| Competition: | Azadegan League |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Winners: | Steel Azin 1st Azadegan League title Tractor Sazi 1st Azadegan League title |
| Promoted: | Steel Azin Tractor Sazi Shahin Bushehr |
| Relegated: | Homa Shahrdari Zanjan Machine Sazi Deyhim Ahvaz |
| League Topscorer: | Abbas Porkhosravani (17 goals) |
| Matches: | 364 |
| Total Goals: | 843 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Aluminium Arak 7–0 Kowsar Lorestan (25 December 2008) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Shahin Ahvaz 0–4 Niroye Zamini (30 November 2008) |
| Highest Scoring: | Gol Gohar 3–5 Petroshimi Tabriz (14 November 2008) Nassaji 3–5 Steel Azin (7 June 2009) |
| Highest Attendance: | 20,000 Tractor Sazi – Aluminium Hormozgan (8 June 2009) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 (spectator ban) Sanat Naft – Sh. Bandar Abbas[1] (20 November 2008) Damash Lorestan – Machine Sazi[2] (25 December 2008) Shahin Ahvaz – Shirin Faraz (25 December 2008) Sh. Tabriz – Nassaji (5 March 2009) Aluminium Hormozgan – Machine Sazi[3] (13 April 2009) Petroshimi Tabriz – Moghavemat Mersad[4] (20 May 2009) Shamoushak – Niroye Zamini[5] (26 May 2009) |
| Attendance: | 1,097,750 |
| Average Attendance: | 3,075 |
| Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
| Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
The 2008–09 Azadegan League was the 18th season of the Azadegan League and eight as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 22 teams from the 2007–08 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup (Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz) and four new teams promoted from the 2007–08 2nd Division (Aluminium Hormozgan as champions and Mehrkam Pars, Payam Mokhaberat and Petroshimi Tabriz). Sanaye Arak changed their name to Aluminium Arak. The league started on 23 October 2008 and ended on 8 June 2009. Steel Azin and Tractor Sazi won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Steel Azin, Tractor Sazi and Shahin Bushehr got promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.
Last updated June 7, 2009
Last updated June 7, 2009
First leg to be played June 15, 2009; return leg to be played June 22, 2009
| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Tractor Sazi | align=center | 2–0 | Aluminium Hormozgan | align=center | 20,000 | 26 | Sahand | |
| align=center rowspan="5" | 2 | Aluminium Arak | align=center | 1–3 | Steel Azin | align=center | 15,000 | 17 | Imam Khomeini | |
| Nassaji | align=center | 1–0 | Gol Gohar | align=center | 15,000 | 20 | Vatani | |||
| Tractor Sazi | align=center | 2–0 | Shahin Bushehr | align=center | 15,000 | 21 | Sahand | |||
| Nassaji | align=center | 0–0 | Shahrdari Tabriz | align=center | 15,000 | 22 | Vatani | |||
| Nassaji | align=center | 1–0 | Shahrdari Bandar Abbas | align=center | 15,000 | 24 | Vatani | |||
| align=center rowspan="4" | 3 | Sanat Naft | align=center | 3–1 | Gol Gohar | align=center | 12,000 | 13 | Takhti Abadan | |
| Shahrdari Tabriz | align=center | 2–2 | Mehrkam Pars | align=center | 12,000 | 17 | Sahand | |||
| Shahin Bushehr | align=center | 3–2 | Etka Gorgan | align=center | 12,000 | 24 | Shahid Beheshti | |||
| Shahrdari Tabriz | align=center | 1–0 | Aluminium Arak | align=center | 12,000 | 26 | Sahand |