2023–24 League 2 (Iran)

Iran Football's 2nd Division
Season	2023–24
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season of Iran Football's 2nd Division was the 23rd under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 22 teams from the 2nd Division 2022–23, two new team relegated from the 2022–23 Azadegan League: Shahrdari Hamedan, Chooka Talesh, and four new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2022–23: Samit Tehran, Kavir Moghava Tehran, Shenavarsazi Jam Vatan Qeshm and Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht.
These changes has been applied before the season:

Team	Replaced team
Panik Talesh	Nika Pars Chaloos
Shahid Oraki Eslamshahr	KIA Tehran
Iman Sabz Shiraz	Ayande Sazan Ardebil
Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht	Petroshimi Shazand
Samit Tehran	YASA Tehran
Ario Bam Eslamshahr	Setaregan Javan Tehran

Teams

Stadia and locations

Espad
Kavir Moghava
KIA
Niroo Zamini
YASA
Setaregan Javan

Pas
Shahrdari

Ayandesazan

Foolad Novin

Sh. Bandar Abbas
Foolad Hormozgan

Shahin

Chooka

Sh. Noshahr

Kian Sam

Beast

Nika Pars

Sh. Ghandi

Shenavar Sazi

Sh. Razakan

Petroshimi

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Locations of clubs in 2023–24 Iran Football's 2nd Division

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	6	Ario Bam Eslamshahr, Espad Alvand, Kavir Moghava, KIA, YASA, Nirooye Zamini
2	Mazandaran	4	Shohadaye Sari (Kian Sam), Nika Pars Chaloos, Shahrdari Noshahr, Shohadaye Babolsar
3	Hormozgan	3	Foolad Hormozgan, Shahrdari Bandar Abbas, Shenavar Sazi
4	Gilan	2	Chooka Talesh, Sepidrood Rasht
5	Hamedan	2	Shahrdari Hamedan, PAS Hamedan
6	Khuzestan	2	Foolad Novin, Shahrdari Mahshahr
7	Alborz	1	Shohadaye Razakan
8	Ardabil	1	Ayande Sazan
9	Bushehr	1	Shahin Bushehr
10	Kerman	1	Shahrdari Bam
11	Kermanshah	1	Besat
12	Markazi	1	Petroshimi Shazand
13	North Khorasan	1	Atrak Bojnourd
14	West Azerbaijan	1	Navad Urmia
15	Yazd	1	Shahid Ghandi Yazd

Seeding

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2022-23 2nd Division, Azadegan League and 3rd Division. The relegated teams from 2022–23 Azadegan League were placed in Pot 1. The remaining teams from 2022–23 2nd Division were placed in Pot 2 to Pot 5 according to their final league position. And the promoted teams from 2022–23 3rd Division were placed in Pot 8.^[1]

Pot Number	Pot Name	Teams	Comments
Pot 1	Relegated Teams from Azadegan League and 2nd Divions's Play-off loser	Shahrdari Hamedan (16) Chooka Talesh (17) Foolad Novin Ahvaz (PL)	The 18th-Placed team in Azadegan League were relegated directly to 3rd Division, thus Pot 1 has one fewer team than usual.
Pot 2	Temas ranked 3rd and 4th in 2nd Division	Foolad Hormozgan (3) Shohadaye Razakan Karaj (3) Sepidrood Rasht (4) Shahrdari Noshahr (4)	After indentifying the group of Foolad Hormozgan, Shahrdari Bandar Abbas will be placed in the other group automatically.
Pot 3	Temas ranked 5th and 6th in 2nd Division	Pas Hamedan (5) Shahrdari Mahshahr (5) Shahid Oraki Eslamshahr (Replaced by Kia Tehran) (6) Shahid Ghandi Yazd (6)
Pot 4	Temas ranked 7th and 8th in 2nd Division	Besat Kermanshah (7) Shahrdari Bam (7) Panik Talesh (Replaced by Nika Pars Chaloos) (8) Ario Bam Eslamshahr (8)
Pot 5	Temas ranked 9th and 10th in 2nd Division	Espad Tehran (9) Shohadaye Babolsar (9) Navad Urmia (10) Nirooye Zamini Tehran (10)
Pot 6	Temas ranked 11th and 12th and the winner of Relegation Play-off in 2nd Division	Atrak Bojnoord (11) Shahrdari Bandar Abbas (11) Iman Sabz Shiraz (Replaced by Ayande Sazan Ardebil) (12) Shahin Taban Bushehr (12) Kian Sam Babol (13-PW)	After indentifying the group of Foolad Hormozgan, Shahrdari Bandar Abbas will be placed in the other group automatically. Due to direct relegation of the 18th-placed team from Azadegan League to 3rd division, the Play-off match between the 13th-placed team was held and the winner, remaind in 2nd Division, thus Pot 6 has one more team than usual.
Pot 7	Temas promoted from 3rd Division	Samit Tehran (1) Kavir Moghava Tehran (1) Shenavar Sazi Qeshm (1) Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht (PW)

