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

2009–10 Azadegan League is located in Iran
Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Azadegan League

Group A

TeamCityVenueCapacityHead coachPast Season
Damash LorestanDoroodTakhti10,000Iran Markar Aghajanian4th in Azadegan League/B
EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000Iran Hadi Bargizar10th in Azadegan League/B
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000Iran Abdolrahim Kharazmi3rd in 2nd Division/A
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanNoushabad10,000Iran Akbar Zabardast3rd in Azadegan League/B
Payam MashhadMashhadSamen35,000Iran Ali Hanteh16th in Persian Gulf Cup
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.AbadanTakhti Abadan22,000Iran Bijan Zolfagharnasab7th in Azadegan League/A
Sanati KavehTehranAliaf Stadium5,000Iran Ahmad Khodadad1st in 2nd Division/A
ShamoushakNoshahrShohada6,000Iran Mokhtar Babaei11th in Azadegan League/B
Shahin AhvazAhvazTakhti30,000IranSaeed Salamat12th in Azadegan League/B
Shahrdari TabrizTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Akbar Misaghian2nd in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti Bandar Abbas10,000Iran Abbas Sarkhab11th in Azadegan League/A
Sepahan NovinIsfahanSafaiye15,000Iran Amrollah Soltani6th in Azadegan League/A
Tarbiat YazdYazdNassiri6,000Iran Golmohammadi5th in Azadegan League/B
Payam MokhaberatShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Jafar Fatahi8th in Azadegan League/B

Group B

TeamCityVenueCapacityHead coachPast Season
Aluminium HormozganBandar AbbasTakhti10,000Croatia Vinko Begović2nd in Azadegan League/B
Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000Iran Asghar Kalantari18th in Persian Gulf Cup
Damash GilanRashtSardar Jangal15,000Iran Firouz Karimi17th in Persian Gulf Cup
Folad NovinAhvazTakhti30,000Iran Fereydon Hardani2nd in 2nd Division/A
Gostaresh FooladTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Hossien Khatibi3rd Division Champions
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000Iran Ghasem Shehba5th in Azadegan League/A
Kowsar LorestanKhorramabadTakhti Khorramabad10,000Iran Ebrahim Talebi8th in Azadegan League/A
PetrochimiTabrizBagh Shomal20,000North Macedonia Zoran Smilevski3rd in Azadegan League/A
Shensa ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000Brazil Savio Souza4th in Azadegan League/A
Shirin FarazKermanshahAzadi Stadium7,000Iran Mahmoud Fekri7th in Azadegan League/B
MehrkamEslamshahrImam Khomeini15,000Iran Behtash Fariba9th in Azadegan League/A
Mes SarcheshmeSarcheshmehShahid Zenali10,000Iran Ali Hadavi1st in 2nd Division/B
Naft TehranTehranAmir Abad5,000Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh2nd in 2nd Division/B
NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000Iran Nader Dastneshan12th in Azadegan League/A

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
KowsarIran Reza AhadiSacked2009Iran Mostafa Ghanbarpour2009
Shensa ArakBrazil Castro FeloreSackedOct 2009Brazil Savio Souza20 Oct 2009
KowsarIran Mostafa GhanbarpourSackedNov 2009Iran Ebrahim TalebiNov 2009
Shirin FarazIran Mahmoud FekriSackedDec 2009Iran Estehghari/ MortazaviDec 2009
Payam MokhaberatIran Mehrdad ShekariSackedDec 2009Iran Jafar FatahiDec 2009
IranjavanIran Naser EbrahimiAbdicateDec 2009Iran Abdolrahim KharazmiDec 2009
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.Iran Bijan ZolfagharnasabAbdicate1 Jan 2010Iran Faraz Kamalvand1 Jan 2010
Gostaresh FooladIran Hossein KhatibiAbdicate20 Mar 2010Iran Farhad Kazemi20 Mar 2010
Nassaji MazandaranIran Nader DastneshanAbdicate20 Mar 2010Iran Reza Foruzani24 Mar 2010
Payam MashhadIran Ali HantehAbdicate12 Mar 2010Iran Davoud Mahabadi19 Mar 2010
Sanati KavehIran Ahmad KhodadadAbdicate5 Mar 2010Iran Hossein Fekri7 Mar 2010
Mehrkam ParsIran Behtash FaribaAbdicate15 Mar 2010Iran Javad Zarincheh17 Mar 2010
Naft TehranIran Mehdi DinvarzadehAbdicate20 May 2010Iran Morteza Yeke23 May 2010
Naft TehranIran Morteza YekeAbdicate1 June 2010Iran Nader Dastneshan2 June 2010

