1971–72 Local League

**Local League**
Season	1971–72
Champions	Persepolis Tehran
Asian Club Championship	Persepolis Tehran
Top goalscorer	Hossein Kalani (12) ; Safar Iranpak (12)
	← 1970–71 1973–74 →

The 1971–72 season was the second and last season of the Local League of Iranian football. The competition was won by Persepolis Football Club of Tehran.

Qualifying Tournament

Region A

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Taj Tehran	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Advance to Semifinals
2	Taj Noshahr	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Advance to Semifinals
3	Taj Rasht	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Taj Gonbad	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5	Advance to Semifinals
2	Machine Sazi Tabriz	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	Advance to Semifinals
3	Khane Javanan Isfahan	3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	3
4	Sam Lahijan	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Taj Gonbad	2–3	Taj Noshahr

Taj Tehran	3–1	Machine Sazi Tabriz

Third place play-off

Machine Sazi Tabriz	3–0	Taj Gonbad

Final

Taj Tehran	5–0	Taj Noshahr

(P) Taj Tehran and Taj Noshahr Promoted to the Final round.

Region B

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Taj Masjed Soleyman	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	Advance to Semifinals
2	Arya Mashhad	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to Semifinals
3	Pas Hamedan	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persepolis	2	2	0	11	0	+11	4	Advance to Semifinals
2	Pas Kermanshah	2	1	1	3	5	−2	2	Advance to Semifinals
3	Taj Sanandaj	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Persepolis	9–0	Arya Mashhad

Taj Masjed Soleyman	3–1	Pas Kermanshah

Third place play-off

Pas Kermanshah	3–0	Arya Mashhad

Final

Persepolis	3–0	Taj Masjed Soleyman

(P) Persepolis and Taj Masjed Soleyman Promoted to the Final round.

Region C

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pas Tehran	2	2	0	9	0	+9	4	Advance to Semifinals
2	Taj Ahvaz	2	1	1	1	6	−5	2	Advance to Semifinals
3	Pas Mashhad	2	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sepahan	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	3	Advance to Semifinals
2	Tractor Sazi Tabriz	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to Semifinals
3	Pas Borojerd	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Sepahan	2–0	Taj Ahvaz

Pas Tehran	4–0	Tractor Sazi Tabriz

Third place play-off

Tractor Sazi Tabriz	1–2	Taj Ahvaz

Final

Pas Tehran	6–0	Sepahan

(P) Pas Tehran and Sepahan Promoted to the Final round.

Region D

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jam Abadan	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	5	Advanve to Semifinals
2	Taj Kohgiloye	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	Advanve to Semifinals
3	Give Bandar Pahlavi	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
3	Nassaji Shahi	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oghab Tehran	3	3	0	9	2	+7	6	Advance to Semifinals
2	Bargh Shiraz	3	2	1	10	5	+5	4	Advance to Semifinals
3	Anestito Kerman	3	1	2	4	5	−1	2
4	Pas Bandar Abbas	3	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

Bargh Shiraz	1–3	Jam Abadan

Oghab Tehran	2–1	Taj Kohgiloye

Third place play-off

Bargh Shiraz	6–1	Taj Kohgiloye

Final

Jam Abadan	2–1	Oghab Tehran

(P) Jam Abadan and Oghab Tehran Promoted to the Final round.

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persepolis (C)	14	13	0	1	45	6	+39	26	Qualification for the 1972 Asian Champion Club Tournament
2	Pas Tehran	14	12	0	2	38	6	+32	24
3	Taj Tehran	14	9	0	5	29	13	+16	18
4	Oghab	14	7	2	5	27	17	+10	16
5	Sepahan	14	4	3	7	12	18	−6	11
6	Taj Masjed Soleyman	14	3	4	7	9	26	−17	10
7	Jam Abadan	14	2	3	9	11	31	−20	7
8	Taj Noshahr	14	0	0	14	1	50	−49	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Safar Iranpak	Persepolis	11
1	Hossein Kalani	Persepolis	11
3	Ali Jabbari	Taj Tehran	10
4	Homayoun Behzadi	Persepolis	8
	Mohammad Sadeghi	Pas Tehran
	Gholam Vafakhah	Oghab

References

Sedaghat, Farhad (2002), 34 years With Persepolis, p. 87, ISBN 964-06-1693-1

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