Azadegan League
Season2014–15
ChampionsFoolad Novin
1st Azadegan League title
PromotedSiah Jamegan Khorasan
Esteghlal Ahvaz
RelegatedNiroye Zamini
Naft va Gaz Gachsaran
Tarbiat Yazd
Shahrdari Tabriz
Rahian Kermanshah
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
Etka Gorgan
Matches played253
Goals scored475 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorerIssa Alekasir
(11 goals)
Biggest home winSanat Naft 4–1 Parseh
(23 October 2014)
Rahian Kermanshah 3–0 Sh. Bandar Abbas
(8 November 2014)
Mes Kerman 3–0 Fajr Sepasi
(19 November 2014)
Biggest away winGol Gohar 1–3 Mes Rafsanjan
(10 October 2014)
Highest scoringParseh 4–3 Etka Gorgan
(10 October 2014)
Niroye Zamini 4–3 Naft va Gaz Gachsaran
(21 October 2014)
Aluminium Hormozgan 5–2 Sh. Ardabil
(25 November 2014)

The 2014–15 Azadegan League was the 24th season of the Azadegan League and 14th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 16 teams from the 2013–14 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup: Fajr Sepasi, Damash and Mes Kerman and four new teams promoted from the 2013–14 2nd Division: Shahrdari Ardabil and Etka Gorgan both as champions and Foolad Novin and Shahrdari Tabriz. Tarbiat Yazd replaced Yazd Louleh. The league started on 4 October 2014 and ended on 22 April 2015. Foolad Novin won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Siah Jamegan and Esteghlal Ahvaz promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Start of season

Changes

  • Two fewer teams participate in the 2014–15 Azadegan League, compared to the previous year.

Teams

Group A

Team City Venue Capacity Head coach
AluminiumBandar AbbasPersian Gulf20,000Iran Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000Iran Daroush Yazdi
Fajr SepasiShirazHafezieh6,000Iran Ali Kalantari
Foolad NovinAhvazFoolad5,000Iran Koroush Mousavi
Giti PasandIsfahanFoolad Shahr20,000Armenia Vahik Torosian
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000Iran Gholamreza Delgarm
Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,430Iran Akbar Misaghian
Naft GachsaranGachsaranNaft Gachsaran2,000Iran Abbas Chamanyan
NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000Iran Nader Dastneshan
Niroo ZaminiTehranTakhti Tehran30,000Iran Ali Rozbahani
Shahrdari ArdabilArdabilAli Daei20,000Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh
Tarbiat YazdYazdNassiri6,000Iran Mahmoud Amiri

Group B

Team City Venue Capacity Head coach
DamashRashtDr. Azodi11,000Iran Omid Harandi
EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000Iran Saket Elhami
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000Croatia Dinko Jeličić
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000Iran Ghasem Shahba
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohada10,000Croatia Vinko Begović
Parseh TehranTehranKargaran5,000Iran Bahman Abedini
Pas HamedanHamedanQods10,000Iran Davoud Mahabadi
Rahian KermanshahKermanshahAzadi7,000Iran Ahmad Sanjari
Sanat NaftAbadanTakhti Abadan22,000Portugal Carlos Manuel
Siah JameganMashhadSamen35,000Iran Reza Mohajeri
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti Bandar Abbas10,000Iran Hamidreza Farzaneh
Shahrdari TabrizTabrizBagh Shomal20,000Iran Mehdi Pashazadeh

Standings

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Foolad Novin (C, P) 22 12 6 4 36 19 +17 42 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League
2 Mes Kerman (Q) 22 10 6 6 23 18 +5 36 Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off
3 Nassaji Mazandaran 22 9 7 6 23 20 +3 34
4 Aluminium Hormozgan 22 8 8 6 21 18 +3 32
5 Fajr Sepasi 22 7 9 6 22 17 +5 30
6 Sh. Ardabil 22 8 6 8 24 23 +1 30
7 Giti Pasand 22 7 8 7 26 22 +4 29
8 Iranjavan 22 7 8 7 19 21 −2 29
9 Est. Ahvaz (R) 22 8 5 9 15 19 −4 29 Relegation Play Off
10 Niroye Zamini (R) 22 7 7 8 16 17 −1 28 Relegation to 2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division
11 Naft va Gaz Gachsaran (R) 22 6 7 9 22 28 −6 25
12 Tarbiat Yazd (R) 22 2 5 15 8 33 −25 11
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Siah Jamegan (P) 21 11 6 4 25 15 +10 39 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League
2 Mes Rafsanjan (Q) 21 10 7 4 20 12 +8 37 Azadegan League 2014–15 Play Off
3 PAS Hamedan 21 10 7 4 19 13 +6 37
4 Parseh Tehran 21 9 7 5 26 22 +4 34
5 Sanat Naft 21 9 6 6 22 17 +5 33
6 Damash 21 6 9 6 19 20 −1 27
7 Gol Gohar 21 5 9 7 18 20 −2 24
8 Foolad Yazd 21 5 9 7 16 21 −5 24
9 Sh. Tabriz 21 4 10 7 21 20 +1 22 Relegation Play Off
10 Rahian Kermanshah (R) 21 5 7 9 12 16 −4 22 Relegation to 2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division
11 Sh. Bandar Abbas (R) 21 3 7 11 12 24 −12 16
12 Etka Gorgan (R) 11 1 2 8 10 20 −10 5
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Azadegan League play-off

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mes Rafsanjan 0–1 Mes Kerman 0–0[1] 0–1

Mes Kerman as 2nd-placed team of Group A will faced Mes Rafsanjan as 2nd-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.

Mes Rafsanjan0 – 0Mes Kerman
Report
Shohadaye Noushabad, Rafsanjan
Attendance: 4,000
Mes Kerman1 - 0Mes Rafsanjan
Bagheri 73' Report
Attendance: 8,000

Mes Kerman won 1–0 on aggregate and receives its place in the relegation Play-off of the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Relegation play-off (Persian Gulf Pro League)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Esteghlal Khuzestan 3–0 Mes Kerman 1–0 2–0

Esteghlal Khuzestan as 14th-placed team will faced Play-off winner of 2014–15 Azadegan League, Mes Kerman in a two-legged Play-off.

Esteghlal Khuzestan1 – 0Mes Kerman
Momeni 90+5'
Attendance: 2,500
Mes Kerman0 - 2Esteghlal Khuzestan
Diawara 56'
Diawara 79'
Attendance: 15,000

Esteghlal Khuzestan won 3–0 on aggregate and retained its place in the next edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Relegation play-off (Azadegan League)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shahrdari Tabriz 3–3 (a) Esteghlal Ahvaz 1–0 2–3

Esteghlal Ahvaz as 9th-placed team of Group A will faced Shahrdari Tabriz as 9th-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.

Shahrdari Tabriz1 – 0Esteghlal Ahvaz
Gharedaghi 40' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Esteghlal Ahvaz3 – 2Shahrdari Tabriz
Sinak 44'
Vadadi 88'
Mirghorbani 90'		 Report Ashoubi 22'
Ranjbari 54'
Attendance: 2,000

3–3 on aggregate. Shahrdari Tabriz won on away goals.

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Foolad Novin 1–0 Siah Jamegan

Siah Jamegan as winner of Group A will faced Foolad Novin as winner of Group B in a final.

Foolad Novin1 – 0Siah Jamegan
Janfaza 28' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Saeid Rahimi Moghadam

Foolad Novin become champions of the league for the first time in their history.

References

  1. ↑ "دوئل مسی‌ها بدون برنده ماند".
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