The 2011–12 Azadegan League was the 21st season of the Azadegan League and 11th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 21 teams from the 2010–11 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup: PAS Hamedan, Paykan and Steel Azin and three new teams promoted from the 2010–11 2nd Division: Saipa Shomal as champions, Niroye Zamini and Parseh Tehran. Esteghlal Khuzestan replaced Esteghlal Jonoub Tehran. Damash Lorestan changed their name into Gahar Zagros while Hamyari Arak changed their name into Shahrdari Arak. The league started on 14 September 2011 and ended on 19 April 2012. Paykan won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Paykan, Aluminium Hormozgan and Gahar Zagros promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.
Teams The league featured three clubs relegated from Iran Pro League: Steel Azin and Paykan both returned to the Azadegan League after two seasons in the top division. The third team Pas Hamedan, were relegated for the first time in that club's history to a lower league.
Group A TeamCityVenueCapacityHead CoachNote AboomoslemMashhadSamen35,000 Khodadad Azizi Parseh TehranTehranKargaran5,000 Mehdi DinvarzadehChanged name from Damash EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000 Hamid Kolalifard Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000 Zoran Smilevski IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000 Abdolrahim Kharazmi Gostaresh FooladTabrizBagh Shomal20,000 Mohammad H Ziaei Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanNoushabad10,000 Akbar Zabardast Payam MokhaberatShirazHafezieh20,000 Asghar Akbari PaykanTehranIran Khodro5,000 Farhad Kazemi Saipa ShomalQa'em-Shahr Vatani 15,000 Samvel Darbinyan Sanat SariSariShohada Stadium15,000 Nader Dastneshan Shahrdari ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000 Hamid KolalifardReplaced for Hamyari Arak Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti10,000 Acácio Casimiro Steel AzinSemnanTakhti10,000 Faraz Kamalvand
Group B TeamCityVenueCapacityHead CoachNote Aluminium HormozganBandar AbbasTakhti10,000 Akbar Misaghian Bargh ShirazShirazHafezieh20,000 Mehrdad Shekari Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Majid BagheriniaReplaced for Esteghlal Jonub Gahar Zagros DoroodTakhti 10,000 Davoud Mahabadi Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000 Mehdi Mohammadi Machine SaziTabrizBagh Shomal20,000 Rasoul Khatibi Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Siavash Bakhtiarizade NassajiQa'em-ShahrVatani15,000 Davoud Mahabadi Nirooye ZaminiTehranJey Stadium Ali Rouzbahani PAS HamedanHamedanShahid Mofatteh10,000 Vinko Begović Sanati KavehTehran Aliaf Stadium 5,000 Majid Namjoo-Motlagh Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti Yasuj5,000 Abdollah Chamanian Shirin FarazKermanshahAzadi Stadium7,000 Majid Aghajari Tarbiat YazdYazdNassiri6,000 Hadi Bargizar
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment Aboomoslem Ali Hanteh Resigned2011 Kazem Ghiasian 2011 Sanati Kaveh Saket ElhamiResigned20 October 201114 Ahmad Sanjari 29 October 2011 Aboomoslem Kazem GhiasianSacked19 November 20118 Khodadad Azizi 19 November 2011 Sanati Kaveh Ahmad SanjariResigned November 201114 Morteza Yekeh Nov 2011 Sanati Kaveh Morteza Yekeh17 November 201114 Mehdi Dinvarzadeh Nov 2011 Sanati Kaveh Mehdi DinvarzadehResigned1 December 201114 Ali Nazarzadeh1 December 2012 Sanati Kaveh Ali NazarzadehEnd of caretaker spell2 December 201114 Majid Namjoo-Motlagh3 December 2011 Pas Hamedan Faraz KamalvandResigned12 January 20125 Jalal Cheraghpour12 January 2012 Parseh Hossein PeyrovaniResigned 19 January 2012 Edmond Yunanpour 25 January 2012 Pas Hamedan Jalal CheraghpourEnd of caretaker spell22 January 2012 Vinko Begović22 January 2012 Gostaresh Hossein ZiaeiSacked31 January 201212 Hadi Bargizar31 January 2012 Parseh Edmond Yunanpour Feb 2012 Mehdi Dinvarzadeh5 February 2012 Steel Azin Human Afazeli Resigned18 February 201211 Faraz Kamalvand18 February 2012 Sanat Sari Reza Taghavi Sacked18 February 201214 Farshad Pious19 February 2012 Shahrdari Arak Nader DastneshanSacked 27 February 20127 Ali Hanteh27 February 2012
Standings Group A
Group B
Results table
Group A
Group B
Play Off First leg played on 1 May 2012; return leg to be played on 8 May 2012
Winner is promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup
Final The Final scheduled to play on 2 May 2012 Team 1ScoreTeam 2NotesPaykan(w/o)Aluminum Hormozgan
Player statistics
Top scorers, Group A RankScorerClubGoals1 Hamid Kazemi Steel Azin9 Hossein KhosraviIranjavan92 Saber Mirghorbani Shahrdari Arak83 Amir Khalifeasl Shahrdari Bandar Abbas7
Top scorers, Group B RankPlayerClubGoals1 Bahman Tahmasebi Aluminum H132 Rasoul Alizadeh Mashin Sazi8 Ambuno Achille Shirin Faraz83 Meghdad GhobakhlouShahrdari Yasuj7 Mousa ShahbaziNiroye Zamini7
Attendance
Average home attendance
Highest attendance Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium1 Nassaji 0–0Naft MIS 15,000 24 Vatani2 Naft MIS 1–2PAS Hamadan 10,000 7 Behnam MohammadiNaft MIS 2–3Nassaji 10,000 11 Behnam MohammadiNaft MIS 1–1Aluminium Hormozgan 10,000 13 Behnam MohammadiNaft MIS 1–0Tarbiat Yazd 10,000 14 Behnam MohammadiGahar Zagros 0–1Aluminium Hormozgan 10,000 16 Takhti DoroudNaft MIS 0–0Gol Gohar 10,000 17 Behnam MohammadiNaft MIS 1–0Gahar Zagros 10,000 19 Behnam MohammadiAluminium Hormozgan 1–0Niroye Zamini 10,000 19 Khalij-e FarsNaft MIS 2–1Sanati Kaveh 10,000 21 Behnam Mohammadi Notes:Updated to games played on 19 April 2012. Source: iplstats.com
See also 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup 2011–12 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2011–12 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2011–12 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup 2011–12 Iranian Futsal Super League
References
External links آیین نامه مسابقات لیگ دسته اول، دسته دوم و دسته سوم کشور فصل 91-90