# 2014–15 Foolad F.C. season

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 | Position | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Alireza Salimi | GK | 2010 | (1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 41) | Tarbiat Yazd |
| 22 | Behnam Mousavi | GK | 2014 | (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31) | Youth system |
| 31 | Milad Homayouni | GK | 2012 | (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31) | Youth system |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Ahmad Alenemeh | DF | 2015 | (1982-10-20) 20 October 1982 (age 42) | Tractor Sazi |
| 3 | Leonard Mesarić | DF | 2014 | (1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 41) | Lokomotiva, Croatia |
| 4 | Ayoub Vali | DF | 2008 | (1987-08-09) 9 August 1987 (age 37) | Youth system |
| 6 | Mehdi Badrlou | DF | 2014 | (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 32) | Youth system |
| 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 39) | Naft Tehran |
| 25 | Omid Khaledi | DF | 2011 | (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 36) | Shahin Ahvaz |
| 33 | Mehrdad Jama'ati | DF | 2009 | (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37) | Youth system |
| 25 | 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 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | Mehdi Badrlou | AM | 2013 | (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 39) | Saba Qom |
| 7 | Soroush Rafiei | MF | 2011 | (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 34) | Fajr Sepasi |
| 10 | Esmaeil Sharifat | MF | 2012 | (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36) | Esteghlal |
| 11 | Bakhtiar Rahmani(captain) | MF | 2007 | (1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 35) | Youth system |
| 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 32) | 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 |
| 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 | Jahantigh | FW | 2014 | (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29) | Youth system |
| 30 | Aloys Nong | FW | 2014 | (1983-10-16) 16 October 1983 (age 41) | Levante Spain |
| 77 | Mohsen Mosalman | FW | 2015 | (1991-01-27) 27 January 1991 (age 34) | Zob Ahan |
| 99 | Mohammad Ghazi | FW | 2015 | (1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 (age 40) | Esteghlal |

## Transfers
### In

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

### Out

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

## 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | 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 | Teamvte | 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 |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Zob Ahan secured qualification for the 2016 AFC Champions League through winning the 2014–15 Hazfi Cup.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | | | | |
| Position | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | | |

#### 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 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 | 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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | SAD | FOO | LOK |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 6–2 |
| 3 | Foolad | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

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