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{{Short description|Iranian football club}}
{{Infobox football club
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| current = 2021–22 Foolad F.C. season
| image = Foolad Logo 4K.svg
| image_size = 180px
| fullname = Foolad Khuzestan Football Club
| nickname = ''Foolad Mardaan'' (Men of Steel) <br> ''Leopard of Khuzestan ''
| shortname = 
| founded = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1971|03|02}}
| dissolved = 
| ground = [[Foolad Arena]]
| capacity = 30,655
| owner = [[:fa:شرکت فولاد خوزستان|Foolad Khuzestan Company]]
| chairman = [[Mohammad Mohammadi (footballer)|Mohammad Mohammadi]]
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager = [[Yahya Golmohammadi]]
| league = [[Persian Gulf Pro League]]
| season = [[2024–25 Persian Gulf Pro League|2024–25]]
| position = Persian Gulf Pro League, 4th
| website = {{URL|http://www.fooladfc.ir/}}
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'''Foolad Khuzestan Football Club''' (, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian professional [[Football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Ahvaz]], [[Khuzestan]], that plays in [[Persian Gulf Pro League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/teams/iran/foolad-khuzestan-football-club/1166/|title=Team info – Foolad F.C. Khuzestan|website=us.Soccerway.com|access-date=17 February 2023|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217142117/https://us.soccerway.com/teams/iran/foolad-khuzestan-football-club/1166/|url-status=live}}</ref> The club was founded in 1971 and is owned by Foolad Khuzestan Company. 

The club has won Iran Pro League twice, including a championship in the lower division, [[Azadegan League]]. In the [[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]] season, Foolad became the champion of the fourth newly founded Iran Pro League (IPL), gaining a total of 64 points over 30 league matches. After several seasons, Foolad lost many of its key players through transfers and internal problems and also displayed a poor performance in the [[2006 AFC Champions League]]. The club was subsequently relegated to the [[Azadegan League]], second highest division in Iran at the end of [[2006–07 Iran Pro League|2006–07]]. However, Foolad was able to return to the IPL starting from the next season, [[2008–09 Iran Pro League]]. Foolad won its second championship in [[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]] season. The club also won their first [[Hazfi Cup]] title in the [[2020–21 Hazfi Cup|2020–21]] season.

Foolad's home kit is red and yellow shirts, with the same color for shorts, accompanied by red socks. The colors used in clothing are derived from the symbol of the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/214687/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%BE%D8%B1-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1 |title=خبرگزاری مشرق |date=14 May 2013 |publisher=mashreghnews.ir |access-date=2013-05-14 |archive-date=2013-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607122108/http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/214687/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%BE%D8%B1-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Club history==

===Establishment and first years (1971–1995)===
Foolad Khuzestan Football Club was founded on 2 March 1971 in [[Ahwaz]], [[Iran]] by at that time, President of the Foolad Khuzestan Company Ali Akbar Davar. Foolad was a team that no one knew anything about until the dissolution of ''[[Jonoob Ahwaz F.C.|Jonoub Ahwaz]]'' in 1996. Foolad won the [[Ahwaz]] City Championship in 1991 and entered the 2nd division of the [[Khuzestan]] football league two years later. Foolad won the first group in its debut season and was promoted to the Ahwaz's first league which they won in their debut season as well. This meant they would be promoted to the Khuzestan Provincial Leagues.

===Road to the Highest Division (1995–2001)===
In 1995, which was Foolad's second year in the ''[[Khuzestan]]'s Second Division'', they became provincial champions. That same year ''[[Jonoob Ahvaz F.C.|Jonoub Ahvaz]]'', 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 [[Iran Football's 1st Division|1st division]]. 

===Frančić era (2004–2006)===
The team was eventually bought by the ''Ahwaz Steel Mill''. The team was finally able to win the [[Iran's Premier League Football|IPL]] in the [[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]] season but due to some ensuing internal problems and coaching difficulties could not perform well in the [[AFC Champions League 2006|2006 Asian Champions League]].

