2011–12 Zob Ahan F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Zob Ahan Football Club's 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and had their 42nd year in existence as a football club.

Zob Ahan Isfahan FC
201516 season
ChairmanMohammad Asghari
ManagerMansour Ebrahimzadeh
StadiumFoolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr
IPL6th
Hazfi CupRound of 32
AFC Champions League2011: Quarter Final
2012: Group stage
Highest home attendance21.000 v Tractor Sazi (7 August 2011)
Lowest home attendance980 v Mes Sarcheshmeh

Player

First team squad

As of 2 August 2011.
Out for Injuries Released - Retired
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed From
Goalkeepers
1 Shahab Gordan GK (1984-05-22)May 22, 1984 (aged 27) Aboomoslem
12 Abbas Ghasemi GK (1982-10-23)October 23, 1982 (aged 28) (Youth system)
22 Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi GK (1989-04-01)April 1, 1989 (aged 22) (Youth system)
33 Hamid Reza Bajlavand GK (1985-10-08)October 8, 1985 (aged 25) (Youth system)
Defenders
2 Mohammad Hosseini DF (1979-06-22)June 22, 1979 (aged 32) Aboomoslem
4 Farshid Talebi DF (1981-08-24)August 24, 1981 (aged 29) Fajr Sepasi
5 Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi DF (1983-06-24)June 24, 1983 (aged 28) (Youth system)
7 Mohammad Salsali DF (1983-08-28)August 28, 1983 (aged 27) (Youth system)
Aboomoslem
13 Hamid Parvar DF (1989-09-12)September 12, 1989 (aged 21) (Youth system)
20 Hossein Mahini RB, LB (1986-09-16)September 16, 1986 (aged 24) Esteghlal Ahvaz
27 Ali Goudarzi DF (1992-03-08)March 8, 1992 (aged 19) (Youth system)
28 Iman Shirazi DF (1992-03-10)March 10, 1992 (aged 19) (Youth system)
34 Hamid Shafaat DF (1984-11-03)November 3, 1984 (aged 26) (Youth system)
Midfielders
3 Felipe Alves de Souza DM, CM (1981-06-01)June 1, 1981 (aged 30) Esteghlal
6 Majid Noormohammadi MF (1978-09-16)September 16, 1978 (aged 32) Rah Ahan
8 Ghasem Hadadifar MF (1983-07-12)July 12, 1983 (aged 28) (Youth system)
9 Hawar LW, LM (1981-06-01)June 1, 1981 (aged 30) Esteghlal
16 Hugo Machado MF (1982-07-04)July 4, 1982 (aged 29) Naval
17 Sina Ashouri DM (1988-09-16)September 16, 1988 (aged 22) (Youth system)
21 Omid Abolhassani MF, ST (1988-09-20)September 20, 1988 (aged 22) (Youth system)
PAS Hamedan
23 Ahmad Mohammadpour MF (1980-02-01)February 1, 1980 (aged 31) Sepahan
24 Alireza Hadadifar MF (1987-08-06)August 6, 1987 (aged 23) (Youth system)
26 Payam Sadeghian MF (1992-02-29)February 29, 1992 (aged 19) (Youth system)
37 Alireza Asgari MF (1992-01-08)January 8, 1992 (aged 19) (Youth system)
Forwards
10 Esmaeil Farhadi ST (1982-07-26)July 26, 1982 (aged 29) Polyacryl Esfahan
11 Mohammad Ghazi ST (1984-12-30)December 30, 1984 (aged 26) Foolad
15 Igor ST (1981-08-25)August 25, 1981 (aged 29) Coritiba
40 Mohammad Ahmadpouri ST (1979-11-21)November 21, 1979 (aged 31) Tractor Sazi

Iran Pro League squad

As of 16 June 2011[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
1 GK  IRN Shahab Gordan
2 DF  IRN Seyed Mohammad Hosseini
3 MF  BRA Felipe Alves de Souza
4 DF  IRN Farshid Talebi
5 DF  IRN Mohamad Ali Ahmadi
6 MF  IRN Davoud Haghi
7 DF  IRN Mohammad Salsali (Captain)
8 MF  IRN Ghasem Hadadifar (Vice-Captain)
9 MF  IRQ Hawar Mulla Mohammed
10 FW  IRN Esmaeil Farhadi
11 FW  IRN Mohammad Ghazi
12 GK  IRN Abbas Ghasemi
13 DF  IRN Hamid Parvar
15 FW  BRA Igor Castro
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  POR Hugo Machado
17 MF  IRN Sina Ashouri
20 DF  IRN Hossein Mahini
21 MF  IRN Omid Abolhassani
22 GK  IRN Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi
23 MF  IRN Ahmad Mohammadpour
24 MF  IRN Alireza Hadadifar
26 MF  IRN Payam Sadeghian
27 DF  IRN Ali Goudarzi
28 DF  IRN Iman Shirazi
33 GK  IRN Hamid Reza Bajlavand
34 DF  IRN Hamid Shafaat
37 MF  IRN Alireza Asgari
40 FW  IRN Mohammad Ahmadpouri

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, summer 2011.

