2011–12 Iran 2nd Division

The article contains the information of the 2011–12 2nd Division football season. This is the 3rd rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League and Persian Gulf Cup.

Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season2011–12
ChampionsEsteghlal Ahvaz
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played369
Goals scored885 (2.4 per match)

The league will be composed of 28 teams[1] divided into two divisions of 14 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 26 matches each.

In each group, the first two teams are promoted to Azadegan League, and two teams are relegated to 3rd Division plus the relegation playoff loser. In total, the league promotes 4 teams to Azadegan League and relegates 5 teams to 3rd Division.

The league will be started from 8 September 2011.[2][3]

Teams

Group A
Team City Note
Badr HormozganBandar AbbasReplaced for Ariyana Gostar Kish
Esteghlal AhvazAhvaz
Fajr Jam BushehrBushehr
Foolad NovinAhvaz
Giti Pasand IsfahanIsfahan
Hafari AhvazAhvaz
Moghavemat TehranTehran
Naft va Gaz GachsaranGachsaran
Naft MahmoudabadMahmoudabad
Sepidrood RashtRasht
Shahrdari ArdebilArdebil
Shamoushak NoshahrNoshahr
Siah Jamegan KhorasanMashhadReplaced for Golchin Robat Karim
Zob Ahan NovinFooladshahr

Group B
Team City Note
Ashian Gostar VaraminVaramin
Choka TaleshTalesh
Datis LorestanKhorramabad
Gostaresh Foolad SahandSahand
Mantagheh Vizheh Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasReplaced for Aluminium Almahdi Hormozgan
Mehr KarajKaraj
Naft OmidiyehOmidiyeh
Pas Novin HamedanHamedan
Payam MashhadMashhad
Persepolis BorazjanBorazjan
Pershiaan ZanjanZanjanReplaced for Shahrdari Zanjan
Sanat Naft NovinAbadan
Shahrdari DezfulDezfulReplaced for Foolad Natanz
Shahrdari NoshahrNoshahrReplaced for Nozhan Mazandaran

Standings

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Est. Ahvaz 26 13 9 4 36 16 +20 48 Promotion to 2012–13 Azadegan League
2 Hafari Ahvaz 26 14 3 9 42 24 +18 45
3 Moghavemat Tehran 26 11 9 6 31 23 +8 42
4 Siah Jamegan 26 11 6 9 35 29 +6 39
5 Naft va Gaz Gachsaran 26 11 5 10 27 33 −6 38
6 Sh. Ardabil 26 10 7 9 33 23 +10 37
7 Foolad Novin 26 9 10 7 29 22 +7 37
8 Giti Pasand 26 10 7 9 34 31 +3 37
9 Fajr Bushehr 26 9 8 9 34 29 +5 35
10 Sepidrood 26 9 8 9 26 26 0 35
11 Albadr Bandar Kong 26 9 7 10 25 29 −4 34
12 Naft Mahmoudabad 26 8 6 12 29 39 −10 30 Relegation Play Off
13 Zob Ahan Novin (R) 26 6 9 11 20 31 −11 27 Relegation to 3rd Division 2012-2013
14 Shamoushak (R) 26 2 6 18 6 52 −46 12
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2012. Source: Foolad FC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Pas Novin 26 15 8 3 42 14 +28 53 Promotion to 2012–13 Azadegan League
2 Foolad Sahand 26 15 6 5 52 21 +31 51
3 Naft Omidiyeh 26 13 11 2 37 20 +17 50
4 Sanat Naft Novin 26 15 5 6 47 23 +24 48[lower-alpha 1]
5 Mehr Karaj 26 12 8 6 43 31 +12 44
6 Sh. Dezful 26 12 6 8 39 26 +13 42
7 Datis 26 9 10 7 29 30 −1 37
8 Sh. Noshahr 26 10 6 10 32 28 +4 36
9 Ashian Gostar 26 10 5 11 29 34 −5 35
10 Mantagheh Vizheh 26 5 10 11 20 27 −7 25
11 Chooka 26 6 8 12 28 39 −11 23[lower-alpha 2]
12 Per. Borazjan 26 4 9 13 33 45 −12 21 Relegation Play Off
13 Payam Mashhad (R) 26 4 9 13 26 38 −12 21 Relegation to 3rd Division 2012-2013
14 Pershiaan Zanjan (R) 26 0 3 23 6 87 −81 1[lower-alpha 3]
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2012. Source: Foolad FC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Sanat Naft Novin was docked 2 points due to misbehavior.
  2. Chooka was docked 3 points due to misbehavior.
  3. Pershiaan Zanjan was docked 2 points due to misbehavior.

Final

Championship Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Esteghlal Ahvaz 4–3 Pas Novin Hamedan 4–2 0–1

Third place play-off
Team 1 Score Team 2 Notes
Foolad Sahand (w/o) Hafari Ahvaz

Relegation play-off
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Persepolis Borazjan 4-4 Naft Mahmoudabad 3–2 1-2

The loser will be relegated to 2012–13 Iran Football's 3rd Division

References
  1. ۲۸ تیم در لیگ دسته دو شرکت خواهند داشت
  2. "تاریخ شروع لیگ دسته دوم". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. شروع لیگ دسته دوم در فصل آتی
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