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Tractor

2018–19 season
Owner	Mohammad Reza Zonuzi
Chairman	Sadegh Deroudgar (until 12 August 2018) Alireza Asadi (From 12 August 2018 until 6 January 2019) Ayoub Behtaj (From 8 February 2019 until 18 March 2019)
Manager	John Toshack (until 17 September 2018) Mohammad Taghavi(interim) (from 17 September 2018 until 9 January 2019) Georges Leekens (from 13 January 2019 until 18 May 2019)
Stadium	Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	5th
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Stokes (11) All: Anthony Stokes (13)
Highest home attendance	80,000 v Esteghlal (15 February 2019)
Average home league attendance	47,055
Home colours Away colours
← 2017–182019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was the Tractor Sports Club’s 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 10th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They will also be competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 48th year in existence as a football club.

Players

First team squad

As of 3 September 2018.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Mohsen Forouzan		GK	(1988-05-03)May 3, 1988 (aged 30)	Pars Jonoubi Jam
22	Alireza Heidari		GK	(1992-12-01)December 1, 1992 (aged 26)	Malavan
33	Mahdi Mohammadian		GK	(1997-03-05)March 5, 1997 (aged 21)	U21
Defenders
2	Mohammad Tayyebi		DF	(1986-09-11)September 11, 1986 (aged 32)	Pars Jonoubi Jam
3	Reza Sharbati		LB, LM	(1995-02-16)February 16, 1995 (aged 23)	Siah Jamegan
5	Ali Abdollahzadeh		DF, RB	(1993-01-04)January 4, 1993 (aged 25)	Sanat Naft
16	Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh		DF	(1994-02-18)February 18, 1994 (aged 24)	Damash Gilan
26	Ehsan Hajsafi		LB, LM, DM	(1990-02-25)February 25, 1990 (aged 28)	Olympiacos
29	Iman Salimi		DF, DM	(1996-06-01)June 1, 1996 (aged 22)	Pars Jonoubi Jam
40	Ali Esmaeili		DF	(1996-12-16)December 16, 1996 (aged 22)	U21
70	Amir Reza Nasr Azadani		RB, RM	(1996-02-07)February 7, 1996 (aged 22)	Rah Ahan
77	Mohammad Moslemipour		LB	(1997-05-25)May 25, 1997 (aged 21)	U19
Midfielders
6	Alireza Naghizadeh		DM, CM, AM	(1993-03-03)March 3, 1993 (aged 25)	Gostaresh Foolad
7	Masoud Shojaei		AM, CM, RW, LW	(1984-06-09)June 9, 1984 (aged 34)	AEK Athens
8	Ali Taheran		DM, CM	(1997-04-07)April 7, 1997 (aged 21)	U21
9	Mehdi Mehdipour		DM, CM, AM	(1994-02-18)February 18, 1994 (aged 24)	Zob Ahan
11	Danial Esmaeilifar		RM, RB, RW	(1993-02-26)February 26, 1993 (aged 25)	Zob Ahan
21	Ashkan Dejagah		AM, RW, LW	(1986-07-05)July 5, 1986 (aged 32)	Nottingham Forest
99	Ghaem Eslamikhah		AM, RM, LM	(1995-01-17)January 17, 1995 (aged 23)	Baadraan
Forwards
10	Ehsan Pahlavan		LW, LM	(1993-07-25)July 25, 1993 (aged 25)	Zob Ahan
14	Yousef Seyedi		LW, RW, CF	(1996-03-08)March 8, 1996 (aged 22)	Gostaresh Foolad
17	Mohammad Reza Azadi		CF, RW	(1999-12-07)December 7, 1999 (aged 19)	U19
19	Lee Erwin		CF, LW, RW	(1994-11-07)November 7, 1994 (aged 24)	Kilmarnock
20	Reza Abdi		CF	(1996-05-11)May 11, 1996 (aged 22)	U21
24	Yukiya Sugita		LW, RW, AM, CF	(1993-04-22)April 22, 1993 (aged 25)	Dalkurd
28	Anthony Stokes		CF, SS, LW	(1988-07-25)July 25, 1988 (aged 30)	Apollon Smyrni
32	Hamed Hosseinalizadeh		LW, LM, RW	(1998-01-09)January 9, 1998 (aged 20)	U19

