2010–11 Azadegan League

The 2010–11 Azadegan League was the 20th season of the Azadegan League and tenth as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2009–10 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup (Moghavemat Shiraz, Aboumoslem and Esteghlal Ahvaz) and four new teams promoted from the 2009–10 2nd Division (Sepidrood as champions, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Shahrdari Yasouj and Foolad Yazd). Foolad Natanz replaced Sepahan Novin, Machine Sazi replaced Petroshimi Tabriz and Sanat Sari replaced Mehrkam Pars. Shensa Arak changed their name to Hamyari Arak. The league started on 23 September 2010 and ended on 9 May 2011. Damash won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Damash, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Moghavemat Shiraz gained promotion to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Azadegan League

Season	2010–11
Champions	Damash 1st Azadegan League title
Promoted	Damash Mes Sarcheshmeh Moghavemat Shiraz
Relegated	Payam Mashhad Foolad Natanz Esteghlal Ahvaz Sepidrood
Matches played	364
Goals scored	737 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Afshin Chavoshi Moslem Firoozabadi Mostafa Shojaei (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Gol Gohar 4–0 Mes Rafsanjan (29 October 2010)
Biggest away win	Hamyari Arak 1–4 Foolad Natanz (8 April 2011)
Highest scoring	Foolad Natanz 3–5 Naft MIS (2 May 2011)
Highest attendance	30,000[1] Gostaresh – Aboumoslem (9 May 2011)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) Damash Lorestan – Est. Ahvaz[2] (2 December 2010) Naft MIS – Mes Rafsanjanl[3] (6 February 2011) Tarbiat Yazd – Damash[4] (13 February 2011) Tarbiat Yazd – Foolad Natanz[5] (25 February 2011) Tarbiat Yazd – Sh. Bandar Abbas[6] (12 March 2011) Damash – Payam Mashhad[7] (18 March 2011) Est. Ahvaz – Shirin Faraz[8] (2 May 2011) Iranjavan – Sepidrood[1] (9 May 2011)
Total attendance	972,900
Average attendance	2,733
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Events

Shirin Faraz

Sh.Yasuj

Damash Lorestan

Kaveh

Iranjavan

Hamyari Arak

Foolad Natanz

Etka

Sanat

Nassaji

Tarbiat
Foolad

Sh. Bandar Abbas
Aluminium

Damash
Sepidrood

Machine Sazi
Gostaresh

Payam
Aboomoslem

Naft
Esteghlal

Gol Gohar
Mes Rafsanjan
Mes Sarcheshmeh

Bargh
Mokhaberat
Moghavemat

Locations of clubs in 2010–11 Azadegan League

Start of season

• The league was to feature three teams relegated from Persian Gulf Cup in 2009–10; Esteghlal Ahvaz, F.C. Aboomoslem, and Moghavemat Sepasi.
• The League also featured four teams promoted from The 2nd division: Sepidrood Rasht, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Foolad Yazd, and Shahrdari Yasuj.
• Mehrkam Pars, (formerly of Tehran) was bought by the city of Sari in the province of Mazandaran. The new team will be known as Sanat Sari F.C.
• Machine Sazi ended its 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division campaign in 4th place (Group A) and could not promote to the Azadegan League. But They bought Petrochimi licence. So They will play in the Azadegan League 2010–11.
• Shensa Arak was replaced by Hamyari Arak.^[9]
• Sepahan Novin was replaced by Foolad Natanz.^[9][10]

Teams

Group A

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Past Season
Damash Gilan	Rasht	Sardar Jangal	15,000	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	2nd in Azadegan League/A
Etka	Gorgan	Karim Abad	15,000	Hasan Ghezel	6th in Azadegan League/A
Foolad Natanz	Natanz	Safaiye	15,000	Hossein Charkhabi	Replaced for Sepahan Novin
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Imam Ali	2,000	Farshad Pious	10th in Azadegan League/B
Hamyari Arak	Arak	Imam Khomeini	15,000	Yaghoub Vatani	Replaced for Shensa Arak
Machine Sazi	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Ayyob Zolfaghari	Replaced for Petrochimi
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Noushabad	10,000	Akbar Zabardast	5th in Azadegan League/A
Moghavemat Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000	Aliasghar Kalantari	16th in Persian Gulf Cup
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Behnam Mohammadi	10,000	Majid Bagherinia	2nd in 2nd Division
Payam Mashhad	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Ramezan Shokrin	8th in Azadegan League/A
Sanati Kaveh	Tehran	Aliaf Stadium	5,000	Ahmad Khodadad	9th in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti Bandar Abbas	10,000	Carlos Fabian Leeb	7th in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Yasuj	Yasuj	Takhti Yasuj	5,000	Jamshid Ghadiri	3rd in 2nd Division
Tarbiat Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Davoud Mahabadi	3rd in Azadegan League/A