For the provinces which have three or more teams (Tehran, Mazandaran and Hormozgan), a protection rule was applied. So 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	Nirooye Zamini Tehran (Q)	26	15	8	3	48	22	+26	53	2024–25 Azadegan League & Final Match
2	Shahrdari Mahshahr (P)	26	14	9	3	34	14	+20	51	Promotion Play-off
3	Setaregan Javan Tehran	26	13	10	3	26	15	+11	49
4	Sepidrood Rasht	26	9	9	8	25	25	0	36
5	Pas Hamedan	26	9	8	9	22	22	0	35^[a]
6	Chooka Talesh	26	9	8	9	31	28	+3	35^[a]
7	Shohadaye Babolsar	26	8	9	9	25	29	−4	33
8	Ayande Sazan Ardabil	26	8	7	11	21	25	−4	31
9	Foolad Novin Ahvaz	26	6	12	8	24	20	+4	30^[b]
10	Shohadaye Razakan Alborz	26	5	15	6	17	17	0	30^[b]
11	YASA Tehran	26	6	12	8	20	30	−10	30^[b]
12	Sh. Bandar Abbas (R)	26	7	9	10	30	31	−1	30^[b]	Relegation to 2024–25 3rd Division
13	Shahrdari Bam (R)	26	4	8	14	19	39	−20	20
14	Shohadaye Sari (Kian Sam) (R)	26	2	10	14	17	42	−25	16

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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).^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Pas Hamedan is ahead of Chooka Talesh on head-to-head goal difference: Pas Hamedan +1, Chooka Talesh -1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Foolad Novin Ahvaz, Shohadaye Razakan Alborz, YASA Tehran and Shahrdari Bandar Abbas are ranked based on head-to-head points: Foolad Novin Ahvaz 9, Shohadaye Razakan Alborz 9, YASA Tehran 8, Shahrdari Bandar Abbas 4.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kavir Moghava Tehran (Q)	25	15	7	3	32	14	+18	52	2024-25 Azadegan League & Final Match
2	Shahrdari Noshahr (P)	25	14	9	2	32	12	+20	51	Promotion Play-off
3	Shenavar Sazi Qeshm	25	13	10	2	34	18	+16	49
4	Nika Pars Chaloos	25	13	5	7	32	23	+9	44
5	Be'sat Kermanshah	25	10	8	7	27	20	+7	38
6	Foolad Hormozgan	25	8	11	6	25	19	+6	35
7	Shahrdari Hamedan	25	9	7	9	30	29	+1	34
8	Navad Urmia	25	9	6	10	24	28	−4	33
9	Shahid Ghandi Yazd	25	8	8	9	26	26	0	32
10	Spad Alvand Tehran	25	7	7	11	20	28	−8	28^[a]
11	Petroshimi Shazand	25	7	7	11	23	31	−8	28^[a]
12	KIA FC (R)	25	7	2	16	30	44	−14	23	Relegation to 2024–25 3rd Division
13	Atrak Bojnourd (R)	25	1	7	17	14	38	−24	10	Relegation to 2024–25 3rd Division
14	Shahin Taban Bushehr (E)	13	0	2	11	8	27	−19	2	Relegation to 2024–25 3th Division 1st stage

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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).^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spad Tehran are ahead of Petroshimi Shazand based on head-to-head points: Spad Tehran 4, Pettoshimi Shazand 1.

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	NZT	SDB	SJT	CHT	KSB	PAH	SRR	FOL	ASA	SAM	APT	SHR	SHM	SBA
Nirooye Zamini Tehran	—	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	5–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	6–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Shohadaye Babolsar	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–1
Setaregan Javan Tehran	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Chooka Talesh	2–3	1–2	3–0	—	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–0
Shohadaye Sari (Kian Sam)	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–3^[a]	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3
Pas Hamedan	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	—	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Sepidrood Rasht	1–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1
Foolad Novin Ahvaz	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	—	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
Ayande Sazan Ardabil	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
YASA Tehran	0–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–2
Shahrdari Bam	0–2	0–0	1–3	1–4	3–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	0–0	0–2	2–2
Shohadaye Razakan Alborz	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–0	2–1
Shahrdari Mahshahr	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	8–1	3–0	0–0	—	1–0
Sh. Bandar Abbas	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	5–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ by Disciplinary Committee

