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 Persepolis (7 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance	350 v Malavan (26 December 2015)
	← 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	Position (s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Ends	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	GK	2014	(1989-04-01) April 1, 1989 (age 35)	(Youth system) Saipa	2016	50	0
12	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	GK	2014	(1989-05-18) May 18, 1989 (age 35)	Foolad	2018	65	0
40	Peyman Salmani	GK	2012	(1994-04-18) April 18, 1994 (age 30)	(Youth system)	2016	1	0
Defenders
2	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi	DF	2015	(1992-10-20) October 20, 1992 (age 32)	Padideh	2018	26	1
3	Walid Ismail	LB	2014	(1984-11-11) November 11, 1984 (age 40)	Nejmeh	2016	31	0
4	Hadi Mohammadi	DF	2014	(1991-03-08) March 8, 1991 (age 33)	Damash	2018	67	4
18	Ali Hamam	RB	2014	(1986-08-25) August 25, 1986 (age 38)	Nejmeh	2016	65	1
19	Mehrdad Ghanbari	LB	2014	(1989-11-22) November 22, 1989 (age 35)	Padideh	2018	46	3
20	Hojjat Haghverdi	DF	2014	(1993-02-03) February 3, 1993 (age 31)	Aboumoslem	2017	20	0
21	Saeb Mohebi	RB	2014	(1993-08-28) August 28, 1993 (age 31)	Caspian Qazvin	2018	9	0
26	Nima Taheri	DF	2016	(1996-11-05) November 5, 1996 (age 28)	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
36	Kianoush Eghbali	DF	2015	(1996-04-06) April 6, 1996 (age 28)	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
33	Vahid Mohammadzadeh	DF	2016	(1989-05-16) May 16, 1989 (age 35)	Saipa	2018	13	1
61	Hashem Beikzadeh	LB	2016	(1984-01-22) January 22, 1984 (age 40)	Saba Qom	2017	11	1
Midfielders
5	~~Akbar Sadeghi~~	~~DM, CM~~	2015	~~(1985-03-11) March 11, 1985 (age 39)~~	~~Padideh~~	~~2016~~	18	1
8	Ghasem Hadadifar	MF	2003	(1983-07-12) July 12, 1983 (age 41)	(Youth system)	2016	315	18
11	Morteza Tabrizi	RM, ST	2013	(1991-01-06) January 6, 1991 (age 33)	Pas Hamedan	2017	100	20
13	Mohammad Reza Hosseini	RM	2015	(1989-09-15) September 15, 1989 (age 35)	Fajr Sepasi	2018	22	1
15	Ehsan Pahlavan	LM	2013	(1993-07-25) July 25, 1993 (age 31)	Gostaresh Foulad	2017	81	9
16	Mehdi Mehdipour	MF	2014	(1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 30)	(Youth system) Rah Ahan	2018	46	3
23	Danial Esmaeilifar	RM, RB	2014	(1993-02-26) February 26, 1993 (age 31)	Payam Sanat	2018	51	5
24	Reza Shekari	AM	2015	(1998-05-31) May 31, 1998 (age 26)	Moghavemat Tehran	2018	13	1
25	Mohammadreza Abbasi	LM	2014	(1996-07-27) July 27, 1996 (age 28)	(Youth system)	2018	20	1
32	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr	MF	2015	(1998-08-10) August 10, 1998 (age 26)	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
35	Kamran Momeni	MF	2015	(1995-12-01) December 1, 1995 (age 28)	(Youth system)	2018	0	0
77	Ahmad Amir Kamdar	MF	2015	(1989-01-05) January 5, 1989 (age 35)	Siah Jamegan	2017	13	1
Forwards
7	Masoud Hassanzadeh	ST	2014	(1991-04-12) April 12, 1991 (age 33)	Damash	2018	56	17
9	Kaveh Rezaei	ST	2014	(1992-04-05) April 5, 1992 (age 32)	Saipa	2016	45	14
17	~~Marco Aurélio Iubel~~	ST	2016	~~(1986-08-07) August 7, 1986 (age 38)~~	~~Cuiabá~~	~~2016~~	7	0
30	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	SS	2012	(1978-06-21) June 21, 1978 (age 46)	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi
3	DF	LBN	Walid Ismail
4	DF	IRN	Hadi Mohammadi
7	FW	IRN	Masoud Hassanzadeh
8	MF	IRN	Ghasem Hadadifar (Captain)
9	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei
11	FW	IRN	Morteza Tabrizi
12	GK	IRN	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri
13	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Hosseini
15	MF	IRN	Ehsan Pahlevan ^U23
16	MF	IRN	Mehdi Mehdipour ^U23
18	DF	LBN	Ali Hamam
19	DF	IRN	Mehrdad Ghanbari
20	DF	IRN	Hojjat Haghverdi ^U23


