# 2012–13 Saba Qom F.C. season

The 2012–13 season are the Saba Football Club's 9th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 9th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and 11th year in existence as a football club.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Samad Marfavi |
| Assist coach | Saket Elhami |
| Assist coach | Naser Bakhtiarizadeh |
| Assist coach | Reza Mohtasham |
| Assist coach | Hamid Motahari |
| Physiotherapist | Dr. Hossein Ghasem Abadi |
| Doctor | Dr. Nasser Etlaghi |
| Team Manager | Hossein Nejati |

### Golmohammadi's Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Yahya Golmohammadi |
| Assist coach | Mojtaba Hosseini |
| Assist coach | Naser Bakhtiarizadeh |

### Other personnel

| Position | Staff |
| Chairman | Mohammadreza Keshvari Fard |
| Media Officer | Golamreza Maleki |
* Munition Team
* Amir Sakoodan
* Aliakbar Sarlak

### Grounds

| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Yadegar Emam Stadium (10,610 / ) |

### Kit

Supplier: Majid Sponsor(s): Vegal
| Home Kit | Away Kit |

## Player
### Iran Pro League squad

    As of 31 January 2013. Esteghlal F.C. Iran Pro League Squad 2011-12
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 | Hamed Lak |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Morteza Kashi (Captain) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Mobini Pour |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Masoud Haghjou |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Badrlou |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Akbar Sadeghi |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mohsen Bayat |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Milad Nouri |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mohsen Khalili |
| 11 | DF | IRN | Majid Houtan |
| 12 | MF | CMR | David Wirikom |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Aram Tab |
| 14 | DF | IRN | Saeid Lotfi |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Meysam Khosravi |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Farid Karimi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Abdolfazl Ebrahimi |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Karim Eslami |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Bahman Tahmasbi |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Majid Heidari |
| 21 | GK | IRN | Farshad Ghadiri |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mehrdad Tahmasbi |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Arab |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Iman Razaghirad |
| 25 | FW | IRN | Milad Soleiman Fallah |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Saeed Sadeghi |
| 27 | DF | IRN | Ramin Rezaian |
| 29 | DF | IRN | Davoud Bahadori |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Momeni |
| 31 | DF | IRN | Rasoul Bakhtiarizadeh |
| 33 | MF | IRN | Hossein Maleki |
| 40 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Reza Vafaei |

### AFC Champions League squad

    As of 23 June 2013. Sabaye Qom F.C. Champions League Squad 2013
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 | Hamed Lak |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Morteza Kashi (Captain) |
| 3 | MF | CMR | David Wirikom |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Masoud Haghjou |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Badrlou |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Akbar Sadeghi |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Milad Nouri |
| 13 | MF | IRN | Majid Houtan |
| 14 | DF | IRN | Saeid Lotfi |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Meysam Khosravi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Farid Karimi |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Abdolfazl Ebrahimi |
| 18 | MF | IRN | Karim Eslami |
| 21 | DF | IRN | Mohsen Bayat |
| 22 | FW | IRN | Mohammad Arab |
| 23 | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Mobini Pour |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Iman Razaghirad |
| 25 | FW | IRN | Milad Soleiman Fallah |
| 27 | DF | IRN | Ramin Rezaian |
| 28 | GK | IRN | Mehrdad Tahmasbi |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Momeni |

## Transfers

Confirmed transfers 2012–13

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | IRN | Saeed Lotfi (from Shahrdari Arak) |
| — | MF | IRN | Meysam Khodashenas (from Nassaji Mazandaran) |
| — | FW | IRN | Bahman Tahmasbi (from Aluminium Hormozgan) |
| — | MF | IRN | Abdolfazl Ebrahimi (from Aluminium Hormozgan) |
| — | FW | IRN | Mohsen Khalili (from Mes Kerman) |
| — | GK | IRN | Farshad Ghadiri (from Mes Kerman) |
| — | | IRN | Masoud Haghjou (from Shahrdari Arak) |
| — | | IRN | Mehrdad Tahmasbi (from Kaveh Tehran) |
| — | DF | IRN | Mohammad Aram Tab (from Aluminium Hormozgan) |
| — | MF | IRN | Mehdi Momeni (from Foolad) |
| — | MF | IRN | Farid Karimi (from Steel Azin) |
| — | MF | CMR | David Wirikom (from Shirin Faraz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Vahid Hamdinejad (to Naft Tehran) |
| 7 | FW | IRN | Ali Molaei (to Fajr Sepasi) |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Reza Enayati (to Mes Kerman) |
| 7 | FW | IRN | Ali Molaei (to Fajr Sepasi) |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Ahmad Khormali (Released) |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Masoud Gholamalizad (Released) |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Released) |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Masoud Keshvari Fard (Released) |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Morteza Hashemizadeh (Released) |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Hamid Reza Farzaneh (Released) |
| 23 | FW | IRN | Ahmad Davoudi (Released) |
| — | MF | IRN | Hossein Gohari (Released) |
| — | | IRN | Meysam Mohajer (Released) |
| — | DF | IRN | Rasoul Berosh (from Damash Gilan) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Iman Razaghirad (from Rah Ahan) |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (from Free Agent) |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Meysam Khosravi (from Free Agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mohsen Khalili (Released) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup | — | — | 9th | 19 July 2012 | 10 May 2013 |
| AFC Champions League | Qualifying play-off | — | Qualifying play-off | February 9, 2013 | February 9, 2013 |
| 2012–13 Hazfi Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 16 | 14 December 2012 | 21 December 2012 |
Source: Competitions

### Iran Pro League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Persepolis | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 50 |
| 8 | Rah Ahan | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 48 |
| 9 | Saba Qom | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 |
| 10 | Saipa | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 |
| 11 | Damash | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 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: 8 March 2013. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

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

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Hazfi Cup
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Friendly Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad, appearances and goals

As of 16 June 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Iran Pro League | Iran Pro League | Hazfi Cup | Hazfi Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IRN | Hamed Lak | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | IRN | Alireza Ghadiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IRN | Mehrdad Tahmasbi | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Reza Vafaei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRN | Morteza Kashi | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Mobini Pour | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Masoud Haghjou | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | IRN | Majid Houtan | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Mohammad Aram Tab | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IRN | Saeid Lotfi | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Meysam Khosravi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IRN | Majid Heidari | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | IRN | Saeed Sadeghi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | IRN | Ramin Rezaian | 32 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | IRN | Davoud Bahadori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | IRN | Rasoul Bakhtiarizadeh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Badrlou | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Akbar Sadeghi | 27 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mohsen Bayat | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Milad Nouri | 34 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | CMR | David Tahnya Wirikom | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRN | Abdolfazl Ebrahimi | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Arab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | IRN | Hossein Maleki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | IRN | Mohsen Khalili | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Farid Karimi | 27 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRN | Karim Eslami | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IRN | Bahman Tahmasbi | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Iman Razaghirad | 17 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | IRN | Milad Soleiman Fallah | 26 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mehdi Momeni | 30 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goals conceded

* Updated on 21 May 2011
| Ran | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Champions League | Hazfi Cup | Total | Minutes per goal |
| 1 | | GK | | Hamed Lak | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 min |
| 22 | | GK | | Mehrdad Tahmasbi | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 98.18182 min |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 33 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 90 min |