Group B

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head Coach	Past Season
Aboomoslem	Mashhad	Samen Stadium	35,000	Ali Hanteh	17th in Persian Gulf Cup
Aluminium Hormozgan	Bandar Abbas	Takhti	10,000	Vinko Begović	4th in Azadegan League/B
Bargh Shiraz	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000	Mehdi Dinavarzadeh	3rd in Azadegan League/B
Damash Lorestan	Dorood	Takhti	10,000	Javad Zarincheh	11th in Azadegan League/A
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti	15,000	Rahim Firouzi	18th in Persian Gulf Cup
Foolad Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Edmond Yunanpour	4th in 2nd Division
Gostaresh Foolad	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Firouz Karimi	8th in Azadegan League/B
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000	Mohammad Abbasi	10th in Azadegan League/A
Mes Sarcheshmeh	Sarcheshmeh	Shahid Zenali	10,000	Asghar Sharafi	5th in Azadegan League/B
Nassaji	Qa'em Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Golmohammadi	7th in Azadegan League/B
Payam Mokhaberat	Shiraz	Hafezieh	20,000	Mohammad Abbasi	12th in Azadegan League/A
Sanat Sari	Sari	Shohada Stadium	15,000	Mahmoud Sourtchi	Replaced for Mehrkam Pars
Sepidrood Rasht	Rasht	Dr. Azodi Stadium	11,000	Farhad Hosseinpour	1st in 2nd Division
Shirin Faraz	Kermanshah	Azadi Stadium	7,000	Majid Aghajari	6th in Azadegan League/B

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Damash Gilan	Marijan Pušnik[11]	Sacked	9 November 2010	14	Afshin Nazemi	7 December 2010
Bargh Shiraz	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh[12]	Resigned	30 October 2010		Alireza Emamifar	30 October 2010
Damash Gilan	Afshin Nazemi	End of caretaker spell	7 December 2010		Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	7 December 2010
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ali Hanteh	Resigned	December 2010		Nader Dastneshan	December 2010
Hamyari Arak	Yaghoub Vatani	Sacked	28 December 2010	12	Nasser Pourmehdi	28 December 2010
Bargh Shiraz	Alireza Emamifar	Sacked	7 January 2011		Hossein Hosseinzadeh	8 January 2011
Shirin Faraz	Majid Aghajeri	Sacked	17 January 2011	14	Hadi Bargizar	21 January 2011
Iranjavan	Asghar Sharafi	Resigned	22 January 2011	3	Mohammad Abbasi	23 January 2011
Payam Mokhaberat	Mohammad Abbasi	Resigned	22 January 2011	12	Asghar Akbari	2011
Sanati Kaveh	Javad Zarincheh	Mutual consent	February 2011	3	Farhad Kazemi	11 February 2011
Damash	Darko Dražić	Sacked	13 February 2011	12	Javad Zarincheh	14 February 2011
Naft	Majid Bagherinia	Resigned	15 February 2011	8	Siamak Bakhtiarizadeh	15 February 2011
Payam Mashhad	Abbas Chamanyan	Mutual consent	20 February 2011	11	Ramezan Shokrin[13]	20 February 2011
Aboomoslem	Ghiyassian	Resigned	February 2011	3	Ali Hanteh	20 February 2011
Shirin Faraz	Hadi Bargizar	Resigned	6 March 2011	8	Reza Mohajeri	7 March 2011
Tarbiat	Davoud Mahabadi	Resigned	7 March 2011	10	Hadi Bargizar	7 March 2011
Sanati Kaveh	Farhad Kazemi	Resigned	7 March 2011	5	Ali Nikbakht	10 March 2011
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Afshin Komaei	Sacked	8 May 2011	11	Bahman Roshanaei	8 May 2011

Standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Damash	26	13	9	4	39	24	+15	48	Promotion to 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
2	Moghavemat	26	12	5	9	24	18	+6	41	Azadegan League 2010–11 Play Off
3	Sh. Yasouj	26	11	6	9	28	26	+2	39
4	Naft Masjed Soleyman	26	8	11	7	33	32	+1	35
5	Sh. Bandar Abbas	26	9	8	9	26	26	0	35
6	Etka Gorgan	26	9	7	10	30	28	+2	34
7	Gol Gohar	26	8	10	8	29	27	+2	34
8	Tarbiat Yazd	26	6	15	5	24	22	+2	33
9	Mes Rafsanjan	26	8	8	10	20	25	−5	32
10	Hamyari Arak	26	8	8	10	20	28	−8	32
11	Sanati Kaveh	26	7	10	9	27	32	−5	31
12	Machine Sazi	26	7	10	9	30	36	−6	31
13	Payam Mashhad (R)	26	9	5	12	30	30	0	29[a]	Relegation to 2011–12 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14	Foolad Natanz (R)	26	6	10	10	30	36	−6	28