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Source
1	GK		Mohsen Forouzan	30	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	2021
2	DF		Mohammad Tayyebi	31	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	2020
4	DF		Mohammad Ahle Shakheh	24	Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2021
5	DF		Ali Abdollahzadeh	25	Sanat Naft Abadan	Transfer	Summer	2020
6	MF		Alireza Naghizadeh	25	Gostaresh Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2021
14	FW		Yousef Seyyedi	22	Gostaresh Foolad	Transfer	Summer	2023
15	FW		Harry Forrester	27	Rangers	Transfer	Summer	2020
28	FW		Anthony Stokes	29	Apollon Smyrni	Transfer	Summer	2020
24	MF		Yukiya Sugita	25	Dalkurd	Transfer	Summer	2021
78	MF		Sobhan Khaghani	18	Meshki Pooshan	Transfer	Summer	2020
22	GK		Alireza Heidari	25	Malavan	Transfer	Summer	2020
7	MF		Masoud Shojaei	33	AEK Athens	Transfer	Summer	2021
21	MF		Ashkan Dejagah	31	Nottingham Forest	Transfer	Summer	2021
19	FW		Lee Erwin	23	Kilmarnock	Transfer	Summer	2022
26	DF		Ehsan Hajsafi	28	Olympiacos	Transfer	Summer	2021
29	DF		Iman Salimi	22	Pars Jonoubi	Transfer	Summer	2022
23	DF		Kévin Constant	31	Sion	Transfer	Winter	2022
97	GK		Mohammad Reza Akhbari	25	Saipa	Transfer	Winter	2022
36	DF		Ahmad Mousavi	26	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Winter	2021
90	FW		Sasan Ansari	27	Sepahan	Transfer	Winter	2021
66	MF		Akbar Imani	26	Sanat Naft	Transfer	Winter

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK		Farzin Garousian	25	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Released	Summer
2	DF		Mohammad Iranpourian	32	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer
4	DF		Hadi Mohammadi	27	Zob Ahan	End of loan	Summer
4	DF		Mohammad Ahle Shakheh	24	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer
5	DF		Šime Gregov	28	Unattached	Released	Summer
28	DF		Mohammad Naderi	21	Kortrijk	Transfer	Summer
23	DF		Aref Aghasi	21	Foolad	End of loan	Summer
6	MF		Mehdi Kiani	31	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer
15	MF		Harry Forrester	27	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer
30	MF		Amir Asadzadeh	21	Fajr Sepasi	Transfer	Summer
27	MF		Fakher Tahami	21	Sanat Naft Abadan	End of loan	Summer
66	MF		Sina Ashouri	29	Unattached	Released	Summer
7	FW		Omid Alishah	26	Persepolis	End of loan	Summer
10	FW		Mohammad Ebrahimi	33	Oxin Alborz	Transfer	Summer
18	FW		Sulejman Krpić	27	Željezničar Sarajevo	Transfer	Summer
24	FW		Farzad Hatami	32	Oxin Alborz	Transfer	Summer
17	FW		Amir Arsalan Motahari	25	Saham	Transfer	Summer

Coaching staff

As of 13 January 2018.

Position	Staff
Head coach	Georges Leekens
Assistant coach	Patrick De Wilde Amir Hossein Peiravani Kazem Mahmoudi
Fitness coach	Emad Mohajeri
Goalkeeper coach	Amir Yousefi
Team Manager	Hassan Azarnia
Media Officer	Mostafa Manteghey

Pre-season and friendlies

6 July 2018 (2018-07-06) Friendly	Tractor	2–0	Keşla	Ankara
17:30 DST+03:00	Pahlevan 10' Reza Abdi 85'	Report		Stadium: Kızılcahamam Stadium

9 July 2018 (2018-07-09) Friendly	Gençlerbirliği	2–3	Tractor	Ankara
18:00 DST+03:00	Ciftci 50' Jaílton 85'	Report	Reza Abdi 43' Esmaeilifar 44' Mehdizadeh 56'	Stadium: Kızılcahamam Stadium

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) Friendly	Tractor	2–2	Iași	Ankara
17:30 DST+03:00	Esmaeilifar 20' Azadi 91'	Report		Stadium: Kızılcahamam Stadium

15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) Friendly	Sivasspor	1–1	Tractor	Bolu
16:00 DST+03:00	Yandaş 6'	Report	Tayyebi 76'	Stadium: Karaçayır 3 Nolu Sahası

Competitions

Overview

Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Results summary

Last updated: 16 May 2019 (2019-05-16).
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) 1	Naft Masjed Soleyman	0–0	Tractor	Masjed Soleyman
20:45 DST+04:30	Vakia  57' Asgari  74'	Report	Taheran  51' Esmaeili  93'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Koopal Nazemi

