2016–17 Zob Ahan F.C. season

Zob Ahan Isfahan FC
2016–17 season
Chairman	Saeid Azari
Manager	Mojtaba Hosseini
Stadium	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr
IPL	4th
Hazfi Cup	Semi-final
AFC Champions League	2017: Group stage
Iranian Super Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Morteza Tabrizi (10 goals); All: Morteza Tabrizi (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	12.000 v Persepolis (16 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance	100 v Saba Qom (2 February 2017)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 15 May 2017.

	Out for Injuries		Released – Retired

No.	Name	Position (s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Ends	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	GK	2014	(1989-05-18)May 18, 1989 (aged 27)	Foolad	2018	103	0
22	Hamid Erfani	GK	2016	(1988-03-21)March 21, 1988 (aged 29)	Giti Pasand	2016	2	0
40	Peyman Salmani	GK	2012	(1994-04-18)April 18, 1994 (aged 23)	(Youth system)	2016	1	0
Defenders
2	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi	DF	2015	(1992-10-20)October 20, 1992 (aged 24)	Padideh	2018	65	1
3	Vahid Mohammadzadeh	DF	2016	(1989-05-16)May 16, 1989 (aged 27)	Saipa	2018	48	2
33	Mohammad Sattari	RB	2016	(1993-09-30)September 30, 1993 (aged 23)	Malavan	2018	12	0
18	Ali Hamam	RB	2014	(1986-08-25)August 25, 1986 (aged 30)	Nejmeh	2018	101	3
19	Mehrdad Ghanbari	RB	2014	(1989-11-22)November 22, 1989 (aged 27)	Padideh	2017	61	3
20	Hojjat Haghverdi	DF	2014	(1993-02-03)February 3, 1993 (aged 24)	Aboumoslem	2017	34	0
24	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr	DF	2015	(1998-08-10)August 10, 1998 (aged 18)	(Youth system)	2018	27	1
26	Nima Taheri	DF	2016	(1996-11-05)November 5, 1996 (aged 20)	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
36	Kianoush Eghbali	DF	2015	(1996-04-06)April 6, 1996 (aged 21)	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
Midfielders
6	Mehdi Mehdipour	MF	2014	(1994-02-18)February 18, 1994 (aged 23)	(Youth system) Rah Ahan	2019	95	2
7	Mohammad Reza Hosseini	RM	2015	(1989-09-15)September 15, 1989 (aged 27)	Fajr Sepasi	2018	61	5
8	Ghasem Hadadifar	MF	2003	(1983-07-12)July 12, 1983 (aged 33)	(Youth system)	2016	323	18
9	Rabih Ataya	RM, Left winger	2017	(1989-07-16)July 16, 1989 (aged 28)	Al-Ansar	2018	13	0
10	Ehsan Pahlavan	LM	2013	(1993-07-25)July 25, 1993 (aged 23)	Gostaresh Foulad	2019	116	13
11	Morteza Tabrizi	RM, ST	2013	(1991-01-06)January 6, 1991 (aged 26)	Pas Hamedan	2017	138	34
14	Reza Shekari	AM	2015	(1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 18)	Moghavemat Tehran	2018	21	2
17	Mohammadreza Abbasi	LM	2014	(1996-07-27)July 27, 1996 (aged 20)	(Youth system)	2018	41	3
23	Danial Esmaeilifar	RM, RB	2014	(1993-02-26)February 26, 1993 (aged 24)	Payam Sanat	2018	89	6
35	Kamran Momeni	MF	2015	(1995-12-01)December 1, 1995 (aged 21)	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
Forwards
27	Jerry Bengtson	ST	2016	(1987-04-08)April 8, 1987 (aged 30)	Persepolis	2017	37	12
30	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	SS	2012	(1978-06-21) June 21, 1978 (age 45)	Fajr Sepasi	2017	328	103
70	Yaser Feyzi	ST	2016	(1992-04-05)April 5, 1992 (aged 25)	Oxin Alborz	2017	25	2

Iran Pro League squad[edit]

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	IRN	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi
3	DF	IRN	Vahid Mohammadzadeh
6	MF	IRN	Mehdi Mehdipour
7	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Hosseini
8	MF	IRN	Ghasem Hadadifar (Captain)
9	FW	LBN	Rabih Ataya
10	MF	IRN	Ehsan Pahlevan
11	FW	IRN	Morteza Tabrizi
12	GK	IRN	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri
14	MF	IRN	Reza Shekari ^U21
17	FW	IRN	Mohammadreza Abbasi ^U21
18	DF	LBN	Ali Hamam


