# 2017–18 Khuzestan Premier League

The 2017–18 Khuzestan Premier League season was the 18th season of the Khuzestan Premier League which took place from September 6, 2017 to March 14, 2018 with 16 teams competing from the province of Khuzestan. This was the first year that the league increased its teams from 14 to 16. Teams played home and away with one another each playing 30 matches. Esteghlal Novin Mahshahr finished the season on top of the standings and was promoted to division 3 of the Iranian football system. Meanwhile, finishing in last place, Shahbaz Shadegan will be relegated to the Khuzestan Division 1 league.

## League changes

With 5 teams being relegated down from Division 3, the Khuzestan Football Association announced that the league will be expanded from 14 to 16 teams in an effort to accommodate the relegated teams. Since only 1 team is promoted every year to Division 3, the 5 relegated teams would have created an unbalanced league under the 14 team system.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Esteghlal Novin Mahshahr | Mahshahr | Mahshahr Martyrs Arena | 10,000 |
| Persepolis Novin Dezful | Mianrud | Mianrud Martyrs Arena | 5,000 |
| Jonub Susangerd | Susangerd | Susangerd Martyrs Arena | 5,000 |
| Persepolis Shush | Shush | Takhti Shush Arena | 5,000 |
| Shahrdari Bandar-e Emam | Bandar-e Emam | Takhti Bandar-e Emam Arena | 10,000 |
| Iranmehr Khoramshahr | Khoramshahr | Shahrdari Khoramshahr Arena | 5,000 |
| Shahin Shahr-e Emam | Dezful | Mehrvali Arena | 5,000 |
| Persepolis Veys | Veys | Veys Martyrs Arena | 5,000 |
| Abi Pooshan Hamidieh | Hamidiyeh | Hamidieh Martyrs Arena | 5,000 |
| Anzan Novin Izeh | Izeh | Takhti Izeh Arena | 10,000 |
| Bahmaei Ramhormoz | Ramhormoz | Takhti Ramhormoz Arena | 10,000 |
| Omid Andishe Shushtar | Shushtar | Takhti Shushtar Arena | 10,000 |
| Rakhsh Arvand Abadan | Abadan | Shahrdari Abadan Arena | 5,000 |
| Esteghlal Veys | Veys | Veys Martyrs Arena | 5,000 |
| Esteghlal Masjedsoleiman | Masjed Soleiman | Naftun Masjed Soleiman Arena | 5,000 |
| Shahbaz Shadegan | Shadegan | Takhti Shadegan Arena | 10,000 |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Esteghlal Novin Mahshahr | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 62 | Promotion to Division 3 |
| 2 | Persepolis Novin Dezful | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 61 | |
| 3 | Jonub Susangerd | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 61 | |
| 4 | Persepolis Shush | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 56 | |
| 5 | Shahrdari Bandar-e Emam | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 55 | |
| 6 | Iranmehr Khoramshahr | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 45 | |
| 7 | Shahin Shahr-e Emam | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 43 | |
| 8 | Persepolis Veys | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 40 | |
| 9 | Abi Pooshan Hamidieh | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 35 | |
| 10 | Anzan Novin Izeh | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 32 | |
| 11 | Bahmaei Ramhormoz | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 31 | |
| 12 | Omid Andishe Shushtar | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 60 | −8 | 29 | |
| 13 | Rakhsh Arvand Abadan | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 29 | |
| 14 | Esteghlal Veys | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 29 | |
| 15 | Esteghlal Masjedsoleiman | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 28 | |
| 16 | Shahbaz Shadegan | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to Khuzestan Division 1 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANI | APH | BAR | ENM | ESM | ESV | IRK | JOS | OAS | PND | PPS | PPV | RAA | SBE | SHS | SSE |
| Anzan Novin Izeh | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Abi Pooshan Hamidieh | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Bahmaei Ramhormoz | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Esteghlal Novin Mahshahr | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Esteghlal Masjedsoleiman | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Esteghlal Veys | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Iranmehr Khoramshahr | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 |
| Jonub Susangerd | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 7–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Omid Andishe Shushtar | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 3–3 |
| Persepolis Novin Dezful | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Persepolis Shush | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Persepolis Veys | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Rakhsh Arvand Abadan | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Shahrdari Bandar-e Emam | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Shahbaz Shadegan | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 |
| Shahin Shahr-e Emam | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | |