2016–17 Iran Football's 3rd Division

The article contains information about the 2016–17 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 started from October 2016.

Iran Football's 3rd Division

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

In total and in the first round, 65 teams will compete in 5 different groups .

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Entezar Bojnord	12	8	4	0	22	4	+18	28	Promotion to Second Round
2	Esteghlal Javan Khanbebin	12	7	5	0	23	10	+13	26
3	Shohadaye Sari	12	7	2	3	35	20	+15	23
4	Arash Rey	12	7	1	4	25	16	+9	22
5	Esteghlal Lamouk	12	4	7	1	17	12	+5	19	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2017–18
6	Shemiran Tehran	12	6	1	5	19	17	+2	19
7	Shirin Faraz Aghghala	12	4	5	3	20	18	+2	17
8	Aramesh Toosh Mashhad	12	4	3	5	11	13	−2	15
9	Keshavarz Lavasan	12	4	2	6	22	21	+1	14
10	Steel Adineh	12	3	1	8	12	29	−17	10
11	Esteghlal Miandoroud	12	2	3	7	10	21	−11	9
12	Pirouzi Garmsar	12	3	0	9	5	25	−20	9
13	Yaran Hejazi	12	1	2	9	6	21	−15	5

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2017. 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	Shohadaye Makeran	11	7	3	1	20	6	+14	24	Promotion to Second Round
2	Shohadaye Razakan	11	6	4	1	19	10	+9	22
3	Omran Shahrdari Sari	11	5	4	2	18	12	+6	19
4	Kaveh Shahrdari Varamin	11	6	0	5	17	13	+4	18
5	Sorkh Jamegan Arya	11	5	2	4	20	19	+1	17	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2017–18
6	Mirza Kouchak Some'e Sara	11	4	3	4	9	7	+2	15
7	Fatehan Pas Qom	11	4	2	5	11	13	−2	14
8	Shahrdari Astara	11	4	2	5	15	18	−3	14
9	Padideh Parsabad Moghan	11	4	2	5	10	14	−4	14
10	Sobhan Daru Rasht	11	3	3	5	19	19	0	12
11	Farid Karaj	11	2	3	6	9	18	−9	9
12	Arya Sepahan Tehran	11	1	2	8	8	26	−18	5

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 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	Parag	11	8	2	1	23	5	+18	26	Promotion to Second Round
2	Alominium Abeskon	11	6	4	1	16	4	+12	22
3	Oghab Tabriz	11	6	3	2	12	5	+7	21
4	Mahan Tandis	11	5	3	3	19	14	+5	18
5	Bahrebardari Metro	11	5	3	3	15	12	+3	18	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2017–18
6	Abidar Sanandaj	11	5	2	4	16	14	+2	17
7	Kavian Naghade	11	4	2	5	11	15	−4	14
8	Shahid Bagheri	11	4	1	6	20	21	−1	13
9	Mehregan Dare	10	3	4	3	10	13	−3	13
10	Rastegar Zanjan	11	2	4	5	11	16	−5	10
11	Shahin Mehr Tehran	11	3	1	7	11	18	−7	10
12	Almas Khalkhal	11	3	1	7	10	20	−10	10
13	Fajr Dehloran	11	1	2	8	13	30	−17	5

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 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	Persepolis Borazjan	11	7	1	3	22	9	+13	22	Promotion to Second Round
2	Kian Bakhtiari	11	7	1	3	18	9	+9	22
3	Abuzar Basht	11	6	2	3	17	16	+1	20
4	Payam Choghadak	11	5	4	2	12	5	+7	19
5	Pardis Khoram abad	11	5	4	2	13	9	+4	19	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2017–18
6	Persepolis Shoush	11	5	3	3	30	12	+18	18
7	Esteghlal Molasani	11	5	3	3	18	12	+6	18
8	Esteghlal Shoushtar	11	4	4	3	19	16	+3	16
9	Naftoun	11	4	4	3	15	16	−1	16
10	Shohada Shahbaz	12	2	5	5	15	22	−7	11
11	Azna Javan	11	2	2	7	12	20	−8	8
12	Esteghlal Khoramshahr	11	2	0	9	8	23	−15	6
13	Periz Dodoud	11	1	1	9	10	40	−30	4

