2009–10 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season2009–10
ChampionsShahrdari Tabriz
1st Azadegan League title
Naft Tehran
1st Azadegan League title
PromotedShahrdari Tabriz
Naft Tehran
Sanat Naft
RelegatedShamoushak Noshahr
Shahin Ahvaz
Foolad Novin
Kowsar Lorestan
Matches played364
Goals scored820 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerAli Karimi
Mostafa Shojaei
Mostafa Shojaei
(17 goals)
Biggest home winSh. Tabriz 7–1 Shahin Ahvaz
(4 March 2010)
Biggest away winShahin Ahvaz 1–6 Sh. Bandar Abbas
(21 June 2010)
Highest scoringSh. Tabriz 7–1 Shahin Ahvaz
(4 March 2010)
Highest attendance15,000
Nassaji – Damash
(13 November 2009)
Nassaji – Bargh Shiraz
(11 December 2009)
Nassaji – Foolad Novin
(15 January 2010)
Nassaji – Mehrkam Pars
(19 February 2010)
Nassaji – Mes Sarcheshmeh
(8 April 2010)
Nassaji – Aluminium Hormozgan
(23 April 2010)
Sanat Naft – Sh. Tabriz
(23 April 2010)
Nassaji – Gostaresh
(11 June 2010)
Sanat Naft – Tarbiat Yazd
(27 June 2010)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Nassaji – Shensa Arak[1]
(1 January 2010)
Sh. Bandar Abbas – Shahin Ahvaz[2]
(8 January 2010)
Mes Rafsanjan – Shahin Ahvaz[3]
(19 January 2010)
Payam Mashhad – Shahin Ahvaz[4]
(18 March 2010)
Gol Gohar – Kowsar Lorestan[5]
(21 June 2010)
Iranjavan – Shahin Ahvaz[6]
(27 June 2010)
Total attendance954,900
Average attendance2,667

The 2009–10 Azadegan League was the 19th season of the Azadegan League and ninth as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2008–09 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup (Payam Mashhad, Damash and Bargh Shiraz) and four new teams promoted from the 2008–09 2nd Division (Sanati Kaveh, Foolad Novin, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Naft Tehran). Gostaresh Foulad replaced Niroye Zamini while Iranjavan replaced Moghavemat Mersad. Aluminium Arak changed their name to Shensa Arak. The league started on 10 August 2009 and ended on 27 June 2010. Shahrdari Tabriz and Naft Tehran won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Shahrdari Tabriz, Naft Tehran and Sanat Naft won promotion to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Events

Start of season

Teams

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Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Azadegan League

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head coach Past Season
Damash Lorestan Dorood Takhti 10,000 Iran Markar Aghajanian 4th in Azadegan League/B
Etka Gorgan Karim Abad 15,000 Iran Hadi Bargizar 10th in Azadegan League/B
Iranjavan Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 15,000 Iran Abdolrahim Kharazmi 3rd in 2nd Division/A
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Noushabad 10,000 Iran Akbar Zabardast 3rd in Azadegan League/B
Payam Mashhad Mashhad Samen 35,000 Iran Ali Hanteh 16th in Persian Gulf Cup
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. Abadan Takhti Abadan 22,000 Iran Bijan Zolfagharnasab 7th in Azadegan League/A
Sanati Kaveh Tehran Aliaf Stadium 5,000 Iran Ahmad Khodadad 1st in 2nd Division/A
Shamoushak Noshahr Shohada 6,000 Iran Mokhtar Babaei 11th in Azadegan League/B
Shahin Ahvaz Ahvaz Takhti 30,000 IranSaeed Salamat 12th in Azadegan League/B
Shahrdari Tabriz Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 Iran Akbar Misaghian 2nd in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas Takhti Bandar Abbas 10,000 Iran Abbas Sarkhab 11th in Azadegan League/A
Sepahan Novin Isfahan Safaiye 15,000 Iran Amrollah Soltani 6th in Azadegan League/A
Tarbiat Yazd Yazd Nassiri 6,000 Iran Golmohammadi 5th in Azadegan League/B
Payam Mokhaberat Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Iran Jafar Fatahi 8th in Azadegan League/B

