| Competition: | Azadegan League |
| Winners: | Pars Jonoubi Jam 1st Azadegan League title |
| Promoted: | Pars Jonoubi Jam Sepidrood |
| Relegated: | Kheybar Khorramabad Foolad Yazd Esteghlal Ahvaz |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 622 |
| League Topscorer: | 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 Wins: | 4 matches Malavan Pars Jonoubi Jam |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 23 matches Pars Jonoubi Jam |
| Longest Winless: | 34 matches Esteghlal Ahvaz |
| Longest Losses: | 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[1] (23 November 2016) Khooneh be Khooneh – Mes Kerman (23 November 2016) Khooneh be Khooneh – Malavan (7 December 2016) Foolad Yazd – Fajr Sepasi[2] (7 December 2016) Khooneh be Khooneh – Mes Rafsanjan[3] (13 January 2017) Foolad Yazd – Baadraan[4] (13 January 2017) Sepidrood – Est. Ahvaz[5] (21 February 2017) Naft MIS – Sepidrood[6] (30 March 2017) Nassaji – Baadraan Tehran[7] (30 March 2017) Khooneh be Khooneh – Gol Gohar (5 April 2017) Nassaji – Rah Ahan (24 April 2017) Khooneh be Khooneh – Kheybar (1 May 2017) |
| Attendance: | 771,193 |
| Average Attendance: | 2,650 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
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.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15,000 | |||
| 5,000 | |||
| 10,000 | |||
| 15,000 | |||
| 6,000 | |||
| 3,200 | |||
| 15,000 | |||
| 10,000 | |||
| 6,000 | |||
| Takhti Anzali | 8,000 | ||
| Shahid Bahonar | 15,430 | ||
| Shohadaye Noushabad | 5,000 | ||
| Behnam Mohammadi | 8,000 | ||
| 15,000 | |||
| 10,000 | |||
| Shahid Derakhshan | 8,000 | ||
| 11,000 | |||
| Enghelab | 15,000 | ||
| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mohammad Abbaszadeh | Nassaji Mazandaran | 24 |
| 2 | Hamid Kazemi | Khooneh be Khooneh | 15 |
| 3 | Soheil Haghshenas | Sepidrood Rasht | 13 |
| 4 | Mehrdad Avakh | Gol Gohar | 11 |
| Amir Mirbozorgi | Oxin Alborz | 11 | |
| 6 | Mehdi Ghaedi | Iranjavan | 10 |
| 7 | Akbar Saghiri | Gol Gohar | 9 |
| Mehdi Daghagheleh | Mes Rafsanjan | 9 | |
| 9 | Ali Gholamrezapour | Fajr Sepasi | 8 |
| Rouhollah Bagheri | Khooneh Be Khooneh | 8 |
| 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 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium Arak | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 5,000 | A | A | 1,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 500 | A | 1,000 | 2,088 | |
| Baadraan Tehran | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 300 | A | 200 | A | 300 | 200 | A | 200 | A | 150 | 2,500 | A | 1,000 | A | 300 | A | 100 | A | 100 | A | 500 | A | A | 100 | A | 100 | A | 532 | |
| Esteghlal Ahvaz | A | NC | A | NC | A | 1,500 | A | 400 | A | 500 | A | 1,000 | A | 500 | A | A | 1,000 | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 500 | A | 1,000 | A | 500 | 1,000 | A | 927 | |
| Fajr Sepasi | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 500 | A | 3,000 | 500 | A | 500 | A | 1,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 2,000 | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 1,918 | |
| Foolad Yazd | 200 | A | 1,000 | A | 700 | A | 700 | A | A | 200 | A | 1,000 | A | NC | A | NC | A | A | NC | A | 400 | A | 800 | A | 800 | 700 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | 750 | |
| Gol Gohar | A | 1,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,500 | 1,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 2,324 | |
| Iranjavan | A | 1,000 | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | 2,000 | A | A | 1,500 | A | 1,500 | A | 1,500 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 1,918 | |
| Kheybar Khorramabad | A | 2,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 1,500 | A | 3,000 | 1,000 | A | 5,000 | 4,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | A | 2,000 | A | 2,706 | |
| Khooneh be Khooneh | 6,000 | A | 4,000 | A | A | 5,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 4,000 | A | 5,000 | A | NC | A | NC | A | A | NC | A | 2,500 | 5,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 6,000 | A | NC | A | 4,000 | A | NC | 4,125 | |
| Malavan | A | 1,500 | A | 7,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 1,403 | 1,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 1,640 | A | 2,000 | 5,800 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 5,000 | A | A | 6,000 | A | 6,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 3,638 | |
