# 2022–23 Azadegan League

The 2022–23 Azadegan League was the 32nd season of the Azadegan League and 22nd as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season started on 11 October 2022 with 13 teams from the 2021–22 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League (Shahr Khodro and Fajr Sepasi) and three new teams promoted from the 2021–22 League 2 (Chooka, Shahin Bandar Ameri and Van Pars Naghshe Jahan as champion, runner-up and third-placed team, respectively). These changes had taken effect before the season:
| Team | Replaced team |
| Shahin Bandar Ameri | Khalij Fars Mahshahr |
| Qashqai Shiraz | Chadormalou Ardakan |

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Arman Gohar Sirjan | Sirjan | Takhti Stadium | 5,000 |
| Chadormalou Ardakan | Ardakan | | |
| Chooka Talesh | Talesh | | |
| Esteghlal Mollasani | Ahvaz | Takhti | 38,900 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Takhti | 38,900 |
| Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | Shiraz | Pars | 50,000 |
| Kheybar Khorramabad | Khorramabad | Takhti | 8,900 |
| Khooshe Talaei Saveh | Saveh | Shahid Chamran | 3,000 |
| Mes Shahr-e Babak | Sirjan | | |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | Jam | Takhti | 15,000 |
| Rayka Babol | Babol | Haft-e Tir | 6,000 |
| Saipa | Tehran | Shahid Dastgerdi | |
| Khalij Fars Mahshahr | Bandar-e Mahshahr | | |
| Omid Vahdat | Mashhad | Samen | 35,000 |
| Shams Azar Qazvin | Qazvin | | |
| Shahrdari Astara | Astara | Vahdat | |
| Shahrdari Hamedan | Hamedan | | |
| Van Pars Nasghshe Jahan | Isfahan | | |

### Number of teams by region

| | Region | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Khuzestan | 3 | Esteghlal Khuzestan, Esteghlal Molasani, Khalij Fars Mahshahr |
| 2 | Gilan | 2 | Chooka, Shahrdari Astara |
| 3 | Kerman | 2 | Arman Gohar Sirjan, Mes Shahr-e Babak |
| 4 | Bushehr | 1 | Pars Jonoubi |
| 5 | Fars | 1 | Fajr Sepasi |
| 6 | Hamadan | 1 | Shahrdari Hamedan |
| 7 | Isfahan | 1 | Van Pars |
| 8 | Khorasan Razavi | 1 | Omid Vahdat |
| 9 | Lorestan | 1 | Kheybar |
| 10 | Markazi | 1 | Khooshe Talaei Saveh |
| 11 | Mazandaran | 1 | Rayka Babol |
| 12 | Qazvin | 1 | Shams Azar |
| 13 | Tehran | 1 | Saipa |
| 14 | Yazd | 1 | Chadormalou |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Shams Azar Qazvin (C, P) | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 70 | Promotion to 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 2 | Esteghlal Khuzestan (P) | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 57 | Promotion to 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League |
| 3 | Saipa | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 55 | |
| 4 | Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 53 | |
| 5 | Kheybar Khorramabad | 32 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 52 | |
| 6 | Mes Shahr Babak | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 45 | |
| 7 | Chadormalou Ardakan | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 45 | |
| 8 | Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 45 | |
| 9 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 43 | |
| 10 | Darya Babol | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 32 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 37 | |
| 12 | Khooshe Talaei Saveh | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Arman Gohar | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 33 | |
| 14 | Shahrdari Astara | 32 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 30 | |
| 15 | Khalij Fars Mahshahr | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 29 | |
| 16 | Shahrdari Hamedan (R) | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 28 | Relegation to 2nd Division |
| 17 | Chooka Talesh (R) | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 22 | Relegation to 2nd Division |
| 18 | Omid Vahdat (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2023–24 3rd Division 2nd Stage |
* 1 2 3 Mes Shahr Babak,Chadormalou Ardakan and Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan are ranked by head-to-head points: Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan 0–0 Mes Shahr Babak, Chadormalou Ardakan 2-0 Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan, Mes Shahr Babak2-0 Chadormalou Ardakan, Mes Shahr Babak 2–0 Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan, Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan 0-2 Chadormalou Ardakan, Chadormalou Ardakan 1-1 Mes Shahr Babak. Mes Shahr Babak 9 points, Chadormalou Ardakan 8 points, Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan 1 point.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARM | CHA | CHT | DAR | ESK | ESM | FJR | KFM | KHE | KTS | MSB | OVM | PAR | SAP | SHR | SHH | SAQ | VPN |
| Arman Gohar | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Chadormalou Ardakan | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Chooka Talesh | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3-0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Darya Babol | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | 5–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Esteghlal Mollasani | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 11-0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Khalij Fars Mahshahr | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Kheybar Khorramabad | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Khooshe Talaei Saveh | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1-0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Mes Shahr Babak | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Omid Vahdat | 0-7 | | | 0-6 | | 0-3 | | 0-5 | | | 0-3 | — | | | | | | |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Saipa | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Shahrdari Astara | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Shahrdari Hamedan | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7-0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Shams Azar Qazvin | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 |
| Van Pars Naghsh-e-Jahan | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — |