2016–17 Azadegan League

The 2016–17 Azadegan League was the 26th season of the Azadegan League and 16th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 12 teams from the 2015–16 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League: Malavan, Rah Ahan and Esteghlal Ahvaz and three new teams promoted from the 2015–16 League 2: Oxin Alborz and Sepidrood Rasht both as champions and Pars Jonoubi Jam. Baadraan Tehran replaced Parseh Tehran. The league started on 7 August 2016 and ended on 1 May 2017. Pars Jonoubi Jam won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Pars Jonoubi Jam and Sepidrood Rasht promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Azadegan League
Season2016–17
ChampionsPars Jonoubi Jam
1st Azadegan League title
PromotedPars Jonoubi Jam
Sepidrood
RelegatedKheybar Khorramabad
Foolad Yazd
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Matches played306
Goals scored622 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorerMohammad Abbaszadeh
(24 goals)
Biggest home winKhooneh be Khooneh 6–0 Rah Ahan
(23 September 2016)
Biggest away winEst. Ahvaz 1–5 Mes Kerman
(31 January 2017)
Highest scoringMes Rafsanjan 6–1 Kheybar Khorramabad
(7 December 2016)
Longest winning run4 matches
Malavan
Pars Jonoubi Jam
Longest unbeaten run23 matches
Pars Jonoubi Jam
Longest winless run34 matches
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Longest losing run8 matches
Esteghlal Ahvaz
Highest attendance20,000
Sepidrood – Nassaji
(1 May 2017)
Lowest attendance0 (spectator ban)
Est. Ahvaz – Aluminium Arak
(13 August 2016)
Est. Ahvaz – Foolad Yazd
(26 August 2016)
Foolad Yazd – Iranjavan[1]
(23 November 2016)
Khooneh be Khooneh – Mes Kerman[2]
(23 November 2016)
Khooneh be Khooneh – Malavan[3]
(7 December 2016)
Foolad Yazd – Fajr Sepasi[4]
(7 December 2016)
Khooneh be Khooneh – Mes Rafsanjan[5]
(13 January 2017)
Foolad Yazd – Baadraan[6]
(13 January 2017)
Sepidrood – Est. Ahvaz[7]
(21 February 2017)
Naft MIS – Sepidrood[8]
(30 March 2017)
Nassaji – Baadraan Tehran[9]
(30 March 2017)
Khooneh be Khooneh – Gol Gohar[10]
(5 April 2017)
Nassaji – Rah Ahan[11]
(24 April 2017)
Khooneh be Khooneh – Kheybar[12]
(1 May 2017)
Total attendance771,193
Average attendance2,650

Teams

Stadia and locations
Locations of clubs
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aluminium ArakArakImam Khomeini15,000
Baadraan TehranTehranKargaran5,000
Est. AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz10,000
Fajr SepasiShirazHafezieh15,000
Foolad YazdYazdShahid Nassiri6,000
Gol GoharSirjanGol Gohar Sport Complex3,200
IranjavanBushehrShahid Beheshti15,000
Kheybar KhorramabadKhorramabadTakhti Khorramabad10,000
Khooneh be KhoonehBabolHaft-e Tir6,000
MalavanBandar-e AnzaliTakhti Anzali8,000
Mes KermanKermanShahid Bahonar15,430
Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanShohadaye Noushabad5,000
Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanBehnam Mohammadi8,000
Nassaji MazandaranQaem ShahrVatani15,000
Pars Jonoubi JamJamTakhti Jam10,000
Rah AhanTehranShahid Derakhshan8,000
SepidroodRashtDr. Azodi11,000
Oxin AlborzKarajEnghelab15,000

Number of teams by region
Region Number of teams Teams
1 Kerman3Gol Gohar, Mes Kerman, Mes Rafsanjan
2 Bushehr2Iranjavan, Pars Jonoubi Jam
3 Gilan2Malavan, Sepidrood
4 Khuzestan2Esteghlal Ahvaz, Naft Masjed Soleyman
5 Mazandaran2Khooneh be Khooneh, Nassaji Mazandaran
6 Tehran2Baadraan, Rah Ahan
7 Alborz1Oxin Alborz
8 Fars1Fajr Sepasi
9 Lorestan1Kheybar Khorramabad
10 Markazi1Aluminium Arak
11 Yazd1Foolad Yazd

