2016–17 Tractor Sazi F.C. season

Tractor Sazi
2016–17 season
Chairman	Mostafa Ajorlu
Manager	Amir Ghalenoei
Stadium	Tractor Stadium; Sahand Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Farzad Hatami; &Edinho (7 goals); All: Farzad Hatami (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	45,000 v Esteghlal (20 April 2017)
Lowest home attendance	0 (spectator ban); v Sanat Naft; (17 January 2017)
Average home league attendance	8,133
Home colours	Away colours

The 2016–17 season is Tractor Sazi's 9th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Tractor Sazi is captained by Mehdi Kiani.

Club

Position	Staff
Head coach	Amir Ghalenoei
First team coach	Rahman Rezaei
Assistant coach	Ali Reza Pezhman
Assistant coach	Rodolfo Correa
Fitness coach	Saeid Nikokheslat
Goalkeeper coach	Rui Tavares
Analyzer	António Oliveira
Doctor & Physiotherapist	Ramzan Norouzzadeh
Psychologist	Akbar Sobhi
B team manager	Farhad Pourgholami
Technical manager	Ahad Sheykhlari

Management

Position	Staff
President	Mostafa Ajorlu
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 January 2017

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	Mohammadreza Akhbari ^U23 (on loan from Saipa)
2	DF	Mohammad Iranpourian
4	DF	Khaled Shafiei
5	DF	Hadi Mohammadi (on loan from Zob Ahan)
6	MF	Mehdi Kiani (Captain)
7	MF	Saeid Aghaei
8	DF	Mohsen Bengar
9	MF	Omid Alishah (on loan from Persepolis)
10	FW	Mohammad Ebrahimi
11	FW	Éder Luciano
13	MF	Karrar Jassim
14	MF	Mohammad Nouri
16	DF	Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh
17	MF	Soroush Rafiei
18	MF	Ahmad Nourollahi (on loan from Persepolis)

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Hashem Beikzadeh
20	FW	Mehdi Sharifi
21	GK	Farzin Garousian
24	FW	Farzad Hatami
25	MF	Alireza Ramezani
27	MF	Fakher Tahami ^U21
28	MF	Mohammad Naderi ^U21
32	DF	Aref Aghasi^U21
66	MF	Sina Ashouri
70	DF	Amir Reza Nasr Azadani^U21
77	MF	Shahram Goudarzi
88	MF	Ali Taheran ^U21

Transfers

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
66	MF	Sina Ashouri (from Zob Ahan, previously on loan)
	MF	Saeid Moradi^U23 (from Parseh Tehran)
	DF	Mohsen Bengar^PL (from Persepolis)
	FW	Shahram Goudarzi^PL (from Gostaresh Foulad)
10	FW	Mohammad Ebrahimi^PL (from Gostaresh Foulad)
	DF	Mohammad Naderi^U23 (from Moghavemat Tehran)
	DF	Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh^U21 (from Shahre Baran)
	GK	Mohammad Amin Bahrami^U21 (from Zob Ahan)
	MF	Soheil Salehi^U21 (from Naft va Gaz Gachsaran)
	MF	Ali Taheran^U21 (from Tractor Sazi)
14	MF	Mohammad Nouri (from Al-Meisameer)
13	MF	Karrar Jassim (from Naft Al-Wasat)
44	DF	Hadi Mohammadi^PL (from Zob Ahan)
	MF	Alireza Ramezani^PL (from Esteghlal)
	FW	Edinho (from Al-Sailiya)
	DF	Aref Aghasi^U21 (from Foolad)
	MF	Mohammad Papi^U21 (from Sepahan U23 – conscription)

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	DF	Shoja' Khalilzadeh (to Sepahan – conscription return)
5	DF	Carlos Cardoso (End of Contract)
8	FW	Shahin Saghebi (to Malavan – conscription return)
11	MF	Bakhtiar Rahmani (to Esteghlal)
12	GK	Masoud Homami (End of Contract)
15	MF	Ayoub Kalantari (to FC Mashhad)
16	MF	Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah (to Malavan – conscription return)
18	MF	Iain Ramsay (to NEC)
19	MF	Augusto César (loan return to Internacional)
27	FW	Aloys Nong (End of Contract)
34	FW	Mehran Ghorbanpour (to Machine Sazi)
40	DF	Ali Hamoudi (to Sepahan – conscription return)
44	DF	Peyman Keshavarz (to Machine Sazi)
88	MF	Fardin Abedini (End of Contract)
	MF	Saeid Moradi (loan to FC Mashhad, previously at Parseh Tehran)

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
		MF	Ahmad Nourollahi (from Persepolis on loan)
		FW	Omid Alishah (from Persepolis on loan)

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Soroush Rafiei (to Persepolis)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League	—	—	3rd	25 July 2016	4 May 2017
Hazfi Cup	Round of 64	—	Runner-up	30 September 2016	11 May 2017

Last updated: 11 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Competition record

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Persian Gulf Pro League	7001300000000000000♠30	7001150000000000000♠15	7001110000000000000♠11	7000400000000000000♠4	7001380000000000000♠38	7001240000000000000♠24	+14	07001500000000000000♠50.00
Hazfi Cup	7000600000000000000♠6	7000500000000000000♠5	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7001110000000000000♠11	7000400000000000000♠4	+7	07001833300000000000♠83.33
Total	7001360000000000000♠36	7001200000000000000♠20	7001110000000000000♠11	7000500000000000000♠5	7001490000000000000♠49	7001280000000000000♠28	+21	07001555600000000000♠55.56

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	20	6	4	46	14	+32	66	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Esteghlal	30	16	9	5	45	27	+18	57
3	Tractor Sazi	30	15	11	4	38	24	+14	56
4	Zob Ahan	30	12	10	8	39	31	+8	46	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Play-off round
5	Sepahan	30	12	9	9	38	34	+4	45

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[1]
(C) Champion.

