1970–71 Local League

The 1970–71 season was the first season of the Local League of Iranian football. The competition was won by Taj Football Club of Tehran.

Local League

Season	1970–71
Champions	Taj Tehran
Asian Club Championship	Taj Tehran
Matches	15
Goals	40 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hossein Kalani (6)
1971–72 →

Qualifying Tournament

Region A

• All matches played in Kerman.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paykan	4	3	0	1	24	9	+15	7[a]	Promoted to the Final Round
2	Taj Abadan	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	6
3	Rah Kerman	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Khane Javanan Isfahan	4	1	2	1	9	14	−5	4
5	Arash Bandar Pahlavi	4	0	0	4	6	20	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 1 bonus point?

Region B

• All matches played in Rezaeieh.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Taj Tehran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Promoted to the Final Round
2	Kargar Abadan	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Persepolis Rezaiyeh	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	2
4	Pas Hamedan	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Region C

• All matches played in Rasht.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pas Tehran	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	6	Advance to semifinals
2	Giv Bandar Pahlavi	3	2	0	1	12	7	+5	4
3	Taj Gonbad	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	4
4	Taj Rasht	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arya Mashhad	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Advance to semifinals
2	Taj Khorramabad	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
3	Taj Tabriz	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Pas Tehran	7–1	Taj Khorramabad

Arya Mashhad	1–1 (5–4)p	Giv Bandar Pahlavi

Third place play-off

Giv Bandar Pahlavi	8–0	Taj Khorramabad

Final

Pas Tehran	2–2 (4–3)p	Arya Mashhad

(P) Pas Tehran and Arya Mashhad Promoted to the Final Round

Region D

• All matches played in Isfahan

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Taj Ahvaz	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	6	Advance to semifinals
2	Bargh Tehran	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	4
3	Pas Mashhad	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2
4	Taj Kohgiluyeh	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Javanan Isfahan	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	3	Advance to semifinals
2	Taj Shiraz	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Sahand Tabriz	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Taj Shiraz	3–2	Taj Ahvaz

Javanan Isfahan	0–4	Bargh Tehran

Third place play-off

Javanan Isfahan	0–2	Taj Ahvaz

Final

Taj Shiraz	0–1	Bargh Tehran

(P) Bargh Tehran and Taj Shiraz Promoted to the Final Round.

Final Round

• All Matches played in Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pas Tehran	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Advance to Semifinals
2	Persepolis	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	4
3	Taj Shiraz	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
4	Bargh Tehran	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Taj Tehran	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	4	Advance to Semifinals
2	Taj Abadan	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
3	Kargar Abadan	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	4
4	Arya Mashhad	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pas Tehran	4–2	Taj Abadan
Taj Tehran	3–0 (awd.)*	Persepolis

^*The match was abandoned in the 80th minute with the score at 1–1 after Persepolis walked off to protest the officiating; Taj were awarded a 3–0 victory.

Third-place match

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Taj Abadan	3–0*	Persepolis

^* Persepolis objected to the officials appointed for the match and refused to participate; therefore, the match was scratched and Taj Abadan were awarded a 3–0 victory.

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Taj Tehran	2–1	Pas Tehran

Final Standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Taj Tehran	Qualification for the 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament
2	Pas Tehran
3	Taj Abadan
4	Persepolis

Top goalscorers

Hossein Kalani

7 goals

• Hossein Kalani (Persepolis)

References

• Iran 1970