2019–20 Tractor S.C. season

The 2019–20 season is the Tractor Sport Club's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup.

Tractor

2019–20 season
Owner	Mohammad Reza Zonuzi
Chairman	Gholam Reza Sadeghian (until 9 December 2019) Mir Masoum Sohrabi (from 10 December 2019)
Manager	Mustafa Denizli (until 7 December 2019) Saket Elhami (from 11 December 2019)
Stadium	Yadegar-e Emam Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	4th
Hazfi Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance	80,000 (vs Perspolis)
Home colours Away colours

Players

First team squad

As of 11 September 2019.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri		GK	May 18, 1989 (aged 30)	Zob Ahan
33	Reza Seyf Ahmadi ^U21		GK	March 28, 1999 (aged 20)	Tractor U21
97	Mohammad Reza Akhbari		GK	February 15, 1993 (aged 26)	Saipa
Defenders
2	Ahmad Mousavi		RB	February 4, 1994 (aged 25)	Machine Sazi
3	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh		CB	January 20, 1992 (aged 27)	Al Ahli
4	Iman Salimi		CB	June 1, 1996 (aged 23)	Pars Jonoubi Jam
14	Meysam Teymouri		LB	July 6, 1992 (aged 27)	Esteghlal
30	Abolfazl Razzaghpour		LB	September 17, 1997 (aged 21)	Paykan
70	Mehdi Tikdari		RB, RW	June 13, 1996 (aged 23)	Mes Kerman
Midfielders
6	Akbar Imani		CDM	March 21, 1992 (aged 27)	Sanat Naft
7	Masoud Shojaei		CAM, CM, RW, LW	June 9, 1984 (aged 35)	AEK Athens
8	Saeid Mehri		CM, CAM	September 16, 1995 (aged 23)	Machine Sazi
9	Reza Asadi		CDM	January 17, 1996 (aged 23)	Saipa
17	Reza Shekari ^U23		CAM	May 31, 1998 (aged 21)	Rubin Kazan
21	Ashkan Dejagah		CAM, RW, LW	July 5, 1986 (aged 33)	Nottingham Forest
23	Willyan Mimbela		CAM, CM	May 15, 1992 (aged 27)	Unión Comercio
28	Ehsan Hajsafi		CDM, LB, LM	February 25, 1990 (aged 29)	Olympiacos
Forwards
10	Sasan Ansari		CF, LW, RW,	May 4, 1991 (aged 28)	Sepahan
11	Mazola		RW, CF	May 8, 1989 (aged 30)	São Bento
13	Kévin Fortuné		CF, SS	August 6, 1989 (aged 30)	Troyes
16	Mohammad Reza Azadi ^U21		CF, RW	December 7, 1999 (aged 19)	Tractor U19
24	Yukiya Sugita		LW, RW, CAM, CF	April 22, 1993 (aged 26)	Dalkurd
34	Mehdi Babri ^U21		RW	October 28, 1998 (aged 20)	Tractor U19
78	Sobhan Khaghani ^U21		LW	January 27, 2000 (aged 19)	Meshki Pooshan
88	Hamed Hosseinalizadeh ^U23		LW, LM, RW	January 9, 1998 (aged 21)	Tractor U19

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends
1	GK		Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	30	Zob Ahan	Transfer	Summer	2023
3	DF		Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh	27	Al-Ahli	Transfer	Summer	2023
8	MF		Saeid Mehri	23	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer	2023
70	DF		Mehdi Tikdari	23	Mes Kerman	Transfer	Summer	2023
77	DF		Mohammad Moslemipour	22	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer	2021
26	DF		Masih Zahedi	26	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer	2021
14	DF		Meysam Teymouri	27	Esteghlal	Transfer	Summer	2020
17	MF		Reza Shekari	21	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	Summer	2024
11	FW		Mazola	30	Free Agent	Transfer	Summer	2021
9	MF		Reza Asadi	23	Saipa	Transfer	Summer	2020
23	MF		Willyan Mimbela	27	Unión Comercio	Transfer	Summer	2022
13	FW		Kévin Fortuné	30	Troyes AC	Transfer	Summer	2022
30	DF		Abolfazl Razzaghpour	21	Paykan	Transfer	Summer	2023

