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Sanat Naft

Azadegan League Iran

Hazfi Cup

Stadium:	Takhti Stadium
Coach:	Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito
Persian Gulf Pro League Form:
Overall Form:

Sanat Naft home ground venue is Takhti Stadium.

Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito is the current coach for Sanat Naft.

Sanat Naft Persian Gulf Pro League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Sanat Naft have played a total of 30 matches in Iran Persian Gulf Pro League. Their current statistics is 7 win, 16 draw and 7 lose.

Sanat Naft did not lose their last six matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Sanat Naft results for their home or away matches in Persian Gulf Pro League 2018/2019.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Sanat Naft	30	7	16	7

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
16/05/2019	Saipa	0 - 3	Sanat Naft	0-0	H2H	O	+
36'
			42' A. Kaabi
A. Ramezani 55'
		0 - 1	58' T. Rikani
A. Ramezani 58'
M. Soleimani Asl 58'
			64' M. Mojaddami
			64' M. Ghobishavi
Mehrdad Kafshgari 67'
Hossein Nokhodkar 67'
R. Asadi 79'
			79' M. Jahani
			79' F. Tahami
R. Asadi 81'
Mohammad Yasini 81'
		0 - 2	82' F. Tahami
			89' T. Rikani
			89' A. Shariatzadeh
		0 - 3	90+2' A. Kaabi
11/05/2019	Sanat Naft	0 - 0	Esteghlal	0-0	H2H	O	+
			26' Esmaël Gonçalves
			26' M. Tabrizi
			30' A. Sohrabian
			46' G. Mensha
			46' Rouhollah Bagheri
			51' P. Montazeri
M. Ghobishavi 64'
A. Sydykov 64'
M. Jahani 70'
R. Jabireh 70'
T. Rikani 74'
F. Tahami 74'
			75' Roozbeh Cheshmi
R. Jabireh 78'
H. Saki 85'
Reza Jabireh 87'
			87' M. Ghaedi
			87' D. Shojaeian
M. Ghoreishi 90+1'
			90+2' Morteza Tabrizi
M. Mojaddami 90+3'
			90+3' M. Tabrizi
03/05/2019	Nassaji Mazandaran	1 - 2	Sanat Naft	0-1	H2H	O	+
			8' Vafa Hakhamaneshi
L. Totadze 30'
S. Ashouri 37'
		0 - 1	45' Jonathan Balotelli
S. Ashouri 59'
M. Abbaszadeh 59'
			63' M. Jahani
			63' M. Ghoreishi
		0 - 2	67' M. Ghobishavi
L. Totadze 70'
A. Shojaei 70'
			71' M. Ghobishavi
			71' R. Jabireh
A. Daffé 77'
R. Jafari 77'
			86' T. Rikani
			86' Mostafa Ahmadi
M. Nazari 89'		1 - 2
27/04/2019	Sanat Naft	3 - 1	Naft Masjed Soleyman	1-0	H2H	O	+
T. Rikani 9'
T. Rikani 21'		1 - 0
			23' M. Bijan
M. Ghoreishi 52'
		1 - 1	54' H. Nasari
			71' E. Sharifat
			71' Mohammad Papi
F. Tahami 73'
R. Jabireh 73'
			78' Mohammad Shadkam
			78' Abbas Asgari
M. Jahani 81'
M. Ghobishavi 81'
			87' Mohammad Papi
			87' Milad Meydavoudi
M. Mojaddami 88'
Vafa Hakhamaneshi 88'
M. Ghoreishi 89'		2 - 1
R. Jabireh 90+3'		3 - 1
			90+5' Farshid Padash
19/04/2019	Foolad	1 - 4	Sanat Naft	1-0	H2H	O	+
Luciano Chimba 16'
Luciano Chimba 18'		1 - 0
			34' Vafa Hakhamaneshi
			34' Jonathan Balotelli
			46' Mostafa Ahmadi
			46' H. Baghlani
		1 - 1	48' Jonathan Balotelli
A. Aghasi 63'
Saber Hardani 63'
		1 - 2	64' T. Rikani
		1 - 3	72' Jonathan Balotelli
Abdollah Karami 73'
B. Moradi 73'
M. Zobeydi 77'
Yousef Key Shams 77'
			77' F. Tahami
			77' A. Sydykov
		1 - 4	90+3' Jonathan Balotelli
			90+4' Jonathan Balotelli
12/04/2019	Sanat Naft	1 - 0	Pars Jonoubi Jam	1-0	H2H	O	+
			25' Mohammad Asgari
			25' Saeid Ahani
M. Jahani 41'		1 - 0
M. Jahani 42'
			56' Mohammad Nouri
			56' Keivan Amraei
M. Mojaddami 58'
H. Saki 64'
M. Jahani 70'
H. Baghlani 70'
