2019–20 Tractor S.C. season

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
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.

Players

First team squad

As of 11 September 2019.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	GK	(1989-05-18)May 18, 1989 (aged 30)	Zob Ahan
33	Reza Seyf Ahmadi ^U21	GK	(1999-03-28)March 28, 1999 (aged 20)	Tractor U21
97	Mohammad Reza Akhbari	GK	(1993-02-15)February 15, 1993 (aged 26)	Saipa
Defenders
2	Ahmad Mousavi	RB	(1994-02-04)February 4, 1994 (aged 25)	Machine Sazi
3	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh	CB	(1992-01-20)January 20, 1992 (aged 27)	Al Ahli
4	Iman Salimi	CB	(1996-06-01)June 1, 1996 (aged 23)	Pars Jonoubi Jam
14	Meysam Teymouri	LB	(1992-07-06)July 6, 1992 (aged 27)	Esteghlal
30	Abolfazl Razzaghpour	LB	(1997-09-17)September 17, 1997 (aged 21)	Paykan
70	Mehdi Tikdari	RB, RW	(1996-06-13)June 13, 1996 (aged 23)	Mes Kerman
Midfielders
6	Akbar Imani	CDM	(1992-03-21)March 21, 1992 (aged 27)	Sanat Naft
7	Masoud Shojaei	CAM, CM, RW, LW	(1984-06-09)June 9, 1984 (aged 35)	AEK Athens
8	Saeid Mehri	CM, CAM	(1995-09-16)September 16, 1995 (aged 23)	Machine Sazi
9	Reza Asadi	CDM	(1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 23)	Saipa
17	Reza Shekari ^U23	CAM	(1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 21)	Rubin Kazan
21	Ashkan Dejagah	CAM, RW, LW	(1986-07-05)July 5, 1986 (aged 33)	Nottingham Forest
23	Willyan Mimbela	CAM, CM	(1992-05-15)May 15, 1992 (aged 27)	Unión Comercio
28	Ehsan Hajsafi	CDM, LB, LM	(1990-02-25)February 25, 1990 (aged 29)	Olympiacos
Forwards
10	Sasan Ansari	CF, LW, RW,	(1991-05-04)May 4, 1991 (aged 28)	Sepahan
11	Mazola	RW, CF	(1989-05-08)May 8, 1989 (aged 30)	São Bento
13	Kévin Fortuné	CF, SS	(1989-08-06)August 6, 1989 (aged 30)	Troyes
16	Mohammad Reza Azadi ^U21	CF, RW	(1999-12-07)December 7, 1999 (aged 19)	Tractor U19
24	Yukiya Sugita	LW, RW, CAM, CF	(1993-04-22)April 22, 1993 (aged 26)	Dalkurd
34	Mehdi Babri ^U21	RW	(1998-10-28)October 28, 1998 (aged 20)	Tractor U19
78	Sobhan Khaghani ^U21	LW	(2000-01-27)January 27, 2000 (aged 19)	Meshki Pooshan
88	Hamed Hosseinalizadeh ^U23	LW, LM, RW	(1998-01-09)January 9, 1998 (aged 21)	Tractor U19

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	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.	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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 v t e	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 qualifying play-offs
4	Tractor	30	14	8	8	31	23	+8	50	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
5	Sepahan	30	12	13	5	39	22	+17	49
6	Shahr Khodro	30	12	10	8	27	25	+2	46

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

^ 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 (2020-08-20).
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 (2019-08-22) 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 (2019-08-30) 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 (2019-09-15) 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 (2019-09-20) 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 (2019-09-25) 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 (2019-10-04) 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 (2019-10-21) 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 Bonyadifar

25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 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 (2019-11-01) 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 (2019-11-05) 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 (2019-12-24) 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 (2019-12-28) 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 (2019-12-05) 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 (2019-12-09) 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 (2019-12-13) 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 (2019-12-19) 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 (2020-01-26) 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 (2020-01-31) 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 (2020-02-07) 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 (2020-02-14) 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 (2020-02-28) 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 (2020-06-28) 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 (2020-07-04) 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 (2020-07-11) 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 (2020-07-17) 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 (2020-07-23) 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 (2020-07-31) 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 (2020-08-10) 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 (2020-08-15) 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 (2020-08-20) 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 (2019-09-29) 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 (2019-11-26) 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 (2020-02-19) 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 (2020-08-25) 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 (2020-09-03) 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 Bonyadifar Man of the Match: Ashkan Dejagah
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

References

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

[table_note_res_RUEL0.62692553951727-1] Tractor qualified to AFC Champions League group stage directly by winning the Hazfi Cup

[2] "Persian Gulf Pro League/2019-20". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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