# 2018–19 Azadegan League

The 2018–19 Azadegan League was the 28th season of the Azadegan League and 18th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 12 teams from the 2017–18 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League: Siah Jamegan and Naft Tehran and two new teams promoted from the 2017–18 League 2: Karoon Arvand Khorramshahr and Shahin Bushehr both as champions. Navad Urmia replaced Gostaresh Foulad, while Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht replaced Esteghlal Jonoub. Oxin Alborz changed their name into Gol Reyhan. The league started on 10 August 2018 and ended on 30 April 2019. Gol Gohar won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Gol Gohar and Shahin Bushehr promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League. Peyman Ranjbari and Shahriyar Moghanlou were the league's top scorers, with 16 goals each.

## Teams

Before the start of competition Naft Tehran was relegated to League 2 following financial problems

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Aluminium Arak | Arak | Imam Khomeini | 15,000 |
| Baadraan Tehran | Tehran | Kargaran | 5,000 |
| Fajr Sepasi | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 15,000 |
| Gol Gohar | Sirjan | Gol Gohar Sport Complex | 3,200 |
| Karun Arvand | Khorramshahr | Khorramshahr Stadium | 15,000 |
| Khooneh be Khooneh | Babol | Haft-e Tir | 6,000 |
| Malavan | Bandar-e Anzali | Takhti Anzali | 8,000 |
| Mes Kerman | Kerman | Shahid Bahonar | 15,430 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | Rafsanjan | Shohadaye Noushabad | 5,000 |
| Navad Urmia | Urmia | Shahid Bakeri | 15,000 |
| Gol Reyhan Alborz | Karaj | Enghelab | 15,000 |
| Qashqai | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 15,000 |
| Shahin Shahrdari | Bushehr | Shahid Beheshti | 15,000 |
| Shahrdari Mahshahr | Bandar-e Mahshahr | Shohada Mahshahr | 3,000 |
| Shahrdari Tabriz | Tabriz | Sahand | 66,833 |
| Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht | Pakdasht | Shahid Dastgerdi | 8,250 |

### Number of teams by region

| | Region | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Kerman | 3 | Gol Gohar, Mes Kerman, Mes Rafsanjan |
| 2 | Khuzestan | 2 | Shahrdari Mahshahr, Karun Arvand |
| 3 | Fars | 2 | Fajr Sepasi, Qashqai |
| 4 | Tehran | 2 | Baadraan, Sorkhpooshan |
| 5 | Alborz | 1 | Gol Reyhan Alborz |
| 6 | Bushehr | 1 | Shahin Bushehr |
| 7 | East Azerbaijan | 1 | Shahrdari Tabriz |
| 8 | Gilan | 1 | Malavan |
| 9 | Markazi | 1 | Aluminium Arak |
| 10 | Mazandaran | 1 | Khooneh be Khooneh |
| 11 | West Azerbaijan | 1 | Navad Urmia |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| Aluminium Arak | Faraz Kamalvand | Hamed Basiri | Yousef Jame |
| Baadraan | Farhad Kazemi | Karim Eslami | Start |
| Fajr Sepasi | Davoud Mahabadi | Milad Safaei | Olympic Sport |
| Gol Gohar | Vinko Begović | Various | Yousef Jame |
| Gol Reyhan | Mojtaba Hosseini | | Merooj |
| Karun Arvand | Human Afazeli | Mohsen Bengar | Merooj |
| Khooneh Be Khooneh | Akbar Misaghian | Reza Nasehi | Merooj |
| Malavan | Mohammad Ahmadzadeh | Pejman Nouri | Merooj |
| Mes Kerman | Farzad Hosseinkhani | Farzad Hosseinkhani | Merooj |
| Mes Rafsanjan | Mišo Krstičević | Mohsen Varzkar | Merooj |
| Navad Urmia | Vahid Bayatloo | Mohammad Zeynali | Yousef Jame |
| Qashqai | Mehdi Farvardin | Hadi Khadem | Olympic Sport |
| Shahin Bushehr | Abdollah Veisi | Milad Saremi | |
| Shahrdari Mahshahr | Mehdi Pashazadeh | Sajjad Ghanavati | Nahangi |
| Shahrdari Tabriz | Heydar Jafari | Rasoul Pirzadeh | Yousef Jame |
| Sorkhpooshan | Mahmoud Fekri | Amirhossein Feshangchi | Yousef Jame |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Gol Gohar (C, P) | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 58 | Promotion to 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 2 | Shahin Bushehr (P) | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 54 | Promotion to 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 3 | Gol Reyhan Alborz | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 48 | |
| 4 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 48 | |
| 5 | Mes Kerman | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 47 | |
| 6 | Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 43 | |
| 7 | Baadraan Tehran | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Qashqai | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Fajr Sepasi | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 38 | |
| 10 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 36 | |
| 11 | Malavan | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 35 | |
| 12 | Khooneh be Khooneh | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 31 | |
| 13 | Navad Urmia | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 31 | |
| 14 | Sh. Tabriz | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 28 | |
| 15 | Karun Arvand Khorramshahr | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 28 | |
| 16 | Sh. Mahshahr (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 25 | Relegation to 2019–20 2nd Division |
| 17 | Siah Jamegan (E) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2019–20 3rd Division |
| 18 | Naft Tehran (E) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2019–20 3rd Division |
* ↑ Malavan was deducted 6 points in issued by FIFA.
* Naft Tehran and Siah Jamegan refused to attend 2 matches and relegated to 2 lower divisions.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALU | BAD | FJR | GOL | GRA | KAR | KBK | MLV | MES | MSR | NVD | QSH | SHN | SHM | SHT | SRP |
| Aluminium Arak | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Baadraan Tehran | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Fajr Sepasi | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Gol Gohar | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Gol Reyhan | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Karun Arvand | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Khooneh be Khooneh | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Malavan | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Mes Kerman | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 |
| Navad Urmia | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Qashqai | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Shahin Bushehr | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Sh. Mahshahr | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Sh. Tabriz | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | 2–2 |
| Sorkhpooshan | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Peyman Ranjbari | Gol Gohar | 16 |
| 1 | Shahriyar Moghanlou | Malavan | 16 |
| 3 | Akbar Saghiri | Mes Rafsanjan | 14 |
| 4 | Farzad Mohammadi | Navad Urmia | 10 |
| 5 | Mohammad Mehri | Qashqai | 9 |
| 6 | Mehrdad Avakh | Gol Gohar | 8 |
| 6 | Bahman Salari | Shahin Bushehr | 8 |