2013–14 Iran 2nd Division

The article contains the information of 2013–14 2nd Division football season. This is the 3rd rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League and Persian Gulf Cup.

Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season2013–14
ChampionsShahrdari Ardabil (A) and Etka Gorgan (B)
PromotedShahrdari Ardabil
Etka Gorgan
Foolad Novin
Shahrdari Tabriz
RelegatedShahin Bushehr
Bargh Shiraz
Hoordad Rayan
Sepidrood Rasht
Shahrdari Arak
Minab Toyur Hormozgan
Payam Sanat Amol
Matches played338
Goals scored731 (2.16 per match)

The league is composed of 28 teams divided into two divisions of 14 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 26 matches each.

In each division, two teams are promoted to Azadegan League, and three teams are relegated to Iran Football's 3rd Division plus the relegation playoff loser. In total, the league promotes 4 teams to Azadegan League and relegates 7 teams to 3rd Division. The league starts in September 2013.

Teams

Group A
Team City
Bargh ShirazShiraz
Shahrdari JooybarJooybar
Shahin BushehrBushehr
Machine SaziTabriz
Mes SoongounVarzaghan
Kargar Boneh Gaz BushehrBushehr
Khalkhal DashtKhalkhal
Foolad NovinAhvaz
Sanat Naft NovinAbadan
Sanat SariSari
Hoordad RayanKerman
Shahrdari ArdebilArdabil
Shahrdari DezfulDezful
Shahrdari LangarudLangarud

Group B
Team City
Caspian QazvinQazvin
Minab Toyur HormozganMinab
Payam Sanat Amol F.C.Amol
Bahman Shiraz F.C.Shiraz
EtkaGorgan
Shahrdari ArakArak
Melli HaffariAhvaz
Shahrdari TabrizTabriz
Fajr Jam BushehrBushehr
Karun KhuzestanAhvaz
Naft OmidiyehOmidiyeh
Persepolis GanavehGanaveh
SepidroodRasht
Shahrdari NoshahrNoshahr[1]

Standings

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sh. Ardabil (P) 24 14 7 3 35 18 +17 49 Promotion to Azadegan League 2014–15
2 Foolad Novin (P) 24 13 7 4 35 17 +18 46
3 Mes Soongoun 24 10 8 6 43 29 +14 38
3 Sanat Naft Novin 24 11 5 8 32 24 +8 38
5 Sanat Sari 24 9 9 6 32 25 +7 36
6 Sh. Jooybar 24 9 8 7 30 23 +7 35
7 Khalkhal Dasht 24 8 10 6 22 18 +4 34
8 Kargar Boneh Gaz 24 8 7 9 27 34 −7 31
9 Sh. Dezful Novin 24 6 9 9 27 29 −2 27
10 Sh. Langarud 24 5 9 10 32 42 −10 24
11 Machine Sazi 24 6 5 13 26 33 −7 23 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Bargh Shiraz (R) 24 5 8 11 13 21 −8 23 Relegation to 3rd Division 2014–15
13 Hoordad Rayan (R) 24 3 7 14 14 51 −37 16
14 Shahin Bushehr (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2013 (2013-08-20). Source: http://www.dsport.ir/fa/posts/76
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Etka Gorgan (P) 26 17 3 6 36 11 +25 54 Promotion to Azadegan League 2014–15
2 Sh. Tabriz (P) 26 16 4 6 34 14 +20 52
3 Hafari Ahvaz 26 14 7 5 34 19 +15 49
4 Naft Omidiyeh 26 13 7 6 25 17 +8 46
5 Bahman Shiraz 26 12 8 6 26 15 +11 44
6 Caspian Qazvin 26 11 8 7 30 16 +14 41
7 Fajr Jam 26 11 5 10 29 24 +5 38
8 Payam Mashhad 26 10 6 10 30 25 +5 36
9 Karun Khuzestan 26 6 16 4 28 22 +6 34
10 Per. Ganaveh 26 7 8 11 22 31 −9 29
11 Payam Amol (R) 26 7 7 12 19 27 −8 28 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Sepidrood (R) 26 5 9 12 27 39 −12 24 Relegation to 3rd Division 2014–15
13 Sh. Arak (R) 26 3 9 14 17 37 −20 18
14 Minab Toyur (R) 26 1 2 23 6 64 −58 5
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2013 (2013-11-25). Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Relegation play-off
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Machine Sazi 6-0 Payam Sanat Amol 3–0 3–0

Payam Sanat Amol relegated to 2014–15 Iran Football's 3rd Division.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2013-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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