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Foolad

Persian Gulf Pro League Iran

Hazfi Cup

Founded:	1986
Stadium:	Ghadir Stadium
Coach:	Afshin Ghotbi
Persian Gulf Pro League Form:
Overall Form:

Foolad home ground venue is Ghadir Stadium.

Afshin Ghotbi is the current coach for Foolad.

Foolad Persian Gulf Pro League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Foolad have played a total of 34 matches in Iran Persian Gulf Pro League. Their current statistics is 10 win, 10 draw and 14 lose.

Foolad did not win their last nine matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Foolad results for their home or away matches in Persian Gulf Pro League 2011/2012.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Foolad	34	10	10	14

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
11/05/2012	Foolad	1 - 2	Persepolis	1-0	H2H	O	+
T. Rikani 0'
			0' M. Zare
T. Rikani 8'		1 - 0
			46' Javad Kazemian
			46' Vahid Hashemian
			46' Ebrahim Shakouri
			46' Ali Karimi
		1 - 1	56' Ali Karimi
T. Rikani 60'
M. Momeni 60'
		1 - 2	69' Vahid Hashemian
Karim Shahverdi 73'
A. Abdollahzadeh 73'
			75' Hossein Kanaani
			75' A. Mohammad
S. Ansari 83'
A. Jahan Kohan 83'
06/05/2012	Malavan	2 - 0	Foolad	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. Mosalman 0'
Alireza Ramezani 0'
			37' Reza Norouzi
			37' K. Rezaei
M. Nozhati 55'		1 - 0
M. Daghagheleh 55'
J. Rafkhaei 55'
J. Rafkhaei 57'		2 - 0
			60' T. Rikani
			60' S. Ansari
			70' H. Nasari
			70' A. Jahan Kohan
Mohammad Hamrang 71'
Hadi Azizi 71'
M. Heydari 80'
Aziz Maboodi Haghighi 80'
			89' A. Salimi
			89' A. Salimi
27/04/2012	Rah Ahan	0 - 0	Foolad	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. Reza Khanzadeh 0'
			0' H. Nasari
			0' Bakhtiar Rahmani
Mahmoud Al Amenah 56'
Mojtaba Shiri 56'
			60' T. Rikani
			60' Karim Shahverdi
M. Reza Khanzadeh 69'
Iman Razaghirad 69'
			70' H. Nasari
			70' M. Momeni
Hossein Kaebi 82'
Hossein Hejazipour 82'
			84' Arash Afshin
			84' O. Khaledi
22/04/2012	Foolad	1 - 2	Sepahan	0-1	H2H	O	+
K. Rezaei 0'
			0' Seyed Seyed Salehi
		0 - 1	8' Seyed Seyed Salehi
Karim Shahverdi 24'
Arash Afshin 24'
			51' Hassan Ashjari
			55' Hussein Papi
			55' H. Beikzadeh
K. Rezaei 59'
T. Rikani 59'
			60' Januário
			60' Mehdi Karimian
			69' Seyed Seyed Salehi
			69' A. Jamshidian
Kheyrollah Veysi 71'
A. Abdollahzadeh 71'
Arash Afshin 79'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	88' Xhevahir Sukaj
13/04/2012	Tractor Sazi	2 - 0	Foolad	1-0	H2H	O	+
			0' M. Karimi
			0' Omid Khooraj
M. Kiani 0'
Siavash Akbarpour 18'		1 - 0
Flávio Paixão 50'		2 - 0
			54' M. Momeni
			54' K. Rezaei
