2024–25 League 2 (Iran)

Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season2024–25

The 2024–25 season of Iran Football's 2nd Division was the 24فا under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 22 teams from the 2nd Division 2023–24, three new team relegated from the 2023–24 Azadegan League: Darya Babol, Shahin Bandar Ameri, Khooshe Talayi Mashhad, and four new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2023–24: Oghab Tehran, Shahin Tehran, Esteghlal Zeydoon and Sepahan Novin Esfahan.
These changes has been applied before the season:

Team Replaced team
Besat Kermanshah Iranhavan Bushehr[1]
Shohadaye Razakan Karaj Fard Alborz[2]
Shahrdari Hamedan Aryan Hamedan
Ayande Sazan Ardebil Kesht o Sanat Padyab Khalkhal[3]
Setaregan Javan Tehran Bahman Tehran

Teams

Stadia and locations

Espad
Oghab
KIA
Shahin
YASA
Bahman
Pas
Aryan
Kesht o Sanat
Sh. Bandar Abbas
Foolad Hormozgan
Shahin
Chooka
Sh. Babolsar
Esteghlal Zeydoon
Khooshe Talayi
Darya
Nika Pars
Shenavar Sazi
Fard
Petroshimi
Locations of clubs in 2023–24 Iran Football's 2nd Division

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
1 Tehran 6 Bahman Tehran, Espad Alvand, Oghab, KIA, YASA, Shahin
2 Hormozgan 3 Foolad Hormozgan, Shahrdari Bandar Abbas, Shenavar Sazi
3 Khuzestan 3 Foolad Novin, Shahrdari Mahshahr
4 Mazandaran 3 Daryaye Caspian Babol, Nika Pars Chaloos, Shohadaye Babolsar
5 Bushehr 2 Iranjavan Bushehr, Shahin Bushehr
6 Gilan 2 Chooka Talesh, Sepidrood Rasht
7 Hamedan 2 Aryan Hamedan, PAS Hamedan
8 Alborz 1 Shohadaye Razakan
9 Ardabil 1 Ayande Sazan
10 Isfahan 1 Sepahan Novin
11 Markazi 1 Petroshimi Shazand
12 Razavi Khorasan 1 Khooshe Talayi
13 West Azerbaijan 1 Navad Urmia
14 Yazd 1 Shahid Ghandi Yazd

Seeding

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2023–24 2nd Division, Azadegan League and 3rd Division. The relegated teams from 2023–24 Azadegan League and the loser of the Plat-off Match were placed in Pot 1. The remaining teams from 2023 to 2024 2nd Division were placed in Pot 2 to Pot 6 according to their final league position. And the promoted teams from 2023–24 3rd Division were placed in Pot 7.[4]

Pot Number Pot Name Teams Comments
Pot 1 Relegated Teams from Azadegan League and 2nd Divions's Play-off loser
Pot 2 Temas ranked 3rd and 4th in 2nd Division
  • Bahman Tehran (3)
  • Shenavar Sazi Qeshm (3)
  • Nika Pars Chaloos (4)
  • Sepidrood Rasht (4)
 After identifying the group of Bahman Tehran, Espad Tehran (from Pot 5) will be placed in the other group automatically.


If Darya Caspian Babol (from Pot 1) and Nika Pars Chaloos are drawn in the same group, Shohadaye Babolsar (from Pot 4) will be placed in the other group automatically.

Pot 3 Temas ranked 5th and 6th in 2nd Division
If Shenavar Sazi Qeshm (from Pot 2) and Foolad Hormozgan are drawn in the same group, Shahrdari Bandar Abbas (from Pot 6) will be placed in the other group automatically.
Pot 4 Temas ranked 7th and 8th in 2nd Division
Pot 5 Temas ranked 9th and 10th in 2nd Division
If Shahrdari Mahshahr (from Pot 1) and Foolad Novin Ahvaz are drawn in the same group, Esteghlal Zeydoon (from Pot 7) will be placed in the other group automatically.
Pot 6 Temas ranked 11th and 12th
Pot 7 Temas promoted from 3rd Division

For the provinces which have three or more teams (Tehran, Khuzestan, Mazandaran and Hormozgan), a protection rule was applied. For example, from three teams of Hormozgan, two teams should be placed in one group and the third team can not be placed in the same group.
Due to licence transfers of teams, the new location of each team (after confirmation) is considered in the draw.

