Vahid Shojaei

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Naft Tehran
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Marked for Vahid Shojaei

22 Edition

The Naft Tehran Sentinel

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match28 Dec 2026

Naft Tehran are in real trouble now

Position 14, 16 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Match26 Dec 2026

Nobody wants to play Naft Tehran right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Yousef Vakia in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Naft Tehran this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match26 Dec 2026

Arash Hashemi sends Naft Tehran past Esteghlal Khuzestan

It finished 1‑0, and it was Arash Hashemi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Naft Tehran.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Ali Eslami beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Arash Hashemi stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.74 on the card, and the Naft Tehran support went home talking about one name.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Mohammad Javad Akbari was immovable

16 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Vahid Shojaei stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Vahid Shojaei and Naft Tehran agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

Omid Mohammadi has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Omid Mohammadi on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief

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The Naft Tehran Sentinel

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad14 Dec 2026

Rahim Alboughobaish damages knee ligaments — 15 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match12 Dec 2026

At last: Naft Tehran win one

10 matches without a win, and then this, against Zob Ahan. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Naft Tehran

Yousef Vakia and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match12 Dec 2026

Naft Tehran find a way past Zob Ahan

Zob Ahan made Naft Tehran work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The terraces14 Dec 2026

Naft Tehran supporters have found a favourite in Mehdi Sorkhi

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Mehdi Sorkhi has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market14 Dec 2026

Naft Tehran promote Vahid Shojaei from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vahid Shojaei has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

A satisfied Omid Mohammadi

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑1, Omid Mohammadi could afford to be generous.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

Vahid Mohammadzadeh knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Naft Tehran, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

Ali Eslami beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

In brief