2011–12 Iran Football's 3rd Division

The article contains information about the 2011–12 Iran 3rd Division football season. This is the 4th rated football league in Iran after the Persian Gulf Cup, Azadegan League, and 2nd Division. The league competition started from 2 October 2011.^[1][2][3]

Iran Football's 3rd Division

Season	2011–12
Champions	Persepolis Ganaveh
Promoted	Esteghlal Sari Shahrdari Langarud Persepolis Ganaveh Dartak Khoramabad Mes Soongoun
Matches played	804
Goals scored	2,170 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohsen Derikvand (19)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

From the First Round, 12 teams go through the Second Round. From that round four team will be promoted directly to 2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division, and two teams go through the play-off where the winner also will be promoted.

Teams

In total and in the first round, 69 teams will compete in 6 different groups. These teams will be divided into the following groups.^[4]

Group 1 Team City Aluminium Hekmati Tabriz Tabriz Azar Battery Orumieh Orumieh Entezam Tehran Tehran Keyvan Mahabad Mahabad Mes Soongoun Varzaghan Varzaghan Moghavemat Mokerian Mahabad Mahabad Naftoon Tehran Tehran Shahrdari Fuman Fuman Sherkate Khalkhal Dasht Khalkhal Zoratkaran Parsabad Ardebil - - - - Group 3 Team City Atrak Bojnourd Bojnourd Esteghlal Jonub Tehran Etehad Pakdasht Pakdasht Khazar Mahmoudabad Mahmoudabad Kimia Aqqala Aqqala Nima Chamestan Chamestan Pars Football Chaloos Chaloos Piroozi Garmsar Garmsar Sanaye Shazand Shazand Shahrdari Behshahr Behshahr Shahrdari Eslamshahr Eslamshahr - - Group 5 Team City Anzan Izeh Izeh Fajr Khavaran Birjand Birjand Mes Novin Kerman Kerman Mes Novin Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Mes Shahr-e Babak Shahr-e Babak Mina Nakhl Minab Minab Persepolis Shiraz Shiraz Safahan Isfahan Isfahan Saravan Sistan-o-Baluchestan Saravan Sepahan Novin Isfahan Shahrdari Ashkezar Saduq Shahrdari Kahnuj Kahnuj

Group 2 Team City Alborz Shahdari Zanjan Zanjan Armin Qazvin Qazvin Esteghlal Sari Sari Oghab Tehran Tehran Saba Novin Qom Qom Sepidrood Astaneh Astaneh-e Ashrafiyyeh Shahin Karaj Karaj Shahin Tehran Tehran Shahrdari Astara Astara Shahrdari Chaboksar Chaboksar Shahrdari Langarud Langarud Talayedaran Buin-Zahra Buin-Zahra Group 4 Team City Darayi Arak Arak Dartak Khoramabad Khoramabad Golchin Robat Karim Robat Karim Fajr Dehloran Dehloran Homa Javanroud Javanroud Mehr Arak Arak Minashi Eslamabad Eslamabad Perspolis Darreh Shahr Darreh Shahr Shahrdari Baneh Baneh Shahrdari Borujerd Borujerd Shahrdari Sahneh Sahneh Zobe-Felezat Bahar Hamedan Group 6 Team City Bahman Shiraz Shiraz Jahan Foolad Isfahan Isfahan Jonoub Bagh-e-Malek Bagh-e-Malek Kargar Boneh Gez Tangestan Milad Dezful Dezful Naderi Bushehr Bushehr Persepolis Ganaveh Ganaveh Raad Padafand Kish Kish Sardaran Shahid Lordegan Lordegan Sepahan Yasuj Yasuj Shahrdari Neyriz Neyriz Shahrdari Noorabad Mamasani Mamasani

First Round (standings)