Seyed Hosseini 63'
A. Alenemeh 63'
			74' Karim Shahverdi
			74' S. Rafiei
			76' O. Khaledi
			76' Mehrdad Jamaati
Farzad Jalal Hatami 78'
M. Ebrahimi 78'
Rodrigo Tosi 90+1'
Siamak Sarlak 90+1'
06/04/2012	Foolad	1 - 2	Saipa	0-0	H2H	O	+
S. Ansari 0'
			0' Milad Gharibi
			0' Eshagh Sobhani
			51' Mehdi Kheiri Mir
			51' Ali Zeynali
		0 - 1	55' Jalal Kameli Mofrad
O. Khaledi 56'
Arash Afshin 56'
		0 - 2	60' Ali Zeynali
S. Ansari 61'
K. Rezaei 61'
Bakhtiar Rahmani 66'
M. Momeni 66'
K. Rezaei 81'		1 - 2
			87' S. Shahbazzadeh
			87' Javad Ashtiani
17/03/2012	Mes Kerman	1 - 1	Foolad	0-1	H2H	O	+
Sepehr Heydari 0'
F. Hosseinkhani 0'
A. Kolahkaj 0'
			0' Bakhtiar Rahmani
		0 - 1	40' O. Khaledi
Ararat Arakelyan 55'
M. Shojaei 55'
			61' S. Ansari
			61' S. Rafiei
M. Shojaei 76'		1 - 1
M. Shojaei 80'
Ehsan Poursheikhali 80'
			83' K. Rezaei
			83' Karim Shahverdi
			86' Bakhtiar Rahmani
			86' A. Vali
09/03/2012	Foolad	1 - 1	Shahre Baran	0-1	H2H	O	+
			0' Abouzar Rahimi
		0 - 1	5' Mohammad Gholami
			37' Magno
			37' Abbas Aghaei
T. Rikani 44'
S. Ansari 44'
S. Ansari 63'		1 - 1
			65' Hossein Ebrahimi Lakmehsari
			65' Mohamadreza Almaskhaleh
K. Rezaei 70'
A. Vali 70'
			80' Mohammad Gholami
			80' Behnam Afsheh
M. Momeni 80'
A. Jahan Kohan 80'
15/02/2012	Fajr Sepasi	2 - 1	Foolad	1-1	H2H	O	+
Reza Haghighi 0'
			0' Mehrdad Jamaati
			0' M. Karimi
			0' Bakhtiar Rahmani
		0 - 1	9' Reza Norouzi
Mehrdad Karimian 33'		1 - 1
Mehdi Rajabzadeh 54'		2 - 1
			65' H. Nasari
			65' K. Rezaei
Abbas Kazemian 67'
Alireza Jalili 67'
M. Nazari 73'
M. Hosseini 73'
			75' M. Momeni
			75' S. Rafiei
			80' Bakhtiar Rahmani
			80' S. Ansari
Mehrdad Karimian 88'
Khaled Shafiei 88'
Mohamad Afand 90+3'
09/02/2012	Foolad	3 - 0	Saba Qom	0-0	H2H	O	+
Andrezinho 0'
S. Ansari 0'
			0' Majid Heydari
			0' Milad Noori
K. Rezaei 0'
			0' Ramin Rezaeian
			55' Morteza Hashemizadeh
			55' Pejman Shahpari
Karim Shahverdi 58'
M. Karimi 58'
Andrezinho 62'
K. Rezaei 62'
M. Momeni 70'		1 - 0
			75' K. Eslami
			75' M. Houtan
Bakhtiar Rahmani 83'		2 - 0
M. Momeni 87'
S. Ansari 87'
S. Ansari 88'		3 - 0
03/02/2012	Shahrdari Tabriz	1 - 1	Foolad	0-1	H2H	O	+
			0' Omid Khooraj
			0' Kheyrollah Veysi
		0 - 1	16' Andrezinho
			59' S. Rafiei
			59' Amir Sharafi
V. Ghafouri 65'
B. Beiranvand 65'
H. Gordani 65'
S. Goudarzi 65'
Saeed Daghighi 69'		1 - 1
			72' S. Ansari
			72' K. Rezaei
M. Mohammadzadeh 79'
Mehrdad Ghanbari 79'
			81' M. Karimi
			81' A. Vali
29/01/2012	Foolad	2 - 0	Sanat Naft	0-0	H2H	O	+
Jalal Kameli Mofrad 0'
H. Nasari 0'
			0' Rasool Navidkia
Samal Saeed 0'
Karim Shahverdi 0'
			51' Ali Mombeini
H. Nasari 56'		1 - 0
			56' Rasool Navidkia
