2022–23 Iran Football's 3rd Division

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.[1]

Iran Football's 3rd Division
Season2022–23
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In total 85 teams (65 teams in the first stage in 5 groups, 20 teams in second stage) will compete in this season's competitions.

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.[2]

Qualified teams

Teams which are eligible to play in this round are as follows:[1][3]

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shariat Novin Mashhad 12 8 3 1 17 4 +13 27 Promotion to Second Stage
2 Setaregan Sorkh Tehran 12 7 3 2 19 11 +8 24
3 Vahdat Aghasht 12 6 5 1 23 11 +12 23
4 Shahin Gorji Mahale Behshahr 12 6 4 2 15 9 +6 22
5 Yaran Hadi Norouzi 12 6 3 3 12 7 +5 21
6 Poshtibani Nezaja Mashhad 12 5 4 3 20 12 +8 19[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2022–23
7 Shahrdari Gonbad 12 5 4 3 14 10 +4 19[lower-alpha 1]
8 Esteghlal Jonoub Tehran 12 4 3 5 14 16 −2 15
9 Shahrdari Karaj 12 3 5 4 10 13 −3 14
10 Taghdis Mazandaran 12 2 2 8 10 24 −14 8[lower-alpha 2]
11 Esteghlal Novin Bojnoord 12 2 2 8 9 19 −10 8[lower-alpha 2]
12 Nader Mashhad[lower-alpha 3] 12 2 2 8 10 21 −11 8[lower-alpha 2] Eliminated
13 Kia Shahrood 12 0 4 8 7 23 −16 4 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2022–23
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).[5]
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malavan B Anzali 12 10 2 0 28 8 +20 32 Promotion to Second Stage
2 Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht 12 9 2 1 23 4 +19 29
3 Pas Gilan 12 7 2 3 19 11 +8 23[lower-alpha 1]
4 Samit No Qazvin 12 6 5 1 17 4 +13 23[lower-alpha 1]
5 Shahrdari Ghaemshahr 12 6 4 2 17 9 +8 22
6 Arian Sepand Tehran 12 6 3 3 16 10 +6 21 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2022–23
7 Mi'ad Moghan Parsabad 12 4 2 6 16 19 −3 14[lower-alpha 2]
8 Forooshgah Varzeshi Ali Gheydar 12 4 2 6 18 21 −3 14[lower-alpha 2]
9 Pouya Deylam Aria Kia 12 3 2 7 12 22 −10 11
10 Kosar Mehr Eslamshahr 12 2 4 6 13 19 −6 10
11 Fanavaran Pishro Ardabil 12 3 0 9 12 30 −18 9
12 Javan Novin Sari 12 2 1 9 10 21 −11 7
13 Omid Hasanabad Qom[lower-alpha 3] 12 0 3 9 4 27 −23 3 Eliminated
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).[5]
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Oghab Tabriz 11 8 1 2 13 5 +8 25[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to Second Stage
2 Zist Sabz Tabriz 11 8 1 2 20 7 +13 25[lower-alpha 1]
3 Vahdat Roodbar 11 8 1 2 20 9 +11 25[lower-alpha 1]
4 Damash Parseh Tehran 11 6 2 3 27 12 +15 20[lower-alpha 2]
5 Sardar Zand Malayer 11 6 2 3 15 7 +8 20[lower-alpha 2]
6 Moghavemat Tehran 11 5 4 2 16 8 +8 19 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2022–23
7 Orum Spur Urmia 11 6 0 5 22 13 +9 18
8 Almas Tazeabad Chaf 11 3 4 4 15 13 +2 13
9 Pishgaman Fonoon Pars[lower-alpha 3] 11 3 1 7 18 21 −3 10 Eliminated
10 Shahrdari Baneh[lower-alpha 3] 11 2 0 9 6 29 −23 6
11 Misagh El Tan Urmia 11 1 2 8 6 26 −20 5 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2022–23
12 Artiman Hefdah Iranian Khomein[lower-alpha 3] 11 0 2 9 2 30 −28 2 Eliminated
13 Payam Zeydi Kashan[lower-alpha 4] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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).[5]
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Parsa Baghmalek 11 7 2 2 27 6 +21 23 Promotion to Second Stage
2 Khorram Kesht Aflak Khorramabad 11 6 4 1 33 12 +21 22
3 Yadavaran Dokoohe Andimeshk 11 6 3 2 16 10 +6 21
4 Naft o Gaz Gachsaran 11 5 4 2 14 7 +7 19[lower-alpha 1]
5 Perspolis Borazjan 11 5 4 2 20 8 +12 19[lower-alpha 1]
6 Etehad Ghale-Raeisi 11 6 1 4 20 11 +9 19[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2022–23
7 Taraz Chadegan 11 5 2 4 11 11 0 17
8 Sorkhdelan Parseh Deyr 11 5 1 5 13 11 +2 16[lower-alpha 2]
9 Shohadaye Bazi Deraz 11 4 4 3 13 13 0 16[lower-alpha 2]
10 Parsian Harooni 11 2 2 7 6 27 −21 8
11 Zagros Dehloran 11 1 1 9 7 25 −18 4
12 Kosar Mehran[lower-alpha 3] 11 0 0 11 1 40 −39 0 Eliminated
13 Farhang Ramhormoz[lower-alpha 4] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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).[5]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Naft o Gaz Gachsaran 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Harang Javan Bastak 11 8 1 2 28 9 +19 25 Promotion to Second Stage
2 Perspolis Shiraz 11 7 3 1 9 2 +7 24
3 Esteghlal Shoosh 11 6 2 3 21 8 +13 20[lower-alpha 1]
4 Shayan Dizel Fars 11 6 2 3 20 10 +10 20[lower-alpha 1]
5 Poolad Oxin Izeh 11 5 2 4 14 12 +2 17
6 Montakhab Kazroon 11 4 3 4 12 11 +1 15 Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2022–23
7 Aboozar Basht 11 4 2 5 18 12 +6 14[lower-alpha 2]
8 Motahed Moezabad Roudan 11 4 2 5 13 23 −10 14[lower-alpha 2]
9 Shahrdari Barvat Bam 11 4 2 5 7 19 −12 14[lower-alpha 2]
10 Padma Yadak Isfahan 11 3 3 5 10 14 −4 12
11 Bentonit Sepahan Esfahak Tabas 11 2 0 9 8 25 −17 6
12 Khalij Chabahar 11 1 2 8 9 24 −15 5
13 Sorkhpooshan Kish[lower-alpha 3] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated
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).[5]
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. [6][7]


