2008–09 Azadegan League

The 2008–09 Azadegan League was the 18th season of the Azadegan League and eight as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 22 teams from the 2007–08 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup (Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz) and four new teams promoted from the 2007–08 2nd Division (Aluminium Hormozgan as champions and Mehrkam Pars, Payam Mokhaberat and Petroshimi Tabriz). Sanaye Arak changed their name to Aluminium Arak. The league started on 23 October 2008 and ended on 8 June 2009. Steel Azin and Tractor Sazi won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Steel Azin, Tractor Sazi and Shahin Bushehr got promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.

Azadegan League
Season2008–09
ChampionsSteel Azin
1st Azadegan League title
Tractor Sazi
1st Azadegan League title
PromotedSteel Azin
Tractor Sazi
Shahin Bushehr
RelegatedHoma
Shahrdari Zanjan
Machine Sazi
Deyhim Ahvaz
Matches played364
Goals scored843 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerAbbas Porkhosravani
(17 goals)
Biggest home winAluminium Arak 7–0 Kowsar Lorestan
(25 December 2008)
Biggest away winShahin Ahvaz 0–4 Niroye Zamini
(30 November 2008)
Highest scoringGol Gohar 3–5 Petroshimi Tabriz
(14 November 2008)
Nassaji 3–5 Steel Azin
(7 June 2009)
Highest attendance20,000
Tractor SaziAluminium Hormozgan
(8 June 2009)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Sanat Naft – Sh. Bandar Abbas[1]
(20 November 2008)
Damash Lorestan – Machine Sazi[2]
(25 December 2008)
Shahin Ahvaz – Shirin Faraz[2]
(25 December 2008)
Sh. Tabriz – Nassaji[2]
(5 March 2009)
Aluminium Hormozgan – Machine Sazi[3]
(13 April 2009)
Petroshimi Tabriz – Moghavemat Mersad[4]
(20 May 2009)
Shamoushak – Niroye Zamini[5]
(26 May 2009)
Total attendance1,097,750
Average attendance3,075

Standings

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Steel Azin (C, P) 26 17 4 5 49 31 +18 55 Promotion to 2009–10 PGC
2 Sh. Tabriz 26 13 9 4 39 25 +14 48 Azadegan League 2008–09 Play Off
3 Petroshimi Tabriz 26 13 7 6 43 32 +11 46
4 Aluminium Arak 26 12 9 5 37 23 +14 45
5 Gol Gohar 26 10 9 7 33 30 +3 39
6 Sepahan Novin 26 10 8 8 35 31 +4 38
7 Sanat Naft 26 7 12 7 28 27 +1 33
8 Kowsar Lorestan 26 8 9 9 20 29 −9 33
9 Mehrkam Pars 26 7 10 9 31 34 −3 31
10 Moghavemat Mersad 26 6 8 12 27 34 −7 26
11 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 6 7 13 26 33 −7 25
12 Nassaji Mazandaran 26 5 10 11 25 36 −11 25
13 Homa (R) 26 4 9 13 23 32 −9 21 Relegation to 2009–10 2nd Division
14 Sh. Zanjan (R) 26 3 11 12 19 33 −14 20
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2009. Source: http://www.iplstats.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tractor Sazi (C, P) 26 16 6 4 41 18 +23 54 Promotion to 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup
2 Shahin Bushehr (P) 26 16 5 5 31 20 +11 53 Azadegan League 2008–09 Play Off
3 Mes Rafsanjan 26 13 7 6 42 20 +22 46
4 Damash Lorestan 26 10 10 6 26 19 +7 40
5 Tarbiat Yazd 26 9 11 6 32 24 +8 38
6 Niroye Zamini 26 10 8 8 25 19 +6 38
7 Shirin Faraz 26 8 12 6 30 25 +5 36
8 Payam Mokhaberat 26 10 4 12 33 30 +3 34
9 Aluminium Hormozgan 26 7 12 7 30 24 +6 33
10 Etka Gorgan 26 8 9 9 37 30 +7 33
11 Shamoushak 26 6 9 11 20 25 −5 27
12 Shahin Ahvaz 26 5 6 15 20 50 −30 21
13 Machine Sazi (R) 26 5 5 16 21 49 −28 20 Relegation to 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division
14 Deyhim Ahvaz (R) 26 4 6 16 20 51 −31 18
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2009. Source: http://www.lig1.ir
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results table

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Group A

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Last updated June 7, 2009

Home \ Away GOL HOM KOW MEH MMS NSJ PET SNA ALU SPN SHB SHT SHZ STL
Gol Gohar 1–0 2–0 2���2 4–0 1–1 3–5 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3
Homa 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1
Kowsar Lorestan 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1
Mehrkam Pars 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Moghavemat Mersad 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 4–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 4–0
Nassaji Mazandaran 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–5
Petroshimi Tabriz 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–2
Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Aluminium Arak 1–0 2–1 7–0 3–2 0–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–3
Sepahan Novin 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Sh. Bandar Abbas 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 2–0 2–1
Sh. Tabriz 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 3–1
Sh. Zanjan 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–1
Steel Azin 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 3–2 3–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–1
Source: http://lig1.ir/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Last updated June 7, 2009

