1971–72 Local League

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.

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 →

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
3	Taj Rasht	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source:

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
3	Khane Javanan Isfahan	3	1	1	1	2	6	−4	3
4	Sam Lahijan	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source:

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
3	Pas Hamedan	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source:

Group B

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

Source:

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

Source:

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
3	Pas Borojerd	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source:

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
3	Give Bandar Pahlavi	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
3	Nassaji Shahi	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source:

Group B

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

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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:
(C) Champions

Top goalscorers

Safar Iranpak (left), Hossein Kalani (right) and Homayoun Behzadi (sitted)

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Safar Iranpak	Persepolis	11
	Hossein Kalani	Persepolis
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