2016–17 Tractor S.C. season

Tractor

2016–17 season
Chairman	Mostafa Ajorlu
Manager	Amir Ghalenoei
Stadium	Tractor Stadium Sahand Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Farzad Hatami &Edinho (7 goals) All: Farzad Hatami (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	45,000 v Esteghlal (20 April 2017)
Lowest home attendance	0 (spectator ban) v Sanat Naft (17 January 2017)
Average home league attendance	8,133
Home colours Away colours

The 2016–17 season is Tractor's 9th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Tractor is captained by Mehdi Kiani.

Club

Position	Staff
Head coach	Amir Ghalenoei
First team coach	Rahman Rezaei
Assistant coach	Ali Reza Pezhman
Assistant coach	Rodolfo Correa
Fitness coach	Saeid Nikokheslat
Goalkeeper coach	Rui Tavares
Analyzer	António Oliveira
Doctor & Physiotherapist	Ramzan Norouzzadeh
Psychologist	Akbar Sobhi
B team manager	Farhad Pourgholami
Technical manager	Ahad Sheykhlari

Management

Position	Staff
President	Mostafa Ajorlu
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 January 2017

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	Mohammadreza Akhbari U23 (on loan from Saipa)
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Iranpourian
4	DF	IRN	Khaled Shafiei
5	DF	IRN	Hadi Mohammadi (on loan from Zob Ahan)
6	MF	IRN	Mehdi Kiani (Captain)
7	MF	IRN	Saeid Aghaei
8	DF	IRN	Mohsen Bengar
9	MF	IRN	Omid Alishah (on loan from Persepolis)
10	FW	IRN	Mohammad Ebrahimi
11	FW	BRA	Éder Luciano
13	MF	IRQ	Karrar Jassim
14	MF	IRN	Mohammad Nouri
16	DF	IRN	Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh
17	MF	IRN	Soroush Rafiei
18	MF	IRN	Ahmad Nourollahi (on loan from Persepolis)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	IRN	Hashem Beikzadeh
20	FW	IRN	Mehdi Sharifi
21	GK	IRN	Farzin Garousian
24	FW	IRN	Farzad Hatami
25	MF	IRN	Alireza Ramezani
27	MF	IRN	Fakher TahamiU21
28	MF	IRN	Mohammad Naderi U21
32	DF	IRN	Aref AghasiU21
66	MF	IRN	Sina Ashouri
70	DF	IRN	Amir Reza Nasr AzadaniU21
77	MF	IRN	Shahram Goudarzi
88	MF	IRN	Ali TaheranU21

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2016 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2016–17

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
66	MF	IRN	Sina Ashouri (from Zob Ahan, previously on loan)
—	MF	IRN	Saeid MoradiU23 (from Parseh Tehran)
—	DF	IRN	Mohsen BengarPL (from Persepolis)
—	FW	IRN	Shahram GoudarziPL (from Gostaresh Foulad)
10	FW	IRN	Mohammad EbrahimiPL (from Gostaresh Foulad)
—	DF	IRN	Mohammad NaderiU23 (from Moghavemat Tehran)
—	DF	IRN	Mohammadreza MehdizadehU21 (from Shahre Baran)
—	GK	IRN	Mohammad Amin BahramiU21 (from Zob Ahan)
—	MF	IRN	Soheil SalehiU21 (from Naft va Gaz Gachsaran)
—	MF	IRN	Ali TaheranU21 (from Tractor)
14	MF	IRN	Mohammad Nouri (from Al-Meisameer)
13	MF	IRQ	Karrar Jassim (from Naft Al-Wasat)
44	DF	IRN	Hadi MohammadiPL (from Zob Ahan)
—	MF	IRN	Alireza RamezaniPL (from Esteghlal)
—	FW	BRA	Edinho (from Al-Sailiya)
—	DF	IRN	Aref AghasiU21 (from Foolad)
—	MF	IRN	Mohammad PapiU21 (from Sepahan U23 – conscription)

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
3	DF	IRN	Shoja' Khalilzadeh (to Sepahan – conscription return)
5	DF	BRA	Carlos Cardoso (End of Contract)
8	FW	IRN	Shahin Saghebi (to Malavan – conscription return)
11	MF	IRN	Bakhtiar Rahmani (to Esteghlal)
12	GK	IRN	Masoud Homami (End of Contract)
15	MF	IRN	Ayoub Kalantari (to FC Mashhad)
16	MF	IRN	Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah (to Malavan – conscription return)
18	MF	PHI	Iain Ramsay (to NEC)
19	MF	BRA	Augusto César (loan return to Internacional)
27	FW	CMR	Aloys Nong (End of Contract)
34	FW	IRN	Mehran Ghorbanpour (to Machine Sazi)
40	DF	IRN	Ali Hamoudi (to Sepahan – conscription return)
44	DF	IRN	Peyman Keshavarz (to Machine Sazi)
88	MF	IRN	Fardin Abedini (End of Contract)
—	MF	IRN	Saeid Moradi (loan to FC Mashhad, previously at Parseh Tehran)

