2018–19 Tractor Sazi F.C. season

Tractor Sazi
2018–19 season
Owner	Mohammad Reza Zonuzi
Chairman	Sadegh Deroudgar; (until 12 August 2018); Alireza Asadi; (from 12 August 2018)
Manager	John Toshack; (until 17 September 2018); Mohammad Taghavi; (from 17 September 2018)
Stadium	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	6th
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Anthony Stokes (7); All: ; Anthony Stokes (9)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2018–19 season was the Tractor Sazi Football Club's 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 10th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup, and 48th year in existence as a football club.

John Toshack replaced Ertuğrul Sağlam at the helm after half seasons.

Players

First team squad

As of 3 September 2018.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Mohsen Forouzan	GK	(1988-05-03)May 3, 1988 (aged 30)	Pars Jonoubi Jam
22	Alireza Heidari	GK	(1992-12-01)December 1, 1992 (aged 26)	Malavan
33	Mahdi Mohammadian	GK	(1997-03-05)March 5, 1997 (aged 21)	Tractor Sazi U21
Defenders
2	Mohammad Tayyebi	DF	(1986-09-11)September 11, 1986 (aged 32)	Pars Jonoubi Jam
3	Reza Sharbati	LB, LM	(1995-02-16)February 16, 1995 (aged 23)	Siah Jamegan
5	Ali Abdollahzadeh	DF, RB	(1993-01-04)January 4, 1993 (aged 25)	Sanat Naft
16	Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh	DF	(1994-02-18)February 18, 1994 (aged 24)	Damash Gilan
26	Ehsan Hajsafi	LB, LM,DM	(1990-02-25)February 25, 1990 (aged 28)	Olympiacos
29	Iman Salimi	DF,DM	(1996-06-01)June 1, 1996 (aged 22)	Pars Jonoubi Jam
40	Ali Esmaeili	DF	(1996-12-16)December 16, 1996 (aged 22)	Tractor Sazi U21
70	Amir Reza Nasr Azadani	RB, RM	(1996-02-07)February 7, 1996 (aged 22)	Rah Ahan
77	Mohammad Moslemipour	LB	(1997-05-25)May 25, 1997 (aged 21)	Tractor Sazi U19
Midfielders
6	Alireza Naghizadeh	DM, CM, AM	(1993-03-03)March 3, 1993 (aged 25)	Gostaresh Foolad
7	Masoud Shojaei	AM, CM,RW,LW	(1984-06-09)June 9, 1984 (aged 34)	AEK Athens
8	Ali Taheran ^U23	DM, CM	(1997-04-07)April 7, 1997 (aged 21)	Tractor Sazi U21
9	Mehdi Mehdipour	DM, CM, AM	(1994-02-18)February 18, 1994 (aged 24)	Zob Ahan
11	Danial Esmaeilifar	RM, RB, RW	(1993-02-26)February 26, 1993 (aged 25)	Zob Ahan
21	Ashkan Dejagah	AM, RW, LW	(1986-07-05)July 5, 1986 (aged 32)	Nottingham Forest
99	Ghaem Eslamikhah	AM, RM, LM	(1995-01-17)January 17, 1995 (aged 23)	Baadraan
Forwards
10	Ehsan Pahlavan	LW, LM	(1993-07-25)July 25, 1993 (aged 25)	Zob Ahan
14	Yousef Seyedi	LW, RW, CF	(1996-03-08)March 8, 1996 (aged 22)	Gostaresh Foolad
17	Mohammad Reza Azadi ^U21	CF, RW	(1999-12-07)December 7, 1999 (aged 19)	Tractor Sazi U19
19	Lee Erwin	CF,LW, RW	(1994-11-07)November 7, 1994 (aged 24)	Kilmarnock
20	Reza Abdi ^U23	CF	(1996-05-11)May 11, 1996 (aged 22)	Tractor Sazi U21
24	Yukiya Sugita	LW, RW,AM,CF	(1993-04-22)April 22, 1993 (aged 25)	Dalkurd
28	Anthony Stokes	CF, SS, LW	(1988-07-25)July 25, 1988 (aged 30)	Apollon Smyrni
32	Hamed Hosseinalizadeh ^U21	LW, LM, RW	(1998-01-09)January 9, 1998 (aged 20)	Tractor Sazi U19

