1996–97 Azadegan League

The 1996–97 Azadegan League was the sixth season of the Azadegan League, Iran's top-level professional football league at the time, that was won by the defending champions Persepolis. The following is the final results of the Azadegan League's 1996–97 football season.

Azadegan League

Season	1996–97
Champions	Persepolis
Relegated	Machine Sazi Malavan Shamoushak Keshavarz
Asian Club Championship	Persepolis
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Bargh Shiraz
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta 18 (Bahman)
Biggest home win	Persepolis 5-0 Shamoushak
Highest scoring	Persepolis 5–3 Malavan
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	17	8	5	52	24	+28	59	Qualification for the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship
2	Bahman	30	15	8	7	49	32	+17	53
3	Sepahan	30	14	8	8	37	29	+8	50
4	PAS Tehran	30	11	15	4	37	22	+15	48
5	Sanat Naft	30	11	9	10	37	38	−1	42
6	Esteghlal	30	11	8	11	42	39	+3	41
7	Payam Mashhad	30	9	13	8	37	37	0	40
8	Bargh Shiraz	30	11	6	13	26	27	−1	39	Qualification for the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners Cup
9	Est. Ahvaz	30	8	14	8	40	38	+2	38
10	Zob Ahan	30	7	16	7	30	28	+2	37
11	Tractor Sazi	30	8	13	9	28	29	−1	37
12	Polyacryl	30	9	10	11	30	34	−4	37
13	Machine Sazi (R)	30	10	5	15	30	52	−22	35	Relegation to 1997–98 Iran 2nd Division
14	Malavan (R)	30	8	9	13	32	41	−9	33
15	Shamoushak (R)	30	8	8	14	34	52	−18	32
16	Keshavarz (R)	30	3	10	17	19	41	−22	19

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions
Persepolis

Summary

• Iranian football champions: Persepolis
• Relegated: Machine Sazi, Malavan, Shamoushak, Keshavarz
• Promoted: Fajr Sepasi, Saipa, Foolad, Shahrdari Tabriz

Player statistics

Top goal scorers

Ali Asghar Modir Roosta

18

• Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (Bahman)

References