2023–24 Azadegan League

The 2023–24 Azadegan League is the 33nd season of the Azadegan League and 23rd as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991.^[1][2] The season will start with 13 teams from the 2022–23 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League: Mes Kerman and Naft Masjed Soleyman and three new teams promoted from the 2022–23 League 2: Manategh Naftkhiz Jonoub, Mes Sungun and Damash Gilan as champion, runner-up and third placed team respectively.^[3] Also Shahre Raz Shiraz bought Arman Gohar Sirjan and will participate as a new team in Azadegam League.^[4] After week 14, the contract between Khalij Fars Mahshahr and Shahin Bandar Ameri terminated and Shahin replaced Khalij Fars for the remaining matches.^[5][6]

Azadegan League

Season	2023–24
Champions	Kheybar Khorramabad
Promoted	Kheybar Khorramabad Chadormalou Ardakan
Matches played	222
Goals scored	411 (1.85 per match)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

Sh. Astara

Darya

Ario

Mes Sh Babak

Kheybar

Saipa

Fajr Sepasi
Shahr Raz

Mes Kerman

Damash

Manategh Naftkhiz

Mes Sungun

Pars Jonoubi

Shahin Ameri

Khooshe Talaei

Naft MIS

Est. Mollasani

Chadormalou

Locations of clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Chadormalou Ardakan	Ardakan	Shahid Nassiri	15,000
Damash Gilan	Rasht
Darya Babol	Babol	Haft-e Tir	6,000
Esteghlal Mollasani	Ahvaz	Takhti	10,000
Naft Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman	Shahid Behnam Mohammadi Stadium	8,000
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz	Shiraz	Pars	50,000
Kheybar Khorramabad	Khorramabad	Takhti	8,900
Khooshe Talaei	Mashhad	Imam Reza Stadium
Manategh Nafkhiz Jonoob	Gachsaran
Mes Kerman	Kerman
Mes Sungun Azerbaijan	Tabriz
Mes Shahr-e Babak	Sirjan
Pars Jonoubi Jam	Jam	Takhti	15,000
Saipa	Tehran	Shahid Dastgerdi	8,250
Shahr Raz Shiraz	Shiraz
Shahin Bandar Ameri	Ameri, Tangestan
Shahrdari Astara	Astara
Ario Eslamshahr	Eslamshahr

Number of teams by region

	Region	Number of teams	Teams
1	Khuzestan	2	Esteghlal Molasani, Naft Masjed Soleyman
2	Fars	2	Fajr Sepasi, Shahr Raz
3	Gilan	2	Damash, Shahrdari Astara
4	Kerman	2	Mes Kerman, Mes Shahr-e Babak
5	Bushehr	2	Pars Jonoubi, Shahin Bandar Ameri
6	Tehran	2	Saipa, Ario
7	East Azerbaijan	1	Mes Sungun
8	Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	1	Manategh Naftkhiz Jonoob
9	Lorestan	1	Kheybar
10	Markazi	1	Khooshe Talaei Saveh
11	Mazandaran	1	Darya Babol
12	Yazd	1	Chadormalou

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kheybar Khorramabad (C, P)	34	25	2	7	59	25	+34	77	Promotion to 2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League
2	Chadormalou Ardakan (P)	34	22	7	5	47	20	+27	73[a]
3	Fajr Sepasi Shiraz	34	22	7	5	50	17	+33	73[a]
4	Naft Masjed Soleyman	34	16	13	5	47	29	+18	61
5	Saipa	34	13	11	10	35	28	+7	50
6	Mes Kerman	34	11	15	8	28	24	+4	48
7	Ario Eslamshahr	34	11	13	10	28	28	0	46
8	Mes Shahr Babak	34	11	11	12	32	26	+6	44
9	Pars Jonoubi Jam	34	11	10	13	33	42	−9	43[b]
10	Naft va Gaz Gachsaran	34	10	13	11	35	26	+9	43[b]
11	Mes Sungun Azerbaijan	34	11	10	13	27	34	−7	43[b]
12	Esteghlal Molasani[c]	34	10	13	11	26	33	−7	40
13	Shahr Raz Shiraz	34	8	12	14	25	34	−9	36
14	Shahrdari Astara	34	9	6	19	22	44	−22	33
15	Damash Gilan	34	7	11	16	32	45	−13	32
16	Darya Babol (R)	34	6	13	15	30	41	−11	31	Relegation to 2nd Division
17	Shahin Bandar Ameri (R)	34	6	9	19	21	51	−30	27
18	Khooshe Talaee (R)	34	6	6	22	17	47	−30	24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played). ^[8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Chadormalou Ardakan finished ahead of Fajr Sepasi Shiraz on head-to-head points: Fajr Sepasi Shiraz 0–1 Chadormalou Ardakan, Chadormalou Ardakan 3–0 Fajr Sepasi Shiraz
2. Pars Jonoubi Jam finished ahead of Naft va Gaz Gachsaran and Mes Sungun Azerbaijan on head-to-head points: Pars Jonoubi Jam 7, Naft va Gaz Gachsaran 5, Mes Sungun Azerbaijan 3
3. Esteghlal Molasani was deducted 3 points due to absence in the last week match in previous season.^[7]

