2010–11 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season2010–11
ChampionsDamash
1st Azadegan League title
PromotedDamash
Mes Sarcheshmeh
Moghavemat Shiraz
RelegatedPayam Mashhad
Foolad Natanz
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Sepidrood
Matches played364
Goals scored737 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorerAfshin Chavoshi
Moslem Firoozabadi
Mostafa Shojaei
(18 goals)
Biggest home winGol Gohar 4–0 Mes Rafsanjan
(29 October 2010)
Biggest away winHamyari Arak 1–4 Foolad Natanz
(8 April 2011)
Highest scoringFoolad Natanz 3–5 Naft MIS
(2 May 2011)
Highest attendance30,000[1]
Gostaresh – Aboumoslem
(9 May 2011)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Damash Lorestan – Est. Ahvaz[2]
(2 December 2010)
Naft MIS – Mes Rafsanjanl[3]
(6 February 2011)
Tarbiat Yazd – Damash[4]
(13 February 2011)
Tarbiat Yazd – Foolad Natanz[5]
(25 February 2011)
Tarbiat Yazd – Sh. Bandar Abbas[6]
(12 March 2011)
Damash – Payam Mashhad[7]
(18 March 2011)
Est. Ahvaz – Shirin Faraz[8]
(2 May 2011)
Iranjavan – Sepidrood[1]
(9 May 2011)
Total attendance972,900
Average attendance2,733

The 2010–11 Azadegan League was the 20th season of the Azadegan League and tenth as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2009–10 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup (Moghavemat Shiraz, Aboumoslem and Esteghlal Ahvaz) and four new teams promoted from the 2009–10 2nd Division (Sepidrood as champions, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Shahrdari Yasouj and Foolad Yazd). Foolad Natanz replaced Sepahan Novin, Machine Sazi replaced Petroshimi Tabriz and Sanat Sari replaced Mehrkam Pars. Shensa Arak changed their name to Hamyari Arak. The league started on 23 September 2010 and ended on 9 May 2011. Damash won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Damash, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Moghavemat Shiraz gained promotion to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Events

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Locations of clubs in 2010–11 Azadegan League

Start of season

Teams

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Past Season
Damash Gilan Rasht Sardar Jangal 15,000 Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 2nd in Azadegan League/A
Etka Gorgan Karim Abad 15,000 Iran Hasan Ghezel 6th in Azadegan League/A
Foolad Natanz Natanz Safaiye 15,000 Iran Hossein Charkhabi Replaced for Sepahan Novin
Gol Gohar Sirjan Imam Ali 2,000 Iran Farshad Pious 10th in Azadegan League/B
Hamyari Arak Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000 Iran Yaghoub Vatani Replaced for Shensa Arak
Machine Sazi Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 Iran Ayyob Zolfaghari Replaced for Petrochimi
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Noushabad 10,000 Iran Akbar Zabardast 5th in Azadegan League/A
Moghavemat Sepasi Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Iran Aliasghar Kalantari 16th in Persian Gulf Cup
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Behnam Mohammadi 10,000 Iran Majid Bagherinia 2nd in 2nd Division
Payam Mashhad Mashhad Samen 35,000 Iran Ramezan Shokrin 8th in Azadegan League/A
Sanati Kaveh Tehran Aliaf Stadium 5,000 Iran Ahmad Khodadad 9th in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas Takhti Bandar Abbas 10,000 Argentina Carlos Fabian Leeb 7th in Azadegan League/A
Shahrdari Yasuj Yasuj Takhti Yasuj 5,000 Iran Jamshid Ghadiri 3rd in 2nd Division
Tarbiat Yazd Yazd Nassiri 6,000 Iran Davoud Mahabadi 3rd in Azadegan League/A

