# 2018–19 Tractor S.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the Tractor Sports Club’s 11th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 10th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They will also be competed in the Hazfi Cup, and 48th year in existence as a football club.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 3 September 2018.
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Mohsen Forouzan | GK | (1988-05-03)May 3, 1988 (aged 30) | Pars Jonoubi Jam |
| 22 | Alireza Heidari | GK | (1992-12-01)December 1, 1992 (aged 26) | Malavan |
| 33 | Mahdi Mohammadian | GK | (1997-03-05)March 5, 1997 (aged 21) | U21 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Mohammad Tayyebi | DF | (1986-09-11)September 11, 1986 (aged 32) | Pars Jonoubi Jam |
| 3 | Reza Sharbati | LB, LM | (1995-02-16)February 16, 1995 (aged 23) | Siah Jamegan |
| 5 | Ali Abdollahzadeh | DF, RB | (1993-01-04)January 4, 1993 (aged 25) | Sanat Naft |
| 16 | Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh | DF | (1994-02-18)February 18, 1994 (aged 24) | Damash Gilan |
| 26 | Ehsan Hajsafi | LB, LM, DM | (1990-02-25)February 25, 1990 (aged 28) | Olympiacos |
| 29 | Iman Salimi | DF, DM | (1996-06-01)June 1, 1996 (aged 22) | Pars Jonoubi Jam |
| 40 | Ali Esmaeili | DF | (1996-12-16)December 16, 1996 (aged 22) | U21 |
| 70 | Amir Reza Nasr Azadani | RB, RM | (1996-02-07)February 7, 1996 (aged 22) | Rah Ahan |
| 77 | Mohammad Moslemipour | LB | (1997-05-25)May 25, 1997 (aged 21) | U19 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Alireza Naghizadeh | DM, CM, AM | (1993-03-03)March 3, 1993 (aged 25) | Gostaresh Foolad |
| 7 | Masoud Shojaei | AM, CM, RW, LW | (1984-06-09)June 9, 1984 (aged 34) | AEK Athens |
| 8 | Ali Taheran $^{U23}$ | DM, CM | (1997-04-07)April 7, 1997 (aged 21) | U21 |
| 9 | Mehdi Mehdipour | DM, CM, AM | (1994-02-18)February 18, 1994 (aged 24) | Zob Ahan |
| 11 | Danial Esmaeilifar | RM, RB, RW | (1993-02-26)February 26, 1993 (aged 25) | Zob Ahan |
| 21 | Ashkan Dejagah | AM, RW, LW | (1986-07-05)July 5, 1986 (aged 32) | Nottingham Forest |
| 99 | Ghaem Eslamikhah | AM, RM, LM | (1995-01-17)January 17, 1995 (aged 23) | Baadraan |
| Forwards ||||||
| 10 | Ehsan Pahlavan | LW, LM | (1993-07-25)July 25, 1993 (aged 25) | Zob Ahan |
| 14 | Yousef Seyedi | LW, RW, CF | (1996-03-08)March 8, 1996 (aged 22) | Gostaresh Foolad |
| 17 | Mohammad Reza Azadi $^{U21}$ | CF, RW | (1999-12-07)December 7, 1999 (aged 19) | U19 |
| 19 | Lee Erwin | CF, LW, RW | (1994-11-07)November 7, 1994 (aged 24) | Kilmarnock |
| 20 | Reza Abdi $^{U23}$ | CF | (1996-05-11)May 11, 1996 (aged 22) | U21 |
| 24 | Yukiya Sugita | LW, RW, AM, CF | (1993-04-22)April 22, 1993 (aged 25) | Dalkurd |
| 28 | Anthony Stokes | CF, SS, LW | (1988-07-25)July 25, 1988 (aged 30) | Apollon Smyrni |
| 32 | Hamed Hosseinalizadeh $^{U21}$ | LW, LM, RW | (1998-01-09)January 9, 1998 (aged 20) | U19 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends |
| 1 | GK | Mohsen Forouzan | 30 | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | Summer | 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Mohammad Tayyebi | 31 | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Mohammad Ahle Shakheh | 24 | Foolad | Transfer | Summer | 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Ali Abdollahzadeh | 25 | Sanat Naft Abadan | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Alireza Naghizadeh | 25 | Gostaresh Foolad | Transfer | Summer | 2021 |
| 14 | FW | Yousef Seyyedi | 22 | Gostaresh Foolad | Transfer | Summer | 2023 |
| 15 | FW | Harry Forrester | 27 | Rangers | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |
| 28 | FW | Anthony Stokes | 29 | Apollon Smyrni | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Yukiya Sugita | 25 | Dalkurd | Transfer | Summer | 2021 |
| 78 | MF | Sobhan Khaghani | 18 | Meshki Pooshan | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |
| 22 | GK | Alireza Heidari | 25 | Malavan | Transfer | Summer | 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Masoud Shojaei | 33 | AEK Athens | Transfer | Summer | 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Ashkan Dejagah | 31 | Nottingham Forest | Transfer | Summer | 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Lee Erwin | 23 | Kilmarnock | Transfer | Summer | 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Ehsan Hajsafi | 28 | Olympiacos | Transfer | Summer | 2021 |
| 29 | DF | Iman Salimi | 22 | Pars Jonoubi | Transfer | Summer | 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Kévin Constant | 31 | Sion | Transfer | Winter | 2022 |
| 97 | GK | Mohammad Reza Akhbari | 25 | Saipa | Transfer | Winter | 2022 |
| 36 | DF | Ahmad Mousavi | 26 | Machine Sazi | Transfer | Winter | 2021 |
| 90 | FW | Sasan Ansari | 27 | Sepahan | Transfer | Winter | 2021 |
| 66 | MF | Akbar Imani | 26 | Sanat Naft | Transfer | Winter | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 1 | GK | Farzin Garousian | 25 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | Released | Summer |
| 2 | DF | Mohammad Iranpourian | 32 | Sepahan | Transfer | Summer |
| 4 | DF | Hadi Mohammadi | 27 | Zob Ahan | End of loan | Summer |