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	15	11	4	38	24	+14	56	6	8	1	23	13	+10	9	3	3	15	11	+4

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W
Position	6	7	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round	Home	Score	Away	Location

25 July 2016 1	Tractor Sazi	2 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30	Edinho 14' F. Hatami 60'	Report	R. Zahivi 58' R. Zahivi 72'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

1 August 2016 2	Sanat Naft	0 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Abadan
20:45 DST+04:30		Report		Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

7 August 2016 3	Tractor Sazi	3 – 1	Paykan	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30	Edinho 23' M. Ebrahimi 26' K. Jassim 51'	Report	A. Sadeghi 27'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reza Mahdavi

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 4	Machine Sazi	0 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30		Report	M. Iranpourian 30', 92'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 5	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tabriz
17:15 DST+04:30	M. Nouri 26' H. Mohammadi 34' S. Ashouri 81'	Report	K. Kamyabinia 84'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) 6	Zob Ahan	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
18:30 DST+04:30	A. Hamam 69'	Report	M. Iranpourian 40' S. Ashouri 73'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000

20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 7	Tractor Sazi	3 – 0	Siah Jamegan	Tabriz
16:45 DST+04:30	M. Iranpourian 2' F. Hatami 58' M. Kiani 92'	Report		Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 8	Saipa	0 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) 9	Tractor Sazi	2 – 2	Foolad	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	Edinho 3' S. Rafiei 67'	Report	E. Sharifat 29' S. Ansari 65'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

27 October 2016 (2016-10-27) 10	Gostaresh Foulad	0 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Tabriz
14:45 DST+03:30		Report	Edinho 42', 47'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) 11	Tractor Sazi	2 – 1	Saba Qom	Tabriz
14:30 DST+03:30	F. Hatami 55' M. Iranpourian 66'	Report	A. Hassanzadeh 71'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek

2 December 2016 (2016-12-02) 12	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Padideh	Tabriz
14:00 DST+03:30	F. Hatami 38'	Report	M. Yousefi 62'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hossein Zahedifar

9 December 2016 (2016-12-09) 13	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	K. Rezaei 7' 90+3' O. Ebrahimi 29' Y. Karimi 83'	Report	F. Hatami 56', 69' 77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

16 December 2016 (2016-12-16) 14	Tractor Sazi	1 – 2	Sepahan	Tabriz
14:00 DST+03:30	F. Hatami 71'	Report	M. Mohammadi 25' E. Hajsafi 56'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

25 December 2017 (2017-12-25) 15	Naft Tehran	0 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30		Report	M. Sharifi 63' M. Nouri 72'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

12 January 2017 (2017-01-12) 16	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
15:30 DST+03:30		Report	M. Sharifi 88'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 5,000

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17) 17	Tractor Sazi	2 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	M. Ebrahimi 8' O. Alishah 62'	Report	Z. Niknafs 60' A. Abdollahzadeh 86'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: NC Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 18	Paykan	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:45 (DST+03:30)		Report	M. Ebrahimi 74'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) 19	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Machine Sazi	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 20	Persepolis	3 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30	M. Taremi 2' R. Rezaeain 23' V. Amiri 64'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 21	Tractor Sazi	4 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	M. Iranpourian 6' Edinho 31' M. Ebrahimi 39' M. Kiani 93'	Report	M. Rajabzadeh 35'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 22	Siah Jamegan	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Mashhad
14:30 DST+03:30	H. Badamaki 27'	Report	M. Mehdizadeh 45' F. Hatami 89'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) 23	Tractor Sazi	0 – 0	Saipa	Tabriz
15:15 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24	Foolad	0 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
16:30 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 25	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Gostaresh Foulad	Tabriz
17:30 DST+04:30	M. Sharifi 16'	Report	R. Khaleghifar 55'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 26	Saba Qom	3 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Qom
17:15 DST+04:30	O. Jahanbakhsh 61', 95' M. Majidi 99'	Report		Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

14 April 2017 (2017-04-14) 27	Padideh	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Mashhad
17:00 DST+04:30		Report	M. Ebrahimi 9'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali

20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) 28	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
17:45 (UTC+04:30)	M. Ebrahimi 87'	Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 29	Sepahan	2 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
18:00 DST+04:30	M. Mohammadi 42' F. Karimi 89'	Report		Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) 30	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tabriz
18:00 (UTC+04:30)	Edinho 93'	Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

Hazfi Cup