2014–15 Foolad F.C. season

Foolad
2014–15 season
Chairman	Seifollah Dehkordi
Manager	Dragan Skočić
Stadium	Ghadir Stadium
Iran Pro League	3rd
Hazfi Cup	Round 1
ACL	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Soroush Rafiei (7 goals); All: Soroush Rafiei (7 goals)
Highest home attendance	37,843 (25 February 2015 against Al Sadd (ACL))
Lowest home attendance	1,000 (11 September 2014 against Saba Qom)
Average home league attendance	League: 5,600; All: 8,545
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season are Foolad's 13th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They competed in the Hazfi Cup which they were eliminated by Parseh Tehran in Round 5. They also will competing at AFC Champions League. Foolad is captained by Bakhtiar Rahmani.

Players[edit]

Last updated on 21 April 2015

	Under-23 players		Under-21 players

	Out during the season (injured/ transferred)

No.	Name	Position	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Alireza Salimi	GK	2010	(1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 40)	Tarbiat Yazd
22	Behnam Mousavi	GK	2014	(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 30)	Youth system
31	Milad Homayouni	GK	2012	(1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31)	Youth system
Defenders
2	Ahmad Alenemeh	DF	2015	(1982-10-20) 20 October 1982 (age 41)	Tractor Sazi
3	Leonard Mesarić	DF	2014	(1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 40)	Lokomotiva, Croatia
4	Ayoub Vali	DF	2008	(1987-08-09) 9 August 1987 (age 36)	Youth system
6	Mehdi Badrlou	DF	2014	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31)	Youth system
15	Mathias Chago	DF	2012	(1983-03-13) 13 March 1983 (age 41)	Lokomotiva, Croatia
19	Bahman Kamel	DF	2014	(1986-01-19) 19 January 1986 (age 38)	Naft Tehran
25	Omid Khaledi	DF	2011	(1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 35)	Shahin Ahvaz
33	Mehrdad Jama'ati	DF	2009	(1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 36)	Youth system
25	Mohammad Ahle Shakhe	DF	2014	(1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 (age 30)	Youth system
33	Soroush Saeidi	DF	2014	(1991-07-02) 2 July 1991 (age 32)	Youth system
Midfielders
5	Mehdi Badrlou	AM	2013	(1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 38)	Saba Qom
7	Soroush Rafiei	MF	2011	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 34)	Fajr Sepasi
10	Esmaeil Sharifat	MF	2012	(1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 35)	Esteghlal
11	Bakhtiar Rahmani(captain)	MF	2007	(1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 34)	Youth system
14	Shahab Karami	MF	2012	(1991-03-16) 16 March 1991 (age 33)	Shahrdari Yasuj
29	Ali Sina Rabbani	MF	2009	(1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 (age 31)	Youth system
32	Hadi Habibinejad	MF	2014	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28)	Youth system
15	Yousef Vakia	MF	2012	(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 30)	Youth system
Forwards
8	Sasan Ansari	FW	2010	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 32)	Youth system
9	Iman Mousavi	FW	2014	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 34)	Gostaresh
29	Jahantigh	FW	2014	(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29)	Youth system
30	Aloys Nong	FW	2014	(1983-10-16) 16 October 1983 (age 40)	Levante Spain
77	Mohsen Mosalman	FW	2015	(1991-01-27) 27 January 1991 (age 33)	Zob Ahan
99	Mohammad Ghazi	FW	2015	(1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 (age 39)	Esteghlal

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
19	FW	Iman Mousavi	25	Gostaresh	2016	$230,000	Transfer	Summer	^[2]
15	MF	Mathias Chago	31	Lokomotiva Zagreb	2016	$305,000	Transfer	Summer	^[3]
19	DF	Bahman Kamel	28	Naft Tehran	2018	Free	Transfer	Summer	^[4]
3	DF	Leonard Mesarić	30	Lokomotiva Zagreb	2015	$380,000	Transfer	Summer	^[5]
30	FW	Aloys Nong	31	Levante	2016	$420,000	Transfer	Winter	^[6]
2	DF	Ahmad Alenemeh	32	Tractor Sazi	2017	$200,000	Transfer	Winter	^[7]
77	FW	Mohsen Mosalman	27	Zob Ahan	2016	$200,000	Loan	Winter	^[7]
99	FW	Mohammad Ghazi	30	Esteghlal	2017	$250,000	Transfer	Winter	^[7]

