# 2008–09 Azadegan League

The 2008–09 Azadegan League was the 18th season of the Azadegan League and eight as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 22 teams from the 2007–08 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup (Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz) and four new teams promoted from the 2007–08 2nd Division (Aluminium Hormozgan as champions and Mehrkam Pars, Payam Mokhaberat and Petroshimi Tabriz). Sanaye Arak changed their name to Aluminium Arak. The league started on 23 October 2008 and ended on 8 June 2009. Steel Azin and Tractor Sazi won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Steel Azin, Tractor Sazi and Shahin Bushehr got promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.

## Standings
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Steel Azin (C, P) | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 55 | Promotion to 2009–10 PGC |
| 2 | Sh. Tabriz | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 48 | Azadegan League 2008–09 Play Off |
| 3 | Petroshimi Tabriz | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 46 | |
| 4 | Aluminium Arak | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 45 | |
| 5 | Gol Gohar | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 39 | |
| 6 | Sepahan Novin | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 38 | |
| 7 | Sanat Naft | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 33 | |
| 8 | Kowsar Lorestan | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 33 | |
| 9 | Mehrkam Pars | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 31 | |
| 10 | Moghavemat Mersad | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 26 | |
| 11 | Sh. Bandar Abbas | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 25 | |
| 12 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 25 | |
| 13 | Homa (R) | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 21 | Relegation to 2009–10 2nd Division |
| 14 | Sh. Zanjan (R) | 26 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 20 | Relegation to 2009–10 2nd Division |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Tractor Sazi (C, P) | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 54 | Promotion to 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup |
| 2 | Shahin Bushehr (P) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 53 | Azadegan League 2008–09 Play Off |
| 3 | Mes Rafsanjan | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 46 | |
| 4 | Damash Lorestan | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 40 | |
| 5 | Tarbiat Yazd | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 38 | |
| 6 | Niroye Zamini | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 38 | |
| 7 | Shirin Faraz | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Payam Mokhaberat | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Aluminium Hormozgan | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 33 | |
| 10 | Etka Gorgan | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 33 | |
| 11 | Shamoushak | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 27 | |
| 12 | Shahin Ahvaz | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 21 | |
| 13 | Machine Sazi (R) | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 49 | −28 | 20 | Relegation to 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division |
| 14 | Deyhim Ahvaz (R) | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 51 | −31 | 18 | Relegation to 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division |

## Results table
### Group A

Last updated June 7, 2009
| Home \ Away | GOL | HOM | KOW | MEH | MMS | NSJ | PET | SNA | ALU | SPN | SHB | SHT | SHZ | STL |
| Gol Gohar | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Homa | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Kowsar Lorestan | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Mehrkam Pars | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Moghavemat Mersad | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–5 |
| Petroshimi Tabriz | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Aluminium Arak | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Sepahan Novin | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Sh. Bandar Abbas | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Sh. Tabriz | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| Sh. Zanjan | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 |
| Steel Azin | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |

### Group B

Last updated June 7, 2009
| Home \ Away | ALH | DAM | DEY | ETK | MST | MSR | NRO | PMS | SAA | SHB | SHM | SFZ | TAR | TRK |
| Aluminium Hormozgan | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Damash Lorestan | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Deyhim Ahvaz | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Etka Gorgan | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Machine Sazi | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Niroye Zamini | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Payam Mokhaberat | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Shahin Ahvaz | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Shahin Bushehr | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Shamoushak | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Shirin Faraz | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Tarbiat Yazd | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 |
| Tractor Sazi | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |

## Player statistics
### Top goalscorers
#### 17

* Abbas Porkhosravani (Gol Gohar)

## Play Off

    First leg to be played June 15, 2009; return leg to be played June 22, 2009
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Shahrdari Tabriz F.C. | 2-3 | Shahin Bushehr F.C. | 2-2 | 0-1 |

