Tehran Provincial League, formerly known as Tehran Clubs Championship, is the premier football league of Tehran Province and is 5th in the Iranian football pyramid after the 3rd Division. It is part of AFC's Vision Asia program.

Established in 1920, it is the oldest football league still being held in Iran. Tehran Clubs Championship used to be Tehran's and Iran's top flight until 1973 when Takht Jamshid Cup was established for the first time. During the 1970s Tehran clubs championship lost its importance and almost all of Tehran's top club participated in Takjt Jamshid Cup.

The Iranian revolution in 1979 put a stop to all football leagues and cups in Iran for a season and 1979–80 season was left unfinished to crowd violence in a friendly match between Tehran's rivals Esteghlal and Persepolis. In the 1980s due to the Iran-Iraq War no national league was held until the end of the war in 1988.

The 1990–91 season was the last season that Tehran's top clubs participated in this league and the next season they joined the newly established Azadegan League and hence Tehran clubs championship faded away and turned to 4th level of Iranian football pyramid and later on with the establishment of Iranian pro league in the 2001–02 season to the 5th level of Iranian football pyramid.

History Stablished in 1920, when for the first time there was a football competition in Persia, for the first decade, the cup consisted of a few Iranian clubs including Iran Club, Bank Shahi and an English club of British expats living in Tehran. in 1930s, Iran's most successful team was Tofan and in the 1940 Shahin and Daraei emerged as new rivals for Tofan,

Prior to this year no national league was held in Iran and each province of Iran had a separate local league for themselves and football clubs from Tehran used to participate in this league.

In the 1980s and due to Iran - Iraq war no national championship was held in Iran so Tehran provincial football league was the most important event in Iranian football calendar.

Champions

First Tier YearWinnerRunners-upThird-PlaceTop scorer (club) (goals)Reference 1922–23 British Expatriate Tehran Club Iran Club 1923–24 1924–25 Bank Shahi 1925–26 Iran Club Bank Shahi 1926–27 1927–28 Tehran Club British Expats of Tehran Club 1928–29 Was not held 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 Tofan 1933–34 Tofan Shoa 1934–35 Tadyoun Shoa 1935–36 Tadyoun 1936–37 Tadyoun 1937–38 Tehran Club 1938–39 Tofan Sport 1939–40 Sarbaz 1940–41 1941–42 Daraei Tofan 1942–43 Sarbaz Niknam 1943–44 Daraei 1944–45 Tofan 1945–46Unfinishedتاریخ شاهین 1946–47 Sarbaz Docharkhehsavaran Shahin 1947–48 Daraei ShahinTaj اولين داربي سرخابي! 1948–49 Daraei Shahin 1949–50 Taj Shahin 1950–51 Was not held 1951–52 Shahin Taj 1952–53 Taj استقلال 66 ساله شد! 1953–54 Nader Nirooye Havaei 1954–55 Shoa Nirooye Havaei 1955–56 Was not held 1956–57 Taj ShahinDaraei 1957–58 Taj 1958–59 Was not held 1959–60 Taj Daraei Deyhim 1960–61 Taj DaraeiShahin 1961–62 Daraei ShahinTaj 1962–63 Taj ShahinDaraei 1963–64 Was not held 1964–65Unfinished 1965–66 Shahin Daraei PAS 1966–67 PAS Daraei Oghab 1967–68 Daraei PASTehranjavan 1968–69TajPASOghab 1969–70 Paykan Taj PAS 1970–71 Taj Persepolis PAS 1971–72Unfinished 1972–73 Taj Oghab PAS Hasan Ebrahimi (Taj) (11)

Second Tier YearWinnerRunners-upThird-PlaceTop scorer (club) (goals)Reference 1973–74 Homa Butan Ararat 1974–75 Daraei 1975–76 Shahbaz Eghbal Naft 1976–77 Dejban 1977–78 Ekbatan 1978–79 Akam Kesht va Sanat Sanaye Nezami

First Tier YearWinnerRunners-upThird-PlaceTop scorer (club) (goals)Reference 1979–80 Left unfinished due to crowd violence in Esteghlal-Persepolis friendly match 1980–81 Left unfinished due to Iran-Iraq War 1981–82 Homa Persepolis Bank Melli Naser Mohammadkhani (Homa) (11) 1982–83 Persepolis Esteghlal Ekbatan Ali Parvin (Persepolis) (15) 1983–84 Esteghlal Persepolis Bank Melli Naser Mohammadkhani (Persepolis) (13) 1984–85 Left unfinished due crowd violence in Persepolis-Pas match 1985–86 Esteghlal Shahin Homa Karim Bavi (Shahin) (9) 1986–87 Persepolis Shahin Esteghlal Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (7) 1987–88 Persepolis Daraei Esteghlal Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (13) 1988–89 Persepolis Daraei Esteghlal Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (13) 1989–90 Persepolis Esteghlal Pas Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (Pas) (14) 1990–91 PersepolisEsteghlal Pas Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (16) 1991–92 Esteghlal Persepolis Pas Farshad Pious (Persepolis) (16)

Third Tier YearWinnerRunners-upThird-PlaceTop scorer (club) (goals)Reference 1992–93 Saipa Keshavarz Bank Tejarat Ali Daei (Bank Tejarat) (21) 1993–94 Bank Tejarat Ararat Bank Melli 1994–95 Fath Rah Ahan Fajr Sepah 1995–96 Gostaresh Keshto Sanat 1996–97 Homa Fajr Sepah Moghavemat 1997–98 Mohemat Sazi Payam 1998–99 Sanaye Defa' Bargh 1999–2000 Niroye Zamini Vahdat 2000–01 Keshti Rani Bonyad Shahid

Fifth Tier YearWinnerRunners-upThird-PlaceTop scorer (club) (goals)Reference 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Dorna Fajr Talash 2004–05 Naft Sanaye Parchin Entezam 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12Persepolis B 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15Kimia FarayandBahre BardariParseh 2015–16NezajaParagBahman Javan 2016–17Damash TehranOghabGol Abrisham 2017–18MoghavematAltonShahin Sazeh 2018–19OghabShahin SazehSitco 2019–20ShahinDamash ParsehAmad Nezaja 2020–21Setaregan SorkhBorna Rastin Maham 2021–22Damash ParsehPooya Deylam Aria Kia 2022–23Adak Kian PayetakhtMahoor

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