NB: the Tehran league is the oldest football league in Iran. It was established in
1920, probably as a knock-out tournament (Tehran Association Cup). At the time
it was the highest existing league level; meanwhile it is a fifth level league
below the various nationwide divisions.
Season Champions Runners-Up Third
first level
1922/23 British Expatriate Tehran Club Iran Club
1923/24 not known
1924/25 Bank Shahi
1925/26 Iran Club [*1] Bank Shahi
1926/27 not known
1927/28 Tehran Club 2-1 British Expatriate Tehran Club
1928-32 not held
1932/33 Tofan
1933/34 Tofan Shoa
1934/35 Tadyoun Shoa
1935/36 Tadyoun
1936/37 Tadyoun
1937/38 Tehran Club
1938/39 Tofan Sport
1939/40 Sarbaz Daraei
1940/41 not known
1941/42 Daraei Tofan
1942/43 Sarbaz Niknam
1943/44 Daraei
1944/45 Tofan
1945/46 not finished
1946/47 Sarbaz Docharkhe Savaran [*2] Shahin
1947/48 Daraei Shahin Taj [*2]
1948/49 Daraei Shahin
1949/50 Taj Shahin
1950/51 not held
1951/52 Shahin Taj
1952/53 Taj
1953/54 Nader FC Nirooye Havaei
1954/55 Shoa Nirooye Havaei
1955/56 not held
1956/57 Taj Shahin Daraei
1957/58 Taj
1958/59 not held
1959/60 Taj Daraei Deyhim
1960/61 Taj Daraei Shahin
1961/62 Daraei Shahin Taj
1962/63 Taj Shahin Daraei
1963/64 not held
1964/65 not finished
1965/66 Shahin Daraei Pas
1966/67 Pas Daraei Oghab
1967/68 Daraei Pas Tehranjavan
1968/69 Taj Pas Oghab
1969/70 Paykan Taj Pas
1970/71 Taj Perspolis Pas
1971/72 not finished
1972/73 Taj Oghab Pas
second level
1973/74 Homa Butan Ararat
1974/75 Daraei
1975/76 Shahbaz Eghbal Naft
1976/77 Dejban
1977/78 Ekbatan
1978/79 Akam Kesht va Sanat Sanaye Nezami
first level
1979/80 not held
1980/81 not finished
1981/82 Homa Perspolis Bank Melli
1982/83 Perspolis Esteghlal [*2] Ekbatan
1983/84 Esteghlal Perspolis Bank Melli
1984/85 not finished
1985/86 Esteghlal Shahin Homa
1986/87 Perspolis Shahin Esteghlal
1987/88 Perspolis Daraei Ekbatan
1988/89 Perspolis Daraei Esteghlal
1989/90 Perspolis Esteghlal Pas
1990/91 Perspolis Esteghlal Pas
1991/92 Esteghlal Perspolis Pas
third level
1992/93 Saipa Keshavarz Bank Tejarat
1993/94 Bank Tejarat Ararat Bank Melli
1994/95 Fath Rah Ahan Fajr Sepah
1995/96 Gostaresh Keshto Sanat
1996/97 Homa Fajr Sepah Moghavemat
1997/98 Mohemat Sazi Payam
1998/99 Sanaye Defa Bargh
1999/00 Niroye Zamini Vahdat
2000/01 Keshti Rani Bonyad Shahid
fifth level
2001-03 not known
2003/04 Dorna Fajr Talash
2004/05 Naft Sanaye Parchin Entezam
2005-11 not known
2011/12 Perspolis B
2012-14 not known
2014/15 Kimia Farayand Bahre Bardari Parseh
2015/16 Nazaja Parag Bahman Javan
2016/17 Damash Tehran Oghab Gol Abrisham
2017/18 Moghavemat Alton Shahin Sazeh
2018/19 Oghab Shahin Sazeh Sitco
2019/20 Shahin Damash Parseh Amad Nezaja
2020/21 Setaregan Sorkh Boma Rastin Maham
2021/22 Damash Parseh Pooya Deylam Aria Kia
2022/23 Adak Kian POayetakht Mahoor
[*1] Iran Club were renamed Tehran Club in the mid-twenties
[*2] Docharkhe Savaran aka The Cyclists, renamed Taj in 1947 and Esteghlal in 1979
Main source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Province_League
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