Final standings

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Sh. Tabriz (C, P)2618804311+3262Promotion to 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
2Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. (P)2613673826+1245Azadegan League 2009–10 Play Off
3Tarbiat Yazd2612862918+1144
4Sepahan Novin2612594231+1141
5Etka Gorgan2691072121037
6Sh. Bandar Abbas269983425+936
7Mes Rafsanjan2681263024+636
8Payam Mashhad2697103336−334
9Sanati Kaveh2697102730−334
10Iranjavan2688103134−332
11Damash Lorestan2678112333−1029
12Payam Mokhaberat2677122330−728
13Shamoushak (R)2668122937−826Relegation to 2010–11 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14Shahin Ahvaz (R)2615201158−478

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Naft Tehran (C, P)26131033316+1749Promotion to 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
2Damash2614663826+1248Azadegan League 2009–10 Play Off
3Bargh Shiraz2614663323+1048
4Aluminium Hormozgan26101063233−140
5Mes Sarcheshmeh2691073225+737
6Shirin Faraz2691073026+437
7Nassaji Mazandaran2681082726+134
8Gostaresh2697103434034
9Mehrkam Pars2695122228−632
10Gol Gohar2686123032−230
11Shensa2678112429−529
12Petroshimi Tabriz2678112331−829
13Foolad Novin (R)2685132636−1029Relegation to 2010–11 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14Kowsar Lorestan (R)2637162241−1916

Results table

Group A

Home \ AwayDAMETKIRJMSRPYMPMSSNAKAVSPNSAASHBSHTSHMTAR
Damash Lorestan0–00–01–22–22–11–21–10–23–00–00–02–12–1
Etka Gorgan1–00–00–11–02–02–20–20–31–00–01–10–20–0
Iranjavan3–11–22–11–32–00–01–22–13–01–10–52–11–0
Mes Rafsanjan2–01–12–22–21–11–31–11–03–01–01–11–10–1
Payam Mashhad1–02–12–21–11–01–11–02–30–02–00–23–01–4
Payam Mokhaberat0–00–01–01–02–42–10–22–22–01–00–14–10–1
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.1–22–12–01–13–04–12–00–11–02–10–21–00–0
Sanati Kaveh0–11–11–00–04–20–20–11–20–03–21–20–00–0
Sepahan Novin3–01–21–10–20–11–12–13–13–02–21–12–12–1
Shahin Ahvaz1–30–10–30–21–00–01–21–21–41–61–21–10–0
Sh. Bandar Abbas4–00–11–01–02–10–03–21–23–20–00–02–01–1
Sh. Tabriz2–21–01–01–02–01–00–02–11–07–12–01–03–1
Shamoushak1–01–11–13–31–13–22–30–12–14–10–01–21–0
Tarbiat Yazd1–00–24–20–01–01–01–04–12–02–01–10–02–1

Group B

Home \ AwayALHBGHDMGFOLGOLGOSKOWMEHMSANAFNSJPETARASFZ
Aluminium Hormozgan2–10–21–11–01–12–12–11–11–10–03–03–21–0
Bargh Shiraz3–12–12–12–11–01–02–12–11–11–01–01–12–1
Damash2–22–13–02–11–02–10–01–01–21–12–11–00–1
Foolad Novin2–31–12–12–11–11–00–12–10–04–02–01–02–1
Gol Gohar2–04–31–14–10–03–01–01–12–11–11–12–10–1
Gostaresh2–00–01–33–03–23–33–13–20–10–00–22–12–2
Kowsar Lorestan3–31–00–30–00–02–32–11–20–10–12–30–12–1
Mehrkam Pars2–21–01–22–12–00–12–10–10–21–33–11–01–0
Mes Sarcheshmeh1–11–10–12–01–03–00–03–01–11–01–01–13–1
Naft Tehran3–01–01–22–00–11–03–01–02–21–01–02–01–1
Nassaji Mazandaran2–00–14–12–01–01–30–00–03–12–22–10–20–0
Petroshimi Tabriz0–00–11–12–11–02–12–10–01–11–11–11–01–1
Shensa0–10–22–21–02–13–21–10–10–00–02–12–11–1
Shirin Faraz0–11–11–02–14–11–02–10–02–11–12–22–01–1

