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Zob Ahan
2014–15 season
Chairman	Saeed Azari
Manager	Yahya Golmohammadi
Stadium	Foolad Shahr Stadium
Iran Pro League	4th
Top goalscorer	League: Masoud Hassanzadeh (9); All: Masoud Hassanzadeh (10)
Highest home attendance	8,000 (26 September 2014 against Esteghlal)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 (19 August 2014 against Rah Ahan)
Average home league attendance	League: 2,600; All: 2,921
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season is Zob Ahan's 13th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup . Naft Tehran is captained by Ghasem Hadadifar.

First-team squad

As of 29 December 2014^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi
2	DF	IRN	Hadi Mohammadi
3	DF	BRA	Carlos Santos
4	MF	IRN	Akbar Imani ^U23
5	MF	IRN	Ghasem Dehnavi
8	MF	IRN	Ghasem Hadadifar (Captain)
10	FW	IRN	Esmaeil Farhadi (3rd captain)
11	FW	IRN	Morteza Tabrizi
12	GK	IRN	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri
13	DF	IRN	Pouria Seifpanahi
15	MF	IRN	Ehsan Pahlevan ^U23
16	DF	IRN	Hojjat Haghverdi ^U23
17	FW	IRN	Masoud Hassanzadeh
18	DF	LBN	Ali Hamam


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	IRN	Mehrdad Ghanbari
21	DF	IRN	Saeb Mohebi ^U23
23	FW	IRN	Danial Esmaeilifar ^U23
25	FW	IRN	Mohammadreza Abbasi ^U21
26	MF	IRN	Mehdi Mehdipour ^U21
27	DF	LBN	Walid Ismail
28	FW	IRN	Ali Khodadadi ^U21
30	FW	IRN	Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Vice captain)
32	FW	IRN	Amin Nasiri ^U23
33	GK	IRN	Mohamamd Amin Bahrami ^U21
34	MF	IRN	Mohammadreza Baouj ^U21
36	FW	IRN	Farshad Mohammadi ^U21
40	GK	IRN	Peyman Salmani ^U21
99	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei ^U23

Loan list

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	IRN	Mohsen Mosalman (at Foolad until 30 June 2015)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2014–15.

Transfers

In

P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window
GK	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	26	Saipa		N/A	Transfer	Summer
MF	Hojjat Haghverdi	22	Aboumoslem	2016	Free	Transfer	Summer
MF	Mehrdad Ghanbari	25	Padideh		Free	Transfer	Summer
DF	Hadi Mohammadi	24	Damash	2016	Free	Transfer	Summer
FW	Masoud Hassanzadeh	24	Damash	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer
MF	Ghasem Dehnavi	34	Persepolis	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer
FW	Mostafa Shojaei	32	Mes Kerman	2018	Free	Transfer	Summer
AM	Danial Esmaeilifar	22	Payam Sanat Amol	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer
DF	Saeb Mohebi	21	Caspian Qazvin		undisclosed	Transfer	Summer
MF	Hossein Doustdar	28	Giti Pasand	2016	Free	Transfer	Summer
DF	Pouria Seifpanahi	28	Mes Kerman		Free	Transfer	Summer
DF	Ali Hamam	28	Nejmeh SC	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Iran Pro League	—	—
Hazfi Cup	Third Round	—	Winners	11 Sep 2014	30 May 2015

Source: Competitions

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
27	13	8	6	44	26	+18	47	9	3	1	25	11	+14	4	5	5	19	15	+4

Last updated: 26 April 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
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	H	A	H	H
Result	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W
Position	14	12	16	13	13	13	14	12	14	12	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

1 August 2014 1	Saba Qom	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Qom
	Kalantari 62' (pen.) Achille 86'		Tabrizi 72'	Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

7 August 2014 2	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 2,000

15 August 2014 3	Persepolis	1 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:55				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Mohammad Maleki

19 August 2014 4	Zob Ahan	2 – 2	Rah Ahan	Isfahan
18:30				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

24 August 2014 5	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Ahvaz
18:30				Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

29 August 2014 6	Zob Ahan	1 – 1	Sepahan	Isfahan
18:30				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani

4 September 2014 7	Saipa	1 – 0	Zob Ahan	Alborz Province
17:30				Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Referee: Hossein Zahedifar

11 September 2014 8	Zob Ahan	1 – 0	Paykan	Isfahan
19:15				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

19 September 2014 9	Gostaresh Foulad	3 – 2	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
20:10				Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium Referee: Payam Heidari

26 September 2014 10	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Esteghlal	Isfahan
17:00				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani

2 October 2014 11	Naft Tehran	0 – 0	Zob Ahan	Tehran
19:30				Stadium: Takhti Stadium Referee: Turaj Haghveri

22 October 2014 12	Zob Ahan	0 – 1	Foolad	Isfahan
16:45				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

31 October 2014 13	Naft Masjed Soleyman	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Masjed Soleyman
15:45				Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Referee: Reza Aadel

7 November 2014 14	Malavan	1 – 3	Zob Ahan	Bandar-e Anzali
16:00				Stadium: Takhti Stadium (Anzali) Referee: Alborz Hajipour

21 November 2014 15	Zob Ahan	2 – 0	Padideh	Isfahan
15:30				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Seyed Zargar

1 December 2014 16	Zob Ahan	3 – 1	Saba Qom	Isfahan
15:00				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salehi

11 December 2014 17	Tractor Sazi	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
15:30				Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Referee: Omid Saeidfar

30 January 2015 18	Zob Ahan	1 – 0	Persepolis	Isfahan
16:00				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Ghasem Vahedi

4 February 2015 19	Rah Ahan	0 – 3	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:00				Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium Referee: Turaj Haghverdi

8 February 2015 20	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Isfahan
15:30				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Gholamreza Jabbari

12 February 2015 21	Sepahan	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Isfahan
15:15				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Ali Safaei

8 March 2015 22	Zob Ahan	4 – 1	Saipa	Isfahan
16:00				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Hassan Akrami

12 March 2015 23	Paykan	1 – 3	Zob Ahan	Qods
18:30				Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Padovani

3 April 2015 24	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Gostaresh Foulad	Isfahan
16:30				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

12 April 2015 25	Esteghlal	1 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tehran
17:30				Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Ahmad Salehi

16 April 2015 26	Zob Ahan	5 – 3	Naft Tehran	Isfahan
17:30	Rezaei 21', 49', 69' Mohammadi 41' Esmaeilifar 44'	Report	Kamyabinia 45+2' Amir Arsalan Motahari 78' (Pen.) Kamyabinia Amir Arsalan Motahari Ebrahimi 90+2'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar Man of the Match: Kaveh Rezaei

25 April 2015 27	Foolad	0 – 2	Zob Ahan	Ahvaz
17:30				Stadium: Qadir Stadium

1 May 2015 28	Zob Ahan	2 – 0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Isfahan
17:30				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

1 May 2015 29	Zob Ahan	2 – 0	Malavan	Isfahan
17:30				Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Hazfi Cup