Vouria Noorafkan

Left Midfielder - Gostaresh Foulad
12 Sep 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Vouria Noorafkan

6 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Gostaresh Foulad out of the cup

Persepolis ended it 0‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Market

Saeid Pouraliganji hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gostaresh Foulad can pretend not to have heard.

Match

7 matches without a win for Gostaresh Foulad

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Gostaresh Foulad are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Majid Dejagah runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The terraces

A cup hiding at Persepolis leaves Gostaresh Foulad explaining themselves

0-3, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 5 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Vouria Noorafkan in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gostaresh Foulad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Gostaresh Foulad training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mehdi Ghoddos 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.

Match

Gostaresh Foulad come up short against Sepahan

Sepahan left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Saeid Pouraliganji

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Saeid Hosseini puts it in writing

“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 Gostaresh Foulad, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

No end in sight to Gostaresh Foulad's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gostaresh Foulad has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Vouria Noorafkan in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gostaresh Foulad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Gostaresh Foulad training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mehdi Ghoddos 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pejman Moharrami

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Gostaresh Foulad pick somebody else ahead of Pejman Moharrami

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Match

Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Esteghlal came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market

Gostaresh Foulad put Pejman Moharrami up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Pejman Moharrami may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief