2020–21 Iran Football's 3rd Division

The article contains information about the 2020–21 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 will start from 5 December 2020.[1]

Iran Football's 3rd Division
Season2020–21
2021–22 →

In total 85 teams (65 teams in the first round in 5 groups, 20 teams in second round) will compete in this season's competitions.</ref>

The chellenges caused by COVID-19 pandemic in Iran made some calendar changes in previous season's final matches. Therefore, this season will start later than common time.

First round

The top 2 teams from each group will advance to the Second Round. The teams ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th in each group (total 15 teams) will be eligible to play in the First Round of next season. The teams ranked 6th and lower will be relegated to Provincial Leagues.

Qualified Teams

Teams which are eligible to play in this round are as follows:[2]

Relegated from 2nd Division (1 Team):

  • Karoon Arvand Khoramshahr (Replaced by Esteghlal Danial Shoosh)

Relegated from 3rd Division – 2nd Stage (6 Teams):

  • Kian Tehran
  • Damavand Amol (Replaced by Shahid Bagheri Goyom Fars)
  • Khalij Fars Minab
  • Negin Sanabad Mashhad (Replaced by Aseman Mashhad)
  • Setareh Sorkh Kashan
  • Esteghlal Ahvaz

Remaining from 3rd Division – 1st Stage (18 Teams):

  • Abi Delan Boneh Gaz (Replaced by Khalij Fars Mahshahr)
  • Bargh Ara Alborz (Replaced by Shahr Ahan Khaf)
  • Darya Babol (Replaced by Kia Academy Tehran)
  • Darya Harbadeye Mahmoudabad
  • Farhang Karaj (Replaced by Mardan Pasha Karaj)
  • Foolad Hormozgan
  • Hermas Fateh Shiran Tabriz (Replaced by Setaregan Azhand Azerbaijan)
  • Kavian Naghadeh
  • Naft Iranian Tehran
  • Oghab Shiraz
  • Perspolis Dezfool
  • Rezvani Esfahan
  • Roz Mooket Boroujen
  • Sanat Foolad Koohestan Esfahan
  • Setare Caspian Babol (Replaced by Shahrvand Noor)
  • Shahid Oraki Eslamshahr
  • Shahrdari Fereydoonkenar
  • Shahrvand Ramsar

Promoted from Provincial Leagues (34 Teams):

  • Setaregan Simorgh Alborz (Alborz)
  • Shahrdari Bilehsavar (Ardebil)
  • Kanyav Oshnavieh (Azarbayejan Gharbi)
  • Oghab Tabriz (Azarbayejan Sharghi)
  • Piroozi Begin Khoormooj (Boushehr)
  • Shahin Lordegan (Chaharmahal & Bakhtiyari)
  • Stock Marvdasht (Fars)
  • Sardar Jangal Gourab (Gilan)
  • Esteghlal Aliabad (Golestan)
  • Keshavarz Nahavand (Hamedan)
  • Harang Javan Bastak (Hormozgan)
  • Shohadaye Chavar 65 (Ilam)
  • Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan (Isfahan)
  • Omid Avaran Kerman (Kerman)
  • Setaregan Kermanshah (Kermanshah)
  • Badamak Qaen (Khorasan Jonoubi)
  • Shariat Novin Mashhad (Khorasan Razavi)
  • Payam Entezar Bojnourd (Khorasan Shomali)
  • Farhang Ramhormoz (Khouzestan)
  • Esteghlal Kish (Kish)
  • Shohadaye Il Bahmaei (Kohgiluye & Boyer Ahmad)
  • Shohadaye Garous Bijar (Kordestan)
  • Shahrdari Boroujerd (Lorestan)
  • Aluminium Pars Saveh (Markazi)
  • Moghavemat Jooybar (Mazandaran)
  • Safir Novin Abyek (Qazvin)
  • Sohan Mohammad Qom (Qom)
  • Siman Shahrood (Semnan)
  • Shahin Zahedan (Sistan & Balouchestan)
  • Shahin Tehran (Tehran)
  • Damash Parseh Tehran (Tehran's runner-up)
  • Kia Pars Tehran (Tehran Suburbs)
  • Sang Ahan Bafgh (Yazd)
  • Arya Minoo Khorramdareh (Zanjan)

