2014–15 Tractor S.C. season

Tractor Sazi
2014–15 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
	2015–16 →

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Hamed Lak
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Iranpourian
3	DF	IRN	Habib Gordani (vice captain)
4	DF	IRN	Khaled Shafiei
6	MF	IRN	Mehdi Kiani (captain)
7	MF	IRN	Saman Nariman Jahan
8	FW	IRN	Shahin Saghebi (on loan from Malavan)
9	FW	IRN	Farid Karimi
10	FW	BRA	Edinho
12	MF	IRN	Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah (on loan from Malavan)
13	DF	BRA	Célio
14	MF	IRN	Andranik Teymourian


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	IRN	Ahmad Amir Kamdar
19	FW	IRN	Mehrdad Bayrami
21	FW	IRN	Mohsen Delir
23	DF	IRN	Mirhani Hashemi
27	MF	IRN	Farshad Ahmadzadeh (on loan from Persepolis)
29	FW	IRN	Peyman Keshavarz
35	FW	IRN	Peyman Babaei
40	GK	IRN	Mohammad Ali Ramezanian
77	MF	IRN	Saeid Aghaei (on loan from Gostaresh)
44	GK	SEN	Issa Ndoye
69	DF	IRN	Mehdi Ghoreishi
88	DF	IRN	Fardin Abedini

Transfers

Summer

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

Out: 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
20	DF	IRN	Mohammad Nosrati (to Paykan)
88	DF	IRN	Morteza Asadi (to Gostaresh Foolad)
7	MF	IRN	Mehdi Karimian (to Esteghlal)
8	MF	IRN	Ali Karimi (Retired)
10	FW	IRN	Saeid Daghighi (to Paykan)
13	MF	IRN	Masoud Ebrahimzadeh (to Saipa)
9	FW	IRN	Javad Kazemian (Released)
17	MF	IRN	Meysam Baou (Released)
28	MF	IRN	Mohammad Hossein Mehrazma (Released)
29	DF	IRN	Navid Khosh Hava (Released)
11	FW	IRN	Karim Ansarifard (to Osasuna)
4	DF	IRN	Farshid Talebi (Released)
32	DF	IRN	Firouz Pashapour (Released)
26	DF	IRN	Mohammad Ebadzadeh (Released)

Winter

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

Out: 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
17	MF	IRQ	Alaa Abdul-Zahra (to Al-Shorta)
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Ebrahimi (to Gostaresh Foulad)
5	DF	IRN	Ahmad Alenemeh (to Foolad)^[3]
15	DF	ALB	Ditmar Bicaj (to Flamurtari Vlorë)
22	GK	IRN	Davoud Noushi Soufiani (to Gostaresh Foulad)^[4]
31	MF	IRN	Ebrahim Abednezhad (to Shahrdari Tabriz)^[5]
16	MF	BRA	Radamés (to Paysandu)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
PL	—	2nd	2nd	31 July 2014	15 May 2015
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	Quarter-Final	Quarter-Final	17 October 2014 (17 October 2014)	27 November 2014 (27 November 2014)
ACL	Group-Stage	Group-Stage	Group-Stage	25 February 2015	5 May 2015

Source: Competitions

Competition record

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Persian Gulf Pro League	30	17	7	6	58	34	+24	056.67
Hazfi Cup	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	066.67
AFC Champions League	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	016.67
Total	39	20	8	11	70	47	+23	051.28

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Template:2014–15 Iran Pro League table

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	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

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Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

31 July 2014 1	Tractor Sazi	2 – 1	Foolad	Tabriz
	S. Nariman Jahan 31' Edinho 82'		Mesarić 74'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Alireza Faghani

8 August 2014 2	Zob Ahan	0 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
				Stadium: Fooladshahr Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ghasem Vahedi

15 August 2014 3	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Malavan	Tabriz
	Edinho 7'			Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 24,000

19 August 2014 4	Padideh	1 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Mashhad
	Jovanović 53'			Stadium: Samen Attendance: 15,500

24 August 2014 5	Tractor Sazi	4 – 2	Saba Qom	Tabriz
	Edinho 43' Delir 49' Edinho 72' Iranpourian 90+4' (pen.)		Hassanzadeh 16' Kalantari 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 5,000

29 August 2014 6	Tractor Sazi	3 – 0	Naft MIS	Tabriz
	Delir 18' S. Nariman Jahan 75' Delir 88'			Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 13,000

