2015–16 Tractor S.C. season

Tractor
2015–16 season
ChairmanSaeed Abbasi
ManagerToni
(until 8 December 2015)

Amir Ghalenoei
(from 9 December 2015)
StadiumSahand Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League4th
Hazfi CupSemi-Final
ACLRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Shoja' Khalilzadeh (2 goals)
All: Shoja' Khalilzadeh (2 goals)
Highest home attendance20,000 v Naft Tehran (31 July 2015)
20,000 v Persepolis (25 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance0 (spectator ban)
v Saipa
(10 October 2015)
Average home league attendance10,857

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Mohammadreza Akhbari U23 (on loan from Saipa)
2 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Iranpourian
3 DF Iran IRN Shoja' Khalilzadeh (on loan from Sepahan)
4 DF Iran IRN Khaled Shafiei
5 DF Brazil BRA Cardoso
6 MF Iran IRN Sina Ashouri (on loan from Zob Ahan)
7 MF Iran IRN Saman Nariman Jahan (2nd captain)
8 FW Iran IRN Shahin Saghebi (on loan from Malavan)
9 FW Iran IRN Farid Karimi
10 MF Iran IRN Soroush Rafiei
11 MF Iran IRN Bakhtiar Rahmani
16 MF Iran IRN Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah U21 (on loan from Malavan)
18 MF Philippines PHI Iain Ramsay
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Brazil BRA Augusto César
20 MF Iran IRN Ahmad Abdollahzadeh U23 (on loan from Foolad)
22 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Ali Ramezanian U23
23 DF Iran IRN Mirhani Hashemi
27 FW Cameroon CMR Aloys Nong
29 FW Iran IRN Peyman Keshavarz U21
33 GK Iran IRN Mehrdad Tahmasbi
40 DF Iran IRN Ali Hamoudi (on loan from Sepahan)
66 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Kiani (Captain)
77 MF Iran IRN Saeid Aghaei U21 (on loan from Gostaresh Foulad)
88 DF Iran IRN Fardin Abedini
99 FW Iran IRN Mehrdad Bayrami
DF Iran IRN Farzad Jafari

Transfers

Summer

Winter

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
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 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:
  1. ^ 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

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GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDWDLDDLWWDLDWDWWDDLDWDWWWDLWWW
Position836789109661111997777787655444444
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 Yellow card 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
22 December 2015 (2015-12-22) Semi-Final (1/2 Final - Last 4)Tractor1 – 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iran Tractor Sazi 6 4 0 2 10 3 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11
3 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10
4 United Arab Emirates 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 Iran 4–0 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium, Tabriz
Rahmani 4', 60'
Khalilzadeh 10'
Sharifi 54'
Report Attendance: 13,452
Referee: Muhammad Taqi
15 March 2016 3 Pakhtakor Uzbekistan 1–0 Iran Tractor Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Sergeev 41' Report Attendance: 2,223
Referee: Kim Dong-jin
6 April 2016 4 Tractor Iran 2–0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Tabriz
Augusto 59'
Aghaei 83'
Report Attendance: 33,450
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
19 April 2016 5 Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 0–2 Iran Tractor Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Report Nong 66'
Hatami 81'
Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Peter Green

Round of 16

17 May 2016 (2016-05-17) First leg Al-Nasr United Arab Emirates 4–1 Iran 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 Iran 3–1
(4 – 5 agg.)
United Arab Emirates 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.

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