2013–14 Foolad F.C. season

Foolad
201314 season
Chairman Seifollah Dehkordi
Manager Hossein Faraki
Stadium Ghadir Stadium
Iran Pro League 1st
Hazfi Cup Quarter-Final
AFC Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Chimba (9 goals)
All: Chimba (15 goals)
Highest home attendance 50,205 (April 6, 2014 against Esteghlal)
Lowest home attendance 11,789 (October 8, 2013 against Damash Gilan)
Average home league attendance 37,933
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2013–14 season were the Foolad's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 6th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They also be competed in the Hazfi Cup which were knockout in the semi-finals by Tractor Sazi and AFC Champions League in Round of 16 by Al-Sadd. Foolad F.C. was captained by Bakhtiar Rahmani and won the league title at the end of the season.

Squad

Iran Pro League squad

As of January 14, 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Iran GK Alireza Salimi
2 Brazil DF Leandro Padovani
4 Iran DF Ayub Vali
5 Iran MF Mehdi Badrlou
6 Iran DF Mehdi Noori
7 Iran FW Soroush Rafiei
8 Iran FW Esmaeil Sharifat
9 Iran MF Abbas Mohammadrezaei
10 Iran DF Abdullah Karami
11 Iran MF Bakhtiar Rahmani U23 (Captain)
13 Iran GK Ershad Yousefi
14 Iran MF Shahab Karami U23
15 Brazil MF Leandro Chaves
16 Iran FW Arash Afshin
17 Iran DF Abolhassan Jafari
No. Position Player
20 Iran MF Ayub Kalantari U23
21 Iran DF Omid Khaledi
23 Iran FW Sasan Ansari U23
24 Iran DF Mehrdad Jamaati
26 Iran DF Yousef Vakia U21
27 Iran DF Soroush Saeidi U23
29 Brazil FW Chimba
30 Iran MF Ahmad Abdollahzadeh U21
31 Iran GK Milad Homayouni U21
32 Iran MF Valid Mashayzadeh U21
33 Iran DF Vafa Hakhamaneshi U23
35 Iran FW Mehdi Niyayesh Pour U23
37 Iran FW Gholamreza Rezaei
55 Iran DF Saeed Salarzadeh
77 Iran GK Sosha Makani

Loan list

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

No. Position Player
Iran DF Amir Sharafi (to Hafari Ahvaz until the end of the 2013–14 season)

Transfers

In

No P Nat Name Age Moving from Ends Transfer
fee
Type Transfer
window
Source
37 FW Iran Gholamreza Rezaei 29 Persepolis 2016 $680,000 Transfer Summer [1]
55 DF Iran Saeed Salarzadeh 31 Malavan 2015 Free Transfer Summer [2]
3 DF Brazil Leandro Padovani 30 Loan return 2016 Free Transfer Winter [3]
7 FW Iran Arash Afshin 25 Loan return 2018 Free Transfer Winter [4]
77 GK Iran Sosha Makani 27 Naft Tehran 2017 $700,000 Transfer Winter [5]

Out

No P Nat Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window
Source
7 FW Iran Arash Afshin 25 Sepahan N/A Loan Summer [6]
3 DF Brazil Leandro Padovani 30 Al RayyanQatar N/A Loan Summer [7]
22 GK Iran Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 24 Zob Ahan Free Transfer Summer [8]
40 FW Iran Farzad Hatami 28 Persepolis $500,000 Transfer Winter [9]
3 DF Brazil Serjão 28 Released Free Transfer Winter [10]

Pre-season and friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
12 June 2013 Foolad Novin A 5–2 Rahmani (2) 5', 7', Chimba (3) 22', 56', 60 2,000
20 June 2013 Foolad Yazd N 1–0 Chimba 84' 5,000
12 July 2013 Naft Tehran A 3–2 Chimba 11', Kalantari 22', Sharifat 89' 1,000
14 July 2013 Persepolis N 2–1 Nouri 17' (o.g.), Sharifat 55' 4,000
20 July 2013 Bursaspor H 1–0 Chimba 26' 6,000
15 December 2013 Padideh N 3–0 Rahmani 12', Chaves 52', Rafiei 77' 2,000
18 December 2013 Saba N 0–0 500

Competition record

Overall

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League 30 16 9 5 36 24 +12 53.33
Hazfi Cup 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 75.00
Champions League 8 4 4 0 13 5 +8 50.00
Total 42 23 13 6 45 31 +14 54.76