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window
19	FW		Lee Erwin	24	Unattached	Released	Summer
23	DF		Kévin Constant	32	Unattached	Released	Summer
2	DF		Mohammad Tayyebi	32	Unattached	Released	Summer
6	MF		Alireza Naghizadeh	26	Sepahan	Transfer	Summer
5	DF		Ali Abdollahzadeh	26	Pars Jonoubi Jam	Transfer	Summer
28	FW		Anthony Stokes	31	Unattached	Released	Summer
9	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	25	Zob Ahan	End of loan	Summer
11	DF		Danial Esmaeilifar	26	Zob Ahan	End of loan	Summer
10	FW		Ehsan Pahlavan	26	Zob Ahan	End of loan	Summer
77	DF		Mohammad Moslemipour	22	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer
26	DF		Masih Zahedi	26	Machine Sazi	Transfer	Summer

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
head coach	Saket Elhami
Assistant coaches	Alireza Pejman
Fitness coach	Hamidreza Joudaki Nejad
Goalkeeper coach	Alin Dincă
Team manager	Ayoub Zolfagari

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	22 August 2019	20 August 2020	Matchday 1	4th	30	14	8	8	31	23	+8	046.67
Hazfi Cup	22 September 2019	3 September 2020	Round of 32	Winners	5	4	1	0	11	5	+6	080.00
Total					35	18	9	8	42	28	+14	051.43

Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Esteghlal	30	14	11	5	55	31	+24	53	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Foolad	30	14	9	7	28	19	+9	51	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Tractor[lower-alpha 1]	30	14	8	8	31	23	+8	50	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage
5	Sepahan	30	12	13	5	39	22	+17	49
6	Shahr Khodro	30	12	10	8	27	25	+2	46

Source: IPL Table, IranLeague
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[1]
Notes:

1. Tractor qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

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	14	8	8	31	23	+8	50	11	2	2	21	10	+11	3	6	6	10	13	−3

Last updated: 20 August 2020.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L
Position	7	4	5	4	2	2	2	3	3	5	4	2	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	3	6	5	6	3	4	3	3	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2020. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

22 August 2019 1	Naft Masjed Soleyman	0–0	Tractor	Masjed Soleyman
20:15 DST+04:30		Report	Khanzadeh  38'	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Alireza Faghani

30 August 2019 2	Tractor	1–0	Persepolis	Tabriz
17:45 DST+04:30	Hajsafi  45+2',  59' Salimi  86' Dejagah  88'	Report	Nemati  18' Beiranvand  86'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 66,833 Referee: Bijan Heydari

15 September 2019 3	Zob Ahan	0–0	Tractor	Isfahan
19:45 DST+04:30	Monazzemi  43' Bouhamdan  90+2'	Report	Asadi  41' Fortuné  54' Teymouri  56' Salimi  59' Shojaei  73'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Koopal Nazemi

20 September 2019 4	Tractor	1–0	Gol Gohar	Tabriz
17:30 DST+04:30	Pourali  59' (o.g.) Shojaei  84'	Report	Hosseini  41' Bayrami  43' Ebrahimi  90+3'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi

25 September 2019 5	Saipa	0–1	Tractor	Tehran
16:15 DST+03:30	Nikkhou  42' Ramezani  74'	Report	Fortuné  10'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

4 October 2019 6	Tractor	1–0	Pars Jonoubi Jam	Tabriz
18:30 DST+03:30	Hajsafi  15',  25'	Report	Kakashvili  15'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