| Mes Kerman | 2,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 600 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 1,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 500 | A | 1,976 | |
| Mes Rafsanjan | A | 1,000 | A | 500 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 500 | A | 150 | A | 500 | A | 150 | A | 150 | A | 1,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 100 | A | 100 | A | 200 | A | - | 675 | |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | 1,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 4,000 | A | 3,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 2,000 | 2,000 | A | A | 2,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 1,500 | A | NC | A | 2,000 | A | A | 1,000 | 1,969 | |
| Nassaji Mazandaran | A | 6,000 | A | 10,000 | 7,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 9,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 10,000 | 15,000 | A | 12,000 | A | A | 12,000 | A | 9,000 | A | 10,000 | A | NC | A | 10,000 | A | NC | A | 10,333 | |
| Oxin Alborz | 500 | A | 50 | A | 1,000 | A | 300 | A | 300 | A | 200 | A | 200 | A | A | 500 | A | A | 100 | A | 250 | A | 1,000 | A | 400 | A | 400 | A | 500 | A | 4,000 | 200 | A | 100 | 588 | |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | 700 | A | A | 3,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 250 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,500 | A | 1,800 | A | 2,000 | A | A | 1,000 | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 1,000 | A | 2,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 10,000 | A | 10,000 | 2,721 | |
| Rah Ahan | 300 | A | 100 | A | 100 | A | 50 | A | 150 | A | 500 | A | A | 200 | A | 150 | A | A | 300 | A | 150 | A | 500 | A | 100 | A | 100 | A | 200 | 100 | A | 100 | A | 100 | 188 | |
| Sepidrood | 5,000 | A | 5,000 | A | 7,000 | A | 3,000 | A | 8,000 | A | A | 4,000 | A | 8,000 | A | 10,000 | A | A | 8,000 | A | 12,000 | A | 15,000 | A | NC | A | 8,000 | 7,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 15,000 | A | 20,000 | 9,375 | |
| Total | 18,200 | 16,000 | 17,150 | 31,500 | 25,800 | 18,000 | 19,550 | 17,950 | 27,450 | 13,303 | 23,700 | 16,450 | 21,000 | 16,000 | 22,840 | 19,800 | 26,150 | 34,450 | 13,900 | 29,000 | 22,800 | 16,800 | 37,800 | 15,100 | 23,300 | 16,800 | 31,000 | 21,600 | 16,700 | 23,700 | 32,100 | 31,500 | 20,600 | 33,200 | 771,193 | |
| Average | 2,022 | 2,000 | 1,906 | 3,938 | 2,867 | 2,000 | 2,172 | 1,994 | 3,050 | 1,478 | 2,633 | 1,828 | 2,333 | 2,286 | 2,538 | 2,829 | 2,906 | 3,828 | 1,986 | 3,222 | 2,533 | 1,867 | 4,200 | 1,678 | 2,913 | 1,867 | 3,444 | 2,400 | 2,386 | 2,963 | 3,567 | 3,500 | 2,575 | 4,743 | 2,650 |
Notes:
Updated to games played on 1 May 2017. Source: lig1.ir
Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances
Baadraan Tehran played their matches against Foolad Yazd, Iranjavan, Mes Kerman and Naft MIS at Ekbatan
Esteghlal Ahvaz played their match against Mes Rafsanjan at Ghadir
Fajr Sepasi played their matches against Aluminium Arak, Baadraan Tehran, Esteghlal Ahvaz, Foolad Yazd, Iranjavan, Khooneh be Khooneh, Oxin Alborz, Pars Jonoubi Jam and Mes Kerman at Shahid Dastgheib
| Rank | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance | Date | Week | Stadium | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Sepidrood | align=center | 3–2 | Nassaji | align=center | 20,000 | 34 | Dr. Azodi | |
| align=center rowspan="5" | 2 | Nassaji | align=center | 1–2 | Khooneh be Khooneh | align=center | 15,000 | 10 | Vatani | |
| Nassaji | align=center | 0–1 | Oxin Alborz | align=center | 15,000 | 18 | Vatani | |||
| Sepidrood | align=center | 0–0 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | align=center | 15,000 | 23 | Dr. Azodi | |||
| Sepidrood | align=center | 1–0 | Mes Kerman | align=center | 15,000 | 30 | Dr. Azodi | |||
| Sepidrood | align=center | 1–1 | Iranjavan | align=center | 15,000 | 32 | Dr. Azodi | |||
| align=center rowspan="4" | 7 | Nassaji | align=center | 3–0 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | align=center | 12,000 | 9 | Vatani | |
| Nassaji | align=center | 2–1 | Iranjavan | align=center | 12,000 | 20 | Vatani | |||
| Sepidrood | align=center | 1–1 | Malavan | align=center | 12,000 | 21 | Dr. Azodi | |||
| Nassaji | align=center | 0–1 | Fajr Sepasi | align=center | 12,000 | 23 | Vatani | |||