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	Ahmad Nourollahi (from Persepolis on loan)
—	FW	IRN	Omid Alishah (from Persepolis on loan)

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
—	MF	IRN	Soroush Rafiei (to Persepolis)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League	—	—	3rd	25 July 2016	4 May 2017
Hazfi Cup	Round of 64	—	Runner-up	30 September 2016	11 May 2017

Updated to match played 11 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Persian Gulf Pro League	30	15	11	4	38	24	+14	050.00
Hazfi Cup	6	5	0	1	11	4	+7	083.33
Total	36	20	11	5	49	28	+21	055.56

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Persepolis (C)	30	20	6	4	46	14	+32	66	Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Esteghlal	30	16	9	5	45	27	+18	57
3	Tractor Sazi	30	15	11	4	38	24	+14	56
4	Zob Ahan	30	12	10	8	39	30	+9	46	Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
5	Sepahan	30	12	9	9	38	34	+4	45

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: IPL Stats, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

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	15	11	4	38	24	+14	56	6	8	1	23	13	+10	9	3	3	15	11	+4

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W
Position	6	7	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

Tractor v Esteghlal Khuzestan

25 July 2016 1	Tractor	2 – 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30	Edinho 14' F. Hatami 60'	Report	R. Zahivi 58' R. Zahivi 72'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Sanat Naft v Tractor

1 August 2016 2	Sanat Naft	0 – 0	Tractor	Abadan
20:45 DST+04:30		Report		Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Tractor v Paykan

7 August 2016 3	Tractor	3 – 1	Paykan	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30	Edinho 23' M. Ebrahimi 26' K. Jassim 51'	Report	A. Sadeghi 27'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reza Mahdavi

Machine Sazi v Tractor

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 4	Machine Sazi	0 – 2	Tractor	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30		Report	M. Iranpourian 30', 92'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Tractor v Persepolis

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 5	Tractor	0 – 0	Persepolis	Tabriz
17:15 DST+04:30	M. Nouri  26' H. Mohammadi  34' S. Ashouri  81'	Report	K. Kamyabinia  84'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Zob Ahan v Tractor

15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) 6	Zob Ahan	1 – 2	Tractor	Isfahan
18:30 DST+04:30	A. Hamam 69'	Report	M. Iranpourian 40' S. Ashouri 73'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Tractor v Siah Jamegan

20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 7	Tractor	3 – 0	Siah Jamegan	Tabriz
16:45 DST+04:30	M. Iranpourian 2' F. Hatami 58' M. Kiani 92'	Report		Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar

Saipa v Tractor

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 8	Saipa	0 – 0	Tractor	Tehran
17:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Tractor v Foolad

20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) 9	Tractor	2 – 2	Foolad	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	Edinho 3' S. Rafiei 67'	Report	E. Sharifat 29' S. Ansari 65'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Gostaresh Foulad v Tractor

27 October 2016 (2016-10-27) 10	Gostaresh Foulad	0 – 2	Tractor	Tabriz
14:45 DST+03:30		Report	Edinho 42', 47'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

Tractor v Saba Qom

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) 11	Tractor	2 – 1	Saba Qom	Tabriz
14:30 DST+03:30	F. Hatami 55' M. Iranpourian 66'	Report	A. Hassanzadeh 71'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek

Tractor v Padideh

2 December 2016 (2016-12-02) 12	Tractor	1 – 1	Padideh	Tabriz
14:00 DST+03:30	F. Hatami 38'	Report	M. Yousefi 62'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hossein Zahedifar

Esteghlal v Tractor

9 December 2016 (2016-12-09) 13	Esteghlal	1 – 2	Tractor	Tehran
16:20 IRST (UTC+03:30)	K. Rezaei 7'  90+3' O. Ebrahimi  29' Y. Karimi  83'	Report	F. Hatami 56', 69'  77'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Tractor v Sepahan

16 December 2016 (2016-12-16) 14	Tractor	1 – 2	Sepahan	Tabriz
14:00 DST+03:30	F. Hatami 71'	Report	M. Mohammadi 25' E. Hajsafi 56'	Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Naft Tehran v Tractor