21 October 2019 7	Nassaji	0–4	Tractor	Qaem Shahr
15:30 DST+03:30	Miri  20' Bijan  49' Abbaszadeh  90+1'	Report	Mimbela  49',  52' Ansari  61', 63' Sugita  85'	Stadium: Vatani Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard

25 October 2019 8	Sanat Naft	2–1	Tractor	Abadan
18:00 DST+03:30	Alekasir  20',  21' Ghoreishi  53' Nasseri  75' Rahmani  80' Momeni  89'	Report	Mimbela  66' Azadi  82' Khanzadeh  87' Hajsafi  89'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

1 November 2019 9	Tractor	2–4	Esteghlal	Tabriz
18:00 DST+03:30	Azadi  20' Mimbela  67' Ansari  78'	Report	Diabaté  40', 65', 69' Karimi  84'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Bijan Heydari

5 November 2019 10	Sepahan	2–0	Tractor	Isfahan
15:30 DST+03:30	Shahbazzadeh  44',  90+5' Kiros  51' Mirzaei  90+4'	Report	Mazaheri  90+5'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

24 December 2019 11	Tractor	3–1	Shahr Khodro	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30	Asadi  37' Shojaei  50' Dejagah  72'	Report	Ghaseminejad  49' Moradmand  53' Sadeghi  74' Khorasani  89'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek

28 December 2019 12	Paykan	2–3	Tractor	Qods
15:00 DST+03:30	Alimohammadi  52' Mousavi  59' Moghanlou  78'	Report	Dejagah  24' Ansari  53' Shojaei  62', 87' (pen.) Tikdari  90'	Stadium: Shahr-e Qods Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

5 December 2019 13	Tractor	0–0	Shahin Bushehr	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30		Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 4,010 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

9 December 2019 14	Machine Sazi	2–0	Tractor	Tabriz
15:15 DST+03:30	Tavakoli  39',  71' Zendehrouh  53' Hamed Lak  57' Maeboodi  86'	Report	Mimbela  75' Hajsafi  75'	Stadium: Bonyan Diesel Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abdolnabi Pourkhalaf

13 December 2019 15	Tractor	1–0	Foolad	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30	Hajsafi  66' Asadi  73' Mehri  85' Mazaheri  90+4'	Report	Namdari  12' Abshak  55'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

19 December 2019 16	Tractor	1–0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Tabriz
15:30 DST+03:30	Imani  68' Shekari  71' Shojaei  75' Mazaheri  76' Azadi  79'	Report	Alizadeh  71'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi

26 January 2020 17	Persepolis	2–0	Tractor	Tehran
15:15 DST+03:30	Torabi  8' Alipour  9',  83' Khalilzadeh  36' Amiri  55' Osaguona  71' Beiranvand  76' Hosseini  83' Kamyabinia  90'	Report	Tikdari  1' Asadi  45+1' Mehri  88' Khanzadeh  90+2'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mohammadreza Akbarian

31 January 2020 18	Tractor	2–1	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
15:15 DST+03:30	Hajsafi  45+1' Hamzaoui  47' Fakhreddini  56' Ansari  63' Salimi  90+4'	Report	Monazzemi  27' Mohammadi  57' Haghdoust  90+4'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ali Safaei

7 February 2020 19	Gol Gohar	1–1	Tractor	Sirjan
16:40 DST+03:30	Mahmoudabadi  76' Mensha  77'	Report	Yuri  80' Shojaei  82' Imani  88'	Stadium: Imam Ali Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali

14 February 2020 20	Tractor	3–1	Saipa	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	Dejagah  16' Hajsafi  18' Hamzaoui  25' Asadi  28'	Report	Soleimani  8' (pen.)	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Vahid Kazemi

28 February 2020 21	Pars Jonoubi Jam	1–0	Tractor	Jam
17:30 DST+03:30	Entezari  35' (pen.) Karimzadeh  44' Hatami  62' Bagheri  85'	Report	Ansari  45' Khanzadeh  75'	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hassan Akrami
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

