2009–10 Iran 2nd Division

Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season	2009–10
Promoted	Sepidrood Rasht; Shahrdari Yasuj; Naft Masjed Soleyman; Foolad Yazd;
Relegated	Palayesh Gaz Ilam; Hepco Arak; Aria Sepahan Qom; ; Persepolis Zahedan; Armin Tehran; ; Kheybar Khoramabad; Shahrdari Mahshahr; Sanat Ard Golestan;
Matches played	320
Goals scored	765 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	21 Goals Soheil Haghshenas
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The following is the standings of the 2009–10 2nd Division football season. This is the 3rd rated football competition in Iran after the Azadegan League and Persian Gulf Cup.

It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, played from October 2009 to March 2010, and the Second round from March to June 2010.

The league will also be composed of 36 teams divided into four divisions of 9 teams each, whose teams will be divided geographically. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 16 matches each.

In each division, two teams are promoted to Second round, and two teams are relegated to 2nd Division and plus one relegation playoff losers from each division will be relegated to 3rd Division. In Second round, in each division two teams are promoted to Azadegan League. In total, the league promotes 4 teams to Azadegan League and relegates 10 teams to 3rd Division.

League standings[]

Group A[]

Sepidrood Rasht

Foolad Yazd

Palayesh Gaz

Ariya Sepahan

Hepco Arak

Zob Ahan

Machine Sazi

Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division/Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Foolad Yazd	16	10	5	1	23	8	+15	35	Promoted Second Round
2	Sepidrood	16	9	2	5	34	15	+19	29	Promoted Second Round
3	Moghavemat Tehran	16	6	7	3	23	14	+9	25
4	Machine Sazi	16	4	8	4	22	19	+3	20
5	Zob Ahan Ardabil	16	5	4	7	23	28	−5	19
6	Golchin	16	3	9	4	14	23	−9	18
7		16	4	5	7	14	24	−10	17	Relegation Play Off
8	Hepco	16	3	7	6	18	27	−9	16	Relegation to 2010–11 3rd Division
9	Ariya	16	2	5	9	11	24	−13	11	Relegation to 2010–11 3rd Division

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	ARI	FOY	GOL	HEP	MST	MOT		SEP	ZOB
Ariya		0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–3	1–3
Foolad Yazd	0–0		3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	1–0
Golchin	1–0	0–0		2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1
Hepco	2–2	0–1	1–2		2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–3
Machine Sazi	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–1	5–0	2–1	3–2
Moghavemat Tehran	3–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	1–1
	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1		1–0	1–3
Sepidrood	2–1	1–1	4–0	5–0	3–1	4–1	2–0		5–1
Zob Ahan Ardabil	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–3

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B[]

Shahrdari Yasuj

Naft Gachsaran

Persepolis Zahedan

Niroye Zamini

Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division/Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sh. Yasouj	16	10	4	2	23	10	+13	34	Promoted Second Round
2	Naft Masjed Soleyman	16	9	4	3	25	11	+14	31	Promoted Second Round
3	Niroye Zamini	16	7	7	2	19	12	+7	28
4	Sh. Langarud	16	7	3	6	25	18	+7	24
5	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	16	5	5	6	18	22	−4	20
6	Per. Ganaveh	16	6	2	8	16	21	−5	20
7	Nozhan	16	4	6	6	18	20	−2	18	Relegation Play Off
8		16	1	8	7	11	28	−17	11	Relegation to 2010–11 3rd Division
9		16	3	1	12	13	26	−13	10	Relegation to 2010–11 3rd Division

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	NFT	NFG	NRO	NOZ		PRG		SHL	SHY
Naft Masjed Soleyman		2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0
Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	4–2		1–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1
Niroye Zamini	3–1	0–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2
Nozhan	0–0	3–0	1–1		2–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–2
	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		1–0	4–0	2–2	0–2
Per. Ganaveh	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–4	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–2
	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	4–0	0–0		1–0	1–1
Sh. Langarud	0–0	7–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–1		1–0
Sh. Yasouj	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0^[a]	1–1	1–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ received a technical lose of 3–0 to Shahrdari Yasuj. The original game was 0–0 up to 75 minutes.

Group C[]

Shahrdari Anzali

Shahrdari Hamedan

Moghavemat Sari

Shahrdari Zanjan

Armin
Esteghlal Jonub

Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division/Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Est. Jonub	16	7	5	4	18	14	+4	26	Promoted Second Round
2	Sh. Bandar Anzali	16	7	5	4	25	22	+3	26	Promoted Second Round
3	Moghavemat Sari	16	7	4	5	22	19	+3	25
4	Sh. Zanjan	16	7	3	6	21	20	+1	24
5		16	6	3	7	13	16	−3	21
6	Sh. Hamedan	16	5	5	6	27	27	0	20
7	Armin	16	6	2	8	15	16	−1	20	Relegation Play Off
8		16	5	4	7	17	17	0	19	Relegation to 2010–11 3rd Division
9		16	4	5	7	14	21	−7	17	Relegation to 2010–11 3rd Division

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	ARM		ESJ		MOS	SHB	SHH		SHZ
Armin		1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–1
	0–1		1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–4
Est. Jonub	0–0	1–0		0–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2
	1–0	2–1	0–1		0–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1
Moghavemat Sari	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0		2–2	4–1	1–0	0–0
Sh. Bandar Anzali	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1		3–1	2–1	2–1
Sh. Hamedan	2–1	0–2	1–1	5–2	3–1	3–3		2–0	0–1
	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–1
Sh. Zanjan	2–0	0–2	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D[]

Sanat Gaz Sarakhs

Naft Novin

Saipa Shomal

Persepolis Borazjan

Shahrdari Mahshahr

Esteghlal Qazvin

Ard

Homa
Damash

Locations of clubs in 2009–10 Iran Football's 2nd Division/Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Homa	16	7	7	2	21	14	+7	28	Promoted Second Round
2	Sanat Gaz	16	5	9	2	18	13	+5	24	Promoted Second Round
3	Est. Qazvin	16	6	5	5	13	11	+2	23
4	Sanat Naft Novin	16	6	5	5	12	15	−3	23
5	Saipa Shomal	16	5	6	5	22	15	+7	21
6	Per. Borazjan	16	5	6	5	19	19	0	21
7	Damash Tehran	16	4	8	4	19	20	−1	20	Relegation Play Off
8	Sh. Mahshahr	16	4	8	4	13	16	−3	20	Relegation to 2010–11 3rd Division
9	Ard	16	1	4	11	13	27	−14	7	Relegation to 2010–11 3rd Division

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	ARD	DAM	ESQ	HOM	PRB	SAI	SGS	SNN	SHM
Ard		0–1	0–1	0–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2
Damash Tehran	0–0		2–1	1–1	2–4	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1
Est. Qazvin	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1
Homa	2–1	1–1	1–0		3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0
Per. Borazjan	3–0^[a]	1–2	1–0	0–0		1–0	1–3	2–0	0–0
Saipa Shomal	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1		3–0^[b]	5–0	2–0
Sanat Gaz	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0		0–0	3–0
Sanat Naft Novin	3–0^[c]	3–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	0–1		1–1
Sh. Mahshahr	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Ard Golestan received a technical lose of 3–0 to Persepolis Borazjan.
^ Sanat Gaz Sarakhs received a technical lose of 3–0 to Saipa Shomal. The original game was 2–1 up to 70 minutes.
^ Ard Golestan received a technical lose of 3–0 to Sanat Naft Novin

Second round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Sepidrood	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13	Promoted to the Azadegan League
2	Sh. Yasouj	6	4	0	2	14	10	+4	12	Promoted to the Azadegan League
3	Est. Jonub	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5
4	Sanat Gaz	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	ESJ	SGS	SEP	SHY
Est. Jonub		0–0	0–3	3–2
Sanat Gaz	4–0		0–2	0–1
Sepidrood	1–1	2–0		4–1
Sh. Yasouj	2–1	4–0	4–2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Naft Masjed Soleyman	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	12	Promoted to the Azadegan League
2	Foolad Yazd	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9	Promoted to the Azadegan League
3	Homa	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8
4	Sh. Bandar Anzali	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	FOY	HOM	SHB	NFT
Foolad Yazd		1–1	2–1	3–1
Homa	1–1		1–0	2–1
Sh. Bandar Anzali	1–1	2–1		0–6
Naft Masjed Soleyman	1–0	2–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2010. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Round[]

Championship Final[]

First leg to be played May 28, 2010; return leg to be played June 3, 2010

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sepidrood Rasht	1-1 (4-3)penalty kick	Naft Masjed Soleyman	0-1	1-0

Third place play-off[]

First leg to be played May 28, 2010; return leg to be played June 3, 2010

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shahrdari Yasuj	6-4	Foolad Yazd	5-2	1-2

Relegation play-off[]

First leg to be played April 13, 2010; return leg to be played April 20, 2010

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nozhan Mazandaran	6-2	Palayesh Gaz Ilam	5-1	1-1

(R)Palayesh Gaz Ilam Relegated to  3rd Division

First leg to be played April 13, 2010; return leg to be played April 20, 2010

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Armin Tehran	2-4	Damash Tehran	1-3	1-1

(R)Armin Tehran Relegated to 3rd Division

Player statistics[]

Top goalscorer[]

21 goals

Soheil Haghshenas (Sepidrood)

[table_note_SHY_PRB0.0063109048671606-1] received a technical lose of 3–0 to Shahrdari Yasuj. The original game was 0–0 up to 75 minutes.

[table_note_PRB_ARD0.53885030492155-2] Ard Golestan received a technical lose of 3–0 to Persepolis Borazjan.

[table_note_SAI_SGS0.53885030492155-3] Sanat Gaz Sarakhs received a technical lose of 3–0 to Saipa Shomal. The original game was 2–1 up to 70 minutes.

[table_note_SNN_ARD0.53885030492155-4] Ard Golestan received a technical lose of 3–0 to Sanat Naft Novin

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