2015–16 Tractor Sazi F.C. season

Tractor Sazi

2015–16 season

Chairman

Saeed Abbasi

Manager

Toni Oliveira (until 8 December 2015)
Amir Ghalenoei (from 9 December 2015)

Stadium

Sahand Stadium

Persian Gulf Pro League

7th

Hazfi Cup

ACL

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League: Shoja' Khalilzadeh (2 goals)
All: Shoja' Khalilzadeh (2 goals)

Highest home attendance

20,000 v Naft Tehran (31 July 2015)
20,000 v Persepolis (25 September 2015)

Lowest home attendance

0 (spectator ban)
v Saipa
(10 October 2015)

Average home league attendance

10,857

Home colours

Away colours

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2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Tractor Sazi's 7th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Tractor Sazi is captained by Mohammad Iranpourian.

Club

Current coaching staff

Toni Oliveira, the current Tractor Sazi manager

Position	Staff
Head coach	Amir Ghalenoei
First team coach	Younes Bahonar
Assistant coach	Amir Masoud Eghbali
Assistant coach	Luiz Migonez
Fitness coach	Saeid Nikokheslat
Goalkeeper coach	George Tabárez
Analyzer	António Oliveira
Doctor & Physiotherapist	Ramzan Norouzzadeh
Psychologist	Akbar Sobhi
B team manager	Farhad Pourgholami
Technical manager	Ahad Sheykhlari

Management

Position	Staff
President	Saeed Abbasi
Vice President	Khosro Abdollahzadeh
Board chairman	Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian
Board members	Sadegh Najafi-Khazarlou Alireza Navin Mohammad Javad Dolfkar Muhammad Ismail Saidi Ghafour Kargari Dara Ghaznavi Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi
Fans club president	Rahman Yavaran
Academy manager	Sadegh Pourhossein

First Team Squad

Current squad

As of 7 July 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mehrdad Tahmasbi
2	DF	Mohammad Iranpourian (Captain)
3	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh (on loan from Sepahan)
4	DF	Khaled Shafiei
5	DF	Cardoso
6	MF	Sina Ashouri (on loan from Zob Ahan)
7	MF	Saman Nariman Jahan (2nd captain)
8	FW	Shahin Saghebi (on loan from Malavan)
9	FW	Farid Karimi
10	MF	Soroush Rafiei
11	MF	Bakhtiar Rahmani
12	GK	Mohammadreza Akhbari ^U23 (on loan from Saipa)
15	MF	Augusto

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah ^U21 (on loan from Malavan)
13	DF	Iain Ramsay
19	FW	Mehrdad Bayrami (3rd captain)
20	MF	Ahmad Abdollahzadeh ^U23 (on loan from Foolad)
22	GK	Mohammad Ali Ramezanian ^U23
23	MF	Mirhani Hashemi
29	FW	Peyman Keshavarz ^U21
40	DF	Ali Hamoudi (on loan from Sepahan)
77	MF	Saeid Aghaei ^U21 (on loan from Gostaresh Foulad)
88	DF	Fardin Abedini
17	FW	Aloys Nong
	DF	Farzad Jafari

