2010–11 Zob Ahan F.C. season

Zob Ahan F.C.

2010-11 season
Chairman	Asghar Dalili
Manager	Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
Persian Gulf League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Round of 32
Champions League	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (11)
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This is a list of Zob Ahan F.C.'s results at the Persian Gulf Cup 2010-11, Hazfi Cup 2010-11 and ACL 2010.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Shahab Gordan 2 DF Seyed Mohammad Hosseini 3 DF Mohamad Ali Ahmadi 4 DF Farshid Talebi 5 DF Mohammad Salsali (captain) 9 MF Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 10 FW Esmaeil Farhadi 12 GK Abbas Ghasemi 14 MF Ghasem Hadadifar (vice-captain) 15 FW Igor Castro 17 MF Sina Ashouri 19 FW Mohammad Ghazi 20 MF Alireza Hadadifar 21 MF Omid Abolhassani 22 GK Mohammad Bagher Sadeghi

No. Position Player 23 MF Ahmad Mohammadpour 25 DF Hossein Mahini 26 MF Payam Sadeghian 27 MF Ali Goudarzi 28 MF Iman Shirazi 29 DF Vinicius Evandro 30 FW Mehdi Rajabzadeh 31 MF Shahin Kheiri 32 FW Jalal Rafkhaei 33 GK Hamid Reza Bajlavand 34 DF Hamid Shafaat 35 MF Majid Noormohammadi 36 DF Hamid Parvar 37 MF Alireza Asgari

