2018–19 Zob Ahan F.C. season

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Zob Ahan Isfahan FC

| season = 2018–19

| stadium = Foolad Shahr Stadium

| manager = Omid Namazi
(until 14 November 2018)
Alireza Mansourian
(from 15 November 2018)

| chairman = Saeid Azari

| league = Iran Pro League

| league result = 6th

| cup1 = Hazfi Cup

| cup1 result = Round of 32

| cup2 = AFC Champions League

| cup2 result = Round of 16

| league topscorer =

| season topscorer =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| prevseason = 2017–18

| nextseason = 2019–20

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The 2018–19 season was Zob Ahan Football Club's 18th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They also competed in the Hazfi Cup and AFC Champions League, and had their 48th year in existence as a football club.

Players

=First team squad=

:As of 30 May 2019.

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| style="background:#FF9F00; width: 29px;"|

Released – Retired

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style="background: #006600; color:white; text-align:right" | {{Abbr| No. |Squad Number}}

!style="background: #006600;width:230px; color:white; text-align:right" | Name

!style="background: #006600;width:50px; color:white; text-align:right" | {{Abbr|Nat.|Nationality}}

!style="background: #006600;width:190px; color:white; text-align:right" | Position(s)

!style="background: #006600;width:50px; color:white; text-align:right" | Since

!style="background: #006600;width:250px; color:white; text-align:right" | Date of Birth (Age)

!style="background: #006600;width:200px; color:white; text-align:right" | Signed From

!style="background: #006600;width:50px; color:white; text-align:right" | {{Abbr| Ends |contracts Ends}}

!style="background: #006600; color:white; text-align:right" | {{Abbr| Games |Games played}}

!style="background: #006600; color:white; text-align:right" | {{Abbr| Goals |Goals scored}}

colspan=10 style="background: #DCDCDC; text-align:right" | Goalkeepers
1

| Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| GK

| 2017

| {{Birth date and age|1989|4|1}}

| (Youth system)
{{Flagicon|IRN}} Saipa

| 2019

| 57

| 0

style="background:#ff9f00;"
12

| Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| GK

| 2014

| {{Birth date and age|1989|5|18}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Foolad

| 2019

| 176

| 0

13

| Meraj Esmaeili

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| GK

| 2017

| {{Birth date and age|2000|1|13}}

| (Youth system)

| 2020

| 2

| 0

colspan=10 style="background: #DCDCDC; text-align:right" | Defenders
2

| Mohammad Nejad Mehdi

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| CB / RB

| 2015

| {{Birth date and age|1992|10|20}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Padideh

| 2019

| 128

| 7

3

| Vahid Mohammadzadeh

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| CB / LB

| 2016

| {{Birth date and age|1989|5|16}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Saipa

| 2020

| 105

| 5

4

| Hadi Mohammadi

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| CB

| 2014

| {{Birth date and age|1991|3|8}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Damash

| 2019

| 93

| 5

5

| Aref Gholami

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| CB / RB

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age|1997|4|19}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Sepahan

| 2019

| 7

| 0

24

| Mehran Derakhshan Mehr

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| LB / LM

| 2015

| {{Birth date and age|1998|8|10}}

| (Youth system)

| 2018

| 65

| 3

26

| Mojtaba Moghtadaei

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| RB

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1996|3|20}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Sanat Naft

| 2021

| 8

| 0

61

| Masoud Ebrahimzadeh

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| LB / LM

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age|1989|1|16}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Sanat Naft

| 2020

| 19

| 0

69

| Milad Fakhreddini

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| RB / RM

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age|1990|5|26}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Gostaresh Foulad

| 2020

| 55

| 4

colspan=10 style="background: #DCDCDC; text-align:right" | Midfielders
6

| Hamid Bou Hamdan

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| DM / LB

| 2017

| {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1991|5|5}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Foolad

| 2020

| 75

| 2

7

| Mohammad Reza Hosseini

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| RW / AM

| 2015

| {{Birth date and age|1989|9|15}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Fajr Sepasi

| 2019

| 133

| 14

8

| Ghasem Hadadifar

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| CM / DM

| 2003

| {{Birth date and age|1983|7|12}}

| (Youth system)

