Gostaresh Foulad F.C.

Gostaresh

Full name

Gostaresh Foulad Tabriz Football Club

Nickname(s)

Göy Dəmirçilər (The Blue Smiths)

Founded

7 August 2008

Ground

Gostaresh Foulad Stadium, Tabriz

Capacity

12,000

Owner

Mohammad Reza Zonuzi Motlagh

Chairman

Gholamreza Samandar

Manager

Faraz Kamalvand

League

Persian Gulf Pro League

2014–15

Persian Gulf Pro League, 11th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Gostaresh Foulad F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, Iran. The club was founded in 2008. They currently compete in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They were promoted from the Azadegan League in the 2012–13 season. The club is owned by Mohammad Reza Zonuzi Motlagh, an Iranian businessman and economist. Gostaresh is one of the few privately owned clubs in Iran.

Gostaresh Foolad also has a futsal team in the senior, under 19's, under 17's, and under 15's levels.

History

Establishment

Formed in 2008, Gostaresh took over the licence of Niroye Zamini when they ran into financial difficulties. Gostaresh had played the previous season in Iran Football's 3rd Division, placing first overall.

Azadegan League

While providing limited results in the clubs inaugural season in the Azadegan League, Gostaresh found success in the Hazfi Cup.

The team reached the finals by securing a 2–0 victory over Persian Gulf Pro League side Zob Ahan^[1] The victory sealed Gostaresh a meeting with Asian powerhouse Persepolis in the Hazfi Cup final.^[1] Clearly outmatched, Gostaresh lost the home leg 1–0 from a goal by Persepolis forward Sheys Rezaei, who scored in the 12th minute.^[2] In the second leg at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, gostaresh lost 3–1 for a total aggregate loss of 4 goals to 1, giving Persepolis the Hazfi Cup.^[3]

In the 2011–2012 season Luka Bonacic took over the clubs managerial role, at the end of the year Gostaresh was tied for second place and a shot at promotion, but goal difference dropped them to third, and hopes of promotion were destroyed on the final day.

The 2012–2013 season saw the introduction of Rasoul Khatibi, his tactics seemed to work and Gostaresh easily clinched automatic promotion to the Iran Pro League

Iran Pro League

Gostaresh Foolad play in the 2013–14 Iran Pro League season. They lost in the round of 16 of the Hazfi Cup to Azadegan League side Sanat Naft Abadan. In their first year in the league, Gostaresh had a decent season, finishing 10th.

After a bad start to the 2014–15 season Mehdi Tartar was fired as head coach of the club and replaced by Faraz Kamalvand who saved Gostaresh from relegation, finishing in 11th place.

Stadium

Gostaresh Foolad Stadium is Gostaresh Foolad's main stadium with the capacity of 12,000. The stadium and its complex includes two grass pitches. The club aim's to get an A rating from the Asian Football Confederation regarding their stadium. Starting in the 2014–15 season the club will play its home games at Gostaresh Foolad Stadium.

Kit

Since the clubs establishment in 2008, the teams has worn an all blue home kit with an all white away kit, corresponding with the clubs logo. From 2008 to 2014 Gostaresh's kit sponsor was German company Uhlsport who also supplied the Iran national football team and a large number of other Iranian clubs. Starting in the summer of 2014 the club switched to Spanish company Kelme. After only one season with Kelme, Gostaresh once again switched sponsors and chose Iranian based company Merooj.

Season-by-season

Gostaresh Foulad in 2015.

The table below chronicles the achievements of Gostaresh Foolad F.C. in various competitions since 2009.

Season	League	Position	Hazfi Cup	Notes
2008–09	Division 3	1st	Did not qualify	Promoted
2009–10	Division 1	8th	Final
2010–11	Division 1	3rd	3rd Round
2011–12	Division 1	9th	Round of 32
2012–13	Division 1	1st	Did not qualify	Promoted
2013–14	Pro League	10th	Round of 16
2014–15	Pro League	11th	Round of 16

International Friendlies

Since its establishment Gostaresh has played a number of European friendlies.

Date Round	Home	Score	Away	Location

Win Draw Loss Postponed

8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)	Eskişehirspor	0 – 2	Gostaresh Foolad	Turkey
		^[4]	Ebrahimi Ebrahimi

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13)	Hannover 96	2 – 0	Gostaresh Foolad	Turkey

Players

First Team Squad

As of January 17, 2016.^[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Davoud Noushi Soufiani
2	MF	Omid Nezamipour
4	MF	Leonardo Pimenta
5	MF	Magno Batista
8	DF	Morteza Asadi (captain)
10	FW	Mohammad Ebrahimi
11	FW	Shahram Goudarzi
12	FW	Mehdi Seyed Salehi
14	DF	Mohsen Hosseini
17	MF	Amin Khatibi ^U21
18	MF	Siamak Koohnavard
19	FW	Mohammad Amin Darvishi ^U23
20	DF	Mohammad Nosrati
22	GK	Georgi Georgiev
23	FW	Dariush Shojaeian

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Amin Taghizadeh ^U23
26	DF	Mehdi Karbalaei ^U23
30	FW	Meghdad Ghobakhlou
31	FW	Shahin Taherkhani ^U21
32	MF	Meysam Sadeghi ^U23
33	GK	Saeed Jabbarnejad ^U23
34	MF	Saeed Sadeghi ^U21
37	FW	Nima Mokhtari ^U21
66	MF	Reza Karimi ^U21
70	DF	Mohsen Hamidi
77	DF	Mostafa Ekrami
80	MF	Saman Nariman Jahan
88	MF	Ali Reza Latifi
99	MF	Amir Hossein Karimi ^U21 (on loan from Sepahan)

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
13		FW	Yousef Seyedi ^U21 (at Machine Sazi until end of 2015–16 season)
16		MF	Alireza Naghizadeh ^U23 (at Siah Jamegan until end of 2015–16 season)

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16.

