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 promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Changes

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 be play at Azadegan League next season too, Faraz Kamalvand 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 was relegated to the 3rd Division. Nader Dastneshan, Majid Bagherinia and chairman of the club.

Teams

TeamCityVenueCapacityHead CoachNote
AboomoslemMashhadSamen Stadium35,000 Hadi Bargizar
Alvand HamedanHamedanQods Stadium10,000 Reza Talaeimanesh
Bargh ShirazShirazDastgheib5,000 Mohammad Abbassi
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Adel Hardani
Esteghlal KhuzestanAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Majid Bagherinia
EtkaGorganKarim Abad15,000 Saket Elhami
Foolad YazdYazdNassiri6,000 Ali Kalantari
Gol GoharSirjanImam Ali2,000 Ghasem Shahba
Gostaresh FooladTabrizBagh Shomal20,000 Rasoul Khatibi
Hafari AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Nasser Motlagh
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000 Ahmad Sanjari
Machine SaziTabrizBagh Shomal20,000 Asghar E'tebari
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Noushabad10,000 Bahman Foroutan
Mes SarcheshmehSarcheshmehShahid Bahonar12,000 Davoud Mahabadi
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanTakhti Ahvaz30,000 Zoran Smilevski
NassajiQa'em ShahrVatani15,000 Esmaeil Esmaeili
Niroye ZaminiTehranTakhti Tehran30,000 Bahman Khoda Karam
PAS HamedanHamedanQods Stadium80,000 Omid Tayyeri
Parseh TehranTehranKargaran Stadium5,000 Alireza Emamifar
Saipa ShomalQa'em ShahrShahid Vatani10,000 Nader Dastneshan
Sang Ahan BafqBafqShohada6,000 Afshin Peyrovani
Shahin BushehrBushehrShahid Beheshti14,000 Ali Hanteh
Shahrdari ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000 Mohammad Navazi
Shahrdari Bandar AbbasBandar AbbasTakhti10,000 Abdolrahim Khorramzi
Shahrdari TabrizTabrizYadegar Emam Tabriz50,000 Faraz Kamalvand
Shahrdari YasujYasujTakhti5,000 Abbas Chamanyan
Rahian KermanshahKermanshahAzadi7,000 Javad Zarincheh
Yadavaran ShalamchehKhorramshahrJahan Ara2,000 Human Afazeli

Managerial changes

Standings

Group A

Group B

Play-off

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

Final

Team 1ScoreTeam 2Notes
GostareshCancelledEsteghlal Khuzestan

Iran Pro League Playoff

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

Top scorers

Group A

Group B