2014–15 Foolad F.C. season

Foolad

2014–15 season

Chairman

Seifollah Dehkordi

Manager

Stadium

3rd

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)^[1]

Average home league attendance

League: 5,600

All: 8,545

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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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

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	Tarbiat Yazd
22	Behnam Mousavi	GK	2014	(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993	Youth system
31	Milad Homayouni	GK	2012	(1993-03-27) 27 March 1993	Youth system
35	Shahab Gordan	GK	2013	(1981-09-19) 19 September 1981	Mes Kerman
Defenders
2	Ahmad Alenemeh	DF	2015	(1982-10-20) 20 October 1982	Tractor Sazi
3	Leonard Mesarić	DF	2014	(1983-08-10) 10 August 1983	Lokomotiva, Croatia
4	Ayoub Vali	DF	2008	(1987-08-09) 9 August 1987	Youth system
6	Mehdi Badrlou	DF	2014	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993	Youth system
15	Mathias Chago	DF	2012	(1983-03-13) 13 March 1983	Lokomotiva, Croatia
19	Bahman Kamel	DF	2014	(1986-01-19) 19 January 1986	Naft Tehran
25	Omid Khaledi	DF	2011	(1988-10-29) 29 October 1988	Shahin Ahvaz
33	Mehrdad Jama'ati	DF	2009	(1987-10-07) 7 October 1987	Youth system
25	Mohammad Ahle Shakhe	DF	2014	(1993-07-02) 2 July 1993	Youth system
33	Soroush Saeidi	DF	2014	(1991-07-02) 2 July 1991	Youth system
Midfielders
5	Mehdi Badrlou	AM	2013	(1986-01-14) 14 January 1986	Saba Qom
7	Soroush Rafiei	MF	2011	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990	Fajr Sepasi
10	Esmaeil Sharifat	MF	2012	(1988-06-06) 6 June 1988	Esteghlal
11	Bakhtiar Rahmani(captain)	MF	2007	(1989-10-23) 23 October 1989	Youth system
14	Shahab Karami	MF	2012	(1991-03-16) 16 March 1991	Shahrdari Yasuj
29	Ali Sina Rabbani	MF	2009	(1993-01-16) 16 January 1993	Youth system
32	Hadi Habibinejad	MF	2014	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995	Youth system
15	Yousef Vakia	MF	2012	(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993	Youth system
Forwards
8	Sasan Ansari	FW	2010	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991	Youth system
9	Iman Mousavi	FW	2014	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989	Gostaresh
29	Jahantigh	FW	2014	(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995	Youth system
30	Aloys Nong	FW	2014	(1983-10-16) 16 October 1983	Levante Spain
77	Mohsen Mosalman	FW	2015	(1991-01-27) 27 January 1991	Zob Ahan
99	Mohammad Ghazi	FW	2015	(1984-12-30) 30 December 1984	Esteghlal

Transfers

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2014

Main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2014–15

In

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	^[8]
99	FW	Mohammad Ghazi	30	Esteghlal	2017	$250,000	Transfer	Winter	^[9]

Out

No	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
9	FW	Abbas Mohammad Rezaei	31	Padideh	Free	Transfer	Summer	^[10]
10	MF	Abdollah Karami	31	Sepahan	$400,000	Transfer	Summer	^[11]
77	GK	Sosha Makani	27	Persepolis	$345,000	Transfer	Summer	^[12]
29	FW	Chimba	30	Sepahan	$388,000	Transfer	Summer	^[13]
37	FW	Gholamreza Rezaei	30	Naft Tehran	$207,000	Transfer	Summer	^[14]

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Overall

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iran Pro League	7001260000000000000♠26	7001140000000000000♠14	7000500000000000000♠5	7000700000000000000♠7	7001310000000000000♠31	7001220000000000000♠22	+9	7001538500000000000♠53.85
Hazfi Cup	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	−1	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Champions League	7000400000000000000♠4	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	−2	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Total	7001310000000000000♠31	7001140000000000000♠14	7000800000000000000♠8	7000900000000000000♠9	7001320000000000000♠32	7001260000000000000♠26	+6	7001451600000099999♠45.16

Iran Pro League

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tractor Sazi !Tractor Sazi	26	15	5	6	48	29	+19	50	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Naft Tehran !Naft Tehran	26	13	9	4	37	24	+13	48	2016 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Sepahan !Sepahan	26	13	8	5	35	25	+10	47	2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Foolad !Foolad	26	14	5	7	31	22	+9	47

Updated to games played on 19 May 2015.
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.

Results by round

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".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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	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	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	-
1 May 2015	Malavan	A	–
11 May 2015	Padideh	H	–
15 May 2015	Saba Qom	A	–

Hazfi Cup

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

Main article: 2015 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	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 knock-out stage	—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Al-Sadd	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10	Advance to knock-out 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

Top scorers

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

External links

Foolad Sport Club Ahvaz

General	First Team Reserves Team Youth Team Players Managers Current squad

Ground	New Foolad Stadium Ghadir Stadium Takhti Stadium Foolad Khuzestan Stadium

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

2014–15 in Iranian football

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Domestic leagues	Iran Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division

Domestic cups	Hazfi Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Club seasons

Iran Pro League	Esteghlal Est. Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Naft Masjed Soleyman Naft Tehran Padideh Paykan Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Qom Saipa Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

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