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 scheduled to end 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. Hamid Kazemi of Havadar emerged as the league's top scorer with 17 goals.

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

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Aluminium ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000
Arman Gohar SirjanSirjanTakhti Stadium5,000
Baadraan TehranTehranKargaran5,000
DamashRashtShahid Dr. Azodi11,000
Elmoadab TabrizTabrizMarzdaran Stadium5,000
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazTakhti38,900
Fajr SepasiShirazHafezieh15,000
Gol Reyhan AlborzKarajEnghelab15,000
HavadarTehranShohadaye Eslamshar8,250
Khooshe Talaei SavehSavehShahid Chamran3,000
MalavanBandar-e AnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000
Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,430
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Noushabad5,000
Navad UrmiaUrmiaShahid Bakeri15,000
Nirooye ZaminiTehranShohada of Tehran NezajaTBA
QashqaiShirazHafezieh15,000
Rayka BabolBabolHaft-e Tir6,000
SepidroodRashtSardar Jangal15,000

Number of teams by region

RegionNumber of teamsTeams
1Gilan3Damash, Malavan, Sepidrood
2Kerman3Arman Gohar Sirjan, Mes Kerman, Mes Rafsanjan
3Tehran3Baadraan, Havadar, Nirooye Zamini
4Fars2Fajr Sepasi, Qashqai
5Markazi2Aluminium Arak, Khooshe Talaei Saveh
6Alborz1Gol Reyhan Alborz
7East Azerbaijan1Elmoadab Tabriz
8Khuzestan1Esteghlal Khuzestan
9Mazandaran1Rayka Babol
10West Azerbaijan1Navad Urmia

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Mes Rafsanjan (P)34191055629+2767Promotion to 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League
2Aluminium Arak (P)34171254020+2063
3Mes Kerman34171254223+1963
4Khooshe Talaei Saveh3417894326+1759
5Baadraan Tehran34167115038+1255
6Havadar34141374535+1055
7Navad Urmia34131382420+452
8Gol Reyhan Alborz34121573927+1251
9Esteghlal Khuzestan34139123525+1048
10Fajr Sepasi341112113432+245
11Arman Gohar341013114042−243
12Damash34119142735−842
13Rayka Babol34813133133−237
14Qashqai34910153338−537
15Malavan34811153140−935
16Nirooye Zamini (R)3489173246−1433Relegation to 2nd Division
17Sepidrood (R)3486202547−2230
18Elmoadab Tabriz (R)3424281485−7110
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

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Aluminium Arak1–21–01–07–01–03–11–12–02–11–00–02–21–01–22–01–00–0
Arman Gohar1–12–23–03–22–04–02–30–00–02–12–21–12–00–01–12–12–1
Baadraan Tehran0–14–02–13–00–13–11–22–21–01–01–20–22–02–14–31–11–0
Damash0–01–02–02–01–01–12–13–00–10–00–01–30–02–12–12–12–1
Elmoadab Tabriz1–10–30–30–31–11–01–11–30–31–10–30–31–20–30–10–30–2
Esteghlal Khuzestan0–10–00–11–04–10–12–01–14–13–00–10–13–03–11–11–12–0
Fajr Sepasi1–20–01–11–13–10–00–02–11–14–00–02–10–14–10–01–13–0
Gol Reyhan0–03–01–13–05–00–02–00–02–11–11–11–10–01–01–00–01–0
Havadar2–11–12–11–02–00–12–10–02–01–02–22–30–01–13–21–14–0
Khooshe Talaei Saveh0–04–12–30–02–12–00–01–01–01–00–13–10–13–01–12–12–1
Malavan1–01–12–01–17–01–22–00–11–12–30–01–00–03–21–10–12–1
Mes Kerman0–11–02–13–03–01–00–12–02–40–03–10–00–02–11–01–01–0
Mes Rafsanjan1–13–11–14–01–01–11–03–21–11–03–01–13–13–01–23–01–0
Navad Urmia1–11–03–02–01–01–00–11–10–00–02–01–10–10–01–01–01–0
Nirooye Zamini0–11–01–41–02–00–11–01–11–20–12–01–20–31–10–01–01–2
Qashqai2–01–10–11–02–00–10–21–03–10–20–03–11–20–01–11–21–0
Rayka Babol1–23–00–00–01–20–01–11–11–20–20–11–02–00–01–13–23–2
Sepidrood0–02–11–31–01–03–20–11–20–10–41–11–30–01–01–12–10–0
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

PositionPlayerClubGoals
1 Hamid KazemiHavadar16
2 Mehrdad HeydariRayka Babol13
Hamid GolzariMes Rafsanjan
4 Ali KhodadadiNirooye Zamini12

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

See also

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