2012–13 Azadegan League

The 2012–13 Azadegan League was the 22nd season of the Azadegan League and 12th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2011–12 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup (Shahin Bushehr, Shahrdari Tabriz and Mes Sarcheshmeh) and four new teams promoted from the 2011–12 2nd Division (Esteghlal Ahvaz as champions, Gostaresh Foulad and Hafari Ahvaz). Alvand Hamedan replaced PAS Novin Hamedan, Bargh Shiraz replaced Steel Azin and Sang Ahan replaced Tarbiat Yazd. The league started on 13 September 2012 and ended on 16 April 2013. Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan were promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Azadegan League
Season2012–13
Champions
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played364
Goals scored770 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorerMohammad Abbaszadeh
(18 goals)
Biggest home winNassaji 5–0 Sh. Arak
(16 February 2013)
Biggest away winYadavaran Shalamcheh 0–3 PAS Hamedan
(15 November 2012)
Parseh 2–5 Sang Ahan
(28 December 2012)
Highest scoringHafari Ahvaz 4–4 Bargh Shiraz
(9 December 2012)
Aboumoslem 4–4 Mes Sarcheshmeh
(31 January 2013)

Changes

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Match fixing scandal

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After Shahrdari Tabriz promoted to the Iran Pro League, the former chairman of Niroye Zamini was announced that he was offered 100,000,000 tomans to fixing the match between two teams, a bid that he rejected. Two days later, one of the players of the Shahrdari Bandar Abbas was charged that he was purchased to score an own goal in match with Shahrdari Tabriz. IRIFF opened a case for the match-fixing scandal and excluded coaching staff and management of Shahrdari Tabriz temporarily. The play-off and championship matches was also postponed to another time until the final judgment. The final was announced on 13 May 2013. Shahrdari Tabriz's promotion was canceled and they will not be playing at Azadegan League next season too, Faraz Kamalvand (head coach of Shahrdari Tabriz) and his assistants were banned for two years from football careers. The team manager of Shahrdari Tabriz and chairman of the club were also banned for one year and six months. Yadavaran Shalamcheh (which relegated to the 2nd Division) was relegated to the 3rd Division. Nader Dastneshan (head coach of Saipa Shomal), Majid Bagherinia (head coach of Esteghlal Khuzestan) and chairman of the club.

Teams

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Team City Venue Capacity Head coach Note
Aboomoslem Mashhad Samen Stadium 35,000   Hadi Bargizar
Alvand Hamedan Hamedan Qods Stadium 10,000   Reza Talaeimanesh
Bargh Shiraz Shiraz Dastgheib 5,000   Mohammad Abbassi
Esteghlal Ahvaz Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 30,000   Adel Hardani
Esteghlal Khuzestan Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 30,000   Majid Bagherinia
Etka Gorgan Karim Abad 15,000   Saket Elhami[6]
Foolad Yazd Yazd Nassiri 6,000   Ali Kalantari[7]
Gol Gohar Sirjan Imam Ali 2,000   Ghasem Shahba
Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000   Rasoul Khatibi
Hafari Ahvaz Ahvaz Takhti Ahvaz 30,000   Nasser Motlagh
Iranjavan Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 15,000   Ahmad Sanjari
Machine Sazi Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000   Asghar E'tebari
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Shohadaye Noushabad 10,000   Bahman Foroutan
Mes Sarcheshmeh Sarcheshmeh Shahid Bahonar 12,000   Davoud Mahabadi[8]
Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Takhti Ahvaz 30,000   Zoran Smilevski
Nassaji Qa'em Shahr Vatani 15,000   Esmaeil Esmaeili
Niroye Zamini Tehran Takhti Tehran 30,000   Bahman Khoda Karam[9]
PAS Hamedan Hamedan Qods Stadium 80,000   Omid Tayyeri
Parseh Tehran Tehran Kargaran Stadium 5,000   Alireza Emamifar[10]
Saipa Shomal Qa'em Shahr Shahid Vatani 10,000   Nader Dastneshan
Sang Ahan Bafq Bafq Shohada 6,000   Afshin Peyrovani
Shahin Bushehr Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 14,000   Ali Hanteh
Shahrdari Arak Arak Imam Khomeini 15,000   Mohammad Navazi
Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas Takhti 10,000   Abdolrahim Khorramzi
Shahrdari Tabriz Tabriz Yadegar Emam Tabriz 50,000   Faraz Kamalvand
Shahrdari Yasuj Yasuj Takhti 5,000   Abbas Chamanyan
Rahian Kermanshah Kermanshah Azadi 7,000   Javad Zarincheh
Yadavaran Shalamcheh Khorramshahr Jahan Ara 2,000   Human Afazeli

