2011–12 Saba Qom F.C. season
# 2011–12 Saba Qom F.C. season

The 2011–12 season are the Saba Qom Football Club's 8th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 8th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and 10th year in existence as a football club.

## Club

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Abdollah Veysi |
| Assistant coach | Naser Bakhtiarizadeh |
| Assistant coach | Houshang Loveinian |
| Team Manager | Mohammadreza Keshvari-Fard |
| Doctors | Valiollah Gerayeli-Malek |
| Physiotherapists | Kasra Kazemi |
| Equipment managers | Amir Sekoudan |

### Other personnel

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Chairman | Mojtaba Ramezan-Beygi |
| Media Officer | Ali Ebrahimi Kalachayeh |

### Grounds

| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Yadegar Emam Stadium (10,610 / ) |
| - | - |

### Kit

Supplier: Majid Sponsor(s): Vegal

| Home Kit | Away Kit |
| - | - |

## Player

### First team squad

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 | Hamed Lak |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Morteza Kashi (Captain) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Mobini Pour |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Masoud Haghjou |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Badrlou |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Akbar Sadeghi |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mohsen Bayat |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Milad Nouri |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mohsen Khalili |
| 11 | DF | IRN | Majid Houtan |
| 12 | MF | CMR | David Wirikom |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Aram Tab |
| 14 | DF | IRN | Saeid Lotfi |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Meysam Khosravi |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Farid Karimi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Abdolfazl Ebrahimi |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Karim Eslami |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Bahman Tahmasbi |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Majid Heidari |
| 21 | GK | IRN | Farshad Ghadiri |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mehrdad Tahmasbi |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Arab Khorasani |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Iman Razaghirad |
| 25 | FW | IRN | Milad Soleiman Fallah |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Saeed Sadeghi |
| 27 | DF | IRN | Ramin Rezaian |
| 29 | DF | IRN | Davoud Bahadori |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Momeni |
| 31 | DF | IRN | Rasoul Bakhtiarizadeh |
| 33 | MF | IRN | Hossein Maleki |
| 40 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Reza Vafaei |

## Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2011–12

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Ahmad Khormali (from Aluminium Hormozgan) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Mahmoud Tighnavard (from Aluminium Hormozgan) |
| 12 | DF | IRN | Rasoul Boroush (from Shahrdari Yasuj) |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Hossein Hejazipour (from Shahrdari Yasuj) |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Majid Houtan (from Nassaji Mazandaran) |
| 18 | MF | IRN | Karim Eslami (from Etka Gorgan) |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Milad Soleiman Fallah (from Saipa Mehr Karaj) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Badrlou (from Aluminium Hormozgan) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Reza Enayati (from Sepahan) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Akbar Sadeghi (from Sanati Kaveh) |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Milad Nouri (from Esteghlal Ahvaz) |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Yaser Karami (from Saba Qom Academy) |
| 32 | | IRN | Mohammad Arab Khorasani (from Saba Qom Academy) |
| 35 | | IRN | Mohsen Karami (from Saba Qom Academy) |
| 40 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Reza Vafaei (from Saba Qom Academy) |
| 34 | | IRN | Mojtaba Mobini Pour (from Saba Qom Academy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Mehdi Vaezi (to Steel Azin) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Saeed Khani (to Aboomoslem) |
| 6 | DF | IRN | Abolfazl Hajizadeh (to Shahrdari Tabriz) |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Davoud Haghi (to Zob Ahan) |
| 12 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Taghavi (to Aluminium Hormozgan) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Wando da Costa Silva (to Vila Nova) |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Vahid Nemati (to Fajr Sepasi) |
| 20 | MF | IRN | Alireza Mirshafian (to Pas Hamedan) |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Paulo Almeida (to Rio Branco) |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Hadi Asghari (released) |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Mohsen Bayatinia (to Mes Kerman) |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Farzad Hatami (to Sepahan, Loan Return) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Alireza Nikbakht (to Paykan) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Majid Heidari (from Fajr Sepasi) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Ali Molaei (from Mes Sarcheshmeh) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | IRN | Hossein Hejazipour (to Rah Ahan) |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup | — | — | 4th | 2 August 2011 | 11 May 2012 |
| 2011–12 Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | — | Quarter-Final | October 26, 2011 | December 19, 2011 |

Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 66 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 66 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 4 | Saba Qom | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 50 | 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
| 5 | Naft Tehran | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 49 | |
| 6 | Zob Ahan | 34 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 45 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 25 February 2011. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

### Hazfi Cup

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

### Friendly Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics

### Top scorers

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

    Last updated on 22 February 2011

| Ranking | Position | Nation | Name | Pro League | Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match goals.

### Top assistors

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

    Last updated on 22 February 2011

| Ranking | Position | Nation | Name | Pro League | Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Friendlies and Pre season goals are not recognized as competitive match assist.

### Disciplinary record

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

    Last updated on 22 February 2011

| | | | | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goals conceded

* Updated on 21 May 2011

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Pro League | Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Total | Minutes per goal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Matches played

* Updated on 2 April 2011

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

### Own goals

* Updated on 2 April 2011

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