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2011. Source: Persian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Payam Mashhad had 3 points deducted.^[14]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mes Sarcheshmeh	26	14	6	6	34	14	+20	48	Promotion to 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
2	Aluminium Hormozgan	26	13	9	4	29	19	+10	48	Azadegan League 2010–11 Play Off
3	Gostaresh	26	14	6	6	28	22	+6	48
4	Nassaji Mazandaran	26	11	9	6	34	17	+17	42
5	Aboumoslem	26	11	9	6	28	20	+8	42
6	Shirin Faraz	26	8	11	7	17	19	−2	35
7	Sanat Sari	26	8	11	7	18	24	−6	35
8	Iranjavan	26	8	9	9	29	26	+3	33
9	Bargh Shiraz	26	7	11	8	24	25	−1	32
10	Payam Mokhaberat	26	5	12	9	20	22	−2	27
11	Foolad Yazd	26	7	6	13	23	38	−15	27
12	Damash Lorestan	26	6	7	13	22	29	−7	25
13	Est. Ahvaz (R)	26	6	6	14	20	33	−13	24	Relegation to 2011–12 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14	Sepidrood (R)	26	4	8	14	21	39	−18	20

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2011. Source: Persian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results table

Group A

Home \ Away	DMG	ETK	FNA	GOL	HAM	MST	MSR	MVT	NFT	PYM	KAV	SHB	SHY	TAR
Damash		1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	4–3	1–1
Etka Gorgan	1–0		3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–0
Foolad Natanz	1–1	0–0		1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–5	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Gol Gohar	0–0	1–0	4–1		1–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Hamyari Arak	1–2	2–1	1–4	0–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0
Machine Sazi	2–3	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–1		1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–0
Mes Rafsanjan	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0		1–2	1–0	0–2	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Moghavemat	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0
Naft Masjed Soleyman	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0		3–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
Payam Mashhad	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0		2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
Sanati Kaveh	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		0–1	3–0	1–1
Sh. Bandar Abbas	1–0	2–2	4–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–3		2–1	1–1
Sh. Yasouj	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–0		2–1
Tarbiat Yazd	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2011. Source: Lig 1.ir/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away	ABU	ALH	BGH	DAM	ESA	FOY	GOS	IRJ	MSA	NSJ	PMS	SAN	SEP	SFZ
Aboumoslem		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2
Aluminium Hormozgan	1–0		2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0
Bargh Shiraz	2–1	0–1		0–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–0
Damash Lorestan	0–0	2–1	2–1		0–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1
Est. Ahvaz	1–2	2–2	2–3	3–2		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–1
Foolad Yazd	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–1
Gostaresh	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1		0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1
Iranjavan	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	4–1	0–0		1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2
Mes Sarcheshmeh	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0		3–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–0
Nassaji Mazandaran	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1		4–0	1–0	3–0	2–0
Payam Mokhaberat	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		0–1	0–0	0–0
Sanat Sari	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–0
Sepidrood	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–1	3–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–1		0–0
Shirin Faraz	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2011. Source: Lig 1.ir/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Off

First leg to be played 18 May 2011; return leg to be played 24 May 2011

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Moghavemat Sepasi	6–0	Aluminium Hormozgan	2–0	0–4

First leg

Moghavemat Sepasi	2–0	Aluminium Hormozgan
Pour Mohammad 37' Shojaiyan 74'

18 May 2011

17:00

Hafezieh, Shiraz

Attendance: 20000

Referee: Mohsen Torki

Return leg

Aluminium Hormozgan	0–4	Moghavemat Sepasi
		Pour Mohammad 30', 50' Shojaiyan 73' Kalantari 77'

24 May 2011

17:00

Takhti, Bandar Abbas

Attendance: 12000

Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Damash	(w/o)1	Mes Sarcheshmeh

1 Scheduled between Mes Sarcheshmeh and Damash, however, Mes Sarcheshmeh did not show up, Damash awarded championship.^[15]

Player statistics

Top scorers, Group A Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Mostafa Shojaei Foolad Natanz 13 1 Moslem Firoozabadi Gol Gohar 13 1 Afshin Chavoshi Damash Gilan 13 2 Ahmad Paasi Mashin Sazi 10 3 Amir Khalifeasl Shahr. Bandar Abbas 9 4 Hakim Nasari Naft Masjed Soleyman 8 4 Ghasem Akbari Etka Gorgan 8