Salum Mayanga 74'
			75' M. Naghizadeh
M. Mojaddami 77'
A. Sydykov 77'
F. Tahami 82'
R. Jabireh 82'
			87' Mojtaba Lotfi Jalise
S. Gordan 88'
			90+1' N. Entezari
			90+1' F. Gerami
05/04/2019	Tractor Sazi	1 - 0	Sanat Naft	1-0	H2H	O	+
M. Shojaei 18'
			30' S. Ghorbani
			30' R. Jabireh
			32' Salum Mayanga
S. Ansari 42'		1 - 0
			69' F. Aabedini
			69' M. Jahani
			78' F. Tahami
			78' T. Rikani
M. Mehdipour 88'
A. Naghizadeh 88'
Anthony Stokes 90+1'
A. Mousavi 90+1'
			90+5' A. Kaabi
A. Mousavi 90+5'
31/03/2019	Sanat Naft	1 - 2	Zob Ahan	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' M. Niknafs
Salum Mayanga 14'
Vafa Hakhamaneshi 18'
Salum Mayanga 20'		1 - 1
Vafa Hakhamaneshi 29'
			32' M. Nejadmahdi
			55' H. Mohammadi
T. Rikani 57'
			64' M. Nejadmahdi
			64' Alireza Cheraghali
		1 - 2	76' M. Hosseini
J. Salmani 83'
M. Ghobishavi 83'
			83' M. Hosseini
			83' Reza Habibzadeh
T. Rikani 83'
R. Jabireh 83'
R. Jabireh 84'
Vinícius 85'
F. Tahami 85'
17/03/2019	Paykan	1 - 1	Sanat Naft	1-0	H2H	O	+
S. Vasei 26'		1 - 0
S. Saghebi 42'
			46' H. Pakdel
			46' J. Salmani
M. Momeni 68'
F. Emamali 68'
			72' Vinícius
			72' Jonathan Balotelli
			72' M. Jahani
			72' F. Tahami
Mohammad Ghazi Najafabadi 76'
Isa Alekasir 76'
Magno 84'
Abolfazl Ebrahimi 84'
		1 - 1	87' Salum Mayanga
08/03/2019	Sanat Naft	1 - 1	Sepidrood Rasht	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	30' M. Ferdowsi
			32' H. Shenanizadeh
Jonathan Balotelli 46'
H. Pakdel 46'
H. Pakdel 53'		1 - 1
H. Pakdel 53'
			60' Amir Mansourian
			60' Mohammad Alizadeh
			62' Hossein Ebrahimi Lakmehsari
			62' M. Ghorbanzadeh
M. Mojaddami 63'
M. Ghobishavi 63'
M. Jahani 75'
			76' H. Shenanizadeh
			76' A. Abbasi
			84' M. Ferdowsi
T. Rikani 90+2'
R. Jabireh 90+2'
			90+7' E. Lotfi
28/02/2019	Persepolis	1 - 0	Sanat Naft	1-0	H2H	O	+
Ali Alipour 21'		1 - 0
			33' M. Ghoreishi
			46' F. Aabedini
			46' Salum Mayanga
Ahmad Nourollahi 48'
			65' Vinícius
			65' H. Baghlani
Bashar Rasan 72'
S. Rafiei 72'
Mario Budimir 76'
M. Asadi 76'
			79' Vafa Hakhamaneshi
S. Nemati 81'
			85' M. Mojaddami
Ali Alipour 87'
Mehdi Torabi 90+4'
E. Hosseini 90+4'
22/02/2019	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 - 1	Sanat Naft	0-0	H2H	O	+
			3' S. Gordan
3'
M. Shahmakvandzadeh 31'
			39' H. Saki
			39' M. Jahani
			60' R. Jabireh
			60' T. Rikani
			63' Jonathan Balotelli
		0 - 1	69' Vafa Hakhamaneshi
V. Namdari 70'
Ramin Davoudi 70'
			75' M. Ghoreishi
A. Kalantari 78'		1 - 1
			81' M. Mojaddami
			81' F. Tahami
Mojtaba Ramezani 82'
F. Amiri 82'
R. Darvishi 87'
N. Ghalavand 87'
14/02/2019	Sanat Naft	0 - 0	Padideh Khorasan	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	14'
			69' H. Mehraban
			69' B. Barzay
M. Mojaddami 70'
M. Ghobishavi 70'
			77' A. Ghaseminejad
			77' M. Ghaseminejad
R. Jabireh 81'
M. Jahani 81'
			83' M. Mehdikhani
			83' Y. Shakeri
J. Salmani 85'
F. Tahami 85'
10/02/2019	Machine Sazi	1 - 0	Sanat Naft	0-0	H2H	O	+
Mohammad Ahle Shakhe 4'
Farshad Salarvand 38'
A. Zendehrooh 46'		1 - 0
			46' Vinícius
			46' H. Baghlani
Farshad Salarvand 46'
Ehsan Taeedi 46'
			55' M. Mojaddami
			55' R. Jabireh
			55' M. Ghoreishi
E. Alvanzadeh 65'
Sadegh Rezania 65'
Aziz Maboodi Haghighi 72'
			75' S. Ghorbani
			80' T. Rikani
			80' F. Tahami
Ehsan Taeedi 90+3'
E. Afraz 90+3'
05/02/2019	Sanat Naft	0 - 0	Sepahan	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. Mojaddami 45+1'
			60' Bakhtiar Rahmani
			60' Hamed Bahiraei
			61' M. Mohammadi
			61' J. Alimohammadi
M. Jahani 69'
R. Jabireh 69'
J. Salmani 69'
Vinícius 69'
T. Rikani 84'
F. Aabedini 84'
			85' V. Koman
			85' M. Karimi
Vinicius 87'
Vinícius 87'
14/12/2018	Sanat Naft	2 - 1	Saipa	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	26' M. Abbasian
H. Pakdel 60'
R. Jabireh 60'
			62' Mehdi Torabi
M. Jahani 65'		1 - 1
M. Jahani 74'
J. Salmani 74'
			80' H. Kamyab
			80' M. Soleimani Asl
M. Mojaddami 80'
M. Ghobishavi 80'
			81' Mehrdad Kafshgari
M. Ghobishavi 82'		2 - 1
			84' Mehrdad Kafshgari
			84' M. Soltani
			86' M. Abbasian
			86' R. Jafari
29/11/2018	Esteghlal	3 - 0	Sanat Naft	2-0	H2H	O	+
F. Bagheri 9'		1 - 0
Humam Tariq 24'		2 - 0
			46' T. Rikani
			46' B. Barzay
Rouhollah Bagheri 64'
A. Sayyadmanesh 64'
			68' M. Jahani
			68' Jonathan Balotelli
			69' H. Saki
			72' Karrar Jassim
A. Sayyadmanesh 73'		3 - 0
			76' A. Imani
			77' Mostafa Ahmadi
			77' M. Ghobishavi
M. Zakipour 80'
F. Mohammadi 83'
Markus Neumayr 83'
			86' S. Ghorbani
Markus Neumayr 87'
M. Zakipour 87'
M. Teymouri 87'
Markus Neumayr 87'
23/11/2018	Sanat Naft	1 - 1	Nassaji Mazandaran	0-0	H2H	O	+
Karrar Jassim 29'
S. Gordan 43'
A. Kaabi 43'
M. Jahani 44'
F. Aabedini 61'
		0 - 1	63' G. Gvelesiani
Mostafa Ahmadi 74'
Jonathan Balotelli 74'
			74' S. Ashouri
			74' M. Miri
			76' M. Abbaszadeh
			76' M. Nazari
F. Aabedini 79'
J. Salmani 79'
			83' A. Aashouri
			83' M. Abshak
T. Rikani 89'
M. Ghoreishi 89'
M. Jahani 90+3'		1 - 1
11/11/2018	Naft Masjed Soleyman	1 - 1	Sanat Naft	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	35' J. Salmani
			43' Karrar Jassim
			49' R. Jabireh
M. Khodaei 60'
Erfan Kazemi 60'
A. Alizadeh 60'
S. Sadeghi Baba Ahmadi 66'
Farshid Mohmadi 66'
			69' H. Saki
Erfan Kazemi 73'		1 - 1
			73' Karrar Jassim
			73' M. Ghoreishi
E. Sharifat 76'
P. Miri 76'
Y. Vakia 81'
			84' R. Jabireh
			84' B. Barzay
			86' T. Rikani
			86' F. Aabedini
03/11/2018	Sanat Naft	0 - 0	Foolad	0-0	H2H	O	+
J. Salmani 46'
M. Jahani 46'
			60' Mehrdad Horatian
			61' F. Jafari
			66' Mehrdad Horatian
			66' R. Mirzaei
Mostafa Ahmadi 73'
H. Pakdel 73'
A. Imani 77'
			77' Farshad Salarvand
			78' Luciano Chimba
			78' Seyed Hashemizadeh
			82' S. Moridi
T. Rikani 90'
H. Baghlani 90'
			90+4' A. Seydali
			90+4' M. Zobeydi
26/10/2018	Pars Jonoubi Jam	2 - 2	Sanat Naft	2-1	H2H	O	+
Mohammad Nouri 13'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	28' A. Imani
Mohsen Bengar 33'		2 - 1
			58' M. Ghobishavi
			58' Jonathan Balotelli
M. Aliyari 67'
Seyed Mirbozorgi 67'
S. Goudarzi 77'
Farshid Padash 77'
		2 - 2	79' R. Jabireh
			81' J. Salmani
			81' H. Baghlani
Mohammad Nouri 84'
Mohammad Shadkam 84'
			90' R. Jabireh
			90' F. Tahami
N. Entezari 90+6'
20/10/2018	Sanat Naft	2 - 1	Tractor Sazi	1-0	H2H	O	+
T. Rikani 17'		1 - 0
A. Kaabi 31'
			33' A. Abdollahzadeh
			46' Lee Erwin
			46' Anthony Stokes
Karrar Jassim 72'
M. Jahani 72'
		1 - 1	74' Anthony Stokes
R. Jabireh 76'		2 - 1
T. Rikani 78'
M. Ghobishavi 78'
			82' M. Tayebi
			86' E. Pahlevan
			86' M. Azadi
Mostafa Ahmadi 86'
			86' A. Naghizadeh
			86' Mohammadreza Mehdizadeh Kasani
J. Salmani 88'
M. Ghoreishi 88'
