2022–23_Iran_Football's_3rd_Division

2022–23 Iran Football's 3rd Division

2022–23 Iran Football's 3rd Division

Football league season


The article contains information about the 2022–23 Iran 3rd Division football season. This is the 4th rated football league in Iran after the Persian Gulf Cup, Azadegan League, and 2nd Division. The league has been started on 29 October 2022 and finished on 1 September 2023.[1]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

In total 85 teams (65 teams in the first stage in 5 groups, 20 teams added in second stage) will compete in this season's competitions.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

More information Stage, Draw date ...

First stage

The top 2 teams from each group advance to the Second Stage. The teams ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th in each group (total 15 teams) are eligible to play in the First Round of next season. The teams ranked 6th and lower relegate to Provincial Leagues.[10]

Qualified teams

Teams which are eligible to play in this round are as follows:[1][11]

Relegated from 2nd Division (1 Team):

Relegated from 3rd Division – 2nd Stage (9 Teams):

  • Moghavemat Tehran
  • Artam Tabriz (Replaced by Misagh El Tan Urmia)
  • Naft o Gaz Gachsaran
  • Darya Babol (Replaced by Taghdis Mazandaran[1])
  • Alavi Khoramdareh (Replaced by Kosar Mehr Eslamshahr[1])
  • Esteghlal Shoosh
  • Javan Novin Sari
  • Sardar Bukan (Replaced by Fanavaran Pishro Ardabil[1])
  • Farhang Ramhormoz

Remaining from 3rd Division – 1st Stage (15 Teams):

  • Pas Gilan
  • Pishgaman Fonoon Pars
  • Zist Sabz Tabriz
  • Malavan B Anzali
  • Perspolis Borazjan
  • Khorram Kesht Aflak Khorramabad
  • Yadavaran Dokoohe Andimeshk
  • Harang Javan Bastak
  • Taraz Chadegan
  • Shayan Dizel Fars

Promoted from Provincial Leagues (34 Teams):

  • Shahrdari Karaj (Alborz)
  • Mi'ad Moghan Parsabad (Ardebil)
  • Orum Spur Urmia (Azarbayejan Gharbi)
  • Oghab Tabriz (Azarbayejan Sharghi)
  • Sorkhdelan Parseh Deyr (Boushehr)
  • Parsian Harooni (Chaharmahal & Bakhtiyari)
  • Montakhab Kazroon (Fars)
  • Almas Tazeabad Chaf (Gilan)
  • Shahrdari Gonbad (Golestan)
  • Sardar Zand Malayer (Hamedan)
  • Motahed Moezabad Roudan (Hormozgan)
  • Kosar Mehran (Ilam)
  • Payam Zeydi Kashan (Isfahan)
  • Shahrdari Barvat Bam (Kerman)
  • Shohadaye Bazi Deraz (Kermanshah)
  • Bentonit Sepahan Esfahak Tabas (Khorasan Jonoubi)
  • Nader Mashhad (Khorasan Razavi)
  • Esteghlal Novin Bojnoord (Khorasan Shomali)
  • Poolad Oxin Izeh (Khouzestan)
  • Sorkhpooshan Kish (Kish)
  • Etehad Ghale-Raeisi (Kohgiluye & Boyer Ahmad)
  • Shahrdari Baneh (Kordestan)
  • (Lorestan) Lorestan didn't submit any teams as Province Champion
  • Artiman Hefdah Iranian Khomein (Markazi)
  • Shahrdari Ghaemshahr (Mazandaran)
  • Samit No Qazvon (Qazvin)
  • Omid Hasanabad Qom (Qom)
  • Kia Shahrood (Semnan)
  • Khalij Chabahar (Sistan & Balouchestan)
  • Damash Parseh Tehran (Tehran)
  • Pouya Deylam Aria Kia (Tehran's runner-up)
  • Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht (Tehran Suburbs)
  • Mirak Kish Mehriz (Yazd) (Replaced by Perspolis Shiraz[1])
  • Forooshgah Varzeshi Ali Gheydar (Zanjan)

Free slots (6 teams):

  • Esteghlal Jonoob Tehran
  • Padma Yadak Isfahan
  • Aboozar Basht
  • Parsa Baghmalek
  • Vahdat Roodbar
  • Zagros Dehloran

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2023. Source: Dsport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Poshtibani Nezaja Mashhad 3, Shahrdari Gonbad 0.
  2. Head-to-head points: Taghdis Mazandaran 4, Esteghlal Novin Bojnoord 3, Nader Mashhad 1.
  3. Nader Mashhad did not participate in two matches and therefore disqualified from the league and punished by two-level-relegation.