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2011–12

Summer

Competitions

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup 6th 2 August 201111 May 2012
AFC Champions League 6 or 7 March 2012
2011–12 Hazfi Cup

Updated to match played 14 October 2011
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
7 Damash 34 11 11 12 34 38 4 44
8 Saipa 34 10 13 11 50 39 +11 43
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. Source: varzesh3.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
33 8 17 8 29 31  −2 41 4 7 6 13 19  −6 4 10 2 16 12  +4

Last updated: 6 May 2012.
Source: Ipl Stats

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLWWDDDDWWLDLDDDWLLLWDDWDWWDDDDDDL
Position41795747666666666666666666666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2012. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

August 2, 2011 1 Rah Ahan 2 2 Zob Ahan Rey
22:00 UTC+04:30 Alishah  60'
Abbasfard  90'
Alishah
Kaebi
Report Own Goal  15'
Castro  83'
Haghi
Castro
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
Attendance: 30.000
Referee: Saeed Mozafarizadeh
August 7, 2011 2 Zob Ahan 0 1 Tractor Sazi Isfahan
22:00 UTC+04:30 Ghazi Report Arifi  36'
Hosseini
Sadeghi
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 22.000
Referee: Mahmoud Rafiei
August 11, 2011 3 Saipa 0 1 Zob Ahan Karaj
22:00 UTC+04:30 Mansouri
Ghorbani
Report Ghazi  85' Stadium: Enghelab Stadium
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Ghasem Vahedi
August 16, 2011 4 Zob Ahan 1 0 Foolad Isfahan
22:00 UTC+04:30 Hosseini  73'
de Souza
Castro
Report Norouzi
Afshin
Soroush Rafaei
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 20.178
Referee: Alireza Faghani
August 23, 2011 5 Malavan 3 3 Zob Ahan Anzali
22:00 UTC+04:30 Rafkhaei  23'
Rafkhaei
Rafkhaei
Rafkhaei
Heidari
Jarahkar
Report Sadeghian  22'
Machado  46'
Castro  72'
Ashouri
Sadeghian
Mahini
Ahmadi
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 15.000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
September 10, 2011 6 Zob Ahan 2 2 Persepolis Isfahan
20:00 UTC+04:30 Farhadi  2'
Machado  79'
Report Karimi  49'
Noormohammadi  52'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 9,679
Referee: Mahmoud Rafee
September 17, 2011 7 Shahin Bushehr 1 1 Zob Ahan Bushehr
20:30 UTC+04:30 Noori  62' Repor Ahmadpouri  74'
Mahini
Ahmadi
Stadium: Shahid Beheshti Stadium
Attendance: 8,111
Referee: Alireza Faghani
October 17, 2011 8 Zob Ahan 1 - 0 Mes Sarcheshmeh Isfahan
17:45 UTC+4:30 Hawar Mulla Mohammed  77' Summary Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Alireza Faghani
October 2, 2011 9 Zob Ahan 1 1 Naft Tehran Isfahan
21:00 UTC+4:30 Ghazi  36'
Ahmadpouri
Report Zarei  67' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
October 14, 2011 10 Saba Qom 0 1 Zob Ahan Qom
19:30 UTC+4:30 Nouri Report Castro  65'
Haghi
Castro
Hadadifar
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi
October 21, 2011 11 Zob Ahan 0 - 2 Esteghlal Isfahan
18:45 Mahini
Hadadifar
Summary Omranzadeh  8'
Zandi
Majidi
Meydavoudi  45'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
October 30, 2011 12 Shahrdari Tabriz 0 - 0 Zob Ahan Tabriz
16:40 Daghighi
Mohammadreza Zeynalkheyri
Summary Stadium: Bagh Shomal Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: G.Jabbari
November 18, 2011 13 Zob Ahan 1 - 3 Sanat Naft Isfahan
15:15 Mahini  43'
Haghi
Summary Founéké Sy  10', 79'
Talebi  19' (o.g.)
Pachajyan
Sharifinasab
Navidkia
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
November 22, 2011 14 Damash 1 - 1 Zob Ahan Rasht
16:15 Zeneyedpour  58'
