2015–16 League 2 (Iran)

2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division is the 15th under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 25 teams from the 2nd Division 2014–15, seven new teams relegated from the 2014–15 Azadegan League: Tarbiat Novin, Naft Gachsaran, Niroo Zamini, Etka Gorgan, Sh. Bandar Abbas, Rahian Kermanshah, Esteghlal Ahvaz and four new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2014–15: Moghavemat Tehran, Kara Shiraz, Shahrdari Mahshahr, Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr.^[1]

Iran Football's 2nd Division

Season	2015–16
Champions	Oxin Alborz , Sepidrood Rasht
Promoted	Sepidrood Rasht Oxin Alborz Pars Jam
Relegated	Meli Poshan Persepolis Ganaveh Yaran Ghadir Alborz Kargar Boneh Gaz Shahrdari Kamyaran Tarbiat Novin Haf Semnan Moghavemat Tehran Payam Mashhad Aboumoslem Sanat Sari Alvand Hamedan
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

 

 

Tarbiat Novin

 

Esteghlal B
Moghavemat
Kimia
Baderan
Ni.Zamini

 

Naft Gachsaran

 

Foolad Novin
Karun Khuzestan

 

Mahan

 

Sh. Tabriz
Meli Poshan

 

Sh. Bandar Abbas

 

Shahin Kish

 

Aboumoslem
Payam

 

Oxin
Yaran

 

Shahin
Kargar
Persepolis

 

Be'sat

 

Sh. Kamyaran

 

Naft Novin

 

Naft Omidiyeh

 

Sh. Mahshahr

 

Sanat
Sh. Jooybar

 

Haf

 

Sh. Kashan

 

Caspian

 

Alvand

 

Sepidrood
Rahpouyan

 

Khalkhal Dasht

 

Sh. Urmia

 

Sardar Bukan

 

Kara
Bargh Novin

 

Pars Jam

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Locations of clubs in 2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	5	Esteghlal B, Moghavemat, Kimia, Baderan, Niroo Zamini
2	Khuzestan	6	Shahrdari Dezful, Shahrdari Mahshahr, Naft Omidiyeh, Foolad B, Karun, Naft Novin
3	Bushehr	4	Shahin, Kargar, Pars Jam, Persepolis Ganaveh
4	Mazandaran	2	Shahrdari Jooybar, Sanat Sari
5	East Azerbaijan	2	Shahrdari Tabriz, Meli Poshan
6	Razavi Khorasan	2	Aboumoslem, Payam
7	Gilan	2	Sepidrood, Rahpouyan
8	Hormozgan	2	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas, Shahin Kish
9	Fars	2	Kara, Bargh Novin
10	West Azerbaijan	1	Shahrdari Urmia
11	Semnan	1	Haf Semnan
12	Kermanshah	1	Be'sat Kermanshah
13	Isfahan	1	Arad
14	Kordestan	1	Shahrdari Kamyaran
15	Golestan	1	Etka
16	Hamedan	1	Alvand
17	Ardabil	1	Khalkhal Dasht
18	Yazd	1	Tarbiat Novin
19	Qazvin	1	Caspian Qazvin
20	Zanjan	1	Shahrdari Zanjan

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Oxin Alborz	18	10	7	1	30	9	+21	37	Second Round
2	Sh. Bandar Abbas	18	10	6	2	26	8	+18	36
3	Niroo Zamini	18	9	5	4	27	16	+11	32
4	Be'sat Kermanshah	18	7	8	3	30	15	+15	29
5	Bargh Shiraz	18	8	5	5	21	10	+11	29
6	Karun Khuzestan	18	5	4	9	23	20	+3	19
7	Sh. Kashan	18	4	7	7	20	25	−5	19
8	Meli Poshan	18	4	7	7	10	17	−7	19	Relegation to Iran Football's 3rd Division
9	Per. Ganaveh	18	5	4	9	14	24	−10	19
10	Yaran Ghadir Alborz	18	0	1	17	8	65	−57	1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Baadraan Tehran	18	11	4	3	34	16	+18	37	Second Round
2	Pars Jonoubi Jam	18	10	5	3	24	8	+16	35
3	Kimia Farayand	18	10	5	3	28	13	+15	35
4	Sh. Mahshahr	18	10	3	5	34	23	+11	33
5	Mahan Shoshtar	18	7	5	6	21	17	+4	26
6	Sardar Bukan	18	7	3	8	14	20	−6	24
7	Sh. Tabriz	18	5	8	5	17	15	+2	23
8	Sh. Kamyaran	18	5	4	9	25	28	−3	19	Relegation to Iran Football's 3rd Division
9	Kargar Boneh Gaz	18	4	2	12	15	27	−12	14
10	Tarbiat Novin	18	0	3	15	4	49	−45	3

