2015–16 Iran Football's 3rd Division

The article contains information about the 2015–16 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 started from September 2015.

Iran Football's 3rd Division

Season	2015–16
Promoted	Shahrdari Fuman Shahrdari Hamedan Shahrdari Arak Qashqai Shiraz Shahin Mahshahr Shahid Karimi Jooybar
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

In total and in the first round, 60 teams will compete in 5 different groups.

First round

Promotion and Relegation: Top two teams from each group will promote to second round. Teams ranked 3rd & 4th in each group will play in first round of next season. teams ranked 5th and below will relegate to provincial leagues

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kaveh Parsa Varamin	9	6	2	1	15	7	+8	20	Promotion to Second round
2	Omran Sari	9	6	0	3	15	9	+6	18
3	Esteghlal Miandorud	9	4	2	3	15	11	+4	14
4	Shirin Faraz Aqqala	9	4	2	3	11	12	−1	14
5	Heyat Zirab	9	3	4	2	8	8	0	13	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2016–17
6	Fajr Misagh	9	3	3	3	10	6	+4	12
7	Sh. Quchan	9	3	3	3	10	7	+3	12
8	Moghavemat Novin Sari	9	2	4	3	12	15	−3	10
9	Pirouzi Garmsar	8	1	2	5	10	19	−9	5
10	Nili Poshan Qom	8	1	0	7	5	17	−12	3
11	Sh. Eslamshahr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Oghab Tehran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2015. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chooka	10	7	2	1	16	5	+11	23	Promotion to Second round
2	Sh. Rudsar	10	7	1	2	16	4	+12	22
3	Tehran Mobadel	10	6	1	3	17	7	+10	19
4	Pars Tehran	10	5	3	2	21	8	+13	18
5	Rahgostaran Langarud	10	5	3	2	10	7	+3	18	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2016–17
6	Kimia Farayand Rey	10	4	1	5	18	15	+3	13
7	Shohada Babolsar	10	3	4	3	12	9	+3	13
8	Padideh Tat Takestan	10	4	1	5	10	22	−12	13
9	Est. Qaemshahr	10	1	3	6	7	18	−11	6
10	Sh. Lahijan	10	1	2	7	8	19	−11	5
11	Parvaz Zanjan	10	0	3	7	6	27	−21	3
12	Farhang Bilesavar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2015. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sh. Hamedan	10	6	4	0	16	4	+12	22	Promotion to Second round
2	Est. Jonub	10	6	3	1	15	10	+5	21
3	Est. Molasani	10	5	4	1	17	4	+13	19
4	Bahrebardariye Metro	10	5	2	3	19	8	+11	17
5	Sh. Mahabad	10	5	2	3	18	10	+8	17	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2016–17
6	Istak Marivan	10	4	4	2	14	11	+3	16
7	Sh. Bonab	10	4	2	4	23	19	+4	14
8	Abidar Sanandaj	10	3	3	4	13	13	0	12
9	Abiphoshan Gilan-e Gharb	10	2	2	6	9	17	−8	8
10	Sh. Khoy	10	1	1	8	15	21	−6	4
11	Persepolis Darreh Shahr	10	0	1	9	3	45	−42	1
12	Vahdat Hamedan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2015. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shahin Mahshahr	11	7	3	1	21	5	+16	24	Promotion to Second round
2	Safahan Isfahan	11	6	4	1	21	7	+14	22
3	Esteghlal Shushtar	11	6	4	1	14	9	+5	22
4	Aluminium Novin Arak	11	6	3	2	16	8	+8	21
5	Behzisti Khorramabad	11	6	2	3	19	13	+6	20	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2016–17
6	Petroshimi Jam	11	5	3	3	16	8	+8	18
7	Jonoob Susangerd	11	4	2	5	18	22	−4	14
8	Abozar Basht	11	4	1	6	13	16	−3	13
9	Helal Ahmar Saveh	11	3	2	6	15	17	−2	11
10	Parseh Bakhtiyari	11	2	2	7	14	22	−8	8
11	Etehad Aleshtar	10	1	3	6	8	18	−10	6
12	Omid Najafabad	10	0	1	9	2	32	−30	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2015. Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Qashqai Shiraz	10	7	3	0	14	2	+12	24	Promotion to Second round
2	Khalij Fars Khoonsorkh	10	7	2	1	26	9	+17	23
3	Parseh Shiraz	10	6	3	1	24	4	+20	21
4	Mes Novin Kerman	10	5	4	1	14	5	+9	19
5	Sang Ahan Bafgh	10	4	4	2	14	8	+6	16	Relegation to Provincial Leagues 2016–17
6	Varzesh Saravan	10	5	1	4	13	12	+1	16
7	Esteghamat Yazd	10	4	1	5	11	11	0	13
8	Fajr Shahreza	10	3	2	5	10	12	−2	11
9	Sh. Badrud	8	1	0	7	1	17	−16	3
10	Helal Ahmar Kish	9	1	0	8	6	25	−19	3
11	Isar Jiroft	9	0	0	9	2	30	−28	0
12	Persepolis Zahedan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2015. Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second round