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mes Soongoun Varzaghan	18	12	4	2	30	13	+17	40	Promotion to the Second Round
2	Naftoon Tehran	18	10	6	2	30	13	+17	36
3	Shahrdari Fuman	18	9	5	4	33	12	+21	32
4	Zoratkaran Parsabad	18	10	1	7	24	27	−3	31
5	Azar Battery Orumieh	18	7	7	4	27	21	+6	28	Relegation play-off
6	Entezam Tehran	18	7	2	9	12	17	−5	23
7	Sherkate Khalkhal Dasht	18	4	7	7	21	19	+2	19	Relegation to the Provincial Leagues
8	Keyvan Mahabad	18	5	3	10	20	35	−15	18
9	Mokerian Mahabad	18	2	5	11	16	44	−28	11
10	Aluminium Hekmati Tabriz	18	2	4	12	15	27	−12	10

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2012. 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	Esteghlal Sari	22	15	5	2	42	12	+30	50	Promotion to the Second Round
2	Shahrdari Langarud	22	12	7	3	32	12	+20	43
3	Shahrdari Chaboksar	22	10	5	7	39	24	+15	35
4	Sepidrood Astaneh	22	9	8	5	28	17	+11	35
5	Oghab Tehran	22	8	10	4	36	23	+13	34	Relegation play-off
6	Saba Novin Qom	22	8	9	5	35	28	+7	33
7	Alborz Shahdari Zanjan	22	10	3	9	41	35	+6	33	Relegation to the Provincial Leagues
8	Shahin Karaj	22	7	9	6	31	36	−5	30
9	Shahrdari Astara	22	6	5	11	24	39	−15	23
10	Talayedaran Buin-Zahra	22	4	5	13	20	38	−18	17
11	Armin Qazvin	22	4	5	13	18	38	−20	17
12	Shahin Tehran	22	1	5	16	18	62	−44	8

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2012. 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	Shahrdari Behshahr	20	11	5	4	34	18	+16	38	Promotion to the Second Round
2	Nima Chamestan	20	11	5	4	31	15	+16	38
3	Esteghlal Jonub Tehran	20	10	7	3	33	19	+14	37
4	Shahrdari Eslamshahr	20	9	8	3	27	17	+10	35
5	Khazar Mahmoudabad	20	9	7	4	29	17	+12	34	Relegation play-off
6	Pars Football Chaloos	20	9	5	6	28	18	+10	32
7	Atrak Bojnourd	20	5	9	6	25	23	+2	24	Relegation to the Provincial Leagues
8	Etehad Pakdasht	20	5	7	8	27	37	−10	22
9	Piroozi Garmsar	20	4	4	12	15	41	−26	16
10	Kimia Aqqala	20	4	3	13	16	34	−18	15
11	Sanaye Shazand	20	2	2	16	9	35	−26	8

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2012. 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	Dartak Khoramabad	22	13	7	2	44	19	+25	46	Promotion to the Second Round
2	Zobe-Felezat Bahar	22	14	1	7	37	23	+14	43
3	Golchin Robat Karim	22	11	6	5	29	13	+16	39
4	Shahrdari Sahneh	22	11	5	6	47	39	+8	38
5	Shahrdari Borujerd	22	10	6	6	42	25	+17	36	Relegation play-off
6	Fajr Dehloran	22	10	4	8	28	25	+3	34
7	Mehr Arak	22	10	2	10	37	26	+11	32	Relegation to the Provincial Leagues
8	Minashi Eslamabad	22	9	5	8	39	39	0	32
9	Shahrdari Baneh	22	9	3	10	31	34	−3	30
10	Perspolis Darreh Shahr	22	6	5	11	23	38	−15	23
11	Darayi Arak	22	4	2	16	18	46	−28	14
12	Homa Javanroud	22	0	4	18	6	54	−48	4

