1995–96 Azadegan League

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Azadegan League

| season = 1995–96

| winners = Persepolis

| relegated = Jonoob Ahvaz
Ararat Tehran
Shahrdari Tabriz
Saipa

| continentalcup1 = Asian Club Championship

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Persepolis

| continentalcup2 = Asian Winners' Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Esteghlal

| matches = 240

| total goals = 483

| league topscorer = Mohammad Momeni (19)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| prevseason = 1994–95

| nextseason = 1996–97

}}

The 1995–96 Azadegan League was the fifth season of the Azadegan League, the top-level league of professional football in Iran at the time, that was won by Persepolis.

Mohammad Momeni (Poli Ekril Isfahan) was the top scorer with 19 goals.

Teams

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

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran96.html RSSSF]

|status_PRS=C

|status_JNB=R

|status_ARA=R

|status_SHT=R

|status_SAP=R

|team1=PRS

|team2=BAH

|team3=EST

|team4=PAS

|team5=SEP

|team6=BAR

|team7=ESA

|team8=MAC

|team9=KES

|team10=POL

|team11=SHN

|team12=MAL

|team13=JNB

|team14=ARA

|team15=SHT

|team16=SAP

|update=1 September 2018

|name_ARA=Ararat Tehran

|name_BAH=Bahman

|name_BAR=Bargh Shiraz

|name_ESA=Esteghlal Ahvaz

|name_EST=Esteghlal

|name_JNB=Jonoob Ahvaz

|name_KES=Keshavarz

|name_MAC=Machine Sazi

|name_MAL=Malavan

|name_PAS=PAS

|name_PRS=Persepolis

|name_POL=Polyacryl

|name_SAP=Saipa

|name_SEP=Sepahan

|name_SHT=Sh. Tabriz

|name_SHN=Shamoushak Noshahr

|show_limit=5

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

|res_col_header=QR

|col_CLGS=green1 |text_CLGS=Qualification for the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship

|col_CLPO=blue1 |text_CLPO=Qualification for the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to the 1996–97 Iran 2nd Division

}}

Statistitcs

=Top scorers=

class="wikitable"
Rank !Player !Club !Goals{{cite web \|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran96.html \|title=Iran 1995/96 \|access-date=4 October 2023\|date=18 October 2018\|publisher=RSSSF }}
align=center\|1 \|{{flagicon\|POR}} Mohammad Momeni \|Polyacryl \|align=center\|19
align=center\|2 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Kourosh Barmak \|Keshavarz \|align=center\|15
rowspan=2 align=center\|3 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Hashem Heydari \|Bahman \|align-center\|14
{{flagicon\|IRN}} Alimirza Ostovari \|Bargh Shiraz \|align=center\|14
align=center\|5 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mehdi Jafarpour \|Machine Sazi \|align=center\|13
align=center\|6 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Ali Asghar Modir \|Keshavarz \|align=center\|12
rowspan=2 align=center\|7 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Edmond Bezik \|Ararat Tehran \|align=center\|11
{{flagicon\|IRN}} Edmond Akhtar \|Esteghlal \|align=center\|11
align=center\|9 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Farhad H. Arab \|Esteghlal Ahvaz \|align=center\|10

class="wikitable"

Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iran96.html |title=Iran 1995/96 |access-date=4 October 2023|date=18 October 2018|publisher=RSSSF }}

align=center|1

|{{flagicon|POR}} Mohammad Momeni

|Polyacryl

|align=center|19

align=center|2

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Kourosh Barmak

|Keshavarz

|align=center|15

rowspan=2 align=center|3

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Hashem Heydari

|Bahman

|align-center|14