The 2024–25 Iran Women's Football 1st Division League is the second-highest level of women's football in Iran after the Kowsar League. The season is being held in 2024–25, with the league divided into two groups of six teams, playing over 10 weeks. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams from each group advanced to the play-off round.
From Group A, Persepolis Tehran and Faraisatis Cran Fars qualified, while from Group B, Sepanta Tehran and Foolad Khuzestan advanced to the play-offs. Sepanta finished the group stage as the only unbeaten team with 5 wins and 5 draws.
At the end of the play-off round, the two teams from Group A reached the final. The return leg of the play-offs, however, was surrounded by significant controversy. A penalty claim that was not awarded in the return match against Faraisatis was one of the points of contention, ultimately resulting in Sepanta, despite only one loss, failing to secure promotion to the top flight for that season.
Draw
The draw for this season was held on 23 October 2024, with the presence of Galareh Nazemi, the director of women's competitions at the Iranian League Organization, along with other officials and club representatives.
This edition of the league featured 12 teams divided into two groups of six. According to the draw, matches commenced on 14 November 2024, in a home-and-away format.
The match schedule is as follows:
Match schedule
Group A
Week 1
+ Week 1 Home Score Away Pas Hamedan 3–0 Shaho Kamyaran Varesh Mazandaran 1–0 Faraisatis Fars Mehregan Pardis 1–0 Persepolis
Week 2
+ Week 2 Home Score Away Varesh Mazandaran 0–2 Pas Hamedan Faraisatis Fars 3–1 Mehregan Pardis Persepolis 4–1 Shaho Kamyaran
Week 3
+ Week 3 Home Score Away Mehregan Pardis 1–1 Varesh Mazandaran Shaho Kamyaran 2–3 Faraisatis Fars Pas Hamedan 0–1 Persepolis
Week 4
+ Week 4 Home Score Away Mehregan Pardis 0–0 Pas Hamedan Varesh Mazandaran 4–1 Shaho Kamyaran Faraisatis Fars 0–5 Persepolis
Week 5
+ Week 5 Home Score Away Shaho Kamyaran 4–1 Mehregan Pardis Pas Hamedan 0–0 Faraisatis Fars Persepolis 0–0 Varesh Mazandaran
Second half
The schedule for the return leg was announced on 11 December 2024 by the Iran Football League Organization.
Week 6
+ Week 6 Home Score Away Kamyaran Representative 1–1 Pas Hamedan Faraisatis Cran Fars 1–0 Varesh Mazandaran Persepolis 2–0 Mehregan Pardis
Week 7
+ Week 7 Home Score Away Pas Hamedan 2–2 Varesh Mazandaran Kamyaran Representative 0–2 Persepolis Faraisatis Cran Fars 1–0 Mehregan Pardis
Week 8
+ Week 8 Home Score Away Persepolis 2–0 Pas Hamedan Varesh Mazandaran 1–1 Mehregan Pardis Faraisatis Cran Fars 0–0 Kamyaran Representative
Week 9
+ Week 9 Home Score Away Pas Hamedan 3–0 Mehregan Pardis Persepolis 1–2 Faraisatis Cran Fars Kamyaran Representative 1–2 Varesh Mazandaran
Week 10
+ Week 10 Home Score Away Varesh Mazandaran 0–1 Persepolis Mehregan Pardis 3–1 Kamyaran Representative Faraisatis Cran Shiraz 1–0 Pas Hamedan
Group B
First half
Week 1
+ Week 1 Home Score Away Iranmehr Rasht 1–3 Sepanta Chabak Shiraz 0–3 Kohestan Teknik Kermanshah Foolad Khuzestan 2–0 Toukan Maham Airia Tehran
Week 2
+ Week 2 Home Score Away Toukan Maham Airia Tehran 0–4 Chabak Shiraz Foolad Khuzestan 1–2 Iranmehr Rasht Kohestan Teknik Kermanshah 0–4 Sepanta
Week 3
+ Week 3 Home Score Away Iranmehr Rasht 5–0 Kohestan Teknik Kermanshah Sepanta 1–1 Toukan Maham Airia Tehran Chabak Shiraz 1–3 Foolad Khuzestan
Week 4
+ Week 4 Home Score Away Chabak Shiraz 2–0 Iranmehr Rasht Foolad Khuzestan 0–0 Sepanta Toukan Maham Airia Tehran 3–1 Kohestan Teknik Kermanshah
Week 5
+ Week 5 Home Score Away Sepanta 0–0 Chabak Shiraz Iranmehr Rasht 3–1 Toukan Maham Airia Tehran Kohestan Teknik Kermanshah 0–2 Foolad Khuzestan
Second half
The schedule for the return leg was announced on 11 December 2024 by the Iran Football League Organization.
Week 6
+ Week 6 Home Score Away Sepanta 3–1 Iranmehr Rasht Toukan Maham Airia 2–2 Foolad Khuzestan Shahrdari Kermanshah 4–0 Chabak Shiraz
Week 7
+ Week 7 Home Score Away Iranmehr Rasht 1–2 Foolad Khuzestan Sepanta 2–2 Shahrdari Kermanshah Chabak Shiraz 2–1 Toukan Maham Airia
Week 8
+ Week 8 Home Score Away Shahrdari Kermanshah 0–0 Iranmehr Rasht Foolad Khuzestan 1–0 Chabak Shiraz Toukan Maham Airia 0–0 Sepanta
Week 9
+ Week 9 Home Score Away Iranmehr Rasht 2–0 Chabak Shiraz Shahrdari Kermanshah 0–1 Toukan Maham Airia Sepanta 2–0 Foolad Khuzestan
Week 10
+ Week 10 Home Score Away Chabak Shiraz 0–1 Sepanta Foolad Khuzestan 2–1 Shahrdari Kermanshah Toukan Maham Airia 3–0 Iranmehr Rasht
League tables
Group 1
Group 2
Play-off stage
The top two teams from each group qualified for the play-off stage. The semi-finals of this stage were contested over two legs (home and away).
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final round
The draw for this round was held via webinar with Galareh Nazemi (Director of Women's Football Competitions) and Soraya Khaledi (a women's football official) present, after the qualifying teams were determined. Accordingly, the matches were scheduled to be held on Saturday, 8 February 2025.
Final
The teams in this stage secured promotion to the Kowsar League. The final match to determine the champion of this season was held in Tehran by mutual agreement of the two teams.
Third-place play-off
This match was scheduled to be played before the final, at 12:00 at the Kargaran Stadium in Tehran, but was cancelled at the request of Foolad. Sepanta was declared the winner of the match and finished in third place.
See also
2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League 2024–25 Kowsar Women's Football League 2024 Iran Women's Futsal Premier League 2024–25 Azadegan League
References