Free Slots (6 Teams):

  • Khorshid Mehr Ghorveh
  • Moghavemat Tehran
  • Nikan Tehran
  • Pardis Khorramabad
  • Perspolis Borazjan
  • Zobahan Ardebil


Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Badamak Qaen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Second Round
2 Kian Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Darya Harabdeh Mahmoudabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Shahrvand Noor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Aseman Mashhad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2021–22
6 Shariat Novin Mashhad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shahr Ahan Khaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Moghavemat Jooybar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Payam Entezar Bojnourd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Siman Shahrood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Damash Parseh Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Moghavemat Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Esteghlal Aliabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 December 2020. Source: [3]
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 Setareh Sorkh Kashan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Second Round
2 Sardar Jangal Gourab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Shahrdari Fereydoonkenar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Shahrvand Ramsar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kia Pars Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2021–22
6 Shahin Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shahid Oraki Eslamshahr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Arya Minoo Khorramdareh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Safir Novin Abyek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sohan Mohammad Qom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mardan Pasha Karaj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 B12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Aluminium Pars Saveh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 December 2020. Source: [4]
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 Shohadaye Garous Bijar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Second Round
2 Esteghlal Ahvaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Kanyav Oshnavieh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kavian Naghadeh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kia Academy Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2021–22
6 Naft Iranian Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nikan Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Keshavarz Nahavand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Khorshid Mehr Ghorveh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Shahrdari Bilehsavar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Oghab Tabriz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Setaregan Azhand Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Zobahan Ardebil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 December 2020. Source: [5]
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 Shohadaye Chavar 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Second Round
2 Setaregan Kermanshah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Perspolis Borazjan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Piroozi Negin Khoormooj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Khalij Fars Mahshahr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2021–22
6 Perspolis Dezfool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Karoon Arvand Khoramshahr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Farhang Ramhormoz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shohadaye Il Bahmaei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pardis Khorramabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Shahin Lordegan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Roz Mooket Boroujen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Shahrdari Boroujerd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 December 2020. Source: [6]
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 Esteghlal Kish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Second Round
2 Sanat Foolad Koohestan Esfahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Foolad Hormozgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Harang Javan Bastak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Shahid Bagheri Goyom Fars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2021–22
6 Stock Marvdasht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Oghab Shiraz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Khalij Fars Minab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Omid Avaran Kerman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Shahin Zahedan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Rezvani Esfahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sang Ahan Bafgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 December 2020. Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second round

Second Round will be started after first round in February/March 2020.[8]

Qualified Teams

Relegated from 2nd Division (3 Teams):

  • Shahrdari Fooman
  • Besat Kermanshah
  • Shohadaye Razakan Karaj

Remaining Teams from last season (17 Teams):

  • 04 Birjand
  • Bargh 3 Faz Shiraz
  • Boyer Ahmad Yasouj
  • Esteghlal Shoosh
  • Farhang Isar Astara
  • Mohajer Novin Mashhad
  • Parag Tehran
  • PAS Gilan
  • Pishgaman Fonoon Pars
  • Javan Novin Sari
  • Sepahan Novin Isfahan
  • Sepahan Novin Izeh
  • Shahid Molayi Ghaemshahr
  • Shahrdari Noshahr
  • Tazan Tehran
  • Yazd Looleh
  • Zolfaghar Kashan

Promoted from 1st Stage (10 Teams):

  • Winner Group A
  • Winner Group B
  • Winner Group C
  • Winner Group D
  • Winner Group E
  • Runner-up Group A
  • Runner-up Group B
  • Runner-up Group C
  • Runner-up Group D
  • Runner-up Group E

References
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  2. "اعلام اسامی تیمهای شرکت کننده در مرحله اول لیگ دسته سه". Dsport.
  3. "قرعه کشی لیگ دسته سوم برگزار شد". Iran Football League Organisation.
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  8. "اعلام زمان آغاز فصل جدید مسابقات لیگ دسته سوم". Dsport.
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