2021 Hazfi Cup final

2021 Hazfi Cup Final

Event	2020–21 Hazfi Cup
Foolad Esteghlal 0 0
Foolad won 4-2 on penalties
Date	8 August 2021
Venue	Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium, Isfahan
Attendance	0
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2021 Hazfi Cup Final was the final match of the 34th edition of Hazfi Cup that held between Esteghlal and Foolad F.C. at Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium in Isfahan.

Originally, the final was planned to be held at Imam Ali Stadium in Kerman on 9 August. ^[1] On 26 July, after the draw of semi-finals, Iran Football League Organisation announced that the final match will be held one day earlier on 8 August due to beginning of Muharram. On 1 August 2021, the final venue was also changed due to problems with the field, scoreboard and seats in Imam Ali stadium. ^[2] The match also played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Teams

Team	City	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Foolad	Ahvaz	Debut
Esteghlal	Tehran	12 (1977, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020)

Route to the final

Foolad			Round	Esteghlal
Opponents	Results	Stadium	Second Stage	Opponents	Results	Stadium
Mashin Sazi	3-0	Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium (Away)	Round of 32	Paykan	2-1	Shohadaye Shahr-e Qods Stadium (Away)
Qashqai	2-1	Pars Stadium (Away)	Round of 16	ZobAhan	2-1	Azadi Stadium (Home)
Sepahan	1-1 ( a.e.t. )(5-4 p )	Foolad Arena (Home)	Quarter-final	Persepolis	0-0 ( a.e.t. )(4–3 p )	Azadi Stadium (Away)
Malavan	2-0	Foolad Arena (Home)	Semi-Final	Gol Gohar	2-1	Azadi Stadium (Home)

Foolad

Round	Opposition	Score
Round of 32	Mashin Sazi (A)	3-0
Round of 16	Qashqai (A)	2-1
Quarter-final	Sepahan (H)	1-1 ( a.e.t. )(5-4 p )
Semi-Final	Malavan (H)	2-0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Foolad, as an Iran Pro League club, started in the Round of 32 against another Pro League side Mashin Sazi and won 3–0 with a hattrick from Luciano Pereira Mendes at Shahid Qasem Soleimani Stadium, Tabriz. In the next round, they won an Azadegan League side, Qashqai at Pars Shiraz Stadium 2–1 with both goals from Shervin Bozorg. In the quarter-final round they drew 1–1 against a Pro League club Sepahan at their home stadium, Foolad Arena with a goal from Saleh Hardani in extra times and they won 5–4 in penalty shoot-outs. Mehran Mousavi, Moussa Coulibaly, Hossein Ebrahimi, Chimba and Mohammad Miri scored and Vahid Heydarieh missed their penalties while Mohsen Forouzan saved two penalties as the goalkeeper. In the semi-final they hosted against Malavan, an Azadegan League team, at Foolad Arena with a goals from Vahid Heydarieh and Ayanda Patosi.

Esteghlal

Round	Opposition	Score
Round of 32	Paykan (A)	2-1
Round of 16	ZobAhan (H)	2-1
Quarter-final	Persepolis (A)	0-0 ( a.e.t. )(4-3 p )
Semi-Final	Gol Gohar (H)	2-1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Esteghlal, as a Iran Pro League club, started in the Round of 32 against another Pro League side Paykan and won 2–1 with goals from Cheick Diabaté from penalty mark and Mohammad Daneshgar at Shohadaye Shahr-e Qods Stadium. In the next round, they faced another Pro League team ZobAhan at Azadi Stadium and they won 2–1 with goals from Farshid Esmaeili. In the quarter-final round they were drawn with Persepolis to play the 96th Tehran Derby. Like previous season, Esteghlal won this derby match at Azadi Stadium 4–3 in penalty shoot-outs after the 0–0 draw during 120 minutes. Vouria Ghafouri, Farshid Esmaeili, Babak Moradi and Amir Arsalan Motahari scored and Mehdi Ghayedi missed their penalties, while Hossein Hosseini saved one penalty as the goalkeeper. In the semi-final at Azadi Stadium, Esteghlal played with Gol Gohar. Esteghlal won semi-final match 2-1 and Voria Ghafouri scored both goals from penalty mark.
Esteghlal played all of the matches before final against the teams from Iran Pro League. Except the quarter-final match, which tied 0-0, they won all other matches with 2–1 score. Also, after the first match in round of 32, which was played at Shohadaye Shahr-e Qods Stadium, Esteghlal played their matches at Azadi Stadium. This means Esteghlal did not exit from Tehran Province before the Final.

Details

8 August 2021

20:30

Foolad	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal
Penalties
Goalkeeper: Mohsen Forouzan Mehran Mousavi Zobeir Niknafs Sasan Ansari Ahmad Abdollahzadeh	4-2	Goalkeeper: Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri Voria Ghafouri Farshid Esmaeili Mehdi Mehdipour Dariush Shojaeian

Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium , Isfahan

Attendance: 0

Referee: Bijan Heydari

Foolad Esteghlal Foolad: 4-4-2 GK 1 Ehsan Moradian  120' DF 6 Zobeir Niknafs  96' DF 2 Saleh Hardani DF 13 Mohammad Abshak  81'  117' DF 5 Moussa Coulibaly  120' MF 34 Sina Shahabbasi MF 29 Luciano Pereira Mendes MF 50 Vahid Heydarieh MF 12 Ayanda Patosi  115' FW 10 Farshad Ahmadzadeh FW 30 Sasan Ansari Substitutes: GK 68 Mohsen Forouzan  120' MF 91 Mohammad Miri  115' MF 11 Ahmad Abdollahzadeh  117' FF 15 Mehran Mousavi  120' Manager: Javad Nekounam Esteghlal: 3-2-4-1 GK 12 Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri DF 21 Voria Ghafouri (c) DF 4 Siavash Yazdani DF 3 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand  94' DF 2 Mohammad Naderi DF 27 Matin Karimzadeh  67' MF 88 Arash Rezavand  91' MF 79 Sobhan Khaghani  46' MF 6 Masoud Rigi  5'  120+2' MF 8 Farshid Esmaeili FW 10 Mehdi Ghayedi Substitutes: GK Sina Saeedi Far MF 9 Mehdi Mehdipour  91' MF 11 Dariush Shojaeian  120+2' MF 15 Sina Khadempour DF 20 Ahmad Mousavi MF 22 Babak Moradi  67' FW 23 Arman Ramezani MF 66 Saeid Mehri FW 72 Amir Arsalan Motahari  46' Manager: Farhad Majidi Referee: Bijan Heydari Assistant Referees: Mohammad Reza Mansouri Hasan Yousefi Additional AR: Mohammad Rahi Fourth official: Seyed Reza Mahdavi Match rules: 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Eleven named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions in normal time and another substitution in extra time See also 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League 2020–21 Azadegan League 2020–21 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2020–21 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2021 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup References قرعه کشی مرحله نیمه نهایی جام حذفی برگزار شد محل برگزاری مسابقه فینال جام حذفی اعلام شد