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Past Season
Aboomoslem Mashhad Samen Stadium 35,000 Iran Ali Hanteh 17th in Persian Gulf Cup
Aluminium Hormozgan Bandar Abbas Takhti 10,000 Croatia Vinko Begović 4th in Azadegan League/B
Bargh Shiraz Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Iran Mehdi Dinavarzadeh 3rd in Azadegan League/B
Damash Lorestan Dorood Takhti 10,000 Iran Javad Zarincheh 11th in Azadegan League/A
Esteghlal Ahvaz Ahvaz Takhti 15,000 Iran Rahim Firouzi 18th in Persian Gulf Cup
Foolad Yazd Yazd Nassiri 6,000 Iran Edmond Yunanpour 4th in 2nd Division
Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000 Iran Firouz Karimi 8th in Azadegan League/B
Iranjavan Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 15,000 Iran Mohammad Abbasi 10th in Azadegan League/A
Mes Sarcheshmeh Sarcheshmeh Shahid Zenali 10,000 Iran Asghar Sharafi 5th in Azadegan League/B
Nassaji Qa'em Shahr Vatani 15,000 Iran Golmohammadi 7th in Azadegan League/B
Payam Mokhaberat Shiraz Hafezieh 20,000 Iran Mohammad Abbasi 12th in Azadegan League/A
Sanat Sari Sari Shohada Stadium 15,000 Iran Mahmoud Sourtchi Replaced for Mehrkam Pars
Sepidrood Rasht Rasht Dr. Azodi Stadium 11,000 Iran Farhad Hosseinpour 1st in 2nd Division
Shirin Faraz Kermanshah Azadi Stadium 7,000 Iran Majid Aghajari 6th in Azadegan League/B

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Damash Gilan Slovenia Marijan Pušnik[11] Sacked 9 November 2010 14 Iran Afshin Nazemi 7 December 2010
Bargh Shiraz Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh[12] Resigned 30 October 2010 Iran Alireza Emamifar 30 October 2010
Damash Gilan Iran Afshin Nazemi End of caretaker spell 7 December 2010 Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 7 December 2010
Esteghlal Ahvaz Iran Ali Hanteh Resigned December 2010 Iran Nader Dastneshan December 2010
Hamyari Arak Iran Yaghoub Vatani Sacked 28 December 2010 12 Iran Nasser Pourmehdi 28 December 2010
Bargh Shiraz Iran Alireza Emamifar Sacked 7 January 2011 Iran Hossein Hosseinzadeh 8 January 2011
Shirin Faraz Iran Majid Aghajeri Sacked 17 January 2011 14 Iran Hadi Bargizar 21 January 2011
Iranjavan Iran Asghar Sharafi Resigned 22 January 2011 3 Iran Mohammad Abbasi 23 January 2011
Payam Mokhaberat Iran Mohammad Abbasi Resigned 22 January 2011 12 Iran Asghar Akbari 2011
Sanati Kaveh Iran Javad Zarincheh Mutual consent February 2011 3 Iran Farhad Kazemi 11 February 2011
Damash Serbia Darko Dražić Sacked 13 February 2011 12 Iran Javad Zarincheh 14 February 2011
Naft Iran Majid Bagherinia Resigned 15 February 2011 8 Iran Siamak Bakhtiarizadeh 15 February 2011
Payam Mashhad Iran Abbas Chamanyan Mutual consent 20 February 2011 11 Iran Ramezan Shokrin[13] 20 February 2011
Aboomoslem Iran Ghiyassian Resigned February 2011 3 Iran Ali Hanteh 20 February 2011
Shirin Faraz Iran Hadi Bargizar Resigned 6 March 2011 8 Iran Reza Mohajeri 7 March 2011
Tarbiat Iran Davoud Mahabadi Resigned 7 March 2011 10 Iran Hadi Bargizar 7 March 2011
Sanati Kaveh Iran Farhad Kazemi Resigned 7 March 2011 5 Iran Ali Nikbakht 10 March 2011
Esteghlal Ahvaz Iran Afshin Komaei Sacked 8 May 2011 11 Iran Bahman Roshanaei 8 May 2011

Standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Damash 26 13 9 4 39 24 +15 48 Promotion to 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Moghavemat 26 12 5 9 24 18 +6 41 Azadegan League 2010–11 Play Off
3 Sh. Yasouj 26 11 6 9 28 26 +2 39
4 Naft Masjed Soleyman 26 8 11 7 33 32 +1 35
5 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 9 8 9 26 26 0 35
6 Etka Gorgan 26 9 7 10 30 28 +2 34
7 Gol Gohar 26 8 10 8 29 27 +2 34
8 Tarbiat Yazd 26 6 15 5 24 22 +2 33
9 Mes Rafsanjan 26 8 8 10 20 25 −5 32
10 Hamyari Arak 26 8 8 10 20 28 −8 32
11 Sanati Kaveh 26 7 10 9 27 32 −5 31
12 Machine Sazi 26 7 10 9 30 36 −6 31
13 Payam Mashhad (R) 26 9 5 12 30 30 0 29[a] Relegation to 2011–12 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14 Foolad Natanz (R) 26 6 10 10 30 36 −6 28
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2011. Source: Persian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Payam Mashhad had 3 points deducted.[14]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mes Sarcheshmeh 26 14 6 6 34 14 +20 48 Promotion to 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Aluminium Hormozgan 26 13 9 4 29 19 +10 48 Azadegan League 2010–11 Play Off
3 Gostaresh 26 14 6 6 28 22 +6 48
4 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 11 9 6 34 17 +17 42
5 Aboumoslem 26 11 9 6 28 20 +8 42
6 Shirin Faraz 26 8 11 7 17 19 −2 35
7 Sanat Sari 26 8 11 7 18 24 −6 35
8 Iranjavan 26 8 9 9 29 26 +3 33
9 Bargh Shiraz 26 7 11 8 24 25 −1 32
10 Payam Mokhaberat 26 5 12 9 20 22 −2 27
11 Foolad Yazd 26 7 6 13 23 38 −15 27
12 Damash Lorestan 26 6 7 13 22 29 −7 25
13 Est. Ahvaz (R) 26 6 6 14 20 33 −13 24 Relegation to 2011–12 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14 Sepidrood (R) 26 4 8 14 21 39 −18 20
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2011. Source: Persian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results table

Group A

Home \ Away DMG ETK FNA GOL HAM MST MSR MVT NFT PYM KAV SHB SHY TAR
Damash 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–3 1–1
Etka Gorgan 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0
Foolad Natanz 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–5 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1
Gol Gohar 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Hamyari Arak 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
Machine Sazi 2–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0
Mes Rafsanjan 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Moghavemat 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
Naft Masjed Soleyman 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0
Payam Mashhad 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Sanati Kaveh 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1
Sh. Bandar Abbas 1–0 2–2 4–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1
Sh. Yasouj 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1
Tarbiat Yazd 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2011. Source: Lig 1.ir/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away ABU ALH BGH DAM ESA FOY GOS IRJ MSA NSJ PMS SAN SEP SFZ
Aboumoslem 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2
Aluminium Hormozgan 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0
Bargh Shiraz 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0
Damash Lorestan 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–1
Est. Ahvaz 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–1
Foolad Yazd 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1
Gostaresh 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1
Iranjavan 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2
Mes Sarcheshmeh 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0
Nassaji Mazandaran 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–0
Payam Mokhaberat 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0
Sanat Sari 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Sepidrood 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0
Shirin Faraz 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2011. Source: Lig 1.ir/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Off

First leg to be played 18 May 2011; return leg to be played 24 May 2011
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Moghavemat Sepasi 6–0 Aluminium Hormozgan 2–0 0–4

First leg

Moghavemat Sepasi2–0Aluminium Hormozgan
Pour Mohammad 37'
Shojaiyan 74'
Attendance: 20000
Referee: Mohsen Torki

Return leg

Aluminium Hormozgan0–4Moghavemat Sepasi
Pour Mohammad 30', 50'
Shojaiyan 73'
Kalantari 77'
Attendance: 12000

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Damash (w/o)1 Mes Sarcheshmeh

1 Scheduled between Mes Sarcheshmeh and Damash, however, Mes Sarcheshmeh did not show up, Damash awarded championship.[15]

