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
TeamCityVenueCapacity 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 Bahonar15,430 Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Shohadaye Noushabad 5,000 Naft Masjed Soleyman Masjed Soleyman Behnam Mohammadi8,000 Nassaji Mazandaran Qaem Shahr Vatani 15,000 Parseh Tehran Tehran Kargaran 5,000 PAS Hamedan Hamedan Qods8,000 Paykan Tehran Shahre Qods25,000 Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan22,000 Shahrdari Ardabil Ardabil Ali Daei Takhti Ardabil20,0003,000
League table
Results
Clubs season-progress
Attendance
Average home attendance
Highest attendance Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium1 Machine Sazi 3–0Mes Rafsanjan 15,500 37 Sahand2 Nassaji 1–1Machine Sazi 15,000 15 VataniSanat Naft 2–1Fajr Sepasi 15,000 38 Takhti Abadan4 Nassaji 1–0Khooneh be Khooneh 14,500 4 Vatani5 Nassaji 1–4Sanat Naft 12,100 22 Vatani6 Nassaji 0–2Fajr Sepasi 12,000 10 Vatani7 Nassaji 1–1PAS Hamedan 10,000 6 VataniKheybar Khorramabad 1–2Fajr Sepasi 10,000 16 Takhti KhorramabadNassaji 1–0Mes Kerman 10,000 26 VataniMachine Sazi 1–0Nassaji 10,000 34 Bagh Shomal Notes:Updated to games played on 16 May 2016. Source: lig1.ir
See also 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League 2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2015–16 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2015–16 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup 2015–16 Iranian Futsal Super League
References