2013–14 Foolad F.C. season

The 2013–14 season were the Foolad's 12th season in the Pro League, and their 6th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They also be competed in the Hazfi Cup which were knockout in the semi-finals by Tractor Sazi and AFC Champions League in Round of 16 by Al-Sadd. Foolad F.C. was captained by Bakhtiar Rahmani and won the league title at the end of the season.

Foolad
2013–14 season
ChairmanSeifollah Dehkordi
ManagerHossein Faraki
StadiumGhadir Stadium
Iran Pro League1st
Hazfi CupQuarter-Final
AFC Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Chimba (9 goals)
All: Chimba (15 goals)
Highest home attendance50,205 (April 6, 2014 against Esteghlal)
Lowest home attendance11,789 (October 8, 2013 against Damash Gilan)
Average home league attendance37,933

Key events

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Squad

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Iran Pro League squad

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

Loan list

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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   IRN Amir Sharafi (to Hafari Ahvaz until the end of the 2013–14 season)

Transfers

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No P Nat Name Age Moving from Ends Transfer
fee
Type Transfer
window
Source
37 FW   Gholamreza Rezaei 29 Persepolis 2016 $680,000 Transfer Summer [1]
55 DF   Saeed Salarzadeh 31 Malavan 2015 Free Transfer Summer [2]
3 DF   Leandro Padovani 30 Loan return 2016 Free Transfer Winter [3]
7 FW   Arash Afshin 25 Loan return 2018 Free Transfer Winter [4]
77 GK   Sosha Makani 27 Naft Tehran 2017 $700,000 Transfer Winter [5]
No P Nat Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transfer
window
Source
7 FW   Arash Afshin 25 Sepahan N/A Loan Summer [6]
3 DF   Leandro Padovani 30 Al Rayyan  N/A Loan Summer [7]
22 GK   Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 24 Zob Ahan Free Transfer Summer [8]
40 FW   Farzad Hatami 28 Persepolis $500,000 Transfer Winter [9]
3 DF   Serjão 28 Released Free Transfer Winter [10]

Pre-season and friendlies

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Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
12 June 2013 Foolad Novin A 5–2 Rahmani (2) 5', 7', 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 Chimba 11', 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

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Overall

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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

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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 Nouri 55', 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

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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

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Group stage

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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 Rahmani 21', Rezaei 45+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   Foolad 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 14 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 3–1 1–0
2   Bunyodkor 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8[a] 1–1 1–2 3–2
3   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

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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

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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   29 Chimba 9 0 6 15
2 MF   11 Bakhtiar Rahmani 5 1 2 8
3 FW   8 Esmaeil Sharifat 6 0 0 6
4 FW   37 Gholamreza Rezaei 0 0 3 3
FW   7 Soroush Rafiei 3 0 0 3
6 DF   24 Mehrdad Jamaati 2 0 0 2
FW   16 Arash Afshin 2 0 0 2
MF   7 Mehdi Badrlou 2 0 0 2
FW   40 Farzad Hatami 2 0 0 2
DF   10 Abdullah Karami 1 0 1 2
DF   4 Ayub Vali 1 0 1 2
12 DF   6 Mehdi Noori 1 0 0 1
MF   15 Leandro Chaves 1 0 0 1
DF   21 Omid Khaledi 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 36 1 11 48

References

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  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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