2016–17 League 2 (Iran)

2016–17 Iran Football's 2nd Division is the 16th under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 25 teams from the 2nd Division 2015–16, five new teams relegated from the 2015–16 Azadegan League: Aluminium Hormozgan, Damash, Giti Pasand, Shahrdari Ardabil, PAS Hamedan and six new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2015–16: Shahrdari Fuman, Shahrdari Hamedan, Shahrdari Arak, Qashqai Shiraz, Shahin Mahshahr, Shahid Karimi Jooybar.^[1]

Iran Football's 2nd Division

Season	2016–17
Promoted	Sh. Tabriz Sh. Mahshahr Bargh Novin
Relegated	Qashqai Shiraz Sh. Arak Shahbaz Nozhan Shahre baran Naft Novin Abipoushan Ardabil Baderan Novin Aluminium Hormozgan Kara Shiraz Bani Gostar
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

 

 

Esteghlal B
Kimia
Baderan
Ni.Zamini
Shahre baran

 

Naft Gachsaran
Zagros Yasuj

 

Foolad Novin

 

Petrokiyan

 

Sh. Tabriz

 

Sh. Bandar Abbas
Aluminium Hormozgan

 

Bani Gostar

 

Shahin

 

Be'sat

 

Naft Novin

 

Arvand Khorramshahr

 

Naft Omidiyeh

 

Shahin Mahshahr
Sh. Mahshahr

 

Sh.K Jooybar

 

Haf

 

Sh. Kashan

 

Caspian

 

Pas
Sh. Hamedan

 

Damash

 

Sh. Fuman

 

Abipoushan

 

Sh. Urmia

 

Sardar Bukan

 

Kara
Bargh Novin
Qashqai

 

Sepehr Naghshe Jahan

 

Sh. Arak

 

Shahbaz

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Locations of clubs in 2016–17 Iran Football's 2nd Division

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Khuzestan	7	Arvand Khorramshahr, Shahrdari Mahshahr, Shahin Mahshahr, Naft Omidiyeh, Foolad B, Petrokiyan Shoshtar, Naft Novin
2	Tehran	5	Esteghlal B, Kimia, Baadraan Novin, Niroo Zamini, Shahre Baran
3	Hormozgan	3	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas, Bani Gostar Kish, Aluminium
4	Fars	3	Kara, Bargh Jadid, Qashqai
5	Gilan	2	Damash, Shahrdari Fuman
6	Hamedan	2	PAS, Shahrdari Hamedan
7	West Azerbaijan	2	Shahrdari Urmia, Sardar Bukan
8	Isfahan	2	Sepehr Naghshe Jahan, Shahrdari Kashan
9	Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	2	Naft Gachsaran, Zagros Yasuj
10	Bushehr	1	Shahin
11	Mazandaran	1	Shahrdari Jooybar
12	East Azerbaijan	1	Shahrdari Tabriz
13	Semnan	1	Haf Semnan
14	Kermanshah	1	Be'sat Kermanshah
15	Qazvin	1	Caspian Qazvin
16	Markazi	1	Shahrdari Arak
17	Alborz	1	Shahbaz Nozhan
18	Ardabil	1	Abipooshan Ardabil

League table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bargh Jadid Shiraz	24	12	10	2	28	7	+21	46	Second Round
2	Arvand Khorramshahr	24	12	9	3	31	16	+15	45
3	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	24	12	8	4	41	16	+25	44
4	Naft Omidiyeh	24	11	9	4	33	20	+13	42
5	Foolad B	24	11	8	5	40	23	+17	41
6	Sepehr Naghshe Jahan	24	10	7	7	27	23	+4	37
7	Kimia Farayand	24	9	9	6	37	25	+12	36
8	Zagros Yasuj	24	9	9	6	37	25	+12	36
9	Be'sat Kermanshah	24	10	4	10	34	35	−1	34
10	Qashqai Shiraz	24	7	7	10	28	28	0	28
11	Sh. Arak	24	6	7	11	26	34	−8	25	Relegation to 2017–18 3rd Division 2nd Stage
12	Shahbaz Nozhan	24	2	1	21	12	63	−51	7
13	Shahre baran Tehran	24	1	2	21	8	58	−50	5	Relegation to 2017–18 3rd Division 1st Stage

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2017. 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	Sh. Kashan	22	11	7	4	31	16	+15	40	Second Round
2	Sh. Fuman	22	11	5	6	28	24	+4	38
3	Sh. Mahshahr	22	10	5	7	34	24	+10	35
4	Damash	22	10	4	8	28	19	+9	34
5	Sh. Bandar Abbas	22	9	7	6	30	28	+2	34
6	Esteghlal B Tehran	22	7	8	7	20	23	−3	29
7	Petrokiyan Shoshtar	22	6	10	6	28	23	+5	28
8	Sh. Urmia	22	7	6	9	24	30	−6	27
9	Sh.Karimi Juybar	22	7	6	9	18	26	−8	27
10	Sanat Naft Novin	22	6	5	11	21	34	−13	23	Relegation to 2017–18 3rd Division
11	Shahrdari Ardabil F.C.	22	5	7	10	25	28	−3	22
12	Baderan Novin	22	4	8	10	18	30	−12	20

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2017. 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	Sh. Hamedan	22	12	6	4	34	17	+17	42	Second Round
2	Sh. Tabriz	22	10	6	6	32	22	+10	36
3	Shahin Bushehr	22	8	10	4	26	19	+7	34
4	Haf Semnan	22	8	8	6	28	24	+4	32
5	Sardar Bukan	22	7	10	5	25	21	+4	31
6	PAS Hamedan	22	9	8	5	26	16	+10	29^[a]
7	Niroo Zamini	22	6	10	6	27	18	+9	28
8	Shahin Mahshahr	22	7	6	9	27	29	−2	27
9	Caspian Qazvin	22	5	10	7	17	18	−1	25
10	Aluminium Hormozgan	22	6	7	9	15	27	−12	25	Relegation to 2017–18 3rd Division 2nd Stage
11	Kara Shiraz	22	5	6	11	17	33	−16	21
12	Bani Gostar	22	3	5	14	12	42	−30	14	Relegation to 2017–18 3rd Division 1st Stage

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2017. Source: [3]
¹ Pas Hamedan was docked 6 points by FIFA.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. 1

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Sh. Tabriz	10	5	3	2	14	10	+4	18	Promotion to Azadegan League 2017-18
2	Shahin Bushehr	10	3	5	2	9	8	+1	14	2nd Division 2015–16 Play Off
3	Sh. Hamedan	10	4	2	4	7	8	−1	14
4	Haf Semnan	10	4	1	5	11	11	0	13
5	Arvand Khorramshahr	10	3	4	3	10	10	0	13
6	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	10	3	1	6	8	12	−4	10

Updated to match(es) played on May 2017. Source: [4]
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	Sh. Mahshahr	10	4	5	1	11	7	+4	17	Promotion to Azadegan League 2017-18
2	Bargh Jadid Shiraz	10	4	3	3	12	9	+3	15	2nd Division 2015–16 Play Off
3	Sh. Kashan	10	3	5	2	14	10	+4	14
4	Naft Omidiyeh	10	2	6	2	14	12	+2	12
5	Damash	10	2	4	4	7	13	−6	10
6	Sh. Fuman	10	1	5	4	5	12	−7	8

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2017. Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

2nd Division Play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2	Notes
Bargh Jadid Shiraz	1-0	Shahin Bushehr	Stadium: Yadegar-E-Emam Qom

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

External links

• (in English) League 2 Iran | Results, Fixtures, Standings ... 2019-06-26 at the Wayback Machine