2020–21 Iranian Futsal Super League

The 2020–21 Iranian Futsal Super League is the 22nd season of the Iran Pro League and the 17th under the name Futsal Super League. Mes Sungun are the defending champions.^[1] The season will feature 12 teams from the 2019–20 Super League and two new teams promoted from the 2019–20 Iran Futsal's 1st Division.^[2]

Iranian Futsal Super League

Season	2020–21
Champions	Mes Sungun
Relegated	Kowsar Iman
Matches played	126
Goals scored	736 (5.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Saeid Ahmadabbasi (26 Goals)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Format changes

Final match of last season and the beginning of this season has some postponements due to COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. And other international futsal games have the same issues too. Therefore, this season has to be held squeezed and these changes has been made:^[2]

Regular season

14 teams will be divided to 2 groups of 7 teams each. Each Groups matches will be held in two regions (with two hosts) in a round-robin format. After the end of regular season, teams will be divided to 3 parts by their rankings:

1. Teams ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each group (total 6 teams) will qualify for the Championship playoffs.
2. Teams ranked 4th and 5th in each group (total 4 teams) will remain in next season's super league.
3. Teams ranked 6th and 7th in each group (total 4 teams) will play in Relegation playoffs.

Playoffs

Championship playoffs will be held in round-robin format with 6 teams in 10 weeks. Final ranking of this round will define the champion.
Relegation playoffs will be held in round-robin format with 4 teams in 6 weeks. Teams ranked 3rd and 4th in this round will relegate to next season's 1st division.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

 

 

Ferdows

 

Mes Sungun

 

Raga

 

Melli Haffari

 

Farsh Ara

 

Crop

 

Shahid Mansouri

 

Shahrvand

 

Sunich

 

Giti Pasand
Kowsar

 

Moghavemat

 

Iman

 

Ahoora

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Locations of clubs in 2019–20 Iranian Futsal Super League

Team	Location	Indoor stadium	Capacity	Past Season
Ahoora	Behbahan	Ali ibn Abi Talib	1,000	12th
Crop	Alvand	Yadegar Imam	3,500	Promoted
Farsh Ara	Mashhad	Shahid Beheshti	6,000	5th
Ferdows	Qom	Shahid Heidarian	2,000	7th
Giti Pasand	Isfahan	Shohadaye Mokhaberat	–	2nd
Iman	Shiraz	Shahid Abolfathi	–	Replaced for Labaniyat Arjan
Kowsar	Isfahan	Pirouzi	4,300	Replaced for Hypershahr
Melli Haffari	Ahvaz	Imam Reza	1,000	8th
Mes Sungun	Varzaqan	Shahid Poursharifi	6,000	Champion
Moghavemat	Karaj	Enghelab Eslami	2,500	10th
Raga	Ray	Ayatollah Taleghani	500	Promoted
Shahid Mansouri	Qarchak	Shohadaye 7th Tir	3,000	Replaced for Setaregan
Shahrvand	Sari	Sayed Rasoul Hosseini	3,727	6th
Sunich	Saveh	Fajr-e Felestin	2,500	4th

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Ahoora	Mohsen Alipour Sakhavi	Sajjad Masihi
Crop	Mansour Molaei	Mahdi Javid
Farsh Ara	Majid Mortezaei	Saeid Sarvari
Ferdows	Hossein Sabouri	Nasser Etminan
Giti Pasand	Vahid Shamsaei	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Iman	Hamid Reza Abrarinia	Morteza Keshavarz
Kowsar	Davoud Tavassol	Majid Kiani
Melli Haffari	Kiyavash Alasvand	Farid Namazi
Mes Sungun	Ahmad Baghbanbashi	Farhad Fakhimzadeh
Moghavemat	Farhad Keshavarz	Morteza Ezzati
Raga	Mohammad Keshavarz	Mohammad Keshavarz
Shahid Mansouri	Mohsen Hassanzadeh	Mohammad Taheri
Shahrvand	Masoud Najjarian	Taha Mortazavi
Sunich	Javad Asghari Moghaddam	Nader Hanifi

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	2	Shahid Mansouri, Raga
2	Khuzestan	2	Melli Haffari, Ahoora
3	Isfahan	2	Giti Pasand, Kowsar
4	Alborz	1	Moghavemat
5	East Azerbaijan	1	Mes Sungun
6	Mazandaran	1	Shahrvand
7	Razavi Khorasan	1	Farsh Ara
8	Qom	1	Ferdows
9	Markazi	1	Sunich
10	Fars	1	Iman
11	Qazvin	1	Crop

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Giti Pasand	12	8	3	1	48	31	+17	27	Qualification for the Championship Playoffs
2	Moghavemat	12	7	1	4	43	32	+11	22
3	Crop	12	4	4	4	36	35	+1	16
4	Ferdows	12	4	3	5	36	36	0	15
5	Shahid Mansouri	12	4	1	7	30	39	−9	13
6	Shahrvand	12	3	3	6	42	46	−4	12	Qualification for the Relegation Playoffs
7	Ahoora	12	3	3	6	21	37	−16	12

Updated to match(es) played on March 7, 2021. Source: Futsal Casa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mes Sungun	12	8	2	2	49	23	+26	26	Qualification for the Championship Playoffs
2	Farsh Ara	12	8	2	2	38	30	+8	26
3	Sunich	12	8	1	3	52	35	+17	25
4	Raga	12	4	2	6	29	32	−3	14
5	Melli Haffari	12	4	2	6	36	46	−10	14
6	Kowsar	12	3	2	7	38	48	−10	11	Qualification for the Relegation Playoffs
7	Iman	12	0	3	9	20	48	−28	3

Updated to match(es) played on March 7, 2021. Source: Futsal Casa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Playoffs

Championship Playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mes Sungun (C)	10	7	1	2	37	22	+15	22	League Champions
2	Giti Pasand	10	6	2	2	32	17	+15	20
3	Sunich	10	5	2	3	24	21	+3	17
4	Farsh Ara	10	3	1	6	19	30	−11	10
5	Crop	10	3	1	6	21	33	−12	10
6	Moghavemat	10	2	1	7	20	30	−10	7

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2022. Source: Futsal Casa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Relegation Playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ahoora	6	3	2	1	18	15	+3	11
2	Shahrvand	6	3	1	2	17	14	+3	10
3	Kowsar (R)	6	2	3	1	18	13	+5	9	Relegation to the 1st Division
4	Iman (R)	6	0	2	4	12	23	−11	2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2022. Source: Futsal Casa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Awards

• Winner: Mes Sungun
• Runners-up: Giti Pasand
• Third-Place: Sunich
• Top scorer: Saeid Ahmadabbasi (Giti Pasand) (26 goals)
• Best player:
• Best manager:
• Best goalkeeper:
• Best team:
• Fairplay man:
• Best referee:

References

1. "مس سونگون قهرمان فوتسال ایران شد". ایرنا. June 26, 2020.
2. "لیگ برتر فوتسال از دهم مهرماه و در دو گروه آغاز می‌شود". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency. August 25, 2020.

External links

• Iran Futsal League on PersianLeague (in English)
• (in English)