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2023. Source: Dsport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Pas Gilan 3, Samit No Qazvin 0.
  2. Head-to-head points: Mi'ad Moghan Parsabad 3, Forooshgah Varzeshi Ali Gheydar 0.
  3. Omid Hasanabad Qom did not participate in two matches and therefore disqualified from the league and punished by two-level-relegation.

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2023. Source: Dsport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Oghab Tabriz 6, Zist Sabz Tabriz 3, Vahdat Roodbar 0.
  2. Head-to-head points: Damash Parseh Tehran 3, Sardar Zand Malayer 0.
  3. Artiman Hefdah Iranian Khomein, Shahrdari Baneh and Pishgaman Fonoon Pars did not participate in two matches and therefore disqualified from the league and punished by two-level-relegation.
  4. Payam Zeydi Kashan withdrew before start of the league.

Group D

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2023. Source: Dsport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Naft Ahvaz 6, Perspolis Borazjan 1, Etehad Ghale-Raeisi 1.
  2. Head-to-head points: Sorkhdelan Parseh Deyr 1, Shohadaye Bazi Deraz 1. Head-to-head goal difference: Sorkhdelan Parseh Deyr 0, Shohadaye Bazi Deraz 0. Tied on head-to-head criteria.
  3. Kosar Mehran did not participate in two matches and therefore disqualified from the league and punished by two-level-relegation.
  4. Farhang Ramhormoz withdrew before start of the league.

Group E

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2023. Source: Dsport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Esteghlal Shoosh 3, Shayan Dizel Fars 0.
  2. Head-to-head points: Aboozar Basht 6, Motahed Moezabad Roudan 3, Shahrdari Barvat Bam 0.
  3. Sorkhpooshan Kish withdrew before start of the league.

Second stage

In this stage, 10 teams who qualified from 1st stage will join to 17 remaining teams from previous season and 3 relegated teams from 2nd division (total 30 teams). Teams will be divided into 3 groups of 10 teams each and play a round-robin home and away matches. The winner of each group will promote to 2nd division and 3 runners-up and the best 3rd placed team will qualify to Play-off stage. The 3 bottom clubs in each group and the worst 7th placed team among groups will relegate to next season's 1st stage. [14][15]


Qualified teams

Relegated from 2nd Division (3 Teams):


Remaining Teams from last season (17 Teams):

  • Benyamin Varzesh Tehran (Replaced by Shahin Rakhsh Khodro Tabriz)
  • KIA Tehran
  • Sepahan Novin Isfahan
  • Mardan Pasha Karaj
  • Naft Omidiyeh
  • Mohtasham Tabriz (Replaced by Nika Pars Chaloos)
  • Omid Vahdat Birjand (Replaced by Parsa San'at Shargh)
  • Yazd Looleh
  • Kian Arak (Replaced by Shenavarsazi Jam Vatan Qeshm)
  • Shahin Bojnord (Replaced by Kavir Moghava Tehran)
  • Moghavemat Astara
  • Shadkaam Mashhad
  • Avalan Kamyaran
  • Samit Tehran
  • Novin Keshavarz Aliabad
  • Sepahan Novin Izeh (Replaced by Shayan Dizel Fars)
  • Shahrdari Fooman

Promoted from 1st Stage (10 Teams):

  • Setaregan Sorkh Tehran
  • Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht
  • Zist Sabz Tabriz
  • Khorram Kesht Aflak Khorramabad
  • Perspolis Shiraz

Group 1

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2023. Source: [17]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
Notes:
  1. Shariat Novin Mashhad and Nika Pars Chaloos are tied on head-to-head criteria, so ranked by total goal differece. Shariat Novin Mashhad 2-0 Nika Pars Chaloos, Nika Pars Chaloos 2-0 Shariat Novin Mashhad.
  2. Parsa San'at Shargh are ahead of Novin Keshavarz Aliabad based on head-to-head points. Parsa San'at 3-2 Novin Keshavarz Aliabad, Novin Keshavarz Aliabad 0-0 Parsa San'at.
More information Home \ Away, KIA ...
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2023. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Nika Pars did not show up on the field.
  2. Kia used an ineligible player in the match therefore Sorkhpooshan awarded a 3-0 win. The main result was "KIA 3-2 Sorkhpooshan" before the Disciplinary Committee's announcement.
  3. Kia used an ineligible player in the match therefore Parsian awarded a 3-0 win. The main result was "Samit 1-2 KIA" before the Disciplinary Committee's announcement.

