# 2015–16 Foolad F.C. season

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 | Position | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Alireza Salimi | GK | 2010 | (1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 40) | Tarbiat Yazd |
| 33 | Mehrdad Bashagardi | GK | 2015 | (1984-09-03) 3 September 1984 (age 40) | PAS Hamedan |
| 31 | Farzad Tayebipour | GK | 2014 | ? | Youth system |
| Defenders |||||||
| 27 | Reza Ahmadi | DF | 2015 | (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31) | Youth system |
| 3 | Leonard Mesaric (captain) | DF | 2014 | (1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 41) | Lokomotiva, Croatia |
| 17 | Abdollah Nasseri | DF | 2008 | (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 32) | Foolad Novin |
| 15 | Mathias Chago | DF | 2012 | (1983-03-13) 13 March 1983 (age 41) | Lokomotiva, Croatia |
| 19 | Bahman Kamel | DF | 2014 | (1986-01-19) 19 January 1986 (age 38) | Naft Tehran |
| 21 | Omid Khaledi | DF | 2011 | (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 36) | Shahin Ahvaz |
| 24 | Mehrdad Jama'ati | DF | 2009 | (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37) | Youth system |
| 44 | Mohammad Ahle Shakhe | DF | 2014 | (1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 (age 31) | Youth system |
| 33 | Soroush Saeidi | DF | 2014 | (1991-07-02) 2 July 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 70 | Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh | DF | 2015 | (1991-05-11) 11 May 1991 (age 33) | Persepolis |
| 16 | Aref Aghasi | DF | 2015 | ? | Foolad Novin |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | Mehdi Badrlou | AM | 2013 | (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 38) | Saba Qom |
| 88 | Amirhossein Feshangchi | MF | 2015 | (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 37) | Paykan |
| 10 | Esmaeil Sharifat | MF | 2012 | (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36) | Esteghlal |
| 7 | Hossein Ebrahimi | MF | 2015 | (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 34) | Naft Tehran |
| 14 | Shahab Karami | MF | 2012 | (1991-03-16) 16 March 1991 (age 33) | Shahrdari Yasuj |
| 29 | Ali Sina Rabbani | MF | 2009 | (1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 (age 31) | Youth system |
| 32 | Hadi Habibinejad | MF | 2014 | (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29) | Youth system |
| 15 | Yousef Vakia | MF | 2012 | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) | Youth system |
| 30 | Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh | MF | 2015 | (1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 (age 30) | Youth system |
| 11 | Akbar Imani | MF | 2015 | (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32) | Zob Ahan |
| Forwards |||||||
| 8 | Sasan Ansari | FW | 2010 | (1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 9 | Iman Mousavi | FW | 2014 | (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35) | Gostaresh |
| 29 | Bahman Jahantigh | FW | 2014 | (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29) | Youth system |
| 23 | Hossein Maleki | FW | 2015 | (1990-04-06) 6 April 1990 (age 34) | Naft MIS |
| 2 | Mehdi Daghagheleh | FW | 2015 | (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34) | Persepolis |

## Transfers
### In

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

### Out

| No | P | Name | Age | Moving to | Transfer fee | Type | Transfer window |
| 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 |
| 2 | DF | Ahmad Alenemeh | 33 | Free agent | N/A | Released | Summer |
| 14 | MF | Shahab Karami | 24 | Malavan | N/A | Loan | Summer |
| 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 |
| 11 | MF | Bakhtiar Rahmani | 26 | Tractor Sazi | N/A | Loan | Summer |
| 17 | FW | Aloys Nong | 32 | Naft Tehran | Free | Transfer | Summer |
| 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 | Sharifat 14', Ebrahimi 41' (pen), Jahantigh 54' |
| 20 July 2015 | Olmaliq | N | W 1 – 0 | ? |
| 24 July 2015 | Balkan | N | W 3 – 0 | ? |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round |
| Iran Pro League | — | — |
| Hazfi Cup | — | — |
| AFC Champions League | — | — |
Source: Competitions

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 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 | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed