Founded 2000; 14 years ago | Ground Capacity 5,000 | |
Full name Foolad Khuzestan Football Club Nickname(s) Foolad Mardan (Men of Steel) Ground Foolad Khuzestan Stadium Owner Foolad Khuzestan Company | ||
Foolad Youth Academy was established in 2000 as Foolad's youth academy to help grow the football talent in the province of Khuzestan. Foolad has over 400 players and 34 coaches through is different youth ranks. The academy has been extremely successful and has been noted as the country's best academy producing players such as Iman Mobali, Arash Afshin, Bakhtiar Rahmani, and Kaveh Rezaei.
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Foolad has active teams in all youth levels. The clubs heavy investment into the youth academy ensures that the majority of the players graduate to become professional footballers in Iran.
Results
In the 2009-10 season the under-14 team became champions of Iran, the under-16 finished runners up, and the u-18 and u-21 teams finished third. Foolad was the only club in Iran to field teams in all four youth levels and they were also the number one producer of players getting selected to different national team levels.
Notable players
Here are the most notable graduates from Foolad's Youth Academy: