2020–21 League 2 (Iran)

Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season	2020–21
Promoted	Mes Shahr-e Babak; Shahrdari Hamedan;
Relegated	Naft Omidiyeh; Naft va Gaz Gachsaran; Sardar Bukan;
Matches played	366
Goals scored	745 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nima Eskandarzadeh (11)
Biggest home win	Shahid Ghandi Yazd 10-1 Sardar Bukan
Biggest away win	Sardar Bukan 0-7 Shahin Bandar Ameri
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 Iran Football's 2nd Division is the 20th under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 21 teams from the 2nd Division 2019–20, three new team relegated from the 2019–20 Azadegan League: Elmoadab Tabriz F.C., Sepidrood Rasht S.C., Nirooye Zamini F.C., and four new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2019–20: Shahin Bandar Ameri, Mohtasham Tabriz, Vista Toorbin, Oghab Tehran F.C..^[2]
These changes has been applied before the season:

Team	Replaced Team
Kheibar Khorramabad	Spad Tehran
Caspian Qazvin	Shams Azar Qazvin

Teams[]

Stadia and locations[]

Oghab
Vista Toorbin
Niroo Zamini
Espad

Naft Gachsaran

Pas
Sh. Hamedan

Foolad Novin

Sh. Bandar Abbas

Mes Novin

Locations of clubs in 2020–21 Iran Football's 2nd Division

Number of teams by region[]

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	5	Milad Mehr Iranian, Espad Tehran, Oghab Tehran, Nirooye Zamini Tehran, Vista Toorbin Tehran
2	Khuzestan	4	Melli Haffari Ahvaz, Naft Omidiyeh, Foolad B, Shahrdari Mahshahr
3	Bushehr	3	Iranjavan, Omid Ganaveh, Shahin Bandar Ameri
4	Kerman	3	Mes Novin, Shahrdari Bam, Mes Shahr Babak
5	East Azerbaijan	2	Elm o Adab Tabriz, Mohtasham Tabriz
6	Hamedan	2	PAS, Shahrdari Hamedan
7	Hormozgan	1	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
8	Gilan	1	Sepidrood Rasht
9	Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	1	Naft Gachsaran
10	Kordestan	1	Ettehad Kamyaran
11	Mazandaran	1	Shohadaye Babolsar
12	North Khorasan	1	Atrak Bojnourd
13	Qazvin	1	Shams Azar Qazvin
14	West Azerbaijan	1	Sardar Bukan
15	Yazd	1	Shahid Ghandi Yazd

League table[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sh. Hamedan (P)	26	13	9	4	25	12	+13	48	2021–22 Azadegan League & Final Match
2	Vista Toorbin Tehran (Q)	26	13	8	5	35	21	+14	47	Playoff round
3	Mes Novin Kerman	26	12	8	6	28	17	+11	44
4	Elm o Adab Tabriz	26	10	12	4	26	15	+11	42
5	Sepidrood Rasht	26	9	10	7	23	22	+1	37
6	Spad Tehran	26	8	9	9	23	28	−5	33
7	Iranjavan Bushehr	26	8	9	9	25	31	−6	33
8	Mohtasham Tabriz	26	8	8	10	25	23	+2	32
9	Sh. Bandar Abbas	26	8	8	10	25	27	−2	32
10		26	7	9	10	21	22	−1	30
11	Foolad B	26	7	9	10	26	32	−6	30
12		26	6	11	9	17	19	−2	29
13	(R)	26	6	8	12	21	34	−13	26	Relegation to 2021–22 3rd Division 2nd Stage
14	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran (R)	26	4	8	14	11	28	−17	20	Relegation to 2021–22 3rd Division 2nd Stage

Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2021. Source: "جدول لیگ دسته دوم - گروه اول". Dsport.^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head Matches (With away goal rule applied); if still tied and teams are not in promotion or relegation situation or season would not finished, teams will share the place; if not: 5) Play-off match at a neutral venue.^[4]

