2012–13 Azadegan League

The 2012–13 Azadegan League was the 22nd season of the Azadegan League and 12th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2011–12 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup: Shahin Bushehr, Shahrdari Tabriz and Mes Sarcheshmeh and four new teams promoted from the 2011–12 2nd Division: Esteghlal Ahvaz as champions, Gostaresh Foulad and Hafari Ahvaz. Alvand Hamedan replaced PAS Novin Hamedan, Bargh Shiraz replaced Steel Azin and Sang Ahan replaced Tarbiat Yazd. The league started on 13 September 2012 and ended on 16 April 2013. Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Azadegan League
Season2012–13
Champions
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played364
Goals scored770 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorerMohammad Abbaszadeh
(18 goals)
Biggest home winNassaji 5–0 Sh. Arak
(16 February 2013)
Biggest away winYadavaran Shalamcheh 0–3 PAS Hamedan
(15 November 2012)
Parseh 2–5 Sang Ahan
(28 December 2012)
Highest scoringHafari Ahvaz 4–4 Bargh Shiraz
(9 December 2012)
Aboumoslem 4–4 Mes Sarcheshmeh
(31 January 2013)

Changes

Match fixing scandal

After Shahrdari Tabriz promoted to the Iran Pro League, the former chairman of Niroye Zamini was announced that he was offered 100,000,000 tomans to fixing the match between two teams, a bid that he rejected. Two days later, one of the players of the Shahrdari Bandar Abbas was charged that he was purchased to score an own goal in match with Shahrdari Tabriz. IRIFF opened a case for the match-fixing scandal and excluded coaching staff and management of Shahrdari Tabriz temporarily. The play-off and championship matches was also postponed to another time until the final judgment. The final was announced on 13 May 2013. Shahrdari Tabriz's promotion was canceled and they will be play at Azadegan League next season too, Faraz Kamalvand (head coach of Shahrdari Tabriz) and his assistants were banned for two years from football careers. The team manager of Shahrdari Tabriz and chairman of the club were also banned for one year and six months. Yadavaran Shalamcheh (which relegated to the 2nd Division) was relegated to the 3rd Division. Nader Dastneshan (head coach of Saipa Shomal), Majid Bagherinia (head coach of Esteghlal Khuzestan) and chairman of the club.

Teams

Team City Venue Capacity Head Coach Note
AboomoslemMashhadSamen Stadium35,000 Hadi Bargizar
Alvand HamedanHamedanQods Stadium10,000 Reza Talaeimanesh
Bargh ShirazShirazDastgheib5,000 Mohammad Abbassi
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Adel Hardani
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Majid Bagherinia
EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000 Saket Elhami[6]
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000 Ali Kalantari[7]
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000 Ghasem Shahba
Gostaresh FooladTabrizBagh Shomal20,000 Rasoul Khatibi
Hafari AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Nasser Motlagh
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000 Ahmad Sanjari
Machine SaziTabrizBagh Shomal20,000 Asghar E'tebari
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Noushabad10,000 Bahman Foroutan
Mes SarcheshmehSarcheshmehShahid Bahonar12,000 Davoud Mahabadi[8]
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Zoran Smilevski
NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000 Esmaeil Esmaeili
Niroye ZaminiTehranTakhti Tehran30,000 Bahman Khoda Karam[9]
PAS HamedanHamedanQods Stadium80,000 Omid Tayyeri
Parseh TehranTehranKargaran Stadium5,000 Alireza Emamifar[10]
Saipa ShomalQa'em ShahrShahid Vatani10,000 Nader Dastneshan
Sang Ahan BafqBafqShohada6,000 Afshin Peyrovani
Shahin BushehrBushehrShahid Beheshti14,000 Ali Hanteh
Shahrdari ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000 Mohammad Navazi
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti10,000 Abdolrahim Khorramzi
Shahrdari TabrizTabrizYadegar Emam Tabriz50,000 Faraz Kamalvand
Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti5,000 Abbas Chamanyan
Rahian KermanshahKermanshahAzadi7,000 Javad Zarincheh
Yadavaran ShalamchehKhorramshahrJahan Ara2,000 Human Afazeli

