# 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.

## Player
### First team squad

    As of 2 August 2011.
| Out for Injuries | Released – Retired |
| No. | Name | 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
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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ahmadpouri (from Shahin Bushehr) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Davoud Haghi (from Saba Qom) |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Felipe Alves de Souza (from Esteghlal) |
| 16 | MF | POR | Hugo Machado (from Naval) |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Hawar Mulla Mohammed (from Esteghlal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (to Al Gharafa) |
| 30 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Rajabzadeh (to Fajr Sepasi) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Jalal Rafkhaei (to Malavan) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Majid Noormohammadi (to Aluminium Hormozgan) |

## Competitions

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup | — | — | 6th | 2 August 2011 | 11 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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Naft Tehran | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 49 |
| 6 | Rah Ahan | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 46 |
| 7 | Zob Ahan | 34 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 45 |
| 8 | Saipa | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 43 |
| 9 | Mes Kerman | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 43 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 May 2012. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### AFC Champions League
#### Qualifying play-off

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

##### Last 16
### Friendly Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Shahab Gordan | 11 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Hosseini | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Felipe Alves de Souza | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Farshid Talebi | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Mohamad Ali Ahmadi | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Davoud Haghi | 8 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Salsali | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | IRN | Ghasem Hadadifar | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | 8 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Esmaeil Farhadi | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ghazi | 7 | 4 | 5+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | IRN | Abbas Ghasemi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Hamid Parvar | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | BRA | Igor José Marigo de Castro | 10 | 3 | 8+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POR | Hugo Machado | 7 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Sina Ashouri | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Hossein Mahini | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Omid Abolhassani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Mohammadpour | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | IRN | Alireza Hadadifar | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Payam Sadeghian | 6 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | IRN | Ali Goudarzi | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRN | Iman Shirazi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | IRN | Hamid Reza Bajlavand | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | IRN | Hamid Shafaat | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | IRN | Alireza Asgari | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ahmadpouri | 2 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 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 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 |
| 3 | FW | | Mohammad Hosseini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | | Hugo Machado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | | Mohammad Ahmadpouri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 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 |
| 2 | MF | | Mohammad Salsali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | | Payam Sadeghian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 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 | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | Total | Total | 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 |
| 3 | | 17 | Sina Ashouri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | 7 | Mohammad Ghazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | 15 | Felipe Alves de Souza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | 20 | Hossein Mahini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | 5 | Mohamad Ali Ahmadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | 30 | Mohammad Ahmadpouri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | 8 | Ghasem Haddadifar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 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 | TOTALS | TOTALS | 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 | TOTALS | TOTALS | 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: