2015–16 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season 2015–16
Champions Paykan
Promoted Paykan
Machine Sazi
Sanat Naft
Relegated Aluminium Hormozgan
Damash
Giti Pasand
Shahrdari Ardabil
PAS Hamedan
Matches played 380
Goals scored 796 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorer Hamid Kazemi
(16 goals)
Biggest home win Parseh 5–0 Pas Hamedan
(14 February 2016)
Sanat Naft 5–0 Sh. Ardabil
(3 May 2016)
Biggest away win Iranjavan 0–3 Kheybar
(30 November 2015)
Highest scoring Foolad Yazd 3–5 Parseh
(14 January 2016)
Longest winning run 6 matches
Fajr Shiraz
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
Paykan
Naft MIS
Longest winless run 18 matches
Aluminium Hormozgan
Longest losing run 9 matches
Aluminium Hormozgan
Highest attendance 22,000
Sanat NaftFajr Sepasi
(16 May 2016)
Lowest attendance 0 (spectator ban)
Naft MIS Paykan
(4 September 2015)
Naft MIS Mes Kerman
(16 September 2015)
Kheybar Aluminium Arak
(28 September 2015)
Kheybar Khooneh Be Khooneh
(12 October 2015)
Nassaji Damash
(29 February 2016)
Nassaji Parseh Tehran
(11 April 2016)
Total attendance 768,770
Average attendance 2,560

2015–16 Azadegan League was the 15th season of Azadegan League since its establishment in 2001. The season featured 15 teams from the 2014–15 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2014–15 Iran Pro League: Paykan and Naft Masjed Soleyman and three new teams promoted from the 2nd Division 2014–15: Aluminium Arak as Group A champions and Bahman Shiraz as Group B champions (Khooneh Be Khooneh bought Azadegan League license of Bahman Shiraz) and Kheybar Khorramabad as play-off winner.[1][2]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City Venue Capacity
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 3,000
Iranjavan Bushehr Shahid Beheshti 15,000
Kheybar Khorramabad Khorramabad Takhti Khorramabad 10,000
Khooneh Be Khooneh Babol Haft-e Tir 5,000
Machine Sazi Tabriz Bagh Shomal 20,000
Mes Rafsanjan Rafsanjan Shohadaye Noushabad 10,000
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 Mes Kerman Shahid Bahonar15,430
Sanat Naft Abadan Takhti Abadan22,000
Shahrdari Ardabil Ardabil Ali Daei
Takhti Ardabil
20,000
3,000

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
1 Kerman3Gol Gohar, Mes Rafsanjan, Sanat Mes
2 Tehran2Parseh, Paykan
3 Khuzestan2Naft Masjed Soleyman, Sanat Naft
4 Mazandaran2Khooneh Be Khooneh, Nassaji Mazandaran
5 East Azerbaijan1Machine Sazi
6 Bushehr1Iranjavan
7 Isfahan1Giti Pasand
8 Gilan1Damash
9 Hormozgan1Aluminium Hormozgan
10 Fars1Fajr Sepasi
11 Hamedan1PAS Hamedan
12 Markazi1Aluminium Arak
13 Lorestan1Kheybar Khorramabad
14 Ardabil1Shahrdari Ardabil
15 Yazd1Foolad Yazd

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Paykan (C) (P) 38 18 16 4 50 29+21 70 Promotion to Persian Gulf Pro League 2016-17
2 Machine Sazi (P) 38 16 15 7 53 36+17 63
3 Sanat Naft (P) 38 16 14 8 51 38+13 62
4 Fajr Sepasi 38 16 12 10 39 28+11 60
5 Mes Rafsanjan 38 14 16 8 44 35+9 58
6 Khoneh Be Khoneh 38 14 16 8 39 34+5 58
7 Sanat Mes 38 14 13 11 37 33+4 55
8 Nassaji Mazandaran 38 14 11 13 39 401 53
9 Aluminium Arak 38 10 20 8 47 41+6 50
10 Naft Masjed Soleyman 38 10 18 10 39 390 48
11 Gol Gohar 38 9 20 9 35 34+1 47
12 Kheybar Khorramabad 38 11 14 13 42 464 47
13 Iranjavan 38 11 12 15 42 5412 45
14 Foolad Yazd 38 10 14 14 31 387 44
15 Parseh Tehran 38 8 18 12 44 473 42
16 Pas Hamedan (R) 38 10 12 16 34 406 42 Relegation to 2016–17 2nd Division
17 Sh. Ardabil (R) 38 9 13 16 43 496 40
18 Giti Pasand (R) 38 8 15 15 26 4115 39
19 Damash (R) 38 8 13 17 29 4314 37
20 Aluminium (R) 38 6 14 18 32 5119 32

Updated to games played on 19 May 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Paykan F.C. Fajr Sepasi F.C. Paykan F.C. Fajr Sepasi F.C. Paykan F.C. Fajr Sepasi F.C.