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Pars Jonoubi Jam (C, P) 34 16 14 4 29 14 +15 62 Promotion to 2017-18 Persian Gulf Pro League
2 Sepidrood (P) 34 17 10 7 35 24 +11 61
3 Gol Gohar 34 16 12 6 49 34 +15 60
4 Malavan 34 15 13 6 34 27 +7 58
5 Khooneh be Khooneh 34 15 11 8 47 33 +14 56
6 Baadraan Tehran 34 14 14 6 34 21 +13 56
7 Oxin Alborz 34 13 10 11 39 29 +10 49
8 Mes Kerman 34 11 16 7 35 25 +10 49
9 Aluminium Arak 34 12 12 10 38 31 +7 48
10 Nassaji Mazandaran 34 12 10 12 44 41 +3 46
11 Mes Rafsanjan 34 11 10 13 42 32 +10 43
12 Iranjavan 34 9 11 14 39 41 −2 38
13 Naft Masjed Soleyman 34 7 16 11 33 32 +1 37
14 Fajr Sepasi 34 8 12 14 32 38 −6 36
15 Rah Ahan 34 8 12 14 31 49 −18 36
16 Kheybar Khorramabad (R) 34 8 10 16 23 41 −18 34 Relegation to 2017–18 2nd Division
17 Foolad Yazd (R) 34 6 12 16 20 42 −22 30
18 Est. Ahvaz (R) 34 0 11 23 18 68 −50 11
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away ALU BAD ESA FJR FOY GOL IRJ KHE KBK MLV MSR NFT NSJ OXI PJJ RAH MES SEP
Aluminium Arak 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Baadraan Tehran 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Est. Ahvaz 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–5 0–1
Fajr Sepasi 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 0–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–2
Foolad Yazd 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1
Gol Gohar 3–2 0–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 5–1 0–0 3–2
Iranjavan 3–3 1–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 5–0 1–1 3–1
Kheybar Khorramabad 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Khooneh be Khooneh 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–2 4–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 6–0 0–0 0–1
Malavan 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0
Mes Rafsanjan 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–3 5–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–0
Naft Masjed Soleyman 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 1–0
Nassaji Mazandaran 0–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–1
Oxin Alborz 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2
Pars Jonoubi Jam 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1
Rah Ahan 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0
Mes Kerman 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1
Sepidrood 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2017. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Pars Jonoubi JamWWDDWDDLLLWWDWDWDDDWWWDDDDWWDWWWWL
SepidroodWWDLWDWWWDDWWWLWWLWDDWDLWDDWLWWDLW
Gol GoharWWDDDWWWLLWDDLWLWWDDWDDDWDWWWLLDWW
MalavanWDDWLWLWDWWWWDDLDWWWDDLDDWLDWWWLDD
Khooneh be KhoonehWWDDLDWWDWWLDDLWDDWLLLLWWLWWDWWDDW
Baadraan TehranLWDDWDLDWWLLWWDLDWDWWDLDWDDDDWWWDW
Mes KermanDDDDDDWLWDWDLDDDWWWDWWWDDDWLWLLLDL
Oxin AlborzWLWWWLWWDLDWLLLLLWDDWDWDDWLLDDLDWW
Aluminium ArakLWDWWDLLDWDDDDLWDLDLLWWWDWWLLWWDDL
Nassaji MazandaranLWDDDDWWWLLWDDWDWLWWLDLLWDWLDLLLWL
Mes RafsanjanLLLLDWLLLWDWWDDWWDLWWDWDLDLWDLLLDW
IranjavanLDDDWLWLDDLLDLWWWDLLLDDLLWWLDLWDLW
Naft Masjed SoleymanWLWDDDDDLLDLDLWDDDLWLDDDLLLWWLWDDD
Fajr SepasiDLLDLDLLDLLLLDWWDLLLDDWWLLDDDWWDWW
Rah AhanLDWDLWWLDWDDWWDDLLLLDDWDLLLLDDLWLL
Kheybar KhorramabadDLDLLLLWWDWDLLWLDDDDLLLWWWLDLLLWDL
Foolad YazdDLDDLLLWDDLDDWLLLDDLWLLLDLDWDWLWLL
Est. AhvazLLLDDDLLLDLLLDLLLDDDLLDDLDLLLLLLLL
Source: lig1.ir
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Top scorers
Position Player Club Goals
1 Mohammad Abbaszadeh Nassaji Mazandaran 24
2 Hamid Kazemi Khooneh be Khooneh 15
3 Soheil Haghshenas Sepidrood Rasht 13
4 Mehrdad Avakh Gol Gohar 11
Amir Mirbozorgi Oxin Alborz 11
6 Mehdi Ghaedi Iranjavan 10
7 Akbar Saghiri Gol Gohar 9
Mehdi Daghagheleh Mes Rafsanjan 9
9 Ali Gholamrezapour Fajr Sepasi 8
Rouhollah Bagheri Khooneh Be Khooneh 8

