1997–98 Azadegan League

The 1997–98 Azadegan League was the seventh season of the Azadegan League that was won by Esteghlal. The following is the final results of the Azadegan League's 1997–98 football season.

Azadegan League

Season	1997–98
Champions	Esteghlal
Relegated	Bahman, Esteghlal Ahvaz, Payam Mashhad, Bargh Shiraz
Asian Club Championship	Esteghlal
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Pas Tehran
Matches played	210
Top goalscorer	Hossein Khatibi 16 (Shahrdari Tabriz)
Biggest home win	Fajr Sepasi 7–0 Foolad
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Esteghlal (C)	28	16	10	2	46	21	+25	58	Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship
2	PAS	28	13	13	2	33	20	+13	52	Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3	Zob Ahan	28	11	12	5	31	20	+11	45
4	Fajr Sepasi	28	10	10	8	37	27	+10	40
5	Sh. Tabriz	28	10	9	9	37	29	+8	39
6	Sepahan	28	9	10	9	24	25	−1	37
7	Saipa	28	7	14	7	26	26	0	35
8	Polyacryl	28	8	11	9	28	29	−1	35
9	Tractor Sazi	28	9	8	11	33	38	−5	35
10	Foolad	28	10	5	13	29	45	−16	35
11	Sanat Naft	28	8	10	10	30	30	0	34
12	Bahman (R)	28	7	11	10	31	34	−3	32	Relegation to the 1998–99 Iran 2nd Division
13	Esteghlal Ahvaz (R)	28	6	12	10	31	41	−10	30
14	Payam Mashhad (R)	28	5	11	12	24	35	−11	26
15	Bargh Shiraz (R)	28	3	10	15	19	39	−20	19
16	Persepolis (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Note: Persepolis withdrew due to international commitments of the players. before withdrew Persepolis had 5 wins 2 draws and 1 loss.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (W) ?

Champions
Esteghlal F.C.

Summary

• Iranian football champions: Esteghlal
• Relegated: Bahman, Esteghlal Ahvaz, Payam Khorasan, Bargh Shiraz
• Promoted: Aboomoslem, Chooka Talesh, Malavan, Bank Melli

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

16

• Hossein Khatibi (Shahrdari Tabriz)