Iran Pro League

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance League
position
25 July 2013 Sepahan A 0–2 15,777 15th
2 August 2013 Fajr Sepasi H 1–0 Hatami 64' 13,230 8th
6 August 2013 Saba Qom A 1–0 Karami 49' 11,453 4th
10 August 2013 Damash Gilan H 3–1 Chimba (2) 26', 46', Rahmani 53' 11,789 1st
16 August 2013 Rah Ahan A 1–0 Chimba 48' (pen.) 1,145 1st
23 August 2013 Esteghlal Khuzestan H 3–2 Hatami 28', Rahmani 34', Rafiei 83' 20,369 1st
30 August 2013 Persepolis A 1–3 Sharifat 90+4' 60,852 1st
5 September 2013 Zob Ahan H 1–0 Rahmani 38' 18,158 1st
13 September 2013 Mes Kerman A 2–2 Chimba 31', Rafiei 88' 13,951 1st
20 September 2013 Saipa H 4–1 Chimba 45' (pen.), Rahmani 55', Sharifat 66', Rafiei 72' 22,357 1st
27 September 2013 Malavan A 2–1 Nouri 55', Chimba 79' 12,458 1st
27 September 2013 Naft Tehran H 0–2 16,200 1st
18 October 2013 Tractor Sazi A 2–2 Chimba 37' (pen.), Sharifat 66' 45,452 1st
25 October 2013 Esteghlal A 0–2 35,985 2nd
3 November 2013 Gostaresh H 1–1 Chaves 60' 13,869 3rd
29 November 2013 Sepahan H 0–0 27,185 4th
5 December 2013 Fajr Sepasi A 0–0 2,037 5th
13 December 2013 Saba Qom H 2–0 Rahmani 28', Khaledi (90+4) 30,950 5th
20 December 2013 Damash Gilan A 2–1 Chimba (2) 45', 48' 3,782 4th
24 December 2013 Rah Ahan H 0–0 12,350 4th
3 January 2014 Esteghlal Khuzestan A 2–0 Sharifat (2) 33', 90+1 40,140 3rd
11 January 2014 Persepolis H 2–1 Sharifat 34', Afshin 89' 49,740 2nd
16 January 2014 Zob Ahan A 0–0 3,356 2nd
26 January 2014 Mes Kerman H 1–0 Vali 47' 22,144 2nd
31 January 2014 Saipa A 0–0 1,980 2nd
9 February 2014 Malavan H 1–0 Jamaati 89' 23,335 2nd
16 February 2014 Naft Tehran A 1–1 Afshin 13' 1,780 1st
27 March 2014 Tractor Sazi H 2–1 Badrlou 33' (pen.), 73' (pen.) 25,115 1st
6 April 2014 Esteghlal H 0–1 50,205 2nd
11 April 2014 Gostaresh A 1–0 Jamaati 37' 15,253 1st
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Foolad (C) 30 16 9 5 36 24+12 57 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Persepolis 30 16 8 6 34 15+19 0551
3 Naft Tehran 30 15 9 6 39 23+16 54 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Sepahan 30 14 12 4 36 20+16 54

Updated to games played on 11 April 2014.
Source: FIFA.com
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.

Hazfi Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
29 October 2013 Round 5 Foolad Yazd H 3–0 (w/o) N/A
8 November 2013 Round of 16 Foolad Novin H 3–0 (w/o) N/A
26 January 2014 Quarter-final Persepolis H 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–0p)
Rahmani 57' 49,122
4 February 2014 Semi-final Tractor Sazi A 1–0 30,270

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance Group
position
25 February 2014 El Jaish A 0–0 5,417 1st
11 March 2014 Al-Fateh H 1–0 Rahmani 68' (pen.) 37,391 2nd
19 March 2014 Bunyodkor A 1–1 Karami 74' 1,950 1st
1 April 2014 Bunyodkor H 1–0 Vali 77' 24,175 2nd
15 April 2014 El Jaish H 3–1 Rahmani 21', Rezaei 45+1', Chimba 90' 38,452 1st
23 April 2014 Al-Fateh A 5–1 Chimba (3) 10', 36' (pen.), 44' (pen.), Rezaei (2) 79', 90+4' (pen.) 300 1st
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Iran Foolad 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 14
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
Qatar El Jaish 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh 6 0 2 4 3 11 8 2

Knockout phase

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
7 May 2014 Round of 16
First leg
Al-Sadd A 0–0 6,320
14 May 2014 Round of 16
Second leg
Al-Sadd H 2–2 Chimba (2) 77' (pen.), 87' 48,753

Note: Al-Sadd won 2–2 on away goals.

Statistics

Top scorers

Place Position Nationality Number Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC Champions League Total
1 FW Brazil 29 Chimba 9 0 6 15
2 MF Iran 11 Bakhtiar Rahmani 5 1 2 8
3 FW Iran 8 Esmaeil Sharifat 6 0 0 6
4 FW Iran 37 Gholamreza Rezaei 0 0 3 3
FW Iran 7 Soroush Rafiei 3 0 0 3
6 DF Iran 24 Mehrdad Jamaati 2 0 0 2
FW Iran 16 Arash Afshin 2 0 0 2
MF Iran 7 Mehdi Badrlou 2 0 0 2
FW Iran 40 Farzad Hatami 2 0 0 2
DF Iran 10 Abdullah Karami 1 0 1 2
DF Iran 4 Ayub Vali 1 0 1 2
12 DF Iran 6 Mehdi Noori 1 0 0 1
MF Brazil 15 Leandro Chaves 1 0 0 1
DF Iran 21 Omid Khaledi 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 36 1 11 48

References

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