Results

Home ╲ Away ALU ALH DMGFJRFOYSGPGOLIRJKHERODMSTMSRNFTNSJPATPASPAYMESSNASHA
Aluminium Arak 33 43 11 11 21 00 32 30 40 12 10 00 11 22 21 11 11 22 30
Aluminium 00 00 02 20 11 20 00 01 12 12 01 20 00 11 03 11 22 11 25
Damash 11 30 10 00 12 10 00 00 21 10 12 22 11 00 10 12 02 00 10
Fajr Sepasi 10 10 31 11 20 11 12 52 10 01 00 10 10 20 10 00 10 02 00
Foolad Yazd 01 01 10 10 11 00 22 11 10 12 11 10 10 35 10 01 00 20 10
Giti Pasand 02 10 01 31 31 00 11 11 10 21 00 11 00 10 01 00 01 00 10
Gol Gohar 10 11 21 00 00 11 22 10 01 20 00 00 11 22 21 10 11 31 12
Iranjavan 30 10 00 01 01 11 00 03 11 21 12 03 21 22 10 31 10 20 21
Kheybar Khorramabad 10 30 21 12 11 21 22 21 01 10 00 00 01 30 20 00 20 23 33
Khoneh Be Khoneh 00 10 11 02 11 11 10 21 00 22 10 20 10 20 10 11 22 21 20
Machine Sazi 11 30 21 21 20 00 21 11 33 22 30 31 10 11 31 11 00 20 11
Mes Rafsanjan 20 11 10 11 33 30 12 31 01 21 11 21 41 00 10 10 12 00 22
Naft Masjed Soleyman 32 11 30 10 10 21 11 22 22 00 12 11 10 21 11 01 10 00 00
Nassaji Mazandaran 00 13 11 02 10 31 32 41 21 10 11 11 20 10 11 12 10 14 21
Parseh Tehran 11 32 22 00 11 20 11 31 11 12 00 12 00 02 50 01 11 22 10
Pas Hamedan 11 11 10 11 10 00 11 01 30 11 10 31 32 01 11 00 31 00 11
Paykan 11 10 30 20 21 20 10 30 32 11 22 11 11 20 31 10 00 12 11
Sanat Mes 00 20 20 00 21 10 01 32 10 00 10 12 33 10 10 10 12 12 11
Sanat Naft 11 30 10 21 10 20 21 20 10 00 11 10 00 22 12 21 22 12 50
Sh. Ardabil 31 20 10 22 01 30 11 20 00 33 02 00 12 01 01 12 12 10 41