Top scorers, Group B Rank Player Club Goals 1 Founéké Sy Iranjavan 9 1 Eshagh Sobhani Mes Sarcheshmeh 9 1 Jafar Bazri Foolad Yazd 9 2 Arash Roshanipour Aboomoslem 7 2 Milad Pour Safshekan Sepidrood Rasht 7 2 Hassan Faraji Payam Mokhaberat 7 3 Fereydoon Fazli Gostaresh/Esteghlal Az 6 3 Arash Daneshian Aboomoslem 6

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Nassaji	166,000	15,000	1,000	12,769	+7.9%†
2	Naft MIS	108,000	10,000	0	9,000	n/a†
3	Sh. Yasouj	72,000	10,000	1,000	5,538	n/a†
4	Gostaresh	64,800	30,000	300	4,985	+285.8%†
5	Tarbiat Yazd	42,500	10,000	0	4,250	−27.7%†
6	Sanat Sari	54,000	10,000	1,000	4,154	n/a†
7	Damash Lorestan	41,100	7,000	0	3,425	−42.8%†
8	Aluminium Hormozgan	39,500	8,000	1,000	3,038	+54.8%†
9	Foolad Yazd	35,000	10,000	1,000	2,692	n/a†
10	Damash	32,000	7,000	0	2,667	−17.5%†
11	Shirin Faraz	34,000	5,000	1,000	2,615	−21.8%†
12	Mes Rafsanjan	33,500	5,000	1,000	2,577	+60.3%†
13	Gol Gohar	29,500	3,000	1,500	2,269	+29.7%†
14	Moghavemat	27,800	10,000	300	2,138	−70.4%†
15	Iranjavan	23,300	3,000	0	1,942	+3.4%†
16	Sh. Bandar Abbas	23,500	4,000	1,000	1,808	−10.4%†
17	Est. Ahvaz	21,600	7,000	0	1,800	−64.4%†
18	Hamyari Arak	18,700	3,000	500	1,438	−59.4%†
19	Aboumoslem	17,550	4,000	50	1,350	−77.3%†
20	Etka Gorgan	16,950	8,000	50	1,304	−35.3%†
21	Bargh Shiraz	15,000	2,000	500	1,154	−72.2%†
22	Foolad Natanz	12,000	3,000	200	923	n/a†
23	Sepidrood	11,300	3,000	100	869	n/a†
24	Machine Sazi	10,300	5,000	100	792	n/a†
25	Mes Sarcheshmeh	9,000	2,000	100	692	0.0%†
26	Payam Mokhaberat	6,000	1,000	100	462	−49.9%†
27	Payam Mashhad	5,550	1,000	50	427	0.0%†
28	Sanati Kaveh	2,450	500	50	188	−7.8%†
	League total	972,900	30,000	0	2,733	−2.3%†

Updated to games played on 9 May 2011
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Aboumoslem, Esteghlal Ahvaz and Moghavemat Shiraz played last season in Persian Gulf Cup
Foolad Yazd, Naft MIS, Sepidrood and Shahrdari Yasouj played last season in Iran 2nd Division
Foolad Natanz replaced Sepahan Novin
Machine Sazi replaced Petroshimi Tabriz
Sanat Sari replaced Mehrkam Pars
Shensa Arak changed their name into Hamyari Arak

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Gostaresh	1–0	Aboumoslem	30,000	9 May 2011 (2011-05-09)	26	Sahand
2	Nassaji	3–0	Aboumoslem	15,000	23 September 2010 (2010-09-23)	1	Vatani
	Nassaji	0–0	Gostaresh	15,000	29 October 2010 (2010-10-29)	3	Vatani
	Nassaji	4–1	Foolad Yazd	15,000	5 November 2010 (2010-11-05)	4	Vatani
	Nassaji	2–0	Shirin Faraz	15,000	19 November 2010 (2010-11-19)	6	Vatani
	Nassaji	1–0	Sanat Sari	15,000	2 December 2010 (2010-12-02)	8	Vatani
	Nassaji	1–1	Esteghlal Ahvaz	15,000	24 December 2010 (2010-12-24)	10	Vatani
	Nassaji	3–0	Sepidrood	15,000	7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)	12	Vatani
	Nassaji	1–1	Bargh Shiraz	15,000	11 March 2011 (2011-03-11)	20	Vatani
	Nassaji	2–0	Mes Sarcheshmeh	15,000	8 April 2011 (2011-04-08)	22	Vatani

Notes:
Updated to games played on 9 May 2011. Source: iplstats.com

See also

• 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2010–11 Iran Football's 2nd Division
• 2010–11 Iran Football's 3rd Division
• 2010–11 Hazfi Cup
• Iranian Super Cup
• 2010–11 Iranian Futsal Super League