The 2010–11 Azadegan League was the 20th season of the Azadegan League and tenth as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2009–10 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup (Moghavemat Shiraz, Aboumoslem and Esteghlal Ahvaz) and four new teams promoted from the 2009–10 2nd Division (Sepidrood as champions, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Shahrdari Yasouj and Foolad Yazd). Foolad Natanz replaced Sepahan Novin, Machine Sazi replaced Petroshimi Tabriz and Sanat Sari replaced Mehrkam Pars. Shensa Arak changed their name to Hamyari Arak. The league started on 23 September 2010 and ended on 9 May 2011. Damash won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Damash, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Moghavemat Shiraz gained promotion to the Persian Gulf Cup.
Events
Start of season The league was to feature three teams relegated from Persian Gulf Cup in 2009–10; Esteghlal Ahvaz, F.C. Aboomoslem, and Moghavemat Sepasi. The League also featured four teams promoted from The 2nd division: Sepidrood Rasht, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Foolad Yazd, and Shahrdari Yasuj. Mehrkam Pars, (formerly of Tehran) was bought by the city of Sari in the province of Mazandaran. The new team will be known as Sanat Sari F.C. Machine Sazi ended its 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division campaign in 4th place (Group A) and could not promote to the Azadegan League. But They bought Petrochimi licence. So They will play in the Azadegan League 2010–11. Shensa Arak was replaced by Hamyari Arak. Sepahan Novin was replaced by Foolad Natanz.
Teams
Group A TeamCityVenueCapacityHead CoachPast Season Damash GilanRashtSardar Jangal15,000 Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 2nd in Azadegan League/A EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000 Hasan Ghezel6th in Azadegan League/A Foolad NatanzNatanzSafaiye15,000 Hossein Charkhabi Replaced for Sepahan Novin Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000 Farshad Pious 10th in Azadegan League/B Hamyari ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000 Yaghoub Vatani Replaced for Shensa Arak Machine SaziTabrizBagh Shomal20,000 Ayyob Zolfaghari Replaced for Petrochimi Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanNoushabad10,000 Akbar Zabardast5th in Azadegan League/A Moghavemat SepasiShirazHafezieh20,000 Aliasghar Kalantari16th in Persian Gulf Cup Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanBehnam Mohammadi10,000 Majid Bagherinia2nd in 2nd Division Payam MashhadMashhadSamen35,000 Ramezan Shokrin8th in Azadegan League/A Sanati KavehTehran Aliaf Stadium 5,000 Ahmad Khodadad9th in Azadegan League/A Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti Bandar Abbas10,000 Carlos Fabian Leeb7th in Azadegan League/A Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti Yasuj5,000 Jamshid Ghadiri3rd in 2nd Division Tarbiat YazdYazdNassiri6,000 Davoud Mahabadi3rd in Azadegan League/A
Group B TeamCityVenueCapacityHead CoachPast Season AboomoslemMashhadSamen Stadium35,000 Ali Hanteh17th in Persian Gulf Cup Aluminium HormozganBandar AbbasTakhti10,000 Vinko Begović 4th in Azadegan League/B Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000 Mehdi Dinavarzadeh 3rd in Azadegan League/B Damash Lorestan DoroodTakhti 10,000 Javad Zarincheh11th in Azadegan League/A Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti15,000 Rahim Firouzi 18th in Persian Gulf Cup Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000 Edmond Yunanpour 4th in 2nd Division Gostaresh FooladTabrizBagh Shomal20,000 Firouz Karimi8th in Azadegan League/B IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000 Mohammad Abbasi 10th in Azadegan League/A Mes SarcheshmehSarcheshmehShahid Zenali10,000 Asghar Sharafi5th in Azadegan League/B NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000 Golmohammadi7th in Azadegan League/B Payam MokhaberatShirazHafezieh20,000 Mohammad Abbasi 12th in Azadegan League/A Sanat SariSariShohada Stadium 15,000 Mahmoud Sourtchi Replaced for Mehrkam Pars Sepidrood RashtRashtDr. Azodi Stadium11,000 Farhad Hosseinpour 1st in 2nd Division Shirin FarazKermanshahAzadi Stadium7,000 Majid Aghajari6th in Azadegan League/B
