2016–17 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Pars Jonoubi Jam; 1st Azadegan League title
Promoted	Pars Jonoubi Jam ; Sepidrood
Relegated	Kheybar Khorramabad ; Foolad Yazd ; Esteghlal Ahvaz
Matches played	306
Goals scored	622 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohammad Abbaszadeh ; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Khooneh be Khooneh 6–0 Rah Ahan; (23 September 2016)
Biggest away win	Est. Ahvaz 1–5 Mes Kerman; (31 January 2017)
Highest scoring	Mes Rafsanjan 6–1 Kheybar Khorramabad; (7 December 2016)
Longest winning run	4 matches ; Malavan ; Pars Jonoubi Jam
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches ; Pars Jonoubi Jam
Longest winless run	34 matches ; Esteghlal Ahvaz
Longest losing run	8 matches ; Esteghlal Ahvaz
Highest attendance	20,000; Sepidrood – Nassaji ; (1 May 2017)
Lowest attendance	0 (spectator ban) ; Est. Ahvaz – Aluminium Arak ; (13 August 2016) ; Est. Ahvaz – Foolad Yazd ; (26 August 2016) ; Foolad Yazd – Iranjavan ; (23 November 2016) ; Khooneh be Khooneh – Mes Kerman ; (23 November 2016) ; Khooneh be Khooneh – Malavan ; (7 December 2016) ; Foolad Yazd – Fajr Sepasi ; (7 December 2016) ; Khooneh be Khooneh – Mes Rafsanjan ; (13 January 2017) ; Foolad Yazd – Baadraan ; (13 January 2017) ; Sepidrood – Est. Ahvaz ; (21 February 2017) ; Naft MIS – Sepidrood ; (30 March 2017) ; Nassaji – Baadraan Tehran ; (30 March 2017) ; Khooneh be Khooneh – Gol Gohar ; (5 April 2017) ; Nassaji – Rah Ahan ; (24 April 2017) ; Khooneh be Khooneh – Kheybar ; (1 May 2017)
Total attendance	771,193
Average attendance	2,650
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The 2016–17 Azadegan League was the 26th season of the Azadegan League and 16th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 12 teams from the 2015–16 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League: Malavan, Rah Ahan and Esteghlal Ahvaz and three new teams promoted from the 2015–16 League 2: Oxin Alborz and Sepidrood Rasht both as champions and Pars Jonoubi Jam. Baadraan Tehran replaced Parseh Tehran. The league started on 7 August 2016 and ended on 1 May 2017. Pars Jonoubi Jam won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Pars Jonoubi Jam and Sepidrood Rasht promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League. Mohammad Abbaszadeh, from Nassaji Mazandaran, was the top scorer with 24 goals.

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