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2016. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	18	8	7	3	16	11	+5	31	Second Round
2	Naft Omidiyeh	18	8	6	4	23	15	+8	30
3	Kara Shiraz	18	7	7	4	21	15	+6	28
4	Caspian Qazvin	18	6	10	2	15	9	+6	28
5	Sanat Naft Novin	18	7	6	5	21	17	+4	27
6	Esteghlal B Tehran	18	5	6	7	19	21	−2	21
7	Sh. Jooybar	18	4	7	7	12	15	−3	19
8	Haf Semnan	18	3	10	5	16	22	−6	19	Relegation to Iran Football's 3rd Division
9	Moghavemat Tehran	18	4	5	9	17	25	−8	17
10	Aboumoslem	18	4	4	10	13	23	−10	16

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2016. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shahin Bushehr	18	10	5	3	30	15	+15	35	Second Round
2	Sepidrood	18	9	6	3	23	16	+7	33
3	Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr	18	9	6	3	23	17	+6	33
4	Tose'e Kish	18	8	7	3	26	17	+9	31
5	Khalkhal Dasht	18	7	6	5	27	19	+8	27
6	Foolad B	18	7	5	6	27	22	+5	26
7	Sh. Urmia	18	5	6	7	21	23	−2	21
8	Payam Vahdat Khorasan	18	4	4	10	23	35	−12	16	Relegation to Iran Football's 3rd Division
9	Sanat Sari	18	2	5	11	13	35	−22	11
10	Alvand Hamedan	18	2	4	12	23	37	−14	10

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2016. Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Oxin Alborz	10	6	2	2	14	15	−1	20	Promotion to Azadegan League 2016–17
2	Pars Jonoubi Jam	10	4	4	2	12	8	+4	16	2nd Division 2015–16 Play Off
3	Naft Omidiyeh	10	3	5	2	15	10	+5	14
4	Shahin Bushehr	10	3	3	4	18	15	+3	12
5	Niroye Zamini	10	2	3	5	8	12	−4	9
6	Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr	10	2	3	5	13	20	−7	9

Updated to match(es) played on May 2016. Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Sepidrood	10	6	2	2	9	5	+4	20	Promotion to Azadegan League 2016–17
2	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	10	5	3	2	15	11	+4	18	2nd Division 2015–16 Play Off
3	Baadraan Tehran	10	5	2	3	11	6	+5	17
4	Kimia Farayand	10	4	2	4	13	12	+1	14
5	Sh. Bandar Abbas	10	2	2	6	9	14	−5	8
6	Kara Shiraz	10	1	3	6	8	17	−9	6

Updated to match(es) played on May 2016. Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

2nd Division Play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pars Jonoubi Jam	4–0	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	2–0	2–0

Pars Jonoubi Jam as 2nd-placed team of Group A will faced Naft va Gaz Gachsaran as 2nd-placed team of Group B in a two-legged Play-off.

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24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)

15:30 CEST

Pars Jonoubi Jam	2 – 0	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran

Takhti Jam, Jam

Attendance: 4,000

31 May 2015 (2015-05-31)

17:30 CEST

Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	0 – 2	Pars Jonoubi Jam
	Report

Shohada Naft va Gaz Gachsaran, Gachsaran

Attendance: 3,000

Pars Jonoubi Jam won 4–0 on aggregate and promoted to the next season of Azadegan League.

References

1. "چهره 36 تیم لیگ دسته دوم مشخص شد". 31 May 2015.