Notes:
Updated to games played on 1 May 2017. Source: lig1.ir

Attendances

Average home attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Nassaji 155,000 15,000 0 10,333 +15.7%†
2 Sepidrood 150,000 20,000 0 9,375 n/a†
3 Khooneh be Khooneh 49,500 6,000 0 4,125 +21.1%†
4 Malavan 61,843 8,000 1,000 3,638 −12.0%†
5 Pars Jonoubi Jam 46,250 10,000 250 2,721 n/a†
6 Kheybar 46,000 5,000 1,000 2,706 −63.5%†
7 Gol Gohar 39,500 3,000 1,000 2,324 +16.2%†
8 Aluminium Arak 35,500 5,000 500 2,088 −39.7%†
9 Mes Kerman 33,600 7,000 500 1,976 +63.0%†
10 Naft MIS 31,500 4,000 0 1,969 −11.8%†
11 Fajr Sepasi 32,500 3,000 500 1,918 −52.5%†
11 Iranjavan 32,500 3,000 1,000 1,918 +8.9%†
13 Est. Ahvaz 13,900 2,000 0 927 −47.7%†
14 Foolad Yazd 10,500 1,000 0 750 +94.3%†
15 Mes Rafsanjan 10,800 2,000 100 675 −26.1%†
16 Oxin Alborz 10,000 4,000 50 588 n/a†
17 Baadraan Tehran 9,050 2,500 100 532 n/a†
18 Rah Ahan 3,200 500 50 188 −94.7%†
League total 771,193 20,000 0 2,650 +4.4%†

Updated to games played on 1 May 2017
Source: lig1.ir
Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Esteghlal Ahvaz, Malavan and Rah Ahan played last season in Persian Gulf Pro League
Baadraan Tehran, Oxin Alborz, Pars Jonoubi Jam and Sepidrood played last season in League 2

Attendances by round
Team/Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Average
Aluminium Arak 2,000A2,000A3,000AA3,000A3,000A2,000A2,000A5,000AA1,000A3,000A3,0002,000A2,000A500A500A500A1,0002,088
Baadraan Tehran A1,000A1,000A1,500A300A200A300200A200A1502,500A1,000A300A100A100A500AA100A100A532
Esteghlal Ahvaz ANCANCA1,500A400A500A1,000A500AA1,0001,000A2,000A1,000A1,000A1,000A500A1,000A5001,000A927
Fajr Sepasi A2,000A3,000A500A3,000500A500A1,000A3,000A2,0002,000A2,000A2,000A2,000AA2,000A2,000A2,000A3,000A1,918
Foolad Yazd 200A1,000A700A700AA200A1,000ANCANCAANCA400A800A800700A1,000A1,000A1,000A1,000750
Gol Gohar A1,500A2,000A1,5001,000A1,500A2,000A3,000A2,000A2,0002,000A3,000A3,000AA3,000A3,000A3,000A3,000A3,000A2,324
Iranjavan A1,0002,000A2,000A2,000A2,000A2,000A2,000A2,000A3,0002,000AA1,500A1,500A1,500A1,000A2,000A2,000A3,000A1,918
Kheybar Khorramabad A2,000A5,000A2,000A2,000A1,500A1,500A3,0001,000A5,0004,000A5,000A1,000A2,000A3,000A3,000A3,000AA2,000A2,706
Khooneh be Khooneh 6,000A4,000AA5,000A3,000A4,000A5,000ANCANCAANCA2,5005,000A3,000A2,000A6,000ANCA4,000ANC4,125
Malavan A1,500A7,000A3,000A5,000A1,4031,000A3,000A1,640A2,0005,800A2,000A1,500A2,000A5,000AA6,000A6,000A8,000A3,638
Mes Kerman 2,000A1,000A1,000A1,000A1,000A1,500A600A1,000A1,000A1,500A1,500A2,000A7,000A5,000A3,000A3,000A500A1,976
Mes Rafsanjan A1,000A500A1,000A1,000A500A150A500A150A150A1,000A1,000A2,000A1,000A100A100A200A-675
Naft Masjed Soleyman 1,500A2,000A4,000A3,500A2,000A1,000A2,000A2,0002,000AA2,000A1,500A2,000A1,500A1,500ANCA2,000AA1,0001,969
Nassaji Mazandaran A6,000A10,0007,000A8,000A12,000A15,000A9,000A10,000A10,00015,000A12,000AA12,000A9,000A10,000ANCA10,000ANCA10,333
Oxin Alborz 500A50A1,000A300A300A200A200AA500AA100A250A1,000A400A400A500A4,000200A100588
Pars Jonoubi Jam 700AA3,000A2,000A250A2,000A1,500A1,800A2,000AA1,0001,000A2,000A1,000A2,000A3,000A3,000A10,000A10,0002,721
Rah Ahan 300A100A100A50A150A500AA200A150AA300A150A500A100A100A200100A100A100188
Sepidrood 5,000A5,000A7,000A3,000A8,000AA4,000A8,000A10,000AA8,000A12,000A15,000ANCA8,0007,000A15,000A15,000A20,0009,375
Total 18,20016,00017,15031,50025,80018,00019,55017,95027,45013,30323,70016,45021,00016,00022,84019,80026,15034,45013,90029,00022,80016,80037,80015,10023,30016,80031,00021,60016,70023,70032,10031,50020,60033,200771,193
Average 2,0222,0001,9063,9382,8672,0002,1721,9943,0501,4782,6331,8282,3332,2862,5382,8292,9063,8281,9863,2222,5331,8674,2001,6782,9131,8673,4442,4002,3862,9633,5673,5002,5754,7432,650

Notes:
Updated to games played on 1 May 2017. Source: lig1.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Baadraan Tehran played their matches against Foolad Yazd, Iranjavan, Mes Kerman and Naft MIS at Ekbatan
Esteghlal Ahvaz played their match against Mes Rafsanjan at Ghadir
Fajr Sepasi played their matches against Aluminium Arak, Baadraan Tehran, Esteghlal Ahvaz, Foolad Yazd, Iranjavan, Khooneh be Khooneh, Oxin Alborz, Pars Jonoubi Jam and Mes Kerman at Shahid Dastgheib

Highest attendances
Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1Sepidrood3–2Nassaji20,0001 May 2017 (2017-05-01)34Dr. Azodi
2Nassaji1–2Khooneh be Khooneh15,00023 October 2016 (2016-10-23)10Vatani
2Nassaji0–1Oxin Alborz15,0006 January 2017 (2017-01-06)18Vatani
2Sepidrood0–0Pars Jonoubi Jam15,0004 February 2017 (2017-02-04)23Dr. Azodi
2Sepidrood1–0Mes Kerman15,0005 April 2017 (2017-04-05)30Dr. Azodi
2Sepidrood1–1Iranjavan15,00017 April 2017 (2017-04-17)32Dr. Azodi
7Nassaji3–0Esteghlal Ahvaz12,0007 October 2016 (2016-10-07)9Vatani
7Nassaji2–1Iranjavan12,00019 January 2017 (2017-01-19)20Vatani
7Sepidrood1–1Malavan12,00025 January 2017 (2017-01-25)21Dr. Azodi
7Nassaji0–1Fajr Sepasi12,0006 February 2017 (2017-02-06)23Vatani

Notes:
Updated to games played on 1 May 2017. Source: lig1.ir

See also

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