S. Gordan 90+6'
28/09/2018	Zob Ahan	2 - 2	Sanat Naft	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	20' T. Rikani
		0 - 2	29' A. Imani
H. Mohammadi 37'
			46' H. Baghlani
			46' Mostafa Ahmadi
Ghasem Hadadifar 46'
E. Hernández 46'
E. Hernández 55'		1 - 2
M. Ebrahimzadeh 58'
M. Ebrahimzadeh 62'
			68' S. Ghorbani
			69' M. Jahani
			69' F. Aabedini
A. Safarzadeh 74'
Rahim Zahivi 74'
			77' A. Imani
M. Abbasi 82'
M. Derakhshanmehr 82'
			83' Karrar Jassim
			83' Jonathan Balotelli
Rahim Zahivi 90+3'		2 - 2
21/09/2018	Sanat Naft	0 - 3	Paykan	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	11' S. Saghebi
T. Rikani 26'		1 - 1
			58' F. Emamali
			60' S. Saghebi
			60' M. Shiri
Mostafa Ahmadi 63'
Jonathan Balotelli 63'
Mostafa Ahmadi 63'
			70' Mohammad Ghazi Najafabadi
			70' Isa Alekasir
			81' F. Emamali
			81' S. Nariman Jahan
		1 - 2	82' S. Nariman Jahan
H. Baghlani 83'
J. Salmani 83'
Karrar Jassim 84'
30/08/2018	Sepidrood Rasht	0 - 0	Sanat Naft	0-0	H2H	O	+
			18' Vafa Hakhamaneshi
			38' S. Gordan
			38' Mohammad Deris
			58' S. Ghorbani
A. Ezzat 59'
Yaghoub Karimi 59'
			60' B. Barzay
			60' Jonathan Balotelli
			83' T. Rikani
			83' Platini Soares
Yaghoub Karimi 85'
Hossein Kaebi 85'
			86' S. Ghorbani
M. Mahdavi 88'
23/08/2018	Sanat Naft	1 - 1	Persepolis	1-0	H2H	O	+
M. Jahani 23'		1 - 0
B. Barzay 25'
			45' Shoja Khalilzadeh
Mostafa Ahmadi 56'
		1 - 1	68' Ali Alipour
H. Saki 73'
Karrar Jassim 74'
H. Baghlani 79'
M. Mojaddami 79'
M. Jahani 83'
Jonathan Balotelli 83'
			86' K. Kamyabinia
B. Barzay 87'
J. Salmani 87'
M. Mojaddami 89'
			90' Bashar Rasan
			90' G. Mensha
17/08/2018	Sanat Naft	2 - 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	26' Vahid Kheshtan
B. Barzay 46'
M. Jahani 46'
H. Pakdel 46'
T. Rikani 46'
Karrar Jassim 53'
			60' Mehrdad Pourabolghasem
M. Jahani 63'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	66' Vahid Kheshtan
			71' R. Darvishi
			71' N. Ghalavand
Karrar Jassim 74'		2 - 2
Platini Soares 81'
J. Salmani 81'
			83' M. Sharifi
			83' A. Kalantari
			89' N. Ghalavand
			89' Iman Mobali
10/08/2018	Padideh Khorasan	1 - 0	Sanat Naft	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' A. Abdollahzadeh
			46' H. Baghlani
			63' H. Baghlani
H. Mehraban 65'
Y. Shakeri 65'
Mohammad Khalatbari Limaki 72'
M. Ghaseminejad 72'
A. Hosseini 77'
Amir Mansourian 79'
			80' B. Barzay
S. Sadeghi 88'
Reza Sadraei 88'
			88' M. Jahani
			88' J. Salmani
A. Ghaseminejad 90+3'		1 - 0
			90+3' Platini Soares
			90+3' T. Rikani
03/08/2018	Sanat Naft	1 - 1	Machine Sazi	0-0	H2H	O	+
			43' Farid Karimi
A. Imani 47'
			51' Tohid Gholami
			60' Hossein Abarghouei
			60' M. Khorramolhosseini
			67' Farid Karimi
			67' Reza Khaleghifar
A. Abdollahzadeh 67'
T. Rikani 67'
		0 - 1	86' P. Babaei
Mostafa Ahmadi 86'
H. Pakdel 86'
Platini Soares 86'
J. Salmani 86'
J. Salmani 90'		1 - 1
			90' Mohsen Yousefi
			90' Meysam Joudaki
27/07/2018	Sepahan	0 - 0	Sanat Naft	0-0	H2H	O	+
E. Pourghaz 43'
Hussein Papi 50'
J. Alimohammadi 50'
			54' Vafa Hakhamaneshi
S. Ansari 61'
Bakhtiar Rahmani 61'
			71' Mostafa Ahmadi
			85' B. Barzay
Bakhtiar Rahmani 87'
			88' A. Abdollahzadeh
			88' T. Rikani
S. Aghaei 90+2'
Khaled Shafiei 90+2'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Sanat Naft in Persian Gulf Pro League.

