2010–11 Iran Football's 3rd Division

The following is the standings of the 3rd Division's 2010/11 football season started from 15 October 2010 and ended on 15 Juni, 2011.^[1] This is the 4th rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League, Persian Gulf Cup and 2nd Division.

Iran Football's 3rd Division

Season	2010–11
Champions	Mehr Karaj
Promoted	Mehr Karaj Naft Mahmoudabad Hafari Ahvaz Datis Lorestan Almahdi Hormozgan Gitipasand Isfahan
Matches played	815
Goals scored	2,287 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rasoul Nazem-Roaya (23)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Teams

In total, 70 teams will compete in 6 groups. From the First Round 12 teams go through the Second Round.^[2]

Group 1 Team City Alborz Qazvin Qazvin Asto Abyek Qazvin Qazvin Chichest Orumiyeh Orumiyeh Entezam Tehran Tehran Kapourchal Bandar Anzali Bandar Anzali Pasargad Novin Tehran Tehran Setareh Sorkh Zanjan Zanjan Shahin Tehran Tehran Shahrdari Lahijan Lahijan Shahrdari Novin Tabriz Tabriz Shams Khoy Khoy Zoratkaran Parsabad Ardebil Group 3 Team City Abfa Tehran Tehran Aria Sepahan Qom Qom Eram Saze Qom Qom Gitipasand Isfahan Isfahan Hepco Arak Arak Hoodkan Babakhani Tehran Tehran Maharat Mehdishahr Mehdishahr Mehr Karaj Karaj Payam Babol Babol Sepahan Novin Isfahan Shahrdari Javid Karaj Karaj Talash Nazarabad Nazarabad Group 5 Team City Almahdi Novin Hormozgan Bandar Abbas Khatam Ardakan Ardakan Mes Novin Kerman Kerman Mes Shahr-e Babak Shahr-e Babak Nazsaram Meybod Meybod Niroogah Iranshahr Iranshahr Omid Seramic Meybod Meybod Paas Birjand Birjand Persepolis Zahedan Zahedan Sanaye Ardakan Ardakan Shahrdari Ghayen Ghayen Shahrdari Zarand Zarand

Group 2 Team City Ashayer Noor Noor Dehdari Mashhad Mashhad Faraghi Bandar Torkaman Bandar Torkaman Heyat Football Kashmar Kashmar Heyat Football Khorasan Shomali Bojnourd Keshavarz Golestan Gorgan Naft Mahmoudabad Mahmoudabad Naftoon Tehran Tehran Persepolis Qaem Shahr Qaem Shahr Rah Ahan Novin Shahr-e-Rey Shahrdari Eslamshahr Eslamshahr Shahrdari Behshahr Behshahr Group 4 Team City Ara-e Gharb Kermanshah Kermanshah Dartak Khoramabad Khoramabad Datis Lorestan Khoramabad Ehsan Sepid Nahavand Nahavand Esteghlal Hamedan Hamedan Kheibar Pol-e-Dokhtar Pol-e-Dokhtar Moghavemat Mokerian Mahabad Mahabad Ouraz Marivan Marivan Palayesh Gaz Ilam Ilam Shahrdari Shazand Shazand Vahdat Ivan-e-gharb Ivan-e-gharb Group 6 Team City Ashayer Kohgiluyeh Yasuj Bahman Shiraz Shiraz Boroojen Foolad Charmahal Boroojen Esteghlal Dehdasht Dehdasht Hafari Ahvaz Ahvaz Kargar Boneh-Gez Tangestan Tangestan Khadamat va Omran Kish Kish Milad Dezful Dezful Persepolis Shiraz Shiraz Saipa Borazjan Borazjan Shahrdari Dezful Dezful

First Round (standings)

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sh. Lahijan	22	12	7	3	42	25	+17	43	Promoted Second Round
2	Entezam Tehran	22	12	6	4	38	15	+23	42
3	Zoratkaran Parsabad	22	12	5	5	39	24	+15	41
4	Shahin Tehran	22	11	7	4	34	20	+14	40
5	Kapourchal Bandar Anzali	22	11	7	4	26	15	+11	40	Relegation to Provincial Leagues
6	Shams Khoy	22	9	8	5	29	25	+4	35
7	Alborz Qazvin	22	8	6	8	26	25	+1	30
8	Chichest Orumiyeh	22	7	4	11	32	33	−1	25
9	Asto Abyek Qazvin	22	6	4	12	27	40	−13	22
10	Pasargad Novin Tehran	22	5	5	12	20	33	−13	20
11	Sh. Novin Tabriz	22	3	8	11	24	40	−16	17
12	Setareh Sorkh Zanjan	22	0	5	17	9	51	−42	5

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Naft Mahmoudabad	22	12	6	4	41	16	+25	42	Promoted Second Round
2	Sh. Behshahr	22	10	9	3	42	24	+18	39
3	Sh. Eslamshahr	22	11	5	6	43	25	+18	38
4	H.F Kashmar	22	11	5	6	35	21	+14	38
5	Per. Qaem Shahr	22	11	5	6	30	23	+7	38	Relegation to Provincial Leagues
6	Dehdari Mashhad	22	9	9	4	34	18	+16	36
7	Naftoon Tehran	22	9	7	6	30	22	+8	34
8	Ashayer Noor	22	7	6	9	28	33	−5	27
9	Rah Ahan Novin	22	7	5	10	23	27	−4	26
10	Keshavarz Golestan	22	6	1	15	19	43	−24	19
11	Faraghi Bandar Torkaman	22	4	4	14	25	60	−35	16
12	H.F Kh. Shomali	22	2	4	16	11	49	−38	10

