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2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division

Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season 2009–10
Promoted Sepidrood Rasht
Shahrdari Yasuj
Naft Masjed Soleyman
Foolad Yazd
Relegated Palayesh Gaz Ilam
Hepco Arak
Aria Sepahan Qom
Persepolis Bojnord
Persepolis Zahedan
Armin Tehran
Eftekhar Birjand
Kheybar Khoramabad
Shahrdari Mahshahr
Sanat Ard Golestan
Matches played 320
Goals scored 765 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer
21 Goals
Soheil Haghshenas

The following is the standings of the 2nd Division's 2009/10 football season. This is the 3rd rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League and Persian Gulf Cup.

It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, played from October 2009 to March 2010, and the Second round from March to June 2010.

The league will also be composed of 36 teams divided into four divisions of 9 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 16 matches each.

In each division, two teams are promoted to Second round, and two teams are relegated to 2nd Division and plus one relegation playoff losers from each division will be relegated to 3rd Division. In Second round, in each division two teams are promoted to Azadegan League.In total, the league promotes 4 teams to Azadegan League and relegates 10 teams to 3rd Division.

Updated to games played on 21 March 2010.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Updated to games played on 21 May 2010.
Source:
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Updated to games played on 21 March 2010.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


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