Group B

Home \ Away	KIA	BSK	KMT	ATB	SGY	STB	NVU	NPC	FOH	SPA	SHH	PTS	SHN	SSQ
KIA Tehran	—	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	3–0^[a]	2–1	5–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–2
Be'sat Kermanshah	1–0	—	1–3	1–0	3–1	–^[b]	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0
Kavir Moghava Tehran	1–0	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	–^[b]	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–0
Atrak Bojnourd	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	–^[b]	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3
Shahid Ghandi Yazd	4–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	—	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1
Shahin Taban Bushehr	–^[c]	0–3	0–0	1–3	–^[b]	—	–^[b]	–^[b]	–^[b]	–^[b]	–^[b]	3–4	1–2	0–1
Navad Urmia	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–0
Nika Pars Chaloos	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2
Foolad Hormozgan	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	3–0^[d]	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1
Spad Alvand Tehran	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–1
Shahrdari Hamedan	3–2	3–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0
Petroshimi Shazand	3–0	2–1	0–3^[e]	1–1	1–1	–^[b]	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–3^[f]	1–0	—	0–0	0–1
Shahrdari Noshahr	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	–^[b]	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	1–1
Shenavar Sazi Qeshm	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	–^[b]	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–3	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Shahin Taban Bushehr did not show up at the league and the match result declared 3-0 win for KIA Tehran.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Shahin Taban Bushehr has been eliminated from the league.
^ Shahin Taban Bushehr did not show up at the field.
^ Spad Tehran did not show up at the field.
^ Petroshimi Shazand did not show up at the field.
^ The match between Petroshimi Shazand and Spad Alvand Tehran was stopped at 60th minute and the Disciplinary Committee found Petroshimi Shazand guilty. The result before stoppage was "Petroshimi Shazand 0-2 Spad Alvand".

Promotion Play-Off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shahrdari Mahshahr		Shahrdari Noshahr

Leg 1

22 May 2024

Shahrdari Mahshahr	v	Shahrdari Noshahr

Leg 2

29 May 2024

Shahrdari Noshahr	v	Shahrdari Mahshahr

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The Winner of aggregate will promote to 2024-25 Azadegan league

2nd Division Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
TBD		TBD

Single Match

Nirooye Zamini Tehran/Kavir Moghava Tehran	v	Nirooye Zamini Tehran/Kavir Moghava Tehran

The Winner of aggerate will win the league and get the Champion Trophy.

References

^ "برگزاری قرعه کشی فصل جدید لیگ دسته دوم". Dsport. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "اعلام نحوه تعیین قهرمان،صعود و سقوط کنندگان". iranleague.

[table_hth_PAH0.17666663656787-2] Pas Hamedan is ahead of Chooka Talesh on head-to-head goal difference: Pas Hamedan +1, Chooka Talesh -1.

[table_hth_FOL0.17666663656787-3] Foolad Novin Ahvaz, Shohadaye Razakan Alborz, YASA Tehran and Shahrdari Bandar Abbas are ranked based on head-to-head points: Foolad Novin Ahvaz 9, Shohadaye Razakan Alborz 9, YASA Tehran 8, Shahrdari Bandar Abbas 4.

[table_hth_SPA0.57362412129232-5] Spad Tehran are ahead of Petroshimi Shazand based on head-to-head points: Spad Tehran 4, Pettoshimi Shazand 1.

[table_note_1_KSB_FOL0.36582577757809-6] y Disciplinary Committee

[table_note_1_KIA_STB0.82299119505239-7] Shahin Taban Bushehr did not show up at the league and the match result declared 3-0 win for KIA Tehran.

[table_note_1_PTS_STB0.82299119505239-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Shahin Taban Bushehr has been eliminated from the league.

[table_note_1_STB_KIA0.82299119505239-9] Shahin Taban Bushehr did not show up at the field.

[table_note_1_FOH_SPA0.82299119505239-10] Spad Tehran did not show up at the field.

[table_note_1_PTS_KMT0.82299119505239-11] Petroshimi Shazand did not show up at the field.

[table_note_1_PTS_SPA0.82299119505239-12] The match between Petroshimi Shazand and Spad Alvand Tehran was stopped at 60th minute and the Disciplinary Committee found Petroshimi Shazand guilty. The result before stoppage was "Petroshimi Shazand 0-2 Spad Alvand".

[1] "برگزاری قرعه کشی فصل جدید لیگ دسته دوم". Dsport. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[auto-4] "اعلام نحوه تعیین قهرمان،صعود و سقوط کنندگان". iranleague.

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Teams

Stadia and locations

Number of teams by region

Seeding

League table

Group A

Group B

Results

Group A

Group B

Promotion Play-Off

Leg 1

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2nd Division Final

Single Match

See also

References