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

Group A 17 goals Iran Ali Karimi (Sha. Tabriz) Iran Mostafa Shojaei (Sepahan Novin) 9 goals Iran Ali Abolfathi (Sanati Kaveh) 8 goals Iran Mehrdad Avakh (Sha. Bandar Abbas) Iran Jalaledin Alimohammadi (Sepahan Novin) Colombia Carlos Eduardo Salazar (Mes Rafsanjan) Iran Ghasem Akbari (Etka Gorgan) 7 goals Iran Meysam Khodashenas (Tarbiat Yazd) Iran Ruhollah Arab (Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.)Group B 12 goals Iran Rasoul Khatibi (Gostaresh Foolad) 10 goals Iran Ali Amiri (Damash Gilan) 9 goals Iran Reza Taheri (Damash Gilan) Iran Ali Alizadeh (Bargh Shiraz) 8 goals Iran Amir Rafati (Gol Gohar) 7 goals Mali Founéké Sy (Nassaji Mazandaran) Iran Hadi Dehghani (Aluminium Hormozgan F.C.) Iran Saeed Babaei (Mes Sarcheshme) Iran Akbar Saghiri (Naft Tehran) Iran Ahmad Hasanzadeh (Mes Sarcheshme)

Play Off

First leg to be played July 2, 2010; return leg to be played July 8, 2010

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Damash Gilan F.C.2-7Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.1-51-2

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

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Nassaji142,00015,000011,833+65.4%†
2Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.111,00015,0005,0008,538+23.9%†
3Damash Lorestan77,90010,0004005,992−30.2%†
4Tarbiat Yazd70,50010,00005,875+34.0%†
5Sh. Tabriz63,0008,0002,0004,846−8.4%†
6Bargh Shiraz54,0008,0001,0004,154−38.6%†
7Kowsar Lorestan50,00010,0005003,846−36.3%†
8Shensa46,00010,0001,0003,538−32.4%†
9Shirin Faraz43,5007,0001,0003,346+93.3%†
10Damash42,00010,0005003,231−18.0%†
11Shamoushak31,5006,0005002,423+86.4%†
12Sh. Bandar Abbas24,2006,00002,017+47.3%†
13Etka Gorgan26,2006,0001002,015−27.2%†
14Aluminium Hormozgan25,5004,0005001,962−7.7%†
15Iranjavan22,5504,00001,879n/a†
16Gol Gohar21,0003,00001,750−9.0%†
17Mes Rafsanjan19,3002,50001,608−39.8%†
18Gostaresh16,8003,0002001,292n/a†
19Payam Mokhaberat12,0003,000100923+126.2%†
20Sepahan Novin11,9002,000300915−40.5%†
21Mes Sarcheshmeh9,0002,000100692n/a†
22Naft Tehran7,5002,50050577n/a†
23Mehrkam Pars6,5502,000100504−13.8%†
24Petroshimi Tabriz5,9002,000100454+22.4%†
25Payam Mashhad5,5501,00050427−93.0%†
26Shahin Ahvaz4,4001,00050338−38.1%†
27Sanati Kaveh2,650500100204n/a†
28Foolad Novin2,50050050192n/a†
League total954,90015,00002,667−13.3%†

Updated to games played on 27 June 2010 Source: 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

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateWeekStadium
1Nassaji4–1Damash15,00013 November 2009(2009-11-13)6Vatani
Nassaji0–1Bargh Shiraz15,00011 December 2009(2009-12-11)9Vatani
Nassaji2–0Foolad Novin15,00015 January 2010(2010-01-15)13Vatani
Nassaji0–0Mehrkam Pars15,00019 February 2010(2010-02-19)14Vatani
Nassaji3–1Mes Sarcheshmeh15,0008 April 2010(2010-04-08)18Vatani
Nassaji2–0Aluminium Hormozgan15,00023 April 2010(2010-04-23)20Vatani
Sanat Naft0–2Shahrdari Tabriz15,00023 April 2010(2010-04-23)20Takhti Abadan
Nassaji1–3Gostaresh15,00011 June 2010(2010-06-11)23Vatani
Sanat Naft0–0Tarbiat Yazd15,00027 June 2010(2010-06-27)26Takhti Abadan
2Sanat Naft2–0Iranjavan12,0006 November 2009(2009-11-06)5Takhti Abadan

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

See also