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mes Shahr Babak (P)	26	17	7	2	38	6	+32	58	2021–22 Azadegan League & Final Match
2	Sh. Mahshahr (Q)	26	13	6	7	44	27	+17	45	Playoff round
3	Nirooye Zamini Tehran	26	10	10	6	30	17	+13	40
4	Shahid Ghandi Yazd	26	11	12	3	43	18	+25	39^[a]
5	Shahin Bandar Ameri	26	12	9	5	46	24	+22	39^[b]
6	Shams Azar Qazvin	26	9	12	5	32	26	+6	39
7	Oghab Tehran	26	10	8	8	34	23	+11	38
8		26	10	8	8	23	19	+4	38
9	Atrak Bojnourd	26	8	8	10	25	29	−4	32
10	Pas Hamedan	26	7	9	10	23	29	−6	30
11		26	6	6	14	22	45	−23	24
12		26	4	8	14	18	41	−23	20
13	Sardar Bukan (R)	26	4	8	14	25	54	−29	20	Relegation to 2021–22 3rd Division 2nd Stage
14	Naft Omidiyeh (R)	26	4	3	19	10	55	−45	15	Relegation to 2021–22 3rd Division 2nd Stage

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2021. Source: ^[5]"جدول لیگ دسته دوم - گروه دوم". Dsport.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head Matches (With away goal rule applied); if still tied and teams are not in promotion or relegation situation or season would not finished, teams will share the place; if not: 5) Play-off match at a neutral venue.^[6]
Notes:

^ Shahid Ghandi Yazd was deducted 6 points due to match-fixing scandal.
^ Shahin Bandar Ameri was deducted 6 points due to match-fixing scandal.

2nd Division Play-off[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	3-3	Shahrdari Mahshahr	1-1	2-2

Leg 1[]

6 September 2021

19:45

	1-1	Shahrdari Mahshahr
Hamed Akbaripoor 42'		Sajad Ghanavati 50'

Ghadir, Tehran

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Leg 2[]

12 September 2021

19:45

Shahrdari Mahshahr	2-2
Nima Partovi Amin Askari		Aref Seifi Morteza Negahdari

Shohada, Mahshahr

Attendance: 0

Referee: Maysam Heydari

source=^[7] won 3-3 on aggregate (on away goals) and promoted to .

2nd Division Final[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Shahrdari Hamedan	0-0 (5-6p)	Mes Shahr-e Babak

Single Match[]

26 July 2021

19:30

Shahrdari Hamedan	0-0^{[note 1]}	Mes Shahr-e Babak

Penalties
Goalkeeper: Mohammad Saberizadeh Hossein Kazemi Mohammad Beiranvand Amir Mohammad Sanayi Amir Hossein Ghasemi Armin Talayimanesh Mehdi Khalaj Mahid Shabani	5-6	Goalkeeper: Vahid Asgharzadeh Rasoul Baharvandi Mohammad Ashtiyani Alireza Ghasemi Hamed Ketab Ghal'e Alireza Valizadeh Mohammadreza Firouzzadeh Sadegh Rezayi

Shahid Dastgerdi, Tehran^[8]

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Enayat Ghoochkanloo ^[9]

Notes[]

^ The game had no Extra Time in accords between two teams and Iranian Football League Organisation.
^ The whole football matches in 2020-21 season, played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

References[]

[table_hth_SGY0.54908929557963-5] Shahid Ghandi Yazd was deducted 6 points due to match-fixing scandal.

[table_hth_SBA0.54908929557963-6] Shahin Bandar Ameri was deducted 6 points due to match-fixing scandal.

[Extra_Time-10] The game had no Extra Time in accords between two teams and Iranian Football League Organisation.

[Behind_closed_doors-12] The whole football matches in 2020-21 season, played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

[1] "اسکندرزاده رسما آقای گل و برترین مهاجم لیگ دو شد".

[2] "آنتن". آنتن.

[3] "جدول لیگ دسته دوم - گروه اول". Dsport.

[4] ttps://iranleague.ir/downloads/Match-Regulations-Pro.zip

[7] "جدول لیگ دسته دوم - گروه دوم". Dsport.

[8] ttps://iranleague.ir/downloads/Match-Regulations-Pro.zip

[9] Iran Football League Organisation

[11] Dsport

[13] Dsport

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