2019–20 Azadegan League

The 2019–20 Azadegan League was the 29th season of the Azadegan League and 19th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 11 teams from the 2018–19 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League: Sepidrood and Esteghlal Khuzestan and two new teams promoted from the 2018–19 League 2: Khooshe Talaei Saveh, Arman Gohar Sirjan and Nirooye Zamini as champion, runner-up and third placed team respectively. Damash replaced Karoon Arvand Khorramshahr, while Elmoadab Tabriz replaced Shahrdari Tabriz. Khooneh be Khooneh changed their name into Rayka Babol.[1] The league started on 17 August 2019 and was planned to be ended in April 2020 but in March 2020 it was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic in Iran until June 2020. After suspension, the league was ended on 16 August 2020.

Azadegan League
Season2019–20
ChampionsMes Rafsanjan
PromotedMes Rafsanjan
Aluminium Arak
RelegatedNirooye Zamini
Sepidrood
Elmoadab Tabriz
Matches played288
Goals scored605 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorerHamid Kazemi
(17 goals)
Biggest home winMalavan 7–0 Elmoadab Tabriz
(15 July 2020)
Biggest away winSepidrood 0–4 Khooshe Talaei Saveh
(2 August 2020)
Highest scoringMalavan 7–0 Elmoadab Tabriz
(15 July 2020)

Teams

Stadia and locations
Locations of clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Aluminium Arak Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000
Arman Gohar Sirjan Sirjan Takhti Stadium 5,000
Baadraan Tehran Tehran Kargaran 5,000
Damash Rasht Shahid Dr. Azodi 11,000
Elmoadab Tabriz Tabriz Marzdaran Stadium 5,000
Esteghlal Khuzestan Ahvaz Takhti 38,900
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Hafezieh 15,000
Gol Reyhan Alborz Karaj Enghelab 15,000
Havadar Tehran Shohadaye Eslamshar 8,250
Khooshe Talaei Saveh Saveh Shahid Chamran 3,000
Malavan Bandar-e Anzali Takhti Anzali 8,000
Mes Kerman Kerman Shahid Bahonar 15,430
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Shohadaye Noushabad 5,000
Navad Urmia Urmia Shahid Bakeri 15,000
Nirooye Zamini Tehran Shohada of Tehran Nezaja TBA
Qashqai Shiraz Hafezieh 15,000
Rayka Babol Babol Haft-e Tir 6,000
Sepidrood Rasht Sardar Jangal 15,000

Number of teams by region
Region Number of teams Teams
1 Gilan 3 Damash, Malavan, Sepidrood
2 Kerman 3 Arman Gohar Sirjan, Mes Kerman, Mes Rafsanjan
3 Tehran 3 Baadraan, Havadar, Nirooye Zamini
4 Fars 2 Fajr Sepasi, Qashqai
5 Markazi 2 Aluminium Arak, Khooshe Talaei Saveh
6 Alborz 1 Gol Reyhan Alborz
7 East Azerbaijan 1 Elmoadab Tabriz
8 Khuzestan 1 Esteghlal Khuzestan
9 Mazandaran 1 Rayka Babol
10 West Azerbaijan 1 Navad Urmia

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mes Rafsanjan (P) 34 19 10 5 56 29 +27 67 Promotion to 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League
2 Aluminium Arak (P) 34 17 12 5 40 20 +20 63
3 Mes Kerman 34 17 12 5 42 23 +19 63
4 Khooshe Talaei Saveh 34 17 8 9 43 26 +17 59
5 Baadraan Tehran 34 16 7 11 50 38 +12 55
6 Havadar 34 14 13 7 45 35 +10 55
7 Navad Urmia 34 13 13 8 24 20 +4 52
8 Gol Reyhan Alborz 34 12 15 7 39 27 +12 51
9 Esteghlal Khuzestan 34 13 9 12 35 25 +10 48
10 Fajr Sepasi 34 11 12 11 34 32 +2 45
11 Arman Gohar 34 10 13 11 40 42 −2 43
12 Damash 34 11 9 14 27 35 −8 42
13 Rayka Babol 34 8 13 13 31 33 −2 37
14 Qashqai 34 9 10 15 33 38 −5 37
15 Malavan 34 8 11 15 31 40 −9 35
16 Nirooye Zamini (R) 34 8 9 17 32 46 −14 33 Relegation to 2nd Division
17 Sepidrood (R) 34 8 6 20 25 47 −22 30
18 Elmoadab Tabriz (R) 34 2 4 28 14 85 −71 10
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2020. Source: جدول دسته یک (98-99) - لیگ آزادگان 99-98 , SOCCERWAY
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ALU ARM BAD DAM ELM ESK FJR GRA HVD KTS MLV MES MSR NVD NRZ QSH RYK SPD
Aluminium Arak 1–2 1–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0
Arman Gohar 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Baadraan Tehran 0–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 4–3 1–1 1–0
Damash 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
Elmoadab Tabriz 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–3 0–2
Esteghlal Khuzestan 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0
Fajr Sepasi 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–0
Gol Reyhan 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Havadar 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–0
Khooshe Talaei Saveh 0–0 4–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Malavan 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 7–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–1
Mes Kerman 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–4 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Mes Rafsanjan 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–0
Navad Urmia 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Nirooye Zamini 0–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2
Qashqai 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
Rayka Babol 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 3–2
Sepidrood 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2020. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers
Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Hamid Kazemi Havadar 16
2 Iran Mehrdad Heydari Rayka Babol 13
Iran Hamid Golzari Mes Rafsanjan
4 Iran Ali Khodadadi Nirooye Zamini 12

Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2020.

See also

References
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