2013–14 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season	2013–14
Champions	Padideh; 1st Azadegan League title
Promoted	Padideh ; Naft Masjed Soleyman ; Paykan
Relegated	Shahrdari Yasouj ; Alvand Hamedan ; Gahar Zagros ; Albadr Bandar Kong ; Aboumoslem ; Persepolis Shomal
Matches played	288
Goals scored	668 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mokhtar Jomehzadeh ; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Padideh 5–0 Gahar Zagros; (30 March 2014); Paykan 5–0 Persepolis Shomal; (8 April 2014)
Biggest away win	Albadr Bandar Kong 0–3 Paykan; (14 March 2014)
Highest scoring	Naft Masjed Soleyman 4–3 Aboumoslem; (14 March 2014); PAS Hamedan 5–2 Aboumoslem; (8 April 2014)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Azadegan League was the 23rd season of the Azadegan League and 13th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 17 teams from the 2012–13 Azadegan League, four new teams relegated from the 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup (Aluminium Hormozgan, Sanat Naft, Paykan and Gahar Zagros) and four new teams promoted from the 2012–13 2nd Division (Naft va Gaz Gachsaran and Siah Jamegan both as champions and Sanaye Giti Pasand and Albadr Bandar Kong). Padideh replaced Mes Sarcheshmeh. The league started on 22 September 2013 and ended on 8 April 2014. Padideh won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Padideh, Naft Masjed Soleyman and Paykan won promotion to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Events

Sh. Bandar Abbas
Aluminium

Aboomoslem
Padideh
Siah Jamegan

N. Zamini
Paykan
Parseh

Locations of clubs in 2013–14 Azadegan League

Start of season

The league was to feature four teams relegated from Iran Pro League in 2012–13; Aluminium Hormozgan, Sanat Naft, Paykan and Gahar Zagros.
It featured four teams promoted from 2012–13 2nd Division: Naft Gachsaran, Giti Pasand, Siah Jamegan, and Badr Hormozgan.

Changes

2013–14 Azadegan League are the first season since 2008 that 26 teams will participate in the competition. In the previous season, 28 teams participated in the league.
Padideh Shandiz bought Mes Sarcheshmeh and came to the Azadegan League.^[1]
Sang Ahan withdrew from participating in football. Estilae Kavir bought their license. Estilae Kavir was sponsored By Yazd Louleh Company and changed the name to Yazd louleh.^[2]^[3]

Changes during the season

In middle of season the name Albadr was changed to Badr and Mohammad Rouyanian bought license of Saipa Shomal and changed the name to Persepolis Shomal.^[4]^[5]

Teams

Group A

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Note
Alvand Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods	10,000	Abdolrahim Kharazmi
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Davoud Mahabadi
Foolad Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh^[6]
Gahar	Dorood	Takhti Dorood	11,000	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Giti Pasand	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000	Samvel Darbinyan
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Imam Ali	2,000	Ghasem Shahba
Nassaji	Qa'em Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Nader Dastneshan
Nirooye Zamini	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,000	Bahman Khoda Karam^[7]
Padideh	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Akbar Misaghian	Replaced for Mes Sarcheshmeh
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	25,000	Ebrahim Ghasempour
Shahrdari Yasuj	Yasuj	Takhti Yasuj	5,000	Javad Zarincheh
Siah Jamegan	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Mohammadreza Mohajeri
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti Bandar Abbas	10,000	Hamidreza Farzaneh^[8]

Group B

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Note
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Ali Hanteh
Aluminium	Bandar Abbas	Persian Gulf	20,000	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Albadr Bandar Kong	Bandar-e Kong	Takhti Bandar Langeh	5,000	Fereydoun Hardani
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000	Gholamreza Delgarm
Naft Gachsaran	Gachsaran	Naft Gachsaran	2,000	Mohammad Hossein Ziaei
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Behrouz Makvandi
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohadaye Noushabad	10,000	Vinko Begović	Replaced for Mes Soongoun
Pas Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods	10,000	Mohsen Ashouri
Parseh Tehran	Tehran	Kargaran	5,000	Alireza Emamifar^[9]
Paykan	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,000	Farhad Kazemi
Persepolis Shomal	Qa'em Shahr	Shahid Vatani	10,000	Ebrahim Talebi	Replaced for Saipa Shomal
Rahian Kermanshah	Kermanshah	Azadi	7,000	Ahmad Sanjari
Yazd Loleh	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Mahmoud Amiri	Replaced for Sang Ahan Bafq

Standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Padideh (C, P)	24	12	10	2	32	15	+17	46	2014–15 Iran Pro League
2	Siah Jamegan (Q)	24	12	9	3	27	17	+10	45	Azadegan League 2013–14 play-off
3	Nassaji Mazandaran	24	10	7	7	27	22	+5	37
4	Sanat Naft	24	9	8	7	24	20	+4	35
5	Giti Pasand	24	9	8	7	29	28	+1	35
6	Sh. Bandar Abbas	24	9	6	9	23	21	+2	33
7	Gol Gohar	24	8	8	8	29	22	+7	32
8	Est. Ahvaz	24	7	10	7	27	29	−2	31
9	Niroye Zamini	24	9	4	11	25	27	−2	31
10	Foolad Yazd	24	6	11	7	20	18	+2	29
11	Sh. Yasouj (R)	24	6	10	8	21	23	−2	28	Relegation to 2014–15 Iran Football's 2nd Division
12	Alvand Hamedan (R)	24	5	7	12	23	34	−11	22
13	Gahar Zagros (R)	24	2	6	16	15	46	−31	12

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2014. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Naft Masjed Soleyman (P)	24	12	7	5	31	22	+9	43	2014–15 Iran Pro League
2	Paykan (P, Q)	24	12	4	8	35	24	+11	40	Azadegan League 2013–14 play-off
3	Parseh Tehran	24	10	9	5	27	21	+6	39
4	Iranjavan	24	9	11	4	29	21	+8	38
5	Mes Rafsanjan	24	8	11	5	28	21	+7	35
6	Aluminium Hormozgan	24	8	7	9	28	20	+8	31
7	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	24	7	10	7	28	27	+1	31
8	Rahian Kermanshah	24	8	7	9	23	29	−6	31
9	Pas	24	8	5	11	22	28	−6	29
10	Yazd Loleh	24	6	10	8	21	21	0	28
11	Albadr Bandar Kong (R)	24	9	4	11	21	30	−9	25^[a]	Relegation to 2014–15 Iran Football's 2nd Division
12	Aboumoslem (R)	24	4	10	10	27	40	−13	22
13	Persepolis Shomal (R)	24	4	7	13	26	42	−16	19

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2014. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Badr Hormozgan were deducted 6 points due to their involvement in the last season's match-fixing scandal.

Play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paykan	3–1	Siah Jamegan	0–0	3–1 (a.e.t)

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Notes
Naft Masjed Soleyman	0–1	Padideh

Top scorers

Group A

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mokhtar Jomehzadeh	Gol Gohar	15
2	Amin Ghaseminejad	Giti Pasand	10
3	Reza Taheri	Esteghlal Ahvaz	9
3	Younes Shakeri	Padideh	9
4	Ghasem Akbari	Alvand Hamedan	8

Group B

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mehdi Taremi	Iranjavan	12
1	Peyman Ranjbari	Naft Gachsaran	12
3	Soheil Hezarjaribi	Persepolis Shomal	10
4	Farshad Salarvand	Mes Rafsanjan	8

References

^ "تيم فوتبال پديده‌ شانديز وارد گود مستطيل سبز شد". Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
^ "اداره کل ورزش و جوانان استان یزد - لیست خبر خوان ها". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
^ "نماینده یزد در لیگ آزادگان به یزد لوله تغییرنام داد". ایسنا - یزد.
^ "لیگ یک فوتبال ایران - اخبار". www.lig1.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
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^ "لیگ یک فوتبال ایران - اخبار". www.lig1.ir. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-08-11.

External links

[table_hth_ABK0.12897703616367-10] Badr Hormozgan were deducted 6 points due to their involvement in the last season's match-fixing scandal.

[1] "تيم فوتبال پديده‌ شانديز وارد گود مستطيل سبز شد". Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-14.

[2] "اداره کل ورزش و جوانان استان یزد - لیست خبر خوان ها". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.

[3] "نماینده یزد در لیگ آزادگان به یزد لوله تغییرنام داد". ایسنا - یزد.

[4] "لیگ یک فوتبال ایران - اخبار". www.lig1.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-01-14.

[5] "نامه رویانیان به تاج برای خرید سایپا شمال".

[6] "لیگ یک فوتبال ایران - اخبار". www.lig1.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2013-08-11.

[7] "لیگ یک فوتبال ایران - اخبار". www.lig1.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2013-08-11.

[8] "حمیدرضا فرزانه سرمربی شهرداری بندر عباس شد".

[9] "لیگ یک فوتبال ایران - اخبار". www.lig1.ir. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-08-11.

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