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Source
1	GK	Mohsen Forouzan	30	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	2021	^[1]
2	DF	Mohammad Tayyebi	31	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	2020	^[2]
4	DF	Mohammad Ahle Shakheh	24	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2021	^[3]
5	DF	Ali Abdollahzadeh	25	Sanat Naft Abadan	Transfer	Summer	2020	^[4]
6	MF	Alireza Naghizadeh	25	Gostaresh Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2021	^[5]
14	FW	Yousef Seyyedi	22	Gostaresh Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2023
15	FW	Harry Forrester	27	Rangers	Transfer	Summer	2020
28	FW	Anthony Stokes	29	Apollon Smyrni	Transfer	Summer	2020
24	MF	Yukiya Sugita	25	Dalkurd	Transfer	Summer	2021
78	MF	Sobhan Khaghani	18	Meshki Pooshan	Transfer	Summer	2020
22	GK	Alireza Heidari	25	Malavan	Transfer	Summer	2020
7	MF	Masoud Shojaei	33	AEK Athens	Transfer	Summer	2021
21	MF	Ashkan Dejagah	31	Nottingham Forest	Transfer	Summer	2021
19	FW	Lee Erwin	23	Kilmarnock	Transfer	Summer	2022
26	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi	28	Olympiacos	Transfer	Summer	2021
29	DF	Iman Salimi	22	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	2022

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	Farzin Garousian	25	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Released	Summer	^[6]
2	DF	Mohammad Iranpourian	32	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer	^[7]
4	DF	Hadi Mohammadi	27	Zob Ahan	End of loan	Summer
4	DF	Mohammad Ahle Shakheh	24	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer
5	DF	Šime Gregov	28	Unattached	Released	Summer
28	DF	Mohammad Naderi	21	Kortrijk	Transfer	Summer	^[8]
23	DF	Aref Aghasi	21	Foolad	End of loan	Summer
6	MF	Mehdi Kiani	31	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer
15	MF	Harry Forrester	27	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer
30	MF	Amir Asadzadeh	21	Fajr Sepasi	Transfer	Summer
27	MF	Fakher Tahami	21	Sanat Naft Abadan	End of loan	Summer
66	MF	Sina Ashouri	29	Unattached	Released	Summer
7	FW	Omid Alishah	26	Persepolis	End of loan	Summer
10	FW	Mohammad Ebrahimi	33	Oxin Alborz	Transfer	Summer
18	FW	Sulejman Krpić	27	Željezničar Sarajevo	Transfer	Summer
24	FW	Farzad Hatami	32	Oxin Alborz	Transfer	Summer
17	FW	Amir Arsalan Motahari	25	Saham	Transfer	Summer

Coaching staff

As of 6 September 2018.

John Toshack is the current manager of Tractor Sazi

Position	Staff
Head coach	John Toshack
Assistant coach	Amir Hossein Peiravani Mohammad Taghavi Kazem Mahmoudi
Fitness coach	Emad Mohajeri
Goalkeeper coach	Amir Yousefi
Tactical analyst	Alexis Plaza
Team Manager	Hassan Azarnia
Media Officer	Mostafa Manteghey

Pre-season and friendlies

6 July 2018 (2018-07-06) Friendly	Tractor Sazi	2–0	Keşla	Ankara
17:30 DST+03:00	Pahlevan 10' Reza Abdi 85'	Report		Stadium: Kızılcahamam Stadium

9 July 2018 (2018-07-09) Friendly	Gençlerbirliği	2–3	Tractor Sazi	Ankara
18:00 DST+03:00	Ciftci 50' Jaílton 85'	Report	Reza Abdi 43' Esmaeilifar 44' Mehdizadeh 56'	Stadium: Kızılcahamam Stadium

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) Friendly	Tractor Sazi	2–2	Iași	Ankara
17:30 DST+03:00	Esmaeilifar 20' Azadi 91'	Report		Stadium: Kızılcahamam Stadium

15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) Friendly	Sivasspor	1–1	Tractor Sazi	Bolu
16:00 DST+03:00	Yandaş 6'	Report	Tayyebi 76'	Stadium: Karaçayır 3 Nolu Sahası

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Tractor Sazi	0–0	Shahrdari Mahshahr	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30		Report		Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	27 July 2018		Matchday 1		7000800000000000000♠8	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7001120000000000000♠12	7000700000000000000♠7	+5	07001375000000000000♠37.50
Hazfi Cup	14 September 2018	14 September 2018	Round of 32	Round of 32	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	+0	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Total					7000900000000000000♠9	7000300000000000000♠3	7000500000000000000♠5	7000100000000000000♠1	7001150000000000000♠15	7001100000000000000♠10	+5	07001333300000000000♠33.33

Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Paykan	8	4	3	1	9	4	+5	15
5	Saipa	8	4	2	2	9	7	+2	14
6	Tractor Sazi	8	3	4	1	12	7	+5	13
7	Esteghlal	8	2	5	1	7	4	+3	11
8	Pars Jonoubi Jam	8	2	3	3	8	8	0	9

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[9]

