1971–72 Local League

**Local League**
Season	1971–72
Champions	Persepolis Tehran
Asian Club Championship	Persepolis Tehran
Top goalscorer	Hossein Kalani (12) ; Safar Iranpak (12)
	← 1970–71 1973–74 →

The 1971–72 season was the second and last season of the Local League of Iranian football. The competition was won by Persepolis Football Club of Tehran.

Qualifying Tournament – Region A[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Taj Tehran	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Semifinals
2		2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Semifinals
3	Taj Rasht	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5	Semifinals
2	Machine Sazi Tabriz	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	Semifinals
3		3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	3
4		3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals[]

	2–3

Taj Tehran	3–1	Machine Sazi Tabriz

Final[]

Taj Tehran	5–0

(P) Taj Tehran and Promoted to the Group stage

Third place play-off[]

Machine Sazi Tabriz	3–0

Qualifying Tournament – Region B[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Taj Masjed Soleyman	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	Semifinals
2	Arya Mashhad	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Semifinals
3	Pas Hamedan	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persepolis	2	2	0	11	0	+11	4	Semifinals
2		2	1	1	3	5	−2	2	Semifinals
3		2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals[]

Persepolis	9–0	Arya Mashhad

Taj Masjed Soleyman	3–1

Final[]

Persepolis	3–0

(P) Taj Masjed Soleyman and Persepolis Promoted to the Group stage

Third place play-off[]

	3–0	Arya Mashhad

Qualifying Tournament – Region C[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pas Tehran	2	2	0	9	0	+9	4	Semifinals
2	Taj Ahvaz	2	1	1	1	6	−5	2	Semifinals
3		2	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sepahan	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	3	Semifinals
2	Tractor Sazi Tabriz	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Semifinals
3		2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals[]

Sepahan	2–0	Taj Ahvaz

Pas Tehran	4–0	Tractor Sazi Tabriz

Final[]

Pas Tehran	6–0	Sepahan

(P) Pas Tehran and Sepahan Promoted to the Group stage.

Third place play-off[]

Tractor Sazi Tabriz	1–2	Taj Ahvaz

Qualifying Tournament – Region D[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jam Abadan	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	5	Semifinals
2		3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	Semifinals
3	Give Bandar Pahlavi	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
3	Nassaji Shahi	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oghab Tehran	3	3	0	9	2	+7	6	Semifinals
2	Bargh Shiraz	3	2	1	10	5	+5	4	Semifinals
3		3	1	2	4	5	−1	2
4		3	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals[]

Bargh Shiraz	1–3	Jam Abadan

Oghab Tehran	2–1

Final[]

Jam Abadan	2–1	Oghab Tehran

(P) Jam Abadan and Oghab Tehran Promoted to the Group stage.

Third place play-off[]

Bargh Shiraz	6–1

Final round[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persepolis (C)	14	13	0	1	45	6	+39	26	1972 Asian Club Championship
2	Pas Tehran	14	12	0	2	38	6	+32	24
3	Taj Tehran	14	9	0	5	29	13	+16	18
4	Oghab	14	7	2	5	27	17	+10	16
5	Sepahan	14	4	3	7	12	18	−6	11
6		14	3	4	7	9	26	−17	10
7	Jam Abadan	14	2	3	9	11	31	−20	7
8		14	0	0	14	1	50	−49	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion

Top goalscorers[]

Safar Iranpak (left) and Hossein Kalani (right)

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Safar Iranpak	Persepolis	11
1	Hossein Kalani	Persepolis	11
3	Ali Jabbari	Taj Tehran	10
4	Homayoun Behzadi	Persepolis	8
	Mohammad Sadeghi	Pas Tehran
	Gholam Vafakhah	Oghab

References[]

Sedaghat, Farhad (2002), 34 years With Persepolis, p. 87, ISBN 964-06-1693-1

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