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Machine Sazi   Alireza Akbarpour November 2012   Asghar Etebari November 2012
Pas Hamedan   Vingo Begovic January 2013   Omid Teyri January 2013

Standings

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gostaresh (P) 26 14 8 4 44 25 +19 50 Promotion to 2013–14 Iran Pro League
2 Mes Sarcheshmeh (Q) 26 12 11 3 29 15 +14 47 Azadegan League 2012–13 play-off
3 Naft Masjed Soleyman 26 13 6 7 41 31 +10 45
4 Alvand Hamedan 26 12 7 7 33 23 +10 43
5 Gol Gohar 26 11 8 7 29 25 +4 41
6 Aboumoslem 26 10 8 8 39 34 +5 38
7 Sang Ahan Bafgh 26 9 7 10 37 32 +5 34
8 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 9 9 8 33 27 +6 33[a]
9 Parseh Tehran 26 6 13 7 30 30 0 31
10 Est. Ahvaz 26 7 9 10 25 34 −9 30
11 Etka Gorgan (R) 26 7 9 10 15 24 −9 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Iran Football's 2nd Division
12 Shahin Bushehr (R) 26 6 8 12 18 30 −12 26
13 Sh. Arak (R) 26 6 7 13 16 30 −14 25
14 Machine Sazi (R) 26 3 4 19 18 47 −29 13
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2013. Source: Varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Nassaji Mazandaran was docked 3 points.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sh. Tabriz (R) 26 13 8 5 33 20 +13 47 Relegation to 2nd Division[a]
2 Est. Khuzestan (P) 26 13 7 6 24 18 +6 46 Promotion to 2013–14 Iran Pro League
3 PAS Hamedan (Q) 26 14 3 9 25 18 +7 45 Azadegan League 2012–13 play-off
4 Sh. Yasouj 26 12 6 8 31 20 +11 42
5 Rahian Kermanshah 26 10 11 5 27 19 +8 41
6 Niroye Zamini 26 12 4 10 29 27 +2 40
7 Iranjavan 26 8 13 5 27 20 +7 37
8 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 9 10 7 29 25 +4 37
9 Saipa Shomal 26 11 4 11 22 28 −6 37
10 Foolad Yazd 26 8 7 11 28 26 +2 31
11 Mes Rafsanjan 26 7 9 10 14 21 −7 30
12 Hafari Ahvaz (R) 26 6 8 12 40 42 −2 26 Relegation to 2nd Division
13 Bargh Shiraz (R) 26 4 7 15 22 44 −22 19
14 Yadavaran Shalamcheh (R) 26 3 7 16 12 35 −23 16 Relegation to 3rd Division[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2013. Source: Varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Shahrdari Tabriz was relegated to the 2nd Division due to match-fixing scandal.[11]
  2. ^ Yadavaran Shalamcheh was relegated to the 3rd Division due to match-fixing scandal.

Play-off

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First leg was played on 28 May 2013; return leg on 30 May 2013
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pas Hamedan 3–2 Mes Sarcheshmeh 2–1 1–1

Pas Hamedan advanced to the Iran Pro League play-off against Zob Ahan.

Final

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The match was played on 31 May 2013
Team 1 Score Team 2 Notes
Gostaresh Cancelled Esteghlal Khuzestan

Iran Pro League Playoff

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The promotion/relegation playoff for 2013–14 Iran Pro League was held between Zob Ahan and Pas Hamedan.

The matches were played on 21 June 2013 and 26 June 2013
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zob Ahan 5–3 Pas Hamedan 4–2 1–1

Zob Ahan remained in Iran Pro League.

Top scorers

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