===ACL and relegation (2006–2007)===
After a mediocre [[2005–06 Iran Pro League|2005–06]], Foolad started the [[2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup|2006–07]] season with former Iranian national team coach [[Mohammad Mayeli Kohan]], but he resigned halfway through the season as Foolad had achieved poor results. Youth club coach [[Nenad Nikolić (footballer, born 1959)|Nenad Nikolić]] temporarily replaced him and soon after Portuguese manager [[Augusto Inácio]] was named head coach. Foolad went through a terrible [[2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup|2006–07]] season finishing 15th and being relegated to the lower [[Azadegan League]].

===Return to First Division and Jalali years (2007–2012)===
Foolad start the [[2007–08 Azadegan League|2007–08 season]] at [[Azadegan League]] and won the playoff spot despite their strong leadership until the last weeks. In the playoff, they drew with [[Payam Mashhad F.C.|Payam Mashhad]] in a two-leg matches and missed the promotion via away goal. A few weeks later they bought the right to play in [[Persian Gulf Cup]] from [[Sepahan Novin F.C.|Sepahan Novin]] and promoted to [[Persian Gulf Cup|IPL]]. Then [[Majid Jalali]] was announced as the club's head coach with signing a three years contract where they had an average season with ending the season in the 7th place.

On September 1, 2009, Seifollah Dehkordi was elected as the club's president after previous president Masoud Rezaeian resigned from his position. After the election of Dehkordi, Majid Jalali left the club despite good results. [[Luka Bonačić]] was named as Jalali's successor but he could not please the club as he was not able to win a single match in first eight weeks and the club decided to bring [[Majid Jalali]] back where they finished the league 10th. At the Jalali's final year as Foolad manager, the club ended the season at the 14th place, the worst since their promotion back to the league.

===League success under Faraki (2012–2014)===
[[File:Foolad won IPL title 01.jpg|thumb|Foolad players celebrating winning their second [[Persian Gulf Pro League|IPL]] title in 2014]]
After Jalali's contract was not renewed, [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] manager [[Hossein Faraki]] was named as the club's new head coach. He led Foolad to the 4th rank in his first season as the club's manager, gaining an [[AFC Champions League]] spot for the second time in the Foolad's history. In the [[2013–14 Iran Pro League]] season, Faraki led the club to their second [[Iran Pro League]] title, his team finished with 57 points. They finished 2 points clear of second place [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]. Five days later, Foolad advanced to the Round of 16 of the [[AFC Champions League]] for the first time after they defeated [[El Jaish SC|El-Jaish]] of [[Qatar]]. Foolad lost to [[Al Sadd SC|Al Sadd]] on away goals.

On 23 May 2014, Faraki resigned as the manager of the club, due to knee problems, despite two good seasons with Foolad. [[Dragan Skočić]] was named as his successor.

==Reserve team==
{{Main|Foolad Novin F.C.}}
{{see also|Foolad Yazd F.C.}}
[[Foolad Novin F.C.|Foolad Novin]] is the reserve side of Foolad. In 2014 they were promoted to the [[Azadegan League]] for the second time in their history. [[Foolad Yazd F.C.|Foolad Yazd]] is not Foolad's reserve team, but is a feeder club, they also compete in the [[Azadegan League]].

==Youth academy==
{{Main|Foolad Youth Academy}}
In April 1999, Foolad formed a youth academy. 

==Kit==
[[File:Afshin,Bakhtiar,Chimba.jpg|thumb|210px|Three Foolad players ([[Arash Afshin]], [[Bakhtiar Rahmani]] and [[Luciano Pereira Mendes|Chimba]]) wear the shirts for [[2012–13 Iran Pro League|2012–13 season]]]]
The name and symbol of the club adapted from its founder and owner company, [[Foolad]]. Its symbol means that is related to steel production process. The club's logo repeatedly changed but the overall layout is preserved.  After Foolad's league title in 2006, club added a golden star above the team logo etched into the club's shirt, but this was not accepted by the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation]]. So there is not any star on the club's official logo.