Player statistics

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Nassaji 166,000 15,000 1,000 12,769 +7.9%†
2 Naft MIS 108,000 10,000 0 9,000 n/a†
3 Sh. Yasouj 72,000 10,000 1,000 5,538 n/a†
4 Gostaresh 64,800 30,000 300 4,985 +285.8%†
5 Tarbiat Yazd 42,500 10,000 0 4,250 −27.7%†
6 Sanat Sari 54,000 10,000 1,000 4,154 n/a†
7 Damash Lorestan 41,100 7,000 0 3,425 −42.8%†
8 Aluminium Hormozgan 39,500 8,000 1,000 3,038 +54.8%†
9 Foolad Yazd 35,000 10,000 1,000 2,692 n/a†
10 Damash 32,000 7,000 0 2,667 −17.5%†
11 Shirin Faraz 34,000 5,000 1,000 2,615 −21.8%†
12 Mes Rafsanjan 33,500 5,000 1,000 2,577 +60.3%†
13 Gol Gohar 29,500 3,000 1,500 2,269 +29.7%†
14 Moghavemat 27,800 10,000 300 2,138 −70.4%†
15 Iranjavan 23,300 3,000 0 1,942 +3.4%†
16 Sh. Bandar Abbas 23,500 4,000 1,000 1,808 −10.4%†
17 Est. Ahvaz 21,600 7,000 0 1,800 −64.4%†
18 Hamyari Arak 18,700 3,000 500 1,438 −59.4%†
19 Aboumoslem 17,550 4,000 50 1,350 −77.3%†
20 Etka Gorgan 16,950 8,000 50 1,304 −35.3%†
21 Bargh Shiraz 15,000 2,000 500 1,154 −72.2%†
22 Foolad Natanz 12,000 3,000 200 923 n/a†
23 Sepidrood 11,300 3,000 100 869 n/a†
24 Machine Sazi 10,300 5,000 100 792 n/a†
25 Mes Sarcheshmeh 9,000 2,000 100 692 0.0%†
26 Payam Mokhaberat 6,000 1,000 100 462 −49.9%†
27 Payam Mashhad 5,550 1,000 50 427 0.0%†
28 Sanati Kaveh 2,450 500 50 188 −7.8%†


League total 972,900 30,000 0 2,733 −2.3%†

Updated to games played on 9 May 2011
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Aboumoslem, Esteghlal Ahvaz and Moghavemat Shiraz played last season in Persian Gulf Cup
Foolad Yazd, Naft MIS, Sepidrood and Shahrdari Yasouj played last season in Iran 2nd Division
Foolad Natanz replaced Sepahan Novin
Machine Sazi replaced Petroshimi Tabriz
Sanat Sari replaced Mehrkam Pars
Shensa Arak changed their name into Hamyari Arak

Highest attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Gostaresh 1–0 Aboumoslem 30,000 9 May 2011 (2011-05-09) 26 Sahand
2 Nassaji 3–0 Aboumoslem 15,000 23 September 2010 (2010-09-23) 1 Vatani
Nassaji 0–0 Gostaresh 15,000 29 October 2010 (2010-10-29) 3 Vatani
Nassaji 4–1 Foolad Yazd 15,000 5 November 2010 (2010-11-05) 4 Vatani
Nassaji 2–0 Shirin Faraz 15,000 19 November 2010 (2010-11-19) 6 Vatani
Nassaji 1–0 Sanat Sari 15,000 2 December 2010 (2010-12-02) 8 Vatani
Nassaji 1–1 Esteghlal Ahvaz 15,000 24 December 2010 (2010-12-24) 10 Vatani
Nassaji 3–0 Sepidrood 15,000 7 January 2011 (2011-01-07) 12 Vatani
Nassaji 1–1 Bargh Shiraz 15,000 11 March 2011 (2011-03-11) 20 Vatani
Nassaji 2–0 Mes Sarcheshmeh 15,000 8 April 2011 (2011-04-08) 22 Vatani

Notes:
Updated to games played on 9 May 2011. Source: iplstats.com

See also

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