| 2019

| 349

| 20

10

| Mohsen Mosalman

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| AM / CM

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1991|1|27}}

| (Youth system)
{{Flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis

| 2020

| 147

| 15

17

| Mohammadreza Abbasi

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| AM / LW / RW

| 2014

| {{Birth date and age|1996|7|27}}

| (Youth system)

| 2020

| 81

| 5

20

| Zobeir Niknafs

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| DM / CM

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1993|4|12}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Sanat Naft

| 2020

| 29

| 1

23

| Reza Habibzadeh

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| LW / RW

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1996|4|13}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Naft Tehran

| 2021

| 23

| 3

47

| Mojtaba Haghdoust

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| AM

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1996|1|22}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Foolad

| 2021

| 0

| 0

77

| Abouzar Safarzadeh

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| | RW / LW

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1995|12|24}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Fajr Sepasi

| 2021

| 2

| 0

colspan=11 style="background: #DCDCDC; text-align:right" | Forwards
9

| Masoud Hassanzadeh

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| CF

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age|1991|4|12}}

| {{Flagicon|IRN}} Sepahan

| 2020

| 56

| 17

14

| Eddie Hernández

| {{Flagicon|HON}}

| CF

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age|1991|2|27}}

| {{Flagicon|KAZ}} Irtysh Pavlodar

| 2019

| 3

| 2

99

| Marion Silva Fernandes

| {{Flagicon|BRA}}

| LW / CF

| 2018

| {{Birth date and age|1991|9|7}}

| {{Flagicon|BRA}} CRB

| 2020

| 2

| 0

colspan=11 style="background: #DCDCDC; text-align:right" |loan Players
6

| Mehdi Mehdipour

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| DM, CM

| 2014

| | {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1994|2|18}}

| colspan="2"| On loan at Tractor Sazi

| 106

| 2

23

| Danial Esmaeilifar

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| RM, RB

| 2014

| | {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1993|2|26}}

| colspan="2"| On loan at Tractor Sazi

| 104

| 6

10

| Ehsan Pahlavan

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| LM, LW, AM

| 2013

| | {{Birth date and age2|2018|5|15|1993|7|25}}

| colspan="2"| On loan at Tractor Sazi

| 131

| 13

colspan=11 style="background: #DCDCDC; text-align:right" | Players transferred during the season
11

| Morteza Tabrizi

| {{Flagicon|IRN}}

| LW / CF

| 2013

| | {{Birth date and age|1991|1|6}}

| colspan="2"| Moving to Esteghlal

| 180

| 53

Transfers

= In =

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{{Tooltip|No|Squad Number}}

!P

!Name

!Age

!Moving from

!Ends

!Transfer
fee

!Type

!Transfer
window

!Quota

!Source

4

|{{Fb position

|Hadi Mohammadi

|27

Tractor Sazi

|2019

|—

|Loan return

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=بازگشت هادی محمدی به ذوب آهن!|url=http://www.ghatreh.com/news/nn42834533/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C/|publisher=Ghatreh|access-date=2018-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711204703/http://www.ghatreh.com/news/nn42834533/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C|archive-date=2018-07-11|url-status=dead}}

22

|{{Fb position

|Mohammad Amin Bahrami

|21

Tractor Sazi

|2019

|—

|Loan return

|Summer

|

|

9

|{{Fb position

|Masoud Hassanzadeh

|27

Sepahan

|2020

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=بازگشت مسعود حسن زاده به ذوب آهن |url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1528715/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86/|publisher=varzesh3}}

10

|{{Fb position

|Mohsen Mosalman

|27

Persepolis

|2020

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=مسلمان به ذوب آهن پیوست |url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1528726/%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=varzesh3}}

61

|{{Fb position

|Masoud Ebrahimzadeh

|29

Sanat Naft

|2020

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=مسعود ابراهیم زاده به ذوب آهن پیوست |url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1529138/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=varzesh3}}

23

|{{Fb position

|Reza Habibzadeh

|22

Naft Tehran

|2021

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|

77

|{{Fb position

|Abouzar Safarzadeh

|22

Fajr Sepasi

|2021

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|

20

|{{Fb position

|Zobeir Niknafs

|25

Sanat Naft

|2020

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=هافبک صنعت نفت به ذوب آهن پیوست |url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1531925/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A8%DA%A9-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=varzesh3}}

47

|{{Fb position

|Mojtaba Haghdoust

|22

Foolad

|2021

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=حق دوست به ذوب آهن پیوست |url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1532148/%D8%AD%D9%82-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=varzesh3}}

99

|{{Fb position

|Marion Silva Fernandes

|26

{{flagicon|BRA}} CRB

|2020

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=جانشین کی روش ذوب آهن از برزیل آمد|url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1532165/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF/|publisher=varzesh3}}

14

|{{Fb position

|Eddie Hernández

|27

{{flagicon|KAZ}} Irtysh Pavlodar

|2019

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=مهاجم تیم ملی هندوراس به ذوب آهن پیوست|url=http://www.pana.ir/news/833010/|publisher=pana.ir}}

26

|{{Fb position

|Mojtaba Moghtadaei

|22

Sanat Naft

|2021

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|

5

|{{Fb position

|Aref Gholami

|21

Sepahan

|2019

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|{{cite web|title=مدافع سپاهان به ذوب‌آهن پیوست|url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1543524/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3/|publisher=varzesh3}}

32

|{{Fb position

|Hamid Maleki

|21

Sepidrood

|2021

|—

|Transfer

|Summer

|

|

= Out =

class="wikitable sortable " style="text-align:center"
{{Tooltip| No | Squad Number}}

!P

!Name

!Age

!Moving to

!Transfer fee

!Type

!Transfer
window

!Source

9

|{{Fb position

|Rabih Ataya

|28

|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Al Ansar

|Free

|

|Summer

{{cite web|title=بازگشت هافبک ذوب آهن به لبنان |url=http://www.imna.ir/news/344347/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A8%DA%A9-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86/|publisher=imna}}
99

|{{Fb position

|Kiros Stanlley

|29

|Sepahan

|Free

|

|Summer

{{cite web|title=کی روش استنلی به سپاهان پیوست |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/97030804000/%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=isna}}
66

|{{Fb position

|Khaled Shafiei

|30

|Sepahan

|Free

|

|Summer

{{cite web|title=خالد شفیعی به سپاهان پیوست |url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1528936/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=varzesh3}}
33

|{{Fb position

|Mohammad Sattari

|24

|Pars Jonoubi

|Free

|

|Summer

{{cite web|title=مدافع ذوب آهن به پارس جنوبی پیوست |url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1531784/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=varzesh3}}
4

|{{Fb position

|Akbar Imani

|26

|Sanat Naft

|Free

|

|Summer

{{cite web|title=اکبر ایمانی به صنعت نفت آبادان پیوست |url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1532078/%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=varzesh3}}
21

|{{Fb position

|Bakhtiar Rahmani

|26

|Sepahan

|Free

|

|Summer

{{cite web|title=بختیار رحمانی به سپاهان پیوست |url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1538595/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/|publisher=varzesh3}}
32

|{{Fb position

|Mohammad Amini

|22

|Sorkhpooshan

|Free

|

|Summer

5

|{{Fb position

|Giorgi Gvelesiani

|27

|Nassaji

|Free

|

|Summer

11

|{{Fb position

|Morteza Tabrizi

|27

|Esteghlal

|180 Tsd.

|

|Summer

{{cite web|title=مرتضی تبریزی به استقلال پیوست |url=https://www.tarafdari.com/node/1040981/|publisher=tarafdari}}
30

|{{Fb position

|Mehdi Rajabzadeh

|40

|Retired

|Free

|

|Summer

{{cite web|title=رجب زاده خداحافظی کرد، شماره 30 بایگانی شد |url=https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1531836/%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A8-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-30-%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF/|publisher=varzesh3}}

