2023–24 Tractor S.C. season

The 2023–24 season is the Tractor Sport Club's 16th season in the Pro League, and their 15th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League.

Tractor

2023–24 season
Chairman	Hooshang Nasirzadeh
Manager	Paco Jémez
Stadium	Sahand Stadium
Pro League	4th
Hazfi Cup	Quarter-finals
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-offs
Average home league attendance	31,923
Home colours Away colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Players

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Hossein Pour Hamidi 2 DF  IRN Mehdi Shiri 3 DF  IRN Shojae Khalilzadeh (captain) 4 DF  IRN Mohammad Aghajanpour 5 MF  IRQ Safaa Hadi 6 MF  IRN Mehdi Hosseini 7 MF  BRA Gustavo Vagenin 9 MF  IRN Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh 10 MF  POR Ricardo Alves 14 DF  IRN Milad KorU21 16 FW  IRN Mehdi Abdi (on loan from Persepolis) 17 DF  IRN Saeid KarimazarU23 19 FW  SRB Milos Deletic 20 FW  IRN Mehdi HashemnejadU23 21 GK  IRN Ehsan Moradian

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  IRN Mohammad Naderi 33 DF  IRN Aref Aghasi 49 GK  IRN Adib ZareiU21 66 MF  IRN Behzad SalamiU23 72 FW  IRN Arsalan Motahari 75 DF  IRN Mohammad Hosseini 78 FW  IRN Rahman Jafari 88 MF  IRN Siamak Nemati 90 FW  IRN Sajjad Ashouri 91 FW  IRN Amirreza JeddiU21 93 MF  IRN Mehdi ShabaniU23 95 DF  IRN Morteza JavaheriU23 96 DF  IRN Abolfazl RezaeiU21 97 FW  IRN Amirali KhorramiU21 99 FW  IRN Amir EbrahimzadehU21

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2023 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2023–24

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Hossein Pour Hamidi (Loan return from Aluminium Arak)[1] 12 GK  IRN Adib Zarei (from Shahin Bushehr)[2] 3 DF  IRN Shojae Khalilzadeh (from Al Ahli)[3] 77 DF  IRN Saeid Aghaei (from Foolad)[4] 2 DF  IRN Mehdi Shiri (from Foolad)[5] 20 MF  IRN Mehdi Hosseini (from Mes Rafsanjan)[6] 21 DF  IRN Aref Aghasi (from Foolad)[7] 8 MF  ESP Álvaro Jiménez (On loan from Cádiz)[8] 16 MF  IRN Siamak Nemati (from Persepolis)[9] 29 FW  IRN Aref Rostami (from Mes Kerman) 22 DF  IRN Mohammad Naderi (from Altay)[10] 99 MF  IRN Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (from Charleroi)[11] 80 MF  IRN Mohammadreza Shakibkhou (from Aluminium Arak) 16 FW  IRN Mehdi Abdi (On loan from Persepolis)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRN Mohammad Reza Akhbari (to Gol Gohar)[12] 2 DF  IRN Abolfazl Razzaghpour (to Gol Gohar)[13] 33 FW  IRN Mohammad Abbaszadeh (to Foolad)[14] 99 FW  IRN Kaveh Rezaei (to Sepahan)[15] 17 DF  IRN Pouria Aria Kia (to Zob Ahan)[16] 9 MF  IRN Reza Asadi (to Sepahan)[17] 8 MF  IRN Shahin Saghebi (to Paykan)[18] 96 FW  IRN Mohammadreza Abbasi (to Nassaji Mazandaran)[19] 6 MF  IRN Mehdi Kiani (to Kheybar Khorramabad)[20] 30 GK  IRN Mehdi Haghighat (to Mes Sungun)[21] 4 DF  IRN Hadi Mohammadi (to Sepahan) 19 FW  IRN Hamed Pakdel (to Paykan) 19 DF  IRN Arash Ghaderi (to Zob Ahan) 23 DF  IRN Sajjad Danaei (to Kheybar Khorramabad)[22] 40 GK  IRN Reza Kakhsaz (to Naft MIS) 69 GK  IRN Reza Seyf Ahmadi (Unattached) 77 MF  ESP Jaime Romero (Unattached)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Starting round	Record
		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	Matchday 1	15	9	1	5	21	10	+11	060.00
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total		16	9	1	6	22	13	+9	056.25

Last updated: 30 December 2023 (2023-12-30).
Source: Competitions

Persian Gulf Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Persian Gulf Pro League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Esteghlal	30	19	10	1	40	15	+25	67	Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite League stage
3	Sepahan	30	17	6	7	53	26	+27	57	Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying play-offs[a]
4	Tractor	30	16	6	8	42	22	+20	54	Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage
5	Zob Ahan	30	11	9	10	30	29	+1	42
6	Malavan	30	10	11	9	31	26	+5	41

Source: Iran Football League Organization - League Full Table, Iplstats
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off at neutral venue.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[23]
Notes:

1. Qualified as the 2023–24 Hazfi Cup winners.

Results by round

Round	1	2	4	3	5	7	6	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	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	13	14	11	6	6	6	5	7	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Points	0	0	3	6	9	12	12	12	15	15	18	21	24	25	28

Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2024 (2024-07-13). Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 August.^[24]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Sepahan v Tractor

10 August 2023 1	Sepahan	3–1	Tractor	Isfahan
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Zakipour  6' Moghanlou 11' Shekari  12', 60' Nilson  15'  79' Asadi 25' Ahmadzadeh  45+1' Daneshgar  45+5' Rezaei  90+7'	Report	Hadi  45+5'  86' Karimazar 89',  90' Aghajanpour  90+1' Alves  90+6' Khalilzadeh  90+7'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

Tractor v Persepolis

16 August 2023 2	Tractor	0–1	Persepolis	Tabriz
19:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Report	Sadeghi 42'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Amir Arab Baraghi

Tractor v Mes Rafsanjan

28 August 2023 4	Tractor	1–0	Mes Rafsanjan	Tabriz
20:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Abdi 85' Gustavo  86' Karimazar  88' Shiri  90+2'	Report	Adnan  57' Khodabandelou  81'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Yaser Hamrang

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Tractor

2 September 2023 3	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0–1	Tractor	Ahvaz
21:30 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Shoushtari  35' Motlaghzadeh  65' Kazemi  85' Karimzadeh  90+8'	Report	Khalilzadeh  45+3' Gustavo  85', 90+2' Hadi  90+8'	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Seyed Reza Mahdavi

Havadar v Tractor

20 September 2023 5	Havadar	0–1	Tractor	Tehran
18:00 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Eslamikhah  12' Ghaseminejad  12' Pasandideh  61'	Report	Aghasi 16' Gustavo  28' Shiri  56' Pour Hamidi  70' Khalilzadeh  83' Ghanbari  90+2'	Stadium: Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Baay

Aluminium v Tractor

5 October 2023 7	Aluminium	0–4	Tractor	Arak
17:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)		Report	Khalilzadeh  25' Abdi  26' , 77' Nemati 41' Jiménez  65' Alves  67' Rostami 87' Hosseinzadeh 90+3'	Stadium: Imam Khomeini Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Abbas Raki

Tractor v Shams Azar

21 October 2023 6	Tractor	2–3	Shams Azar	Tabriz
18:15 IRST (UTC+03:30)	Aghajanpour  16' Abdi 70' (pen.) Alves 82'	Report	Sarabadani 17' (pen.) Rezaei 33' , 49' Nesaei 46' Moradi  90+2' Jafarpour  90+8' Emamali  90+10'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rouhollah Sharifi

Zob Ahan v Tractor

8	Zob Ahan	1–0	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Nassaji Mazandaran

9	Tractor	3–0	Nassaji Mazandaran
		Report

Esteghlal v Tractor

10	Esteghlal	2–0	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Foolad

11	Tractor	2–0	Foolad
		Report

Gol Gohar v Tractor

12	Gol Gohar	0–1	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Paykan

13	Tractor	2–0	Paykan
		Report

Malavan v Tractor

14	Malavan	0–0	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Sanat Naft

15	Tractor	3–0	Sanat Naft
		Report

Tractor v Sepahan

16	Tractor	0–0	Sepahan
		Report

Persepolis v Tractor

17	Persepolis	2–0	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Esteghlal Khuzestan

18	Tractor	2–0	Esteghlal Khuzestan
		Report

Mes Rafsanjan v Tractor

19	Mes Rafsanjan	1–1	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Havadar

20	Tractor	4–2	Havadar
		Report

Shams Azar v Tractor

21	Shams Azar	0–2	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Aluminium Arak

22	Tractor	1–1	Aluminium Arak
		Report

Tractor v Zob Ahan

23	Tractor	1–4	Zob Ahan
		Report

Nassaji Mazandaran v Tractor

24	Nassaji Mazandaran	1–0	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Esteghlal

25	Tractor	0–0	Esteghlal
		Report

Foolad v Tractor

26	Foolad	0–2	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Gol Gohar

27	Tractor	2–0	Gol Gohar
		Report

Paykan v Tractor

28	Paykan	0–0	Tractor
		Report

Tractor v Malavan

29	Tractor	3–1	Malavan
		Report

Sanat Naft v Tractor

30	Sanat Naft	0–3	Tractor
		Report

Hazfi Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Hazfi Cup

Chooka Talesh v Tractor

8 February 2024 (2024-02-08) Round of 32	Chooka Talesh	0–3	Tractor
Note: Chooka Talesh withdrew.

Tractor v Zob Ahan

26 April 2024 (2024-04-26) Round of 16	Tractor	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Zob Ahan	Tabriz
18:30				Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium

Tractor v Mes Rafsanjan

16 May 2024 (2024-05-16) Quarter-final	Tractor	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Mes Rafsanjan	Tabriz
19:00			Mohammad Mehdi Mohebi 91'	Stadium: Yadegar-e Emam Stadium

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 AFC Champions League

Tractor v Sharjah

22 August 2023 (2023-08-22) Play-off round	Tractor	1–3	Sharjah	Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Tabriz
19:30 UTC+3:30	Hashemnejad 86'	Report	Abdulrahman 25' Camara 84' Lucas 90'	Attendance: 69,594 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)