Home \ Away ALH DAM DEY ETK MST MSR NRO PMS SAA SHB SHM SFZ TAR TRK
Aluminium Hormozgan 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
Damash Lorestan 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Deyhim Ahvaz 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–3
Etka Gorgan 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–3
Machine Sazi 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 1–4 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1
Mes Rafsanjan 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 4–2 4–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Niroye Zamini 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Payam Mokhaberat 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1
Shahin Ahvaz 4–3 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–4
Shahin Bushehr 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Shamoushak 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0
Shirin Faraz 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Tarbiat Yazd 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–2
Tractor Sazi 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–1
Source: http://lig1.ir
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Play Off

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First leg to be played June 15, 2009; return leg to be played June 22, 2009
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shahrdari Tabriz F.C. 2-3 Shahin Bushehr F.C. 2-2 0-1

First leg

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Shahrdari Tabriz2 – 2Shahin Bushehr
Saeed Daghighi   16'   42' (pen.) Saeed Pirsarandib   37'   50'
Attendance: 20,000

Return leg

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Shahin Bushehr1 – 0Shahrdari Tabriz
Abbas Mardasi   63'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi

Attendances

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Average home attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Tractor Sazi 122,000 20,000 3,000 9,385 n/a
2 Damash Lorestan 103,000 10,000 0 8,583 n/a
3 Shahin Bushehr 103,000 12,000 4,000 7,923 n/a
4 Nassaji 93,000 15,000 1,000 7,154 n/a
5 Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. 82,700 12,000 0 6,892 −44.9%
6 Kowsar Lorestan 78,500 10,000 1,000 6,038 n/a
7 Sh. Tabriz 63,500 12,000 0 5,292 n/a
8 Aluminium Arak 68,000 15,000 1,000 5,231 n/a
9 Tarbiat Yazd 57,000 10,000 2,000 4,385 n/a
10 Machine Sazi 50,000 10,000 1,000 3,846 n/a
11 Etka Gorgan 36,000 5,000 500 2,769 n/a
12 Mes Rafsanjan 34,700 5,000 200 2,669 n/a
13 Aluminium Hormozgan 25,500 3,000 0 2,125 n/a
14 Gol Gohar 25,000 3,000 1,000 1,923 n/a
15 Sh. Zanjan 24,750 5,000 50 1,904 n/a
16 Shirin Faraz 22,500 4,000 500 1,731 −63.6%
17 Sepahan Novin 20,000 5,000 300 1,538 n/a
18 Sh. Bandar Abbas 17,800 3,000 300 1,369 n/a
19 Shamoushak 15,600 3,000 0 1,300 n/a
20 Steel Azin 8,750 4,000 100 673 n/a
21 Mehrkam Pars 7,600 2,000 100 585 n/a
22 Shahin Ahvaz 6,550 4,000 0 546 n/a
23 Moghavemat Mersad 7,000 4,000 100 538 n/a
24 Deyhim Ahvaz 6,000 1,500 100 462 n/a
25 Homa 5,400 1,000 200 415 n/a
26 Payam Mokhaberat 5,300 1,000 100 408 n/a
27 Petroshimi Tabriz 4,450 800 0 371 n/a
28 Niroye Zamini 4,150 2,000 50 319 n/a


League total 1,097,750 15,000 0 3,075 n/a

Updated to games played on 8 June 2009
Source: iplstats.com
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Persian Gulf Cup
Aluminium Hormozgan, Mehrkam Pars, Payam Mokhaberat and Petroshimi Tabriz played last season in Iran 2nd Division
Sanaye Arak changed their name into Aluminium Arak

Highest attendances

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Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Tractor Sazi 2–0 Aluminium Hormozgan 20,000 8 June 2009 (2009-06-08) 26 Sahand
2 Aluminium Arak 1–3 Steel Azin 15,000 15 March 2009 (2009-03-15) 17 Imam Khomeini
Nassaji 1–0 Gol Gohar 15,000 21 April 2009 (2009-04-21) 20 Vatani
Tractor Sazi 2–0 Shahin Bushehr 15,000 28 April 2009 (2009-04-28) 21 Sahand
Nassaji 0–0 Shahrdari Tabriz 15,000 7 May 2009 (2009-05-07) 22 Vatani
Nassaji 1–0 Shahrdari Bandar Abbas 15,000 21 May 2009 (2009-05-21) 24 Vatani
3 Sanat Naft 3–1 Gol Gohar 12,000 22 January 2009 (2009-01-22) 13 Takhti Abadan
Shahrdari Tabriz 2–2 Mehrkam Pars 12,000 13 March 2009 (2009-03-13) 17 Sahand
Shahin Bushehr 3–2 Etka Gorgan 12,000 21 May 2009 (2009-05-21) 24 Shahid Beheshti
Shahrdari Tabriz 1–0 Aluminium Arak 12,000 8 June 2009 (2009-06-08) 26 Sahand

Notes:
Updated to games played on 8 June 2009. Source: iplstats.com

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Round 4". Iplstats.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Round 9". Iplstats.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  3. ^ "Round 19". Iplstats.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  4. ^ "Round 24". Iplstats.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  5. ^ "Round 21". Iplstats.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.