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	IRN	Mehrdad Ghanbari
20	DF	IRN	Hojjat Haghverdi
22	GK	IRN	Hamid Erfani
23	MF	IRN	Danial Esmaeilifar
24	MF	IRN	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr ^U21
26	DF	IRN	Nima Taheri ^U21
27	FW	HON	Jerry Bengtson
30	FW	IRN	Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Vice captain)
35	MF	IRN	Kamran Momeni ^U23
36	DF	IRN	Kianoush Eghbali ^U23
40	GK	IRN	Peyman Salmani ^U23
70	FW	IRN	Yaser Feyzi

Transfers[edit]

Confirmed transfers 2016–17

Summer[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	IRN	Yaser Feyzi (from Oxin Alborz)
—	GK	IRN	Hamid Erfani (from Giti Pasand)
—	MF	IRN	Mohammad Sattari^PL (from Malavan)
—	FW	HON	Jerry Bengtson^PL (from Persepolis)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi (to Saba Qom)
3	DF	LBN	Walid Ismail (End of Contract)
4	DF	IRN	Hadi Mohammadi (to Tractor Sazi)
7	FW	IRN	Masoud Hassanzadeh (to Saipa)
9	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei (to Esteghlal)
17	FW	BRA	Marco Aurélio Iubel (Mutual consent)
21	DF	IRN	Saeb Mohebi (to Rah Ahan)
33	GK	IRN	Mohammad Amin Bahrami (to Tractor Sazi)
61	DF	IRN	Hashem Beikzadeh (to Saba Qom)
77	MF	IRN	Ahmad Amir Kamdar (to Machine Sazi)
—	MF	IRN	Sina Ashouri (to Tractor Sazi, previously on loan)

Winter[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	LBN	Rabih Ataya (from Al Ansar)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage
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
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[edit]


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[edit]

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W
Position	13	12	7	6	8	9	14	10	11	8	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4

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

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

July 29, 2015 1	Malavan	1 – 0	Zob Ahan	Anzali
18:50 UTC+04:30	Afshin 61' Afshin 61'	Report	Hamam 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 60'	Report	Karimi 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 39' Karimi 88'	Report	Pahlavan 61' Tabrizi 85' Tabrizi 85' Mazaheri 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 49' Alishah 64' Bengar 90+2' Bengar	Report	Rezaei 76' Hassanzadeh	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 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 22' Chago 45' Sharifat 50'	Report	Mohammadi 28' Pahlavan 37' Sadeghi 59' Noormohammadi 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	Koroushi 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 15' Alinejad 41' Nekounam 55'	Report	Hassanzadeh 17' Mohammadi 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 78'	Report	Kiani 33' Magno Batista 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 17' Rahmani 45,75' Saghebi 55' Saghebi 55'	Report	Pahlavan 27' Mohammadi 30' Hamam 80' Rezaei 87' Pahlavan 90+1' Esmaeilifar 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 24,67' Tabrizi 68' Sadeghi 81' Sadeghi 83'	Report	Abtahi 54' Mohammadi 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 88'	Report	Haghverdi 34' Rezaei 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 45,62' Tabrizi 68' Mehdipour 79'	Report	Yousefi 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 75' Mehdipour 78' Hosseini 92'	Report	Hassanzadeh 45' Mazaheri 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 35'	Report	Zobeydi 78' Tayyebi 43' Nassari 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 56' Ismail 44' Esmaeilifar 77' Rezaei 90+2'	Report	Darvishi 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 41' Karimi 48' Musaev 60' Karami 66'	Report	Pahlavan 14' Mehdipour 58' Hassanzadeh 60' Pahlavan 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 32'	Report	Hajmohammadi 33' Rahmati 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 30' Mazaheri 68' Hassanzadeh Tabrizi 90'	Report	Ahmadzadeh 30' Alishah 35' Kamyabinia 71' Alipour 80' Rezaeian 86' Taremi 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 53' Reykani 90+3'	Report	Rezaei 52' Amir Kamdar 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 56' Rajabzadeh Iubel 78'	Report	Ahle Shakheh 8' Feshangchi 51' Iubel 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 35' Bouazar 80'	Report	Mohammadi 27' Amir Kamdar 38' Mazaheri 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 30' Haddadifar 68' Esmaeilifar 86'	Report	Torabi 45' Sadeghi 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 12' Ebrahimi 21,78,88' Hosseini 30' Leonardo Pimenta 80' Koohnavard 87'	Report	Ehsan Pahlevan 6' Mehdi Mehdipour 18' 37,48' Hadi Mohammadi 65' Ahmad Amir Kamdar 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 60' Haddadifar 63' Hadi Mohammadi 76' Mohammad Reza Hosseini 89'	Report	Ashouri 24' Carlos Cardoso 59' Rahmani 69' Shafiei 87' 87' Shahin Saghebi 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	Mehdi Hanafi 32' Mohammad Reza Soleimani 82'	Report	Vahid Mohammadzadeh 48' Kaveh Rezaei 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 13'	Report	Farshid Bagheri 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 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 58' Mehdi Rajabzadeh 72,80'	Report	Hossein Karimi 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 55,59'	Report		Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 3500 Referee: Mohsen Torky