Out[edit]

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
9	FW	Abbas Mohammad Rezaei	31	Padideh	Free	Transfer	Summer	^[8]
10	MF	Abdollah Karami	31	Sepahan	$400,000	Transfer	Summer	^[9]
77	GK	Sosha Makani	27	Persepolis	$345,000	Transfer	Summer	^[10]
29	FW	Chimba	30	Sepahan	$388,000	Transfer	Summer	^[11]
37	FW	Gholamreza Rezaei	30	Naft Tehran	$207,000	Transfer	Summer	^[12]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
6 July 2014	Saba	N	2–2	Sharifat (2) 2', 74'	1,500
9 July 2014	Parseh Tehran	A	3–1	Chago 33', Sharifat 49', Rafiei 81'	1,000
15 July 2014	Admira Wacker	A	1–0	Mousavi 22'	5,000
17 July 2014	Metalurh Donetsk	N	0–0		3,000
19 July 2014	PEC Zwolle	N	0–1		3,000
25 July 2014	Zob Ahan	H	1–3	Rafiei 17'	12,000

Competition record[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iran Pro League	26	14	5	7	31	22	+9	053.85
Hazfi Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Champions League	4	0	3	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total	31	14	8	9	32	26	+6	045.16

Iran Pro League[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Naft Tehran	30	16	10	4	45	28	+17	58	Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Zob Ahan	30	14	10	6	46	26	+20	52	Qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage^[a]
5	Foolad	30	15	7	8	33	24	+9	52
6	Esteghlal	30	13	8	9	40	34	+6	47
7	Saipa	30	11	8	11	36	34	+2	41

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	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
Result	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W
Position	13	6	3	2	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	2	1	4	5	5	5	5	5	4

Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
1 August 2014	Tractor Sazi	A	1–2	Mesarić 74'	43,500	13th
7 August 2014	Persepolis	H	2–0	Rafiei 45', Sharifat 53'	37,000	6th
14 August 2014	Rah Ahan	A	1–0	Rafiei 79'	2,000	3rd
19 August 2014	Esteghlal KHU	H	1–0	Vakia 1'	15,000	2nd
24 August 2014	Sepahan	A	1–1	Rafiei 74'	26,000	4th
29 August 2014	Saipa	H	0–0		25,000	5th
5 September 2014	Paykan	A	0–1		11,000	5th
11 September 2014	Gostaresh	H	1–0	Rafiei 90+4' pen	10,000	4th
19 September 2014	Esteghlal	A	1–0	Rafiei 84'	40,000	3rd
26 September 2014	Naft Tehran	H	2–2	Ansari 33', Sharifat 81'	22,000	3rd
3 October 2014	Naft M.S.	A	1–2	Rafiei 34'	7,000	4th
23 October 2014	Zob Ahan	A	1–0	Ansari 73'	11,000	3rd
30 October 2014	Malavan	H	1–0^{[permanent dead link]}	Rafiei 90'	15,000	2nd
7 November 2014	Padideh	A	0–0		36,000	3rd
22 November 2014	Saba Qom	H	0–1		9,000	4th
2 December 2014	Tractor Sazi	H	3–2^{[permanent dead link]}	Jamaati 13' 60', Nong 34'	45,000	4th
11 December 2014	Persepolis	A	2–1	Bengar 1' (o.g.) 1', Nong 72'		4th
30 January 2015	Rah Ahan	H	2–0	Alenemeh 71', Ghazi 83'	3,000	2nd
6 February 2015	Esteghlal KHU	A	0–3	Badrlou 8', Nong 28' 82'	15,000	1st
13 February 2015	Sepahan	H	0–1		7,000	4th
19 February 2015	Saipa	A	1–3	Nong 74'	1,000	5th
8 March 2015	Paykan	H	0–0		3,000	5th
12 March 2015	Gostaresh	A	1–3	Ghazi 73'	1,000	5th
3 April 2015	Esteghlal	H	2–1	Sharifat 71', Chago 82'	20,000	5th
12 April 2015	Naft Tehran	A	1–0	Nong 77'	2,000	5th
16 April 2015	Naft M.S.	H	3–2	Nong 5' 79', Ghazi 10'	5,000	4th
26 April 2015	Zob Ahan	H	-	0-2
1 May 2015	Malavan	A	–	0-0
11 May 2015	Padideh	H	–	0-0
15 May 2015	Saba Qom	A	–	2-0

