Tractor Sazi F.C.

Tractor Club
Full name Tractor Sazi Tabriz Football Club
Nickname(s) Al Qurtlar (The Red Wolves)Qartal[1]
Founded 1970
Ground Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium
(Capacity: 80,000)
Chairman Mohammad Hossein Jafari
Manager Amir Ghalenoei
League Persian Gulf Cup
2010-11 Persian Gulf Cup, 5th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Tractor Sazi Tabriz Football Club(Traxtur or Trakhtur) (Persian: باشگاه فوتبال تراکتورسازی تبریز) is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan Province, and owned by Iran Tractor Manufacturing Co. They play in Iran's Pro League. The club used to have a significant presence in the old Azadegan League (current Iran's Premier League football), but had been playing in Iran's second highest league since relegation in the 2001-02 season, before returning to the tire of Iranian league system in 2009. They also provided Iran with some of the most talented players during the nineties.

Average attendence for home games in Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium was more than 60,000 in Iran Pro League 2009-2010.[2]

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Tractor Sazi's Identity

Tractor Sazi FC is a flashpoint of the region’s identity politics. Tractor matches have become a forum for Azerbaijanis to demand linguistic and ethnic rights in Iran. Supporters chant slogans in Azerbaijani Turkic and demand rights such as language instruction in their mother tongues. [3] Security forces, however, actively prevent people from expressing their demands during and after football matches. [4] After match between Tractor Sazi FC and Saba Qom F.C., which was important for Tractor to accede AFC Champions League, there were tensions between security forces and spectators protesting because of bias referring, and the violence spread to downtown of Tabriz and tens of fans were injured and arrested.[5]

Anthem

There are a lot of popular marches for Tractor F.C. but 'Yasha Yasha Tiraxtur' (Viva viva Tractor) (written and produced by Barish Chorus Group) was chosen as official song last year.[6][7] The table below shows the Tractor fans anthem that is sung at Tractor matches.

Current squad

See also: 2011–12 Tractor Sazi F.C. season
As of May 2011.

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Agil Etemadi
2 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi
3 DF Fardin Abedini
4 DF Ahmad Alenemeh
5 FW Shpejtim Arifi
6 MF Mehdi Kiani
7 MF Farzad Ashoubi
8 DF Morteza Assadi (captain)
9 FW Ali Alizadeh
10 FW Siavash Akbarpour
11 FW Mohammad Ebrahimi
12 GK Mehdi Sabeti
14 DF Seyyed Mohsen Hosseini
16 DF Mostafa Ekrami
No. Position Player
15 MF Ghasem Haddadifar
17 FW Flávio Paixão
18 MF Mohsen Delvari
19 MF Davoud Daneshdoost
20 MF Rodrigo Tosi
21 MF Mehrdad Nouri
22 FW Masoud Ebrahimzadeh
23 MF Milad Fakhreddini
28 MF Ehsan Hajsafi
27 GK bahram dabbag
32 FW Farzad Hatami
33 GK Mohsen Foroozan
MF Siamak Sarlak

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2011–12.

Famous players

Performance in Iran's top division football league

The table below chronicles the achievements of Tractor Sazi in various competitions.

Season League Position Hazfi Cup Notes
1972-73 2nd Division Not held
1973-74 2nd Division 3rd Not held
1974-75 2nd Division 1st Not held Promoted
1975-76 Takht Jamshid Cup 16th Final Relegated
1976-77 2nd Division 2nd 1/8 Final Promoted
1977-78 Takht Jamshid Cup 5th Not held
1978-79 Takht Jamshid Cup did not finish Not held
1989-90 Qods League 4th Quarter Finals
1990-91 Not held 1/8 Final
1991-92 Azadegan League 10th Not held
1992-93 Azadegan League 3rd Not held
1993-94 Azadegan League 8th Final
1994-95 Azadegan League 9th First Round Relegated
1995-96 2nd Division 1st Second Round Promoted
1996-97 Azadegan League 11th Second Round
1997-98 Azadegan League 9th Not held
1998-99 Azadegan League 11th Second Round
1999-00 Azadegan League 6th 1/16 Final
2000-01 Azadegan League 12th Second Round
2001-02 Iran Pro League 14th Third Round Relegated
2002-03 Azadegan League 3rd Second Round
2003-04 Azadegan League 8th Third Round
2004-05 Azadegan League 5th Third Round
2005-06 Azadegan League 3rd Second Round
2006-07 Azadegan League 1st Second Round Promoted to Play Off
2007-08 Azadegan League 4th 1/16 Final
2008-09 Azadegan League 1st Quarter Finals Promoted
2009-10 Iran Pro League 7th Second Round
2010-11 Iran Pro League 5th 1/8 Final
2011-12 Iran Pro League 1/16 Final

Managerial history

Below is a list of Teraktor Sazi coaches from 1970 until the present day.

 
Name Nationality Years
Mohammad Bayati 1970-1975
Hossein Fekri 1975-1978
Hedayat Mahabadpour 1988-1991
Vasile Godja 1991-1994
Ted Dumitru 1994-1995
Vasile Godja 1995-1997
Ted Dumitru 1997
Mohammad Hossein Ziaei 1997-1998
Boris Tibilov 1998
Firouz Karimi 1998-1999
Sattar Nobari 1999
Mohammad Hossein Ziaei 1999-2000
Reza Vatankhah 2000-2001
Sattar Nobari 2001
Mahmoud Yavari 2001-2002
Ahad Sheykhlari 2002-2003
Vasile Godja 2003
Hamid Alidousti 2003-2004
Mohammad Hossein Ziaei 2004
Ernst Middendorp 2004-2005
Farshad Pious 2005-2007
Ahad Sheykhlari 2007-2008
Faraz Kamalvand 2008-2011
Amir Ghalenoei 2011-

Coaching Staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Amir Ghalenoei
Assistant Coach Sattar Hamedani
Assistant Coach Venda Kovich
Technical Manager Amir Hajsafi
Goalkeeping Coach Karim Bostani
Bodybuilding Coach Gholamreza Baghabadi

Achievements

Winner (1): 1974
Runners-Up (2): 1976, 1994
Winner : 1992
Winner: 1995
Winner: 1995,1996

References

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