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.

Squad

Iran Pro League squad As of January 14, 2014

U21 = Under 21 Player U23 = Under 23 Player

Loan list

Transfers

In P Nat Name Age Moving from Ends Transferfee Type Transferwindow Source 37 FW Gholamreza Rezaei 29 Persepolis 2016 $680,000 Transfer Summer Rezaei joined Foolad from Persepolis 55 DF Saeed Salarzadeh 31 Malavan 2015 Free Transfer Summer 3 DF Leandro Padovani 30 Loan return 2016 Free Transfer Winter 7 FW Arash Afshin 25 Loan return 2018 Free Transfer Winter 77 GK Sosha Makani 27 Naft Tehran 2017 $700,000 Transfer Winter

Out P Nat Name Age Moving to Transfer fee Type Transferwindow Source 7 FW Arash Afshin 25 Sepahan N/A Loan Summer 3 DF Leandro Padovani 30 Al Rayyan N/A Loan Summer 22 GK Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri 24 Zob Ahan Free Transfer Summer 40 FW Farzad Hatami 28 Persepolis $500,000 Transfer Winter Farzad Hatami left Foolad, joined to Persepolis 3 DF Serjão 28 Released Free Transfer Winter

Pre-season and friendlies DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance12 June 2013Foolad NovinA5–2Rahmani (2) 5', 7', Chimba (3) 22', 56', 602,00020 June 2013Foolad YazdN1–0Chimba 84'5,00012 July 2013Naft TehranA3–2Chimba 11', Kalantari 22', Sharifat 89'1,00014 July 2013PersepolisN2–1Nouri 17' (o.g.), Sharifat 55'4,00020 July 2013BursasporH1–0Chimba 26' 6,00015 December 2013PadidehN3–0Rahmani 12', Chaves 52', Rafiei 77'2,00018 December 2013SabaN0–0500

Competition record Overall CompetitionRecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Iran Pro League Hazfi Cup Champions League Total

Iran Pro League

DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendanceLeagueposition25 July 2013SepahanA0–215,77715th2 August 2013Fajr SepasiH1–0Hatami 64'13,2308th6 August 2013Saba QomA1–0Karami 49'11,4534th10 August 2013Damash GilanH3–1Chimba (2) 26', 46', Rahmani 53'11,7891st16 August 2013Rah AhanA1–0Chimba 48' (pen.)1,1451st23 August 2013Esteghlal KhuzestanH3–2Hatami 28', Rahmani 34', Rafiei 83'20,3691st30 August 2013PersepolisA1–3Sharifat 90+4'60,8521st5 September 2013Zob AhanH1–0Rahmani 38'18,1581st13 September 2013Mes KermanA2–2Chimba 31', Rafiei 88'13,9511st20 September 2013SaipaH4–1Chimba 45' (pen.), Rahmani 55', Sharifat 66', Rafiei 72'22,3571st27 September 2013MalavanA2–1Nouri 55', Chimba 79'12,4581st27 September 2013Naft TehranH0–216,2001st18 October 2013Tractor SaziA2–2Chimba 37' (pen.), Sharifat 66'45,4521st25 October 2013EsteghlalA0–235,9852nd3 November 2013GostareshH1–1Chaves 60'13,8693rd29 November 2013SepahanH0–027,1854th5 December 2013Fajr SepasiA0–02,0375th13 December 2013Saba QomH2–0Rahmani 28', Khaledi (90+4)30,9505th20 December 2013Damash GilanA2–1Chimba (2) 45', 48'3,7824th24 December 2013Rah AhanH0–012,3504th3 January 2014Esteghlal KhuzestanA2–0Sharifat (2) 33', 90+140,1403rd11 January 2014PersepolisH2–1Sharifat 34', Afshin 89'49,7402nd16 January 2014Zob AhanA0–03,3562nd26 January 2014Mes KermanH1–0Vali 47'22,1442nd31 January 2014SaipaA0–01,9802nd9 February 2014MalavanH1–0Jamaati 89'23,3352nd16 February 2014Naft TehranA1–1Afshin 13'1,7801st27 March 2014Tractor SaziH2–1Badrlou 33' (pen.), 73' (pen.)25,1151st6 April 2014EsteghlalH0–150,2052nd11 April 2014GostareshA1–0Jamaati 37'15,2531st

Hazfi Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance29 October 2013Round 5Foolad YazdH3–0 (w/o)N/A8 November 2013Round of 16Foolad NovinH3–0 (w/o)N/A26 January 2014Quarter-finalPersepolisH1–1 (a.e.t.)(3–0p)Rahmani 57'49,1224 February 2014Semi-finalTractor SaziA1–030,270

AFC Champions League

Group stage

DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendanceGroupposition25 February 2014El JaishA0–05,4171st11 March 2014Al-FatehH1–0Rahmani 68' (pen.)37,3912nd19 March 2014BunyodkorA1–1Karami 74'1,9501st1 April 2014BunyodkorH1–0Vali 77'24,1752nd15 April 2014El JaishH3–1Rahmani 21', Rezaei 45+1', Chimba 90'38,4521st23 April 2014Al-FatehA5–1Chimba (3) 10', 36' (pen.), 44' (pen.), Rezaei (2) 79', 90+4' (pen.)3001st

Knockout phase DateRoundOpponents H / AResultF–AScorersAttendance7 May 2014Round of 16First legAl-SaddA0–06,32014 May 2014Round of 16Second legAl-SaddH2–2Chimba (2) 77' (pen.), 87'48,753 Note: Al-Sadd won 2–2 on away goals.

Statistics

Top scorers PlacePositionNationalityNumberNameIran Pro LeagueHazfi CupAFC Champions LeagueTotal1 FW 29 Chimba 9 0 6 152 MF 11Bakhtiar Rahmani 5 1 2 83 FW 8 Esmaeil Sharifat 6 0 0 64 FW 37 Gholamreza Rezaei 0 0 3 3 FW 7 Soroush Rafiei 3 0 0 36 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 1 212 DF 6 Mehdi Noori 1 0 0 1 MF 15 Leandro Chaves 1 0 0 1 DF 21 Omid Khaledi 1 0 0 1TOTALS 36 1 11 48

References

External links Iran Premier League Statistics