2016–17 Zob Ahan F.C. season

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.

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
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Players

First-team squad

As of 15 May 2017.

Out for Injuries

Released – Retired

No.	Name	Nationality	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 46)	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

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

Confirmed transfers 2016–17

Summer

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 SattariPL (from Malavan) — FW  HON Jerry BengtsonPL (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

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

Overview

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

Main article: 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

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
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

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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Malavan v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Sepahan

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

Esteghlal v Zob Ahan

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

Perspolis v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal Ahvaz

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

Foolad v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Naft Tehran

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

Saipa v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Gostaresh Foulad

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

Tractor Sazi v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Rah Ahan

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

Saba Qom v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Padideh

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

Siah Jamegan v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal Khuzestan

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

Zob Ahan v Malavan

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

Sepahan v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

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

Zob Ahan v Perspolis

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

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Foolad

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

Naft Tehran v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Saipa

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

Gostaresh Foulad v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Tractor Sazi

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

Rah Ahan v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Saba Qom

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

Padideh v Zob Ahan

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

Zob Ahan v Siah Jamegan

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

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Zob Ahan

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

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League

Group C

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
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

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

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21)

19:15 UTC+4

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 8,122

Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

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

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28)

19:15 UTC+4

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

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

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

13 March 2017 (2017-03-13)

18:00 UTC+5

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 2,507

Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

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

11 April 2017 (2017-04-11)

20:00 UTC+4:30

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan

Attendance: 3,833

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

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

24 April 2017 (2017-04-24)

20:30 UTC+4:30

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan

Attendance: 6,321

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

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

8 May 2017 (2017-05-08)

18:40 UTC+3

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

Attendance: 260

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

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Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 32

Zob Ahan v Baderan Tehran

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

Gostaresh Foulad v Zob Ahan

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

Quarter-final

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

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)

Zob Ahan v Sepahan

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

Main article: 2016 Hazfi Cup Final

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

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

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		AFC Champions League		Hazfi Cup
				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

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

Last updated on 30 May 2016

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

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
		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
		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

• Updated on 30 May 2016

Position	Nation	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

• Updated on 5 January 2016

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

Club

Coaching staff

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

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

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

See also

• 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League
• 2015–16 Hazfi Cup
• 2016 AFC Champions League

Notes

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

References

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.

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League