1970–71 Local League

Local League

Season	1970–71
Champions	Taj Tehran
Asian Club Championship	Taj Tehran
Matches played	15
Goals scored	40 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hossein Kalani (6)
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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.

Qualifying Tournament

Region A

• All matches played in Kerman.

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

Region B

• All matches played in Rezaeieh.

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

Region C

• All matches played in Rasht.

Group A

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

Group B

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

Semifinals

Third place play-off

Final

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

Region D

• All matches played in Isfahan

Group A

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

Group B

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

Semifinals

Third place play-off

Final

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

Final Round

• All Matches played in Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Group A

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

Group B

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

Semifinals

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

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

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

Final Standings

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

Top goalscorers

7 goals

• Hossein Kalani (Persepolis)

References

• Iran 1970