# 2015–16 Azadegan League

The 2015–16 Azadegan League was the 25th season of the Azadegan League and 15th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 15 teams from the 2014–15 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League (Paykan and Naft Masjed Soleyman) and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 League 2 (Aluminium Arak as champions and Kheybar Khorramabad). Khooneh be Khooneh replaced Bahman Shiraz while Machine Sazi replaced Shahrdari Tabriz. The league started on 17 August 2015 and ended on 16 May 2016. Paykan won the Azadegan League title for the second time in their history. Paykan, Machine Sazi and Sanat Naft were promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
| Aluminium Arak | Arak | Imam Khomeini | 15,000 |
| Aluminium Hormozgan | Bandar Abbas | Persian Gulf | 20,000 |
| Damash Gilan | Rasht | Dr. Azodi | 11,000 |
| Fajr Sepasi | Shiraz | Hafezieh | 15,000 |
| Foolad Yazd | Yazd | Shahid Nassiri | 6,000 |
| Giti Pasand | Isfahan | Daneshgah Azad | 9,000 |
| Gol Gohar | Sirjan | Gol Gohar Sport Complex | 3,200 |
| Iranjavan | Bushehr | Shahid Beheshti | 15,000 |
| Kheybar Khorramabad | Khorramabad | Takhti Khorramabad | 10,000 |
| Khooneh be Khooneh | Babol | Haft-e Tir | 6,000 |
| Machine Sazi | Tabriz | Bagh Shomal | 20,000 |
| Mes Kerman | Kerman | Shahid Bahonar | 15,430 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | Rafsanjan | Shohadaye Noushabad | 5,000 |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | Masjed Soleyman | Behnam Mohammadi | 8,000 |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | Qaem Shahr | Vatani | 15,000 |
| Parseh Tehran | Tehran | Kargaran | 5,000 |
| PAS Hamedan | Hamedan | Qods | 8,000 |
| Paykan | Tehran | Shahre Qods | 25,000 |
| Sanat Naft | Abadan | Takhti Abadan | 22,000 |
| Shahrdari Ardabil | Ardabil | Ali Daei Takhti Ardabil | 20,000 3,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Paykan (C, P) | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 70 | Promotion to 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 2 | Machine Sazi (P) | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 63 | Promotion to 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 3 | Sanat Naft (P) | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 62 | Promotion to 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 4 | Fajr Sepasi | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 60 | |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 58 | |
| 6 | Khooneh be Khooneh | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 58 | |
| 7 | Mes Kerman | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 55 | |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 53 | |
| 9 | Aluminium Arak | 38 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 50 | |
| 10 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 48 | |
| 11 | Gol Gohar | 38 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 47 | |
| 12 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 47 | |
| 13 | Iranjavan | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 45 | |
| 14 | Foolad Yazd | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 44 | |
| 15 | Parseh Tehran | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 42 | |
| 16 | PAS Hamedan (R) | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 42 | Relegation to 2016–17 2nd Division |
| 17 | Sh. Ardabil (R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 40 | Relegation to 2016–17 2nd Division |
| 18 | Giti Pasand (R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 39 | Relegation to 2016–17 2nd Division |
| 19 | Damash (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 37 | Relegation to 2016–17 2nd Division |
| 20 | Aluminium Hormozgan (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 32 | Relegation to 2016–17 2nd Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALU | ALH | DMG | FJR | FOY | SGP | GOL | IRJ | KHE | KBK | MST | MSR | NFT | NSJ | PAT | PAS | PAY | MES | SNA | SHA |
| Aluminium Arak | | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Aluminium Hormozgan | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 |
| Damash | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Fajr Sepasi | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Foolad Yazd | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Giti Pasand | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Gol Gohar | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Iranjavan | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Kheybar Khorramabad | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 |
| Khooneh be Khooneh | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Machine Sazi | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Parseh Tehran | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| PAS Hamedan | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Paykan | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Mes Kerman | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Sanat Naft | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 5–0 |
| Sh. Ardabil | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |

## Clubs season-progress

| 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Aluminium Arak | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W |
| Aluminium Hormozgan | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D |
| Damash | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | D |
| Fajr Sepasi | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | L |
| Foolad Yazd | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Giti Pasand | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | L |
| Gol Gohar | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | W |
| Iranjavan | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L |
| Kheybar | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L |
| Khooneh be Khooneh | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | D |
| Machine Sazi | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L |
| Mes Rafsanjan | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W |
| Mes Kerman | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L |
| Naft MIS | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L |
| Nassaji | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W |
| Parseh Tehran | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D |
| PAS Hamedan | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W |
| Paykan | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | D |
| Sanat Naft | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Sh. Ardabil | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | D |

## Attendance
### Average home attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Nassaji | 116,100 | 15,000 | 0 | 8,931 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Kheybar | 103,800 | 10,000 | 0 | 7,414 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Fajr Sepasi | 64,550 | 8,000 | 3,000 | 4,034 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Sanat Naft | 65,300 | 15,000 | 200 | 3,628 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Machine Sazi | 52,450 | 15,500 | 150 | 3,497 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Aluminium Arak | 48,500 | 5,000 | 2,000 | 3,464 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Khooneh be Khooneh | 54,500 | 5,000 | 500 | 3,406 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Damash | 43,750 | 8,250 | 500 | 2,917 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Naft MIS | 31,264 | 5,100 | 0 | 2,233 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Sh. Ardabil | 34,390 | 6,000 | 500 | 2,149 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Gol Gohar | 32,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Iranjavan | 31,700 | 3,500 | 700 | 1,761 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | PAS Hamedan | 17,500 | 3,000 | 900 | 1,346 | n/a$^†$ |
| 14 | Mes Kerman | 20,600 | 7,000 | 50 | 1,212 | n/a$^†$ |
| 15 | Mes Rafsanjan | 14,600 | 2,000 | 200 | 913 | n/a$^†$ |
| 16 | Aluminium Hormozgan | 10,000 | 2,000 | 100 | 667 | n/a$^†$ |
| 17 | Foolad Yazd | 6,178 | 1,500 | 150 | 386 | n/a$^†$ |
| 18 | Paykan | 6,300 | 1,000 | 50 | 371 | n/a$^†$ |
| 19 | Giti Pasand | 6,249 | 1,500 | 50 | 368 | n/a$^†$ |
| 20 | Parseh Tehran | 2,039 | 300 | 49 | 120 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 761,770 | 15,500 | 0 | 2,539 | n/a$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 16 May 2016 Source: lig1.ir Notes: Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances Not all matches are included in average attendances Naft MIS and Paykan played last season in Persian Gulf Pro League Aluminium Arak, Kheybar Khorramabad and Khooneh Be Khooneh played last season in League 2

### Highest attendance

| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium |
| 1 | Machine Sazi | 3–0 | Mes Rafsanjan | 15,500 | 10 May 2016 (2016-05-10) | 37 | Sahand |
| 2 | Nassaji | 1–1 | Machine Sazi | 15,000 | 16 November 2015 (2015-11-16) | 15 | Vatani |
| 2 | Sanat Naft | 2–1 | Fajr Sepasi | 15,000 | 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) | 38 | Takhti Abadan |
| 4 | Nassaji | 1–0 | Khooneh be Khooneh | 14,500 | 4 September 2015 (2015-09-04) | 4 | Vatani |
| 5 | Nassaji | 1–4 | Sanat Naft | 12,100 | 20 January 2016 (2016-01-20) | 22 | Vatani |
| 6 | Nassaji | 0–2 | Fajr Sepasi | 12,000 | 13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) | 10 | Vatani |
| 7 | Nassaji | 1–1 | PAS Hamedan | 10,000 | 16 September 2015 (2015-09-16) | 6 | Vatani |
| 7 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 1–2 | Fajr Sepasi | 10,000 | 23 November 2015 (2015-11-23) | 16 | Takhti Khorramabad |
| 7 | Nassaji | 1–0 | Mes Kerman | 10,000 | 14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) | 26 | Vatani |
| 7 | Machine Sazi | 1–0 | Nassaji | 10,000 | 18 April 2016 (2016-04-18) | 34 | Bagh Shomal |
Notes: Updated to games played on 16 May 2016. Source: lig1.ir