Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season 1998–99
Promoted Bahman Irsotter NoshahrRelegated Tolipers QazvinVahdat MahabadIran khodroShahrdari Ardabil Mersad ShirazFajr Sepah Masood HormozganKashi Yazd ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →
The 1998–99 Iran 2nd Division football season was played in four groups of nine teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the second round, and the top two teams from that round (Bahman and Irsotter Noshahr) gained promotion to the Azadegan League .
First round Group 1 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Bahman 16 10 3 3 37 19 +18 33 Promoted second round 2 Irsotter Noshahr 16 10 0 6 25 18 +7 30 3 Peyman Tehran 16 9 1 6 19 16 +3 28 4 Mohemmat sazi 16 7 3 6 27 24 +3 24 5 Adonis 16 6 5 5 19 22 −3 23 6 Ararat 16 6 4 6 25 17 +8 22 7 Behpak Behshahr 16 6 4 6 19 23 −4 22 8 Vahdat Mahabad 16 6 1 9 17 25 −8 18 Relegated to 3rd Division 9 Tolipers Qazvin 16 0 3 13 10 34 −24 3
Group 2 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Bargh Tehran 16 9 4 3 29 14 +15 31 Promoted second round 2 Esteghlal Rasht 16 9 2 5 27 21 +6 29 3 Persepolis Kashan 16 7 7 2 24 14 +10 28 4 Payam-Moghavemat 16 8 3 5 23 10 +13 27 5 Nassaji Mazandaran 16 6 6 4 24 20 +4 24 6 Electric Khorasan 16 6 5 5 25 23 +2 23 7 Homa 16 6 4 6 25 21 +4 22 8 Iran khodro 16 2 2 12 11 33 −22 8 Relegated to 3rd Division 9 Shahrdari Ardabil 16 2 1 13 10 32 −22 7
Group 3 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Esteghlal Ahvaz 16 9 4 3 30 13 +17 31 Promoted second round 2 Fajr Khorramabad 16 7 5 4 16 16 0 26 3 Navard Ahvas 16 5 7 4 22 21 +1 22 4 Rah Ahan 16 4 9 3 13 11 +2 21 5 Sepidrood 16 5 6 5 16 18 −2 21 6 Javan Sari 16 5 6 5 14 16 −2 21 7 Mashin Sazi 16 5 4 7 19 17 +2 19 8 Mersad Shiraz 16 4 6 6 19 27 −8 18 Relegated to 3rd Division 9 Fajr Sepah 16 2 5 9 10 21 −11 11
Group 4 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Mes Kerman 16 9 4 3 23 9 +14 31 Promoted second round 2 Fath Tehran 16 7 8 1 22 11 +11 29 3 Bargh Shiraz 16 8 5 3 22 13 +9 29 4 Petroshimi Maahshahr 16 5 7 4 16 16 0 22 5 Shahin Ahvaz 16 6 4 6 23 24 −1 22 6 Keshavarz Tehran 16 4 5 7 14 19 −5 17 7 Shahin Bushehr 16 3 7 6 11 21 −10 16 8 Kashi Yazd 16 3 4 9 9 20 −11 13 Relegated to 3rd Division 9 Masood Hormozgan 16 2 6 8 14 20 −6 12
Second round Group 1 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Bahman 6 2 4 0 4 1 +3 10 Promoted Play-off 2 Esteghlal Rasht 6 2 4 0 7 5 +2 10 3 Fath Tehran 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 4 Esteghlal Ahvaz 6 0 1 5 4 11 −7 1
Group 2 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Irsotter Noshahr 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Promoted Play-off 2 Fajr Khorramabad 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 3 Mes Kerman 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8 4 Bargh Tehran 6 0 3 3 4 7 −3 3
Play Off Esteghlal Rasht 3 – 1 Irsotter Noshahr
Irsotter Noshahr 2 – 0 Esteghlal Rasht
Irsotter Noshahr promoted to 1999–2000 Azadegan League
Fajr Khorramabad 0 – 0 Bahman
Bahman 1 – 0 Fajr Khorramabad
Bahman promoted to 1999–2000 Azadegan League .
Final (Irsotter Noshahr did not show up, Bahman awarded championship 1998/99)