1970–71 Local League

The 1970–71 season was the first season of the Local League of Iranian football. The competition was won by Taj Football Club of Tehran.

Local League
Taj SC
Season1970–71
ChampionsTaj Tehran
Asian Club ChampionshipTaj Tehran
Matches played15
Goals scored40 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerHossein Kalani (6)

Qualifying Tournament

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Region A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Paykan 4 3 0 1 24 9 +15 7[a] Promoted to the Final Round
2 Taj Abadan 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 6
3 Rah Kerman 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 4
4 Khane Javanan Isfahan 4 1 2 1 9 14 −5 4
5 Arash Bandar Pahlavi 4 0 0 4 6 20 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 bonus point?

Region B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Taj Tehran 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Promoted to the Final Round
2 Kargar Abadan 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 4
3 Persepolis Rezaiyeh 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 2
4 Pas Hamedan 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]

Region C

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  • All matches played in Rasht.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pas Tehran 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9 6 Advance to semifinals
2 Give Bandar Pahlavi 3 2 0 1 12 7 +5 4
3 Taj Gonbad 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 4
4 Taj Rasht 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Arya Mashhad 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4 Advance to semifinals
2 Taj Khorramabad 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2
3 Taj Tabriz 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals

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Third place play-off

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Final

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Pas Tehran2–2 (4–3)pArya Mashhad

(P) Pas Tehran and Arya Mashhad Promoted to the Final Round

Region D

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Taj Ahvaz 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 6 Advance to semifinals
2 Bargh Tehran 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 4
3 Pas Mashhad 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2
4 Taj Kohgiluyeh 3 0 0 3 2 16 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Javanan Isfahan 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 3 Advance to semifinals
2 Taj Shiraz 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
3 Sahand Tabriz 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals

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Third place play-off

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Final

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(P) Bargh Tehran and Taj Shiraz Promoted to the Final Round.

Final Round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pas Tehran 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Advance to Semifinals
2 Persepolis 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 4
3 Taj Shiraz 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 2
4 Bargh 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Taj Tehran 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 4 Advance to Semifinals
2 Taj Abadan 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
3 Kargar Abadan 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4
4 Arya Mashhad 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals

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Team 1 Score Team 2
Pas Tehran 4–2 Taj Abadan
Taj Tehran 3–0 (awd.)* Persepolis

*The match was abandoned in the 80th minute with the score at 1–1 after Persepolis walked off to protest the officiating; Taj were awarded a 3–0 victory.

Third-place match

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Team 1 Score Team 2
Taj Abadan 3–0* Persepolis

* Persepolis objected to the officials appointed for the match and refused to participate; therefore, the match was scratched and Taj Abadan were awarded a 3–0 victory.

Final

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Team 1 Score Team 2
Taj Tehran 2–1 Pas Tehran

Final Standings

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Pos Team Qualification
1 Taj Tehran Qualification for the 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament
2 Pas Tehran
3 Taj Abadan
4 Persepolis

Top goalscorers

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Hossein Kalani
7 goals

References

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