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head coach Past Season
Aluminium Hormozgan Bandar Abbas Takhti 10,000 Croatia Vinko Begović 2nd in Azadegan League/B
Bargh Shiraz Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Iran Asghar Kalantari 18th in Persian Gulf Cup
Damash Gilan Rasht Sardar Jangal 15,000 Iran Firouz Karimi 17th in Persian Gulf Cup
Folad Novin Ahvaz Takhti 30,000 Iran Fereydon Hardani 2nd in 2nd Division/A
Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 Iran Hossien Khatibi 3rd Division Champions
Gol Gohar Sirjan Imam Ali 2,000 Iran Ghasem Shehba 5th in Azadegan League/A
Kowsar Lorestan Khorramabad Takhti Khorramabad 10,000 Iran Ebrahim Talebi 8th in Azadegan League/A
Petrochimi Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 North Macedonia Zoran Smilevski 3rd in Azadegan League/A
Shensa Arak Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000 Brazil Savio Souza 4th in Azadegan League/A
Shirin Faraz Kermanshah Azadi Stadium 7,000 Iran Mahmoud Fekri 7th in Azadegan League/B
Mehrkam Eslamshahr Imam Khomeini 15,000 Iran Behtash Fariba 9th in Azadegan League/A
Mes Sarcheshme Sarcheshmeh Shahid Zenali 10,000 Iran Ali Hadavi 1st in 2nd Division/B
Naft Tehran Tehran Amir Abad 5,000 Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 2nd in 2nd Division/B
Nassaji Qa'em Shahr Vatani 15,000 Iran Nader Dastneshan 12th in Azadegan League/A

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Kowsar Iran Reza Ahadi Sacked 2009 Iran Mostafa Ghanbarpour 2009
Shensa Arak Brazil Castro Felore Sacked Oct 2009 Brazil Savio Souza 20 Oct 2009
Kowsar Iran Mostafa Ghanbarpour Sacked Nov 2009 Iran Ebrahim Talebi Nov 2009
Shirin Faraz Iran Mahmoud Fekri Sacked Dec 2009 Iran Estehghari/ Mortazavi Dec 2009
Payam Mokhaberat Iran Mehrdad Shekari Sacked Dec 2009 Iran Jafar Fatahi Dec 2009
Iranjavan Iran Naser Ebrahimi Abdicate Dec 2009 Iran Abdolrahim Kharazmi Dec 2009
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. Iran Bijan Zolfagharnasab Abdicate 1 Jan 2010 Iran Faraz Kamalvand 1 Jan 2010
Gostaresh Foolad Iran Hossein Khatibi Abdicate 20 Mar 2010 Iran Farhad Kazemi 20 Mar 2010
Nassaji Mazandaran Iran Nader Dastneshan Abdicate 20 Mar 2010 Iran Reza Foruzani 24 Mar 2010
Payam Mashhad Iran Ali Hanteh Abdicate 12 Mar 2010 Iran Davoud Mahabadi 19 Mar 2010
Sanati Kaveh Iran Ahmad Khodadad Abdicate 5 Mar 2010 Iran Hossein Fekri 7 Mar 2010
Mehrkam Pars Iran Behtash Fariba Abdicate 15 Mar 2010 Iran Javad Zarincheh 17 Mar 2010
Naft Tehran Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Abdicate 20 May 2010 Iran Morteza Yeke 23 May 2010
Naft Tehran Iran Morteza Yeke Abdicate 1 June 2010 Iran Nader Dastneshan 2 June 2010

