| Competition: | Azadegan League |
| Winners: | Shams Azar Qazvin |
| Promoted: | Shams Azar Qazvin Esteghlal Khuzestan |
| Relegated: | Shahrdari Hamedan Chooka Talesh Omid Vahdat |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
The 2022–23 Azadegan League was the 32nd season of the Azadegan League and 22nd as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991.[1] [2] The season started on 11 October 2022[3] with 13 teams from the 2021–22 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League (Shahr Khodro and Fajr Sepasi) and three new teams promoted from the 2021–22 League 2 (Chooka, Shahin Bandar Ameri and Van Pars Naghshe Jahan as champion, runner-up and third-placed team, respectively).[4] These changes had taken effect before the season:
| Team | Replaced team | |
|---|---|---|
| Shahin Bandar Ameri | Khalij Fars Mahshahr [5] | |
| Qashqai Shiraz | Chadormalou Ardakan |
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arman Gohar Sirjan | Sirjan | Takhti Stadium | 5,000 |
| Chadormalou Ardakan | Ardakan | ||
| Chooka Talesh | Talesh | ||
| Esteghlal Mollasani | Ahvaz | Takhti | 38,900 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | Ahvaz | Takhti | 38,900 |
| Fajr Sepasi Shiraz | Shiraz | Pars | 50,000 |
| Kheybar Khorramabad | Khorramabad | Takhti | 8,900 |
| Khooshe Talaei Saveh | Shahid Chamran | 3,000 | |
| Mes Shahr-e Babak | Sirjan | ||
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | Jam | Takhti | 15,000 |
| Rayka Babol | Babol | Haft-e Tir | 6,000 |
| Saipa | Tehran | Shahid Dastgerdi | |
| Khalij Fars Mahshahr | Bandar-e Mahshahr | ||
| Omid Vahdat | Mashhad | Samen | 35,000 |
| Shams Azar Qazvin | Qazvin | ||
| Shahrdari Astara | Astara | Vahdat | |
| Shahrdari Hamedan | Hamedan | ||
| Van Pars Nasghshe Jahan | Isfahan | ||
| Region | Number of teams | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khuzestan | 3 | Esteghlal Khuzestan, Esteghlal Molasani, Khalij Fars Mahshahr | |
| 2 | Gilan | 2 | Chooka, Shahrdari Astara | |
| 3 | Kerman | 2 | Arman Gohar Sirjan, Mes Shahr-e Babak | |
| 4 | Bushehr | 1 | Pars Jonoubi | |
| 5 | Fars | 1 | Fajr Sepasi | |
| 6 | Hamadan | 1 | Shahrdari Hamedan | |
| 7 | Isfahan | 1 | Van Pars | |
| 8 | Khorasan Razavi | 1 | Omid Vahdat | |
| 9 | Lorestan | 1 | Kheybar | |
| 10 | Markazi | 1 | Khooshe Talaei Saveh | |
| 11 | Mazandaran | 1 | Rayka Babol | |
| 12 | Qazvin | 1 | Shams Azar | |
| 13 | Tehran | 1 | Saipa | |
| 14 | Yazd | 1 | Chadormalou |