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mehr Karaj	22	16	0	6	63	20	+43	48	Promoted Second Round
2	Gitipasand Isfahan	22	15	2	5	44	23	+21	47
3	Payam Babol	22	14	4	4	43	17	+26	46
4	Sepahan Novin	22	13	6	3	41	10	+31	45
5	Talash Nazarabad	22	13	3	6	40	26	+14	42	Relegation to Provincial Leagues
6	Hepco Arak	22	11	1	10	35	39	−4	34
7	Hoodkan Babakhani Tehran	22	7	8	7	29	24	+5	29
8	Eram Saze Qom	22	6	3	13	27	33	−6	21
9	Abfa Tehran	22	6	3	13	26	40	−14	21
10	Sh. Javid Karaj	22	5	6	11	17	38	−21	21
11	Maharat Mehdishahr	22	5	4	13	19	47	−28	19
12	Aria Sepahan Qom	22	0	2	20	9	76	−67	2

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Datis Lorestan	20	13	5	2	42	13	+29	44	Promoted Second Round
2	Palayesh Gaz Ilam	20	10	6	4	32	11	+21	36
3	Mokerian Mahabad	20	10	6	4	36	17	+19	36
4	Dartak Khoramabad	20	10	4	6	29	22	+7	34
5	Vahdat Ivan-e-gharb	20	9	6	5	37	25	+12	33	Relegation to Provincial Leagues
6	Ara-e Gharb Kermanshah	20	7	6	7	32	29	+3	27
7	Kheibar Pol-e-Dokhtar	20	8	3	9	22	34	−12	27
8	Sh. Shazand	20	6	5	9	28	39	−11	23
9	Ehsan Sepid Nahavand	20	5	4	11	31	41	−10	19
10	Ouraz Marivan	20	5	3	12	19	38	−19	18
11	Est. Hamedan	20	2	2	16	8	47	−39	8

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sh. Zarand	22	16	4	2	44	11	+33	52	Promoted Second Round
2	Almahdi Novin Hormozgan	22	15	5	2	46	18	+28	50
3	Mes Shahr-e Babak	22	15	4	3	44	13	+31	49
4	Mes Novin Kerman	22	12	7	3	38	17	+21	43
5	Nazsaram Meybod	22	11	5	6	29	18	+11	38	Relegation to Provincial Leagues
6	Paas Birjand	22	8	7	7	28	24	+4	31
7	Sanaye Ardakan	22	7	5	10	33	34	−1	26
8	Per. Zahedan	22	6	3	13	29	36	−7	21
9	Sh. Ghayen	22	5	4	13	21	44	−23	19
10	Omid Seramic Meybod	22	4	4	14	19	43	−24	16
11	Khatam Ardakan	22	4	3	15	14	44	−30	15
12	Niroogah Iranshahr	22	2	3	17	17	60	−43	9

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hafari Ahvaz	20	11	5	4	40	19	+21	38	Promoted Second Round
2	Khadamat va Omran Kish	20	11	5	4	32	22	+10	38
3	Bahman Shiraz	20	11	4	5	36	18	+18	37
4	Saipa Borazjan	20	10	7	3	38	22	+16	37
5	Milad Dezful	20	11	4	5	26	21	+5	37	Relegation to Provincial Leagues
6	Kargar Boneh Gaz	20	11	1	8	45	21	+24	34
7	Sh. Dezful	20	9	7	4	39	21	+18	34
8	Per. Shiraz	20	5	6	9	22	25	−3	21
9	Est. Dehdasht	20	4	1	15	14	50	−36	13
10	Boroojen Foolad Charmahal	20	3	3	14	21	51	−30	12
11	Ashayer Kohgiluyeh	20	1	3	16	12	55	−43	6

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second Round (standings)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Mehr Karaj	10	7	1	2	16	8	+8	22	Promoted to 2nd Division 2011–12
2	Naft Mahmoudabad	10	5	2	3	16	10	+6	17
3	Gitipasand Isfahan	10	5	2	3	14	9	+5	17	Promotion play-off
4	Sh. Lahijan	10	4	2	4	10	9	+1	14
5	Sh. Behshahr	10	3	3	4	16	16	0	12
6	Entezam Tehran	10	0	2	8	8	28	−20	2

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Hafari Ahvaz	10	5	4	1	15	11	+4	19	Promoted to 2nd Division 2011–12
2	Datis Lorestan	10	4	5	1	13	10	+3	17
3	Almahdi Novin Hormozgan	10	4	4	2	17	15	+2	16	Promotion play-off
4	Khadamat va Omran Kish	10	3	4	3	16	13	+3	13
5	Sh. Zarand	10	3	3	4	16	14	+2	12
6	Palayesh Gaz Ilam	10	0	2	8	8	22	−14	2

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2011. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final

Championship final

The first leg to be played on 14 June 2011; the return leg to be played on 21 June 2011

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hafari Ahvaz	3–4	Mehr Karaj	2–1	1–3

Third place play-off

The single match to be played on 14 June 2011

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Notes
Datis Lorestan	2–1	Naft Mahmoudabad

Promotion play-off

The first legs to be played on 13 June 2011; the return legs to be played on 19 June 2011

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gitipasand Isfahan	2–1	Shahrdari Bandar Anzali	1–1	1–0

Gitipasand Isfahan Promoted to 2nd Division.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Almahdi Novin Hormozgan	4–2	Baam Shahrekord	2–1	2–1

Almahdi Novin Hormozgan Promoted to 2nd Division.

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Rasoul Nazem-Roaya	Gitipasand Isfahan	23
2	Afshin Mohammadi	Kargar Boneh-Gez Tangestan	18
3	Vahid Barati	Mehr Karaj	17
4	Moslem Salehi Fard	Sepahan Novin	15
5	Ali Gholamipoor	Saipa Borazjan	14

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