| 4 | DF | Mohammad Ahle Shakheh | 24 | Machine Sazi | Transfer | Summer |
| 5 | DF | Šime Gregov | 28 | Unattached | Released | Summer |
| 28 | DF | Mohammad Naderi | 21 | Kortrijk | Transfer | Summer |
| 23 | DF | Aref Aghasi | 21 | Foolad | End of loan | Summer |
| 6 | MF | Mehdi Kiani | 31 | Sepahan | Transfer | Summer |
| 15 | MF | Harry Forrester | 27 | Machine Sazi | Transfer | Summer |
| 30 | MF | Amir Asadzadeh | 21 | Fajr Sepasi | Transfer | Summer |
| 27 | MF | Fakher Tahami | 21 | Sanat Naft Abadan | End of loan | Summer |
| 66 | MF | Sina Ashouri | 29 | Unattached | Released | Summer |
| 7 | FW | Omid Alishah | 26 | Persepolis | End of loan | Summer |
| 10 | FW | Mohammad Ebrahimi | 33 | Oxin Alborz | Transfer | Summer |
| 18 | FW | Sulejman Krpić | 27 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Transfer | Summer |
| 24 | FW | Farzad Hatami | 32 | Oxin Alborz | Transfer | Summer |
| 17 | FW | Amir Arsalan Motahari | 25 | Saham | Transfer | Summer |

## Coaching staff

As of 13 January 2018.
| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Georges Leekens |
| Assistant coach | Patrick De Wilde Amir Hossein Peiravani Kazem Mahmoudi |
| Fitness coach | Emad Mohajeri |
| Goalkeeper coach | Amir Yousefi |
| Team Manager | Hassan Azarnia |
| Media Officer | Mostafa Manteghey |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 27 July 2018 | 16 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 046.67 |
| Hazfi Cup | 14 September 2018 | 14 September 2018 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 045.16 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 57 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs |
| 4 | Padideh | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 56 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs |
| 5 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 52 | |
| 6 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 40 | |
| 7 | Saipa | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 38 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2019 (2019-05-16). 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Persian Gulf Pro League | Persian Gulf Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Mohsen Forouzan | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Tayyebi | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Reza Sharbati | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Ali Abdollahzadeh | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Alireza Naghizadeh | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Masoud Shojaei | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Ali Taheran | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mehdipour | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Ehsan Pahlavan | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Danial Esmaeilifar | 13 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Yousef Seyedi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IRN | Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Reza Azadi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Lee Erwin | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | IRN | Reza Abdi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Ashkan Dejagah | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Alireza Heidari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Yukiya Sugita | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Ehsan Hajsafi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | EIR | Anthony Stokes | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | DF | IRN | Iman Salimi | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | IRN | Hamed Hosseinalizadeh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | IRN | Mahdi Mohammadian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | IRN | Ali Esmaeili | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Amir Reza Nasr Azadani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Moslemipour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | IRN | Ghaem Eslamikhah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Ahle Shakheh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Harry Forrester | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 November 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| 1 | 28 | FW | | Anthony Stokes | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | 21 | MF | | Ashkan Dejagah | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Danial Esmaeilifar | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 19 | FW | | Lee Erwin | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Masoud Shojaei | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 9 | MF | | Mehdi Mehdipour | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 24 | FW | | Yukiya Sugita | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Ali Abdollahzadeh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | | Iman Salimi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Alireza Naghizadeh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 3 | 39 |
Last updated: 30 March 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Mohsen Forouzan | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Last updated: 30 March 2019