2014–15 Azadegan League

The 2014–15 Azadegan League was the 24th season of the Azadegan League and 14th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 16 teams from the 2013–14 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup (Fajr Sepasi, Damash and Mes Kerman) and four new teams promoted from the 2013–14 2nd Division (Shahrdari Ardabil and Etka Gorgan both as champions and Foolad Novin and Shahrdari Tabriz). Tarbiat Yazd replaced Yazd Louleh. The league started on 4 October 2014 and ended on 22 April 2015. Foolad Novin won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Siah Jamegan and Esteghlal Ahvaz were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Azadegan League

Season	2014–15
Champions	Foolad Novin 1st Azadegan League title
Promoted	Siah Jamegan Khorasan Esteghlal Ahvaz
Relegated	Niroye Zamini Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Tarbiat Yazd Shahrdari Tabriz Rahian Kermanshah Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Etka Gorgan
Matches played	253
Goals scored	475 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Issa Alekasir (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Sanat Naft 4–1 Parseh (23 October 2014) Rahian Kermanshah 3–0 Sh. Bandar Abbas (8 November 2014) Mes Kerman 3–0 Fajr Sepasi (19 November 2014)
Biggest away win	Gol Gohar 1–3 Mes Rafsanjan (10 October 2014)
Highest scoring	Parseh 4–3 Etka Gorgan (10 October 2014) Niroye Zamini 4–3 Naft va Gaz Gachsaran (21 October 2014) Aluminium Hormozgan 5–2 Sh. Ardabil (25 November 2014)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Start of season

• The league is feature to three teams relegated from Iran Pro League in 2013–14; Mes Kerman, Fajr Sepasi and Damash Gilan.
• It featured four teams promoted from 2013–14 2nd Division: Shahrdari Ardabil, Etka Gorgan, Foolad Novin, and Shahrdari Tabriz.

Changes

• Two fewer teams participate in the 2014–15 Azadegan League, compared to the previous year.

Teams

Group A

Giti Pasand

Aluminium

Tarbiat Yazd

Iranjavan

Nassaji

Niroo Zamini

Mes Kerman

Naft Gachsaran

Es. Ahvaz
Foolad Novin

Fajr Sepasi

Sh. Ardabil

Locations of clubs in 2014–15 Azadegan League

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head coach
Aluminium	Bandar Abbas	Persian Gulf	20,000	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Esteghlal Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	30,000	Daroush Yazdi
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	6,000	Ali Kalantari
Foolad Novin	Ahvaz	Foolad	5,000	Koroush Mousavi
Giti Pasand	Isfahan	Foolad Shahr	20,000	Vahik Torosian
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000	Gholamreza Delgarm
Mes Kerman	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,430	Akbar Misaghian
Naft Gachsaran	Gachsaran	Naft Gachsaran	2,000	Abbas Chamanyan
Nassaji	Qa'em Shahr	Vatani	15,000	Nader Dastneshan
Niroo Zamini	Tehran	Takhti Tehran	30,000	Ali Rozbahani
Shahrdari Ardabil	Ardabil	Ali Daei	20,000	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Tarbiat Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Mahmoud Amiri

Group B

Damash

Etka Gorgan

Foolad

Gol Gohar

Mes Rafsanjan

Pas

Parseh

Rahian

Sanat Naft

Sh. Tabriz

Sh. Bandar Abbas

Siah Jamegan

Locations of clubs in 2014–15 Azadegan League

Team	City	Venue	Capacity	Head coach
Damash	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000	Omid Harandi
Etka	Gorgan	Karim Abad	15,000	Saket Elhami
Foolad Yazd	Yazd	Nassiri	6,000	Dinko Jeličić
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Imam Ali	2,000	Ghasem Shahba
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohada	10,000	Vinko Begović
Parseh Tehran	Tehran	Kargaran	5,000	Bahman Abedini
Pas Hamedan	Hamedan	Qods	10,000	Davoud Mahabadi
Rahian Kermanshah	Kermanshah	Azadi	7,000	Ahmad Sanjari
Sanat Naft	Abadan	Takhti Abadan	22,000	Carlos Manuel
Siah Jamegan	Mashhad	Samen	35,000	Reza Mohajeri
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas	Takhti Bandar Abbas	10,000	Hamidreza Farzaneh
Shahrdari Tabriz	Tabriz	Bagh Shomal	20,000	Mehdi Pashazadeh

Standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Foolad Novin (C, P)	22	12	6	4	36	19	+17	42	2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League
2	Mes Kerman (Q)	22	10	6	6	23	18	+5	36	Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off
3	Nassaji Mazandaran	22	9	7	6	23	20	+3	34
4	Aluminium Hormozgan	22	8	8	6	21	18	+3	32
5	Fajr Sepasi	22	7	9	6	22	17	+5	30
6	Sh. Ardabil	22	8	6	8	24	23	+1	30
7	Giti Pasand	22	7	8	7	26	22	+4	29
8	Iranjavan	22	7	8	7	19	21	−2	29
9	Est. Ahvaz (R)	22	8	5	9	15	19	−4	29	Relegation Play Off
10	Niroye Zamini (R)	22	7	7	8	16	17	−1	28	Relegation to 2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division
11	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran (R)	22	6	7	9	22	28	−6	25
12	Tarbiat Yazd (R)	22	2	5	15	8	33	−25	11

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Siah Jamegan (P)	21	11	6	4	25	15	+10	39	2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League
2	Mes Rafsanjan (Q)	21	10	7	4	20	12	+8	37	Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off
3	PAS Hamedan	21	10	7	4	19	13	+6	37
4	Parseh Tehran	21	9	7	5	26	22	+4	34
5	Sanat Naft	21	9	6	6	22	17	+5	33
6	Damash	21	6	9	6	19	20	−1	27
7	Gol Gohar	21	5	9	7	18	20	−2	24
8	Foolad Yazd	21	5	9	7	16	21	−5	24
9	Sh. Tabriz	21	4	10	7	21	20	+1	22	Relegation Play Off
10	Rahian Kermanshah (R)	21	5	7	9	12	16	−4	22	Relegation to 2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division
11	Sh. Bandar Abbas (R)	21	3	7	11	12	24	−12	16
12	Etka Gorgan (R)	11	1	2	8	10	20	−10	5

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Azadegan League play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mes Rafsanjan	0–1	Mes Kerman	0–0[1]	0–1

Mes Kerman as 2nd-placed team of Group A will faced Mes Rafsanjan as 2nd-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.

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Mes Rafsanjan	0 – 0	Mes Kerman
	Report

6 May 2015 (2015-05-06)

15:00 CEST

Shohadaye Noushabad, Rafsanjan

Attendance: 4,000

Mes Kerman	1 - 0	Mes Rafsanjan
Bagheri 73'	Report

12 May 2015 (2015-05-12)

15:30 CEST

Shahid Bahonar, Kerman

Attendance: 8,000

Mes Kerman won 1–0 on aggregate and receives its place in the relegation Play-off of the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Relegation play-off (Persian Gulf Pro League)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal Khuzestan	3–0	Mes Kerman	1–0	2–0

Esteghlal Khuzestan as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014–15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.

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Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 0	Mes Kerman
Momeni 90+5'

25 May 2015 (2015-05-25)

16:00 CEST

Ghadir, Ahvaz

Attendance: 2,500

Mes Kerman	0 - 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan
		Diawara 56' Diawara 79'

30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)

15:30 CEST

Shahid Bahonar, Kerman

Attendance: 15,000

Esteghlal Khuzestan won 3–0 on aggregate and retained its place in the next edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Relegation play-off (Azadegan League)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shahrdari Tabriz	3–3 (a)	Esteghlal Ahvaz	1–0	2–3

Esteghlal Ahvaz as 9th-placed team of Group A will faced Shahrdari Tabriz as 9th-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.

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Shahrdari Tabriz	1 – 0	Esteghlal Ahvaz
Gharedaghi 40'	Report

11 May 2015 (2015-05-11)

14:30 CEST

Marzdaran, Tabriz

Attendance: 1,000

Esteghlal Ahvaz	3 – 2	Shahrdari Tabriz
Sinak 44' Vadadi 88' Mirghorbani 90'	Report	Ashoubi 22' Ranjbari 54'

18 May 2015 (2015-05-18)

15:30 CEST

Takhti Ahvaz, Ahvaz

Attendance: 2,000

3–3 on aggregate. Shahrdari Tabriz won on away goals.

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Foolad Novin	1–0	Siah Jamegan

Siah Jamegan as winner of Group A will faced Foolad Novin as winner of Group B in a final.

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Foolad Novin	1 – 0	Siah Jamegan
Janfaza 28'	Report

8 May 2015 (2015-05-08)

Foolad Khuzestan Stadium, Ahvaz

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Saeid Rahimi Moghadam

Foolad Novin become champions of the league for the first time in their history.