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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shadkaam Mashhad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2023-24 Iran Football's 2nd Division
2 Parsa San'at Shargh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Play-off
3 KIA Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sorkhpooshan Novin Pakdasht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Oghab Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Samit Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Shariat Novin Mashhad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mardan Pasha Karaj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 3rd Division - 1st Stage 2023–24
9 Novin Keshavarz Aliabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Nika Pars Chaloos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
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).[5]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kavir Moghava Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2023-24 Iran Football's 2nd Division
2 Shahrdari Fooman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Play-off
3 Avalan Kamyaran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Rakhsh Khodro Tabriz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Setareh Ettehad Tabriz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Oghab Tabriz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Moghavemat Astara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Parsian Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 3rd Division - 1st Stage 2023–24
9 Setaregan Sorkh Tehran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Malavan B Anzali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
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).[5]

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shenavarsazi Jam Vatan Qeshm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2023-24 Iran Football's 2nd Division
2 Iranjavan Bushehr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Play-off
3 Shayan Dizel Fars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Perspolis Shiraz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Naft Omidiyeh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Parsa Baghmalek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Harang Javan Bastak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sepahan Novin Isfahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 3rd Division - 1st Stage 2023–24
9 Yazd Looleh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Khorram Kesht Aflak Khorramabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
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).[5]

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 3rd-placed team in Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Play-off
2 3rd-placed team in Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3rd-placed team in Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Play-off at neutral venue.

Ranking of seventh-placed teams

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 7th-placed team in Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 7th-placed team in Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 7th-placed team in Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 3rd Division - 1st Stage 2023–24
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) play-off at neutral venue.

Play-offs

Due to direct relegation of Omid Vahdat Khorasan from Azadegan League to 3rd Diviosn - 2nd stage (instead of 2nd Division), the team balance in leagues will not be as usual as previous seasons. According to similar situations in some seasons (such as 2018–19), it is possible that 5 teams from 3rd Diviosn - 2nd stage will promote to 2nd Diviosn (instead of 4). Therefore the playoff stage will consist of just one round and the two winners will qualify to 2nd Division as well.

Qualified teams

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

  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD

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

  • TBD

First round
Team 1 Score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Notes
TBD TBD
TBD TBD
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The winner on aggregate will promote to second play-off round.

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The winner on aggregate will promote to second play-off round.

Second round
Team 1 Score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Notes
TBD TBD
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The winner on aggregate will promote to 2023-24 Iran Football's 2nd Division.

See also

References
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