Group 2

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2023. Source: [18]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
Notes:
  1. Rakhsh Khodro Tabtriz are ahead of Shahrdari Fooman based on Head-to-Head Away Goals: Shahrdari Fooman 3-1 Rakhsh Khodro Tabtriz, Rakhsh Khodro Tabtriz 2-0 Shahrdari Fooman.
  2. Setaregan Sorkh Tehran are ahead of Parsian Tehran based on Head-to-Head Points: Parsian 0-3 Setaregan Sorkh, Setaregan Sorkh 1-0 Parsian.
  3. Moghavemat Astara are ahead of Oghab Tabriz based on Head-to-Head Points: Oghab Tabriz 3-3 Moghavemat Astara, Moghavemat Astara 2-1 Oghab Tabriz.
More information Home \ Away, AVA ...
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2023. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was abandoned and the score was 9-0 at the time of stoppage.
  2. Avalan did not show up on the field.
  3. The match was abandoned in 35' due to Avalan's lack of players and the score was 5-0 at the time of stoppage.
  4. The match between Oghab and Setaregan Sorkh was stopped due to misbehaviour of Setaregan Sorkh's manager. Oghab awarded a 3-0 win by Disciplinary Committee.
  5. Parsian used an ineligible player in the match, therefore Kavir Moghava awarded a 3-0 win. The main result was "Parsian 0-0 Kavir Moghava" before the Disciplinary Committee's announcement.
  6. Parsian used an ineligible player in the match, therefore Setaregan Sorkh awarded a 3-0 win. The main result was "Parsian 2-1 Setaregan Sorkh" before the Disciplinary Committee's announcement.
  7. The match between Rakhsh Khodro and Kavir Moghava was stopped due to protest of Rakhsh Khodro team. Kavir Moghava awarded a 3-0 win by Disciplinary Committee. The result before stoppage was "Rakhsh Khodro 0-1 Kavir Moghava".
  8. The match awarded a 3-0 win for Moghavemat by the Disciplinary Committee due to absence of an ambulance on the field.

Group 3

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2023. Source: [19]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[13]
Notes:
  1. Parsa Baghmalek are ahead of Naft Omidiyeh based on head-to-head points. Naft Omidiyeh 0-1 Parsa Baghmalek, Parsa Baghmalek 0-0 Naft Omidiyeh.
  2. Iranjavan Bushehr are ahead of Yazd Looleh based on head-to-head away goals. Iranjavan 2, Yazd Looleh 0.


More information Home \ Away, HJB ...
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2023. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Parsa Baghmalek and Yazd Looleh was stopped and the Disciplinary Committee found Yazd Looleh guilty. The result before stoppage was "Parsa Baghmalek 1-0 Yazd Looleh".

Ranking of third-placed teams

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2023. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Play-off at neutral venue.

Ranking of seventh-placed teams

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2023. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) play-off at neutral venue.
Notes:
  1. The worst seventh-placed should relegate to 3rd Division - 1st Stage. But due to direct relegation of Machine Sazi Tabriz from 2nd division to 3rd Division - 1st Stage (instead of 3rd Division - 2nd Stage), they remained in 3rd Division - 2nd Stage and not relegated.

Play-offs


Qualified teams

Source:[8]

2nd placed teams in Second Stage (3 teams):

  • Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht
  • Rakhsh Khodro Tabriz[a]
  • Sepahan Novin Isfahan

Best 3rd placed team in Second Stage (1 team):

  • Shayan Dizel Fars
  1. ^
    Parsian Tehran was introduced as Group B runner-up at the time of the draw on 13 August. On 14 August, the Appeals Committee stated the disciplinary 3-0 loss for Parsian, in the match between them and Setaregan Sorkh Tehran and the rankings of Group B has changed. Therefore, Parsian Tehran was replaced by Rakhsh Khodro Tabriz.

First round

More information Team 1, Score ...
More information Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht, 3-1 ...
Shohadaye Mersad, Tehran
More information Rakhsh Khodro Tabriz, 1-0 ...
Shahrdari, Tabriz

Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht Fars won 3-2 and promoted to second play-off round.


More information Sepahan Novin Isfahan, 0-2 ...
Qods, Isfahan
More information Shayan Dizel Fars, 1-2 ...
Dastgheib, Shiraz

Shayan Dizel Fars won 3-2 and promoted to second play-off round.

Second round

More information Team 1, Score ...
More information Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht, 1-0 ...
Shohadaye Mersad, Pakdasht
More information Shayan Dizel Fars, 1-1 ...
Dastgheib, Shiraz

Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht won 2-1 on aggerate and promoted to 2023-24 Iran Football's 2nd Division.

See also


References

  1. "آغاز مرحله نخست لیگ سه با 63 تیم". Dsport (in Persian). 2022-10-29.
  2. "نحوه صعود و سقوط تیمها در لیگهای مختلف اعلام شد". Iran Football League Organization (in Persian). 2022-11-13.
  3. "قرعه کشی لیگ دسته سوم برگزار شد". Iran Football League Organization (in Persian). 2022-10-04.

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