Competitions

= Overview =

{{Fb overview2

|c=3

|c1=PGPL |fm1= 26 July 2018 |lm1= 16 May 2019 |sr1=Matchday 1 |fp1=6th |w1=9 |d1=13 |l1=8 |f1=28 |a1=28

|c2=Hazfi Cup |fm2= 13 September 2018 |lm2= 13 September 2018|sr2= Round of 32 |fp2= Round of 32|w2=0 |d2=0 |l2=1 |f2=1 |a2=2

|c3=2019 ACL |fm3= 12 February 2019 |lm3= |sr3= Preliminary round 2 |fp3= |w3=5 |d3=2 |l3=0 |f3=14 |a3=7

|u=7 May 2019

}}

=Iran Pro League=

{{main|2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League}}

== Standings ==

{{:2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League|transcludesection=League table|showteam=ZOB}}

== Results summary ==

{{Fb_rs |hw=3 |hd=8 |hl=4 |hgf=14 |hga=13 |aw=6 |ad=5 |al=4 |agf=14|aga=15 }}

{{Fb_rs_footer |u=3 May 2019|s=[http://www.iplstats.com/tableoverall.htm Ipl Stats]|date=December 2018}}

== Results by round ==

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b

|header=Round

|label1= Ground

| res1=A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A

|label2= Result

| res2=W/D/D/L/W/L/L/D/D/D/L/L/L/D/D/D/L/L/D/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/W/D

|label3= Position

| res3=4/4/6/8/4/9/9/9/9/9/11/12/13/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/13/12/10/10/8/8/8/7/6/6

|text_H=Home|text_A=Away

|color_W=green2|text_W=Win

|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss

|color_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd

|updated=3 May 2019

|source={{cite web|title = Ipl | url = http://www.iplstats.com/team8.htm}}

|date=May 2015

}}

==Matches==

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 1

|date = July 27, 2018

|time = UTC+04:30

|team1 = Nassaji Mazandaran

|score = –

|report = [ Report]

|team2 = Zob Ahan

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Vatani Stadium

|location = Qa'em Shahr

|attendance =

|referee =

|result =

}}

AFC Champions League

= AFC Champions League 2019 =

{{main|2019 AFC Champions League}}

==Qualifying play-offs==

{{main|2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs}}

{{footballbox collapsible

|round = Preliminary round 2

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|12|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|3:30}}

|team1 = Zob Ahan {{flagicon|IRN}}

|score = 1–0

|aet = yes

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/1033757

|team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Kuwait

|goals1 = Marion {{yel|72}}
Mazaheri {{yel|112}}
Osaguona {{goal|110}}, {{yel|120}}

|goals2 = Youssuf {{yel|66}}
Mido {{yel|75}}
Al Hajri {{yel|103}}
Zayid {{yel|109}}
Hamoud {{yel|113}}

|location = Isfahan

|stadium = Foolad Shahr Stadium

|attendance = 3,600

|referee = Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

|result = W

}}

{{footballbox collapsible

|round = Play-off round

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|19|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|3}}

|team1 = Al-Gharafa {{flagicon|QAT}}

|score = 2–3

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/1033765

|team2 = {{flagicon|IRN}} Zob Ahan

|goals1 = Alaaeldin {{goal|21}}
Taremi {{goal|36}}
Mendes {{yel|58}}

|goals2 = Osaguona {{goal|47}}
Motahari {{goal|63}}
Nejad Mehdi {{goal|79}}

|location = Al Rayyan

|stadium = Thani bin Jassim Stadium

|attendance = 677

|referee = Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

|result = W

}}

==Group stage==

{{main|2019 AFC Champions League group stage#Group A}}

{{2019 AFC Champions League group tables|Group A|show_matches=yes|teamwidth=240|showteam=ZOB}}

{{football box collapsible

|id = A3 v A2

|round = 1

|date = {{Start date|2019|3|4|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|3:30}}

|team1 = Zob Ahan {{flagicon|IRN}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/1033961 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14727 Stats Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|IRQ}} Al-Zawra'a

|goals1 = Haddadifar {{yel|30}}

|goals2 = Saeed {{yel|17}}
Kareem {{yel|28}}

|stadium = Foolad Shahr Stadium

|location = Isfahan, Iran

|attendance = 2,433

|referee = Fu Ming (China)

