2016–17 Zob Ahan F.C. season

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Zob Ahan Isfahan FC
2016–17 season
ChairmanSaeid Azari
ManagerMojtaba Hosseini
StadiumFoolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr
IPL4th
Hazfi CupSemi-Final
AFC Champions League2017: Group stage
Iranian Super CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Morteza Tabrizi (10 goals)
All: Morteza Tabrizi (14 goals)
Highest home attendance12.000 v Persepolis (16 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance100 v Saba Qom (2 February 2017)

The 2016–17 season was Zob Ahan Football Club's 16th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and had their 46nd year in existence as a football club.

Players[]

First team squad[]

As of 15 May 2017.
Out for Injuries Released – Retired
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed From Ends Games Goals
Goalkeepers
12 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Iran GK 2014 (1989-05-18)May 18, 1989 (aged 27) Iran Foolad 2018 103 0
22 Hamid Erfani Iran GK 2016 (1988-03-21)March 21, 1988 (aged 29) Iran Giti Pasand 2016 2 0
40 Peyman Salmani Iran GK 2012 (1994-04-18)April 18, 1994 (aged 23) (Youth system) 2016 1 0
Defenders
2 Mohammad Nejad Mehdi Iran DF 2015 (1992-10-20)October 20, 1992 (aged 24) Iran Padideh 2018 65 1
3 Vahid Mohammadzadeh Iran DF 2016 (1989-05-16)May 16, 1989 (aged 27) Iran Saipa 2018 48 2
33 Mohammad Sattari Iran RB 2016 (1993-09-30)September 30, 1993 (aged 23) Iran Malavan 2018 12 0
18 Ali Hamam Lebanon RB 2014 (1986-08-25)August 25, 1986 (aged 30) Lebanon Nejmeh 2018 101 3
19 Mehrdad Ghanbari Iran RB 2014 (1989-11-22)November 22, 1989 (aged 27) Iran Padideh 2017 61 3
20 Hojjat Haghverdi Iran DF 2014 (1993-02-03)February 3, 1993 (aged 24) Iran Aboumoslem 2017 34 0
24 Mehran Derakhshan Mehr Iran DF 2015 (1998-08-10)August 10, 1998 (aged 18) (Youth system) 2018 27 1
26 Nima Taheri Iran DF 2016 (1996-11-05)November 5, 1996 (aged 20) (Youth system) 2018 0 0
36 Iran DF 2015 (1996-04-06)April 6, 1996 (aged 21) (Youth system) 2018 0 0
Midfielders
6 Mehdi Mehdipour Iran MF 2014 (1994-02-18)February 18, 1994 (aged 23) (Youth system)
Iran Rah Ahan 		2019 95 2
7 Mohammad Reza Hosseini Iran RM 2015 (1989-09-15)September 15, 1989 (aged 27) Iran Fajr Sepasi 2018 61 5
8 Ghasem Hadadifar Iran MF 2003 (1983-07-12)July 12, 1983 (aged 33) (Youth system) 2016 323 18
9 Rabih Ataya Lebanon RM, Left winger 2017 (1989-07-16)July 16, 1989 (aged 28) Lebanon Al-Ansar 2018 13 0
10 Ehsan Pahlavan Iran LM 2013 (1993-07-25)July 25, 1993 (aged 23) Iran Gostaresh Foulad 2019 116 13
11 Morteza Tabrizi Iran RM, ST 2013 (1991-01-06)January 6, 1991 (aged 26) Iran Pas Hamedan 2017 138 34
14 Reza Shekari Iran AM 2015 (1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 18) Iran Moghavemat Tehran 2018 21 2
17 Mohammadreza Abbasi Iran LM 2014 (1996-07-27)July 27, 1996 (aged 20) (Youth system) 2018 41 3
23 Danial Esmaeilifar Iran RM, RB 2014 (1993-02-26)February 26, 1993 (aged 24) Iran Payam Sanat 2018 89 6
35 Iran MF 2015 (1995-12-01)December 1, 1995 (aged 21) (Youth system) 2018 0 0
Forwards
27 Jerry Bengtson Honduras ST 2016 (1987-04-08)April 8, 1987 (aged 30) Iran Persepolis 2017 37 12
30 Mehdi Rajabzadeh Iran SS 2012 (1978-06-21) June 21, 1978 (age 43) Iran Fajr Sepasi 2017 328 103
70 Yaser Feyzi Iran ST 2016 (1992-04-05)April 5, 1992 (aged 25) Iran Oxin Alborz 2017 25 2

Iran Pro League squad[]

As of 19 January 2016[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Iran IRN Mohammad Nejad Mehdi
3 DF Iran IRN Vahid Mohammadzadeh
6 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Mehdipour
7 FW Iran IRN Mohammad Reza Hosseini
8 MF Iran IRN Ghasem Hadadifar (Captain)
9 FW Lebanon LBN Rabih Ataya
10 MF Iran IRN Ehsan Pahlevan
11 FW Iran IRN Morteza Tabrizi
12 GK Iran IRN Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri
14 MF Iran IRN Reza Shekari U21
17 FW Iran IRN Mohammadreza Abbasi U21
18 DF Lebanon LBN Ali Hamam
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Iran IRN Mehrdad Ghanbari
20 DF Iran IRN Hojjat Haghverdi
22 GK Iran IRN Hamid Erfani
23 MF Iran IRN Danial Esmaeilifar
24 MF Iran IRN Mehran Derakhshan Mehr U21
26 DF Iran IRN Nima Taheri U21
27 FW Honduras HON Jerry Bengtson
30 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Vice captain)
35 MF Iran IRN U23
36 DF Iran IRN U23
40 GK Iran IRN Peyman Salmani U23
70 FW Iran IRN Yaser Feyzi

Transfers[]

Confirmed transfers 2016–17

Summer[]

Winter[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League — — 4th 29 July 2016 13 May 2017
AFC Champions League Group stage — Group Stage 23 February 2016 25 May 2017
Hazfi Cup Round of 32 — Semi Final 11 September 2016 29 May 2017

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League[]

Main article: 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Esteghlal 30 16 9 5 45 27 +18 57 Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League Group stage
3 Tractor Sazi 30 15 11 4 38 24 +14 56
4 Zob Ahan 30 12 10 8 39 31 +8 46 Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League Play-off round
5 Sepahan 30 12 9 9 38 34 +4 45
6 Paykan 30 12 8 10 39 38 +1 44
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]

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 12 10 8 39 30  +9 46 8 4 3 19 10  +9 4 6 5 20 20  0

Last updated: 15 May 2017.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round[]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLDWDDLLWLWWWWWDWDWDLLLLDDDWWDW
Position13127689141011854333333344444444454
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2017. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