Iran Pro League 2010/11

Zob Ahan schedule IPL 2010/11

Win

Draw

Lose

Last updated May 20, 2011

#	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Goal	Yellow card	Red card	Fans	Ref
1	26-Jul-2010	Zob Ahan	2-1	Peykan	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari  14 (pen),36'	Mohamad Ghazi, Mehdi Rajabzadeh, Majid Noormohammadi	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	1,000	Bakhshizadeh
2	31-Jul-2010	Mes	1-2	Zob Ahan	Shahid Bahonar/Kerman	Esmail Farhadi 10', Mohammad Ghazi 59'	Farsheed Talebi, Ghasem Haddadifar, Mohamad Reza Khalatbari, Shahin Khayri	-	3,000	Jabbari
3	05-Aug-2010	Zob Ahan	1-1	Esteghlal	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Mohammad Hosseini 79'	Mohamad Ali Ahmadi, Mohamad Reza Khalatbari	-	10,000	Afsharian
4	14-Aug-2010	Saipa	0-2	Zob Ahan	Enghelab/Karaj	Igor Castro 12', Mohammad Hossaini 42'	Ghasem Hadadifar	-	3.000	Torki
5	18-Sep-2010	Zob Ahan	1-0	Sepahan	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 27'	Shahabeddin Gordan	-	8,000	Moradi
6	23-Aug-2010	Sanat Naft	2-1	Zob Ahan	Takhti/Abadan	Mohammad Hossaini 10'	Shahin Khayri, Hossain Mahini	-	25,000	Jahanbazi
7	28-Aug-2010	Zob Ahan	2-1	Saba	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Igor Castro 66', Mohammad Hossaini  82'	Ghasem Haddadifar, Sina Ashori, Omid Abolhassani	-	3,000	Hajipour
8	10-Sep-2010	Teraktor Sazi	1-2	Zob Ahan	Yadegar Emam/Tabriz	Mohammad Hossaini 24', Mohammad Ghazi 61'	Shahin Khayri, Ahmad Mohamadpour, Mehdi Rajabzadeh, Mohamad Ali Ahmadi, Omid Abolhassani	-	70,000	Mombaini
9	29-Sep-2010	Zob Ahan	0-0	Rah Ahan	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	-	Hossain Pashaei, Iman Razzaghirad	-	2,000	Bakhshizadeh
10	10-Oct-2010	Shahin Pars	1-1	Zob Ahan	Shahid Beheshti/Bushehr	Mehdi Rajabzadeh 45+2'	Ghasem Haddadifar	-	7,000	Haj Babaei
11	15-Oct-2010	Zob Ahan	3-0	Malavan	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Mohammad Hossaini 3', Jalal Rafkhaei 12', Saeed Salarzadeh 15' (o.g.)	Ghasem Haddadifar	-	1,000	Noori
12	25-Oct-2010	Perspolis	2-0	Zob Ahan	Azadi/Tehran	_	Mohamad Reza Khalatbari, Ghasem Haddadifar, Shahabeddin Gordan, Seyed Mohammad Hossaini	Mohamad Ali Ahmadi	20,000	Mozzafari Zadeh
13	30-Oct-2010	Shahrdari	1-1	Zob Ahan	Yadegar Emam/Tabriz	Mehdi Rajabzadeh 4'	Mohamad Reza Khalatbari, Mohamad Ghazi, Shahin Khayri, Hossain Mahini	-	2,000	Akbarian
14	04-Nov-2010	Zob Ahan	1-0	Pas	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Igor Castro 5'	Jalal Rafakhahi	_	1,000	Mehr Pisheh
15	21-Nov-2010	Foolad	1-2	Zob Ahan	Takhti/Ahvaz	Igor Castro 5', Hossain Mahini 30'	Mohammad Hossaini, Igor Castro, Farsheed Talebi	-	2,000	Jahanbazi
16	29-Nov-2010	Zob Ahan	2-0	Naft	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Mohammad Hossaini 49' 54'	Mohammad Hossaini, Shahin Khayri, Mohamad Ali Ahmadi	-	1,500	Ameri
17	04-Dec-2010	Steel Azin	0-2	Zob Ahan	Dastgerdi/Tehran	Mehdi Rajabzadeh 16', Mohamad Reza Khalatbari 74'	Mohamad Reza Khalatbari, Sina Ashori	-	1,000	Moradi
18	10-Dec-2010	Peykan	0-0	Zob Ahan	Shahid Rajai/Ghazvin	-	Ahmad Mohamadpour, Mohamad Ali Ahmadi	-	3,000	Asadi
20	23-Dec-2010	Esteghlal	1-2	Zob Ahan	Azadi/Tehran	Seyed Jalal Rafkhaei 63', Mohamad Reza Khalatbari 84' (pen.)	Ghasem Haddadifar, Mohamad Reza Khalatbari, Mohamad Ghazi, Mohamad Ali Ahmadi, Esmail Farhadi	-	50,000	Torki
19	31-Jan-2011	Zob Ahan	1-0	Mes	Shahid Bahonar/Kerman	Seyed Jalal Rafkhaei 90+6'	Seyed Jalal Rafkhaei	-	3,000	Bakhshizadeh
21	05-Feb-2011	Zob Ahan	0 - 2	Saipa	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan		Ansarifard  17', Manoochehri  58'		2,000	Mombeni
22	13-Feb-2011	Sepahan	2 - 0	Zob Ahan	Naghsh-i Jahan/Esfahan				10,000	Torki
23	15-Feb-2011	Zob Ahan	6 - 0	Sanat Naft	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Najafabadi  20' Hosseini  26' Rafkhaei  64' Igor  69' Rajabzadeh  71' (pen.) Talebi  90+1'	Hosseini, Ahmadi		2,000	Rafiei
24	20-Feb-2011	Saba	1 - 2	Zob Ahan	Qom/Qom	Rezaian  87'	Rafkhaei  90+1', Ghazi  90+2'		1,000	Mozzafari Zadeh
25	25-Feb-2011	Zob Ahan	0 - 0	Teraktor Sazi	Yadegar Emam/Tabriz			Ghasem Haddadifar	1,000	Haghverdi
26	4-Mar-2011	Rah Ahan	2 - 2	Zob Ahan	Rah Ahan/Shahr Rey	Razzaghirad  68', Aghaei  82'	Ghazi  3', Hosseini  90+2'		1,000	Afsharian
27	11-Mar-2011	Zob Ahan	2 - 1	Shahin Pars	Shahid Beheshti/Bushehr	Talebi  25', Rafkhaei  85'	Kiani  90+2' (pen.)		2,000	Afsharian
28	18-Mar-2011	Malavan	1 - 0	Zob Ahan	Takhti/Anzali	Oladi  45' (pen.)			8,000	Mombaini
29	8-Apr-2011	Zob Ahan	0 - 3	Perspolis	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan		Feshangchi  45+5', Hashemian  68', Nouri  71'		10,000	Mozzafari Zadeh
30	15-Apr-2011	Zob Ahan	2 - 1	Shahrdari	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Hosseini  44', Salsali  80' (pen.)		Kheiri	2,000	Vahedi
31	22-Apr-2011	Pas	2 - 1	Zob Ahan	Shahid Mofatteh/Esfahan	Aziz Mohammadi  32', Khayrkhah  57' (pen.)	Ali Ahmadi  37'		8,000	Faghani
32	29-Apr-2011	Zob Ahan	1 - 1	Foolad	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Rajabzadeh  68'	Dyakite  41'		3,000	Rafiei
33	13-May-2011	Naft	1 - 2	Zob Ahan	Rah Ahan/Tehran	Rajabzadeh  43', Hosseini  79'	Ganji  90+2'		1,000	Torki
34	20-May-2011	Zob Ahan	2 - 0	Steel Azin	Foolad Shahr/Esfahan	Ghazi  61', Mahini  75'			10,000	Jabbari

League standings

2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sepahan	34	18	12	4	55	29	+26	66	2012 AFC Champions League group stage Group stage
2	Esteghlal	34	18	11	5	55	34	+21	65
3	Zob Ahan	34	18	9	7	49	31	+18	63

