1999–2000 Azadegan League

The 1999–2000 Azadegan League was the ninth season of Iran's premiere professional football league at the time, the Azadegan League. Persepolis became the league champions.

Azadegan League

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Persepolis
Relegated	Aboomoslem, Sanat Naft, Chooka, Irsotter
Asian Club Championship	Persepolis
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Esteghlal
Matches played	182
Top goalscorer	Mohannad Mehdi Al-Nadawi (15)
Biggest home win	PAS 7–0 Irsotter Noshahr
Biggest away win	Irsotter 1–5 Persepolis
Highest scoring	Saipa 6–1 Irsotter Noshahr
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The following are the final results of the Azadegan League's 1999–2000 football season.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	26	15	9	2	45	23	+22	54	Qualification for the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship
2	Esteghlal	26	12	11	3	32	16	+16	47	Qualification for the 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3	Fajr Sepasi	26	11	11	4	37	18	+19	44
4	Sepahan	26	11	9	6	28	19	+9	42
5	Zob Ahan	26	11	6	9	35	29	+6	39
6	Tractor Sazi	26	10	8	8	30	26	+4	38
7	PAS	26	9	8	9	35	31	+4	35
8	Bahman	26	8	10	8	24	26	−2	34
9	Saipa	26	6	13	7	24	21	+3	31
10	Foolad	26	7	8	11	30	33	−3	29
11	Aboomoslem (R)	26	7	7	12	32	39	−7	28	Relegation to the 2000–01 Iran 2nd Division
12	Sanat Naft (R)	26	6	9	11	29	35	−6	27
13	Chooka (R)	26	4	9	13	22	45	−23	21
14	Irsotter Noshahr (R)	26	3	6	17	22	64	−42	15

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2018. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions
Persepolis

Results table

Home \ Away	PRS	EST	FJR	SEP	ZOB	TRK	PAS	BAH	SAP	FOL	ABU	SNA	CHO	IRS
Persepolis		0–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	5–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0
Esteghlal	0–2		0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
Fajr Sepasi	1–1	3–0		0–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	6–0	4–0
Sepahan	0–0	1–4	0–0		0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–1
Zob Ahan	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–3		1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	4–1	1–2	4–2	3–1
Tractor Sazi	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–1		1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1
PAS Tehran	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	7–0
Bahman	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1
Saipa	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1		1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	6–1
Foolad	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	4–1	5–1
Aboumoslem	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–2		3–1	1–1	1–1
Sanat Naft	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2		3–0	2–1
Chooka	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–3	3–2		3–1
Irsotter	1–5	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–3	1–1

Source: Iran 2000
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Summary

• Iranian football top division champions: Persepolis
• Relegated to 2nd division: Aboomoslem, Sanat Naft, Chooka Talesh, Irsotter Noshahr
• Promoted from the 2nd division: Bargh Shiraz, Esteghlal Rasht

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

15

• Mohannad Mahdi Al-Nadawi (Sanat Naft)

12

• Hamid Ebrahimi (Aboomoslem)

11

• Behnam Seraj (Persepolis)

10

• Hadi Abdollahzadeh (Aboomoslem)
• Mehdi Hasheminasab (Persepolis)
• Reza Sahebi (Zob Ahan)
• Bahman Tahmasebi (Irsotter) and (Esteghlal)
• Omid Zahedi (Foolad)

9

• Ali Samereh (Fajr Sepasi)

8

• Behnam Abolghasempour (Saipa)