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
8	3	4	1	12	7	+5	13	3	1	0	10	2	+8	0	3	1	2	5	−3

Last updated: 23 September 2018 (2018-09-23).
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W
Position	12	12	15	9	11	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2018. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round	Home	Score	Away	Location

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) 1	Naft Masjed Soleyman	0–0	Tractor Sazi	Masjed Soleyman
20:45 DST+04:30	Vakia 57' Asgari 74'	Report	Taheran 51' Esmaeili 93'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Koopal Nazemi

3 August 2018 (2018-08-03) 2	Tractor Sazi	1–1	Nassaji	Tabriz
20:00 DST+04:30	Taheran 32' Stokes 41'	Report	Mamashli 43' Abbaszadeh 63' Nazari 67', 80' Hamed Lak 73'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: NC Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 3	Esteghlal	3–0	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
20:30 DST+04:30	Abdollahzadeh 13' (o.g.) Tabrizi 28' Zakipour 37' Esmaeili 51'	Report	Abdollahzadeh 83'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 4	Tractor Sazi	1–0	Saipa	Tabriz
19:45 DST+04:30	Esmaeilifar 77' Mehdipour 94'	Report	Dashti 24' Sarfo 79'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 60,156 Referee: Hossein Zahedifar

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 5	Sepahan	2–2	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
20:00 DST+04:30	Shahbazzadeh 35' Kiani 65' Pourghaz 89'	Report	Stokes 73' Esmaeilifar 90'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) 6	Tractor Sazi	2–1	Machine Sazi	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30	Mehdizadeh 32' Dejagah 45' Stokes 48' Shojaei 60'	Report	Zahedi 63' Afraz 92'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 35,610 Referee: Ali Safaei

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 7	Padideh	0–0	Tractor Sazi	Mashhad
19:00 DST+03:30	Khalatbari 72'	Report	Shojaei 68'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) 8	Tractor Sazi	6–0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tabriz
17:40 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) 9	Sanat Naft	v	Tractor Sazi	Abadan
18:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Takhti Stadium

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 10	Tractor Sazi	v	Sepidrood	Tabriz
16:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 11	Paykan	v	Tractor Sazi	Qods
16:40 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium

23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 12	Tractor Sazi	v	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) 13	Persepolis	v	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06) 14	Pars Jonoubi Jam	v	Tractor Sazi	Jam
15:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Takhti Stadium

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 15	Tractor Sazi	v	Foolad	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

16	Tractor Sazi	v	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Tabriz
				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

17	Nassaji Mazandaran	v	Tractor Sazi	Qaem Shahr
				Stadium: Vatani Stadium

18	Tractor Sazi	v	Esteghlal	Tabriz
				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

19	Saipa	v	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
				Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium

20	Tractor Sazi	v	Sepahan	Tabriz
				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

21	Machine Sazi	v	Tractor Sazi	Tabriz
				Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium

22	Tractor Sazi	v	Padideh	Tabriz
				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

23	Esteghlal Khuzestan	v	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
				Stadium: Ghadir Stadium

24	Tractor Sazi	v	Sanat Naft	Tabriz
				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

25	Sepidrood	v	Tractor Sazi	Rasht
				Stadium: Azodi Stadium

26	Tractor Sazi	v	Paykan	Tabriz
				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

27	Zob Ahan	v	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

28	Tractor Sazi	v	Persepolis	Tabriz
				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

29	Tractor Sazi	v	Pars Jonoubi Jam	Tabriz
				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium

30	Foolad	v	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
				Stadium: Foolad Arena

Hazfi Cup

14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) Round of 32	Sanat Naft	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Tractor Sazi	Abadan
20:00 DST+04:30	Karrar 42', 92' Balotelli 81'	Report	Stokes 45', 63' 86' Esmaeilifar 58'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari
		Penalties
	Karrar Hakhamaneshi Jahani Balotelli Barzay		Stokes Abdollahzadeh Taheran Pahlavan Mehdipour

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 18 July 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Persian Gulf Pro League		Hazfi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mohsen Forouzan	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Mohammad Tayyebi	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Reza Sharbati	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Mohammad Ahle Shakheh	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ali Abdollahzadeh	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Alireza Naghizadeh	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Ali Taheran	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Ehsan Pahlavan	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Danial Esmaeilifar	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Anthony Stokes	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Harry Forrester	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Mohammad Reza Azadi	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Alireza Heidari	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Reza Abdi	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Yousef Seyyedi	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Hamed Hosseinalizadeh	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Mahdi Mohammadian	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF		Ali Esmaeili	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF		Amir Reza Nasr Azadani	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF		Mohammad Moslemipour	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	MF		Ghaem Eslamikhah	0	0	0	0	0	0

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