush Yazdi | |
Fajr Sepasi | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 6,000 | Ali Kalantari | |
Foolad Novin | Ahvaz | Foolad | 5,000 | Koroush Mousavi | |
Giti Pasand | Isfahan | Foolad Shahr | 20,000 | Vahik Torosian | |
Iranjavan | Bushehr | Shahid Beheshti | 15,000 | Gholamreza Delgarm | |
Mes Kerman | Kerman | Shahid Bahonar | 15,430 | Akbar Misaghian | |
Naft Gachsaran | Gachsaran | Naft Gachsaran | 2,000 | Abbas Chamanyan | |
Nassaji | Qa'em Shahr | Vatani | 15,000 | Nader Dastneshan | |
Niroo Zamini | Tehran | Takhti Tehran | 30,000 | Ali Rozbahani | |
Shahrdari Ardabil | Ardabil | Ali Daei | 20,000 | Mehdi Dinvarzadeh | |
Tarbiat Novin | Yazd | Nassiri | 6,000 | Mahmoud Amiri |
Group B
Team | City | Venue | Capacity | Head Coach | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Damash | Rasht | Dr. Azodi | 11,000 | Omid Harandi | |
Etka | Gorgan | Karim Abad | 15,000 | Saket Elhami | |
Foolad Yazd | Yazd | Nassiri | 6,000 | Dinko Jeličić | |
Gol Gohar | Sirjan | Imam Ali | 2,000 | Ghasem Shahba | |
Mes Rafsanjan | Rafsanjan | Shohada | 10,000 | Vinko Begović | |
Parseh Tehran | Tehran | Kargaran | 5,000 | Bahman Abedini | |
Pas Hamedan | Hamedan | Qods | 10,000 | Davoud Mahabadi | |
Rahian Kermanshah | Kermanshah | Azadi | 7,000 | Ahmad Sanjari | |
Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 22,000 | Carlos Manuel | |
Siah Jamegan | Mashhad | Samen | 35,000 | Reza Mohajeri | |
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas | Bandar Abbas | Takhti Bandar Abbas | 10,000 | Hamidreza Farzaneh | |
Shahrdari Tabriz | Tabriz | Bagh Shomal | 20,000 | Mehdi Pashazadeh |
Standings
Group A[1]
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Foolad Novin (C) (P) | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 42 | Persian Gulf Pro League |
2 | Sanat Mes (Q) | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 36 | Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off |
3 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 34 | |
4 | Aluminium | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 32 | |
5 | Fajr Sepasi | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 30 | |
6 | Sh. Ardabil | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 30 | |
7 | Giti Pasand | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 29 | |
8 | Iranjavan | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 29 | |
9 | Est. Ahvaz (R) | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 29 | Relegation Play Off |
10 | Niroo Zamini (R) | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 28 | Relegation to 2nd Division |
11 | Naft Gachsaran (R) | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 25 | |
12 | Tarbiat Novin (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 33 | −25 | 11 |
Updated to games played on 28 April 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Group B[2]
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mashhad (P) | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 39 | Persian Gulf Pro League |
2 | Mes Rafsanjan (Q) | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 37 | Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off |
3 | Pas Hamedan | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 37 | |
4 | Parseh Tehran | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 34 | |
5 | Sanat Naft | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 33 | |
6 | Damash | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 27 | |
7 | Gol Gohar | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 24 | |
8 | Foolad Yazd | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 24 | |
9 | Sh. Tabriz | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 22 | Relegation Play Off |
10 | Rahian Kermanshah (R) | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 22 | Relegation to 2nd Division |
11 | Sh. Bandar Abbas (R) | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 16 | |
12 | Etka (R) | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 5 |
Updated to games played on 29 April 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Azadegan League Play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mes Rafsanjan | 0–1 | Mes Kerman | 0–0[3] | 0–1 |
Mes Kerman as 2nd-placed team of Group A will faced Mes Rafsanjan as 2nd-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.
Mes Kerman won 1–0 on aggregate and receives its place in the relegation Play-off of the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Relegation Play-off (Persian Gulf Pro League)
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Esteghlal Khuzestan | 3–0 | Mes Kerman | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014–15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.
Mes Kerman | 0 - 2 | Esteghlal Khuzestan |
---|---|---|
Diawara 56' Diawara 79' |
Shahid Bahonar, Kerman Attendance: 15,000 |
Esteghlal Khuzestan won 3–0 on aggregate and retained its place in the next edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Relegation Play-off (Azadegan League)
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Shahrdari Tabriz | 3–3 (a) | Esteghlal Ahvaz | 1–0 | 2–3 |
Esteghlal Ahvaz as 9th-placed team of Group A will faced Shahrdari Tabriz as 9th-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.
Esteghlal Ahvaz | 3 – 2 | Shahrdari Tabriz |
---|---|---|
Sinak 44' Vadadi 88' Mirghorbani 90' |
Report | Ashoubi 22' Ranjbari 54' |
Takhti Ahvaz, Ahvaz Attendance: 2,000 |
3–3 on aggregate. Shahrdari Tabriz won on away goals.
Final
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Foolad Novin | 1–0 | Siah Jamegan |
Siah Jamegan as winner of Group A will faced Foolad Novin as winner of Group B in a final.
Foolad Novin become champions of the league for the first time in their history.
See also
- Iran Pro League 2014–15
- Iran Football's 2nd Division 2014–15
- Iran Football's 3rd Division 2014–15
- Hazfi Cup 2014–15
- Iranian Super Cup
- Futsal Super League 2014–15