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shahrdari Bam	11	8	3	0	29	10	+19	27	Promotion to Second Round
2	Mes Novin Kerman	11	7	2	2	16	6	+10	23
3	Jahad Sirjan	11	7	1	3	20	10	+10	22
4	Setaregan Bestano	10	6	3	1	18	6	+12	21
5	Fajr Rafsanjan	11	5	3	3	15	12	+3	18	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2017–18
6	Safahan Esfahan	11	5	3	3	15	15	0	18
7	Ghermezpoush Kish	11	5	1	5	23	12	+11	16
8	Arman Sadra Shiraz	12	4	3	5	16	14	+2	15
9	Khane Honarmandan Aran Va Bidgol	10	4	1	5	12	15	−3	13
10	Parse Shiraz	11	3	2	6	12	18	−6	11
11	Bastani Etemadian Ghaem	11	3	1	7	8	21	−13	10
12	Ansar Beh Abad	11	1	2	8	4	18	−14	5
13	Tondar Nik Shahr	11	0	1	10	3	34	−31	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second round

Second Round will be started after first round (January 2017)

Promotion and Relegation:

First team of each group (total: 3 teams) will promote to second division.

Teams ranked 2 in each group and the best 3rd place team, will promote to playoff round.

In playoff round, two teams of four, will promote to second division. (Totally 5 teams will promote)

Other 3rd ranked teams who did not qualify to playoff round, and teams ranked 4th & 5th and the best placed 6th team (total: 11 teams) will play in second round of next season.

Teams ranked 7th or below and the two worst placed 6th teams will play in first round of next season.

Group A (North)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Koushe Talaei Saveh	17	10	4	3	0	0	0	34	Promotion to 2nd Division 2017–18
2	Moghavemat Tehran	17	8	6	3	0	0	0	30
3	Shahrdari Kamyaran	17	5	9	3	0	0	0	24	Second Round - 3rd Division 2017-18
4	Shohadaye Razkan Karaj	17	7	3	7	0	0	0	24
5	Payam Moghavemat Sari	17	6	6	5	0	0	0	24
6	Meli Poshan Tabriz	17	6	4	7	0	0	0	22	First Round - 3rd Division 2017-18
7	Chooka	17	6	3	8	0	0	0	21
8	Sanat Sari	17	5	5	7	0	0	0	20
9	Etehad Sari	17	4	7	6	0	0	0	19
10	Alominum Abeskon	17	3	3	11	0	0	0	12

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B (Center & East )

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Persepolis Mashhad	18	11	4	3	33	21	+12	37	Promotion to 2nd Division 2017–18
2	Shohada Babolsar	18	8	9	1	30	16	+14	33
3	Esteghlal Javan Khanbebin	18	9	6	3	22	15	+7	33	Second Round - 3rd Division 2017-18
4	Entezar Bojnord	18	7	7	4	28	14	+14	28
5	Shohada Makran Miandoroud	18	7	4	7	28	18	+10	25
6	Espidar Tehran	18	6	7	5	20	18	+2	25	First Round - 3rd Division 2017-18
7	Esteghlal Novin Bojnourd	18	7	3	8	20	18	+2	24
8	Nasle Aboumoslem Mashhad	18	4	6	8	0	0	0	18
9	Omid Hasan Abad	18	3	3	12	18	35	−17	12
10	Bahman Sabz Alborz	18	2	3	13	11	43	−32	9

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group C (South)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Mes Novin Kerman	18	10	6	2	32	15	+17	36	Promotion to 2nd Division 2017–18
2	Sh. Bam	18	11	3	4	39	24	+15	36	3rd Division 2016-17 Play Off
3	Hafari Ahvaz	18	10	4	4	41	17	+24	34
4	Kiyan Bakhtiyari	18	10	2	6	30	20	+10	32	Second Round - 3rd Division 2017-18
5	Per. Ganaveh	18	6	6	6	23	28	−5	24
6	Parag Tehran	18	6	5	7	30	23	+7	23
7	Bargh Shiraz	18	4	6	8	13	22	−9	18	First Round - 3rd Division 2017-18
8	Per. Borazjan	18	3	7	8	13	23	−10	16
9	Sh. Firuzabad	18	3	6	9	13	32	−19	15
10	Shahin Pars Tehran	18	3	3	12	18	48	−30	12

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoff

Team 1	Score	Team 2	1st Leg	2nd Leg
Shohadaye Babolsar	2-2	Melli Haffari Ahvaz	1-0	1-2
Shahrdari Bam	2-0	Moghavemat Tehran	0-0	2-0

The winner will be promoted to 2017–18 Iran Football's 2nd Division.