2008–09 Iran 2nd Division

Iran Football's 2nd Division

Season	2008–09
Promoted	Sanati Kaveh Foolad Novin Mes Sarcheshme Naft Tehran
Relegated	Sanat Gaz Sarakhs Ararat Tehran Zagros Sanandaj Palayesh Gaz Ilam Tarbiat Bandar Abbas Pasargad Bojnord
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The following were the standings of the 2008–09 Iran 2nd Division football season.

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nirou Moharekeh	14	8	5	1	22	6	+16	29	Promoted Second Round
2	Sanati Kaveh	14	6	6	2	19	12	+7	24
3	Per. Borazjan	14	6	6	2	25	10	+15	24
4	Sh. Lahijan	14	5	2	7	14	19	−5	17
5	Eftekhar	14	4	4	6	11	13	−2	16
6	Sazan Rah	14	3	5	6	10	18	−8	14
7	Per. Zahedan	14	3	5	6	14	14	0	14
8	Sanat Gaz	14	3	3	8	8	16	−8	12	Relegation Play Off
9	Ararat (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to 3rd Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zob Ahan Ardabil	15	10	3	2	34	11	+23	33	Promoted Second Round
2	Mes Sarcheshmeh	15	7	5	3	28	13	+15	26
3	Sh. Bandar Anzali	15	7	4	4	18	15	+3	25
4	Sh. Yasouj	15	5	5	5	17	15	+2	20
5	Damash Tehran	15	5	4	6	15	16	−1	19
6	Armin	15	5	4	6	17	19	−2	19
7	Hepco	15	4	5	6	15	22	−7	17
8	Shandiner Bari	15	4	3	8	15	31	−16	15	Relegation Play Off
9	Zagros (R)	8	0	1	7	3	20	−17	1	Relegation to 3rd Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Naft Tehran	16	12	2	2	36	14	+22	38	Promoted Second Round
2	Iranjavan	16	9	4	3	25	14	+11	31
3	Moghavemat Tehran	16	10	1	5	32	18	+14	31
4	Sh. Langarud	16	7	3	6	31	19	+12	24
5	Foolad Yazd	16	5	4	7	29	29	0	19
6	Ard	16	5	4	7	17	20	−3	19
7	Sh. Shahrekord	16	5	1	10	17	37	−20	16
8	Palayesh Gaz	16	3	4	9	18	34	−16	13	Relegation Play Off
9	Tarbiat Bandar Abbas (R)	16	4	1	11	11	31	−20	13	Relegation to 3rd Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Foolad Novin	16	8	7	1	28	10	+18	31	Promoted Second Round
2	Est. Jonub	16	8	5	3	19	14	+5	29
3	Per. Qazvin	16	6	8	2	19	14	+5	26
4	Sepidrood	16	6	4	6	22	19	+3	22
5	Sanaye Talaee	16	5	5	6	18	20	−2	20
6	Payam Shohada	16	3	7	6	14	20	−6	16
7	Kheybar	16	4	4	8	14	24	−10	16
8	Sh. Kerman	16	4	4	8	15	23	−8	16	Relegation Play Off
9	Pasargad (R)	16	3	6	7	18	23	−5	15	Relegation to 3rd Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Sanati Kaveh	6	4	0	2	7	5	+2	12	Promotion to 2009–10 Azadegan League
2	Foolad Novin	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
3	Iranjavan	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
4	Zob Ahan Ardabil	6	2	0	4	6	7	−1	6

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

On August 30, 2009 Iranjavan bought Moghavemat Mersad Football Club for a reported price of around $480,000 so Iranjavan Promoted Azadegan League

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mes Sarcheshmeh	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Promotion to 2009–10 Azadegan League
2	Naft Tehran	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	7
3	Est. Jonub	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6
4	Nirou Moharekeh	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	6

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Shandiner Bari Urmia	0-1	Sanat Gaz Sarakhs

Shandiner Bari Urmia relegated to 3rd Division

April 10, Ghods Stadium, Tehran

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Shahrdari Kerman	1-2	Palayesh Gaz

Shahrdari Kerman relegated to 3rd Division