5 September 2014 7	Persepolis	1 - 3	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
18:50 DST+03:30	M. Bengar 39' H. Mahini 73'	Summary Stats Live TV: IRIB TV3 / Jame Jam 2	Kh. Shafiei 12' M. Kiani 66' S. Makani 68' (o.g.) M. Dalir 73' Edinho 85' S. Nariman Jahan 90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

12 September 2014 8	Tractor Sazi	4 - 1	Rah Ahan	Tabriz
	Edinho 3' S. Nariman Jahan 60' Delir 77' Irannejad 81' (o.g.)		Azimi 10'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 37,000

18 September 2014 9	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2 - 2	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
	Majidi 43' (pen.) Seifollahi 51'		Edinho 39' Delir 81'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 5,000

26 September 2014 10	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Sepahan	Tabriz
	Khalilzadeh 70' (o.g.)		Khalatbari 49'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 55,522

3 October 2014 11	Saipa	0 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Karaj
			Delir 12'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 6,000

22 October 2014 12	Tractor Sazi	1 – 2	Paykan	Tabriz
	Iranpourian 83' (pen.)		Daghighi 2' Nouri 58'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 12,700^[6]

31 October 2014 13	Gostaresh	1 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Tabriz
	Ansari 27'		Ahmadzadeh 7' Edinho 14' Edinho 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 15,000^[7]

7 November 2014 14	Tractor Sazi	2 – 2	Esteghlal	Tabriz
16:30 IRDT (UTC+04:30)	Khaled Shafiei 42' Shahin Saghebi 75' Edinho 86'	varzesh3	Karrar Jassim 57' Arash Borhani 62' Amir Hossein Sadeghi 90+5'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 66,833^[8] Referee: Alireza Faghani

21 November 2014 15	Naft Tehran	2 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
	Rezaei 43' Rezaei 56'		Bicaj 45'	Stadium: Takhti Tehran Attendance: 5,000^[9]

2 December 2014 16	Foolad	3 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Ahvaz
	Ansari 13' Nong 34' Jama'ati 60'		Edinho 4' Edinho 56'	Stadium: Ghadir Attendance: 15,000^[10]

11 December 2014 17	Tractor Sazi	2 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
	Bayrami 32' Iranpourian 83' (pen.)		Hassanzadeh 43'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 14,600^[11]

30 January 2015 18	Malavan	0 – 0	Tractor Sazi	Bandar-e Anzali
				Stadium: Takhti Anzali Attendance: 9,000^[12]

6 February 2015 19	Tractor Sazi	1 – 3	Padideh	Tabriz
	Prahić 40' (o.g.)		Haghighi 22' (pen.) Nasimov 45' Nasehi 51'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 25,000^[13]

13 February 2015 20	Saba Qom	2 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Qom
	Badamaki 60' Badamaki 68'		S. Nariman Jahan 23' Edinho 36' (pen.) Teymourian 66'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Qom Attendance: 1,004^[14]

19 February 2015 21	Naft MIS	1 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Masjed Soleyman
	Bouhamdan 11' (pen.)		S. Nariman Jahan 33' Edinho 83'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Attendance: 6,900^[15]

6 March 2015 22	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Persepolis	Tabriz
	Saghebi 61'			Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 35,000

12 March 2015 23	Rah Ahan	0 – 3	Tractor Sazi	Qods
			F. Karimi 44' Kiani 86' Edinho 88'	Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium Attendance: 4,000

3 April 2015 24	Tractor Sazi	3 – 0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tabriz
	A. Hassanzadeh 40' Edinho 57' 86' Teymourian 81'			Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 15,000

12 April 2015 25	Sepahan	2 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Isfahan
	Pereira Mendes 76' (pen.) Navidkia 90'		Edinho 45'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Attendance: 8,000

16 April 2015 26	Tractor Sazi	2 – 1	Saipa	Tabriz
	Delir 82' Shiri 90+3' (o.g.)		Nozhati 10'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 45,000

25 April 2015 27	Paykan	0 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Qods
			Ahmadzadeh 7' Edinho 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium Attendance: 5,000

1 May 2015 28	Tractor Sazi	1 – 1	Gostaresh	Tabriz
	Célio 25'		Hosseini 61'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 16,000

10 May 2015 29	Esteghlal	1 – 4	Tractor Sazi	Tehran
	Ebrahimi 30'		S. Nariman Jahan 8' Edinho 45' S. Nariman Jahan 56' S. Nariman Jahan 87'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 55,000

15 May 2015 30	Tractor Sazi	3 – 3	Naft Tehran	Tabriz
	Edinho 37' Teymourian 45' F. Karimi 61'		Ezzati 3' Motahari 76' Padovani 81'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 81,756