			56' Siamak Koohnavard
M. Momeni 61'
K. Rezaei 61'
Bakhtiar Rahmani 65'
Andrezinho 65'
			67' Omid Sharifinasab
			67' Reza Khaleghifar
			73' S. Moshkelpoor
			73' H. Baghlani
Arash Afshin 83'
T. Rikani 83'
Samal Saeed 89'		2 - 0
25/01/2012	Esteghlal	2 - 1	Foolad	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' M. Karimi
			0' A. Salimi
Arash Borhani 60'		1 - 0
			70' M. Momeni
			70' K. Rezaei
Arash Borhani 78'		2 - 0
Ferydoon Zandi 81'
Jacques Elong Elong 81'
			84' Arash Afshin
			84' S. Ansari
			88' Mehrdad Jamaati
			88' O. Khaledi
Arash Borhani 89'
E. Sharifat 89'
		2 - 1	90+1' Reza Norouzi
19/01/2012	Foolad	0 - 1	Zob Ahan	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Mohammad Mansouri Fahim
			0' Mohammad Ghazi Najafabadi
O. Khaledi 0'
			0' M. Sadeghi
O. Khaledi 56'
Amir Sharafi 56'
			74' Mohammad Mansouri Fahim
			74' Ali Goudarzi
M. Momeni 77'
T. Rikani 77'
		0 - 1	84' Igor Castro
Andrezinho 85'
S. Ansari 85'
			90+3' Igor Castro
			90+3' Alireza Hadadifar
15/01/2012	Naft Tehran	1 - 3	Foolad	0-2	H2H	O	+
Márcio Alemão 0'
Hamid Fathi 0'
			0' H. Nasari
			0' S. Rafiei
			0' Bakhtiar Rahmani
Hadi Rekabi 0'
			0' A. Salimi
		0 - 1	5' Reza Norouzi
		0 - 2	45' Reza Norouzi
			54' S. Rafiei
Hamid Fathi 58'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	62' Reza Norouzi
Iman Mousavi 64'
Ferreira 64'
Shahin Kheiri 69'
Marco Paixão 69'
M. Khosravi 75'
Yaghoub Karimi 75'
			86' H. Nasari
			86' O. Khaledi
			88' M. Momeni
			88' S. Ansari
			90' Reza Norouzi
			90' Andrezinho
11/01/2012	Foolad	4 - 0	Mes Sarcheshme	2-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Moslem Firoozabadi
			0' Mohsen Mozaffairzadeh
T. Rikani 0'
			0' Siavash Sameinia
			0' Mohsen Zahedi
Mehrdad Jamaati 41'		1 - 0
S. Rafiei 45'		2 - 0
			46' Majid Bajalan
			46' Vahid Aliabadi
Ali Khanegi 48'		3 - 0
			55' Masoud Ebrahimi
			55' Mohsen Mozaffairzadeh
S. Rafiei 67'
T. Rikani 67'
T. Rikani 72'		4 - 0
M. Momeni 76'
S. Ansari 76'
			79' Mohsen Zahedi
			79' Nader Fathollahi
H. Nasari 79'
A. Jahan Kohan 79'
06/01/2012	Shahin Bushehr	1 - 2	Foolad	0-1	H2H	O	+
			0' Arash Afshin
			0' Jalal Kameli Mofrad
			0' M. Momeni
			0' Reza Norouzi
Mehdi Nouri 0'
		0 - 1	31' Arash Afshin
Sattar Zare 46'
M. Azizmohammadi 46'
Mehdi Nouri 53'		1 - 1
Amjad Shokouhmagham 71'
Mehdi Taremi 71'
		1 - 2	71' Arash Afshin
			74' Arash Afshin
			74' S. Rafiei
			80' M. Momeni
			80' S. Ansari
			90+1' H. Nasari
			90+1' Kheyrollah Veysi
19/12/2011	Persepolis	1 - 1	Foolad	1-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Andrezinho
			0' Abdollah Karami
Ali Karimi 0'
A. Nourmohammadi 0'
			40' Omid Khooraj
