2014–15 Tractor Sazi F.C. season

Tractor Sazi
201415 season
Chairman Jamshid Nazmi
Manager Rasoul Khatibi (until 8 February 2015)
Toni Oliveira (from 15 February 2015)
Stadium Sahand Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League 2nd
Hazfi Cup Quarter-Final
ACL Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Edinho (20)
All: Edinho (22)
Highest home attendance 81,756 v Naft Tehran (15 May 2015)
Lowest home attendance 5,000 v Saba Qom (24 August 2014)
Average home league attendance 30,861
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 season is Tractor Sazi's 6th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Tractor Sazi is captained by Mehdi Kiani.

Club

Current coaching staff

Toni Oliveira, the current Tractor Sazi manager
Position Staff
Head coach Toni Oliveira
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 22 January 2015

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

No. Position Player
1 Iran GK Hamed Lak
2 Iran DF Mohammad Iranpourian
3 Iran DF Habib Gordani (vice captain)
4 Iran DF Khaled Shafiei
6 Iran MF Mehdi Kiani (captain)
7 Iran MF Saman Nariman Jahan
8 Iran FW Shahin Saghebi (on loan from Malavan)
9 Iran FW Farid Karimi
10 Brazil FW Edinho
12 Iran MF Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah (on loan from Malavan)
13 Brazil DF Célio
14 Iran MF Andranik Teymourian
No. Position Player
18 Iran MF Ahmad Amir Kamdar
19 Iran FW Mehrdad Bayrami
21 Iran FW Mohsen Delir
23 Iran DF Mirhani Hashemi
27 Iran MF Farshad Ahmadzadeh (on loan from Persepolis)
29 Iran FW Peyman Keshavarz
35 Iran FW Peyman Babaei
40 Iran GK Mohammad Ali Ramezanian
77 Iran MF Saeid Aghaei (on loan from Gostaresh)
44 Senegal GK Issa Ndoye
69 Iran DF Mehdi Ghoreishi
88 Iran DF Fardin Abedini

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
7 Iran MF Saman Nariman Jahan (on loan from Gostaresh Foolad)
9 Iran FW Farid Karimi (on loan from Saba Qom)
8 Iran FW Shahin Saghebi (on loan from Malavan)
4 Iran DF Khaled Shafiei (from Gostaresh Foolad)
23 Iran DF Mirhani Hashemi (from Padideh)
12 Iran MF Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah (on loan from Malavan)
5 Iran DF Ahmad Alenemeh (from Naft Tehran)
15 Albania DF Ditmar Bicaj (from Albania Skënderbeu)
17 Iraq FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra (from Iraq Dohuk)
18 Iran MF Ahmad Amir Kamdar (from Gostaresh Foolad)
30 Brazil FW Edinho (from Mes Kerman)
29 Iran MF Peyman Keshavarz (promoted from Tractor Sazi U21)
26 Iran MF Hassan Fathollahzadeh (promoted from Tractor Sazi U21)
44 Iran DF Mohammadreza Shahmohammadi (promoted from Tractor Sazi U21)

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

No. Position Player
20 Iran DF Mohammad Nosrati (to Paykan)
88 Iran DF Morteza Asadi (to Gostaresh Foolad)
7 Iran MF Mehdi Karimian (to Esteghlal)
8 Iran MF Ali Karimi (Retired)
10 Iran FW Saeid Daghighi (to Paykan)
13 Iran MF Masoud Ebrahimzadeh (to Saipa)
9 Iran FW Javad Kazemian (Released)
17 Iran MF Meysam Baou (Released)
28 Iran MF Mohammad Hossein Mehrazma (Released)
29 Iran DF Navid Khosh Hava (Released)
11 Iran FW Karim Ansarifard (to Osasuna)
4 Iran DF Farshid Talebi (Released)
32 Iran DF Firouz Pashapour (Released)
26 Iran DF Mohammad Ebadzadeh (Released)

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
Iran MF Sina Ashouri (from Zob Ahan – Conscription)
Iran DF Ali Hamoudi (from Sepahan – Conscription)
Iran DF Shoja' Khalilzadeh (from Sepahan – Conscription)
19 Iran FW Mehrdad Bayrami (from Gostaresh Foulad)
44 Senegal GK Issa Ndoye (from Free Agent)
16 Brazil MF Radamés (from Brazil Vila Nova)
69 Iran DF Mehdi Qoreyshi (from Gostaresh Foulad)[1]
14 Iran MF Andranik Teymourian (from Esteghlal)[2]
88 Iran DF Fardin Abedini (from Mes Kerman)
13 Brazil DF Célio (from Free Agent)

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

No. Position Player
17 Iraq MF Alaa Abdul-Zahra (to Iraq Al-Shorta)
11 Iran FW Mohammad Ebrahimi (to Gostaresh Foulad)
5 Iran DF Ahmad Alenemeh (to Foolad)[3]
15 Albania DF Ditmar Bicaj (to Albania Flamurtari Vlorë)
22 Iran GK Davoud Noushi Soufiani (to Gostaresh Foulad)[4]
31 Iran MF Ebrahim Abednezhad (to Shahrdari Tabriz)[5]
16 Brazil MF Radamés (to Brazil Paysandu)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Iran Pro League 2nd 2nd 31 July 201415 May 2015
Hazfi Cup Round of 32Quarter-Final Quarter-Final 17 October 2014 (17 October 2014)27 November 2014 (27 November 2014)
AFC Champions League Group-StageGroup-Stage Group-Stage 25 February 20155 May 2015

Source: Competitions

Competition record

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Persian Gulf Pro League 30 17 7 6 58 34 +24 56.67
Hazfi Cup 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 66.67
AFC Champions League 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 16.67
Total 39 20 8 11 70 47 +23 51.28

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sepahan (C) 30 17 8 5 46 27+19 59 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Tractor Sazi 30 17 7 6 58 34+24 58
3 Naft Tehran 30 16 10 4 45 28+17 58 2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Zob Ahan 30 14 10 6 46 26+20 52 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
5 Foolad 30 15 7 8 33 24+9 52
6 Esteghlal 30 13 8 9 40 34+6 47
7 Saipa 30 11 8 11 36 34+2 41
8 Persepolis 30 9 9 12 31 354 36
9 Saba Qom 30 8 10 12 25 349 34
10 Padideh 30 6 15 9 23 252 33
11 Gostaresh 30 6 13 11 30 399 31
12 Rah Ahan 30 8 7 15 27 4821 31
13 Malavan 30 6 12 12 26 348 30
14 Est. Khuzestan 30 4 15 11 35 4611 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Paykan (R) 30 4 14 12 16 2913 26 Relegation to 2015–16 Azadegan League
16 Naft Masjed Soleyman (R) 30 3 13 14 19 3920 22

Updated to games played on 15 May 2015.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 17 7 6 58 34 +24 58 9 4 2 31 18 +13 8 3 4 27 16 +11

Last updated: 15 May 2015.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
Result W D W L W W W W D D W L W D L L W D L W W W W W L W W D W D
Position 3 4 2 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2

Last updated: 15 May 2015.
Source: "Ipl". 
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.


Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Hazfi Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

AFC Champions League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AH(S) AH(U) NSF TRA
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 6 3 3 0 11 7 +4 12 Advance to knock-out stage 2–1 2–1 2–0
2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 3–3 0–0 3–2
3 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–0 0–1 2–1
4 Iran Tractor Sazi 6 1 1 4 7 11 4 4 2–2 1–0 1–2
Source: AFC

Kit and sponsorship

Tractor Sazi is currently sponsored by the Hamrah-e Aval (Mobile Telecommunication Company) and also Javanane Khayer Foundation. They were previously sponsored by the Bank Sepah. On July 2014, the club signed a contract with Kelme, starting from 2014–15 season.

Years Shirt sponsors
1970–2009TMC
2007–2010Bank Sepah
2009–2012Hamrah-e Aval
2012–2014Javanane Khayer Foundation
2013–Aysan Tabriz
2014–Hamrah-e Aval

Years Kit manufacturers
1970–1974Umbro
1974–2005Puma
2005–2010Daei Sport
2010–2013Uhlsport
2013–2014Merooj
2014–Kelme

References

External links

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