July 29, 2015 1 Malavan 1 – 0 Zob Ahan Anzali
18:50 UTC+04:30 Afshin Goal 61'
Afshin Yellow card 61'		 Report Hamam Yellow card 55' Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 4.656
Referee: Toraj Haghverdi
August 7, 2015 2 Zob Ahan 0 – 1 Sepahan Isfahan
21:00 UTC+04:30 Nejad Mehdi Yellow card 60' Report Karimi Goal 73' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 6.000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahramani
August 14, 2015 3 Esteghlal 0 – 2 Zob Ahan Tehran
19:20 UTC+04:30 Mkoyan Yellow card 39'
Karimi Yellow card 88'		 Report Pahlavan Goal 61'
Tabrizi Goal 85'
Tabrizi Yellow card 85'
Mazaheri Yellow card 92'		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 35.000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
August 20, 2015 4 Perspolis 1 – 2 Zob Ahan Tehran
19:15 UTC+04:30 Ahmadzadeh Yellow card 49'
Alishah Goal 64'
Bengar Yellow card 90+2'
Bengar 		Report Rezaei Goal 76'
Hassanzadeh Penalty scored		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 25.000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
August 26, 2015 5 Zob Ahan 0 – 0 Esteghlal Ahvaz Isfahan
19:10 UTC+04:30 Report Karimi Yellow card 16' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 1.500
Referee: Mehdi Seyedali
September 15, 2015 6 Foolad 0 – 3 Zob Ahan Ahvaz
18:45 UTC+04:30 Mesarić Yellow card 22'
Chago Yellow card 45'
Sharifat Yellow card 50'		 Report Mohammadi Goal 28'
Pahlavan Goal 37'
Sadeghi Yellow card 59'
Noormohammadi Goal 72'		 Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
September 26, 2015 7 Zob Ahan 0 – 0 Naft Tehran Isfahan
17:30 UTC+4:30 Report Yellow card 87' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Moud Bonyadifar
October 16, 2015 8 Saipa 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
15:45 UTC+4:30 Moshkelpour Yellow card 15'
Alinejad Yellow card 41'
Nekounam Yellow card 55'		 Report Hassanzadeh Goal 17'
Mohammadi Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh
October 21, 2015 9 Zob Ahan 0 – 0 Gostaresh Foulad Isfahan
16:45 UTC+4:30 Tabrizi Yellow card 78' Report Kiani Yellow card 33'
Magno Batista Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mohammadreza Faghani
October 27, 2015 10 Tractor Sazi 4 – 4 Zob Ahan Tabriz
15:30 UTC+4:30 Rafiei Goal 17'
Rahmani Goal 45,75'
Saghebi Goal 55'
Saghebi Yellow card 55'		 Report Pahlavan Goal 27'
Mohammadi Yellow card 30'
Hamam Goal 80'
Rezaei Goal 87'
Pahlavan Yellow card 90+1'
Esmaeilifar Goal 90+4'		 Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Hossein Zargar
October 31, 2015 11 Zob Ahan 4 – 0 Rah Ahan Isfahan
15:30 UTC+04:30 Rezaei Goal 24,67'
Tabrizi Goal 68'
Sadeghi Goal 81'
Sadeghi Yellow card 83'		 Report Abtahi Yellow card 54'
Mohammadi Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 520
Referee: Hamid Haj malek
November 20, 2015 12 Saba Qom 0 – 0 Zob Ahan Qom
15:15 UTC+04:30 Ghazi Yellow card 88' Report Haghverdi Yellow card 34'
Rezaei Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bijan Heidari
November 30, 2015 13 Zob Ahan 3 – 1 Padideh Isfahan
15:15 UTC+04:30 Hassanzadeh Goal 45,62'
Tabrizi Goal 68'
Mehdipour Yellow card 79'		 Report Yousefi Goal 79' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rohollah Sharifi
November 22, 2011 14 Siah Jamegan 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Mashhad
14:30 UTC+04:30 Zamehran Yellow card 75'
Mehdipour Yellow card 78'
Hosseini Yellow card 92'		 Report Hassanzadeh Goal 45'
Mazaheri Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ali Safaei
December 18, 2015 15 Zob Ahan 0 – 1 Esteghlal Khuzestan Isfahan
15:15 UTC+04:30 Hassanzadeh Yellow card 35' Report Zobeydi Goal 78'
Tayyebi Yellow card 43'
Nassari Yellow card 45'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Hamid Hajmalek
December 26, 2015 16 Zob Ahan 1 – 0 Malavan Isfahan
15:30 UTC+04:30 Tabrizi Goal 56'
Ismail Yellow card 44'
Esmaeilifar Yellow card 77'
Rezaei Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Darvishi Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian
December 31, 2015 17 Sepahan 1 – 1 Zob Ahan Isfahan
15:00 UTC+04:30 Khalatbari Goal 41'
Karimi Yellow card 48'
Musaev Yellow card 60'
Karami Yellow card 66'		 Report Pahlavan Goal 14'
Mehdipour Yellow card 58'
Hassanzadeh Yellow card 60'
Pahlavan Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Hossein Zargar
February 2, 2016 18 Zob Ahan 0 – 0 Esteghlal Isfahan
14:30 UTC+04:30 Beikzadeh Yellow card 32' Report Hajmohammadi Yellow card 33'
Rahmati Yellow card 93'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Shahin Haji babaei
February 7, 2016 19 Zob Ahan 2 – 2 Perspolis Isfahan
14:30 UTC+04:30 Beikzadeh Yellow card 30'
Mazaheri Yellow card 68'
Hassanzadeh Penalty scored
Tabrizi Goal 90'		 Report Ahmadzadeh Yellow card 30'
Alishah Goal 35'
Kamyabinia Yellow card 71'
Alipour Goal 80'
Rezaeian Yellow card 86'
Taremi Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
February 13, 2016 20 Esteghlal Ahvaz 1 – 1 Zob Ahan Ahvaz
15:00 UTC+04:30 Pakparvar Yellow card 53'
Reykani Goal 90+3'		 Report Rezaei Goal 52'
Amir Kamdar Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium(Ahvaz)
Attendance: 550
Referee: Javad Rahimzadeh
February 18, 2016 21 Zob Ahan 1 – 1 Foolad Isfahan
16:00 UTC+04:30 Nejad Mehdi Yellow card 56'
Rajabzadeh Penalty scored
IubelYellow card 78'		 Report Ahle Shakheh Goal 8'
Feshangchi Yellow card 51'
IubelYellow card 67'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Reza Mahdavi
March 6, 2016 22 Naft Tehran 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
15:30 UTC+04:30 Amiri Yellow card 35'
BouazarYellow card 80'		 Report Mohammadi Yellow card 27'
Amir Kamdar Goal 38'
MazaheriYellow card 62'		 Stadium: Takhti Stadium(Tehran)
Attendance: 130
Referee: Mehdi Marhanzadeh
March 10, 2016 23 Zob Ahan 1 – 1 Saipa Isfahan
17:15 UTC+04:30 Rajabzadeh Goal 30'
HaddadifarYellow card 68'
Esmaeilifar Yellow card 86'		 Report Torabi Goal 45'
SadeghiYellow card 74'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar
March 31, 2016 24 Gostaresh Foulad 4 – 3 Zob Ahan Tabriz
15:30 UTC+04:30 Magno Batista Yellow card 12'
Ebrahimi Goal 21,78,88'
Hosseini Goal 30'
Leonardo PimentaYellow card 80'
Koohnavard Yellow card 87'		 Report Ehsan Pahlevan Goal 6'
Mehdi MehdipourYellow card 18' Goal 37,48'
Hadi Mohammadi Yellow card 65'
Ahmad Amir KamdarYellow card 75'		 Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian
April 10, 2016 25 Zob Ahan 1 – 2 Tractor Sazi Isfahan
16:30 UTC+04:30 Rajabzadeh Goal 60'
HaddadifarYellow card 63'
Hadi Mohammadi Yellow card 76'
Mohammad Reza HosseiniYellow card 89'		 Report AshouriYellow card 24'
Carlos CardosoYellow card 59'
Rahmani Goal 69'
ShafieiGoal 87'Yellow card 87'
Shahin Saghebi Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar
April 14, 2016 26 Rah Ahan 1 – 1 Zob Ahan Tehran
17:00 UTC+04:30 Yellow card 32'
Mohammad Reza Soleimani Goal 82'		 Report Vahid Mohammadzadeh Yellow card 48'
Kaveh Rezaei Goal 85'		 Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Rohollah Sharifi
April 24, 2016 27 Zob Ahan 1 – 1 Saba Qom Isfahan
18:15 UTC+04:30 Morteza Tabrizi Goal 13' Report Farshid Bagheri Goal 54' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohammadreza Faghani
April 28, 2016 28 Padideh 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Mashhad
18:00 UTC+04:30 Report Mehdi Rajabzadeh Goal 74' Stadium: Samen Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mohammad Maleki
May 8, 2016 29 Zob Ahan 3 – 1 Siah Jamegan Isfahan
18:00 UTC+04:30 Ali Hamam Goal 58'
Mehdi Rajabzadeh Goal 72,80'		 Report Hossein Karimi Goal 40' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
May 13, 2016 30 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2 – 0 Zob Ahan Ahvaz
18:00 UTC+04:30 Rahim Mehdi Zohaivi Goal 55,59' Report Stadium: Ghadir Stadium
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Mohsen Torky