28 June 2020 22	Tractor	0–1	Nassaji	Tabriz
20:15 DST+04:30	Mimbela  74'	Report	Zamehran  3' Masoumi  14'  90+6' Miri  33' Mahini  53'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Koopal Nazemi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

4 July 2020 23	Tractor	2–0	Sanat Naft	Tabriz
20:15 DST+04:30	Hajsafi  42', 60'	Report		Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

11 July 2020 24	Esteghlal	0–0	Tractor	Tehran
21:00 DST+04:30	Dashti  1' Rezavand  53' Zakipour  81' Rigi  85'	Report	Imani  53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hassan Akrami
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

17 July 2020 25	Tractor	2–1	Sepahan	Tabriz
20:15 DST+04:30	Hajsafi  14' Asadi  45+4' Mehri  60' Imani  69' Mazaheri  81' Salimi  89'	Report	Rafiei  22' Aghaei  45' Hosseini  90+6'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

23 July 2020 26	Shahr Khodro	0–0	Tractor	Mashhad
20:15 DST+04:30	Sadeghi  45' Taheran  69'	Report	Dejagah  83'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bijan Heydari
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

31 July 2020 27	Tractor	0–0	Paykan	Tabriz
20:00 DST+04:30	Mehri  38'	Report	Koushki  7' Mousavi  33'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

10 August 2020 28	Shahin Bushehr	0–0	Tractor	Bushehr
20:30 DST+04:30	Soltani Mehr  16'	Report	Dejagah  60' Shekari  85'	Stadium: Shahid Mahdavi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mehdi Seyedali
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

15 August 2020 29	Tractor	2–1	Machine Sazi	Tabriz
20:45 DST+04:30	Asadi  71' Azadi  88',  88' Imani  90+1' Ansari  90+10'	Report	Eslamikhah  45+3' Moradi  60' Abedini  85'	Stadium: Yadegar-e-Emam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamid Haj Malek
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

20 August 2020 30	Foolad	1–0	Tractor	Ahvaz
20:45 DST+04:30	Aghasi  7' Gordan  41' Bouazar  45' Najjarian  48' Ahmadzadeh  90+9'	Report	Shojaei  10' Asadi  37' Salimi  90+1'	Stadium: Foolad Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

Hazfi Cup

29 September 2019 Round of 32	PAS Hamedan	1–2	Tractor	Hamedan
15:30 DST+03:30	Roohollah Soltani  67' (pen.)	Report	Dejagah  14' Azadi  41'	Stadium: Haji Babayi Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hassan Akrami

26 November 2019 Round of 16	Navad Urmia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Tractor	Urmia
14:00 DST+03:30	Sirous Sadeghian  55'	Report	Shojaei  41'	Stadium: Shahid Bakeri Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi
	Penalties
	Sadeghian Ghasemi Soudagar Rezaei Ebadzadeh Mostafavi Mohammadi		Dejagah Khanzadeh Mimbela Shojaei Tikdari Azadi Mehri

19 February 2020 Quarter-finals	Tractor	4–1	Mes Kerman	Tabriz
15:00 DST+03:30	Khanzadeh  31' Dejagah  42' Asadi  45' (pen.) Mehri  77'	Report	Gholami  12' Farrokhi  61'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Torabian

25 August 2020 Semi-finals	Tractor	1–0	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Tabriz
19:30 DST+04:30	Tikdari  43' Asadi  45+4'  76' Mehri  47'	Report	Alizadeh  13' Eidy  60'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bijan Heydari
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

3 September 2020 Final	Esteghlal	2–3	Tractor	Mashhad
18:15 DST+04:30	Ghayedi  50' Motahari  80' Esmaeili  89'	Report	Teymouri  7' Khanzadeh  17' Dejagah  34' Imani  39',  42' Ansari  54' Hajsafi  90+2'	Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard Man of the Match: Ashkan Dejagah
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

References

1. "Persian Gulf Pro League/2019-20". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.