Foolad began playing in red, yellow and black, but then changed the yellow to white since 1999. The kit has been made by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] until 2002. Then [[Merooj]] and [[Daei Sport]] were the club's kit manufacturers. [[Uhlsport]] is the current kit manufacturers, made the kits from past four years. The club currently doesn't have any official sponsor as the club's company name is inserted on the shirts.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|-
!Years
!Manufacturers
!Sponsors
|-
|2001–02
| rowspan="7" | [[Daei Sport|Daei]]
|rowspan=2|None
|-
|2002–03
|-
|2003–04
|[[General Airconditioners|O'GENERAL]]
|-
|2004–05
| rowspan="2" |None
|-
|2005–06
|-
|2006–07
| [[Tefal]]*
|-
|2007–08
|None
|-
|2008–09
|[[Merooj]]
|
[[Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences|Jundishapur University]]
|-
|2009–10
| rowspan="2" |[[Daei Sport|Daei]]
| rowspan="4" |None
|-
|2010–11
|-
|2011–12
| rowspan="9" |[[uhlsport]]
|-
|2012–13
|-
|2013–14
| rowspan="7" |[[Khouzestan Steel Company|KSC]]
|-
|2014–15
|-
|2015–16
|-
|2016–17
|-
|2017–18
|-
|2018–19
|-
|2019–20
|-
|2020–21
|[[Merooj]]
|Tak Makaron
|-
|2021–22
|[[Merooj]]
|[[Khouzestan Steel Company|KSC]]
|-
|2022–23
|[[Merooj]]
|[[Khouzestan Steel Company|KSC]]
|}

*&nbsp;– Tefal was the sponsor of the team in only some matches not full season.

==Rivals==
The team competes in Ahvaz derby against [[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]] which is a new born club. The first time the teams met each other was in season [[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]] which [[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]] lost that game.

==Players==
===First-team squad===
{{updated|31 August 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=UZB|pos=GK|name=[[Utkir Yusupov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Abolfazl Razzaghpour]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=IRN|pos=FW|name=[[Sasan Ansari]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Amin Saedi]] <sup>'''U25'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Ali Nemati]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=IRN|pos=MF|name=[[Vahid Amiri]] <sup>'''INJ'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=IRN|pos=MF|name=[[Sina Asadbeigi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=IRN|name=[[Ehsan Mahroughi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=IRN|pos=MF|name=[[Sina Moridi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=IRN|pos=FW|name=[[Mohammad Reza Soleimani]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=IRN|name=[[Mohammad Abbasi (Footballer)|Mohammad Abbasi]] <sup>'''U25'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=IRN|pos=MF|name=[[Amirmasoud Sarabadani]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=[[Gustavo Blanco Leschuk|Gustavo Blanco]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=IRN|pos=MF|name=[[Yousef Mazrae]] <sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=IRN|name=[[Saeid Sadeghi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=IRN|pos=GK|name=[[Alireza Nazi]] <sup>'''U23'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Alireza Amirkhani]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Mohammad Ghoreishi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Mohammad Ali Kazemi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=IRN|pos=FW|name=[[Arshia Bagheri]] <sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Arash Akbarzadeh]] <sup>'''U23'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Ali Hassani (Football Player)|Ali Hassani]] <sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=68|nat=IRN|pos=GK|name=[[Mohsen Forouzan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=70|nat=IRN|pos=FW|name=[[Abolfazl Zadeh Attar]] <sup>'''U19'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=IRN|pos=MF|name=[[Mohammadreza Keshavarzi]] <sup>'''U23'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=81|nat=IRN|pos=GK|name=[[Hamed Lak]]}}
{{Fs player|no=83|nat=IRN|pos=MF|name=[[Amin Moradi]] <sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=IRN|pos=DF|name=[[Hossein Sangargir]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs end}}

==Notable players==

===Players on international cups===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|Korea Republic}} [[2002 Asian Games]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Yahya Golmohammadi]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Jalal Kameli-Mofrad]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Iman Mobali]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ali Badavi]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ebrahim Mirzapour]]
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|China PR}} [[2004 AFC Asian Cup]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Hossein Kaebi]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Jalal Kameli-Mofrad]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Iman Mobali]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ali Badavi]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ebrahim Mirzapour]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohammad Alavi (footballer)|Mohammad Alavi]]
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Hossein Kaebi]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ebrahim Mirzapour]]
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|Qatar}} [[2006 Asian Games]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Pejman Montazeri]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Adel Kolahkaj]]
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|China PR}} [[2010 Asian Games]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Arash Afshin]]
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|Qatar}} [[2011 AFC Asian Cup]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Arash Afshin]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Reza Norouzi]]
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Bakhtiar Rahmani]]
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|Korea Republic}} [[2014 Asian Games]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Yousef Vakia]]
{{col-3}}
'''{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[2015 AFC Asian Cup]]'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Soroush Rafiei]]
{{col-end}}