Hazfi Cup

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

17 October 2014 (17 October 2014) Round of 32	Tractor Sazi	4 – 0	Karun Khuzestan	Tabriz
14:30 DST+03:30	Saghebi 14' Gordani 36' Ebrahimi 71' (pen.) Ahmadzadeh 85'			Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 12,000

26 October 2014 (26 October 2014) Round of 16	Saipa	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 3 p)	Tractor Sazi	Karaj
14:30 DST+03:30				Stadium: Enghelab Stadium Attendance: 5,000
	Penalties
	Rezaei Ramezani Sadeghi Hamed Shiri		Kiani Iranpourian Aghaei Ebrahimi

27 November 2014 (27 November 2014) Quarter-Final	Tractor Sazi	1 – 2	Padideh	Tabriz
14:00 DST+03:30	Ahmadzadeh 45+2'		Prahić 80' (pen.) Nasimov 90+2'	Stadium: Sahand Attendance: 36,000

AFC Champions League

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Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

25 February 2015 1	Nasaf Qarshi	2 – 1	Tractor Sazi	Qarshi Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi
18:00 UTC+5	I. Shomurodov 46' H. Karimov 52' R. Roj 56'	Report	Edinho 32' F. Abedini 52'	Attendance: 11,160 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali Man of the Match: Ilkhom Shomurodov

4 March 2015 2	Tractor Sazi	1 – 0	Al-Ahli	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium, Tabriz
16:00 UTC+3:30	H. Gordani 17' F. Ahmadzadeh 40' A. Teymourian 55'	Report	K. Kwon 41' A. Hussain 75' M. Naser 82'	Attendance: 25,830 Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin Man of the Match: Fardin Abedini

18 March 2015 3	Al-Ahli	2 – 0	Tractor Sazi	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
20:20 UTC+3	Al-Jassim 71', 79'	Report		Attendance: 45,482 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

7 April 2015 4	Tractor Sazi	2 – 2	Al-Ahli	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium, Tabriz
16:00 UTC+4:30	Edinho 60' Saghebi 77'	Report	Al Soma 74', 90'	Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

21 April 2015 5	Tractor Sazi	1 – 2	Nasaf Qarshi	Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium, Tabriz
18:00 UTC+4:30	Kiani 52'	Report	Geworkýan 59', 71'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

5 May 2015 6	Al-Ahli	3 – 2	Tractor Sazi	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
19:40 UTC+4	Ribeiro 58' Khalil 77', 88'	Report	Bayrami 21' Nariman Jahan 67'	Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

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

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

References

^ "کاپ - با عقد قراردادی 1.5 ساله/ سیدمهدی قریشی به تراکتورسازی پیوست". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
^ "تیموریان به تراکتورسازی پیوست". Isna News Agency. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ Fars: Alenemeh joined Foolad
^ "کمالوند: نوشي صوفياني به گسترش پيوست". Varzesh3. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ "بازیکن تراکتورسازی راهی لیگ یک شد". Bank Varzesh news Agency.
^ http://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6350
^ http://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6358
^ http://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6366
^ http://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6374
^ http://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6382
^ http://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6391
^ http://iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6398
^ http://iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6407
^ http://iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6414
^ http://iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6423

External links

[TRACTOR1-1] "کاپ - با عقد قراردادی 1.5 ساله/ سیدمهدی قریشی به تراکتورسازی پیوست". Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[tractor2-2] "تیموریان به تراکتورسازی پیوست". Isna News Agency. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[FOOLAD1-3] Fars: Alenemeh joined Foolad

[GF10-4] "کمالوند: نوشي صوفياني به گسترش پيوست". Varzesh3. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

[5] "بازیکن تراکتورسازی راهی لیگ یک شد". Bank Varzesh news Agency.

[6] ttp://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6350

[7] ttp://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6358

[8] ttp://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6366

[9] ttp://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6374

[10] ttp://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6382

[11] ttp://www.iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6391

[12] ttp://iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6398

[13] ttp://iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6407

[14] ttp://iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6414

[15] ttp://iranleague.ir/MatchDetails/6423

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History Players Managers Seasons Honours
Home stadium	Sahand (1996–present) Bagh-e Shomal (1970–1996)
Training ground	Tractor Stadium
Other teams	Academy Reserves Ladies
Rivalries	Tabriz derby Persepolis rivalry Esteghlal rivalry
Media	IRIB Sahand Yan Latan Tofar Yatan newspaper Anthem All articles