2013–14 Azadegan League

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 promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Azadegan League
Season2013–14
ChampionsPadideh
1st Azadegan League title
PromotedPadideh
Naft Masjed Soleyman
Paykan
RelegatedShahrdari Yasouj
Alvand Hamedan
Gahar Zagros
Albadr Bandar Kong
Aboumoslem
Persepolis Shomal
Matches played288
Goals scored668 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerMokhtar Jomehzadeh
(15 goals)
Biggest home winPadideh 5–0 Gahar Zagros
(30 March 2014)
Paykan 5–0 Persepolis Shomal
(8 April 2014)
Biggest away winAlbadr Bandar Kong 0–3 Paykan
(14 March 2014)
Highest scoringNaft Masjed Soleyman 4–3 Aboumoslem
(14 March 2014)
PAS Hamedan 5–2 Aboumoslem
(8 April 2014)

Events

Sh.Yasuj
Giti Pasand
Sh. Bandar Abbas
Aluminium
Aboomoslem
Padideh
Siah Jamegan
Yazd Loleh
Foolad
Iranjavan
Pas
Alvand
Nassaji
P. Shomal
N. Zamini
Paykan
Parseh
Gol Gohar
Naft Gachsaran
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

Teams

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
Alvand HamedanHamedanQods10,000 Abdolrahim Kharazmi
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Davoud Mahabadi
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000 Mehdi Dinvarzadeh[6]
GaharDoroodTakhti Dorood11,000 Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Giti PasandIsfahanFoolad Shahr20,000 Samvel Darbinyan
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000 Ghasem Shahba
NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000 Nader Dastneshan
Nirooye ZaminiTehranTakhti Tehran30,000 Bahman Khoda Karam[7]
PadidehMashhadSamen35,000 Akbar MisaghianReplaced for Mes Sarcheshmeh
Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti Abadan25,000 Ebrahim Ghasempour
Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti Yasuj5,000 Javad Zarincheh
Siah JameganMashhadSamen35,000 Mohammadreza Mohajeri
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti Bandar Abbas10,000 Hamidreza Farzaneh[8]

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
AboomoslemMashhadSamen35,000 Ali Hanteh
AluminiumBandar AbbasPersian Gulf20,000 Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Albadr Bandar KongBandar-e KongTakhti Bandar Langeh5,000 Fereydoun Hardani
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000 Gholamreza Delgarm
Naft GachsaranGachsaranNaft Gachsaran2,000 Mohammad Hossein Ziaei
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Behrouz Makvandi
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Noushabad10,000 Vinko BegovićReplaced for Mes Soongoun
Pas HamedanHamedanQods10,000 Mohsen Ashouri
Parseh TehranTehranKargaran5,000 Alireza Emamifar[9]
PaykanTehranTakhti Tehran30,000 Farhad Kazemi
Persepolis ShomalQa'em ShahrShahid Vatani10,000 Ebrahim TalebiReplaced for Saipa Shomal
Rahian KermanshahKermanshahAzadi7,000 Ahmad Sanjari
Yazd LolehYazdNassiri6,000 Mahmoud AmiriReplaced 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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to 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[lower-alpha 1] 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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Badr Hormozgan were deducted 6 points due to their involvement in the last season's match-fixing scandal.

Play-off

Team 1 Agg. 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

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References

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