Final standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sh. Tabriz (C, P) 26 18 8 0 43 11 +32 62 Promotion to 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. (P) 26 13 6 7 38 26 +12 45 Azadegan League 2009–10 Play Off
3 Tarbiat Yazd 26 12 8 6 29 18 +11 44
4 Sepahan Novin 26 12 5 9 42 31 +11 41
5 Etka Gorgan 26 9 10 7 21 21 0 37
6 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 9 9 8 34 25 +9 36
7 Mes Rafsanjan 26 8 12 6 30 24 +6 36
8 Payam Mashhad 26 9 7 10 33 36 −3 34
9 Sanati Kaveh 26 9 7 10 27 30 −3 34
10 Iranjavan 26 8 8 10 31 34 −3 32
11 Damash Lorestan 26 7 8 11 23 33 −10 29
12 Payam Mokhaberat 26 7 7 12 23 30 −7 28
13 Shamoushak (R) 26 6 8 12 29 37 −8 26 Relegation to 2010–11 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14 Shahin Ahvaz (R) 26 1 5 20 11 58 −47 8
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2010. Source: Persian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Naft Tehran (C, P) 26 13 10 3 33 16 +17 49 Promotion to 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Damash 26 14 6 6 38 26 +12 48 Azadegan League 2009–10 Play Off
3 Bargh Shiraz 26 14 6 6 33 23 +10 48
4 Aluminium Hormozgan 26 10 10 6 32 33 −1 40
5 Mes Sarcheshmeh 26 9 10 7 32 25 +7 37
6 Shirin Faraz 26 9 10 7 30 26 +4 37
7 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 8 10 8 27 26 +1 34
8 Gostaresh 26 9 7 10 34 34 0 34
9 Mehrkam Pars 26 9 5 12 22 28 −6 32
10 Gol Gohar 26 8 6 12 30 32 −2 30
11 Shensa 26 7 8 11 24 29 −5 29
12 Petroshimi Tabriz 26 7 8 11 23 31 −8 29
13 Foolad Novin (R) 26 8 5 13 26 36 −10 29 Relegation to 2010–11 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14 Kowsar Lorestan (R) 26 3 7 16 22 41 −19 16
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2010. Source: Persian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results table

Group A

Home \ Away DAM ETK IRJ MSR PYM PMS SNA KAV SPN SAA SHB SHT SHM TAR
Damash Lorestan 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
Etka Gorgan 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0
Iranjavan 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–5 2–1 1–0
Mes Rafsanjan 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Payam Mashhad 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–4
Payam Mokhaberat 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–4 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–1
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0
Sanati Kaveh 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0
Sepahan Novin 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1
Shahin Ahvaz 1–3 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–6 1–2 1–1 0–0
Sh. Bandar Abbas 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Sh. Tabriz 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 7–1 2–0 1–0 3–1
Shamoushak 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 3–2 2–3 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Tarbiat Yazd 1–0 0–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 2010. Source: Lig 1.ir/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away ALH BGH DMG FOL GOL GOS KOW MEH MSA NAF NSJ PET ARA SFZ
Aluminium Hormozgan 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0
Bargh Shiraz 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1
Damash 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Foolad Novin 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Gol Gohar 2–0 4–3 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Gostaresh 2–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 3–2 3–3 3–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–2
Kowsar Lorestan 3–3 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–1
Mehrkam Pars 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–0
Mes Sarcheshmeh 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
Naft Tehran 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Nassaji Mazandaran 2–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0
Petroshimi Tabriz 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Shensa 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Shirin Faraz 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 2010. Source: Lig 1.ir
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

Play Off

First leg to be played July 2, 2010; return leg to be played July 8, 2010
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Damash Gilan F.C. 2-7 Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. 1-5 1-2

First leg

Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.5-1Damash Gilan
Zolfonoun 15'
Rikani 30'
Saki 15'
Mardasi 50' 79'		 Amiri 37'

Return leg

Damash Gilan1-2Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.
Taheri 40' Gaúcho Da Silva 37'
Niknafs 86'