Statistics & Analysis of Sanat Naft

T. Rikani is the leading top goal scorer for Sanat Naft with 6 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	6
Longest run without win	9
Clean sheets	8
Matches over 2.25 goals	12
Matches under 2.25 goals	18
Matches First Half Over 0.5	18
Matches First Half Under 0.5	12
Matches odd	13
Matches even	17
Average goals scored	1.03
Average goals allowed	1
Failure to score	12
Biggest victory	1 - 4
Biggest defeat	0 - 3
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	4 (27%)
Goalless draw at away match	2 (13%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	T. Rikani
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Sanat Naft Squad

Detailed statistics of each Sanat Naft player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Sanat Naft top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Shahabeddin Gordan	2378	27	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
2	Hossein Saki	1908	22	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
3	Sirvan Ghorbani	2006	23	0	1	0	0	4	1	0
4	Aghil Kaabi	2070	23	0	0	1	0	4	0	0
5	Fardin Aabedini	765	12	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
9	Macoumba Kandji	494	6	1	0	2	0	3	0	0
10	Taleb Rikani	1889	27	6	13	6	0	2	0	0
11	Milad Jahani	1973	28	6	12	5	0	3	0	0
12	Mohammad Deris	322	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Mohammad Reza Ghobishavi	317	11	8	3	2	0	0	0	0
15	Hossein Baghlani	484	11	7	3	0	0	1	0	1
16	Vinicius Oliveira Franco	1099	14	1	4	0	0	1	0	0
17	Hamed Pakdel	217	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	0
19	Aziz Sydykov	142	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Mostafa Ahmadi	1907	24	2	6	0	0	4	0	0
23	Moslem Mojdemi	1039	14	1	8	0	0	5	0	0
24	Mohammad Ghoreishi	1487	20	4	0	1	0	5	0	0
25	Jafar Salmani	1358	23	8	6	2	0	0	0	0
26	Mohammad Javad Kerdouni	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
29	Reza Jabireh	892	18	10	4	3	0	3	0	0
30	Seyed Fakher Tahami	384	12	8	4	1	0	0	0	0
69	Vafa Hakhamaneshi	2053	26	1	1	1	0	4	1	1
82	Ahmad Shariatzadeh	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0
89	Jonathan Boreto dos Reis	1161	20	9	1	4	0	2	0	0
	Amin Pourali	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Mohammad Vahid Esmaeili Beigi	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Mojtaba Rashidi	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0

Iran Football

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Hazfi Cup

Super Cup

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