Marked for Karim Mohammadi
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Match19 Dec 2026
Padideh cannot stop winning
14 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Match19 Dec 2026
Esteghlal Ahvaz will want this one forgotten quickly: 10‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Padideh were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Match21 Dec 2026
Padideh up to position 1
61 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Two goals and a mark of 9.35 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A brace, and Karim Mohammadi takes the afternoon — 8.61
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Karim Mohammadi provided it, and the 8.61 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A brace, and Saeid Gholizadeh takes the afternoon — 8.37
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Saeid Gholizadeh provided it, and the 8.37 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 28 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad21 Dec 2026
18 goals and a season average of 7.54. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Ali Vafaei, 17, plays like he has been here for years — 8.40
A mark of 8.40 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 17-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
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Triumph
Match5 Dec 2026
Padideh cannot stop winning
12 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad7 Dec 2026
5 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match2 Dec 2026
Padideh march on in the cup
Foolad are out and Padideh go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match5 Dec 2026
6‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 44 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
No sign of nerves from Ali Vafaei at 17 — 7.81
The hardest thing about being 17 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ali Vafaei did not need any: 7.81, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match5 Dec 2026
Padideh are at home on the road
6 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Squad7 Dec 2026
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Match28 Nov 2026
Nobody wants to play Padideh right now
10 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Karim Rezaeian
20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Padideh lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match28 Nov 2026
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 7‑0 against Naft Tehran, and it could have been more.
Squad30 Nov 2026
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Squad30 Nov 2026
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 51 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
No sign of nerves from Masoud Hajsafi at 20 — 8.46
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Masoud Hajsafi did not need any: 8.46, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match28 Nov 2026
Padideh are at home on the road
5 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Match28 Nov 2026
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Padideh and Naft Tehran in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
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Match31 Oct 2026
6‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.38, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Hossein Taremi out for 80 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Padideh will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match31 Oct 2026
Padideh make it 6 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Padideh have 6 straight wins of it.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
No sign of nerves from Masoud Hajsafi at 19 — 8.33
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Masoud Hajsafi did not need any: 8.33, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad2 Nov 2026
13 goals and a season average of 7.41. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match31 Oct 2026
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Padideh and Saba in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at Padideh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kaveh Gholizadeh is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Match26 Oct 2026
Padideh are in among the leaders
Position 1 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Hossein Taremi out for 87 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Padideh will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Masoud Hajsafi, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.21
A mark of 8.21 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Match24 Oct 2026
Padideh make it 5 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Padideh have 5 straight wins of it.
Match24 Oct 2026
A 3‑1 win over Malavan, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Oct 2026
11 goals and a season average of 7.32. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Kaveh Gholizadeh falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes of Saeid Torabi at his very best
Marked 8.98. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Padideh.
Match24 Oct 2026
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Padideh. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
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Triumph
Match29 Aug 2026
6‑1, and Hossein Karimi took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Padideh tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.71, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match29 Aug 2026
Nobody wants to play Padideh right now
5 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Masoud Hajsafi at 19 — 7.94
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Masoud Hajsafi did not need any: 7.94, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Padideh can pretend not to have heard.
Match29 Aug 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Padideh and Tractor, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Market31 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Masoud Hajsafi again, and this time the name on the line is Rah Ahan. Padideh are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kaveh Gholizadeh falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Padideh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Match22 Aug 2026
Saipa will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Padideh were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Masoud Hajsafi at 19 — 7.79
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Masoud Hajsafi did not need any: 7.79, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market24 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Padideh, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 Aug 2026
Padideh cannot stop winning
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad24 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Padideh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match22 Aug 2026
Padideh keep winning on the road
3 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
Market24 Aug 2026
Omid Mohammadi is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Padideh has been clear about where Omid Mohammadi stands, which is more than many ever get.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.48, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Karim Mohammadi at his very best
Marked 8.27. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Padideh.
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Triumph
Match15 Aug 2026
9‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad17 Aug 2026
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.34, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.32, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Vouria Mohammadi, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.60
A mark of 7.60 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match15 Aug 2026
Padideh cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ramin Khodadad was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match15 Aug 2026
Hossein Karimi among the goals in a wild afternoon
9 goals in one match, Hossein Karimi on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Padideh and Naft Tehran.
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Triumph
Match8 Aug 2026
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 6‑0 against Esteghlal Khuzestan, and it could have been more.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.41, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The match ball belongs to Saeid Torabi, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Majid Beiranvand, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.66
A mark of 7.66 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market10 Aug 2026
Saba come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Padideh did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ramin Khodadad was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Saba have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mohammad Ghoddos. The answer from Padideh has not changed — yet.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Saeid Torabi at his very best
Marked 9.38. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Padideh.