2016 Hazfi Cup final

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2016 Hazfi Cup final
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Event 2015–16 Hazfi Cup
Zob Ahan Esteghlal
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Zob Ahan won 5–4 on penalties
Date29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)
Venue Khorramshahr Stadium, Khorramshahr
Man of the Match Ghasem Haddadifar
Fans' Man of the Match Kaveh Rezaei
Referee Alireza Faghani
Attendance15,452
WeatherPartly Cloudy
46 °C (115 °F)
21% humidity
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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 two 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.

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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.

Details

Zob Ahan 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal
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Penalties
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Soccerball shad check.svg Hassanzadeh
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Soccerball shad check.svg Mkoyan
Soccerball shad check.svg Ebrahimi
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Soccerball shad check.svg Karimi
Khorramshahr Stadium , Khorramshahr
Attendance: 15,452
Referee: Alireza Faghani
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Zob Ahan
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Esteghlal

Man of the match

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

See also

References

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