2016–17 Azadegan League

Azadegan League

Season	2016–17
Matches played	134
Goals scored	270 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohammad Abbaszadeh (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Khooneh Be Khooneh 6–0 Rah Ahan (23 September 2016)
Biggest away win	Est. Ahvaz 0–3 Aluminium Arak (13 August 2016)
Highest scoring	Nassaji 3–3 Gol Gohar Sirjan (2 September 2016) Khooneh Be Khooneh 6–0 Rah Ahan (23 September 2016)
Highest attendance	15,000 Nassaji – Khooneh Be Khooneh (23 October 2016)
Lowest attendance	0 (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)
Total attendance	296,893
Average attendance	2,284
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Azadegan League will be the 16th season of Azadegan League since its establishment in 2001. 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 2nd Division 2015–16: Oxin Alborz as Group A champions and Sepidrood Rasht as Group B champions and Pars Jonoubi Jam as play-off winner. Baadraan Tehran replaced Parseh Tehran.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Aluminium Arak

Iranjavan

Nassaji
Khooneh Be Khooneh

Mes Kerman

Kheybar

Foolad

Gol Gohar

Mes Rafsanjan

Baderan
Rah Ahan

Sepidrood

Naft MIS

Fajr Sepasi

Malavan

Est. Ahvaz

Pars Jonoubi Jam

Oxin

Locations of clubs

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Aluminium Arak	Arak	Imam Khomeini	15,000
Baadraan Tehran	Tehran	Ekbatan	12,000
Est. Ahvaz	Ahvaz	Takhti Ahvaz	15,000
Fajr Sepasi	Shiraz	Hafezieh	15,000
Foolad Yazd	Yazd	Shahid Nassiri	6,000
Gol Gohar	Sirjan	Gol Gohar Sport Complex	3,000
Iranjavan	Bushehr	Shahid Beheshti	15,000
Kheybar Khorramabad	Khorramabad	Takhti Khorramabad	10,000
Khooneh Be Khooneh	Babol	Haft-e Tir	5,000
Malavan	Bandar-e Anzali	Takhti Anzali	8,000
Mes Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan	Shohadaye Noushabad	10,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Behnam Mohammadi	8,000
Nassaji Mazandaran	Qaem Shahr	Vatani	15,000
Pars Jonoubi Jam	Jam	Shohada Jam	10,000
Rah Ahan	Tehran	Shahid Derakhshan	8,000
Sanat Mes	Kerman	Shahid Bahonar	15,430
Sepidrood	Rasht	Dr. Azodi	11,000
Oxin Alborz	Karaj	Enghelab	15,000

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Kerman	3	Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan, Sanat Mes
2	Tehran	2	Baadraan, Rah Ahan
3	Khuzestan	2	Esteghlal Ahvaz, Naft Masjed Soleyman
4	Mazandaran	2	Khooneh Be Khooneh, Nassaji Mazandaran
5	Bushehr	2	Iranjavan, Pars Jonoubi Jam
6	Gilan	2	Malavan, Sepidrood
7	Fars	1	Fajr Sepasi
8	Markazi	1	Aluminium Arak
9	Lorestan	1	Kheybar Khorramabad
10	Yazd	1	Foolad Yazd
11	Alborz	1	Oxin Alborz

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malavan	15	8	5	2	18	12	+6	29	Promotion to Persian Gulf Pro League 2017-18
2	Sepidrood	14	8	4	2	14	8	+6	28
3	Gol Gohar	15	7	5	3	24	16	+8	26
4	Nassaji Mazandaran	15	6	6	3	22	15	+7	24
5	Khooneh Be Khooneh	15	6	6	3	19	12	+7	24
6	Rah Ahan	15	6	6	3	18	14	+4	24
7	Pars Jonoubi Jam	15	6	6	3	11	9	+2	24
8	Oxin Alborz	14	7	2	5	19	13	+6	23
9	Baadraan Tehran	15	6	5	4	15	10	+5	23
10	Aluminium Arak	15	4	7	4	16	14	+2	19
11	Sanat Mes	15	3	10	2	13	11	+2	19
12	Mes Rafsanjan	15	4	4	7	13	11	+2	16
13	Naft Masjed Soleyman	15	3	7	5	14	15	−1	16
14	Kheybar Khorramabad	15	4	4	7	11	16	−5	16
15	Iranjavan	15	3	6	6	15	21	−6	15
16	Foolad Yazd	15	2	7	6	10	21	−11	13	League 2 2017-18
17	Fajr Sepasi	15	1	5	9	10	20	−10	8
18	Est. Ahvaz	15	0	5	10	8	32	−24	5