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	IRN	Saeb Mohebi ^U23
23	FW	IRN	Danial Esmaeilifar ^U23
24	MF	IRN	Reza Shekari ^U21
25	FW	IRN	Mohammadreza Abbasi ^U21
26	DF	IRN	Nima Taheri ^U21
28	FW	IRN	Ali Khodadadi ^U21
30	FW	IRN	Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Vice captain)
31	FW	IRN	Hamidreza Jafari ^U21
32	MF	IRN	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr ^U21
33	DF	IRN	Vahid Mohammadzadeh
35	MF	IRN	Kamran Momeni ^U21
36	DF	IRN	Kianoush Eghbali ^U21
40	GK	IRN	Peyman Salmani ^U23
61	DF	IRN	Hashem Beikzadeh
77	MF	IRN	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	IRN	Akbar Sadeghi ^PL (from Padideh)^[2]
6	DF	IRN	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi ^PL (from Padideh)^[3]
24	MF	IRN	Reza Shekari (from Moghavemat Tehran)^[4]
13	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Hosseini (from Fajr Sepasi)^[5]
36	DF	IRN	Kianoush Eghbali (promoted from Academy)
32	MF	IRN	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr (promoted from Academy)
35	MF	IRN	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BRA	Carlos Santos (to Naft Tehran)
13	DF	IRN	Pouria Seifpanahi (to Machine Shahrdari Tabriz)
4	MF	IRN	Akbar Imani (to Foolad)^[6]
5	MF	IRN	Ghasem Dehnavi (to Saba Qom)^[6]
7	MF	IRN	Mohsen Mosalman (to Persepolis, previously on loan at Foolad)
10	FW	IRN	Esmaeil Farhadi (Released)
32	FW	IRN	Amin Nasiri (to Gitipasand)
34	MF	IRN	Mohammadreza Baouj (Released)
36	FW	IRN	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	IRN	Nima Taheri (promoted from Academy)
17	FW	BRA	Marco Aurélio Iubel (from Cuiabá)
77	MF	IRN	Ahmad Amir Kamdar (from Siahjamegan)
33	DF	IRN	Vahid Mohammadzadeh (from Saipa)^[7]
61	DF	IRN	Hashem Beikzadeh (from Saba Qom)^[8]
31	FW	IRN	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	IRN	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

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Iran Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
7	Saba Qom	30	9	15	6	30	24	+6	42
8	Saipa	30	11	7	12	28	31	−3	40

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2016. Source: IPL Stats
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 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	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

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZOB	LEK	NSR	BYD
1	Zob Ahan	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	14	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	3–0	5–2
2	Lekhwiya	6	2	3	1	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage	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

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)

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)

16 March 2016

18:00 UTC+5

Bunyodkor	0–0	Zob Ahan
	Report

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 4,567

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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)

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)

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)

Round of 16

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)

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

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

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

Quarter-final

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)

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

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

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

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

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 2	Zob Ahan	3 – 2	Sepahan	Isfahan
14:30 (DST+03:30)	Hassanzadeh 16' Mehdipour 65' Marquinho 88'	report	Luciano Pereira 27', 31'

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 3	Zob Ahan	1 – 2	Saba Qom	Tehran
15:00	Rezaei 1'	report	Sadeghi 64', 76'	Stadium: Shahre Qods Stadium