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment Damash Gilan Marijan Pušnik Sacked9 November 201014 Afshin Nazemi7 December 2010 Bargh Shiraz Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Resigned30 October 2010 Alireza Emamifar30 October 2010 Damash Gilan Afshin NazemiEnd of caretaker spell 7 December 2010 Mehdi Dinvarzadeh7 December 2010 Esteghlal Ahvaz Ali HantehResigned December 2010 Nader DastneshanDecember 2010 Hamyari Arak Yaghoub VataniSacked 28 December 2010 12 Nasser Pourmehdi28 December 2010 Bargh Shiraz Alireza EmamifarSacked 7 January 2011 Hossein Hosseinzadeh8 January 2011 Shirin Faraz Majid AghajeriSacked 17 January 2011 14 Hadi Bargizar21 January 2011 Iranjavan Asghar SharafiResigned 22 January 20113 Mohammad Abbasi23 January 2011 Payam Mokhaberat Mohammad AbbasiResigned 22 January 2011 12 Asghar Akbari 2011 Sanati Kaveh Javad Zarincheh Mutual consent February 2011 3 Farhad Kazemi11 February 2011 Damash Darko Dražić Sacked 13 February 2011 12 Javad Zarincheh14 February 2011 Naft Majid Bagherinia Resigned 15 February 20118 Siamak Bakhtiarizadeh 15 February 2011 Payam Mashhad Abbas Chamanyan Mutual consent 20 February 2011 11 Ramezan Shokrin20 February 2011 Aboomoslem Ghiyassian Resigned February 2011 3 Ali Hanteh20 February 2011 Shirin Faraz Hadi Bargizar Resigned 6 March 2011 8 Reza Mohajeri 7 March 2011 Tarbiat Davoud Mahabadi Resigned 7 March 2011 10 Hadi Bargizar 7 March 2011 Sanati Kaveh Farhad Kazemi Resigned 7 March 2011 5 Ali Nikbakht 10 March 2011 Esteghlal Ahvaz Afshin Komaei Sacked 8 May 2011 11 Bahman Roshanaei 8 May 2011
Standings
Group A
Group B
Results table
Group A
Group B
Play Off First leg to be played 18 May 2011; return leg to be played 24 May 2011
First leg
Return leg
Final
1 Scheduled between Mes Sarcheshmeh and Damash, however, Mes Sarcheshmeh did not show up, Damash awarded championship.
Player statistics
Top scorers, Group A RankScorerClubGoals1 Mostafa ShojaeiFoolad Natanz131 Moslem FiroozabadiGol Gohar131 Afshin ChavoshiDamash Gilan132 Ahmad PaasiMashin Sazi103 Amir KhalifeaslShahr. Bandar Abbas94 Hakim NasariNaft Masjed Soleyman84 Ghasem AkbariEtka Gorgan8
Top scorers, Group B RankPlayerClubGoals1 Founéké SyIranjavan91 Eshagh SobhaniMes Sarcheshmeh91 Jafar BazriFoolad Yazd92 Arash RoshanipourAboomoslem72 Milad Pour SafshekanSepidrood Rasht72 Hassan FarajiPayam Mokhaberat73 Fereydoon FazliGostaresh/Esteghlal Az63 Arash DaneshianAboomoslem6
Attendances
Average home attendances
Highest attendances Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium1 Gostaresh 1–0Aboumoslem 30,000 26 Sahand2 Nassaji 3–0Aboumoslem 15,000 1 VataniNassaji 0–0Gostaresh 15,000 3 VataniNassaji 4–1Foolad Yazd 15,000 4 VataniNassaji 2–0Shirin Faraz 15,000 6 VataniNassaji 1–0Sanat Sari 15,000 8 VataniNassaji 1–1Esteghlal Ahvaz 15,000 10 VataniNassaji 3–0Sepidrood 15,000 12 VataniNassaji 1–1Bargh Shiraz 15,000 20 VataniNassaji 2–0Mes Sarcheshmeh 15,000 22 Vatani Notes:Updated to games played on 9 May 2011. Source: iplstats.com
See also 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup 2010–11 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2010–11 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2010–11 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup 2010–11 Iranian Futsal Super League
References
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