==Personnel==

===Current technical staff===
{{see also|List of Foolad F.C. managers}}
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Name
!Position
|-
| Head Coach ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Ignacio Martínez]]
|-
| Assistant coaches ||{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammad Khoramgah<hr />{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hossein Kazemi]]<hr />{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ahmad Aleneme]]
|-
| Goalkeeping coaches ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Nader Ghobeishavi]]
|-
| Athletic coach |||{{flagicon|IRN}} Alireza Ahmedaei
|-
| Fitness coach |||{{flagicon|IRN}} Mehrdad Bakhtiyarzadeh
|-
| Team doctor || {{flagicon|Iran}} Akbar Moradi
|-
| Physiotherapist || {{flagicon|Iran}} Payam Ahmadi
|-
| Masseurs || {{flagicon|Iran}} Behnam Taghizadeh<hr />{{flagicon|Iran}} Iman Saeedi
|-
| Media officer || {{flagicon|Iran}} Soheil Ehyaei
|-
| Team manager ||{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mohammad Alavi (footballer)|Mohammad Alavi]]
|}
* <small>Last updated: 11 August 2022 </small>
* <small>Source: [http://fooladfc.ir/Fa/team-staff/1/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF%20%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1 Coaching staff]</small>

===Management===
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Position
!Staff
|-
|President||[[Hamidreza Shabani]]
|-
|Board of Directors||Habibollah Rezaei
|-
|Board of Directors||Hamidreza Radkia
|-
|Board of Directors||Mohammad Rouzbehani
|-
|Board of Directors||Omid Ahmadi
|-
|}
* <small>Last updated: 15 March 2023</small>
* <small>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124605/http://fooladfc.com/ Board of Directors]</small>

==Recent seasons==

The table below chronicles the achievements of Foolad in various competitions since 1990.

{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#dfdfdf;"
| '''Year'''
| '''Division'''
| '''Position'''
| '''Hazfi Cup'''
| '''[[AFC Champions League|ACL]]'''
|-
|1990–91
|Ahwaz city	league 1
|    '''1st'''
| rowspan="10" |''Not held''
| rowspan="14" |''did not qualify''
|-
|1991–92
|Provincial league 3
|7th 
|-
|1992–93
|Provincial league 3
|        '''1st'''
|-
|1993–94
|Provincial league 2
|        '''1st'''
|-
|1994–95
|Provincial league 1
|        '''1st'''
|-
|1995–96
|Iran 2nd Division
|7th 
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1996–97
|Iran 2nd Division
|2rd
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1997–98
|[[Azadegan League 1997/98|Azadegan League]]
|10th
| rowspan="8" |
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1998–99
|[[Azadegan League 1998/99|Azadegan League]]
|7th
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1999–00
|[[Azadegan League 1999/2000|Azadegan League]]
|10th
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2000–01
|[[Azadegan League 2000/01|Azadegan League]]
|8th
|1/8 Final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2001–02
|[[IPL 2001/02|Pro League]]
|3rd
|Quarter-final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2002–03
|[[IPL 2002/03|Pro League]]
|7th
|1/8 Final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2003–04
|[[IPL 2003/04|Pro League]]
|3rd
|1/8 Final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2004–05
|[[IPL 2004/05|Pro League]]
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''
|1/16 Final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2005–06
|[[IPL 2005/06|Pro League]]
|8th
|1/16 Final
|Group Stage
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2006–07
|[[2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup|Pro League]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|15th
|1/8 Final
|rowspan=7|''did not qualify''
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2007–08
|[[Azadegan League 2007/08|Azadegan League]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|'''1st'''
|Semi-final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2008–09
|[[Persian Gulf Cup 2008-09|Pro League]]
|7th
|Quarter-final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2009–10
|[[Persian Gulf Cup 2009-10|Pro League]]
|10th
|1/16 Final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2010–11
|[[2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup|Pro League]]
|6th
|Semi-final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2011–12
|[[2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup|Pro League]]
|14th
|Quarter-final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2012–13
|[[2012–13 Iran Pro League|Pro League]]
|4th
|1/16 Final
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2013–14
|[[2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup|Pro League]]
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''
|Semi-final
|Round of 16
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2014–15
|[[2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|5th
|Round of 32
|Group Stage
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2015–16
|[[2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|12th
|Round of 16
| rowspan="5" |''did not qualify''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2016–17
| [[2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|10th
|Round of 16
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2017–18
|[[2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|7th
|Round of 32
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2018–19
| [[2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|align=center|8th
|Round of 8
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2019–20
|[[2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|align=center|3rd
|Round of 32
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2020–21
|[[2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|align=center|6th
|bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''
|Group Stage
|-
|2021–22
|[[2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|5th
|Round of 16
|Round of 16
|-
|2022–23
|[[2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League|Pro League]]
|7th
|Round of 16
|Quarter-final 
|}