AFC Champions League[]

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League

Group C[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 6 3 3 0 14 7 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11
3 Iran Zob Ahan 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7
4 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–1Iran Zob Ahan
  • Ismail Goal 76'
 Report
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 8,122
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Zob Ahan Iran1–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
 Report
  • Asiri Goal 29'
  • Al Somah Goal 86'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–2Iran Zob Ahan
Report
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,507
Zob Ahan Iran2–1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
 Report
Attendance: 3,833
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Zob Ahan Iran0–3United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report
  • Asprilla Goal 25'
  • O. Abdulrahman Goal 59'
  • M. Abdulrahman Goal 80'
Attendance: 6,321
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–0Iran Zob Ahan
 Report
Attendance: 260
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Hazfi Cup[]

Main article: 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 32[]
11 September 2015 1/16 Zob Ahan 2 – 1 Baderan Tehran Fuladshahr
19:45 Nejad Mehdi Goal 13'
Mehdipour Goal 56'		 Summary Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Last 16[]
21 September 2015 1/8 Gostaresh Foulad 0 – 1 Zob Ahan Tabriz
16:00 Summary Rajabzadeh Goal 66' Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium
Quarter-Final[]
4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) 1/4 Zob Ahan 2 – 0 Persepolis Isfahan
14:30 (DST+03:30) M. Tabrizi Goal 107'
R. Shekari Goal 115'		 report Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Semi-Final (1/2 Final – Last 4)[]

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 1/2 Zob Ahan 2 – 2
(4 – 1 p)		SepahanIsfahan
14:30 (DST+03:30) M. Tabrizi Goal 2'
M.R. Hosseini Goal 110'		 report V. Ghafouri Goal 52', 113' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky

Final[]

