{"id":54555,"date":"2026-02-17T16:29:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=54555"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:29:21","slug":"dragan-skocic-steps-down-as-tractor-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2026\/02\/17\/dragan-skocic-steps-down-as-tractor-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragan Skocic steps down as Tractor head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TABRIZ, <strong>Dragan Skocic has stepped down as head coach of Tractor following the team\u2019s 2\u20131 defeat to Al Sadd SC in the 2025\/26 AFC Champions League Elite.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Croatian tactician confirmed his resignation after the match in Doha, bringing an end to a highly successful spell with the Tabriz-based club.<\/p>\n<p>Skocic made history last season by guiding Tractor to their first-ever title in the Persian Gulf Pro League \u2014 a landmark achievement in the club\u2019s history. Under his leadership, the team transformed into genuine title contenders, earning praise for their tactical discipline, consistency, and strong performances in decisive fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent continental setback, Tractor currently sit at the top of the PGPL standings and remain among the favorites to defend their league title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TABRIZ, Dragan Skocic has stepped down as head coach of Tractor following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":54556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,165,178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-persian-gulf-pro-league","category-tractor-sazi"],"views":653,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54557,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54555\/revisions\/54557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}