Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the
Iran 2nd Division. Promoted teams were
Polyacryl,
Bahman and
Bank Melli, all making their debut in the
Azadegan League. They replaced
Zob Ahan,
Naft Ghaemshahr,
Chooka Talesh,
Bank Tejarat,
Teraktor Sazi,
Payam Khorasan,
Pars Khodro,
Sanat Naft Abadan,
Nassaji Mazandaran,
Qods Sari and
Shahin Bushehr. ==League table==