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
	DF	Farzad Jafari (from Esteghlal Khuzestan – conscription)^[1]
22	GK	Mohammadreza Akhbari ^PL (from Saipa — conscription)^[2]
10	MF	Soroush Rafiei (from Foolad — conscription)^[3]
20	MF	Ahmad Abdollahzadeh (from Niroo Zamini, originally from Foolad — conscription)
11	MF	Bakhtiar Rahmani (from Foolad — conscription)
1	GK	Mehrdad Tahmasbi ^PL (from Saba Qom)^[4]
5	DF	Carlos Cardoso (from Neftchi)^[5]
14	FW	Hamza Younés (from Ludogorets Razgrad)^[6]
15	MF	Augusto César (from Internacional)^[7]
17	DF	Iain Ramsay (from Melbourne City)^[8]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
27	MF	Farshad Ahmadzadeh (to Persepolis – return from conscription)^[9]
35	FW	Peyman Babaei (Released)
21	FW	Mohsen Delir (to Gostaresh Foulad – return from conscription)^[9]
44	GK	Issa Ndoye (Released)^[10]
1	GK	Hamed Lak (to Saba Qom)^[11]^[10]
3	DF	Habib Gordani (to Sepahan)^[12]
6	MF	Mehdi Kiani (to Gostaresh Foulad)^[13]^[10]
33	DF	Shahriar Shirvand (to Gostaresh Foulad – return from conscription)^[14]
13	DF	Célio (to Al-Shaab)
10	FW	Edinho (to Al-Sailiya)^[15]
14	MF	Andranik Teymourian (to Umm Salal)
18	MF	Ahmad Amir Kamdar (to Siah Jamegan Khorasan)^[16]
69	DF	Mehdi Ghoreishi (to Aluminium Arak)^[17]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
66	MF	Mehdi Kiani (from Gostaresh Foolad)
15	MF	Ayoub Kalantari (from Gostaresh Foolad)
24	FW	Farzad Hatami (from Malavan)
77	DF	Saeid Aghaei (from Gostaresh Foolad – previously on conscription)
	FW	Mehran Ghorbanpour (promoted from Academy)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
9	FW	Farid Karimi (to Saba Qom – return from conscription)^[18]
7	MF	Saman Nariman Jahan (to Gostaresh Foolad – return from conscription)
99	FW	Mehrdad Bayrami (Released)
17	FW	Hamza Younés (Released)^[19]
31	MF	Ebrahim Abednezhad (Released)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League	30 July 2015	7		31 July 2015	May 2016
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	Semi-Final	Semi-Final	11 September 2015
AFC Champions League	Group-Stage	Group-Stage	Group-Stage	24 February 2016	3 May 2016

Source: Competitions

Competition record

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Persian Gulf Pro League	7000700000000000000♠7	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	7000400000000000000♠4	+0	7001142900000000000♠14.29
Hazfi Cup	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	+1	7002100000000000000♠100.000
AFC Champions League	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
Total	7000900000000000000♠9	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000500000000000000♠5	7000400000000000000♠4	+1	7001333300000000000♠33.33

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Est. Khuzestan !Est. Khuzestan (C)	30	15	12	3	33	14	+19	57	2017 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Persepolis !Persepolis	30	16	9	5	50	34	+16	57	2017 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Esteghlal !Esteghlal	30	13	13	4	43	28	+15	52	2017 AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51
5	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	30	13	10	7	30	21	+9	49
6	Zob Ahan !Zob Ahan	30	11	13	6	38	26	+12	46	2017 AFC Champions League group stage ¹
7	Saba Qom !Saba Qom	30	9	15	6	30	24	+6	42
8	Saipa !Saipa	30	11	7	12	28	31	−3	40
9	Gostaresh !Gostaresh	30	10	9	11	36	32	+4	39
10	Padideh !Padideh	30	10	9	11	30	35	−5	39
11	Sepahan !Sepahan	30	8	14	8	29	30	−1	38
12	Foolad !Foolad	30	9	8	13	26	37	−11	35
13	Mashhad !Mashhad	30	7	6	17	23	34	−11	27
14	Malavan !Malavan (R)	30	5	12	13	23	35	−12	27	Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
15	Rah Ahan !Rah Ahan (R)	30	5	10	15	24	36	−12	25
16	Est. Ahvaz !Est. Ahvaz (R)	30	2	7	21	16	58	−42	13

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
7	1	4	2	4	4	0	7	0	3	1	1	2	−1	1	1	1	3	2	+1

Last updated: 25 September 2015.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	D	D	L
Position	8	3	6	7	8	9	10

Last updated: 25 September 2015.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round	Home	Score	Away	Location

31 July 2015 1	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30			Nong	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 20,000

7 August 2015 2	Gostaresh	1 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Tabriz
18:30 DST+03:30	Shojaeian 85'		Khalilzadeh 12', 33' S. Nariman Jahan 43'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 6,500

14 August 2015 3	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Rah Ahan	Tabriz
18:30 DST+03:30	Rafiei 22'		Nasr Azadani 88'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 10,000

21 August 2015 4	Padideh	1 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Mashhad
17:30 DST+03:30	Yousefi 86'			Stadium: Samen Attendance: 2,000

26 August 2015 5	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tabriz
18:15 DST+03:30				Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 7,000

15 September 2015 6	Sepahan	0 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
17:30 DST+03:30				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Attendance: 3,500

25 September 2015 7	Tractor Sazi	0 – 1	Persepolis	Tabriz
16:20 DST+03:30			Bengtson 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 20,000

16 October 2015 8	Foolad	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
17:10 DST+03:30	Khaledi 65'		Augusto 71' Iranpourian 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Ghadir Attendance: 1,200

20 October 2015 9	Tractor Sazi	2 – 0	Saipa	Tabriz
16:00 DST+03:30	Younés 26' Rahmani 53'			Stadium: Sahand Attendance: -

27 October 2015 10	Tractor Sazi	4 – 4	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30	Rafiei 16' Rahmani 45' Saghebi 55' Rahmani 75'		Rafiei 27' Tabrizi 81' Rezaei 86' Esmaeilifar 90+4'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 2,500

31 October 2015 11	Saba Qom	2 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Qom
15:30 DST+03:30	Cardoso 16' (o.g.) Eslami 41'		Younés 29'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Qom Attendance: 1,500

20 November 2015 12	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Siah Jamegan	Tabriz
15:15 DST+03:30				Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 9,500

30 November 2015 13	Malavan	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Bandar-e Anzali
15:15 DST+03:30			Younés 84'	Stadium: Takhti Anzali Attendance: 5,000

13 December 2015 14	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:00 (DST+03:30)		report		Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

17 December 2015 15	Esteghlal Ahvaz	0 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
15:00 DST+03:30			Hamoudi 3' Saghebi 90+2'	Stadium: Takhti Ahvaz Attendance: 1,500

28 December 2015 16	Naft Tehran	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30			Aghaei 45+1'	Stadium: Takhti Tehran Attendance: 1,000

1 January 2016 17	Tractor Sazi	1–1	Gostaresh	Tabriz
14:30 DST+03:30				Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 2000

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round	Home	Score	Away	Location

11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) Round of 32	Tractor Sazi	3 – 0 (w/o)	Be'sat Kermanshah	Tabriz
				Stadium: Sahand
Note: Be'sat Kermanshah withdrew

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) Round of 16	Saba Qom	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Qom
			Younés 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 1,500

4 November 2015 Quarter-Final (1/4 Final - Last 8)	FC	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:00 (DST+03:30)	A. Zeinali 34'	report	H. Younés 8' S. Saghebi 66'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Attendance: 400

22 December 2015 (2015-12-22) Semi-Final (1/2 Final - Last 4)	Tractor Sazi	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
14:30 (DST+03:30)	Augusto 49'	report	Shahbazzadeh 29', 52'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2016 AFC Champions League

Date Round	Home	Score	Away	Location

24 February 2016 1	Tractor Sazi	4-0	Al-Jazira	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium, Tabriz
		Report

2 March 2016 2	Al-Jazira	0-1	Tractor Sazi	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
		Report

15 March 2016 3	Pakhtakor	1-0	Tractor Sazi	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
		Report

6 April 2016 4	Tractor Sazi	2-0	Pakhtakor	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium, Tabriz
		Report

19 April 2016 5	Al-Hilal	0-2	Tractor Sazi	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^[C]
		Report

3 May 2016 6	Tractor Sazi	1-2	Al-Hilal	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (Oman)^[C]
		Report

Kit and sponsorship

Tractor Sazi is currently sponsored by the Hamrah-e Aval (Mobile Telecommunication Company) and also Javanane Khayer Foundation. They were previously sponsored by the Bank Sepah. On July 2014, the club signed a contract with Kelme, starting from 2014–15 season.

Years	Shirt sponsors
1970–2009	TMC
2007–2010	Bank Sepah
2009–2012	Hamrah-e Aval
2012–2014	Javanane Khayer Foundation
2013–	Aysan Tabriz
2014–	Hamrah-e Aval

Years	Kit manufacturers
1970–1974	Umbro
1974–2005	Puma
2005–2010	Daei Sport
2010–2013	Uhlsport
2013–2014	Merooj
2014–	Kelme

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External links

Tractor Sazi Club

History Players Managers Seasons Honours

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Other teams	Academy Reserves Ladies

Home stadium	Sahand (1996–present) Bagh-e Shomal (1970–1996)

Training ground	Tractor Stadium

Rivalries	Tabriz derby Esteghlal rivalry

Media	IRIB Sahand Yan Latan Tofar Yatan newspaper Anthem All articles

2015–16 in Iranian football

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Domestic leagues	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division

Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Club seasons

Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Ahvaz Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Naft Tehran Padideh Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Qom Saipa Sepahan Siah Jamegan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

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