2015–16 Tractor S.C. season

Tractor
2015–16 season
Chairman	Saeed Abbasi
Manager	Toni ; (until 8 December 2015) ; Amir Ghalenoei; (from 9 December 2015)
Stadium	Sahand Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	4th
Hazfi Cup	Semi-Final
ACL	Round of 16
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
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Club

Current coaching staff

Toni, the Tractor 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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Mohammadreza Akhbari ^U23 (on loan from Saipa)
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Iranpourian
3	DF	IRN	Shoja' Khalilzadeh (on loan from Sepahan)
4	DF	IRN	Khaled Shafiei
5	DF	BRA	Cardoso
6	MF	IRN	Sina Ashouri (on loan from Zob Ahan)
7	MF	IRN	Saman Nariman Jahan (2nd captain)
8	FW	IRN	Shahin Saghebi (on loan from Malavan)
9	FW	IRN	Farid Karimi
10	MF	IRN	Soroush Rafiei
11	MF	IRN	Bakhtiar Rahmani
16	MF	IRN	Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah ^U21 (on loan from Malavan)
18	MF	PHI	Iain Ramsay


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	BRA	Augusto César
20	MF	IRN	Ahmad Abdollahzadeh ^U23 (on loan from Foolad)
22	GK	IRN	Mohammad Ali Ramezanian ^U23
23	DF	IRN	Mirhani Hashemi
27	FW	CMR	Aloys Nong
29	FW	IRN	Peyman Keshavarz ^U21
33	GK	IRN	Mehrdad Tahmasbi
40	DF	IRN	Ali Hamoudi (on loan from Sepahan)
66	MF	IRN	Mehdi Kiani (Captain)
77	MF	IRN	Saeid Aghaei ^U21 (on loan from Gostaresh Foulad)
88	DF	IRN	Fardin Abedini
99	FW	IRN	Mehrdad Bayrami
—	DF	IRN	Farzad Jafari

Transfers

Summer

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	IRN	Farzad Jafari (from Esteghlal Khuzestan – conscription)^[1]
1	GK	IRN	Mohammadreza Akhbari ^PL (from Saipa — conscription)^[2]
10	MF	IRN	Soroush Rafiei (from Foolad — conscription)^[3]
20	MF	IRN	Ahmad Abdollahzadeh (from Niroo Zamini, originally from Foolad — conscription)
11	MF	IRN	Bakhtiar Rahmani (from Foolad — conscription)
33	GK	IRN	Mehrdad Tahmasbi ^PL (from Saba Qom)^[4]
5	DF	BRA	Carlos Cardoso (from Neftchi)^[5]
17	FW	TUN	Hamza Younés (from Ludogorets Razgrad)^[6]
19	MF	BRA	Augusto César (from Internacional)^[7]
18	DF	PHI	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	IRN	Farshad Ahmadzadeh (to Persepolis – return from conscription)^[9]
35	FW	IRN	Peyman Babaei (Released)
21	FW	IRN	Mohsen Delir (to Gostaresh Foulad – return from conscription)^[9]
44	GK	SEN	Issa Ndoye (Released)^[10]
1	GK	IRN	Hamed Lak (to Saba Qom)^[11]^[10]
3	DF	IRN	Habib Gordani (to Sepahan)^[12]
6	MF	IRN	Mehdi Kiani (to Gostaresh Foulad)^[13]^[10]
33	DF	IRN	Shahriar Shirvand (to Gostaresh Foulad – return from conscription)^[14]
13	DF	BRA	Célio (to Al-Shaab)
10	FW	BRA	Edinho (to Al-Sailiya)^[15]
14	MF	IRN	Andranik Teymourian (to Umm Salal)
18	MF	IRN	Ahmad Amir Kamdar (to Siah Jamegan Khorasan)^[16]
69	DF	IRN	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
66	MF	IRN	Mehdi Kiani (from Gostaresh Foolad)
15	MF	IRN	Ayoub Kalantari (from Gostaresh Foolad)
24	FW	IRN	Farzad Hatami (from Malavan)
77	DF	IRN	Saeid Aghaei (from Gostaresh Foolad – previously on conscription)
—	FW	IRN	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	IRN	Farid Karimi (to Saba Qom – return from conscription)^[18]
7	MF	IRN	Saman Nariman Jahan (to Gostaresh Foolad – return from conscription)
99	FW	IRN	Mehrdad Bayrami (Released)
17	FW	TUN	Hamza Younés (Released)^[19]
31	MF	IRN	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	_	4th	31 July 2015	May 2016
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	_	Semi-Final	11 September 2015
AFC Champions League	Group-Stage	_	Round of 16	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	30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	043.33
Hazfi Cup	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	075.00
AFC Champions League	8	5	0	3	14	8	+6	062.50
Total	42	21	12	9	64	38	+26	050.00

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Persepolis	30	16	9	5	50	34	+16	57	Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Esteghlal	30	13	13	4	43	28	+15	52	Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
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	Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.

