2014–15 Foolad F.C. season

Foolad
2014–15 season
ChairmanSeifollah Dehkordi
ManagerDragan Skočić
StadiumGhadir Stadium
Iran Pro League3rd
Hazfi CupRound 1
ACLGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Soroush Rafiei (7 goals)
All: Soroush Rafiei (7 goals)
Highest home attendance37,843 (25 February 2015 against Al Sadd (ACL))
Lowest home attendance1,000 (11 September 2014 against Saba Qom)[1]
Average home league attendanceLeague: 5,600
All: 8,545

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

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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 Iran GK 2010 (1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 40) Tarbiat Yazd
22 Behnam Mousavi Iran GK 2014 (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31) Youth system
31 Milad Homayouni Iran GK 2012 (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31) Youth system
Defenders
2 Ahmad Alenemeh Iran DF 2015 (1982-10-20) 20 October 1982 (age 42) Tractor Sazi
3 Leonard Mesarić Croatia DF 2014 (1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 41) Lokomotiva, Croatia Croatia
4 Ayoub Vali Iran DF 2008 (1987-08-09) 9 August 1987 (age 37) Youth system
6 Mehdi Badrlou Iran DF 2014 (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31) Youth system
15 Mathias Chago Cameroon DF 2012 (1983-03-13) 13 March 1983 (age 41) Lokomotiva, Croatia Croatia
19 Bahman Kamel Iran DF 2014 (1986-01-19) 19 January 1986 (age 38) Naft Tehran
25 Omid Khaledi Iran DF 2011 (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 36) Shahin Ahvaz
33 Mehrdad Jama'ati Iran DF 2009 (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37) Youth system
25 Mohammad Ahle Shakhe Iran DF 2014 (1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 (age 31) Youth system
33 Soroush Saeidi Iran DF 2014 (1991-07-02) 2 July 1991 (age 33) Youth system
Midfielders
5 Mehdi Badrlou Iran AM 2013 (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 38) Saba Qom
7 Soroush Rafiei Iran MF 2011 (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 34) Fajr Sepasi
10 Esmaeil Sharifat Iran MF 2012 (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36) Esteghlal
11 Bakhtiar Rahmani(captain) Iran MF 2007 (1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 35) Youth system
14 Shahab Karami Iran MF 2012 (1991-03-16) 16 March 1991 (age 33) Shahrdari Yasuj
29 Ali Sina Rabbani Iran MF 2009 (1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 (age 31) Youth system
32 Hadi Habibinejad Iran MF 2014 (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29) Youth system
15 Yousef Vakia Iran MF 2012 (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) Youth system
Forwards
8 Sasan Ansari Iran FW 2010 (1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 33) Youth system
9 Iman Mousavi Iran FW 2014 (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35) Gostaresh
29 Jahantigh Iran FW 2014 (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29) Youth system
30 Aloys Nong Cameroon FW 2014 (1983-10-16) 16 October 1983 (age 41) LevanteSpain Spain
77 Mohsen Mosalman Iran FW 2015 (1991-01-27) 27 January 1991 (age 33) Zob Ahan
99 Mohammad Ghazi Iran FW 2015 (1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 (age 39) Esteghlal

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

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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

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Overall

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Competition Record
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

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Standings

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

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultLWWWDDLWWDLWWDLWWWWLLDLWWW
Position136324554334323444214555554
Source: "Ipl".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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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 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Vakia 1' 15,000 2nd
24 August 2014 Sepahan A 1–1 Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Rafiei 74' 26,000 4th
29 August 2014 Saipa H 0–0 Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine 25,000 5th
5 September 2014 Paykan A 0–1 Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine 11,000 5th
11 September 2014 Gostaresh H 1–0 Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Rafiei 90+4' pen 10,000 4th
19 September 2014 Esteghlal A 1–0 Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine 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

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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

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL SAD FOO LOK
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 2–0 3–1
2 Qatar Al-Sadd 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 1–0 1–0 6–2
3 Iran Foolad 6 1 3 2 2 4 −2 6 0–0 0–0 1–0
4 Uzbekistan 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 Iran 0-0 Qatar Al Sadd Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz
16:00 UTC+5 M. Badrlou Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card
M. Mosalman Yellow card 43'
A. Nong Yellow card 65'
M. Chago Yellow card 75'
Report J. Yahia Yellow card 42' Attendance: 37,843
Referee: South Korea Kim Sang Woo
Man of the Match: Nadir Belhadj
4 March 2015 2 LokomotivUzbekistan 1-1 Iran Foolad Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent
13:30 UTC+5 O. Zoteev 6'
L.Turaev Yellow card 16'
S. Mustafoev Yellow card 75'
Report M. Jama'ati 32'
Y. Vakia Yellow card 79'
Attendance: 7,456
Referee: Japan Ryuji Sato
Man of the Match: Oleg Zoteev
17 March 2015 3 Foolad Iran 0-0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz
16:00 UTC+5 M. Mosalman Yellow card 38'
M. Ghazi Yellow card 54'
Report S. Al-Faraj Yellow card 12'
S. Kariri Yellow card 64'
Attendance: 37.452
Referee: Australia Jarred Gillett
Man of the Match: Mehrdad Jama'ati

Statistics

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Top scorers

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

References

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