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Ain	6	3	3	0	14	7	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Ahli	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage
3	Zob Ahan	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7
4	Bunyodkor	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 February 2017

19:15 UTC+4

Al-Ain	1–1	Zob Ahan
Ismail 76'	Report	Bengtson 57'

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 8,122

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

28 February 2017

19:15 UTC+4

Zob Ahan	1–2	Al-Ahli
Rajabzadeh 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Asiri 29' Al Somah 86'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (Oman)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

13 March 2017

18:00 UTC+5

Bunyodkor	0–2	Zob Ahan
	Report	Bengtson 55' Tabrizi 90+4' (pen.)

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 2,507

Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

11 April 2017

20:00 UTC+4:30

Zob Ahan	2–1	Bunyodkor
Mohammadzadeh 5' Tabrizi 54'	Report	Nurmatov 72'

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan

Attendance: 3,833

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

24 April 2017

20:30 UTC+4:30

Zob Ahan	0–3	Al-Ain
	Report	Asprilla 25' O. Abdulrahman 59' M. Abdulrahman 80'

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan

Attendance: 6,321

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

8 May 2017

18:40 UTC+3

Al-Ahli	2–0	Zob Ahan
Asiri 63' Kurdi 84'	Report

Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 260

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Hazfi Cup[edit]

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Round of 32[edit]

11 September 2015 1/16	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Baderan Tehran	Fuladshahr
19:45	Nejad Mehdi 13' Mehdipour 56'	Summary		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Last 16[edit]

21 September 2015 1/8	Gostaresh Foulad	0 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
16:00		Summary	Rajabzadeh 66'	Stadium: Gostaresh Foulad Stadium

Quarter-final[edit]

4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) 1/4	Zob Ahan	2 – 0	Persepolis	Isfahan
14:30 (DST+03:30)	M. Tabrizi 107' R. Shekari 115'	report		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi

Semi-final (1/2 Final – Last 4)[edit]

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

Final[edit]

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

Statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

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

Top scorers[edit]

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

Last updated on 30 May 2016

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

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

Disciplinary record[edit]

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
1		4	Hadi Mohammadi	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
2		8	Ghasem Haddadifar	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
3		12	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
3		18	Ali Hamam	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
4		11	Morteza Tabrizi	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
4		3	Walid Ismail	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
5		13	Mohammad Reza Hosseini	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
		7	Masoud Hassanzadeh	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
		16	Mehdi Mehdipour	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
		61	Hashem Beikzadeh	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6		23	Danial Esmaeilifar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
		9	Kaveh Rezaei	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
		5	Akbar Sadeghi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
		77	Ahmad Amir Kamdar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
		15	Ehsan Pahlavan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7		20	Hojjat Haghverdi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
		2	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
		17	Marco Aurélio Iubel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
		33	Vahid Mohammadzadeh	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
		25	Mohammadreza Abbasi	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Goals conceded[edit]

Updated on 30 May 2016

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

Own goals[edit]

Updated on 5 January 2016

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Club[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

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

Other information[edit]

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

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

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

[Iran-Saudi_Arabia-3] Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-07-10.{{cite web}}: 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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v t e Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.
Team	Players Current squad Managers
Ground	Foolad Shahr Stadium
Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Rivalry	Naqsh-e jahan derby
Other divisions	Basketball

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