3 August 2018 (2018-08-03) 2	Tractor	1–1	Nassaji	Tabriz
20:00 DST+04:30	Taheran  32' Stokes 41'	Report	Mamashli  43' Abbaszadeh  63' Nazari 67', 80' Hamed Lak  73'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 3	Esteghlal	3–0	Tractor	Tehran
20:30 DST+04:30	Abdollahzadeh 13' (o.g.) Tabrizi 28' Zakipour  37' Esmaeili 51'	Report	Abdollahzadeh  83'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 4	Tractor	1–0	Saipa	Tabriz
19:45 DST+04:30	Esmaeilifar 77' Mehdipour  94'	Report	Dashti  24' Sarfo  79'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 60,156 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 5	Sepahan	2–2	Tractor	Isfahan
20:00 DST+04:30	Shahbazzadeh 35' Kiani  65' Pourghaz 89'	Report	Stokes 73' Esmaeilifar 90'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) 6	Tractor	2–1	Machine Sazi	Tabriz
18:00 DST+04:30	Mehdizadeh  32' Dejagah  45' Stokes 48' Shojaei 60'	Report	Zahedi  63' Afraz 92'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 35,610 Referee: Ali Safaei

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 7	Padideh	0–0	Tractor	Mashhad
19:00 DST+03:30	Khalatbari  72'	Report	Shojaei  68'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) 8	Tractor	6–0	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Tabriz
17:40 DST+03:30	Abdollahzadeh 21' Stokes 35' (pen.), 40', 64', 83' Dejagah 90'	Report	Kiani  33' Shahmakvandzadeh  38' Hamdinejad  60'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Yaser Hamrang

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 9	Sanat Naft	2–1	Tractor	Abadan
18:00 DST+03:30	Reykani 17' Kaabi  31' Jabireh 76' Ahmadi  86' Gordan  96'	Report	Abdollahzadeh  33' Stokes 74' Tayyebi  82'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 10	Tractor	2–1	Sepidrood	Tabriz
16:00 DST+03:30	Abdollahzadeh  38' Mehdipour  57' Shojaei  62', 86' Erwin 94'	Report	Bayrami  42' Tohidast  65' Ebrahimi  76' Maleki  82' Nozhati 90'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Reza Adel

2 November 2018 (2018-11-02) 11	Paykan	1–2	Tractor	Qods
15:30 DST+03:30	Batista  72' Ghazi 74' Saghebi  75'	Report	Salimi 5' Esmaeilifar 10' Hajsafi  84'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ali Bayi

9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 12	Tractor	4–1	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30	Shojaei  28' Erwin 57', 59', 64' Shojaei 75'	Report	Fakhreddini  3' Mosalman 27' Mazaheri  55' Mohammadi  57' Hernández  78'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 13	Persepolis	0–0	Tractor	Tehran
15:00 DST+03:30	Kamyabinia  33'	Report	Dejagah  85'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 14	Pars Jonoubi Jam	0–1	Tractor	Jam
15:00 DST+03:30	Pour Amini  57' Lotfi  76'	Report	Esmaeilifar  67' Mehdipour 77'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Koopal Nazemi

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) 15	Tractor	1–2	Foolad	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	Naghizadeh 76' Hajsafi  90+1'	Report	Mirzaei 24' Pereira 51' (pen.),  64' Hardani  74' Moradian  81'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) 16	Tractor	3–0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30	Dejagah 50' Sugita 56' M. Hosseini 66' (o.g.)	Report	Sharifat  24' Coulibaly  48' Vakia  57'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 17	Nassaji Mazandaran	1–1	Tractor	Qaem Shahr
17:00 DST+03:30	Abdollahzadeh  44' Jafari 74'	Report	Gvelesiani 17' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) 18	Tractor	1–0	Esteghlal	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30	Dejagah  45' , 53' Imani  58'	Report	Shojaeian  32' Cheshmi  90'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 19	Saipa	0–0	Tractor	Qods
16:00 DST+03:30	Ramezani  45' Sarfo  52'	Report	Dejagah  53'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 8,870 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

1 March 2019 (2019-03-01) 20	Tractor	2–0	Sepahan	Tabriz
16:00 DST+03:30	Mehdipour 38' Ansari  69' Stokes 73' (pen.) Forouzan  78'	Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

7 March 2019 (2019-03-07) 21	Machine Sazi	0–2	Tractor	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	Kanaani  90'	Report	Dejagah 23',  90+1' Stokes 50',  86'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

14 March 2019 (2019-03-14) 22	Tractor	1–0	Padideh	Tabriz
16:00 DST+03:30	Stokes 21' Shojaei  80'	Report	Aghajanpour  90+5'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 29,700 Referee: Bijan Heydari

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 23	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0–3	Tractor	Ahvaz
19:00 DST+04:30	M. Karimi  53' Kalantari  53'	Report	Sugita 16' Esmaeilifar 42' Salimi  58' Imani  63' Dejagah 66'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) 24	Tractor	1–0	Sanat Naft	Tabriz
17:00 DST+04:30	Shojaei  18' Ansari 42' Mousavi  90+5'	Report	Kandji  32' Kaabi  90+5'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Reza Adel

12 April 2019 (2019-04-12) 25	Sepidrood	3–1	Tractor	Rasht
17:00 DST+04:30	Bayrami 2', 66' Ferdousi 33' Shenani  41' Sheikh Soleimani  45' Bolboli  90+2' Aghaeipour  90+2'  90+5'	Report	Shojaei 23' Tayyebi  37' Imani  54'	Stadium: Sardar Jangal Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 26	Tractor	0–1	Paykan	Tabriz
17:00 DST+04:30	Dejagah  59' Imani  87' Shojaei  90+5'	Report	Mousavi  31' Momeni  39' Alekasir 51' Karimi  66' Magno  74'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar

26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 27	Zob Ahan	2–0	Tractor	Isfahan
19:00 DST+04:30	Mohammadzadeh 17' (pen.) Habibzadeh  82' Derakhshan Mehr 90+4'	Report	Shojaei  46'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Seyed Hossein Zargar

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 28	Tractor	1–1	Persepolis	Tabriz
17:00 DST+04:30	Imani  8' Esmaeilifar 79' Hajsafi  87'	Report	Resan  8' Kamyabinia 11' Beiranvand  44' Torabi  64' Mosleh  90+5'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 29	Tractor	1–1	Pars Jonoubi Jam	Tabriz
21:30 DST+04:30	Salimi 22' Imani  88'	Report	Seifollahi 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Reza Adel

Hazfi Cup

14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) Round of 32	Sanat Naft	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Tractor	Abadan
20:00 DST+04:30	Karrar 42', 92' Balotelli 81'	Report	Stokes 45', 63' 86' Esmaeilifar 58'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari
	Penalties
	Karrar Hakhamaneshi Jahani Balotelli Barzay		Stokes Abdollahzadeh Taheran Pahlavan Mehdipour

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Persian Gulf Pro League		Hazfi Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRN	Mohsen Forouzan	13	0	12	0	1	0
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Tayyebi	13	0	12	0	1	0
3	DF	IRN	Reza Sharbati	6	0	5	0	1	0
5	DF	IRN	Ali Abdollahzadeh	10	1	9	1	1	0
6	MF	IRN	Alireza Naghizadeh	10	0	9	0	1	0
7	MF	IRN	Masoud Shojaei	10	3	9	3	1	0
8	MF	IRN	Ali Taheran	10	0	9	0	1	0
9	MF	IRN	Mehdi Mehdipour	12	0	11	0	1	0
10	FW	IRN	Ehsan Pahlavan	12	0	11	0	1	0
11	MF	IRN	Danial Esmaeilifar	13	4	12	3	1	1
14	MF	IRN	Yousef Seyedi	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF	IRN	Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh	8	0	7	0	1	0
17	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Azadi	2	0	2	0	0	0
19	FW	SCO	Lee Erwin	7	4	6	4	1	0
20	FW	IRN	Reza Abdi	2	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	IRN	Ashkan Dejagah	9	1	8	1	1	0
22	GK	IRN	Alireza Heidari	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	JPN	Yukiya Sugita	12	0	11	0	1	0
26	DF	IRN	Ehsan Hajsafi	6	0	6	0	0	0
28	FW	EIR	Anthony Stokes	12	10	11	8	1	2
29	DF	IRN	Iman Salimi	3	1	3	1	0	0
32	FW	IRN	Hamed Hosseinalizadeh	1	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	IRN	Mahdi Mohammadian	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	IRN	Ali Esmaeili	1	0	1	0	0	0
70	MF	IRN	Amir Reza Nasr Azadani	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	IRN	Mohammad Moslemipour	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	MF	IRN	Ghaem Eslamikhah	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF	IRN	Mohammad Ahle Shakheh	3	0	3	0	0	0
15	MF	ENG	Harry Forrester	2	0	2	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 November 2018
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	28	FW		Anthony Stokes	11	2	13
2	21	MF		Ashkan Dejagah	5	0	5
	11	MF		Danial Esmaeilifar	4	1	5
4	19	FW		Lee Erwin	4	0	4
5	7	MF		Masoud Shojaei	3	0	3
6	9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	2	0	2
	24	FW		Yukiya Sugita	2	0	2
8	5	DF		Ali Abdollahzadeh	1	0	1
	29	DF		Iman Salimi	1	0	1
	6	MF		Alireza Naghizadeh	1	0	1
Own goal					2	0	2
Totals					36	3	39

Last updated: 30 March 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Mohsen Forouzan	13	0	13

Last updated: 30 March 2019

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