Updated to games played on 1 December 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ALU

BAD

ESA

FJR

FOY

GOL

IRJ

KHE

KBK

MLV

MSR

NFT

NSJ

OXI

PJJ

RAH

MES

SEP

Aluminium Arak

0–1

1–0

2–3

1–1

1–0

0–0

0–0

Baadraan Tehran

3–1

1–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

0–0

0–1

Est. Ahvaz

0–3

1–1

1–1

0–0

1–3

2–2

0–1

Fajr Sepasi

0–2

0–1

2–0

0–0

0–1

0–0

2–2

1–2

Foolad Yazd

1–0

1–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

Gol Gohar

3–2

0–2

4–0

3–0

0–0

3–1

0–0

2–1

Iranjavan

3–3

2–1

0–0

3–2

2–2

1–2

1–1

3–1

Kheybar Khorramabad

0–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

0–1

0–2

0–0

Khooneh Be Khooneh

1–1

2–2

1–0

3–0

0–2

6–0

0–0

Malavan

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

Mes Rafsanjan

0–1

5–0

3–0

1–0

1–2

0–0

0–1

Naft Masjed Soleyman

1–1

2–0

1–1

3–0

1–2

0–0

3–0

0–0

Nassaji Mazandaran

3–0

3–0

3–3

3–1

1–2

2–1

1–1

0–0

Oxin Alborz

1–0

3–0

3–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

0–1

Pars Jonoubi Jam

1–0

2–0

0–0

1–0

0–2

0–2

1–1

Rah Ahan

0–0

0–1

3–0

0–2

2–0

3–0

0–0

Sanat Mes

2–2

2–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–1

Sepidrood

1–0

1–0

0–0

3–1

1–0

1–0

Updated to games played on 1 December 2016.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Clubs season-progress

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose
B	Bye
W/O	Withdrew

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
Aluminium Arak	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	L
Baadraan Tehran	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D
Est. Ahvaz	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L
Fajr Sepasi	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W
Foolad Yazd	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L
Gol Gohar	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W
Iranjavan	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	W
Kheybar Khorramabad	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W
Khooneh Be Khooneh	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L
Malavan	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D
Mes Rafsanjan	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D
Naft Masjed Soleyman	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W
Nassaji Mazandaran	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W
Oxin Alborz	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L		L
Pars Jonoubi Jam	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D
Rah Ahan	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D
Sanat Mes	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D
Sepidrood	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W		L

Last updated: 1 December 2016
Source:

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Nassaji	77,000	15,000	6,000	9,625	+7.7%^†
2	Sepidrood	32,000	8,000	3,000	5,333	n/a^†
3	Khooneh Be Khooneh	27,000	6,000	0	4,500	+32.1%^†
4	Malavan	23,543	7,000	1,000	2,943	−28.8%^†
5	Aluminium Arak	17,000	3,000	2,000	2,429	−29.8%^†
6	Kheybar	18,000	5,000	1,500	2,250	−69.6%^†
6	Naft MIS	18,000	4,000	1,500	2,250	+0.7%^†
8	Iranjavan	15,000	2,000	1,000	1,875	+6.4%^†
9	Gol Gohar	14,500	3,000	1,000	1,813	−9.3%^†
10	Fajr Sepasi	13,500	3,000	500	1,688	−58.1%^†
11	Pars Jonoubi Jam	11,250	3,000	250	1,607	n/a^†
12	Sanat Mes	9,100	2,000	600	1,138	−6.1%^†
13	Est. Ahvaz	3,900	1,500	0	780	−56.0%^†
14	Mes Rafsanjan	4,650	1,000	150	664	−27.2%^†
15	Foolad Yazd	3,800	1,000	0	633	+63.9%^†
16	Baadraan Tehran	4,700	1,500	200	588	n/a^†
17	Oxin Alborz	2,550	1,000	50	364	n/a^†
18	Rah Ahan	1,400	500	50	200	−94.3%^†
	League total	296,893	10,000	0	2,284	−10.7%^†