M. Zare 41'		1 - 0
			43' Amir Sharafi
			43' Jaba Mujiri
H. Badamaki 56'
Mohammad Nouri 56'
			59' Reza Norouzi
			59' O. Khaledi
			65' H. Nasari
			65' Andrezinho
Gholamreza Rezaei 87'
Mohammad Mansouri Fahim 87'
		1 - 1	89' Bakhtiar Rahmani
09/12/2011	Foolad	1 - 0	Malavan	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Seyed Seyed Saleh Ahi
O. Khaledi 0'
			0' Aziz Maboodi Haghighi
Jalal Kameli Mofrad 0'
			0' M. Mosalman
Samal Saeed 67'
Kheyrollah Veysi 67'
Reza Norouzi 69'
Amin Motevaselzadeh 69'
			70' M. Daghagheleh
			70' Mehran Jafari
S. Rafiei 77'
O. Khaledi 77'
			79' Aziz Maboodi Haghighi
			79' Soheil Rahmani
Abdollah Karami 89'		1 - 0
03/12/2011	Foolad	0 - 0	Rah Ahan	0-0	H2H	O	+
Arash Afshin 0'
S. Rafiei 0'
			46' Ali Gholam
			46' H. Noormohammadi
Amin Motevaselzadeh 55'
S. Rafiei 55'
Amir Sharafi 61'
Andrezinho 61'
H. Nasari 71'
Mehrdad Jamaati 71'
			82' Hossein Kaebi
			82' Mojtaba Shiri
			90+1' Ali Amiri Khodamorad
			90+1' A. Tahmouresi
23/11/2011	Sepahan	2 - 0	Foolad	0-0	H2H	O	+
H. Jafari 0'
Januário 59'
Moharram Navidkia 59'
			65' H. Nasari
			65' Andrezinho
Emad Mohammed 68'		1 - 0
			75' M. Momeni
			75' S. Rafiei
Seyed Seyed Salehi 77'
Milorad Janjus 77'
Milorad Janjus 79'		2 - 0
			79' Abdollah Karami
			79' Amir Sharafi
Seyed Jalal Hosseini 81'
Hadi Tamini 81'
18/11/2011	Foolad	2 - 1	Tractor Sazi	1-0	H2H	O	+
			0' D. Daneshdoost
H. Nasari 39'		1 - 0
			46' M. Ebrahimzadeh
			46' Mostafa Ekrami
			46' A. Alenemeh
			46' Ehsan Hajsafi
		1 - 1	49' Ehsan Hajsafi
Amir Sharafi 58'
Andrezinho 58'
H. Nasari 70'		2 - 1
			75' Seyed Hosseini
			75' D. Daneshdoost
H. Nasari 75'
M. Momeni 75'
Reza Norouzi 83'
S. Ansari 83'
30/10/2011	Saipa	0 - 0	Foolad	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Arash Afshin
Morteza Ebrahimi 0'
Alireza Latifi 0'
			65' Andrezinho
			65' Amir Sharafi
Abbas Mohammadrezaei 78'
R. Shah Alidoost 78'
			79' Arash Afshin
			79' M. Momeni
Mehdi Kheiri Mir 87'
M. Mansouri 87'
20/10/2011	Foolad	0 - 1	Mes Kerman	0-1	H2H	O	+
			0' A. Kolahkaj
H. Nasari 0'
			0' Farhad Salaripoor
			21' Shoja Khalilzadeh
			21' Mostafa Seyfi
		0 - 1	26' Keivan Amraei
Andrezinho 45'
Arash Afshin 45'
Bakhtiar Rahmani 62'
M. Momeni 62'
Amir Sharafi 70'
S. Rafiei 70'
H. Nasari 76'
			81' Keivan Amraei
			81' M. Khodabandelou
			90+2' M. Fakhreddini
			90+2' Ali Marzban
14/10/2011	Shahre Baran	3 - 2	Foolad	1-1	H2H	O	+
Jahangir Asgari 0'
Mohammad Gholami 0'
M. Mahdavi 0'
			0' Jalal Kameli Mofrad
			0' H. Nasari
A. Nazifkar 8'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	25' H. Nasari
			56' Jaba Mujiri
			56' Andrezinho
A. Nazifkar 57'		2 - 1
			63' H. Nasari
