# 2016–17 Tractor S.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Tractor's 9th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Tractor is captained by Mehdi Kiani.

## Club

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Amir Ghalenoei |
| First team coach | Rahman Rezaei |
| Assistant coach | Ali Reza Pezhman |
| Assistant coach | Rodolfo Correa |
| Fitness coach | Saeid Nikokheslat |
| Goalkeeper coach | Rui Tavares |
| Analyzer | António Oliveira |
| Doctor & Physiotherapist | Ramzan Norouzzadeh |
| Psychologist | Akbar Sobhi |
| B team manager | Farhad Pourgholami |
| Technical manager | Ahad Sheykhlari |

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| President | Mostafa Ajorlu |
| Vice President | Khosro Abdollahzadeh |
| Board chairman | Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian |
| Board members | Sadegh Najafi-Khazarlou Alireza Navin Mohammad Javad Dolfkar Muhammad Ismail Saidi Ghafour Kargari Dara Ghaznavi Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi |
| Fans club president | Rahman Yavaran |
| Academy manager | Sadegh Pourhossein |

## First Team Squad
### Current squad

    As of 7 January 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Mohammadreza Akhbari $^{U23}$ (on loan from Saipa) |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Iranpourian |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Khaled Shafiei |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Hadi Mohammadi (on loan from Zob Ahan) |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Kiani (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Saeid Aghaei |
| 8 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Bengar |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Omid Alishah (on loan from Persepolis) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ebrahimi |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Éder Luciano |
| 13 | MF | IRQ | Karrar Jassim |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Nouri |
| 16 | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Soroush Rafiei |
| 18 | MF | IRN | Ahmad Nourollahi (on loan from Persepolis) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | IRN | Hashem Beikzadeh |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Sharifi |
| 21 | GK | IRN | Farzin Garousian |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Farzad Hatami |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Alireza Ramezani |
| 27 | MF | IRN | Fakher Tahami$^{U21}$ |
| 28 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Naderi $^{U21}$ |
| 32 | DF | IRN | Aref Aghasi$^{U21}$ |
| 66 | MF | IRN | Sina Ashouri |
| 70 | DF | IRN | Amir Reza Nasr Azadani$^{U21}$ |
| 77 | MF | IRN | Shahram Goudarzi |
| 88 | MF | IRN | Ali Taheran$^{U21}$ |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 66 | MF | IRN | Sina Ashouri (from Zob Ahan, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | IRN | Saeid Moradi$^{U23}$ (from Parseh Tehran) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohsen Bengar (from Persepolis) |
| — | FW | IRN | Shahram Goudarzi (from Gostaresh Foulad) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Ebrahimi (from Gostaresh Foulad) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohammad Naderi$^{U23}$ (from Moghavemat Tehran) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh$^{U21}$ (from Shahre Baran) |
| — | GK | IRN | Mohammad Amin Bahrami$^{U21}$ (from Zob Ahan) |
| — | MF | IRN | Soheil Salehi$^{U21}$ (from Naft va Gaz Gachsaran) |
| — | MF | IRN | Ali Taheran$^{U21}$ (from Tractor) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Nouri (from Al-Meisameer) |
| 13 | MF | IRQ | Karrar Jassim (from Naft Al-Wasat) |
| 44 | DF | IRN | Hadi Mohammadi (from Zob Ahan) |
| — | MF | IRN | Alireza Ramezani (from Esteghlal) |
| — | FW | BRA | Edinho (from Al-Sailiya) |
| — | DF | IRN | Aref Aghasi$^{U21}$ (from Foolad) |
| — | MF | IRN | Mohammad Papi$^{U21}$ (from Sepahan U23 – conscription) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Shoja' Khalilzadeh (to Sepahan – conscription return) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Carlos Cardoso (End of Contract) |
| 8 | FW | IRN | Shahin Saghebi (to Malavan – conscription return) |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Bakhtiar Rahmani (to Esteghlal) |
| 12 | GK | IRN | Masoud Homami (End of Contract) |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Ayoub Kalantari (to FC Mashhad) |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Pour Rahmatollah (to Malavan – conscription return) |
| 18 | MF | PHI | Iain Ramsay (to NEC) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Augusto César (loan return to Internacional) |
| 27 | FW | CMR | Aloys Nong (End of Contract) |
| 34 | FW | IRN | Mehran Ghorbanpour (to Machine Sazi) |
| 40 | DF | IRN | Ali Hamoudi (to Sepahan – conscription return) |
| 44 | DF | IRN | Peyman Keshavarz (to Machine Sazi) |
| 88 | MF | IRN | Fardin Abedini (End of Contract) |
| — | MF | IRN | Saeid Moradi (loan to FC Mashhad, previously at Parseh Tehran) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Ahmad Nourollahi (from Persepolis on loan) |
| — | FW | IRN | Omid Alishah (from Persepolis on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRN | Soroush Rafiei (to Persepolis) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Persian Gulf Pro League | — | — | 3rd | 25 July 2016 | 4 May 2017 |
| Hazfi Cup | Round of 64 | — | Runner-up | 30 September 2016 | 11 May 2017 |
Updated to match played 11 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Persian Gulf Pro League | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 050.00 |
| Hazfi Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 083.33 |
| Total | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 055.56 |

### Persian Gulf Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Persepolis (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 66 | Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 57 | Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 56 | Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 46 | Qualification for the 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs |
| 5 | Sepahan | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 45 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2017. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Kit and sponsorship

Tractor is currently sponsored by the Hamrah-e Aval (Mobile Telecommunication Company) and also Javanane Khayer Foundation. They were previously sponsored by the Bank Sepah. In July 2014, the club signed a contract with Kelme, starting from 2014–15 season.
| Years | Shirt sponsors |
| 1970–2009 | TMC |
| 2007–2010 | Bank Sepah |
| 2009–2012 | Hamrah-e Aval |
| 2012–2014 | Javanane Khayer Foundation |
| 2013– | Aysan Tabriz |
| 2014– | Hamrah-e Aval |
| 2015- | Kosar Credit Cooperative |
| Years | Kit manufacturers |
| 1970–1974 | Umbro |
| 1974–2005 | Puma |
| 2005–2010 | Daei Sport |
| 2010–2013 | Uhlsport |
| 2013–2014 | Merooj |
| 2014– | Kelme |