Azadegan League

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The Azadegan League (Persian: ليگ آزادگان‎ ​), is also known as Iran's 1st division in football. Up until 2001 the league was the top football league in Iran, but that changed when the Iranian Football Federation decided to start a professional league. The IPL was created and the Azadegan League became the second highest division in the Iranian football league system.

The Azadegan League consists of two subdivisions, each having 12 teams. The top two teams in each group have a playoff tournament at the end of the season in which home and away games take place. The top two point getters are then promoted to the IPL, with the top team being declared the Azadegan League champion. The eleventh and twelfth placed teams in the groups are automatically relegated to the 2nd division. Sometimes the playoff match format is not used and one match takes place between the teams on a neutral ground instead.

The top two teams from the two 2nd division groups are promoted to the Azadegan League.

Contents 1 2006-2007 Teams 1.1 Group 1 1.2 Group 2 2 Azadegan League Champions, 2001- 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] 2006-2007 Teams

[edit] Group 1 Esteghlal Jonub Dezful Ekbatan Tehran Etka Tehran Homa Tehran Kesht-o-Sanat Shushtar Mashin Sazi Tabriz Moghavemat Yek-o-Yek Fars Oghab Tehran Pegah Gilan Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shemushack Noshahr

[edit] Group 2 Daneshgahe Azad Zanjan Deihim Ahvaz Kowsar Tehran Nassaji Mazandaran Niroye Zamini Tehran Payam Khorasan Sanat Naft Abadan Sanaye Arak Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Sorkhpooshan Delvar Afzar Tarbiat Badani Yazd Teraktor Sazi Tabriz

[edit] Azadegan League Champions, 2001-

• 2001-02:Sanat Naft Abadan
• 2002-03:Shemushack Noshahr
• 2003-04:Saba Battery Tehran
• 2004-05:Shahid Ghandi Yazd
• 2005-06:Mes Kerman

[edit] See also

• Iran's Premier Football League
• 2nd Division
• 3rd Division

[edit] External links

• Iran Football Center
• Iran Goals
• Iran Kicks
• Iran Sports Press
• Pars Football
• Persian Football League
• PFDC - Persian Football Dot Com
• TMDC - Team Melli Dot Com
• RSSSF database about Iranian league football.

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