2020–21 League 2 (Iran)

2020–21 Iran Football's 2nd Division is the 20th under 2nd Division since its establishment (current format) in 2001. The season featured 21 teams from the 2nd Division 2019–20, three new team relegated from the 2019–20 Azadegan League: Elmoadab Tabriz F.C., Sepidrood Rasht S.C., Nirooye Zamini F.C., and four new teams promoted from the 3rd Division 2019–20: Shahin Bandar Ameri, Mohtasham Tabriz, Vista Toorbin, Oghab Tehran F.C.^[2]
These changes has been applied before the season:

Iran Football's 2nd Division

Season	2020–21
Champions	Mes Shahr-e Babak
Promoted	Mes Shahr-e Babak Shahrdari Hamedan Vista Toorbin
Relegated	Naft Omidiyeh Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Sardar Bukan Avalan Kamyaran
Matches played	366
Goals scored	745 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nima Eskandarzadeh (11)^[1]
Biggest home win	Shahid Ghandi Yazd 10-1 Sardar Bukan
Biggest away win	Sardar Bukan 0-7 Shahin Bandar Ameri
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Team	Replaced Team
Kheibar Khorramabad	Spad Tehran
Caspian Qazvin	Shams Azar Qazvin

Teams

Stadia and locations

 

 

Milad Mehr
Oghab
Vista Toorbin
Niroo Zamini
Espad

 

Naft Gachsaran

 

Pas
Sh. Hamedan

 

Foolad Novin
Haffari

 

Sh. Bandar Abbas

 

Iranjavan

 

Ettehad Kamyaran

 

Naft Omidiyeh

 

Sh. Babolsar

 

Sh. Mahshahr

 

Sh. Bam

 

Caspian

 

Atrak Bojnourd

 

Sardar Bukan

 

O. Ganaveh

 

Mes Shahr Babak

 

Sh. Ghandi

 

Mes Novin

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Locations of clubs in 2020–21 Iran Football's 2nd Division

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Tehran	5	Milad Mehr Iranian, Espad Tehran, Oghab Tehran, Nirooye Zamini Tehran, Vista Toorbin Tehran
2	Khuzestan	4	Melli Haffari Ahvaz, Naft Omidiyeh, Foolad B, Shahrdari Mahshahr
3	Bushehr	3	Iranjavan, Omid Ganaveh, Shahin Bandar Ameri
4	Kerman	3	Mes Novin, Shahrdari Bam, Mes Shahr Babak
5	East Azerbaijan	2	Elm o Adab Tabriz, Mohtasham Tabriz
6	Hamedan	2	PAS, Shahrdari Hamedan
7	Hormozgan	1	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
8	Gilan	1	Sepidrood Rasht
9	Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	1	Naft Gachsaran
10	Kordestan	1	Ettehad Kamyaran
11	Mazandaran	1	Shohadaye Babolsar
12	North Khorasan	1	Atrak Bojnourd
13	Qazvin	1	Shams Azar Qazvin
14	West Azerbaijan	1	Sardar Bukan
15	Yazd	1	Shahid Ghandi Yazd

League table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sh. Hamedan	26	13	9	4	25	12	+13	48	2021–22 Azadegan League & Final Match
2	Vista Toorbin Tehran	26	13	8	5	35	21	+14	47	Playoff round
3	Mes Novin Kerman	26	12	8	6	28	17	+11	44
4	Elm o Adab Tabriz	26	10	12	4	26	15	+11	42
5	Sepidrood Rasht	26	9	10	7	23	22	+1	37
6	Spad Tehran	26	8	9	9	23	28	−5	33
7	Iranjavan Bushehr	26	8	9	9	25	31	−6	33
8	Mohtasham Tabriz	26	8	8	10	25	23	+2	32
9	Sh. Bandar Abbas	26	8	8	10	25	27	−2	32
10	Omid Ganaveh	26	7	9	10	21	22	−1	30
11	Foolad B	26	7	9	10	26	32	−6	30
12	Melli Haffari Ahvaz	26	6	11	9	17	19	−2	29
13	Ettehad (Avalan) Kamyaran	26	6	8	12	21	34	−13	26	Relegation to 2021–22 3rd Division 2nd Stage
14	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	26	4	8	14	11	28	−17	20

Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2021. Source: "جدول لیگ دسته دوم - گروه اول". Dsport.^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head Matches (With away goal rule applied); if still tied and teams are not in promotion or relegation situation or season would not finished, teams will share the place; if not: 5) Play-off match at a neutral venue.^[4]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mes Shahr Babak	26	17	7	2	38	6	+32	58	2021–22 Azadegan League & Final Match
2	Sh. Mahshahr	26	13	6	7	44	27	+17	45	Playoff round
3	Nirooye Zamini Tehran	26	10	10	6	30	17	+13	40
4	Shahid Ghandi Yazd	26	11	12	3	43	18	+25	39^[a]
5	Shahin Bandar Ameri	26	12	9	5	46	24	+22	39^[b]
6	Shams Azar Qazvin	26	9	12	5	32	26	+6	39
7	Oghab Tehran	26	10	8	8	34	23	+11	38
8	Shohadaye Babolsar	26	10	8	8	23	19	+4	38
9	Atrak Bojnourd	26	8	8	10	25	29	−4	32
10	Pas Hamedan	26	7	9	10	23	29	−6	30
11	Milad Mehr Iranian	26	6	6	14	22	45	−23	24
12	Shahrdari Bam	26	4	8	14	18	41	−23	20
13	Sardar Bukan	26	4	8	14	25	54	−29	20	Relegation to 2021–22 3rd Division 2nd Stage
14	Naft Omidiyeh	26	4	3	19	10	55	−45	15

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2021. Source: ^[5]"جدول لیگ دسته دوم - گروه دوم". Dsport.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head Matches (With away goal rule applied); if still tied and teams are not in promotion or relegation situation or season would not finished, teams will share the place; if not: 5) Play-off match at a neutral venue.^[4]
Notes:

1. Shahid Ghandi Yazd was deducted 6 points due to match-fixing scandal.
2. Shahin Bandar Ameri was deducted 6 points due to match-fixing scandal.

2nd Division Play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vista Toorbin Tehran	3-3	Shahrdari Mahshahr	1-1	2-2

Leg 1

6 September 2021

19:45

Vista Toorbin Tehran	1-1	Shahrdari Mahshahr
Hamed Akbaripoor 42'		Sajad Ghanavati 50'

Ghadir, Tehran

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Leg 2

12 September 2021

19:45

Shahrdari Mahshahr	2-2	Vista Toorbin Tehran
Nima Partovi Amin Askari		Aref Seifi Morteza Negahdari

Shohada, Mahshahr

Attendance: 0

Referee: Maysam Heydari

source=^[6]Vista Toorbin Tehran won 3-3 on aggregate (on away goals) and promoted to 2021-22 Azadegan League.

2nd Division Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Shahrdari Hamedan	0-0 (5-6p)	Mes Shahr-e Babak

Single Match

26 July 2021

19:30

Shahrdari Hamedan	0-0^[note 1]	Mes Shahr-e Babak
Penalties
Goalkeeper: Mohammad Saberizadeh Hossein Kazemi   Mohammad Beiranvand   Amir Mohammad Sanayi   Amir Hossein Ghasemi   Armin Talayimanesh   Mehdi Khalaj   Mahid Shabani	5-6	Goalkeeper: Vahid Asgharzadeh   Rasoul Baharvandi   Mohammad Ashtiyani   Alireza Ghasemi   Hamed Ketab Ghal'e   Alireza Valizadeh   Mohammadreza Firouzzadeh   Sadegh Rezayi

Shahid Dastgerdi, Tehran^[7]

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Enayat Ghoochkanloo ^[8]

Notes

1. The game had no Extra Time in accords between two teams and Iranian Football League Organisation.
2. The whole football matches in 2020-21 season, played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

References

1. "اسکندرزاده رسما آقای گل و برترین مهاجم لیگ دو شد".
2. "آنتن". آنتن.
3. "جدول لیگ دسته دوم - گروه اول". Dsport.
4. "Match Regulations ZIP file".
5. "جدول لیگ دسته دوم - گروه دوم". Dsport.
6. "قرعه کشی پلی آف لیگ دسته دوم برگزار شد". سازمان لیگ فوتبال ایران.
7. "اعلام زمان برگزاری فینال لیگ دسته دوم" (in Persian). May 2, 1400.
8. "اعلام تیم داوری دیدار فینال لیگ دسته دوم" (in Persian). May 2, 1400.