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|id = A4 v A3

|round = 2

|date = {{Start date|2019|3|11|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:45|4}}

|team1 = Al-Nassr {{flagicon|KSA}}

|score = 2–3

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/1033962 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14728 Stats Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|IRN}} Zob Ahan

|goals1 = Giuliano {{goal|5}}
Hamdallah {{goal|58|pen.}}

|goals2 = Fakhreddini {{yel|24}}
Nejadmehdi {{goal|30}}
Mohammadzadeh {{goal|39}}, {{yel|90+4}}
Mazaheri {{yel|56}}
Motahari {{goal|90+1}}
Hosseini {{yel|90+4}}

|stadium = Al Maktoum Stadium

|location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

|attendance = 2,850

|referee = Ma Ning (China)

|result = W

|note = Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

}}

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|id = A1 v A3

|round = 3

|date = {{Start date|2019|4|8|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:40|4}}

|team1 = Al-Wasl {{flagicon|UAE}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/1033965 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14731 Stats Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|IRN}} Zob Ahan

|goals1 = Caio {{goal|14}}
Esmaeel {{yel|67}}
Khamis {{yel|74}}
Ali {{yel|79}}
Al-Bloushi {{yel|90+2}}

|goals2 = Osaguona {{goal|16}}
Motahari {{goal|35}}
Niknafs {{yel|43}}
Bouhamdan {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Zabeel Stadium

|location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

|attendance = 620

|referee = Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

|result = W

}}

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|id = A3 v A1

|round = 4

|date = {{Start date|2019|4|23|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|4:30}}

|team1 = Zob Ahan {{flagicon|IRN}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/1033967 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14733 Stats Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Wasl

|goals1 = Cheraghali {{goal|2}}
Bouhamdan {{yel|9}}
Osaguona {{yel|11}}
Motahari {{goal|15}}, {{yel|39}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Foolad Shahr Stadium

|location = Isfahan, Iran

|attendance = 3,560

|referee = Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|id = A2 v A3

|round = 5

|date = {{Start date|2019|5|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|21:30|3}}

|team1 = Al-Zawraa {{flagicon|IRQ}}

|score = 2–2

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/1033968 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14735 Stats Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|IRN}} Zob Ahan

|goals1 = Abbas {{goal|44}}
Abdul-Raheem {{goal|61}}
Fadhel {{yel|84}}

|goals2 = Niknafs {{goal|28}}
Osaguona {{yel|82}}
Habibzadeh {{goal|90+2}}
Fakhreddini {{sentoff|0|90+10}}

|stadium = Karbala Sports City

|location = Karbala, Iraq

|attendance = 7,621

|referee = Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|id = A3 v A4

|round = 6

|date = {{Start date|2019|5|29|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|21:30|3}}

|team1 = Zob Ahan {{flagicon|IRN}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2019/1033970 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14737 Stats Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Nassr

|goals1 = Nejadmehdi {{yel|76}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Grand Hamad Stadium