Gholami
Summary Mahini
Farhadi  45'
Ahmadi
Stadium: Dr. Azodi Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mahmoud Rafiei
December 3, 2011 15 Zob Ahan 1 - 1 Fajr Sepasi Isfahan
16:15 Ghazi  76' Summary Mohammad Mehdi Nazari  90+4' Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
December 9, 2011 16 Sepahan 1 - 1 Zob Ahan Isfahan
16:00 Bengar
Januário  53'
Ebrahimi
Summary Ghazi  39'
Ashouri
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani
December 15, 2011 17 Zob Ahan 1 - 0 Mes Kerman Isfahan
16:00 Salsali
Hosseini  90+3'
Summary Salaripour
Amraei
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
January 5, 2012 18 Zob Ahan 0 - 2 Rah Ahan Isfahan
16:00 Ahmadi Summary Alishah  42'
Karimi
Kaebi
Abbasfard  90'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Saeid Bakhshizadeh
January 10, 2012 19 Tractor Sazi 2 - 1 Zob Ahan Tabriz
16:00 Sarlak  58'
Akbarpour  64'
Summary Ghazi  25'
Talebi
Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohsen Torki
January 15, 2012 20 Zob Ahan 0 - 3 Saipa Isfahan
16:00 Salsali
Felipe Alves
Sadeghian
Summary Kheiri  41'
Ansarifard  49'
Manouchehri  54'
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 200
January 19, 2012 21 Foolad 0 - 1 Zob Ahan Ahvaz
16:00 Omid Khaledi Summary Sadeghi
Mansouri
Igor Castro  84'
Ghazi
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ghasem Vahedi
January 25, 2012 22 Zob Ahan 0 - 0 Malavan Isfahan
16:30 Summary Ramezani Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mehdi Seyedali
January 29, 2012 23 Persepolis 0 - 0 Zob Ahan Tehran
19:00 Norouzi
Aliasgari
Summary Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani
February 2, 2012 24 Zob Ahan 1 - 0 Shahin Bushehr Isfahan
16:30 Mahini
Talebi  90+6'
Summary Kcira
Pourkhosravani
Kiani
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Alborz Hajipour
February 6, 2012 25 Mes Sarcheshmeh 0 - 0 Zob Ahan Kerman
16:30 Ali Khanegi
Bajelan
Masoud Ebrahimi
Summary Ashouri Stadium: Mes Sarcheshmeh Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mahmoud Rafiei
February 15, 2012 26 Naft Tehran 0 - 1 Zob Ahan Rey
16:30 Khosravi
Marco Paixão
Summary Mahini
Ashouri
Kouroshi  75' (o.g.)
Haghi
Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
March 10, 2012 27 Zob Ahan 2 - 1 Saba Qom Isfahan
17:00 Ahmadi
Haghi
Ghazi  61'
Mansouri
Igor Castro
Sadeghian  90'
Summary Bakhtiarizadeh
Nouri
Enayati  63' (pen.)
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Referee: Alireza Faghani
March 24, 2012 28 Esteghlal 2 - 2 Zob Ahan Isfahan
17:00 Yousefi  64'
Sharifat
Meydavoudi  71'
Summary Salsali
Mansouri  35'
Felipe Alves  56'
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Turaj Haghverdi
April 8, 2012 29 Zob Ahan 2 - 2 Shahrdari Tabriz Isfahan
16:30 Žarković  23' (o.g.)
Sadeghi
Ashouri
Ghazi  62'
Farhadi
Summary Kamyabinia  56'
Behnam Dadashvand
Daghighi  87' (pen.)
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
April 13, 2012 30 Sanat Naft 1 - 1 Zob Ahan Abadan
17:00 Hossein Baghlani
Koohnavard  53'
Summary Shafaat
Ahmadi  62'
Stadium: Takhti Stadium
Referee: Rahim Mehrpishe
April 22, 2012 31 Zob Ahan 0 - 0 Damash Isfahan
18:00 Ashouri
Igor Castro
Summary Ali Hosseini Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei
April 27, 2012 32 Fajr Sepasi 0 - 0 Zob Ahan Shiraz
18:00 Summary Stadium: Hafezieh Stadium
Referee: Seyed Zargar
May 6, 2012 33 Zob Ahan 0 - 0 Sepahan Isfahan
18:00 Summary Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
May 11, 2012 34 Mes Kerman 2 - 0 Zob Ahan Kerman
18:00 Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium

AFC Champions League 2011

Quarter-finals
September 14, 2011 1st Leg Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 1 ZOB AHAN Gyeonggi-do
19:30 UTC+09:00 Hyun-Beom  67'
Jong-Jin
Ristić
Report Ghazi  58' Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Masaki
September 28, 2011 2nd Leg ZOB AHAN 1 2
(2 3 agg.)
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Isfahan
17:20 UTC+03:30 Ghazi  50'
Ahmadi
Report Seng-Min  77'
Nertljak
Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 8,250
Referee: Khalil Amdi

AFC Champions League 2012

Qualifying play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

February 10, 2012 Semi-final Esteghlal 2 – 0 Zob Ahan Tehran
17:15 UTC+03:30 Heydari  23'
Borhani  67'
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 33,750
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Hazfi Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round of 32
Last 16
27 November 2011 1/16 Zob Ahan 2 - 3 Persepolis Fuladshahr
15:30 Summary Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Friendly Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

July 15, 2011 1 Zob Ahan 7 1 Zob Ahan Novin Isfahan
20:00 UTC+04:30 Report Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Ali Ramazani

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player TotalIran Pro LeagueAFC Champions LeagueHazfi Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Shahab Gordan 1109+002+000+00
2 DF Mohammad Hosseini 907+002+000+00
3 MF Felipe Alves de Souza 907+002+000+00
4 DF Farshid Talebi 907+002+000+00
5 DF Mohamad Ali Ahmadi 705+002+000+00
6 MF Davoud Haghi 806+002+000+00
7 MF Mohammad Salsali 705+002+000+00
8 DF Ghasem Hadadifar 404+000+000+00
9 MF Hawar Mulla Mohammed 806+002+000+00
10 FW Esmaeil Farhadi 907+002+000+00
11 FW Mohammad Ghazi 745+022+020+00
12 GK Abbas Ghasemi 000+000+000+00
13 DF Hamid Parvar 000+000+000+00
15 FW Igor José Marigo de Castro 1038+032+000+00
16 MF Hugo Machado 715+012+000+00
17 MF Sina Ashouri 302+001+000+00
20 DF Hossein Mahini 807+001+000+00
21 MF Omid Abolhassani 100+100+000+00
22 GK Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 000+000+000+00
23 MF Ahmad Mohammadpour 000+000+000+00
24 MF Alireza Hadadifar 101+000+000+00
26 MF Payam Sadeghian 615+011+000+00
27 DF Ali Goudarzi 101+000+000+00
28 DF Iman Shirazi 000+000+000+00
33 GK Hamid Reza Bajlavand 000+000+000+00
34 DF Hamid Shafaat 100+100+000+00
37 MF Alireza Asgari 000+000+000+00
40 FW Mohammad Ahmadpouri 212+010+000+00

Top scorers

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

Last updated on 14 October 2011
Ranking Position Nation Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
1 FW Mohammad Ghazi 2 2 0 4
2 FW Igor Castro 3 0 0 3
3 MF Payam Sadeghian 1 0 0 1
FW Mohammad Hosseini
FW Hugo Machado
FW Mohammad Ahmadpouri
Own Goal 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 9 2 0 11

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 14 October 2011
Ranking Position Nation Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
1 FW Hugo Machado 0 2 0 2
2 FW Igor Castro 1 0 0 1
MF Mohammad Salsali
MF Payam Sadeghian
TOTALS 3 1 0 4

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 14 October 2011
Iran Pro League AFC Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
Position Nation Number Name        
1 15 Igor Castro 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
2 6 Davoud Haghi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3
17 Sina Ashouri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Mohammad Ghazi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 Felipe Alves de Souza 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 Hossein Mahini 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 Mohamad Ali Ahmadi 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
30 Mohammad Ahmadpouri 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Ghasem Haddadifar 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 1

Goals conceded

  • Updated on 14 October 2011
Position Nation Number Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total Minutes per goal
GK 1 Shahab Gordan 8 3 0 0 11
TOTALS 8 3 0 0 11

Own goals

  • Updated on 14 October 2011
Position Nation Number Name Pro League Champions League Hazfi Cup Total
TOTALS 0 0 0 0

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
First Team coach Hans-Jürgen Gede
Goalkeeping coach Tomislav Savic
Fitness coach Robberto Sakashvi
Technical manager Bahram Atef
Physiotherapis Abbas Moradi
Team doctor Amir Hossein Sharifianpour
Logistics Mahmoud Mehruyan
Director Ali Shojaei

Source:

Other information

Chairman Mohammad Asghari
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Foolad Shahr Stadium (20,000 / )

Updated to match played 23 August 2011
Source:

See also

References

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