			63' S. Rafiei
Jahangir Asgari 64'
Hossein Ebrahimi Lakmehsari 64'
Reza(Afshin) Chavoshi 66'		3 - 1
			73' Arash Afshin
			73' Amin Motevaselzadeh
M. Zeneyedpour 78'
Magno 78'
M. Mahdavi 85'
Abbas Aghaei 85'
Mohammad Gholami 90+3'
		3 - 2	90+3' Andrezinho
30/09/2011	Foolad	1 - 0	Fajr Sepasi	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Hamid Jokar
			46' M. Nazari
			46' Hassan Faraji
Bakhtiar Rahmani 50'
Reza Norouzi 56'		1 - 0
S. Rafiei 63'
H. Nasari 63'
Arash Afshin 68'
M. Momeni 68'
			72' H. Imani
			72' Y. Shakeri
			75' Mohammad Pourmohammad
			75' Abbas Kazemian
Reza Norouzi 85'
S. Ansari 85'
25/09/2011	Saba Qom	1 - 0	Foolad	1-0	H2H	O	+
Mehdi Badrlou 0'
K. Eslami 0'
V. Hamdinejad 0'
			0' Abdollah Karami
			0' Omid Khooraj
			0' Bakhtiar Rahmani
Pejman Shahpari 1'		1 - 0
Rasoul Boroush 53'
Hossein Hejazipour 53'
Pejman Shahpari 55'
Gholamreza Enayati 55'
			62' H. Nasari
			62' M. Momeni
			71' S. Rafiei
			71' A.Yahya Beigi
Morteza Hashemizadeh 77'
M. Houtan 77'
			83' Reza Norouzi
			83' Amin Motevaselzadeh
			90+4' Abdollah Karami
16/09/2011	Foolad	0 - 0	Shahrdari Tabriz	0-0	H2H	O	+
Andrezinho 0'
			0' Nabiollah Bagheriha
Mehrdad Jamaati 0'
			0' K. Kamyabinia
			0' Rasool Pirzadeh
Bakhtiar Rahmani 52'
Seyed Taleghani 59'
M. Momeni 59'
S. Ansari 62'
A.Yahya Beigi 62'
Arash Afshin 71'
Amin Motevaselzadeh 71'
			80' Saeed Daghighi
			80' Jafar Bazri
			87' Meysam Baou Dizabadi
			87' Bojan Beljić
			90' Rasool Pirzadeh
			90' Mehrdad Ghanbari
Andrezinho 90+2'
09/09/2011	Sanat Naft	2 - 2	Foolad	2-1	H2H	O	+
			0' Amir Sharafi
Levon Pachajyan 6'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	40' Reza Norouzi
Mostafa Sabri 42'		2 - 1
			45' M. Karimi
			45' Arash Afshin
			62' H. Nasari
			62' Amir Sharafi
		2 - 2	62' Bakhtiar Rahmani
Roohollah Arab 75'
Founéké Sy 75'
T. Rikani 80'
Hadi Ramazani 80'
Omid Sharifinasab 82'
Ali Mombeini 82'
			86' Abdollah Karami
			86' M. Momeni
25/08/2011	Foolad	1 - 4	Esteghlal	1-2	H2H	O	+
Andrezinho 0'
			0' F. Majidi
Samal Saeed 0'
			0' Andranik Timotian-Samarani
		0 - 1	3' F. Majidi
Reza Norouzi 4'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	38' E. Sharifat
Arash Afshin 40'
			46' E. Sharifat
			46' Kianoush Rahmati
M. Momeni 72'
H. Nasari 72'
Arash Afshin 72'
S. Rafiei 72'
			82' Mojtaba Jabari Kordgehslaghi
			82' Milad Meydavoudi
Andrezinho 82'
Amin Motevaselzadeh 82'
		1 - 3	86' Milad Meydavoudi
		1 - 4	89' F. Majidi
17/08/2011	Zob Ahan	1 - 0	Foolad	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Arash Afshin
Felipe Alves 0'
Igor Castro 0'
			0' S. Rafiei
Mohammad Ghazi Najafabadi 55'
P. Sadeghian 55'
			56' Reza Norouzi
