1998–99 Azadegan League

Azadegan League
Season	1998–99
Champions	Persepolis
Relegated	Malavan Shahrdari Tabriz Polyacryl Bank Melli
Asian Club Championship	Persepolis
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Esteghlal
Matches played	240
Biggest home win	Esteghlal 6–1 Chooka
Biggest away win	Saipa 1–5 Fajr Sepasi
Highest scoring	Sepahan 5–3 Shahrdari Tabriz
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Azadegan League was the eighth season of Iran's erstwhile top-level professional football league Azadegan League that was won by Persepolis. The following are the final results of the Azadegan League's 1998–99 football season.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	19	8	3	56	21	+35	65	Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship
2	Esteghlal	30	14	11	5	50	28	+22	53	Qualification for the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
3	Sepahan	30	13	14	3	39	19	+20	53
4	Saipa	30	13	10	7	43	33	+10	49
5	PAS	30	9	15	6	30	25	+5	42
6	Chooka	30	11	7	12	33	48	−15	40
7	Foolad	30	9	11	10	31	37	−6	38
8	Aboomoslem	30	10	7	13	37	37	0	37
9	Sanat Naft	30	8	12	10	22	39	−17	36
10	Fajr Sepasi	30	8	10	12	27	31	−4	34
11	Tractor Sazi	30	7	13	10	30	35	−5	34
12	Zob Ahan	30	9	6	15	23	32	−9	33
13	Malavan (R)	30	7	11	12	21	26	−5	32	Relegation to the 1999–2000 Iran 2nd Division
14	Sh. Tabriz (R)	30	5	16	9	29	33	−4	31
15	Polyacryl (R)	30	5	12	13	24	36	−12	27
16	Bank Melli (R)	30	4	15	11	27	41	−14	27

Updated to match(es) played on 1 Sep 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	SEP	SAP	PAS	CHO	FOL	ABU	SNA	FJR	TRK	ZOB	MLV	SHT	POL	BMI
Persepolis		1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1
Esteghlal	0–1		1–1	3–4	1–1	6–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	3–1
Sepahan	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	5–3	1–0	1–1
Saipa	1–1	0–0	2–0		0–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–5	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
PAS Tehran	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3		1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Chooka	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1		1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	2–1
Foolad	0–3	0–3	0–3	3–2	2–1	4–1		1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Aboumoslem	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–0		6–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–3	1–0	0–3
Sanat Naft	1–4	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–1		0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	2–1
Fajr Sepasi	2–3	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–2		0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–1
Tractor Sazi	2–4	1–4	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0
Zob Ahan	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2		1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1
Malavan	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	0–1
Sh. Tabriz	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0		0–0	1–1
Polyacryl	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–2		2–2
Bank Melli	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	0–3	0–0	1–1	3–3

Source: iran99
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Summary

Iranian football champions: Persepolis
Relegated: Malavan, Shahrdari Tabriz, Poly Acryl, Bank Melli
Promoted: Bahman, Irsotter Noshahr

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

14

References

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