Main article: 2016 Hazfi Cup Final
29 May 2016 (2016-05-29) 79 Zob Ahan 1 – 1
(5 – 4 p)		EsteghlalKhorramshahr
21:00 (DST+03:30) Rahmati Goal 20' (o.g.) report Ebrahimi Goal 56' (p) Stadium:
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Pro League AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Iran Mohammad Nejad Mehdi 26 1 20+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 1
3 DF Iran Vahid Mohammadzadeh 13 1 5+1 0 6+0 1 1+0 0
6 MF Iran Mehdi Mehdipour 38 3 18+7 2 8+0 0 4+1 1
7 MF Iran Mohammad Reza Hosseini 40 4 21+7 4 6+0 0 6+0 0
8 MF Iran Ghasem Hadadifar 36 0 23+1 0 8+0 0 3+1 0
9 FW Lebanon Rabih Ataya 34 8 16+8 6 7+0 2 3+0 0
10 MF Iran Ehsan Pahlevan 40 7 25+4 4 8+0 3 3+0 0
11 FW Iran Morteza Tabrizi 40 10 20+7 7 7+1 1 3+2 2
12 GK Iran Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 39 0 27+0 0 8+0 0 4+0 0
14 MF Iran Reza Shekari 13 1 0+11 0 0+1 0 0+1 1
17 MF Iran Mohammadreza Abbasi 15 0 3+6 0 2+3 0 0+1 0
18 DF Lebanon Ali Hamam 34 1 23+0 1 6+0 0 5+0 0
19 DF Iran Mehrdad Ghanbari 11 1 5+3 1 0+1 0 2+0 0
20 DF Iran Hojjat Haghverdi 14 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
22 GK Iran Hamid Erfani 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
23 MF Iran Danial Esmaeilifar 36 2 18+7 1 2+5 1 4+0 0
24 MF Iran Mehran Derakhshan Mehr 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Iran Nima Taheri 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Honduras Jerry Bengtson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh 41 8 26+4 5 6+0 2 5+0 1
35 MF Iran 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF Iran 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 GK Iran Peyman Salmani 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
70 FW Iran Yaser Feyzi 13 1 5+2 1 0+6 0 0+0 0

Top scorers[]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 30 May 2016
Ranking Position Nation Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
1 MF Iran Morteza Tabrizi 7 1 2 10
2 FW Iran Kaveh Rezaei 6 2 0 8
FW Iran Mehdi Rajabzadeh 5 2 1 8
3 FW Iran Masoud Hassanzadeh 6 1 0 7
MF Iran Ehsan Pahlavan 4 3 0 7
4 MF Iran Mehdi Mehdipour 2 0 1 3
5 MF Iran Danial Esmaeilifar 1 1 0 2

Friendlies and pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

Disciplinary record[]

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 30 May 2016
2015–16 Iran Pro League AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
Position Nation Number Name Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 Iran 4 Hadi Mohammadi 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
2 Iran 8 Ghasem Haddadifar 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
3 Iran 12 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
Lebanon 18 Ali Hamam 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
4 Iran 11 Morteza Tabrizi 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
Lebanon 3 Walid Ismail 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
5 Iran 13 Mohammad Reza Hosseini 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Iran 7 Masoud Hassanzadeh 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Iran 16 Mehdi Mehdipour 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Iran 61 Hashem Beikzadeh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 Iran 23 Danial Esmaeilifar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Iran 9 Kaveh Rezaei 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Iran 5 Akbar Sadeghi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Iran 77 Ahmad Amir Kamdar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Iran 15 Ehsan Pahlavan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 Iran 20 Hojjat Haghverdi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Iran 2 Mohammad Nejad Mehdi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brazil 17 Marco Aurélio Iubel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Iran 33 Vahid Mohammadzadeh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Iran 25 Mohammadreza Abbasi 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Goals conceded[]

  • Updated on 30 May 2016
Position Nation Number Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total Clean Sheets
GK Iran 1 Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 3 0 1 4 0
GK Iran 12 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 27 8 4 39 20
TOTALS 30 8 5 43 20

Own goals[]

  • Updated on 5 January 2016
Position Nation Number Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
TOTALS 0 0 0 0

Club[]

Coaching staff[]

Position Name
Head Coach Iran Yahya Golmohammadi
Assistant Coach Iran Mojtaba Hosseini
Assistant Coach Iran Hassan Esteki
Goalkeeping Coach Iran Davoud Fanaei
Fitness Coach Iran Behzad Noshadi
Physiotherapist Iran Abbas Moradi
Performance Analyst Iran Reza Nasr Esfahani
Analyzer Iran Mohammad Askari
Doctor Iran Dr. Amir Hossein Sharifianpour
Logistics Iran Mahmoud Mehruyan
Team Director Iran Ali Shojaei

Other information[]

Chairman Iran Saeed Azari
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Foolad Shahr Stadium (20,000 / )

Updated to match played 4 January 2016
Source:[citation needed]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-07-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "PERSIAN GULF PRO LEAGUE/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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