Davood Haghi 60'
Mohammad Ahmadi 60'
Hugo Machado 62'
Hawar Mulla Mohammed 62'
Seyed Hosseini Farimani 74'		1 - 0
			79' Arash Afshin
			79' Amir Sharafi
			80' M. Momeni
			80' S. Rafiei
			85' Andrezinho
			85' Amin Motevaselzadeh
12/08/2011	Foolad	2 - 1	Naft Tehran	0-1	H2H	O	+
Andrezinho 0'
			0' Hamid Fathi
Mehrdad Jamaati 0'
			0' Mohammad Mehrazma
		0 - 1	39' Mojtaba Zarei
S. Rafiei 46'
H. Nasari 46'
Reza Norouzi 49'		1 - 1
Amin Motevaselzadeh 68'
M. Momeni 68'
			71' Khaldoun Ibrahim
			71' Ferreira
			75' R. Magholi
			75' Morteza Pouraliganji
Samal Saeed 79'
Arash Afshin 79'
			83' Mojtaba Zarei
			83' Iman Mousavi
Bakhtiar Rahmani 90+3'		2 - 1
07/08/2011	Mes Sarcheshme	0 - 1	Foolad	0-1	H2H	O	+
			0' Omid Khooraj
			0' Jalal Kameli Mofrad
Amir Mohammadi 0'
Ali Molaei 0'
			0' M. Momeni
Ali Samereh 0'
		0 - 1	29' Reza Norouzi
Vahid Aliabadi 46'
Ali Samereh 46'
			60' H. Nasari
			60' Arash Afshin
Hamed Shirkhanlou 70'
Hossein Ghanbari 70'
Ali Molaei 75'
Moslem Firoozabadi 75'
			78' S. Rafiei
			78' Andrezinho
			88' M. Momeni
			88' Amir Sharafi
02/08/2011	Foolad	0 - 0	Shahin Bushehr	0-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Mohsen Hamidi
Amin Motevaselzadeh 58'
Reza Norouzi 58'
			61' Masoud Nazarzadeh
			61' M. Azizmohammadi
H. Nasari 64'
S. Rafiei 64'
M. Momeni 67'
Arash Afshin 67'
			82' Abbas Poorkhosravani
			82' Meysam Maniei

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Foolad in Persian Gulf Pro League.

Statistics & Analysis of Foolad

R. Noroozi is the leading top goal scorer for Foolad with 11 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	3
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	6
Longest run without win	9
Clean sheets	11
Matches over 2.25 goals	14
Matches under 2.25 goals	20
Matches First Half Over 0.5	19
Matches First Half Under 0.5	15
Matches odd	18
Matches even	16
Average goals scored	1.03
Average goals allowed	1.09
Failure to score	12
Biggest victory	4 - 0
Biggest defeat	1 - 4
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	2
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	3 (18%)
Goalless draw at away match	2 (12%)
Comeback win	1
Top Goal Scorer	R. Noroozi
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They are the current leading soccer tipsters in this month competition. See also tipsters rankings.

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Kinostudio W vs Lushnja W

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Suwon FMC W vs Boeun Sangmu W

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

UD Santa Marta vs Arandina

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.