2015–16 Zob Ahan F.C. season

Zob Ahan Isfahan FC
2015–16 season
Chairman Saeid Azari
Manager Yahya Golmohammadi
Stadium Foolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr
IPL 6th
Hazfi Cup Winners
AFC Champions League 2016: 1/8 Final
Top goalscorer League: Morteza Tabrizi (7 goals)
All: Morteza Tabrizi (10 goals)
Highest home attendance 8.000 v Perspolis (7 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance 350 v Malavan (26 December 2015)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Zob Ahan Football Club's 15th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and had their 45nd year in existence as a football club.

Players

First team squad

As of 30 May 2016.
Out for Injuries Released - Retired
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed From Ends Games Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi Iran GK 2014 April 1, 1989 (Youth system)
Iran Saipa		 2016 50 0
22 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Iran GK 2014 May 18, 1989 Iran Foolad 2018 65 0
40 Peyman Salmani Iran GK 2012 April 18, 1994 (Youth system) 2016 1 0
Defenders
2 Mohammad Nejad Mehdi Iran DF 2015 October 20, 1992 Iran Padideh 2018 26 1
3 Walid Ismail Lebanon LB 2014 November 11, 1984 Lebanon Nejmeh 2016 31 0
4 Hadi Mohammadi Iran DF 2014 March 8, 1991 Iran Damash 2018 67 4
18 Ali Hamam Lebanon RB 2014 August 25, 1986 Lebanon Nejmeh 2016 65 1
19 Mehrdad Ghanbari Iran LB 2014 November 22, 1989 Iran Padideh 2018 46 3
20 Hojjat Haghverdi Iran DF 2014 February 3, 1993 Iran Aboumoslem 2017 20 0
21 Saeb Mohebi Iran RB 2014 August 28, 1993 Iran Caspian Qazvin 2018 9 0
26 Nima Taheri Iran DF 2016 November 5, 1996 (Youth system) 2018 0 0
36 Kianoush Eghbali Iran DF 2015 April 6, 1996 (Youth system) 2018 0 0
33 Vahid Mohammadzadeh Iran DF 2016 May 16, 1989 Iran Saipa 2018 13 1
61 Hashem Beikzadeh Iran LB 2016 January 22, 1984 Iran Saba Qom 2017 11 1
Midfielders
5 Akbar Sadeghi Iran DM, CM 2015 March 11, 1985 Iran Padideh 2016 18 1
8 Ghasem Hadadifar Iran MF 2003 July 12, 1983 (Youth system) 2016 315 18
11 Morteza Tabrizi Iran RM, ST 2013 January 6, 1991 Iran Pas Hamedan 2017 100 20
13 Mohammad Reza Hosseini Iran RM 2015 September 15, 1989 Iran Fajr Sepasi 2018 22 1
15 Ehsan Pahlavan Iran LM 2013 July 25, 1993 Iran Gostaresh Foulad 2017 81 9
16 Mehdi Mehdipour Iran MF 2014 February 18, 1994 (Youth system)
Iran Rah Ahan		 2018 46 3
23 Danial Esmaeilifar Iran RM, RB 2014 February 26, 1993 Iran Payam Sanat 2018 51 5
24 Reza Shekari Iran AM 2015 May 31, 1998 Iran Moghavemat Tehran 2018 13 1
25 Mohammadreza Abbasi Iran LM 2014 July 27, 1996 (Youth system) 2018 20 1
32 Mehran Derakhshan Mehr Iran MF 2015 August 10, 1998 (Youth system) 2018 0 0
35 Kamran Momeni Iran MF 2015 December 1, 1995 (Youth system) 2018 0 0
77 Ahmad Amir Kamdar Iran MF 2015 January 5, 1989 Iran Siah Jamegan 2017 13 1
Forwards
7 Masoud Hassanzadeh Iran ST 2014 April 12, 1991 Iran Damash 2018 56 17
9 Kaveh Rezaei Iran ST 2014 April 5, 1992 Iran Saipa 2016 45 14
17 Marco Aurélio Iubel Brazil ST 2016 August 7, 1986 Brazil Cuiabá 2016 7 0
30 Mehdi Rajabzadeh Iran SS 2012 June 21, 1978 Iran Fajr Sepasi 2017 283 89

Iran Pro League squad

As of 19 January 2016[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Iran GK Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi
2 Iran DF Mohammad Nejad Mehdi
3 Lebanon DF Walid Ismail
4 Iran DF Hadi Mohammadi
7 Iran FW Masoud Hassanzadeh
8 Iran MF Ghasem Hadadifar (Captain)
9 Iran FW Kaveh Rezaei
11 Iran FW Morteza Tabrizi
12 Iran GK Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri
13 Iran FW Mohammad Reza Hosseini
15 Iran MF Ehsan Pahlevan U23
16 Iran MF Mehdi Mehdipour U23
18 Lebanon DF Ali Hamam
19 Iran DF Mehrdad Ghanbari
20 Iran DF Hojjat Haghverdi U23
No. Position Player
21 Iran DF Saeb Mohebi U23
23 Iran FW Danial Esmaeilifar U23
24 Iran MF Reza Shekari U21
25 Iran FW Mohammadreza Abbasi U21
26 Iran DF Nima Taheri U21
28 Iran FW Ali Khodadadi U21
30 Iran FW Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Vice captain)
31 Iran FW Hamidreza Jafari U21
32 Iran MF Mehran Derakhshan Mehr U21
33 Iran DF Vahid Mohammadzadeh
35 Iran MF Kamran Momeni U21
36 Iran DF Kianoush Eghbali U21
40 Iran GK Peyman Salmani U23
61 Iran DF Hashem Beikzadeh
77 Iran MF Ahmad Amir Kamdar

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 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
5 Iran MF Akbar Sadeghi PL (from Padideh)[2]
6 Iran DF Mohammad Nejad Mehdi PL (from Padideh)[3]
24 Iran MF Reza Shekari (from Moghavemat Tehran)[4]
13 Iran FW Mohammad Reza Hosseini (from Fajr Sepasi)[5]
36 Iran DF Kianoush Eghbali (promoted from Academy)
32 Iran MF Mehran Derakhshan Mehr (promoted from Academy)
35 Iran MF Kamran Momeni (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
3 Brazil DF Carlos Santos (to Naft Tehran)
13 Iran DF Pouria Seifpanahi (to Machine Shahrdari Tabriz)
4 Iran MF Akbar Imani (to Foolad)[6]
5 Iran MF Ghasem Dehnavi (to Saba Qom)[6]
7 Iran MF Mohsen Mosalman (to Persepolis, previously on loan at Foolad)
10 Iran FW Esmaeil Farhadi (Released)
32 Iran FW Amin Nasiri (to Gitipasand)
34 Iran MF Mohammadreza Baouj (Released)
36 Iran FW Farshad Mohammadi (to Gitipasand)

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
26 Iran DF Nima Taheri (promoted from Academy)
17 Brazil FW Marco Aurélio Iubel (from Brazil Cuiabá)
77 Iran MF Ahmad Amir Kamdar (from Siahjamegan)
33 Iran DF Vahid Mohammadzadeh (from Saipa)[7]
61 Iran DF Hashem Beikzadeh (from Saba Qom)[8]
31 Iran FW Hamidreza Jafari (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
5 Iran MF Akbar Sadeghi (to Saba Qom)[8]

Competitions

Overview

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League —— 6th 29 July 201513 May 2016
AFC Champions League Group stage— 1/8 Final 23 February 201525 May 2016
Hazfi Cup Round of 32— Winners 11 September 201529 May 2016

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 11 13 6 38 26  +12 46 4 8 3 17 11  +6 7 5 3 21 15  +6

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result L L W W D W D W D D W D W W L W D D D D D W D L L D D W W L
Position 15 16 8 6 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: "Ipl". 
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

AFC Champions League

AFC Champions League 2016

Zob Ahan team image before AFC Champions League match, 1 March 2016

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZOB LEK NSR BYD
1 Iran Zob Ahan 6 4 2 0 12 2 +10 14 Knockout stage — 0–0 3–0 5–2
2 Qatar Lekhwiya 6 2 3 1 7 2 +5 9 0–1 — 4–0 0–0
3 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 6 1 2 3 5 14 −9 5 0–3 1–1 — 3–3
4 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 6 0 3 3 5 11 −6 3 0–0 0–2 0–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)
18:15 UTC+3
Lekhwiya Qatar 0–1 Iran Zob Ahan
Report Rajabzadeh  46'

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)
18:45 UTC+3:30
Zob Ahan Iran 0–0 Qatar Lekhwiya
Report
Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)
18:00 UTC+5
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 0–0 Iran Zob Ahan
Report
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 4,567
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05)
20:00 UTC+4:30
Zob Ahan Iran 5–2 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Esmaeilifar  3'
Mohammadzadeh  34'
Rajabzadeh  50'
Rezaei  69'
Tabrizi  87'		 Report Zouaghi  78'
Nurmatov  89'
Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
Attendance: 4,523
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20)
20:30 UTC+4
Zob Ahan Iran 3–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Pahlavan  27', 83'
Rezaei  74'		 Report

Round of 16

18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)
19:40 UTC+4
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 1–1 Iran Zob Ahan
Douglas  9' Report Abbasi  75'

25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)
20:45 UTC+4:30
Zob Ahan Iran 0–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Lee Myung-joo  12'
Asprilla  62'

Al-Ain won 3–1 on aggregate.

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 32
Last 16
Quarter-Final

Semi-Final (1/2 Final - Last 4)

Final

Main article: 2016 Hazfi Cup Final

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPro League AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Iran Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Iran Mohammad Nejad Mehdi 26 1 20+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 1
3 DF Lebanon Walid Ismail 26 0 18+0 0 3+0 0 4+1 0
4 DF Iran Hadi Mohammadi 35 1 24+0 1 6+0 0 5+0 0
5 MF Iran Akbar Sadeghi 18 1 14+1 1 0+0 0 3+0 0
7 FW Iran Masoud Hassanzadeh 28 7 11+8 6 1+4 1 2+2 0
8 MF Iran Ghasem Hadadifar 36 0 23+1 0 8+0 0 3+1 0
9 FW Iran Kaveh Rezaei 34 8 16+8 6 7+0 2 3+0 0
11 FW Iran Morteza Tabrizi 40 10 20+7 7 7+1 1 3+2 2
12 GK Iran Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 39 0 27+0 0 8+0 0 4+0 0
13 MF Iran Mohammad Reza Hosseini 22 1 6+11 0 0+1 0 1+3 1
15 MF Iran Ehsan Pahlevan 40 7 25+4 4 8+0 3 3+0 0
16 MF Iran Mehdi Mehdipour 38 3 18+7 2 8+0 0 4+1 1
17 FW Brazil Marco Aurélio Iubel 8 0 0+6 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
18 DF Lebanon Ali Hamam 34 1 23+0 1 6+0 0 5+0 0
19 DF Iran Mehrdad Ghanbari 11 1 5+3 1 0+1 0 2+0 0
20 DF Iran Hojjat Haghverdi 14 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
21 DF Iran Saeb Mohebi 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
23 MF Iran Danial Esmaeilifar 36 2 18+7 1 2+5 1 4+0 0
24 MF Iran Reza Shekari 13 1 0+11 0 0+1 0 0+1 1
25 MF Iran Mohammadreza Abbasi 15 0 3+6 0 2+3 0 0+1 0
26 DF Iran Nima Taheri 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW Iran Ali Khodadadi 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh 41 8 26+4 5 6+0 2 5+0 1
32 MF Iran Mehran Derakhshan Mehr 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Iran Vahid Mohammadzadeh 13 1 5+1 0 6+0 1 1+0 0
35 MF Iran Kamran Momeni 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF Iran Kianoush Eghbali 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 GK Iran Peyman Salmani 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
61 DF Iran Hashem Beikzadeh 11 1 7+0 0 4+0 1 0+0 0
77 MF Iran Ahmad Amir Kamdar 13 1 5+2 1 0+6 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 30 May 2016
Ranking Position Nation Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
1 MF Iran Morteza Tabrizi 7 1 2 10
2 FW Iran Kaveh Rezaei 6 2 0 8
FW Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh 5 2 1 8
3 FW Iran Masoud Hassanzadeh 6 1 0 7
MF Iran Ehsan Pahlavan 4 3 0 7
4 MF Iran Mehdi Mehdipour 2 0 1 3
5 MF Iran Danial Esmaeilifar 1 1 0 2

Friendlies and pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Most assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Last updated on 5 January 2016
Ranking Position Nation Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
1 FW Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh 6 0 0 6
DF Lebanon Ali Hamam 4 1 1 6
2 FW Iran Kaveh Rezaei 3 0 1 4
MF Iran Ghasem Haddadifar 3 2 0 4
3 MF Iran Morteza Tabrizi 1 2 0 3
4 MF Iran Danial Esmaeilifar 2 0 0 2

Friendlies and pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match assists.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 30 May 2016
2015–16 Iran Pro League AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
Position Nation Number Name Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 Iran 4 Hadi Mohammadi 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
2 Iran 8 Ghasem Haddadifar 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
3 Iran 12 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
Lebanon 18 Ali Hamam 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
4 Iran 11 Morteza Tabrizi 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
Lebanon 3 Walid Ismail 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
5 Iran 13 Mohammad Reza Hosseini 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Iran 7 Masoud Hassanzadeh 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Iran 16 Mehdi Mehdipour 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Iran 61 Hashem Beikzadeh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 Iran 23 Danial Esmaeilifar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Iran 9 Kaveh Rezaei 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Iran 5 Akbar Sadeghi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Iran 77 Ahmad Amir Kamdar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Iran 15 Ehsan Pahlavan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 Iran 20 Hojjat Haghverdi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Iran 2 Mohammad Nejad Mehdi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brazil 17 Marco Aurélio Iubel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Iran 33 Vahid Mohammadzadeh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Iran 25 Mohammadreza Abbasi 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Goals conceded

Position Nation Number Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total Clean Sheets
GK Iran 1 Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 3 0 1 4 0
GK Iran 12 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 27 8 4 39 20
TOTALS 30 8 5 43 20

Own goals

Position Nation Number Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
TOTALS 0 0 0 0

Club

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head Coach Iran Yahya Golmohammadi
Assistant Coach Iran Mojtaba Hosseini
Assistant Coach Iran Hassan Esteki
Goalkeeping Coach Iran Davoud Fanaei
Fitness Coach Iran Behzad Noshadi
Physiotherapist Iran Abbas Moradi
Performance Analyst Iran Reza Nasr Esfahani
Analyzer Iran Mohammad Askari
Doctor Iran Dr. Amir Hossein Sharifianpour
Logistics Iran Mahmoud Mehruyan
Team Director Iran Ali Shojaei

Other information

Chairman Iran Saeed Azari
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Foolad Shahr Stadium (20,000 / )

Last updated: 4 January 2016
Source:

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://ffiri.ir/club/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1/101/%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86/10009/
  2. ↑ "با قراردادی یک ساله/صادقی به ذوب آهن پیوست". Cup.ir.
  3. ↑ "نژادمهدی مدافع میانی پدیده، با ذوب آهن سه ساله بست". Zob Ahan FC.
  4. ↑ "ذوب آهن بازیکن تیم امید ایران را جذب کرد". Fars news agency.
  5. ↑ "مهاجم فجر مقاومت به ذوب‌آهن پیوست". Tasnim news agency.
  6. 1 2 "۲ بازیکن از ذوب آهن جدا شدند". Fars news agency.
  7. ↑ "باقراردادی دو ساله و نیمه/محمد زاده به ذوب آهن پیوست". Cup.ir.
  8. 1 2 "ذوب آهن با صبا قم بر سر انتقال اکبر صادقی با هاشم بیک زاده به توافق رسید". Fars news agency.

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