2015–16 Foolad F.C. season

Foolad

2015–16 season
Chairman	Seifollah Dehkordi
Manager	Dragan Skocic
Stadium	Ghadir Stadium
Persian Gulf Pro League	14th
Hazfi Cup	Round 4
Top goalscorer	Soroush Rafiei (2 goals) Mathias Chago (2 goals) Hossein Ebrahimi (2 goals)
Highest home attendance	13,000 (25 August 2015 against Persepolis (Persian Gulf Pro League)
Lowest home attendance	0 (11 September 2014 against Zob Ahan)[1]
Average home league attendance	League: 3,300 All: 3,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2015–16 season are Foolad's 14th season in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They competed in the Hazfi Cup which they were eliminated by Esteghlal in Round 4. Foolad is captained by Leonard Mesaric.

Players

Last updated on 21 April 2015

Under-23 players

Under-21 players

Out during the season (injured/ transferred)

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Alireza Salimi		GK	2010	23 February 1984	Tarbiat Yazd
33	Mehrdad Bashagardi		GK	2015	3 September 1984	PAS Hamedan
31	Farzad Tayebipour		GK	2014	?	Youth system
Defenders
27	Reza Ahmadi		DF	2015	10 February 1993	Youth system
3	Leonard Mesaric (captain)		DF	2014	10 August 1983	Lokomotiva, Croatia
17	Abdollah Nasseri		DF	2008	20 May 1992	Foolad Novin
6	Mehdi Badrlou		DF	2014	10 February 1993	Youth system
15	Mathias Chago		DF	2012	13 March 1983	Lokomotiva, Croatia
19	Bahman Kamel		DF	2014	19 January 1986	Naft Tehran
25	Omid Khaledi		DF	2011	29 October 1988	Shahin Ahvaz
33	Mehrdad Jama'ati		DF	2009	7 October 1987	Youth system
25	Mohammad Ahle Shakhe		DF	2014	2 July 1993	Youth system
33	Soroush Saeidi		DF	2014	2 July 1991	Youth system
70	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh		DF	2015	11 May 1991	Persepolis
16	Aref Aghasi		DF	2015	?	Foolad Novin
Midfielders
5	Mehdi Badrlou		AM	2013	14 January 1986	Saba Qom
88	Amirhossein Feshangchi		MF	2015	7 January 1987	Paykan
10	Esmaeil Sharifat		MF	2012	6 June 1988	Esteghlal
7	Hossein Ebrahimi		MF	2015	3 August 1990	Naft Tehran
14	Shahab Karami		MF	2012	16 March 1991	Shahrdari Yasuj
29	Ali Sina Rabbani		MF	2009	16 January 1993	Youth system
32	Hadi Habibinejad		MF	2014	17 October 1995	Youth system
15	Yousef Vakia		MF	2012	30 September 1993	Youth system
30	Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh		MF	2015	11 May 1994	Youth system
11	Akbar Imani		MF	2015	21 March 1992	Zob Ahan
Forwards
8	Sasan Ansari		FW	2010	4 May 1991	Youth system
9	Iman Mousavi		FW	2014	2 June 1989	Gostaresh
29	Bahman Jahantigh		FW	2014	14 March 1995	Youth system
23	Hossein Maleki		FW	2015	6 April 1990	Naft MIS
2	Mehdi Daghagheleh		FW	2015	30 January 1990	Persepolis

Transfers

In

No	P	Nat	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
23	FW		Hossein Maleki	25	Naft MIS	2016	N/A	Transfer	Summer	[2]
2	MF		Mehdi Daghagheleh	26	Persepolis	2016	N/A	Transfer	Summer	[3]
7	MF		Hossein Ebrahimi	25	Naft Tehran	2018	Free	Transfer	Summer	[4]
30	MF		Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh	21	Foolad Novin	2015	Free	Transfer	Summer	[5]
11	MF		Akbar Imani	23	Zob Ahan	2016	Free	Transfer	Winter	[6]
70	DF		Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh	24	Persepolis	2016	Free	Transfer	Summer	[7]
17	DF		Abdollah Nasseri	23	Foolad Novin	2017	Free		Summer	[8]
33	GK		Mehrdad Bashagardi	31	PAS Hamedan	2016	Free	Transfer	Summer	[9]
88	MF		Amirhossein Feshangchi	29	Paykan	2016	Free	Transfer	Summer
14	FW		Dorge Kouemaha	32	Lierse	2016	?	Transfer	Summer	[10]
16	DF		Aref Aghasi	20	Foolad Novin	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer

Out

No	P	Nat	Name	Age	Moving to	Transfer fee	Type	Transfer window	Source
77	MF		Mohsen Mosalman	25	Zob Ahan	Returned	Loan	Summer
4	MF		Ayub Vali	28	Free Agent	N/A	Released	Summer
9	FW		Iman Mousavi	27	Siah Jamegan	Free	Transfer	Summer	[11]
2	DF		Ahmad Alenemeh	33	Free Agent	N/A	Released	Summer
14	MF		Shahab Karami	24	Malavan	N/A	Loan	Summer	[12]
63	GK		Ershad Yousefi	34	Mes Kerman	Free	Transfer	Summer
99	FW		Mohammad Ghazi	31	Saba Qom	Free	Transfer	Summer
7	MF		Soroush Rafiei	25	Tractor Sazi	N/A	Loan	Summer	[13]
11	MF		Bakhtiar Rahmani	26	Tractor Sazi	N/A	Loan	Summer
17	FW		Aloys Nong	32	Naft Tehran	Free	Transfer	Summer	[14]
33	DF		Soroush Saeidi	24	Fajr Sepasi	N/A	Loan	Summer
22	GK		Behnam Mousavi	?	Esteghlal Ahvaz	Free	Transfer	Summer

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
15 July 2015	Eskişehirspor	N	W 0 - 3[15][16][17]	Sharifat 14', Ebrahimi 41' (pen) , Jahantigh 54'
20 July 2015	Olmaliq	N	W 1 - 0 [18][19][20]	?
24 July 2015	Balkan	N	W 3 - 0 [21][22][23]	?

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Iran Pro League	—	—
Hazfi Cup	—	—
AFC Champions League	—	—

Source: Competitions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 5 March 2016.
Source: Ipl Stats

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W
Position	4	8	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12

Last updated: 5 March 2016.
Source: "Ipl".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Home v Away

Date Round	Home	Score	Away	Location

Foolad v Rah Ahan

31 July 2015 1	Foolad	2 - 2	Rah Ahan
17:30

Padideh v Foolad

6 August 2014 2	Padideh	1 - 1	Foolad

Foolad v Esteghlal Khuzestan

14 August 2014 3	Foolad	0 - 2	Esteghlal Khuzestan
19:55

Sepahan v Foolad

20 August 2015 4	Sepahan	1 - 1	Foolad

Foolad v Persepolis

25 August 2015 5	Foolad	0 - 2	Persepolis

Foolad v Zob Ahan

15 September 2015 6	Foolad	0 - 3	Zob Ahan

Saipa v Foolad

24 September 2015 7	Saipa	1 - 0	Foolad

Foolad v Tractor Sazi

16 October 2015 8	Foolad	1 - 2	Tractor Sazi

Saba Qom v Foolad

October 21, 2015 9	Saba Qom	2 - 1	Foolad

Foolad v Siah Jamegan

October 27, 2015 10	Foolad	1 - 0	Siah Jamegan

Malavan v Foolad

31 October 2015 11	Malavan	1 - 0	Foolad

Foolad v Esteghlal

20 November 2015 12	Foolad	0 - 2	Esteghlal

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Foolad

30 November 2015 13	Esteghlal Ahvaz	1 - 2	Foolad

Foolad v Naft Tehran

13 December 2015 14	Foolad	1 - 2	Naft Tehran

Gostaresh Foolad v Foolad

18 December 2015 15	Gostaresh Foolad	1 - 1	Foolad

Rah Ahan v Foolad

27 December 2015 16	Rah Ahan	1 - 1	Foolad

Foolad v Padideh

1 January 2016 17	Foolad	1 - 0	Padideh

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Foolad

29 January 2016 18	Esteghlal Khuzestan	0 - 1	Foolad

Foolad v Sepahan

7 February 2016 19	Foolad	1 - 0	Sepahan

Persepolis v Foolad

12 February 2016 20	Persepolis	1 - 0	Foolad

Zob Ahan v Foolad

18 February 2016 21	Zob Ahan	1 - 1	Foolad

Foolad v Saipa

4 March 2016 22	Foolad	1 - 0	Saipa

Tractor Sazi v Foolad

10 March 2016 23	Tractor Sazi	3 - 2	Foolad

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