1996–97 Azadegan League

The following is the final results of the Azadegan League's 1996/97 football season.

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	Asian Club Championship 1997-98 First Round
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	Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998 First Round
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 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

Champions
Persepolis F.C.

Summary

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

Player Statistics

Top GoalScorers

18

• Ali Asghar Modir Roosta (Bahman)

References

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iran97.html