Head coaches


Manager	Years
Hossein Khatibi	Jan 2009–March 2010
Farhad Kazemi	March 2010–Dec 2010
Luka Bonačić	Dec 15, 2010–June 25, 2011
Engin Firat	July 1, 2011–Sept 30, 2011
Mohammad Hossein Ziaei	Oct 2011–Feb 2012
Hadi Bargizar	Feb 2012–July 2012
Rasoul Khatibi	July 1, 2012–Jan 2, 2014
Mehdi Tartar	Jan 2, 2014–Dec 15, 2014
Faraz Kamalvand	Dec 15, 2014–

Coaching Staff

Staff ^[6]	Name
Head coach	Faraz Kamalvand
Assistant coach	Amir Khodakaram
Assistant coach	Bijan Taheri
Assistant coach	Satar Nobarimehr
Coach	Mohammad Farshbaf
Coach	Farhad Koochakzadeh
Coach	Abbas Aghaei
Goalkeeping Coach	Darius Esfandiari
Analyzer	Alireza Moradi
Doctor	Darius Khalil Pourazar
Physiotherapist	Musa Najmi
Physiotherapist	Hossein Atar Nosrati
Physiotherapist	Sasan Assadi Eskandani
Technical Manager	Hossein Azarnia

Notable players

Achievements

Hazfi Cup

Runners-up (1): 2009–10

Azadegan League

Winner (1): 2012–13

3rd Division

Winner (1): 2008–09

Iran Pro League

Fair play Team of the Year: 2014–15^[7]

References

1 2 "Iran: Gostaresh Stun Zob Ahan To Earn Dream Final Against Persepolis". Goal.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
↑ "Persepolis reaching for Hazfi Cup title [VIDEO". PersianLeague.com. 2010-05-12. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
↑ "Persepolis wins cup elimination final [VIDEO". PersianLeague.com. 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
↑ http://m.ligtv.com.tr/mac-merkezi/eskisehirspor-gostaresh?id=111152004
↑ "گسترش فولاد". Ffiri.ir. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
↑ http://www.gftclub.ir/personlist-14-1-1-1-mainteam.html
↑ http://khabaronline.ir/detail/439605/sport/premiere-league

External links

(Persian) Official Web Site
Players and Results

Persian Gulf Pro League

2015–16 teams	Esteghlal Esteghlal Khuzestan Esteghlal Ahvaz Foolad Gostaresh Malavan Naft Tehran Padideh Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Saipa Sepahan Siah Jamegan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan

Former teams	Aboomoslem Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Damash Esteghlal Rasht Fajr Sepasi Gahar Zagros Mes Kerman Mes Sarcheshmeh Naft Masjed Soleyman PAS Hamedan Pas Tehran Payam Mashhad Paykan Pegah Gilan Sanat Naft Shahin Bushehr Shahrdari Tabriz Shamoushak Shirin Faraz Steel Azin Tarbiat Yazd

Competition	Champions Iranian league system Foreign players

Statistics and awards	Winning managers Top scorers all-time by season Football Awards

Associated competitions	Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division

Seasons	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 2015–16

List of transfers	summer 2012 winter 2012–13 summer 2013 winter 2013–14 summer 2014 winter 2014–15 summer 2015 winter 2015–16

Hazfi Cup

2015–16 Hazfi Cup clubs

4th Round (1/8)	Esteghlal Khuzestan Gostaresh Foulad Kara Shiraz Malavan Saba Qom Siah Jamegan

3rd Round (1/16)	Baderan Tehran Bazargani Vashta Amol Be'sat Kermanshah Diana Baqershahr Esteghlal Ahvaz Isar Jiroft Karun Khuzestan Mantagheye Azad Kish Niroo Zamini Oghab Tehran Omid Razakan Alborz Paykan Safir Qazvin Sepidrood Rasht Shahrdari Kashan Shahrdari Semnan

2nd Round	Alvand Hamedan Amir Kabir Noorabad Esteghlal Javan Saveh Hamun Sazeh Kowsar Mehran Ilam Moghavemat Tehran Montakhab Khorramabad Montakhab Qom Payam Ardehal Payam Mashhad Persepolis Ganaveh Rahian Kermanshah Sanat Sari Shahrdari Mahshahr Shahrdari Jouybar Shirin Faraz Aqqala

1st Round	Abidar Sanandaj Aboumoslem Abouzar Basht Aluminium Arak Ansar Bafq Arad Isfahan Caspian Qazvin Damash Gilan Esteghlal B Tehran Etka Gorgan Haf Semnan Kadous Masal Gilan Kargar Boneh Gaz Khoneh Be Khoneh Montakhab Arak Montakhab Birjand Montakhab Bojnord Montakhab Semnan Montakhab Urmia Naft Omidiyeh Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Pars Jam Bushehr Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr Sanat Naft Novin Shahin Ameri Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Shahrdari Kamyaran Shahrdari Tabriz Shahrdari Urmia Shahrdari Zanjan Sherkate Khalkhal Dasht Tarbiat Novin

Hazfi Cup seasons

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2011–12 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Final	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	IPL Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup

International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners Cup (Defunct)

Football in Iran

League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Provincial League Kowsar league

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup

Defunct competitions	Super Cup Takht Jamshid Cup

National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17 M U-15

Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League

Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

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