Hazfi Cup[edit]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 October 2014	Round 5	Parseh Tehran	A	0–1		7,000

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIL	SAD	FOO	LOK
1	Al-Hilal	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Al-Sadd	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–0	—	1–0	6–2
3	Foolad	6	1	3	2	2	4	−2	6		0–0	0–0	—	1–0
4	Lokomotiv Tashkent	6	1	1	4	10	13	−3	4		1–2	5–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Date Round

Home

Score

Away

Location

25 February 2015 1	Foolad	0-0	Al Sadd	Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz
16:00 UTC+5	M. Badrlou 32' M. Mosalman 43' A. Nong 65' M. Chago 75'	Report	J. Yahia 42'	Attendance: 37,843 Referee: Kim Sang Woo Man of the Match: Nadir Belhadj

4 March 2015 2	Lokomotiv	1-1	Foolad	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent
13:30 UTC+5	O. Zoteev 6' L.Turaev 16' S. Mustafoev 75'	Report	M. Jama'ati 32' Y. Vakia 79'	Attendance: 7,456 Referee: Ryuji Sato Man of the Match: Oleg Zoteev

17 March 2015 3	Foolad	0-0	Al-Hilal	Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz
16:00 UTC+5	M. Mosalman 38' M. Ghazi 54'	Report	S. Al-Faraj 12' S. Kariri 64'	Attendance: 37.452 Referee: Jarred Gillett Man of the Match: Mehrdad Jama'ati

8 April 2015 4	Al-Hilal	2–0	Foolad	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
20:45 UTC+3	Al-Shamrani 46' Al-Shahrani 61'	Report		Attendance: 20,087 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

21 April 2015 5	Al-Sadd	v	Foolad	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
19:00 UTC+3		Report

5 May 2015 6	Foolad	v	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz
20:35 UTC+4:30		Report

Statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Place	Position	Number	Name	Iran Pro League	AFC Champions League	Total
1	FW	30	Aloys Nong	8	0	8
2	MF	7	Soroush Rafiei	7	0	7
3	MF	10	Esmaeil Sharifat	3	0	3
	FW	99	Mohammad Ghazi	3	0	3
	FW	23	Mehrdad Jama'ati	2	1	3
6	FW	8	Sasan Ansari	2	0	2
7	DF	6	Mehdi Badrlou	1	0	1
	MF	40	Yousef Vakia	1	0	1
	DF	15	Mathias Chago	1	0	1
	DF	3	Leonard Mesarić	1	0	1
	DF	2	Ahmad Alenemeh	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	1
TOTALS				31	1	32

References[edit]

^ http://www.iplstats.com/team3.htm
^ "Foolad FC,ایمان موسوی".
^ Official: Chago signed with Foolad
^ "Foolad FC,بهمن کامل".
^ "Foolad FC,بهمن کامل".
^ Aloys Nong, new Foolad striker
^ ^a ^b ^c ,Ahmad Alenemeh new Foolad Defender
^ Entekhab.ir, پایگاه خبری تحلیلی انتخاب (February 28, 1393). "عباس محمدرضايي به پديده مشهد پيوست". fa.
^ "عبدالله کرمی به سپاهان پیوست". ورزش سه.
^ "سوشا مکانی به پرسپولیس پیوست". ورزش سه.
^ Official: Luciano Pereira joined Sepahan
^ "غلامرضا رضایی به نفت تهران پیوست". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency. June 23, 2014.

External links[edit]

[table_note_res_ZOB0.33192969641272-13] Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

[1] ttp://www.iplstats.com/team3.htm

[2] "Foolad FC,ایمان موسوی".

[3] Official: Chago signed with Foolad

[4] "Foolad FC,بهمن کامل".

[5] "Foolad FC,بهمن کامل".

[6] Aloys Nong, new Foolad striker

[auto-7] ,Ahmad Alenemeh new Foolad Defender

[8] Entekhab.ir, پایگاه خبری تحلیلی انتخاب (February 28, 1393). "عباس محمدرضايي به پديده مشهد پيوست". fa.

[9] "عبدالله کرمی به سپاهان پیوست". ورزش سه.

[10] "سوشا مکانی به پرسپولیس پیوست". ورزش سه.

[11] Official: Luciano Pereira joined Sepahan

[12] "غلامرضا رضایی به نفت تهران پیوست". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency. June 23, 2014.

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