2015–16 Zob Ahan F.C. season

Zob Ahan Isfahan FC

2015–16 season
Chairman	Saeid Azari
Manager	Yahya Golmohammadi
Stadium	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr
IPL	6th
Hazfi Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	2016: 1/8 Final
Top goalscorer	League: Morteza Tabrizi (7 goals) All: Morteza Tabrizi (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	8.000 v Perspolis (7 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance	350 v Malavan (26 December 2015)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Zob Ahan Football Club's 15th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and had their 45nd year in existence as a football club.

Players

First team squad

As of 30 May 2016.

Out for Injuries

Released - Retired

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Ends	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi		GK	2014	April 1, 1989	(Youth system) Saipa	2016	50	0
22	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri		GK	2014	May 18, 1989	Foolad	2018	65	0
40	Peyman Salmani		GK	2012	April 18, 1994	(Youth system)	2016	1	0
Defenders
2	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi		DF	2015	October 20, 1992	Padideh	2018	26	1
3	Walid Ismail		LB	2014	November 11, 1984	Nejmeh	2016	31	0
4	Hadi Mohammadi		DF	2014	March 8, 1991	Damash	2018	67	4
18	Ali Hamam		RB	2014	August 25, 1986	Nejmeh	2016	65	1
19	Mehrdad Ghanbari		LB	2014	November 22, 1989	Padideh	2018	46	3
20	Hojjat Haghverdi		DF	2014	February 3, 1993	Aboumoslem	2017	20	0
21	Saeb Mohebi		RB	2014	August 28, 1993	Caspian Qazvin	2018	9	0
26	Nima Taheri		DF	2016	November 5, 1996	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
36	Kianoush Eghbali		DF	2015	April 6, 1996	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
33	Vahid Mohammadzadeh		DF	2016	May 16, 1989	Saipa	2018	13	1
61	Hashem Beikzadeh		LB	2016	January 22, 1984	Saba Qom	2017	11	1
Midfielders
5	Akbar Sadeghi		DM, CM	2015	March 11, 1985	Padideh	2016	18	1
8	Ghasem Hadadifar		MF	2003	July 12, 1983	(Youth system)	2016	315	18
11	Morteza Tabrizi		RM, ST	2013	January 6, 1991	Pas Hamedan	2017	100	20
13	Mohammad Reza Hosseini		RM	2015	September 15, 1989	Fajr Sepasi	2018	22	1
15	Ehsan Pahlavan		LM	2013	July 25, 1993	Gostaresh Foulad	2017	81	9
16	Mehdi Mehdipour		MF	2014	February 18, 1994	(Youth system) Rah Ahan	2018	46	3
23	Danial Esmaeilifar		RM, RB	2014	February 26, 1993	Payam Sanat	2018	51	5
24	Reza Shekari		AM	2015	May 31, 1998	Moghavemat Tehran	2018	13	1
25	Mohammadreza Abbasi		LM	2014	July 27, 1996	(Youth system)	2018	20	1
32	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr		MF	2015	August 10, 1998	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
35	Kamran Momeni		MF	2015	December 1, 1995	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
77	Ahmad Amir Kamdar		MF	2015	January 5, 1989	Siah Jamegan	2017	13	1
Forwards
7	Masoud Hassanzadeh		ST	2014	April 12, 1991	Damash	2018	56	17
9	Kaveh Rezaei		ST	2014	April 5, 1992	Saipa	2016	45	14
17	Marco Aurélio Iubel		ST	2016	August 7, 1986	Cuiabá	2016	7	0
30	Mehdi Rajabzadeh		SS	2012	June 21, 1978	Fajr Sepasi	2017	283	89

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. Position Player 1 GK Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi 2 DF Mohammad Nejad Mehdi 3 DF Walid Ismail 4 DF Hadi Mohammadi 7 FW Masoud Hassanzadeh 8 MF Ghasem Hadadifar (Captain) 9 FW Kaveh Rezaei 11 FW Morteza Tabrizi 12 GK Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 13 FW Mohammad Reza Hosseini 15 MF Ehsan Pahlevan ^U23 16 MF Mehdi Mehdipour ^U23 18 DF Ali Hamam 19 DF Mehrdad Ghanbari 20 DF Hojjat Haghverdi ^U23

No. Position Player 21 DF Saeb Mohebi ^U23 23 FW Danial Esmaeilifar ^U23 24 MF Reza Shekari ^U21 25 FW Mohammadreza Abbasi ^U21 26 DF Nima Taheri ^U21 28 FW Ali Khodadadi ^U21 30 FW Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Vice captain) 31 FW Hamidreza Jafari ^U21 32 MF Mehran Derakhshan Mehr ^U21 33 DF Vahid Mohammadzadeh 35 MF Kamran Momeni ^U21 36 DF Kianoush Eghbali ^U21 40 GK Peyman Salmani ^U23 61 DF Hashem Beikzadeh 77 MF Ahmad Amir Kamdar

Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2015–16

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 5 MF Akbar Sadeghi ^PL (from Padideh)[2] 6 DF Mohammad Nejad Mehdi ^PL (from Padideh)[3] 24 MF Reza Shekari (from Moghavemat Tehran)[4] 13 FW Mohammad Reza Hosseini (from Fajr Sepasi)[5] 36 DF Kianoush Eghbali (promoted from Academy) 32 MF Mehran Derakhshan Mehr (promoted from Academy) 35 MF Kamran Momeni (promoted from Academy)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 3 DF Carlos Santos (to Naft Tehran) 13 DF Pouria Seifpanahi (to Machine Shahrdari Tabriz) 4 MF Akbar Imani (to Foolad)[6] 5 MF Ghasem Dehnavi (to Saba Qom)[6] 7 MF Mohsen Mosalman (to Persepolis, previously on loan at Foolad) 10 FW Esmaeil Farhadi (Released) 32 FW Amin Nasiri (to Gitipasand) 34 MF Mohammadreza Baouj (Released) 36 FW Farshad Mohammadi (to Gitipasand)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 26 DF Nima Taheri (promoted from Academy) 17 FW Marco Aurélio Iubel (from Cuiabá) 77 MF Ahmad Amir Kamdar (from Siahjamegan) 33 DF Vahid Mohammadzadeh (from Saipa)[7] 61 DF Hashem Beikzadeh (from Saba Qom)[8] 31 FW Hamidreza Jafari (promoted from Academy)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 5 MF Akbar Sadeghi (to Saba Qom)[8]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Persian Gulf Pro League	—	—	6th	29 July 2015	13 May 2016
AFC Champions League	Group stage	—	1/8 Final	23 February 2015	25 May 2016
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	—	Winners	11 September 2015	29 May 2016

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Est. Khuzestan (C)	30	15	12	3	33	14	+19	57	2017 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Persepolis	30	16	9	5	50	34	+16	57
3	Esteghlal	30	13	13	4	43	28	+15	52	2017 AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Tractor Sazi	30	13	12	5	43	27	+16	51
5	Naft Tehran	30	13	10	7	30	21	+9	49
6	Zob Ahan	30	11	13	6	38	26	+12	46	2017 AFC Champions League group stage ^1
7	Saba Qom	30	9	15	6	30	24	+6	42
8	Saipa	30	11	7	12	28	31	−3	40
9	Gostaresh	30	10	9	11	36	32	+4	39
10	Padideh	30	10	9	11	30	35	−5	39
11	Sepahan	30	8	14	8	29	30	−1	38
12	Foolad	30	9	8	13	26	37	−11	35
13	Mashhad	30	7	6	17	23	34	−11	27
14	Malavan (R)	30	5	12	13	23	35	−12	27	Relegation to 2016–17 Azadegan League
15	Rah Ahan (R)	30	5	10	15	24	36	−12	25
16	Est. Ahvaz (R)	30	2	7	21	16	58	−42	13

Updated to games played on 13 May 2016.
Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	11	13	6	38	26	+12	46	4	8	3	17	11	+6	7	5	3	21	15	+6

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	L
Position	15	16	8	6	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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

AFC Champions League 2016

Zob Ahan team image before AFC Champions League match, 1 March 2016

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZOB	LEK	NSR	BYD
1	Zob Ahan	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	14	Knockout stage		—	0–0	3–0	5–2
2	Lekhwiya	6	2	3	1	7	2	+5	9			0–1	—	4–0	0–0
3	Al-Nassr	6	1	2	3	5	14	−9	5			0–3	1–1	—	3–3
4	Bunyodkor	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3			0–0	0–2	0–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Lekhwiya v Zob Ahan

23 February 2016 18:15 UTC+3

Lekhwiya	0–1	Zob Ahan
	Report	Rajabzadeh  46'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,225 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

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Zob Ahan v Lekhwiya

1 March 2016 18:45 UTC+3:30

Zob Ahan	0–0	Lekhwiya
	Report

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

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Bunyodkor v Zob Ahan

16 March 2016 18:00 UTC+5

Bunyodkor	0–0	Zob Ahan
	Report

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent Attendance: 4,567 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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Zob Ahan v Bunyodkor

5 April 2016 20:00 UTC+4:30

Zob Ahan	5–2	Bunyodkor
Esmaeilifar  3' Mohammadzadeh  34' Rajabzadeh  50' Rezaei  69' Tabrizi  87'	Report	Zouaghi  78' Nurmatov  89'

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan Attendance: 4,523 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

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Zob Ahan v Al-Nassr

20 April 2016 20:30 UTC+4

Zob Ahan	3–0	Al-Nassr
Pahlavan  27', 83' Rezaei  74'	Report

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat (Oman)^[B] Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

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Al-Nassr v Zob Ahan

4 May 2016 21:15 UTC+4

Al-Nassr	0–3	Zob Ahan
	Report	Pahlavan  30' Hassanzadeh  41' (pen.) Beikzadeh  87'

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)^[B] Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

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Round of 16

Al-Ain v Zob Ahan

18 May 2016 19:40 UTC+4

Al-Ain	1–1	Zob Ahan
Douglas  9'	Report	Abbasi  75'

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 10,708 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

Zob Ahan v Al-Ain

25 May 2016 20:45 UTC+4:30

Zob Ahan	0–2	Al-Ain
	Report	Lee Myung-joo  12' Asprilla  62'

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan Attendance: 9,960 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Al-Ain won 3–1 on aggregate.