Promotion and Relegation: Top two teams from each group (total: 6 teams) will promote to second division. Teams ranked 3rd & 4th and two best placed 5th teams (total: 8 teams) will play in second round of next season. Teams ranked 6th or below and the worst placed 5th team will play in first round of next season.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Sh. Fuman	16	11	2	3	25	9	+16	35	Promotion to 2nd Division 2016-17
2	Shahid Karimi Jooybar	16	9	4	3	22	11	+11	31
3	Chooka	16	9	3	4	23	17	+6	30	Second Round - 3rd Division 2016-17
4	Esteghlal Novin Bojnourd	16	7	2	7	20	21	−1	23
5	Shohada Babolsar	16	6	2	8	24	26	−2	20
6	Shohada Sari	16	6	2	8	17	23	−6	20	First Round - 3rd Division 2016-17
7	Sh. Rudsar	16	6	1	9	19	20	−1	19
8	Omran Sari	16	5	3	8	15	23	−8	18
9	Arash Rey	16	2	3	11	20	37	−17	9
10	Etka Gorgan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2016. Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Sh. Hamedan	16	8	6	2	26	12	+14	30	Promotion to 2nd Division 2016–17
2	Sh. Arak	16	8	5	3	24	14	+10	29
3	Est. Jonub	16	8	3	5	23	17	+6	27	Second Round - 3rd Division 2016-17
4	Irandad Tehran	16	7	5	4	24	18	+6	26
5	Fajr Misagh	16	6	3	7	20	21	−1	21	First Round - 3rd Division 2016-17
6	Omid Hasanabad	16	4	7	5	17	19	−2	19
7	Safahan Isfahan	16	2	9	5	11	20	−9	15
8	Afra Darb Azar	16	3	4	9	19	33	−14	13
9	Kaveh Parsa Varamin	16	2	6	8	14	24	−10	12
10	Ostandari Kermanshah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2016. Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Qashqai Shiraz	18	10	6	2	34	13	+21	36	Promotion to 2nd Division 2016-17
2	Shahin Mahshahr	18	10	6	2	29	10	+19	36
3	Hafari Ahvaz	18	9	6	3	35	19	+16	33	Second Round - 3rd Division 2016-17
4	Bargh Shiraz	18	8	6	4	26	17	+9	30
5	Sh. Firuzabad	18	8	5	5	34	22	+12	29
6	Naftoon Masjed Soleyman	18	6	4	8	25	27	−2	22	First Round - 3rd Division 2016-17
7	Per. Borazjan	18	4	7	7	17	22	−5	19
8	Khalij Fars Khoonsorkh	18	4	5	9	26	32	−6	17
9	Piriz Doroud	18	4	1	13	14	34	−20	13
10	Farid Karaj	18	3	2	13	14	58	−44	11

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2016. Source: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.