The Padideh Gazette
Match12 Oct 2026
Padideh are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 21 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
No sign of nerves from Vahid Azmoun at 19 — 7.71
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Vahid Azmoun did not need any: 7.71, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Abolfazl Zadehattar says Padideh went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Alireza Hosseini runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Padideh
Saman Yazdani 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.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
Padideh supporters have found a favourite in Vahid Azmoun
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Vahid Azmoun has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match10 Oct 2026
Vahid Azmoun sends Padideh past Foolad
It finished 2‑0, and it was Vahid Azmoun’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Padideh.
Squad12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Saman Yazdani
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Saman Yazdani, and the manager let it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Ehsan Vafaei signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ehsan Vafaei commits to Padideh for another 3 years.
In brief
- Loan watch Pejman Azmoun wants to come home
- Market Abdulaziz Al-Awardi joins Padideh on a free