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
30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51	5	8	2	24	15	+9	8	4	3	19	12	+7

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	8	3	6	7	8	9	10	9	6	6	11	11	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2015. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

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

7 August 2015 2	Gostaresh	1 – 3	Tractor	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	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	Mashhad
17:30 DST+03:30	Yousefi 86'			Stadium: Samen Attendance: 2,000

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

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

25 September 2015 7	Tractor	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	Ahvaz
17:10 DST+03:30	Khaledi 65'		Augusto 71' Iranpourian 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Ghadir Attendance: 1,200

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

27 October 2015 10	Tractor	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	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	0 – 0	Siah Jamegan	Tabriz
15:15 DST+03:30				Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 9,500

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

13 December 2015 14	Tractor	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	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	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30			Aghaei 45+1'	Stadium: Takhti Tehran Attendance: 1,000

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

Hazfi Cup

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) Round of 32	Tractor	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	Qom
			Younés 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 1,500

4 November 2015 Quarter-Final (1/4 Final - Last 8)	Saipa	1 – 2	Tractor	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	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

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tractor Sazi	6	4	0	2	10	3	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Hilal	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage
3	Pakhtakor	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
4	Al-Jazira	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1

Source: AFC

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Win Draw Loss Postponed

24 February 2016 1	Tractor	4–0	Al-Jazira	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium, Tabriz
	Rahmani 4', 60' Khalilzadeh 10' Sharifi 54'	Report		Attendance: 13,452 Referee: Muhammad Taqi

2 March 2016 2	Al-Jazira	0–1	Tractor	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
		Report	Rahmani 31'	Attendance: 6,820 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera

15 March 2016 3	Pakhtakor	1–0	Tractor	Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
	Sergeev 41'	Report		Attendance: 2,223 Referee: Kim Dong-jin

6 April 2016 4	Tractor	2–0	Pakhtakor	Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Tabriz
	Augusto 59' Aghaei 83'	Report		Attendance: 33,450 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

19 April 2016 5	Al-Hilal	0–2	Tractor	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
		Report	Nong 66' Hatami 81'	Attendance: 2,642 Referee: Peter Green

3 May 2016 6	Tractor	1–2	Al-Hilal	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
	Nong 48'	Report	Al-Dawsari 15' Aílton 71'	Attendance: 8,545 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok

Round of 16

17 May 2016 (2016-05-17) First leg	Al-Nasr	4–1	Tractor	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
20:45 UTC+4	Al-Yassi 15' Saleh 41', 77' Khamees 89'	Report	Augusto 59'	Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

24 May 2016 (2016-05-24) Second leg	Tractor	3–1 (4 – 5 agg.)	Al-Nasr	Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Tabriz
20:00 UTC+4:30	Hatami 47', 73' Iranpourian 61'	Report	Saleh 16'	Attendance: 65,100 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Kit and sponsorship

Tractor is currently sponsored by the Hamrah-e Aval (Mobile Telecommunication Company) and also Javanane Khayer Foundation. They were previously sponsored by the Bank Sepah. In 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

[table_note_res_GS10.39138583717467-20] Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.

[Tractor_1-1] "مدافع استقلال سرباز جدید تراکتور". Varzesh3.

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[Tractor4-3] "سروش رفیعی به تراکتورسازی پیوست". Tasnim news agency.

[4] "با عقد قراردادی یک ساله/مهرداد طهماسبی رسما به تراکتورسازی پیوست" (in Persian). Cup.ir. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[5] "مدافع برزیلی به تراکتورسازی پیوست" (in Persian). Tasnim news agency.

[6] "حمزه یونس، مهاجم جدید تراکتورسازی" (in Persian). Tractorsazi FC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[7] "عقد قرارداد آگوستو سزار بازیکن جدید تراکتورسازان" (in Persian). Tractorsazi FC. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[8] "فوتبالیترین - عملکرد تراکتورسازی تا امروز در نقل و انتقالات/ جذب ۸ بازیکن داخلی و ۴ بازیکن خارجی" (in Persian). Retrieved 2016-04-24.

[Perspolis1-9] "جدایی ۳ بازیکن از تراکتورسازی قطعی شد" (in Persian). 90tv.ir. Archived from the original on 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[Tractor2-10] "آخرین اخبار از نقل و انتقالات تراکتورسازی" (in Persian). Varzesh3.com.

[Saba3-11] "دروازه بان فصل گذشته تراکتورسازی،رسما به صبا پیوست/نخستین تمرین لک در تیم دایی" (in Persian). Cup.ir. Archived from the original on 2015-08-23. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[Sepahan2-12] "مدافع فصل گذشته تراکتورسازی به تیم سپاهان پیوست" (in Persian). Football Iran.

[GFT7-13] "کیانی رسماً به گسترش فولاد تبریز پیوست" (in Persian). Tasnim news agency.

[GFT1-14] "سعید آقایی یک نیم فصل دیگر سرباز تراکتور است" (in Persian). ISNA News Aganecy.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51	5	8	2	24	15	+9	8	4	3	19	12	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51	5	8	2	24	15	+9	8	4	3	19	12	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51	5	8	2	24	15	+9	8	4	3	19	12	+7