Updated to games played on 19 May 2016.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Clubs season-progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
B Bye
W/O Withdrew
Team ╲ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Aluminium Arak D D D D W L D L W W D W D W D W D D L L D D L L D D W D W D D D D D L W L W
Aluminium L D W L L W D D L D D D L D L D D D L L L D D L W D L L L L L L L L L W W D
Damash L W L W L L D L D D W L W D D L D L W L L L L W W D D D D L L L W L D L D D
Fajr Sepasi W D D W D W W W W W W L D D W W D D L W L W D D L L L L W D L D D W W L W L
Foolad Yazd W D L D D L D L L W D L L D W W D D L L L L D D L D D D L W L W L W D W W W
Giti Pasand L D L W W D L W D L D L D D W L W D D L D W D L L W D D L L D L W L D D L L
Gol Gohar D D L W D W L L L W W L L D D D L D L W D D D D D W L W D D D W D D D D D W
Iranjavan L D L W L W D L D D W L W L D D L D W W L W W W L D W D L L D D L D W L L L
Kheybar W D D L W D D W L L L W L D D L W D L D W W D W W D L L D D L W D W L W D L
Khooneh Be Khooneh L D W L W D W W W W D L W D D W D W L L W D W W D L W L D L D D L D D D D D
Machine Sazi W D W D D D D W L D L W L W D D L D W W L W W W D D L D W W W D W W D D W L
Mes Rafsanjan D D D D L D L W L L D W D W D W W D D L W L D W L W D W W D W D W W D D L W
Naft MIS D D L L L W W W L D D L W L D D D D W W D D D D D D D L W W W D L L D L D L
Nassaji W D D W L D L W D L L W D W D L W D W W D L L L W W W D L W L W W L D D L W
Parseh Tehran L D D D L L D D W D L W L L L D L D W D W D W L L W L W D D D D L W D D D D
Pas Hamedan D L D L W D D L W L D L W L D L D D L W W L L D L L W L D W W L D L D L W W
Paykan W D W W W W D L W D D W D D D W D D W W W L D W W D D L W D W D L D D W W D
Sanat Mes W L W L W L W D W W L D W D D W D D W W D W D L D L W D L D W L W D L D L L
Sanat Naft W D D D D D W D W D D W L D D L L W W L D W L L W L W W W D D D W W W W D W
Sh. Ardabil D W W L D L L L L D D W W D L L W L L L D L W D W D L L L D D W D L W L D D

Last updated: 19 May 2015
Source:

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Nassaji 116,100 15,000 0 8,931 n/a
2 Kheybar 103,800 10,000 0 7,414 n/a
3 Fajr Sepasi 64,550 8,000 3,000 4,034 n/a
4 Sanat Naft 72,300 22,000 200 4,017 n/a
5 Machine Sazi 52,450 15,500 150 3,497 n/a
6 Aluminium Arak 48,500 5,000 2,000 3,464 n/a
7 Khooneh Be Khooneh 54,500 5,000 500 3,406 n/a
8 Damash 43,750 8,250 500 2,917 n/a
9 Naft MIS 31,264 5,100 0 2,233 n/a
10 Sh. Ardabil 34,390 6,000 500 2,149 n/a
11 Gol Gohar 32,000 3,000 1,000 2,000 n/a
12 Iranjavan 31,700 3,500 700 1,761 n/a
13 Pas Hamedan 17,500 3,000 900 1,346 n/a
14 Sanat Mes 20,600 7,000 50 1,212 n/a
15 Mes Rafsanjan 14,600 2,000 200 913 n/a
16 Aluminium 10,000 2,000 100 667 n/a
17 Foolad Yazd 6,178 1,500 150 386 n/a
18 Paykan 6,300 1,000 50 371 n/a
19 Giti Pasand 6,249 1,500 50 368 n/a
20 Parseh Tehran 2,039 300 49 120 n/a
League total 768,770 22,000 0 2,560 n/a

Updated to games played on 16 May 2016
Source: lig1.ir

Notes:
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Not all matches are included in average attendances
Naft MIS and Paykan played last season in Persian Gulf Pro League
Aluminium Arak, Kheybar Khorramabad and Khooneh Be Khooneh played last season in League 2

Highest attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Week Stadium
1 Sanat Naft 21Fajr Sepasi 22,000 May 16, 2016 38 Takhti Abadan
2 Machine Sazi 30Mes Rafsanjan 15,500 May 10, 2016 37 Sahand
3 Nassaji Mazandaran 11Machine Sazi 15,000 November 16, 2015 15 Vatani
4 Nassaji Mazandaran 10Khooneh Be Khooneh 14,500 September 4, 2015 4 Vatani
5 Nassaji Mazandaran 14Sanat Naft 12,100 January 20, 2016 22 Vatani
6 Nassaji Mazandaran 02Fajr Sepasi 12,000October 13, 2015 10 Vatani
7 Nassaji Mazandaran 11PAS Hamedan 10,000 September 16, 2015 6 Vatani
7 Kheybar Khorramabad 12Fajr Sepasi 10,000 November 23, 2015 16 Takhti Khorramabad
7 Nassaji Mazandaran 10Mes Kerman 10,000 February 14, 2016 26 Vatani
7 Machine Sazi 10Nassaji Mazandaran 10,000 April 18, 2016 34 Bagh Shomal

Notes:
Updated to games played on May 16, 2016. Source: lig1.ir

See also

References

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