2013–14 Foolad F.C. season

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The 2013–14 season were the

Al-Sadd. Foolad F.C. was captained by Bakhtiar Rahmani
and won the league title at the end of the season.

Key events

Squad

Iran Pro League squad

As of January 14, 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Alireza Salimi
2 DF Brazil BRA
Leandro Padovani
4 DF Iran IRN
Ayub Vali
5 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Badrlou
6 DF Iran IRN
Mehdi Noori
7 MF Iran IRN Soroush Rafiei
8 FW Iran IRN Esmaeil Sharifat
9 MF Iran IRN
Abbas Mohammadrezaei
10 DF Iran IRN
Abdullah Karami
11 MF Iran IRN Bakhtiar Rahmani U23 (Captain)
13 GK Iran IRN Ershad Yousefi
14 MF Iran IRN Shahab Karami U23
15 MF Brazil BRA Leandro Chaves
16 FW Iran IRN Arash Afshin
17 DF Iran IRN
Abolhassan Jafari
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Iran IRN
Ayub Kalantari
U23
21 DF Iran IRN Omid Khaledi
23 FW Iran IRN Sasan Ansari U23
24 DF Iran IRN
Mehrdad Jamaati
26 DF Iran IRN Yousef Vakia U21
27 DF Iran IRN Soroush Saeidi U23
29 FW Brazil BRA
Chimba
30 MF Iran IRN Ahmad Abdollahzadeh U21
31 GK Iran IRN Milad Homayouni U21
32 MF Iran IRN Valid Mashayzadeh U21
33 DF Iran IRN Vafa Hakhamaneshi U23
35 FW Iran IRN Mehdi Niyayesh Pour U23
37 FW Iran IRN Gholamreza Rezaei
55 DF Iran IRN
Saeed Salarzadeh
77 GK Iran IRN Sosha Makani
  • U21 = Under 21 Player
  • U23 = Under 23 Player

Loan list

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Iran IRN Amir Sharafi (to Hafari Ahvaz until the end of the 2013–14 season)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2013 and List of Iranian football transfers winter 2013–14

In

No P Nat Name Age Moving from Ends Transfer
fee		 Type Transfer
window		 Source
37 FW Iran Gholamreza Rezaei 29 Persepolis 2016 $680,000 Transfer Summer [1]
55 DF Iran
Saeed Salarzadeh
 31
Malavan
 2015 Free Transfer Summer [2]
3 DF Brazil
Leandro Padovani
 30 Loan return 2016 Free Transfer Winter [3]
7 FW Iran Arash Afshin 25 Loan return 2018 Free Transfer Winter [4]
77 GK Iran Sosha Makani 27
Naft Tehran
 2017 $700,000 Transfer Winter [5]

Out

No P Nat Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window		 Source
7 FW Iran Arash Afshin 25
Sepahan
 N/A Loan Summer [6]
3 DF Brazil
Leandro Padovani
 30
Al RayyanQatar
 N/A Loan Summer [7]
22 GK Iran Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 24
Zob Ahan
 Free Transfer Summer [8]
40 FW Iran Farzad Hatami 28 Persepolis $500,000 Transfer Winter [9]
3 DF Brazil
Serjão
 28 Released Free Transfer Winter [10]

Pre-season and friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
12 June 2013
Foolad Novin
 A 5–2
Chimba
(3) 22', 56', 60 		2,000
20 June 2013 Foolad Yazd N 1–0
Chimba
84' 		5,000
12 July 2013 Naft Tehran A 3–2
Kalantari 22', Sharifat
89' 		1,000
14 July 2013 Persepolis N 2–1 Nouri 17' (o.g.), Sharifat 55' 4,000
20 July 2013 Bursaspor H 1–0
Chimba
26' 		6,000
15 December 2013
Padideh
 N 3–0 Rahmani 12', Chaves 52', Rafiei 77' 2,000
18 December 2013 Saba N 0–0 500

Competition record

Overall

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iran Pro League
 30 16 9 5 36 24 +12 053.33
Hazfi Cup 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 075.00
Champions League 8 4 4 0 13 5 +8 050.00
Total 42 23 13 6 45 31 +14 054.76

