# 2019–20 Azadegan League

The 2019–20 Azadegan League was the 29th season of the Azadegan League and 19th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 11 teams from the 2018–19 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League: Sepidrood and Esteghlal Khuzestan and two new teams promoted from the 2018–19 League 2: Khooshe Talaei Saveh, Arman Gohar Sirjan and Nirooye Zamini as champion, runner-up and third placed team respectively. Damash replaced Karoon Arvand Khorramshahr, while Elmoadab Tabriz replaced Shahrdari Tabriz. Khooneh be Khooneh changed their name into Rayka Babol. The league started on 17 August 2019 and was scheduled to end in April 2020 but in March 2020 it was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic in Iran until June 2020. After suspension, the league was ended on 16 August 2020. Hamid Kazemi of Havadar emerged as the league's top scorer with 17 goals.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Aluminium Arak | Arak | Imam Khomeini | 15,000 |
| Arman Gohar Sirjan | Sirjan | Takhti Stadium | 5,000 |
| Baadraan Tehran | Tehran | Kargaran | 5,000 |
| Damash | Rasht | Shahid Dr. Azodi | 11,000 |
| Elmoadab Tabriz | Tabriz | Marzdaran Stadium | 5,000 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Takhti | 38,900 |
| Fajr Sepasi | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 15,000 |
| Gol Reyhan Alborz | Karaj | Enghelab | 15,000 |
| Havadar | Tehran | Shohadaye Eslamshar | 8,250 |
| Khooshe Talaei Saveh | Saveh | Shahid Chamran | 3,000 |
| 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 |
| Nirooye Zamini | Tehran | Shohada of Tehran Nezaja | TBA |
| Qashqai | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 15,000 |
| Rayka Babol | Babol | Haft-e Tir | 6,000 |
| Sepidrood | Rasht | Sardar Jangal | 15,000 |

### Number of teams by region

| | Region | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Gilan | 3 | Damash, Malavan, Sepidrood |
| 2 | Kerman | 3 | Arman Gohar Sirjan, Mes Kerman, Mes Rafsanjan |
| 3 | Tehran | 3 | Baadraan, Havadar, Nirooye Zamini |
| 4 | Fars | 2 | Fajr Sepasi, Qashqai |
| 5 | Markazi | 2 | Aluminium Arak, Khooshe Talaei Saveh |
| 6 | Alborz | 1 | Gol Reyhan Alborz |
| 7 | East Azerbaijan | 1 | Elmoadab Tabriz |
| 8 | Khuzestan | 1 | Esteghlal Khuzestan |
| 9 | Mazandaran | 1 | Rayka Babol |
| 10 | West Azerbaijan | 1 | Navad Urmia |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Mes Rafsanjan (P) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 67 | Promotion to 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 2 | Aluminium Arak (P) | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 63 | Promotion to 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 3 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 63 | |
| 4 | Khooshe Talaei Saveh | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 59 | |
| 5 | Baadraan Tehran | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 55 | |
| 6 | Havadar | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 55 | |
| 7 | Navad Urmia | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 52 | |
| 8 | Gol Reyhan Alborz | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 51 | |
| 9 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 48 | |
| 10 | Fajr Sepasi | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 45 | |
| 11 | Arman Gohar | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 43 | |
| 12 | Damash | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 42 | |
| 13 | Rayka Babol | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 37 | |
| 14 | Qashqai | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 37 | |
| 15 | Malavan | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 35 | |
| 16 | Nirooye Zamini (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 33 | Relegation to 2nd Division |
| 17 | Sepidrood (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 30 | Relegation to 2nd Division |
| 18 | Elmoadab Tabriz (R) | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 85 | −71 | 10 | Relegation to 2nd Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALU | ARM | BAD | DAM | ELM | ESK | FJR | GRA | HVD | KTS | MLV | MES | MSR | NVD | NRZ | QSH | RYK | SPD |
| Aluminium Arak | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Arman Gohar | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Baadraan Tehran | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Damash | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Elmoadab Tabriz | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Fajr Sepasi | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Gol Reyhan | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Havadar | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Khooshe Talaei Saveh | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Malavan | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Mes Kerman | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Navad Urmia | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Nirooye Zamini | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Qashqai | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Rayka Babol | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 3–2 |
| Sepidrood | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hamid Kazemi | Havadar | 16 |
| 2 | Mehrdad Heydari | Rayka Babol | 13 |
| 2 | Hamid Golzari | Mes Rafsanjan | 13 |
| 4 | Ali Khodadadi | Nirooye Zamini | 12 |
Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2020.