2015–16 Foolad F.C. season explained

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	Nationality	Position	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Alireza Salimi		GK	2010	1984 2, df=yes	Tarbiat Yazd
33	Mehrdad Bashagardi		GK	2015	1984 9, df=yes	PAS Hamedan
31	Farzad Tayebipour		GK	2014	?	Youth system
Defenders
27	Reza Ahmadi		DF	2015	1993 2, df=yes	Youth system
3	Leonard Mesaric (captain)		DF	2014	1983 8, df=yes
17	Abdollah Nasseri		DF	2008	1992 5, df=yes	Foolad Novin
15	Mathias Chago		DF	2012	1983 3, df=yes
19	Bahman Kamel		DF	2014	1986 1, df=yes	Naft Tehran
21	Omid Khaledi		DF	2011	1988 10, df=yes	Shahin Ahvaz
24	Mehrdad Jama'ati		DF	2009	1987 10, df=yes	Youth system
44	Mohammad Ahle Shakhe		DF	2014	1993 7, df=yes	Youth system
33	Soroush Saeidi		DF	2014	1991 7, df=yes	Youth system
70	Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh		DF	2015	1991 5, df=yes	Persepolis
16	Aref Aghasi		DF	2015	?	Foolad Novin
Midfielders
5			AM	2013	1986 1, df=yes	Saba Qom
88			MF	2015	1987 1, df=yes	Paykan
10	Esmaeil Sharifat		MF	2012	1988 6, df=yes	Esteghlal
7	Hossein Ebrahimi		MF	2015	1990 8, df=yes	Naft Tehran
14	Shahab Karami		MF	2012	1991 3, df=yes	Shahrdari Yasuj
29	Ali Sina Rabbani		MF	2009	1993 1, df=yes	Youth system
32	Hadi Habibinejad		MF	2014	1995 10, df=yes	Youth system
15	Yousef Vakia		MF	2012	1993 9, df=yes	Youth system
30	Mahmoud Motlaghzadeh		MF	2015	1994 5, df=yes	Youth system
11	Akbar Imani		MF	2015	1992 3, df=yes	Zob Ahan
Forwards
8	Sasan Ansari		FW	2010	1991 5, df=yes	Youth system
9	Iman Mousavi		FW	2014	1989 6, df=yes	Gostaresh
29	Bahman Jahantigh		FW	2014	1995 3, df=yes	Youth system
23	Hossein Maleki		FW	2015	1990 4, df=yes	Naft MIS
2	Mehdi Daghagheleh		FW	2015	1990 1, df=yes	Persepolis

Transfers

See main article: List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015.

See main article: List of Iranian football transfers winter 2015–16.

In

		Nat	Name	Age	Moving from	Ends		Type		Source
23				25		2016	N/A	Transfer	Summer	[2]
2				26		2016	N/A	Transfer	Summer	[3]
7				25		2018	Free	Transfer	Summer	[4]
30				21	Foolad Novin	2015	Free	Transfer	Summer	[5]
11				23	Zob Ahan	2016	Free	Transfer	Winter	[6]
70				24		2016	Free	Transfer	Summer	[7]
17				23	Foolad Novin	2017	Free		Summer	[8]
33				31		2016	Free	Transfer	Summer	[9]
88				29		2016	Free	Transfer	Summer
14				32	Lierse	2016	?	Transfer	Summer	[10]
16			Aref Aghasi	20	Foolad Novin	2017	Free	Transfer	Summer

Out

		Nat	Name	Age	Moving to		Type		Source
77				25		Returned	Loan	Summer
4				28		N/A	Released	Summer
9				27		Free	Transfer	Summer	[11]
2				33		N/A	Released	Summer
14				24		N/A	Loan	Summer	[12]
63				34		Free	Transfer	Summer
99				31		Free	Transfer	Summer
7				25		N/A	Loan	Summer	[13]
11				26		N/A	Loan	Summer
17				32		Free	Transfer	Summer	[14]
33				24		N/A	Loan	Summer
22				?		Free	Transfer	Summer

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
15 July 2015	Eskişehirspor	N	W 0 – 3[15] [16] [17]	Sharifat 14', Ebrahimi 41' (pen), Jahantigh 54'
20 July 2015	Olmaliq	N	W 1 – 0 [18] [19] [20]	?
24 July 2015	Balkan	N	W 3 – 0 [21] [22] [23]	?

Competitions

Overview

Matches

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sanat Naft ABD . Iplstats.com . 2022-08-11.
2. Web site: Foolad FC,توافق باشگاه فولاد خوزستان و حسین مالکی . Fooladfc.ir . 2022-08-11.
3. Web site: مهدی دغاغله رسماً به فولاد پیوست.
4. Web site: حسین ابراهیمی رسماً به فولاد پیوست.
5. Web site: تنها نماینده آکادمی فولاد در لیست اسکوچیچ.
6. Web site: چهارمین خرید فولاد از لیگ برتر.
7. Web site: بازیکن پرسپولیس به فولاد خوزستان پیوست.
8. Web site: بازیکن فولادنوین به فولاد خوزستان پیوست.
9. Web site: Iranian football . 2016-03-07 . 2015-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150717044023/http://cup.ir/sport/iranianfootball/487/%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/59439 . dead .
10. Web site: بازیکن سابق کایزرسلاترن به فولاد پیوست. ورزش سه.
11. Web site: Iranian Football . 2016-03-07 . 2015-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072107/http://cup.ir/sport/iranianfootball/487/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/59931 . dead .
12. Web site: سروش سعیدی، نزهتی و کرمی به ملوان پیوستند- اخبار ورزشی تسنیم &#124. Tasnim.
13. Web site: سروش رفیعی به تراکتورسازی پیوست- اخبار ورزشی تسنیم | Tasnim.
14. Web site: آلویز نانگ به تیم نفت تهران ملحق شد [www.NaftClub.com] ]. 2016-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102611/http://www.naftclub.com/d.asp?id=13216 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
15. Web site: فولاد با 6 پیروزی آماده لیگ برتر شد.
16. Web site: Eskişehirspor vs. Foolad - 15 July 2015 - Soccerway. int.soccerway.com.
17. live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/CmaAHYcadP8. 2021-12-11. Eskişehirspor 0 Foolad Khuzestan 3 . YouTube.
18. Web site: اخبار فولاد و برنامه بازی ها و نتایج تیم فولاد - ورزش سه . Varzesh3.com . 2022-08-11.
19. Web site: Pick of the action from SBS' Coverage Around the Football World | SBS Sport.
20. Web site: Soccer stats . 2016-03-07 . 2018-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014523/https://www.betstudy.com/soccer-stats/match/foolad-olmaliq-2103527/h2h/ . dead .
21. Web site: Iranian football . 2016-03-07 . 2015-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150829063115/http://cup.ir/sport/iranianfootball/487/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF/60536 . dead .
22. Web site: Compare teams – Foolad Khuzestan vs FK Nebitçi – Futbol24. www.futbol24.com.
23. Web site: Foolad vs. Nebitçi - 24 July 2015. Soccerway.