Iran Pro League

Main article: 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
25 July 2013
Sepahan
 A 0–2 15,777 15th
2 August 2013
Fajr Sepasi
 H 1–0 Hatami 64' 13,230 8th
6 August 2013 Saba Qom A 1–0
Karami
49' 		11,453 4th
10 August 2013
Damash Gilan
 H 3–1
Chimba (2) 26', 46', Rahmani
53' 		11,789 1st
16 August 2013
Rah Ahan
 A 1–0
Chimba
48' (pen.) 		1,145 1st
23 August 2013 Esteghlal Khuzestan H 3–2 Hatami 28', Rahmani 34', Rafiei 83' 20,369 1st
30 August 2013 Persepolis A 1–3 Sharifat 90+4' 60,852 1st
5 September 2013
Zob Ahan
 H 1–0 Rahmani 38' 18,158 1st
13 September 2013
Mes Kerman
 A 2–2
Chimba 31', Rafiei
88' 		13,951 1st
20 September 2013 Saipa H 4–1
Chimba 45' (pen.), Rahmani 55', Sharifat 66', Rafiei
72' 		22,357 1st
27 September 2013 Malavan A 2–1
Chimba
79' 		12,458 1st
27 September 2013 Naft Tehran H 0–2 16,200 1st
18 October 2013
Tractor Sazi
 A 2–2
Chimba 37' (pen.), Sharifat
66' 		45,452 1st
25 October 2013 Esteghlal A 0–2 35,985 2nd
3 November 2013 Gostaresh H 1–1 Chaves 60' 13,869 3rd
29 November 2013
Sepahan
 H 0–0 27,185 4th
5 December 2013
Fajr Sepasi
 A 0–0 2,037 5th
13 December 2013 Saba Qom H 2–0 Rahmani 28', Khaledi (90+4) 30,950 5th
20 December 2013
Damash Gilan
 A 2–1
Chimba
(2) 45', 48' 		3,782 4th
24 December 2013
Rah Ahan
 H 0–0 12,350 4th
3 January 2014 Esteghlal Khuzestan A 2–0 Sharifat (2) 33', 90+1 40,140 3rd
11 January 2014 Persepolis H 2–1 Sharifat 34', Afshin 89' 49,740 2nd
16 January 2014
Zob Ahan
 A 0–0 3,356 2nd
26 January 2014
Mes Kerman
 H 1–0 Vali 47' 22,144 2nd
31 January 2014 Saipa A 0–0 1,980 2nd
9 February 2014 Malavan H 1–0
Jamaati
89' 		23,335 2nd
16 February 2014 Naft Tehran A 1–1 Afshin 13' 1,780 1st
27 March 2014
Tractor Sazi
 H 2–1 Badrlou 33' (pen.), 73' (pen.) 25,115 1st
6 April 2014 Esteghlal H 0–1 50,205 2nd
11 April 2014 Gostaresh A 1–0
Jamaati
37' 		15,253 1st
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Foolad (C) 30 16 9 5 36 24 +12 57 Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Persepolis 30 16 8 6 34 15 +19 55[a]
3 Naft Tehran 30 15 9 6 39 23 +16 54 Qualification for the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4
Sepahan
 30 14 12 4 36 20 +16 54
5 Esteghlal 30 15 9 6 34 25 +9 53[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 point due to poor fan behavior in their home matches.

Hazfi Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
29 October 2013 Round 5 Foolad Yazd H 3–0 (w/o) N/A
8 November 2013 Round of 16
Foolad Novin
 H 3–0 (w/o) N/A
26 January 2014 Quarter-final Persepolis H 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–0p) 		Rahmani 57' 49,122
4 February 2014 Semi-final
Tractor Sazi
 A 1–0 30,270

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League group stage
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Group
position
25 February 2014 El Jaish A 0–0 5,417 1st
11 March 2014
Al-Fateh
 H 1–0 Rahmani 68' (pen.) 37,391 2nd
19 March 2014
Bunyodkor
 A 1–1 Karami 74' 1,950 1st
1 April 2014
Bunyodkor
 H 1–0 Vali 77' 24,175 2nd
15 April 2014 El Jaish H 3–1
Chimba
90' 		38,452 1st
23 April 2014
Al-Fateh
 A 5–1
Chimba (3) 10', 36' (pen.), 44' (pen.), Rezaei
(2) 79', 90+4' (pen.) 		300 1st

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FLD BUN JSH
FAT
1 Iran Foolad 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 14 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 3–1 1–0
2 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8[a] 1–1 — 1–2 3–2
3 Qatar El Jaish 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8[a] 0–0 1–2 — 2–0
4
Al-Fateh
 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2 1–5 0–0 0–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tiebreakers: Bunyodkor and El-Jaish are tied on head-to-head record and overall goal difference, and so are ranked on overall goals scored.

Knockout phase

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
7 May 2014 Round of 16
First leg 		Al-Sadd A 0–0 6,320
14 May 2014 Round of 16
Second leg 		Al-Sadd H 2–2
Chimba
(2) 77' (pen.), 87' 		48,753

Note: Al-Sadd won 2–2 on away goals.

Statistics

Top scorers

Place Position Nationality Number Name Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup AFC Champions League Total
1 FW Brazil 29
Chimba
 9 0 6 15
2
MF
 Iran 11 Bakhtiar Rahmani 5 1 2 8
3 FW Iran 8 Esmaeil Sharifat 6 0 0 6
4 FW Iran 37 Gholamreza Rezaei 0 0 3 3
FW Iran 7 Soroush Rafiei 3 0 0 3
6 DF Iran 24
Mehrdad Jamaati
 2 0 0 2
FW Iran 16 Arash Afshin 2 0 0 2
MF
 Iran 7 Mehdi Badrlou 2 0 0 2
FW Iran 40 Farzad Hatami 2 0 0 2
DF Iran 10
Abdullah Karami
 1 0 1 2
DF Iran 4
Ayub Vali
 1 0 1 2
12 DF Iran 6
Mehdi Noori
 1 0 0 1
MF
 Brazil 15 Leandro Chaves 1 0 0 1
DF Iran 21 Omid Khaledi 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 36 1 11 48

References

  1. ^ Rezaei joined Foolad from Persepolis
  2. ^ Salarzadeh joins Foolad
  3. ^ "Padovani return to Foolad". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  4. ^ "Afshin's loan was ended in Sepahan". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  5. ^ Official: Makani signed with Foolad
  6. ^ "Afshin joined to Sepahan on loan". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  7. ^ "Padovani loaned to Al Rayyan". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  8. ^ Mazaheri joined Zob Ahan
  9. ^ Farzad Hatami left Foolad, joined to Persepolis
  10. ^ Serajao released by Foolad

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