Attendance

Average home attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Nassaji 142,000 15,000 0 11,833 +65.4%†
2 Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. 111,000 15,000 5,000 8,538 +23.9%†
3 Damash Lorestan 77,900 10,000 400 5,992 −30.2%†
4 Tarbiat Yazd 70,500 10,000 0 5,875 +34.0%†
5 Sh. Tabriz 63,000 8,000 2,000 4,846 −8.4%†
6 Bargh Shiraz 54,000 8,000 1,000 4,154 −38.6%†
7 Kowsar Lorestan 50,000 10,000 500 3,846 −36.3%†
8 Shensa 46,000 10,000 1,000 3,538 −32.4%†
9 Shirin Faraz 43,500 7,000 1,000 3,346 +93.3%†
10 Damash 42,000 10,000 500 3,231 −18.0%†
11 Shamoushak 31,500 6,000 500 2,423 +86.4%†
12 Sh. Bandar Abbas 24,200 6,000 0 2,017 +47.3%†
13 Etka Gorgan 26,200 6,000 100 2,015 −27.2%†
14 Aluminium Hormozgan 25,500 4,000 500 1,962 −7.7%†
15 Iranjavan 22,550 4,000 0 1,879 n/a†
16 Gol Gohar 21,000 3,000 0 1,750 −9.0%†
17 Mes Rafsanjan 19,300 2,500 0 1,608 −39.8%†
18 Gostaresh 16,800 3,000 200 1,292 n/a†
19 Payam Mokhaberat 12,000 3,000 100 923 +126.2%†
20 Sepahan Novin 11,900 2,000 300 915 −40.5%†
21 Mes Sarcheshmeh 9,000 2,000 100 692 n/a†
22 Naft Tehran 7,500 2,500 50 577 n/a†
23 Mehrkam Pars 6,550 2,000 100 504 −13.8%†
24 Petroshimi Tabriz 5,900 2,000 100 454 +22.4%†
25 Payam Mashhad 5,550 1,000 50 427 −93.0%†
26 Shahin Ahvaz 4,400 1,000 50 338 −38.1%†
27 Sanati Kaveh 2,650 500 100 204 n/a†
28 Foolad Novin 2,500 500 50 192 n/a†


League total 954,900 15,000 0 2,667 −13.3%†

Updated to games played on 27 June 2010
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Bargh Shiraz, Damash and Payam Mashhad played last season in Persian Gulf Cup
Foolad Novin, Mes Sarcheshmeh, Naft Tehran and Sanati Kaveh played last season in Iran 2nd Division
Gostaresh Foulad replaced Niroye Zamini
Iranjavan replaced Moghavemat Mersad
Aluminium Arak changed their name into Shensa Arak

Highest attendance

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Nassaji 4–1 Damash 15,000 13 November 2009 (2009-11-13) 6 Vatani
Nassaji 0–1 Bargh Shiraz 15,000 11 December 2009 (2009-12-11) 9 Vatani
Nassaji 2–0 Foolad Novin 15,000 15 January 2010 (2010-01-15) 13 Vatani
Nassaji 0–0 Mehrkam Pars 15,000 19 February 2010 (2010-02-19) 14 Vatani
Nassaji 3–1 Mes Sarcheshmeh 15,000 8 April 2010 (2010-04-08) 18 Vatani
Nassaji 2–0 Aluminium Hormozgan 15,000 23 April 2010 (2010-04-23) 20 Vatani
Sanat Naft 0–2 Shahrdari Tabriz 15,000 23 April 2010 (2010-04-23) 20 Takhti Abadan
Nassaji 1–3 Gostaresh 15,000 11 June 2010 (2010-06-11) 23 Vatani
Sanat Naft 0–0 Tarbiat Yazd 15,000 27 June 2010 (2010-06-27) 26 Takhti Abadan
2 Sanat Naft 2–0 Iranjavan 12,000 6 November 2009 (2009-11-06) 5 Takhti Abadan

Notes:
Updated to games played on 27 June 2010. Source: iplstats.com

See also

References

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