2012–13 Azadegan League

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Mes Sarcheshmeh
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The 2012–13 Azadegan League was the 22nd season of the

Tarbiat Yazd. The league started on 13 September 2012 and ended on 16 April 2013. Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan were promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup

Changes

Locations of clubs in 2012–13 Azadegan League

At the end of

2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division

The four relegated teams were replaced by four

Gostaresh Foolad

Kaveh Tehran bought Gostaresh Foolad Sahand and returned to the Azadegan League.^[1]

Pas Novin have changed their name and sponsorship to Alvand Hamedan, so they can remain in Azadegan League.^[2]

Semnan to Tehran.^[3]

Sang Ahan Company bought
Sang Ahan Bafq.^[4]

Bargh Shiraz bought Steel Azin and return to Azadegan League.^[5]
Kaveh Tehran and came to the Azadegan League
.

Match fixing scandal

After

Esteghlal Khuzestan

) and chairman of the club.

Teams

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head coach
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen Stadium	35,000	Hadi Bargizar
Alvand Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods Stadium	10,000	Reza Talaeimanesh
Bargh Shiraz	Shiraz	Dastgheib	5,000	Mohammad Abbassi
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Adel Hardani
Esteghlal Khuzestan	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Majid Bagherinia
Etka	Gorgan	Karim Abad	15,000	Saket Elhami^[6]
Foolad Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Ali Kalantari^[7]
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Imam Ali	2,000	Ghasem Shahba
Gostaresh Foolad	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Rasoul Khatibi
Hafari Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Nasser Motlagh
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000	Ahmad Sanjari
Machine Sazi	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Asghar E'tebari
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohadaye Noushabad	10,000	Bahman Foroutan
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Sarcheshmeh	Shahid Bahonar	12,000	Davoud Mahabadi^[8]
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Zoran Smilevski
Nassaji	Qa'em Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Esmaeil Esmaeili
Niroye Zamini	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,000	Bahman Khoda Karam^[9]
PAS Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods Stadium	80,000	Omid Tayyeri
Parseh Tehran	Tehran	Kargaran Stadium	5,000	Alireza Emamifar^[10]
Saipa Shomal	Qa'em Shahr	Shahid Vatani	10,000	Nader Dastneshan
Sang Ahan Bafq	Bafq	Shohada	6,000	Afshin Peyrovani
Shahin Bushehr	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	14,000	Ali Hanteh
Shahrdari Arak	Arak	Imam Khomeini	15,000	Mohammad Navazi
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti	10,000	Abdolrahim Khorramzi
Shahrdari Tabriz	Tabriz	Yadegar Emam Tabriz	50,000	Faraz Kamalvand
Shahrdari Yasuj	Yasuj	Takhti	5,000	Abbas Chamanyan
Rahian Kermanshah	Kermanshah	Azadi	7,000	Javad Zarincheh
Yadavaran Shalamcheh	Khorramshahr	Jahan Ara	2,000	Human Afazeli

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Machine Sazi	Alireza Akbarpour		November 2012	Asghar Etebari	November 2012
Pas Hamedan	Vingo Begovic		January 2013	Omid Teyri	January 2013

Standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gostaresh (P)	26	14	8	4	44	25	+19	50	Promotion to 2013–14 Iran Pro League
2	Mes Sarcheshmeh (Q)	26	12	11	3	29	15	+14	47	Azadegan League 2012–13 play-off
3	Naft Masjed Soleyman	26	13	6	7	41	31	+10	45
4	Alvand Hamedan	26	12	7	7	33	23	+10	43
5	Gol Gohar	26	11	8	7	29	25	+4	41
6	Aboumoslem	26	10	8	8	39	34	+5	38
7	Sang Ahan Bafgh	26	9	7	10	37	32	+5	34
8	Nassaji Mazandaran	26	9	9	8	33	27	+6	33^[a]
9	Parseh Tehran	26	6	13	7	30	30	0	31
10	Est. Ahvaz	26	7	9	10	25	34	−9	30
11	Etka Gorgan (R)	26	7	9	10	15	24	−9	30	Relegation to 2013–14 Iran Football's 2nd Division
12	Shahin Bushehr (R)	26	6	8	12	18	30	−12	26
13	Sh. Arak (R)	26	6	7	13	16	30	−14	25
14	Machine Sazi (R)	26	3	4	19	18	47	−29	13

