2015–16 League 2 (Iran)

2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division was the 15th under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 25 teams from the 2nd Division 2014–15, seven new teams relegated from the 2014–15 Azadegan League: Tarbiat Novin, Naft Gachsaran, Niroo Zamini, Etka Gorgan, Sh. Bandar Abbas, Rahian Kermanshah, Esteghlal Ahvaz and four new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2014–15: Moghavemat Tehran, Kara Shiraz, Shahrdari Mahshahr, Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr.^[1]

Iran Football's 2nd Division

Season	2015–16
Champions	Oxin Alborz, Sepidrood Rasht
Promoted	Sepidrood Rasht Oxin Alborz Pars Jam
Relegated	Meli Poshan Persepolis Ganaveh Yaran Ghadir Alborz Kargar Boneh Gaz Shahrdari Kamyaran Tarbiat Novin Haf Semnan Moghavemat Tehran Payam Mashhad Aboumoslem Sanat Sari Alvand Hamedan
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

Tarbiat Novin

Esteghlal B
Moghavemat
Kimia
Baderan
Ni.Zamini

Naft Gachsaran

Foolad Novin
Karun Khuzestan

Mahan

Sh. Tabriz
Meli Poshan

Sh. Bandar Abbas

Shahin Kish

Aboumoslem
Payam

Oxin
Yaran

Shahin
Kargar
Persepolis

Be'sat

Sh. Kamyaran

Naft Novin

Naft Omidiyeh

Sh. Mahshahr

Sanat
Sh. Jooybar

Haf

Sh. Kashan

Caspian

Alvand

Sepidrood
Rahpouyan

Khalkhal Dasht

Sh. Urmia

Sardar Bukan

Kara
Bargh Novin

Pars Jam

Locations of clubs in 2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Oxin Alborz	18	10	7	1	30	9	+21	37	Second Round
2	Sh. Bandar Abbas	18	10	6	2	26	8	+18	36
3	Niroo Zamini	18	9	5	4	27	16	+11	32
4	Be'sat Kermanshah	18	7	8	3	30	15	+15	29
5	Bargh Jadid Shiraz	18	8	5	5	21	10	+11	29
6	Karun Khuzestan	18	5	4	9	23	20	+3	19
7	Sh. Kashan	18	4	7	7	20	25	−5	19
8	Meli Poshan	18	4	7	7	10	17	−7	19	Relegation to Iran Football's 3rd Division
9	Per. Ganaveh	18	5	4	9	14	24	−10	19
10	Yaran Ghadir Alborz	18	0	1	17	8	65	−57	1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2016. Source:
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	Qualification or relegation
1	Baadraan Tehran	18	11	4	3	34	16	+18	37	Second Round
2	Pars Jonoubi Jam	18	10	5	3	24	8	+16	35
3	Kimia Farayand	18	10	5	3	28	13	+15	35
4	Sh. Mahshahr	18	10	3	5	34	23	+11	33
5	Mahan Shoshtar	18	7	5	6	21	17	+4	26
6	Sardar Bukan	18	7	3	8	14	20	−6	24
7	Sh. Tabriz	18	5	8	5	17	15	+2	23
8	Sh. Kamyaran	18	5	4	9	25	28	−3	19	Relegation to Iran Football's 3rd Division
9	Kargar Boneh Gaz	18	4	2	12	15	27	−12	14
10	Tarbiat Novin	18	0	3	15	4	49	−45	3

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	18	8	7	3	16	11	+5	31	Second Round
2	Naft Omidiyeh	18	8	6	4	23	15	+8	30
3	Kara Shiraz	18	7	7	4	21	15	+6	28
4	Caspian Qazvin	18	6	10	2	15	9	+6	28
5	Sanat Naft Novin	18	7	6	5	21	17	+4	27
6	Esteghlal B Tehran	18	5	6	7	19	21	−2	21
7	Sh. Jooybar	18	4	7	7	12	15	−3	19
8	Haf Semnan	18	3	10	5	16	22	−6	19	Relegation to Iran Football's 3rd Division
9	Moghavemat Tehran	18	4	5	9	17	25	−8	17
10	Aboumoslem	18	4	4	10	13	23	−10	16

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shahin Bushehr	18	10	5	3	30	15	+15	35	Second Round
2	Sepidrood	18	9	6	3	23	16	+7	33
3	Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr	18	9	6	3	23	17	+6	33
4	Tose'e Kish	18	8	7	3	26	17	+9	31
5	Khalkhal Dasht	18	7	6	5	27	19	+8	27
6	Foolad B	18	7	5	6	27	22	+5	26
7	Sh. Urmia	18	5	6	7	21	23	−2	21
8	Payam Vahdat Khorasan	18	4	4	10	23	35	−12	16	Relegation to Iran Football's 3rd Division
9	Sanat Sari	18	2	5	11	13	35	−22	11
10	Alvand Hamedan	18	2	4	12	23	37	−14	10

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Oxin Alborz	10	6	2	2	14	15	−1	20	Promotion to Azadegan League 2016–17
2	Pars Jonoubi Jam	10	4	4	2	12	8	+4	16	2nd Division 2015–16 play-off
3	Naft Omidiyeh	10	3	5	2	15	10	+5	14
4	Shahin Bushehr	10	3	3	4	18	15	+3	12
5	Niroye Zamini	10	2	3	5	8	12	−4	9
6	Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr	10	2	3	5	13	20	−7	9

Updated to match(es) played on May 2016. Source:
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	Sepidrood	10	6	2	2	9	5	+4	20	Promotion to Azadegan League 2016–17
2	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	10	5	3	2	15	11	+4	18	2nd Division 2015–16 play-off
3	Baadraan Tehran	10	5	2	3	11	6	+5	17
4	Kimia Farayand	10	4	2	4	13	12	+1	14
5	Sh. Bandar Abbas	10	2	2	6	9	14	−5	8
6	Kara Shiraz	10	1	3	6	8	17	−9	6

Updated to match(es) played on May 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

2nd Division Play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pars Jonoubi Jam	4–0	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	2–0	2–0

Pars Jonoubi Jam as 2nd-placed team of Group A will faced Naft va Gaz Gachsaran as 2nd-placed team of Group B in a two-legged play-off.

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24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)

15:30 CEST

Pars Jonoubi Jam	2 – 0	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran

Takhti Jam, Jam

Attendance: 4,000

31 May 2015 (2015-05-31)

17:30 CEST

Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	0 – 2	Pars Jonoubi Jam
	Report

Shohada Naft va Gaz Gachsaran, Gachsaran

Attendance: 3,000

Pars Jonoubi Jam won 4–0 on aggregate and promoted to the next season of Azadegan League.