Updated to games played on 20 May 2011.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scorers in IPL 2010/11

Goalscorers

Cards

Hazfi Cup 2010/11

Last updated January 25, 2011

Zob Ahan v Shahrdari Yasuj

25 November 2010 Round of 32	Zob Ahan	0 - 1	Shahrdari Yasuj	Isfahan
18:30 (UTC+4:30)		Report	Cheraghi  120'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 950 Referee: Masoud Moradi

AFC Champions League

AFC Champions League 2010

Quarter-finals

Zob Ahan v Pohang Steelers

15 September 2010 1st Leg	Zob Ahan	2 - 1	Pohang Steelers	Isfahan
18:30 (UTC+4:30)	Igor  18' Rajabzadeh  76' (pen.)	Report	Mota  56'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 9,156 Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)

Pohang Steelers v Zob Ahan

22 September 2010 2nd Leg	Pohang Steelers	1 - 1 (2 - 3 agg.)	Zob Ahan	Pohang
19:30 (UTC+9)	Kim Jae-Sung  10'	Report	80' Khalatbari	Stadium: Steelyard Stadium Attendance: 8,617 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Semi-finals

Zob Ahan v Pohang Steelers

6 October 2010 1st Leg	Zob Ahan	1 - 0	Pohang Steelers	Isfahan
17:00 (UTC+3:30)	Hadadifar  57'	Report		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 9,811 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

Al-Hilal v Zob Ahan

20 October 2010 2nd Leg	Al-Hilal	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Zob Ahan	Riyadh
20:00 (UTC+3)		Report	55' Igor	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 68,752 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Final

Main article: 2010 AFC Champions League Final

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma v Zob Ahan

13 November 2010 Final	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3 – 1	Zob Ahan	Tokyo
19:00 (JST)	Saša  29' Cho Byung-Kuk  53' Kim Cheol-Ho  83'	Report	67' Khalatbari	Stadium: National Olympic Stadium Attendance: 27,308 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Scorers in ACLeague 2010

Goalscorers

4 Goals

• Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
• Igor Castro

2 Goals

• Mohammad Ghazi

1 Goal

• Seyed Mohammad Hosseini
• Esmaeil Farhadi
• Mehdi Rajabzadeh
• Ghasem Hadadifar

Goalassistants

3 Assistants

• Hassan Ashjari

1 Assistant

• Farshid Talebi
• Ghasem Hadadifar
• Mohammad Ghazi

Cards

Player
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini	2	0	0
Sina Ashouri	2	0	0
Ghasem Hadadifar	2	0	0
Farshid Talebi	2	0	0
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	2	0	0
Mohamad Ali Ahmadi	1	0	0
Mohammad Mansouri	1	0	0
Total cards	12	0	0

AFC Champions League 2011

Main article: 2011 AFC Champions League

Group Stage

Main article: 2011 AFC Champions League group stage § Group D

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zob Ahan	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13
Al-Shabab	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11
Emirates	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6
Al-Rayyan	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4

Zob Ahan v Emirates

2 March 2011 G1	Zob Ahan	2 – 1	Emirates	Isfahan
18:30 UTC+03:30	Hosseini  45+1' Igor Castro  53'	Report	39' Daoudi	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Al-Shabab v Zob Ahan

16 March 2011 G2	Al-Shabab	0 – 0	Zob Ahan	Riyadh
20:00 UTC+03:00		Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 3,920 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Al-Rayyan v Zob Ahan

6 April 2011 G3	Al-Rayyan	1 – 3	Zob Ahan	Al-Rayyan
18:30 UTC+03:00	Al Marri  13'	Report	11' Khalatbari  24' Igor Castro  71' Hadadifar	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

Zob Ahan v Al-Rayyan

19 April 2011 G4	Zob Ahan	1 – 0	Al-Rayyan	Isfahan
20:00 UTC+04:30	Farhadi  21'	Report		Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 3,351 Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Emirates v Zob Ahan

3 May 2011 G5	Emirates	0 – 1	Zob Ahan	Ras al-Khaimah
19:35 UTC+04:00		Report	80' Ghazi	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Attendance: 5,450 Referee: Abdul Malik (Singapore)

Zob Ahan v Al-Shabab

10 May 2011 G6	Zob Ahan	0 – 1	Al-Shabab	Isfahan
20:30 UTC+04:30		Report	Bin Sultan  57'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 4,160 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Round of 16

Zob Ahan v Al-Nassr

25 May 2011 R16	Zob Ahan	4 – 1	Al-Nassr	Isfahan
19:15 UTC+04:30	Ghazi  1' Igor Castro  5', 63' Kheiri  74'	[2]	Al-Mutwa  66'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 5,711 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

References

• Iran Premier League Statistics
• Persian League
• Soccerway