2016 Hazfi Cup Final

The 2016 Hazfi Cup Final was the 29th final since 1975. The match was an wonderful for both teams to get a chance to clinch a title after a good season. Zob Ahan was the defending champion in the competition, if they won it would their first time in the club history to win any competition back-to-back. Zob Ahan had the lead but Esteghlal equalized it at the second half. There was nothing to separate the both teams in the extra-time, Esteghlal lost to Zob Ahan in penalties. Zob Ahan qualified for the group stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League. Esteghlal also went to the play-offs for AFC Champions League because of their third position at the league.

Format

The tie was contested over one legs, simply to last edition. If the teams could still not be separated, then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout (taking place if the teams were still level after that).

Pre-match

Match history

This was Zob Ahan's fifth Hazfi final and Esteghlal's ninth appearance in the final match of the tournament. Zob Ahan lastly won the cup in 2002–03, 2008–09 and 2014–15. Their other final appearance was in 2000–01 season where they lost to Fajr Sepasi.

Esteghlal didn't make it to the final of Hazfi Cup for four years, Esteghlal lately won the cup in 1977, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, and 2012, Esteghlal was runners-up four times.

Detalis

Zob Ahan v Esteghlal

29 May 2016
18:30 (UTC+4:30)

Zob Ahan	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal
Rahmati 20' (o.g.)	Report	Ebrahimi 56' (pen.)
	Penalties
Rajabzadeh Mehdipour Hassanzadeh Hosseini Mohammadi	5 – 4	Majidi Mkoyan Ebrahimi Ramezani Karimi

Khorramshahr Stadium
Attendance: 15,452
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Zob Ahan

Esteghlal


Zob Ahan: 4-3-3
GK	12	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri
DF	3	Walid Ismail
DF	33	Vahid Mohammadzadeh
DF	4	Hadi Mohammadi
DF	18	Ali Hamam
MF	8	Ghasem Hadadifar (c)
MF	11	Morteza Tabrizi
MF	16	Mehdi Mehdipour
FW	23	Danial Esmaeilifar
FW	30	Mehdi Rajabzadeh
FW	9	Kaveh Rezaei
Manager:
Yahya Golmohammadi


Esteghlal: 4-5-1
GK	1	Mehdi Rahmati (c)
DF	34	Milad Fakhreddini
DF	5	Hanif Omranzadeh
DF	15	Hrayr Mkoyan
DF	20	Meysam Majidi
MF	3	Mohammad Reza Khorsandnia
MF	6	Omid Ebrahimi
MF	88	Farshid Esmaeili
MF	8	Yaghoub Karimi
MF	11	Jaber Ansari
FW	77	Behnam Barzay
Manager:
Parviz Mazloumi

Man of the match

Ghasem Hadadifar (Zob Ahan)

Assistant referees:
Hassan Zaheri
Javad Sharafi
Fourth official:

Match rules:

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Seven named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions

References

Esteghlal Football Club

Honours Players Managers Presidents Seasons Asia Records and statistics Current season

History	History List of Esteghlal F.C. Scorers

Home stadium	Azadi Emam Reza (Former: Amjadieh Takhti)

Other teams	Esteghlal B Women's Football Futsal Basketball

Media	IRIB TV3 Esteghlal Javan (Newspaper)

Rivalries	Tehran derby Sepahan rivalry

Zob Ahan Isfahan Sport Club

Football Basketball Players Current squad Managers

Ground Foolad Shahr Stadium

Seasons 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Rivalry Naqsh-e jahan derby

Hazfi Cup

2015–16 Hazfi Cup clubs

Champions	Zob Ahan

Final	Esteghlal

6th Round (Semi-Final)	Sepahan Tractor Sazi

5th Round (Quarter-Final)	Naft Tehran Persepolis Rah Ahan Saipa

4th Round (1/8)	Esteghlal Khuzestan Foolad Gostaresh Foulad Kara Shiraz Malavan Padideh Saba Qom Siah Jamegan

3rd Round (1/16)	Baderan Tehran Bazargani Vashta Amol Be'sat Kermanshah Diana Baqershahr Esteghlal Ahvaz Isar Jiroft Karun Khuzestan Mantagheye Azad Kish Niroo Zamini Oghab Tehran Omid Razakan Alborz Paykan Safir Qazvin Sepidrood Rasht Shahrdari Kashan Shahrdari Semnan

2nd Round	Alvand Hamedan Amir Kabir Noorabad Esteghlal Javan Saveh Hamun Sazeh Kowsar Mehran Ilam Moghavemat Tehran Montakhab Khorramabad Montakhab Qom Payam Ardehal Payam Mashhad Persepolis Ganaveh Rahian Kermanshah Sanat Sari Shahrdari Mahshahr Shahrdari Jouybar Shirin Faraz Aqqala

1st Round	Abidar Sanandaj Aboumoslem Abouzar Basht Aluminium Arak Ansar Bafq Arad Isfahan Caspian Qazvin Damash Gilan Esteghlal B Tehran Etka Gorgan Haf Semnan Kadous Masal Gilan Kargar Boneh Gaz Khoneh Be Khoneh Montakhab Arak Montakhab Birjand Montakhab Bojnord Montakhab Semnan Montakhab Urmia Naft Omidiyeh Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Pars Jam Bushehr Rahpouyan Rezvanshahr Sanat Naft Novin Shahin Ameri Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Shahrdari Kamyaran Shahrdari Tabriz Shahrdari Urmia Shahrdari Zanjan Sherkate Khalkhal Dasht Tarbiat Novin

Hazfi Cup seasons

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2011–12 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Final	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Competitions involving Iranian clubs

Domestic	IPL Azadegan League 2nd Division 3rd Division Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct	Takht Jamshid Cup Local Leagues Qods League 17th of Shahrivar league Espandi Cup

International	AFC Champions League Asian Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct)

Football in Iran

League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's)

Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup

Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup

National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17

Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League

Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

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