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

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

Transfers

In

No PNatNameAgeMoving fromEndsTransfer
fee		TypeTransfer
window		Source
19FWIranIman Mousavi25Gostaresh2016$230,000TransferSummer[2]
15MFCameroonMathias Chago31Lokomotiva ZagrebCroatia2016$305,000TransferSummer[3]
19DFIranBahman Kamel28Naft Tehran2018FreeTransferSummer[4]
3DFCroatiaLeonard Mesarić30Lokomotiva ZagrebCroatia2015$380,000TransferSummer[5]
30FWCameroonAloys Nong31LevanteSpain2016$420,000TransferWinter[6]
2DFIranAhmad Alenemeh32Tractor Sazi2017$200,000TransferWinter[7]
77FWIranMohsen Mosalman27Zob Ahan2016$200,000LoanWinter[7]
99FWIranMohammad Ghazi30Esteghlal2017$250,000TransferWinter[7]

Out

No PNatNameAgeMoving toTransfer feeTypeTransfer
window		Source
9FWIranAbbas Mohammad Rezaei31PadidehFreeTransferSummer[8]
10MFIranAbdollah Karami31Sepahan$400,000TransferSummer[9]
77GKIranSosha Makani27Persepolis$345,000TransferSummer[10]
29FWBrazilChimba30Sepahan$388,000TransferSummer[11]
37FWIranGholamreza Rezaei30Naft Tehran$207,000TransferSummer[12]

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
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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Naft Tehran 30 16 10 4 45 28 +17 58 2016 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Zob Ahan 30 14 10 6 46 26 +20 52 2016 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
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

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

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 - 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

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

Group stage

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

Top scorers

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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