League table

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Shenavar Sazi Qeshm (Q) 26 17 4 5 37 20 +17 55 2024–25 Azadegan League & Final Match
2 Navad Urmia (P) 26 16 5 5 32 18 +14 53 Promotion Play-off
3 Foolad Hormozgan 26 11 12 3 34 16 +18 45[a]
4 Shahin Bandar Ameri 26 12 9 5 29 15 +14 45[a]
5 Shahrdari Mahshahr 26 10 9 7 28 28 0 39
6 Chooka Talesh 26 9 9 8 24 27 −3 36
7 KIA Tehran 26 7 9 10 27 27 0 30[b]
8 YASA Tehran 26 7 9 10 24 31 −7 30[b]
9 Kesht o Sanat Padyab 26 5 14 7 20 25 −5 29
10 Foolad Novin Ahvaz 26 6 10 10 16 17 −1 28[c]
11 Sepahan Novin Isfahan 26 7 7 12 21 24 −3 28[c]
12 Oghab Tehran (R) 26 5 12 9 17 20 −3 27[d] Relegation to 2025–26 3rd Division
13 Setaregan Bahman Javan Tehran (R) 26 5 12 9 22 29 −7 27[d]
14 Shohadaye Babolsar (R) 26 4 1 21 16 50 −34 13 Relegation to 2025–26 4th Division
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2024. Source: Varzesh 3[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Foolad Hormozgan are ahead of Shahin Bandar Ameri based on head-to-head points: Foolad Hormozgan 4, Shahin Bandar Ameri 1.
  2. ^ a b KIA Tehran are ahead of YASA Tehran based on head-to-head points: KIA Tehran 4, YASA Tehran 1.
  3. ^ a b Foolad Novin Ahvaz and Sepahan Novin Isfahan are tied in head-to-head matches, thus they are ranked according to their overal goal difference.
  4. ^ a b Oghab Tehran and Setaregan Bahman Javan Tehran are tied in head-to-head matches, thus they are ranked according to their overal goal difference.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Fard Alborz (Q) 26 16 8 2 39 18 +21 56 2025-26 Azadegan League & Final Match
2 Shahid Ghandi Yazd (P) 26 13 11 2 40 18 +22 50 Promotion Play-off
3 Esteghlal Zeydoon 26 12 7 7 32 13 +19 43
4 Shahin Tehran 26 11 7 8 36 31 +5 40[a]
5 Nika Pars Chaloos 26 10 10 6 26 22 +4 40[a]
6 Sh. Bandar Abbas 26 10 9 7 34 21 +13 39
7 Iranjavan Bushehr 26 9 11 6 30 25 +5 38
8 Sepidrood Rasht 26 8 9 9 37 31 +6 33
9 Pas Hamedan 26 7 9 10 19 23 −4 30
10 Spad Alvand Tehran 26 7 8 11 24 35 −11 29
11 Petroshimi Shazand 26 6 10 10 26 37 −11 28
12 Setaregan Sorkh Asia (R) 26 8 3 15 19 28 −9 27 Relegation to 2025–26 3rd Division
13 Aryan Hamedan (R) 26 5 9 12 24 42 −18 24
14 Darya Babol (R) 26 1 7 18 14 56 −42 10
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2024. Source: Varzesh 3[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Shahin Tehran and Nika Pars Chaloos are tied in head-to-head matches, thus they are ranked according to their overal goal difference.

Results

Group A

Home \ Away KIA NVU YAS SEP SDB KSP CHT FOL FOH BAH SHA OGH SHM SSQ
KIA Tehran — 1–2 1–1 1–3 4–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–4 0–1
Navad Urmia 1–2 — 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
YASA Tehran 1–2 1–1 — 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2
Sepahan Novin Isfahan 0–1 3–0 3–0 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1
Shohadaye Babolsar 3–5 0–1 2–0 2–0 — 1–0 2–3 1–0[a] 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–1
Kesht o Sanat Padyab 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 — 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–1 0–0
Chooka Talesh 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1
Foolad Novin Ahvaz 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–2
Foolad Hormozgan 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1
Setaregan Bahman Javan Tehran 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–5 — 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–0
Shahin Bandar Ameri 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–0
Oghab Tehran 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 0–1
Shahrdari Mahshahr 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–0
Shenavar Sazi Qeshm 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–4 2–0 5–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2025. Source: Varzesh 3[7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ by Disciplinary Committee

Group B

Home \ Away SPA DCB FAA ARH NPC IJB PAH SSA ESZ SHN SGY PTS SRR SBA
Spad Alvand Tehran — 4–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–6 0–0 2–0 1–3
Darya Babol 2–1 — 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–7 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0
Fard Alborz 0–1 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 4–1 1–0
Aryan Hamedan 0–0 1–1 2–3 — 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–0
Nika Pars Chaloos 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 — 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Iranjavan Bushehr 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 — 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
Pas Hamedan 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0
Setaregan Sorkh Asia 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 0–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2
Esteghlal Zeydoon 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–0
Shahin Tehran 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 — 3–3 4–1 1–1 1–0
Shahid Ghandi Yazd 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 3–0 1–0
Petroshimi Shazand 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 — 1–0 1–1
Sepidrood Rasht 3–0 6–0 1–2 6–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 — 1–1
Sh. Bandar Abbas 6–2 3–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2025. Source: Varzesh 3[7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Play-Off

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Navad Urmia 3-2 Shahid Ghandi Yazd 2-1 1-1

Leg 1

Navad Urmia2-1Shahid Ghandi Yazd
Shahid Bakeri, Urmia

Leg 2

Shahid Ghandi Yazd1-1Navad Urmia
Shahid Nasiri, Yazd

Source=

Navad Urmia promoted to 2025-26 Azadegan league[8]

2nd Division Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fard Alborz 2-1 Shenavar Sazi Qeshm

Single Match

Fard Alborz0-0Shenavar Sazi Qeshm

Fard Alborz won the league and got the Champion Trophy.[9]

Relegation Play-off

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Oghab Tehran 0-0
(6-7 PSO) 		Ferdosi Samen Mashhad

Single Match

Oghab Tehran0-0 (a.e.t.)Ferdosi Samen Mashhad
Penalties
6-7
Azadi, Gorgan

Ferdosi Samen Mashhad remain in the league.[11]

See also

References

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