2014–15 Tractor S.C. season
# 2014–15 Tractor S.C. season

The 2014–15 season is Tractor's 6th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup & AFC Champions League. Tractor is captained by Mehdi Kiani.

## Club

### Current coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Toni |
| 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. 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

| 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 U21) |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Hassan Fathollahzadeh (promoted from Tractor U21) |
| 44 | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Shahmohammadi (promoted from Tractor U21) |
| 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

| 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) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Andranik Teymourian (from Esteghlal) |
| 88 | DF | IRN | Fardin Abedini (from Mes Kerman) |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Célio (from Free Agent) |
| 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) |
| 15 | DF | ALB | Ditmar Bicaj (to Flamurtari Vlorë) |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Davoud Noushi Soufiani (to Gostaresh Foulad) |
| 31 | MF | IRN | Ebrahim Abednezhad (to Shahrdari Tabriz) |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Radamés (to Paysandu) |

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iran Pro League | — | 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) |
| AFC Champions League | Group-Stage | Group-Stage | Group-Stage | 25 February 2015 | 5 May 2015 |

Source: Competitions

### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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**

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sepahan (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 59 | 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 58 | 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Naft | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 58 | 2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 4 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 52 | 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 5 | Foolad | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 52 | |

* ↑ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

**Results summary**

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

Last updated: 15 May 2015. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### AFC Champions League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHS | AHU | NSF | TRA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Al-Ahli | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Al-Ahli | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Nasaf Qarshi | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — |

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