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2011–12 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season 2011–12
Champions Paykan
Promoted Paykan
Aluminium Hormozgan
Gahar Zagros
Relegated Sanat Sari
Payam Mokhaberat
Sanati Kaveh
Bargh Shiraz
Matches played 367
Goals scored 691 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Bahman Tahmasebi (13 goals)
Biggest home win Iranjavan 4 - 0 Mes Rafsanjan
Biggest away win Payam Mokhaberat 1 - 7 Paykan
Highest scoring Payam Mokhaberat 1 - 7 Paykan

The 2011–12 Azadegan League will be the 11th season of the second-level football league competition of Iran.

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, one team are promoted to Persian Gulf Cup, and one team enter into a play-off and two teams are relegated to the third-level Second Division. In total, the league promotes three teams to Persian Gulf Cup and relegates four teams to the Second Division.

The league was started at 1 September 2011.

The league will feature three clubs relegated from Iran Pro League: Steel Azin returned to the Azadegan League after two seasons in the top division, whereas Paykan were relegated after a two-year stint. The third team Pas Hamedan, were relegated for the first time in club history to a lower league.

Updated to games played on 7 May 2012.
Source: Foolad FC
1 Steel Azin was docked 12 points by FIFA.
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 7 May 2012.
Source: Foolad FC
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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