25 January 2016 (2016-01-25) 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRN	Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Nejad Mehdi	26	1	20+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	1
3	DF	LBN	Walid Ismail	26	0	18+0	0	3+0	0	4+1	0
4	DF	IRN	Hadi Mohammadi	35	1	24+0	1	6+0	0	5+0	0
5	MF	IRN	Akbar Sadeghi	18	1	14+1	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
7	FW	IRN	Masoud Hassanzadeh	28	7	11+8	6	1+4	1	2+2	0
8	MF	IRN	Ghasem Hadadifar	36	0	23+1	0	8+0	0	3+1	0
9	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei	34	8	16+8	6	7+0	2	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
13	MF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Hosseini	22	1	6+11	0	0+1	0	1+3	1
15	MF	IRN	Ehsan Pahlevan	40	7	25+4	4	8+0	3	3+0	0
16	MF	IRN	Mehdi Mehdipour	38	3	18+7	2	8+0	0	4+1	1
17	FW	BRA	Marco Aurélio Iubel	8	0	0+6	0	0+2	0	0+0	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
21	DF	IRN	Saeb Mohebi	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	Reza Shekari	13	1	0+11	0	0+1	0	0+1	1
25	MF	IRN	Mohammadreza Abbasi	15	0	3+6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0
26	DF	IRN	Nima Taheri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	IRN	Ali Khodadadi	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
32	MF	IRN	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	IRN	Vahid Mohammadzadeh	13	1	5+1	0	6+0	1	1+0	0
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
61	DF	IRN	Hashem Beikzadeh	11	1	7+0	0	4+0	1	0+0	0
77	MF	IRN	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	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	MF	Morteza Tabrizi	7	1	2	10
2	FW	Kaveh Rezaei	6	2	0	8
2	FW	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	5	2	1	8
3	FW	Masoud Hassanzadeh	6	1	0	7
3	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	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Hazfi Cup	Total
1	FW	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	6	0	0	6
1	DF	Ali Hamam	4	1	1	6
2	FW	Kaveh Rezaei	3	0	1	4
2	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
3		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
4		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	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]}

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2015-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "با قراردادی یک ساله/صادقی به ذوب آهن پیوست". Cup.ir. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
^ "نژادمهدی مدافع میانی پدیده، با ذوب آهن سه ساله بست". Zob Ahan FC. Archived from the original on 2015-08-10.
^ "ذوب آهن بازیکن تیم امید ایران را جذب کرد". Fars news agency. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
^ "مهاجم فجر مقاومت به ذوب‌آهن پیوست". Tasnim news agency.
^ ^a ^b "۲ بازیکن از ذوب آهن جدا شدند". Fars news agency. Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
^ "باقراردادی دو ساله و نیمه/محمد زاده به ذوب آهن پیوست". Cup.ir.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "ذوب آهن با صبا قم بر سر انتقال اکبر صادقی با هاشم بیک زاده به توافق رسید". Fars news agency. 11 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

[table_note_res_GS10.042373466325166-9] Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2017 AFC Champions League through winning the 2015–16 Hazfi Cup.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2015-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Zob1-2] "با قراردادی یک ساله/صادقی به ذوب آهن پیوست". Cup.ir. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-12-30.

[Zob2-3] "نژادمهدی مدافع میانی پدیده، با ذوب آهن سه ساله بست". Zob Ahan FC. Archived from the original on 2015-08-10.

[4] "ذوب آهن بازیکن تیم امید ایران را جذب کرد". Fars news agency. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2015-12-30.

[Zob4-5] "مهاجم فجر مقاومت به ذوب‌آهن پیوست". Tasnim news agency.

[Zob3-6] "۲ بازیکن از ذوب آهن جدا شدند". Fars news agency. Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-12-30.

[Zob5-7] "باقراردادی دو ساله و نیمه/محمد زاده به ذوب آهن پیوست". Cup.ir.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[AKHB-8] "ذوب آهن با صبا قم بر سر انتقال اکبر صادقی با هاشم بیک زاده به توافق رسید". Fars news agency. 11 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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