### Return leg
## Attendances
### Average home attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Tractor Sazi | 122,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 | 9,385 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Damash Lorestan | 103,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 8,583 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Shahin Bushehr | 103,000 | 12,000 | 4,000 | 7,923 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Nassaji | 93,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 7,154 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. | 82,700 | 12,000 | 0 | 6,892 | −44.9%$^†$ |
| 6 | Kowsar Lorestan | 78,500 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 6,038 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Sh. Tabriz | 63,500 | 12,000 | 0 | 5,292 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Aluminium Arak | 68,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 5,231 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Tarbiat Yazd | 57,000 | 10,000 | 2,000 | 4,385 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Machine Sazi | 50,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 3,846 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Etka Gorgan | 36,000 | 5,000 | 500 | 2,769 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Mes Rafsanjan | 34,700 | 5,000 | 200 | 2,669 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Aluminium Hormozgan | 25,500 | 3,000 | 0 | 2,125 | n/a$^†$ |
| 14 | Gol Gohar | 25,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 1,923 | n/a$^†$ |
| 15 | Sh. Zanjan | 24,750 | 5,000 | 50 | 1,904 | n/a$^†$ |
| 16 | Shirin Faraz | 22,500 | 4,000 | 500 | 1,731 | −63.6%$^†$ |
| 17 | Sepahan Novin | 20,000 | 5,000 | 300 | 1,538 | n/a$^†$ |
| 18 | Sh. Bandar Abbas | 17,800 | 3,000 | 300 | 1,369 | n/a$^†$ |
| 19 | Shamoushak | 15,600 | 3,000 | 0 | 1,300 | n/a$^†$ |
| 20 | Steel Azin | 8,750 | 4,000 | 100 | 673 | n/a$^†$ |
| 21 | Mehrkam Pars | 7,600 | 2,000 | 100 | 585 | n/a$^†$ |
| 22 | Shahin Ahvaz | 6,550 | 4,000 | 0 | 546 | n/a$^†$ |
| 23 | Moghavemat Mersad | 7,000 | 4,000 | 100 | 538 | n/a$^†$ |
| 24 | Deyhim Ahvaz | 6,000 | 1,500 | 100 | 462 | n/a$^†$ |
| 25 | Homa | 5,400 | 1,000 | 200 | 415 | n/a$^†$ |
| 26 | Payam Mokhaberat | 5,300 | 1,000 | 100 | 408 | n/a$^†$ |
| 27 | Petroshimi Tabriz | 4,450 | 800 | 0 | 371 | n/a$^†$ |
| 28 | Niroye Zamini | 4,150 | 2,000 | 50 | 319 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 1,097,750 | 15,000 | 0 | 3,075 | n/a$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 8 June 2009 Source: iplstats.com Notes: Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz played last season in Persian Gulf Cup Aluminium Hormozgan, Mehrkam Pars, Payam Mokhaberat and Petroshimi Tabriz played last season in Iran 2nd Division Sanaye Arak changed their name into Aluminium Arak

### Highest attendances

| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
| 1 | Tractor Sazi | 2–0 | Aluminium Hormozgan | 20,000 | 8 June 2009 (2009-06-08) | 26 | Sahand |
| 2 | Aluminium Arak | 1–3 | Steel Azin | 15,000 | 15 March 2009 (2009-03-15) | 17 | Imam Khomeini |
| 2 | Nassaji | 1–0 | Gol Gohar | 15,000 | 21 April 2009 (2009-04-21) | 20 | Vatani |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 2–0 | Shahin Bushehr | 15,000 | 28 April 2009 (2009-04-28) | 21 | Sahand |
| 2 | Nassaji | 0–0 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 15,000 | 7 May 2009 (2009-05-07) | 22 | Vatani |
| 2 | Nassaji | 1–0 | Shahrdari Bandar Abbas | 15,000 | 21 May 2009 (2009-05-21) | 24 | Vatani |
| 3 | Sanat Naft | 3–1 | Gol Gohar | 12,000 | 22 January 2009 (2009-01-22) | 13 | Takhti Abadan |
| 3 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 2–2 | Mehrkam Pars | 12,000 | 13 March 2009 (2009-03-13) | 17 | Sahand |
| 3 | Shahin Bushehr | 3–2 | Etka Gorgan | 12,000 | 21 May 2009 (2009-05-21) | 24 | Shahid Beheshti |
| 3 | Shahrdari Tabriz | 1–0 | Aluminium Arak | 12,000 | 8 June 2009 (2009-06-08) | 26 | Sahand |
Notes: Updated to games played on 8 June 2009. Source: iplstats.com