25 December 2017 (2017-12-25) 15	Naft Tehran	0 – 2	Tractor	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30		Report	M. Sharifi 63' M. Nouri 72'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Tractor

12 January 2017 (2017-01-12) 16	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 – 1	Tractor	Ahvaz
15:30 DST+03:30		Report	M. Sharifi 88'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 5,000

Tractor v Sanat Naft

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17) 17	Tractor	2 – 2	Sanat Naft	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	M. Ebrahimi 8' O. Alishah 62'	Report	Z. Niknafs 60' A. Abdollahzadeh 86'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: NC Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar

Paykan v Tractor

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 18	Paykan	0 – 1	Tractor	Tehran
15:45 (DST+03:30)		Report	M. Ebrahimi 74'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Tractor v Machine Sazi

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) 19	Tractor	0 – 0	Machine Sazi	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

Persepolis v Tractor

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 20	Persepolis	3 – 0	Tractor	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30	M. Taremi 2' R. Rezaeain 23' V. Amiri 64'	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

Tractor v Zob Ahan

11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 21	Tractor	4 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	M. Iranpourian 6' Edinho 31' M. Ebrahimi 39' M. Kiani 93'	Report	M. Rajabzadeh 35'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

Siah Jamegan v Tractor

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 22	Siah Jamegan	1 – 2	Tractor	Mashhad
14:30 DST+03:30	H. Badamaki 27'	Report	M. Mehdizadeh 45' F. Hatami 89'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Tractor v Saipa

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) 23	Tractor	0 – 0	Saipa	Tabriz
15:15 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

Foolad v Tractor

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24	Foolad	0 – 0	Tractor	Ahvaz
16:30 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Tractor v Gostaresh Foulad

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 25	Tractor	1 – 1	Gostaresh Foulad	Tabriz
17:30 DST+04:30	M. Sharifi 16'	Report	R. Khaleghifar 55'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi

Saba Qom v Tractor

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 26	Saba Qom	3 – 0	Tractor	Qom
17:15 DST+04:30	O. Jahanbakhsh 61', 95' M. Majidi 99'	Report		Stadium: Yadegar Emam Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Reza Akbarian

Padideh v Tractor

14 April 2017 (2017-04-14) 27	Padideh	0 – 1	Tractor	Mashhad
17:00 DST+04:30		Report	M. Ebrahimi 9'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali

Tractor v Esteghlal

20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) 28	Tractor	1 – 0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
17:45 (UTC+04:30)	M. Ebrahimi 87'	Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Sepahan v Tractor

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 29	Sepahan	2 – 0	Tractor	Isfahan
18:00 DST+04:30	M. Mohammadi 42' F. Karimi 89'	Report		Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek

Tractor v Naft Tehran

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) 30	Tractor	1 – 0	Naft Tehran	Tabriz
18:00 (UTC+04:30)	Edinho 93'	Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Hazfi Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Tractor v Foulad Yasuj

30 September 2016 (2016-09-30) First Round	Tractor	2 – 0	Foulad Yasuj	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	M. Iranpourian 47' (pen.) M. Ebrahimi 70'	Report		Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Malavan v Tractor

3 November 2016 (2016-11-03) 2nd round	Malavan	0 – 1	Tractor	Bandar Anzali
14:00 DST+03:30		Report	M. Iranpourian 22'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Tractor v New Bargh Fars

18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) Last 16	Tractor	2 – 0	New Bargh Fars	Tabriz
13:30 DST+03:30	M. Nouri 39' F. Hatami 62'	Report		Stadium: Tractor Stadium Attendance: 4,000

Naft Gachsaran v Tractor

20 December 2016 (2016-12-20) Quarter-finals	Naft Gachsaran	1 – 3	Tractor	Gachsaran
14:00 DST+03:30	H. Khanifar	Report	S. Goudarzi 18' F. Hatami 29' M. Ebrahimi 76'	Stadium: Shohadaye Naft Gachsaran Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Zob Ahan v Tractor

31 December 2016 (2016-12-31) Semi-finals	Zob Ahan	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Tractor	Isfahan
14:30 DST+03:30	E. Pahlevan 45' J. Bengtson 120' (pen.)	Report	F. Hatami 90' M. Ebrahimi 92' M. Nouri 121'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar

Naft Tehran v Tractor

11 May 2017 (2017-05-11) final	Naft Tehran	1 – 0	Tractor	Khorramshahr
21:00 DST+04:30	Shahbazzadeh 90'	Report		Stadium: Naft va Gaz Arvandan Stadium Attendance: 8,521 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

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.

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
2015-	Kosar Credit Cooperative

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

See also

• 2016–17 Iran Pro League
• 2016–17 Hazfi Cup

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League