2007–08 Azadegan League

The following is the standings of the 2007–08 Azadegan League football season.

Azadegan League

Season	2007–08
Champions	Payam Mashhad
Promoted	Payam Mashhad Foolad
Top goalscorer	Mohammad Parvin (17 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Standings

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steel Azin	22	11	5	6	41	28	+13	38	Azadegan League 2007–08 Play Off
2	Payam Mashhad	22	11	5	6	29	21	+8	38
3	Niroye Zamini	22	10	7	5	26	19	+7	37
4	Tractor Sazi	22	7	10	5	23	19	+4	31
5	Gol Gohar	22	8	7	7	25	24	+1	31
6	Sorkhpooshan	22	7	10	5	19	20	−1	31
7	Sh. Bandar Abbas	22	7	8	7	26	21	+5	29
8	Damash Lorestan	22	7	7	8	24	26	−2	28
9	Moghavemat Mersad	22	7	7	8	23	25	−2	28
10	Kaveh Zanjan	22	6	8	8	18	18	0	26
11	Shamoushak	22	7	4	11	19	28	−9	25	Relegation to 2008-09 Iran Football's 2nd Division
12	Shahin Ahvaz	22	4	2	16	20	44	−24	14

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Foolad	22	13	5	4	33	15	+18	44	Azadegan League 2007–08 Play Off
2	Sepahan Novin	22	11	7	4	28	18	+10	40
3	Tarbiat Yazd	22	11	4	7	36	29	+7	37
4	Mes Rafsanjan	22	9	7	6	34	26	+8	34
5	Nassaji Mazandaran	22	10	4	8	27	30	−3	34
6	Sh. Tabriz	22	7	6	9	20	23	−3	27
7	Etka Gorgan	22	6	8	8	28	34	−6	26
8	Shahin Bushehr	22	6	7	9	22	24	−2	25
9	Kowsar Tehran	22	5	10	7	21	25	−4	25
10	Sanaye Arak	22	6	5	11	19	24	−5	23
11	Machine Sazi	22	3	12	7	15	25	−10	21	Relegation to 2008-09 Iran Football's 2nd Division
12	Homa	22	4	7	11	17	27	−10	19

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Top goal scorers

15

•   Mohammad Parvin (Steel Azin)

Group A 15   Mohammad Parvin (Steel Azin) 11   Mohammad Pourmand (Moghavemat Shiraz) 10   Hadi Norouzi (Damash) 9   Abbas Assadi (Shahrdari Bandar Abbas)   Ghasem Salmani (Shahin Ahvaz) 8   Ali Karimi (Sorkhpooshan)   Jahangir Asgari (Niroye Zamini) 7   Iman Razaghirad (Steel Azin)   Ali Zadali (Payam Mashhad)   Asghar Rameshgar (Teraktor Sazi)

Group B 13   Behnam Beyranvand (Tarbiat Yazd) 9   Mobin Derakhshan (Etka) 8   Mohammad Azizi (Mes Rafsanjan) 7   Mohammadali Hamzeie (Sepahan Novin)   Esmaeil Alishirazi (Etka)   Hadi Khodadadi (Nassaji) 6   Milad Davoudi (Mes Rafsanjan)   Mohammad Ghazi (Foolad)

Semifinals and final

	Semifinals promoted to Persian Gulf Cup						Final Samen, Mashhad June 19, 2008
	Payam Mashhad	0	1	1
	Foolad	0	1	1
							Payam Mashhad	–
							Sepahan Novin	–
	Sepahan Novin	0	2	2
	Steel Azin	0	1	1

Play Off

Payam Mashhad	0 – 0	Foolad

Mashhad

Foolad	1 – 1	Payam Mashhad

Ahvaz

Payam Mashhad promoted to 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup

Sepahan Novin	0 – 0	Steel Azin

Isfahan

Steel Azin	1 – 2	Sepahan Novin

Tehran

Sepahan Novin promoted to 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup.

Final

2008-07-19

Payam Mashhad	–	Sepahan Novin

Samen, Mashhad

(Sepahan Novin did not show up, Payam awarded championship 2007-08)

June 2008

Sepahan Officials tried to show that Sepahan Novin is an independent from Sepahan and changed the board of directors of Sepahan Novin, which was not accepted by IRIFF, so Foolad F.C. promoted to 2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup.

July 2008

Number of teams increased to 28 teams. Homa, Machine Sazi, Shahin Ahvaz, Shemushack still remain in 2008–09 Azadegan League.

References