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2013. Source: Varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Nassaji Mazandaran was docked 3 points.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sh. Tabriz (R)	26	13	8	5	33	20	+13	47	Relegation to 2nd Division^[a]
2	Est. Khuzestan (P)	26	13	7	6	24	18	+6	46	Promotion to 2013–14 Iran Pro League
3	PAS Hamedan (Q)	26	14	3	9	25	18	+7	45	Azadegan League 2012–13 play-off
4	Sh. Yasouj	26	12	6	8	31	20	+11	42
5	Rahian Kermanshah	26	10	11	5	27	19	+8	41
6	Niroye Zamini	26	12	4	10	29	27	+2	40
7	Iranjavan	26	8	13	5	27	20	+7	37
8	Sh. Bandar Abbas	26	9	10	7	29	25	+4	37
9	Saipa Shomal	26	11	4	11	22	28	−6	37
10	Foolad Yazd	26	8	7	11	28	26	+2	31
11	Mes Rafsanjan	26	7	9	10	14	21	−7	30
12	Hafari Ahvaz (R)	26	6	8	12	40	42	−2	26	Relegation to 2nd Division
13	Bargh Shiraz (R)	26	4	7	15	22	44	−22	19	Relegation to 2nd Division
14	Yadavaran Shalamcheh (R)	26	3	7	16	12	35	−23	16	Relegation to 3rd Division^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2013. Source: Varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Shahrdari Tabriz was relegated to the 2nd Division due to match-fixing scandal.^[11]
^ Yadavaran Shalamcheh was relegated to the 3rd Division due to match-fixing scandal.

Play-off

First leg was played on 28 May 2013; return leg on 30 May 2013

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pas Hamedan	3–2	Mes Sarcheshmeh	2–1	1–1

Zob Ahan

Final

The match was played on 31 May 2013

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Notes
Gostaresh	Cancelled	Esteghlal Khuzestan

Iran Pro League Playoff

The promotion/relegation playoff for

Zob Ahan and Pas Hamedan

The matches were played on 21 June 2013 and 26 June 2013

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zob Ahan	5–3	Pas Hamedan	4–2	1–1

Zob Ahan

remained in Iran Pro League.

Top scorers

Group A

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mohammad Abbaszadeh	Nassaji	18
2	Younes Shakeri	Aboomoslem	11
3	Hossein Maleki	Naft Masjed Soleyman	8
3	Farzad Mohammadi	Naft Masjed Soleyman	8
4	Fakhrodin Shahroei	Esteghlal Ahvaz	7
	Mokhtar Jomehzadeh	Gol Gohar	7
	Mostafa Chatrabgoon	Mashin Sazi	7

Group B

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Meghdad Ghobakhlou	Pas Hamedan	9
1	Hassan Faraji-Moghadam	Bargh Shiraz	9
3	Mehdi Chahkotahzadeh	Iranjavan	8
3	Ahmad Davoodi	Hafari Ahvaz	8
5	Ambuno Achille	Rahian Kermanshah	7
6	Ali Yoonesi	Shahrdari Tabriz	6

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Azadegan League

2023–24 teams

Ario Eslamshahr
Chadormalou Ardakan
Damash Gilan
Darya Babol
Esteghlal Mollasani
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz
Khalij Fars Mahshahr
Kheybar
Khooshe Talaei Saveh
Manategh Nafkhiz Jonoob
Mes Kerman
Mes Shahr-e Babak
Mes Sungun
Naft Masjed Soleyman
Pars Jonoubi Jam
Saipa
Shahrdari Astara
Shahre Raz Shiraz

Seasons

Related competitions

Domestic	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup
Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup Super Cup
International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners Cup (Defunct)

Iranian football league system
Top scorers
- All-time
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2012–13 in Iranian football

« 2011–12

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Domestic leagues	Iran Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division
Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup
Asian competitions	AFC Champions League 2012 2013
Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round

Club seasons

Iran Pro League

Azadegan League

Group A	Aboomoslem Etka Foolad Yazd Iranjavan Gostaresh Foolad Mes Rafsanjan Payam Mokhaberat Parseh Tehran Paykan Saipa Shomal Sanat Sari Shahrdari Arak Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Steel Azin
Group B	Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Esteghlal Khuzestan Gahar Zagros Gol Gohar Mashin Sazi Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Mazandaran Niroye Zamini PAS Hamedan Sanati Kaveh Shahrdari Yasuj Shirin Faraz Tarbiat Yazd

2nd Division

Group A	Caspian Qazvin Choka Talesh Datis Lorestan Fajr Jam Bushehr Foolad Novin Giti Pasand Isfahan Minab Toyur Hormozgan Moghavemat Tehran Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Naft Mahmoudabad Naft Omidiyeh Sanat Sari Shahrdari Ardebil Shahrdari Langarud
Group B	Badr Hormozgan Esteghlal Sari Mehr Karaj Mes Soongoun Varzaghan Persepolis Ganaveh Persepolis 15 Khordad Varamin F.C. Sanat Naft Novin Seifabad Kazerun Sepidrood Rasht Shahrdari Dezful Shahrdari Noshahr Shamoushak Noshahr Steel Azin Siah Jamegan Khorasan

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