==Stadium information==
{{main|Foolad Arena}}
{{see also|Ghadir Stadium}}
[[File:Foolad-Sepahan 20190315 05.jpg|thumb|Foolad Arena]]
The club plays their home games at the newly built 30,655-seat [[Foolad Arena]] in northern [[Ahvaz]] since 2019. Before this, the club played originally at the [[Takhti Stadium (Ahvaz)|Takhti Stadium]] until 2012 and [[Ghadir Stadium]] from 2012 until 2019.

==Honours==

===Domestic===
*'''[[Persian Gulf Pro League]]''':
** '''Winners (2)''': [[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]], [[2013–14 Iran Pro League|2013–14]]
*'''[[Hazfi Cup]]''':
** '''Winners (1)''': [[2020–21 Hazfi Cup|2020–21]]
*'''[[Iranian Super Cup]]''':
** '''Winners (1)''': [[2021 Iranian Super Cup|2021]]

== Records and statistics ==
===All Top scorers===

''As of 31 May 2025''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!'''#'''
!'''Name'''
!'''Goals'''
!'''Position'''
|-
|1
|[[Luciano Pereira Mendes|'''Luciano Pereira''']]
|76
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|-
|2
|'''[[Sasan Ansari]]'''
|50
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|-
|3
|[[Reza Norouzi]]
|36
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|-
|4
|[[Bakhtiar Rahmani]]
|30
|[[Midfielder]]
|-
|5
|[[Arash Afshin]]
|29
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|-
|6
|[[Iman Mobali]]
|26
|[[Midfielder]]
|-
|7
|[[Esmaeil Sharifat]]
|24
|[[Midfielder]]
|-
|8
|[[Behnam Seraj]]
|21
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|-
|9
|[[Ahmad Momenzadeh]]
|18
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|-
|10
|[[Ayanda Patosi]]
|18
|[[Midfielder]]
|}

===All Top Appearances===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!'''#'''
!'''Name'''
!'''Apps'''
!'''Position'''
|-
|1
|'''[[Sasan Ansari]]'''
|414
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|-
|2
|[[Ayoub Vali]]
|253
|[[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|-
|3
|[[Luciano Pereira Mendes|'''Luciano Pereira''']]
|224
|[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|-
|4
|[[Bakhtiar Rahmani]]
|209
|[[Midfielder]]
|-
|5
|[[Esmaeil Sharifat]]
|191
|[[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
|-
|6
|[[Ebrahim Mirzapour]]
|179
|[[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
|-
|7
|[[Mehrdad Jama'ati]]
|174
|[[Left back]]
|-
|8
|[[Abdollah Karami]]
|160
|[[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|-
|9
|[[Ahmad Abdollahzadeh]]
|155
|[[Midfielder]]
|-
| rowspan="1" |10
|'''[[Mojtaba Najjarian]]'''
|154
|[[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|}

==See also==
{{portal|Association football|Iran}}

*[[Foolad Yazd F.C.|Foolad B]]
*[[Foolad Novin F.C.|Foolad C]]
*[[Hafari Ahvaz F.C.]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Foolad FC}}
* {{official website|http://www.fooladfc.ir/}}
* {{in lang|fa}} [http://www.foolad-khz.blogfa.com/ Foolad F.C. Fans Weblog]
* {{in lang|fa}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20150420073846/http://www.khzfootball.ir/ Khuzestan Football Association] (archived)

{{Foolad F.C.}}
{{Foolad F.C. squad}}
{{Foolad F.C. managers}}
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[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1971]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Ahvaz]]
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[[Category:Sport in Ahvaz]]