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Foolad
فولاد
File:FooladKFC.svg
Full nameFoolad Khuzestan Football Club
Founded1973
GroundTakhti Stadium
Ahvaz
Iran
Capacity30,000
ChairmanIran Seifollah Dehkordi
Head CoachIran Majid Jalali
LeagueIran Pro League
2008-09Persian Gulf Cup, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Foolad Khuzestan Football Club (Template:Lang-fa) is an Iranian football club, based in Ahvaz, Khuzestan. It was named Foolad partially because it is funded by the industry in Khuzestan. The club contributed the highest number (six) of players to the national team during the Asian Cup 2004 in China, in particular during the quarter-final clash with South Korea, which ended 4-3 (in normal time) in favor of the then underdogs, Iran. In the 2004-05 season, Foolad became the champion of the fourth Iran Pro League (IPL), gaining a total of 64 points over 30 league matches. After several successful seasons and what at one point seemed to be the emergence of a new pole in Iranian football, Foolad lost many of its key players through transfers and internal problems and also displayed a poor performance in the ACL 2006. The club was subsequently relegated to the 2nd highest division in Iran, the Azadegan League in 2007. Fortunately however, Foolad was able to return to the IPL starting the 2008-2009 season and has been turning out relatively well in the current standings.

Club history

Establishment

Foolad was a team that no one knew anything about until the dissolution of Jonoub Ahvaz F.C. in 1996. Foolad had won the Ahvaz City Championship in 1991, and entered the 2nd division of the Khuzestan football league two years later.

Road to Azadegan League

In 1995, which was Foolad's second year in the Khuzestan 2nd Division, they became provincial champions. That same year Jonoob Ahvaz F.C., was contracted and Foolad took their place in Iran Football's 2nd Division. In 1996, with Homayoun Shahrokhinejad as manager, the team was promoted to the 1st division. It was really an amazing run, considering that the team began in the 4th division of the Ahvaz City League in 1986.

IPL

Ever since their promotion, the club has introduced very talented young footballers to Iranian football. The team was eventually bought by the Ahvaz Steel Mill; this helped the team's financial situation improve. The team was finally able to use its massive potential and win the IPL in the 2004-05 season but due to some ensuing internal problems and coaching difficulties could not perform well in the 2006 Asian Champions League. Their star player and MVP of their championship season was loaned and eventually transferred to Al-Shabab in the UAE. The club also had to change the location of its home field, due to renovations, instead playing in neighbouring city Abadan's Takhti Stadium.

After a mediocre 2005-06, Foolad started the 2006-07 season with former Iranian national team coach Mohammad Mayeli Kohan, but he resigned half way through the season as Foolad had achieved poor results. Youth club coach Nenad Nikolić temporarily replaced him and soon after Portuguese manager Augusto Inácio was named head coach. Foolad went through a terrible 2006-07 season finishing 15th and being relegated to the lower Azadegan League.They won the playoff spot the season after but they lost their match. A few weeks later they bought the right to play in Persian Gulf Cup from Sepahan Novin and promoted to IPL. They chose Majid Jalali as their coach for the 2008–09 season where they had an average season but Majid Jalali left the club because the chairman despite good results was negotiating with other coaches.

Youth academy

In 2000 Foolad formed a youth academy and today over 400 players play in Foolad's youth system. Players such as Eman Mobali and Adel Kolahkaj are products of the youth system.

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Foolad in various competitions since 1997.

Season Pos. Hazfi Cup ACL
1997-1998 1D* 10th Not held Did not qualify
1998-1999 1D* 7th
1999-2000 1D* 10th
2000-2001 1D* 8th
2001-2002 1D** 3rd Quarterfinal
2002-2003 1D** 7th
2003-2004 1D** 3rd 1/8 Final
2004-2005 1D** 1st
2005-2006 1D** 8th 1/16 Final First round
2006-2007 1D** 15th 1/8 Final Did not qualify
2007-2008 2D Playoff Semifinal
2008-2009 1D** 7th Quarterfinal


* Azadegan League.
** Iran Pro League.

Club honours

Club managers

Managerial history

Players

First-team squad

As of 9 November 2009

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iran IRN Khaled Shahetavi
2 MF Georgia (country) GEO Jaba Mujiri
3 MF Iran IRN Mehdi Chamanara
4 MF Iran IRN Ayub Vali
5 DF Iran IRN Jalal Kameli Mofrad
6 MF Iraq IRQ Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
7 MF Iran IRN Saeed Ramezani
8 MF Iran IRN Gholamreza Rezaei
9 FW Iran IRN Sajad Feizollahi
10 MF Iran IRN Hojat Zadmahmoud
11 MF Iran IRN Bakhtiar Rahmani
12 MF Iran IRN Amir Afravi
13 MF Iran IRN Javad Shirzad
14 MF Iran IRN Karim Shaverdi
15 DF Iran IRN Mohannad Alavi
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Iran IRN Arash Afshin
18 FW Uruguay URU Cristian Yeladian
19 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Mladen Bartolović
20 DF Iran IRN Nader Ahmadi
21 MF Iran IRN Amir Khodamoradi
22 GK Iran IRN Abolfazl Bahadorani
23 FW Iran IRN Siamak Sarlak
24 MF Iran IRN Mehrdad Jamaati
25 MF Iran IRN Payam Hajinajaf
27 DF Iran IRN Masoud Armoun
28 FW Iran IRN Lefteh Hamidi
30 GK Iran IRN Hossein Ashena
33 GK Iran IRN Saeed Moradi
40 MF Iran IRN Ali Hamoudi

For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers, winter 2009–10.

Famous players

References

External links

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