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
1920/21 British Expatriate Tehran Club Iran Club
1921/22 not known
1922/23 Bank Shahi
1923/24 Iran Club [*1] Bank Shahi
1924/25 Tehran Club [*1]
1925/26 Tehran Club 2-1 British Expatriate Tehran Club
1926-30 not known
1930/31 Tofan
1931/32 Tofan Shoa
1932/33 Tadyoun Shoa
1933/34 Tadyoun
1934/35 Tadyoun
1935/36 Tehran Club Tofan
1936/37 Tofan Sport
1937/38 Tehran Club Varzeshgaran
1938/39 not known
1939/40 Sarbaz Daraei
1940/41 Sarbaz Niknam
1941/42 Daraei Tofan
1942/43 Daraei Tadyoun
1943/44 Tofan Daraei
1944/45 not known
1945/46 not finished
1946/47 Sarbaz Docharkhe Savaran [*2] Shahin
1947/48 Daraei Shahin
1948/49 not known
1949/50 Taj [*2] Shahin
1950/51 not held
1951/52 Taj Shahin
1952/53 Nader FC Nirooye Havaei
1953/54 Shoa Nirooye Havaei
1954/55 Shoa
1955-57 not held
1957/58 Taj
1958/59 Shahin Taj
1959/60 Taj
1960/61 Taj
1961/62 Taj Shahin
1962/63 Daraei Shahin
1963/64 Taj
1964/65 not held
1965/66 Shahin Daraei Pas
1966/67 Pas Daraei Oghab
1967/68 Daraei pas
1968/69 Taj (?)
1969/70 Paykan Taj Pas
1970/71 Taj (?)
1971/72 Taj Perspolis Pas
1972/73 Taj Oghab Pas
second level
1973/74 Homa Butan Ararat
1974/75 Daraei Ararat Naft
1975/76 Shahbaz Eghbal Naft
1976/77 Dejban
1977/78 Ekbatan Shahpar Kargaran
1978/79 Akam Kesht va Sanat Sanaye Nezami
first level
1979-81 not held
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 Gostaresh Bank Tejarat
1993/94 Bank Tejarat Ararat Bank Melli
1994/95 Fath Rah Ahan Fajr Sepah
1995/96 Mohemat Sazi Fath Bank Melli
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
2001/12 Perspolis B
2012-14 not known
2014/15 Kimia Farayand Bahre Bardari Parseh
2015/16 Nazaja Parag Bahman Javan
2016/17 Damash Parseh Oghab Gol Abrisham
2017/18 Moghavemat Alton Shahin Sazeh
[*1] Iran Club were renamed Tehran Club in the mid-twenties
[*2] Docharkhe Savaran aka The Cyclists, renamed Taj in 1949 and Esteghlal in 1979
Sources: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Tehran_Province_league.html and https://www.revolvy.com/page/Tehran-Province-League (note that these lists differ by two years before World War II and disagree for various seasons since then)
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