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Machine Sazi Alireza AkbarpourNovember 2012 Asghar EtebariNovember 2012
Pas Hamedan Vingo BegovicJanuary 2013 Omid TeyriJanuary 2013

Standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gostaresh (P) 26 14 8 4 44 25 +19 50 Promotion to 2013–14 Iran Pro League
2 Mes Sarcheshmeh (Q) 26 12 11 3 29 15 +14 47 Azadegan League 2012–13 Play Off
3 Naft Masjed Soleyman 26 13 6 7 41 31 +10 45
4 Alvand Hamedan 26 12 7 7 33 23 +10 43
5 Gol Gohar 26 11 8 7 29 25 +4 41
6 Aboumoslem 26 10 8 8 39 34 +5 38
7 Sang Ahan Bafgh 26 9 7 10 37 32 +5 34
8 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 9 9 8 33 27 +6 33[lower-alpha 1]
9 Parseh Tehran 26 6 13 7 30 30 0 31
10 Est. Ahvaz 26 7 9 10 25 34 9 30
11 Etka Gorgan (R) 26 7 9 10 15 24 9 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Iran Football's 2nd Division
12 Shahin Bushehr (R) 26 6 8 12 18 30 12 26
13 Sh. Arak (R) 26 6 7 13 16 30 14 25
14 Machine Sazi (R) 26 3 4 19 18 47 29 13
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2013. Source: Varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Nassaji Mazandaran was docked 3 points.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sh. Tabriz (R) 26 13 8 5 33 20 +13 47 Relegation to 2nd Division[lower-alpha 1]
2 Est. Khuzestan (P) 26 13 7 6 24 18 +6 46 Promotion to 2013–14 Iran Pro League
3 PAS Hamedan (Q) 26 14 3 9 25 18 +7 45 Azadegan League 2012–13 Play Off
4 Sh. Yasouj 26 12 6 8 31 20 +11 42
5 Rahian Kermanshah 26 10 11 5 27 19 +8 41
6 Niroye Zamini 26 12 4 10 29 27 +2 40
7 Iranjavan 26 8 13 5 27 20 +7 37
8 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 9 10 7 29 25 +4 37
9 Saipa Shomal 26 11 4 11 22 28 6 37
10 Foolad Yazd 26 8 7 11 28 26 +2 31
11 Mes Rafsanjan 26 7 9 10 14 21 7 30
12 Hafari Ahvaz (R) 26 6 8 12 40 42 2 26 Relegation to 2nd Division
13 Bargh Shiraz (R) 26 4 7 15 22 44 22 19
14 Yadavaran Shalamcheh (R) 26 3 7 16 12 35 23 16 Relegation to 3rd Division[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2013. Source: Varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Shahrdari Tabriz was relegated to the 2nd Division due to match-fixing scandal.[11]
  2. Yadavaran Shalamcheh was relegated to the 3rd Division due to match-fixing scandal.

Play-off

First leg was played on 28 May 2013; return leg on 30 May 2013
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pas Hamedan 3–2 Mes Sarcheshmeh 2–1 1–1

Pas Hamedan advanced to the Iran Pro League play-off against Zob Ahan.

Final

The match was played on 31 May 2013
Team 1 Score Team 2 Notes
Gostaresh Cancelled Esteghlal Khuzestan

Iran Pro League Playoff

The promotion/relegation playoff for 2013–14 Iran Pro League was held between Zob Ahan and Pas Hamedan.

The matches were played on 21 June 2013 and 26 June 2013
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zob Ahan 5–3 Pas Hamedan 4–2 1–1

Zob Ahan remained in Iran Pro League.

Top scorers

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