Results

Home \ Away	ARI	CHA	DAM	DAR	ESM	FJR	SHA	KHE	KTS	MNJ	MES	MSB	MSV	MIS	PAR	SAP	SHR	SRS
Ario Bam Eslamshahr	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Chadormalou Ardakan	0–0	—	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0
Damash Gilan	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0
Darya Babol	1–2	0–3	2–0	—	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	0–0
Esteghlal Mollasani	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	—	0–3[a]	0–1	2–6	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	—	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Shahin Bandar Ameri	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	—	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	2–1
Kheybar Khorramabad	4–1	2–1	3–0	4–3	2–0	2–1	3–0	—	5–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Khooshe Talaei Saveh	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–0		0–2	1–1	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–3	2–3	0–1
Manategh Nafkhiz Jonoob	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–3	3–0	0–1
Mes Kerman	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	4–2
Mes Shahr Babak	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0
Mes Sungun Varzaghan	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1
Naft Masjed Soleyman	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1
Pars Jonoubi Jam	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	0–1
Saipa	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	—	0–1	2–1
Shahrdari Astara	3–2		1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–2
Shahr Raz Shiraz	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Disciplinary

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

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
Ario Bam Eslamshahr	3	5	4	5	8	8	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	12	8	10	12	12	9	9	9	8	6*	6	6*
Chadormalou Ardakan	3	6	6	3	3	2	2	4	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Damash Gilan	10	15	15	17	17	18	16	17	17	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	18	17	18	16
Darya Babol	11	13	13	14	16	17	18	18	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	18	16	17
Esteghlal Mollasani	18	18	16	13	15	15	14	12	13	11	13	11	9	11	13	13	11	11	13	10	11	11	11	12	12
Fajr Sepasi Shiraz	11	8	9	10	6	4	4	3	1	2	1	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Shahin Bandar Ameri	17	17	18	18	18	14	17	16	18	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	15
Kheybar Khorramabad	11	10	11	9	5	3	3	1	2	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Khooshe Talaei Saveh	11	16	12	12	14	16	13	15	16	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18
Manategh Nafkhiz Jonoob	3	4	5	7	10	9	7	5	4	5	6	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7*	7	7*
Mes Kerman	2	9	10	11	12	13	15	14	11	12	9	8	8	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	9
Mes Shahr Babak	11	13	17	15	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	13	12	12	9	10	10	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Mes Sungun Varzaghan	1	1	1	1	2	5	6	8	9	9	11	12	10	7	11	12	13	13	11	12	10	10	10	8	8
Naft Masjed Soleyman	3	6	8	6	8	10	9	9	7	8	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Pars Jonoubi Jam	3	3	3	4	7	6	8	6	8	6	7	9	12	9	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	9	9	10	10
Saipa	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Shahrdari Astara	11	12	13	15	13	12	12	13	14	13	10	13	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Shahr Raz Shiraz	9	11	7	8	4	7	5	7	6	7	8	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	10	11	13	13	13	13	13

	Leader :2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League
	2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League
	Relegation to 2024–25 League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2024 (2024-04-03). Source: Iran Football League Organization

See also

• 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League
• 2023–24 2nd Division
• 2023–24 3rd Division
• 2023–24 Hazfi Cup
• 2023 Iranian Super Cup

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