|location = Doha, Qatar

|attendance = 456

|referee = Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

|result = D

|note = Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

}}

Statistics

= Appearances =

{{Extended football squad start|Pro League|AFC Champions League|Hazfi Cup}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=1|name=Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi|pos=GK|nat=IRN|4|0|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=2|name=Mohammad Nejad Mehdi|pos=DF|nat=IRN|17|1|8|2|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=3|name=Vahid Mohammadzadeh|pos=DF|nat=IRN|19|1|4|1|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=4|name=Hadi Mohammadi|pos=DF|nat=IRN|20|1|5|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=5|name=Aref Gholami|pos=DF|nat=IRN|7|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=6|name=Hamid Bou Hamdan|pos=MF|nat=IRN|27|1|8|1|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=7|name=Mohammad Reza Hosseini|pos=MF|nat=IRN|27|2|7|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=8|name=Ghasem Hadadifar|pos=MF|nat=IRN|22|0|8|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=9|name=Mohammad Reza Khalatbari|pos=FW|nat=IRN|1|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=10|name=Mohsen Mosalman|pos=MF|nat=IRN|12|3|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=11|name=Morteza Tabrizi|pos=FW|nat=IRN|1|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=12|name=Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri|pos=GK|nat=IRN|25|0|7|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=13|name=Meraj Esmaeili|pos=GK|nat=IRN|2|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=14|name=Eddie Hernández|pos=FW|nat=HON|13|3|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=16|name=Alireza Cheraghali|pos=MF|nat=IRN|9|1|7|1|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=17|name=Mohammadreza Abbasi|pos=MF|nat=IRN|21|0|4|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=18|name=Christian Osaguona|pos=FW|nat=NGR|13|1|6|3|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=19|name=Alireza Ghaderi|pos=MF|nat=IRN|1|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=20|name=Zobeir Niknafs|pos=MF|nat=IRN|23|0|6|1|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=21|name=Ali Khodadadi|pos=FW|nat=IRN|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=23|name=Reza Habibzadeh|pos=MF|nat=IRN|17|2|5|1|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=24|name=Mehran Derakhshan Mehr|pos=DF|nat=IRN|13|2|4|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=26|name=Mojtaba Moghtadaei|pos=DF|nat=IRN|8|0|2|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=28|name=Hamidreza Sepahi|pos=MF|nat=IRN|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=32|name=Hamid Maleki|pos=DF|nat=IRN|11|0|6|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=33|name=Alireza Monazzemi|pos=FW|nat=IRN|3|0|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=47|name=Mojtaba Haghdoost|pos=MF|nat=IRN|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=48|name=Nima Taheri|pos=DF|nat=IRN|1|0|2|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=61|name=Masoud Ebrahimzadeh|pos=DF|nat=IRN|17|0|3|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=69|name=Milad Fakhreddini|pos=DF|nat=IRN|24|0|7|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=70|name=Rahim Zahivi|pos=FW|nat=IRN|4|1|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=72|name=Amir Arsalan Motahari|pos=FW|nat=IRN|13|6|7|4|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=77|name=Abouzar Safarzadeh|pos=MF|nat=IRN|14|0|1|0|1|1}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=99|name=Marion Silva Fernandes|pos=FW|nat=BRA|23|2|4|0|1|0}}

|}

=Hazfi Cup=

{{main|2018–19 Hazfi Cup}}

== Matches ==

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

=Top scorers=

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

:Last updated on 15 May 2018

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!width=60|Position

!width=60|Nation

!width=150|Name

!width=80|Pro League

!width=80|Champions League

!width=80|Hazfi Cup

!width=80|Total

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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 May 2018

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width=60|Ranking

!width=60|Position

!width=60|Nation

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!width=80|Champions League

!width=80|Hazfi Cup

!width=80|Total

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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 15 May 2019

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!colspan=3|2017–18 Iran Pro League

!colspan=3|AFC Champions League

!colspan=3|Hazfi Cup

!colspan=3|Total

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!width="5%"|Nation

!width="5%"|Number

!width="20%"|Name

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!width=60 |{{sent off}}

!width=60 |{{yel}}

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= Goals conceded =

  • Updated on 30 May 2016

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!width=60|Nation

!width=60|Number

!width=200|Name

!width=80|Pro League

!width=80|Champions League

!width=80|Hazfi Cup

!width=80|Total

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= Own goals =

  • Updated on 5 January 2016

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!width=60|Nation

!width=60|Number

!width=200|Name

!width=80|Pro League

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!width=80|Hazfi Cup

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Club

File:Alireza Mansourian - Foolad vs. Esteghlal.jpg, current manager of Zob Ahan]]

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Position

! Name

Head Coach{{flagicon|IRN}} Alireza Mansourian
Assistant Coach{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammad Khorramgah
{{flagicon|IRN}} Ali Dehghan
Goalkeeping Coach{{flagicon|NIR}} Anthony McAllen
Fitness Coach{{flagicon|Scotland}} Brian O'Donnell
Analyst{{flagicon|IRN}} Kianoush Forouzesh
Physiotherapist{{flagicon|IRN}} Abbas Moradi
Doctor{{flagicon|IRN}} Amir Hossein Sharifianpour
Logistics{{flagicon|IRN}} Mahmoud Mehruyan
Team Director{{flagicon|IRN}} Majid Hajrasouliha
B team manager{{flagicon|IRN}} Mehdi Rajabzadeh
Media Officer{{flagicon|IRN}} Ehsan Baeedi

=Other information=

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See also

References