Updated to games played on 1 December 2016
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	2,000	A	2,000	A	3,000	A	A	3,000	A	3,000	A	2,000	A	2,000	A																				2,429
Baadraan Tehran	A	1,000	A	1,000	A	1,500	A	300	A	200	A	300	200	A	200																				588
Esteghlal Ahvaz	A	0	A	0	A	1,500	A	400	A	500	A	1,000	A	500	A																				780
Fajr Sepasi	A	2,000	A	3,000	A	500	A	3,000	500	A	500	A	1,000	A	3,000																				2,167
Foolad Yazd	200	A	1,000	A	700	A	700	A	A	200	A	1,000	A	0	A																				633
Gol Gohar	A	1,500	A	2,000	A	1,500	1,000	A	1,500	A	2,000	A	3,000	A	2,000																				1,813
Iranjavan	A	1,000	2,000	A	2,000	A	2,000	A	2,000	A	2,000	A	2,000	A	2,000																				1,875
Kheybar Khorramabad	A	2,000	A	5,000	A	2,000	A	2,000	A	1,500	A	1,500	A	3,000	1,000																				2,250
Khooneh Be Khooneh	6,000	A	4,000	A	A	5,000	A	3,000	A	4,000	A	5,000	A	0	A																				4,500
Malavan	A	1,500	A	7,000	A	3,000	A	5,000	A	1,403	1,000	A	3,000	A	1,640																				2,943
Mes Rafsanjan	A	1,000	A	500	A	1,000	A	1,000	A	500	A	150	A	500	A																				664
Naft Masjed Soleyman	1,500	A	2,000	A	4,000	A	3,500	A	2,000	A	1,000	A	2,000	A	2,000																				2,250
Nassaji Mazandaran	A	6,000	A	10,000	7,000	A	8,000	A	12,000	A	15,000	A	9,000	A	10,000																				9,625
Oxin Alborz	500	A	50	A	1,000	A	300	A	300	A	200	A	200	A	A																				364
Pars Jonoubi Jam	700	A	A	3,000	A	2,000	A	250	A	2,000	A	1,500	A	1,800	A																				1,607
Rah Ahan	300	A	100	A	100	A	50	A	150	A	500	A	A	200	A																				200
Sanat Mes	2,000	A	1,000	A	1,000	A	1,000	A	1,000	A	1,500	A	600	A	1,000																				1,138
Sepidrood	5,000	A	5,000	A	7,000	A	3,000	A	8,000	A	A	4,000	A	-	A																				5,333
Total	18,200	16,000	17,150	31,500	25,800	18,000	19,550	17,950	27,450	13,303	23,700	16,450	21,000	8,000	22,840																				296,893
Average	2,022	2,000	1,906	3,938	2,867	2,000	2,172	1,994	3,050	1,478	2,633	1,828	2,333	1,600	2,538																				2,284

Notes:
Updated to games played on December 1, 2016. Source: lig1.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Baadraan Tehran played their matches against Mes Rafsanjan and Nassaji Mazandaran at Vezarat Kar
Fajr Sepasi played their match against Khooneh Be Khooneh at Shahid Dastgheib

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Week	Stadium
1	Nassaji Mazandaran	1–2	Khooneh Be Khooneh	15,000	October 23, 2016	10	Vatani
2	Nassaji Mazandaran	3–0	Esteghlal Ahvaz	12,000	October 7, 2016	9	Vatani
3	Nassaji Mazandaran	0–0	Mes Kerman	10,000	August 26, 2016	4	Vatani
3	Nassaji Mazandaran	3–0	Foolad Yazd	10,000	December 1, 2016	15	Vatani
5	Nassaji Mazandaran	1–1	Pars Jonoubi Jam	9,000	November 13, 2016	13	Vatani
6	Nassaji Mazandaran	3–1	Kheybar Khorramabad	8,000	September 17, 2016	7	Vatani
6	Sepidrood	1–0	Mes Rafsanjan	8,000	October 7, 2016	9	Dr. Azodi
8	Malavan	1–0	Sepidrood	7,000	August 26, 2016	4	Takhti Anzali
8	Nassaji Mazandaran	3–3	Gol Gohar Sirjan	7,000	September 2, 2016	5	Vatani
8	Sepidrood	3–1	Khooneh Be Khooneh	7,000	September 2, 2016	5	Dr. Azodi

Notes:
Updated to games played on December 1, 2016. Source: lig1.ir

See also

• Persian Gulf Pro League 2016–17
• Iran Football's 2nd Division 2016–17
• Hazfi Cup 2016–17
• Iranian Super Cup
• Futsal Super League 2016–17

References

1. http://hodana.ir/fa/news/523535/لیگ-دسته-اول-فوتبال-فولاد-یزد-ایرانجوان-بوشهر-را-شکست-داد
2. http://fckhoonehbekhooneh.com/content/743/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B3-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%B4%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84