The 2026–27 Azadegan League is the 36th season of the Azadegan League and the 26th season of the competition since its establishment in 1991. The league has been held as the second tier of Iranian football since 2001.
The season features 12 teams from the 2025–26 Azadegan League, one team relegated from the 2025–26 Persian Gulf Pro League, Mes Rafsanjan, and three newly promoted teams from the 2025–26 League 2: Foolad Novin Khuzestan, the League 2 champions, Naft Masjed Soleyman, the League 2 runners-up, and Shahin Bandar Ameri, the winners of the League 2 play-off.
Teams
Promoted from 2024–25 League 2 Relegated from 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League New teams Foolad Novin (promoted for the third time in its history)Naft Masjed Soleyman (returned to the Azadegan League after one season)Shahin Bandar Ameri Mes Rafsanjan (relegated after two seasons in the Persian Gulf Pro League) Relegated to 2026–27 League 2 Promoted to 2026–27 Persian Gulf Pro League Previous season's teams Shahrdari NowshahrNavad UrmiaDamash Gilan Nassaji Mazandaran (promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League after one season in the Azadegan League)Mes Shahr-e Babak (the club's first promotion to the Persian Gulf Pro League)
Stadia and locations
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityArio EslamshahrEslamshahrShuhada-ye Eslamshahr Stadium7,000Be'satKermanshahAzadi Stadium7,000FardKarajEnghelab Stadium13,600Foolad BAhvazFoolad Khuzestan Stadium3,000HavadarTehranDastgerdi Stadium8,250Kara GostarShabestarShahid Bakeri Stadium15,000Mes KermanKermanShohadaye Mes Kerman Stadium30,000Mes RafsanjanRafsanjanMes Rafsanjan Stadium10,000Naft GachsaranGachsaranShohadaye Naft Gachsaran Stadium7,000Naft Masjed SoleymanMasjed SoleymanBehnam Mohammadi Stadium8,000Niroye ZaminiTehranGhadir Stadium2,500Palayesh NaftBandar AbbasKhalij Fars Stadium10,000Pars JonoubiJamTakhti Stadium15,000QeshmQeshmPip Posht Qeshm Stadium5,000SaipaTehranDastgerdi Stadium8,250Shahin Bandar AmeriBandar AmeriShahid Mahdavi Stadium15,000
League table
Managers
+ Teams competing in the season Team Manager Team ManagerArio EslamshahrVahid BayatlooBe'sat KermanshahMohammad MirtorabiPars Jonoubi JamMehdi RajabzadehPalayesh Naft Bandar AbbasEbrahim SadeghiJazireh QeshmMojtaba JabbariSaipaGholamreza EnayatiShahin Bandar AmeriReza RabieiFard AlborzFarid Safaei-FardFoolad Novin KhuzestanAyoub ValiKaragosterAhad RostamiMes RafsanjanFarshad PiousMes KermanFarzad HosseinkhaniNaft Masjed SoleymanMehdi PashazadehNaft-o-Gaz GachsaranSamad MarfaviNirooye ZaminiAmir AbhariHavadar
References