2020–21 Azadegan League

The 2020–21 Azadegan League was the 30th season of the Azadegan League and 20th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991.[2][3][4] The season started in 2 November 2020[5] with 13 teams from the 2019–20 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League: Pars Jonoubi Jam and Shahin Bushehr and three new teams promoted from the 2019–20 League 2: Chooka Talesh, Esteghlal Mollasani and Shahrdari Astara as champion, runner-up and third placed team respectively.[6][7] Karoon Arvand Khorramshahr's 1st Division licence were taken back from Damash and then again sold to Kheybar Khorramabad.[8] The league started on 22 November 2020 and ended on 19 July 2021.[9][10] Fajr Sepasi Shiraz won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history and was promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League after an absence of eight years together with second-ranked Havadar Tehran.

Azadegan League
Season2020–21
ChampionsFajr Sepasi
PromotedFajr Sepasi
Havadar
RelegatedChooka
Navad
Gol Reyhan
Goals scored612
Top goalscorerAref Rostami
(17 goals)[1]
Biggest home winSh. Astara 6-0 Gol Reyhan (12 July 2021)
Biggest away winNavad 1-5 Malavan (27 June 2021)
Highest attendance0
Lowest attendance0
Total attendance0
Average attendance0

Teams

Stadia and locations
Locations of clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arman Gohar Sirjan Sirjan Takhti Stadium 5,000
Baadraan Tehran Tehran Kargaran 5,000
Chooka Talesh Rasht Sardar Jangal
Esteghlal Khuzestan Ahvaz Takhti 38,900
Esteghlal Mollasani Ahvaz Takhti 38,900
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Pars 50,000
Gol Reyhan Alborz Karaj Enghelab 15,000
Havadar Tehran Shohadaye Eslamshar 8,250
Kheybar Khorramabad Khorramabad Takhti
Khooshe Talaei Saveh Saveh Shahid Chamran 3,000
Malavan Bandar-e Anzali Takhti Anzali 8,000
Mes Kerman Kerman Shahid Bahonar 15,430
Navad Urmia Urmia Shahid Bakeri 15,000
Pars Jonoubi Jam Jam Takhti
Qashqai Shiraz Pars 50,000
Rayka Babol Babol Haft-e Tir 6,000
Shahin Bushehr Bushehr Shahid Mahdavi
Shahrdari Astara Astara Vahdat

Number of teams by region
Region Number of teams Teams
1 Gilan 3 Chooka, Malavan, Shahrdari Astara
2 Bushehr 2 Pars Jonoubi, Shahin
3 Fars 2 Fajr Sepasi, Qashqai
4 Kerman 2 Arman Gohar Sirjan, Mes Kerman
5 Khuzestan 2 Esteghlal Khuzestan, Esteghlal Molasani
6 Tehran 2 Baadraan, Havadar
7 Alborz 1 Gol Reyhan Alborz
8 Lorestan 1 Kheybar
9 Markazi 1 Khooshe Talaei Saveh
10 Mazandaran 1 Rayka Babol
11 West Azerbaijan 1 Navad Urmia

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Fajr Sepasi (C, P) 34 16 12 6 41 21 +20 60 Promotion to 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League
2 Havadar (P) 34 17 9 8 42 26 +16 60
3 Baadraan Tehran 34 18 6 10 41 28 +13 60
4 Mes Kerman 34 16 7 11 32 23 +9 55
5 Shahin Bushehr 34 13 14 7 27 20 +7 53
6 Esteghlal Khuzestan 34 13 13 8 31 20 +11 52
7 Kheybar Khorramabad 34 12 13 9 45 26 +19 49
8 Khooshe Talaei Saveh 34 12 13 9 34 27 +7 49
9 Arman Gohar 34 14 7 13 47 44 +3 49
10 Pars Jonoubi Jam 34 13 9 12 38 34 +4 48
11 Malavan 34 12 10 12 30 30 0 46
12 Rayka Babol 34 11 10 13 33 38 −5 43
13 Esteghlal Mollasani 34 10 12 12 39 43 −4 42
14 Qashqai 34 10 12 12 29 35 −6 42
15 Shahrdari Astara 34 12 5 17 35 43 −8 41
16 Chooka Talesh (R) 34 7 13 14 29 44 −15 34 Relegation to 2nd Division
17 Navad Urmia (R) 34 6 9 19 14 37 −23 27
18 Gol Reyhan Alborz (R) 34 4 6 24 25 74 −49 18
Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2021. Source: Soccerway, persianleague.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ARM BAD CHO ESK ESM FJR GRA HVD KHE KTS MLV MES NVD PAR QSH RYK SHA SHR
Arman Gohar 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–3 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–0
Baadraan Tehran 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–0
Chooka Talesh 3–2 2–4 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1
Esteghlal Khuzestan 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–1
Esteghlal Mollasani 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
Fajr Sepasi 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–1
Gol Reyhan 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 3–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 1–1
Havadar 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0
Kheybar 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–0 3–1 5–1 3–1 0–1 1–2
Khooshe Talaei Saveh 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Malavan 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
Mes Kerman 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 5–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0
Navad Urmia 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–5 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
Pars Jonoubi 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1
Qashqai 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0
Rayka Babol 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0
Shahin Bushehr 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Shahrdari Astara 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 6–0 1–0 1–4 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2021. Source: Soccerway iranleague.ir
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz61584857745634334552344644644343111
Havadar1323631421111445665565455211111222
Baadraan Tehran1489748111189852156446433322132222333
Mes Kerman6438563313223211311111111323665564
Shahin Bushehr12167638991012121312887878858999866534445
Esteghlal Khuzestan4232124132346663233222233588877656
Kheybar Khorramabad161211111212129111112111314141314131096586477788997
Khooshe Talaei Saveh613161717171716141414141012911101111121111767755456778
Arman Gohar Sirjan1610111013131413131313111414151516131414131214141412141110101110119
Pars Jonoubi Jam11112125745677787899107878999991011810
Malavan14754746266989910911976791011111010101111981011
Rayka Babol6131512910881177101311121091210111214131313141213141314121412
Esteghlal Mollasani611691411101012101098101112121012131413121010111314131413131513
Qashqai481315161515151617171617151313141615151515151615151515151515141214
Shahrdari Astara12591310756584755221247810111212131112121212151315
Chooka Talesh (R)16181814151616171715161515161616151516161616161516161716161616161616
Navad Urmia (R)16171718181818181818181818181718181717171717171717171617171717171717
Gol Reyhan Alborz (R)6121416121413141516151716171817171818181818181818181818181818181818
Leader : Promotion to 2021-22 Persian Gulf Pro League
Promotion to 2021-22 Persian Gulf Pro League
Relegation to 2021-22 2nd Division
Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2021 (2021-07-19). Source: Iran Football League Organization[11]

Statistics

Top scorers
Position Player Club Goals
1 Iran Aref Rostami Kheybar Khorramabad 17
2 Iran Ali Fateh Pars Jonoubi Jam 13
3 Iran Hamid Kazemi Baadraan Tehran 12
4 Iran Ali Abdoei Esteghlal Mollasani 11

source: topscorers at the end of league dsport.ir

See also

References
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