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 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 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

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

29 May 2016 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

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Fenerbahçe v Zob Ahan

July 11, 2015 1	Fenerbahçe	7 – 0	Zob Ahan	Turkey
19:30 UTC+04:30	Fernandão  6' Stoch  21' Mehmet Topal  33,77' Nani  65' Souza  75' Sow  79'	Report		Stadium: Dűzce Stadium Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Sercan Tukat

Zob Ahan v Sepahan

13 January 2016 2	Zob Ahan	3 – 2	Sepahan	Isfahan
14:30 (DST+03:30)	Hassanzadeh  16' Mehdipour  65' Marquinho 88'	report	Luciano Pereira  27', 31'

Zob Ahan v Saba Qom

23 January 2016 3	Zob Ahan	1 – 2	Saba Qom	Tehran
15:00	Rezaei  1'	report	Sadeghi  64', 76'	Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium

Zob Ahan v Saipa

25 January 2016 4	Zob Ahan	0 – 0 (Penalty 2 – 3)	Saipa	Tehran
15:00		report		Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		AFC Champions League		Hazfi Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Mohammad Nejad Mehdi	26	1	20+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	1
3	DF		Walid Ismail	26	0	18+0	0	3+0	0	4+1	0
4	DF		Hadi Mohammadi	35	1	24+0	1	6+0	0	5+0	0
5	MF		Akbar Sadeghi	18	1	14+1	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
7	FW		Masoud Hassanzadeh	28	7	11+8	6	1+4	1	2+2	0
8	MF		Ghasem Hadadifar	36	0	23+1	0	8+0	0	3+1	0
9	FW		Kaveh Rezaei	34	8	16+8	6	7+0	2	3+0	0
11	FW		Morteza Tabrizi	40	10	20+7	7	7+1	1	3+2	2
12	GK		Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	39	0	27+0	0	8+0	0	4+0	0
13	MF		Mohammad Reza Hosseini	22	1	6+11	0	0+1	0	1+3	1
15	MF		Ehsan Pahlevan	40	7	25+4	4	8+0	3	3+0	0
16	MF		Mehdi Mehdipour	38	3	18+7	2	8+0	0	4+1	1
17	FW		Marco Aurélio Iubel	8	0	0+6	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
18	DF		Ali Hamam	34	1	23+0	1	6+0	0	5+0	0
19	DF		Mehrdad Ghanbari	11	1	5+3	1	0+1	0	2+0	0
20	DF		Hojjat Haghverdi	14	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
21	DF		Saeb Mohebi	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
23	MF		Danial Esmaeilifar	36	2	18+7	1	2+5	1	4+0	0
24	MF		Reza Shekari	13	1	0+11	0	0+1	0	0+1	1
25	MF		Mohammadreza Abbasi	15	0	3+6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0
26	DF		Nima Taheri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW		Ali Khodadadi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW		Mehdi Rajabzadeh	41	8	26+4	5	6+0	2	5+0	1
32	MF		Mehran Derakhshan Mehr	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF		Vahid Mohammadzadeh	13	1	5+1	0	6+0	1	1+0	0
35	MF		Kamran Momeni	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF		Kianoush Eghbali	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	GK		Peyman Salmani	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
61	DF		Hashem Beikzadeh	11	1	7+0	0	4+0	1	0+0	0
77	MF		Ahmad Amir Kamdar	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.

Most assists

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

Last updated on 5 January 2016

Ranking	Position	Nation	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	FW		Mehdi Rajabzadeh	6	0	0	6
	DF		Ali Hamam	4	1	1	6
2	FW		Kaveh Rezaei	3	0	1	4
	MF		Ghasem Haddadifar	3	2	0	4
3	MF		Morteza Tabrizi	1	2	0	3
4	MF		Danial Esmaeilifar	2	0	0	2

Friendlies and pre-season goals are not recognized as competitive match assists.

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 / )

Last updated: 4 January 2016
Source:

See also

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

References

1. http://ffiri.ir/club/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1/101/%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86/10009/
2. "با قراردادی یک ساله/صادقی به ذوب آهن پیوست". Cup.ir.
3. "نژادمهدی مدافع میانی پدیده، با ذوب آهن سه ساله بست". Zob Ahan FC.
4. "ذوب آهن بازیکن تیم امید ایران را جذب کرد". Fars news agency.
5. "مهاجم فجر مقاومت به ذوب‌آهن پیوست". Tasnim news agency.
6. "۲ بازیکن از ذوب آهن جدا شدند". Fars news agency.
7. "باقراردادی دو ساله و نیمه/محمد زاده به ذوب آهن پیوست". Cup.ir.
8. "ذوب آهن با صبا قم بر سر انتقال اکبر صادقی با هاشم بیک زاده به توافق رسید". Fars news agency.

External links

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League