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2012. 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	Sepahan Novin	22	11	11	0	45	20	+25	44	Promotion to the Second Round
2	Safahan Isfahan	22	12	7	3	34	15	+19	43
3	Mes Novin Kerman	22	11	8	3	37	17	+20	41
4	Fajr Khavaran Birjand	22	11	6	5	41	17	+24	39
5	Mes Shahr-e Babak	22	9	7	6	38	26	+12	34	Relegation play-off
6	Anzan Izeh	22	9	5	8	27	27	0	32
7	Persepolis Shiraz	22	8	4	10	26	34	−8	28	Relegation to the Provincial Leagues
8	Shahrdari Ashkezar	22	7	6	9	27	28	−1	27
9	Shahrdari Kahnuj	22	5	8	9	30	38	−8	23
10	Mina Nakhl Minab	22	6	5	11	22	37	−15	23
11	Mes Novin Rafsanjan	22	4	9	9	19	25	−6	21
12	Saravan Sistan	22	0	2	20	3	65	−62	2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 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	Kargar Boneh Gaz	22	16	3	3	49	16	+33	51	Promotion to the Second Round
2	Persepolis Ganaveh	22	14	5	3	36	11	+25	47
3	Bahman Shiraz	22	14	2	6	42	18	+24	44
4	Shahrdari Neyriz	22	13	5	4	35	16	+19	44
5	Naderi Bushehr	22	13	3	6	44	19	+25	42	Relegation play-off
6	Shahrdari Mamasani	22	12	4	6	36	16	+20	40
7	Jonoub Bagh-e-Malek	22	9	4	9	26	36	−10	31	Relegation to the Provincial Leagues
8	Sardaran Shahid Lordegan	22	7	5	10	32	46	−14	26
9	Raad Padafand Kish	22	6	2	14	21	34	−13	20
10	Milad Dezful	22	4	3	15	21	45	−24	15
11	Jahan Foolad Isfahan	22	4	3	15	18	47	−29	15
12	Sepahan Yasuj	22	0	1	21	14	70	−56	1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2012. 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	Esteghlal Sari	10	7	1	2	19	14	+5	22	Promotion to the 2nd Division 2012–13
2	Shahrdari Langarud	10	3	5	2	9	6	+3	14
3	Mes Soongoun	10	3	4	3	11	12	−1	13	Promotion play-off
4	Nima Chamestan	10	2	5	3	10	11	−1	11
5	Naftoon Tehran	10	3	2	5	10	13	−3	11
6	Shahrdari Behshahr	10	1	5	4	10	13	−3	8

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2012. 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	Persepolis Ganaveh	10	6	2	2	19	10	+9	20	Promotion to the 2nd Division 2012–13
2	Dartak Khoramabad	10	5	3	2	16	11	+5	18
3	Safahan Isfahan	10	4	4	2	25	13	+12	16	Promotion play-off
4	Kargar Boneh Gaz	10	4	3	3	16	11	+5	15
5	Sepahan Novin	10	3	4	3	15	15	0	13
6	Zobe-Felezat Bahar	10	0	0	10	6	37	−31	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2012. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final

Championship final

The single match to be played on 7 June 2012

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Notes
Persepolis Ganaveh	2–0	Esteghlal Sari

Third place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Notes
Shahrdari Langarud	(w/o)	Dartak Khoramabad

Play-off

Promotion play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Notes
Safahan Isfahan	1–1	Mes Soongoun	1–0	0–1	Mes progress 3–1 on penalties

The winner will be promoted to 2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Entezam Tehran	1–0	Oghab Tehran	1–0	0–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saba Novin Qom	2–2	Azar Battery Orumieh	2–1	0–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pars Football Chaloos	3–2	Shahrdari Borujerd	2–1	1–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fajr Dehloran	4–6	Khazar Mahmoudabad	1–1	3–5

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anzan Izeh	2–4	Naderi Bushehr	1–1	1–3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shahrdari Mamasani	3–1	Mes Shahr-e Babak	0–1	3–0

The losers will be relegated to Provincial Leagues

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mohsen Derikvand	Dartak Khoramabad	19
2	Farshid Elahi	Safahan Isfahan	18
3	Mohsen Nakhaei	Mes Novin	16
	Alireza Daniali	Sepahan Novin

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