2023 Hazfi Cup final

2023 Hazfi Cup Final
Event	2022–23 Hazfi Cup
Date	31 May 2023
Venue	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Referee	Ashkan Khorshidi
Attendance	60,000
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Last updated August 29, 2023

2023 Hazfi Cup Final was the final match of the 36th edition of Hazfi Cup that was held between Esteghlal Tehran and Persepolis at Azadi Stadium in Tehran on 31 May 2023.

Originally, the final was planned to be held at Shohadaye Mes Kerman Stadium in Kerman accourding to quarter-final stage draw^[1] but later, due to pitch issues, the second priority was selected, Yadegar-e Emam Stadium in Tabriz.^[2] However, the opposition of East Azerbaijan Football Board, didn't let Tabriz to be host of the final match. Finally, such as previous season, Azadi Stadium in Tehran chose as the host stadium.

This was the 6th Tehran derby match in Hazfi Cup and 2nd derby in final. The previous results between Esteghlal and Perspolis in Hazfi Cup are as follows:^[3]

Derby No.	Season	Date (dd-mm-yyyy)	Home team	Score	Away team	Home goal scorers	Away goal scorers	Round	Winner
31	1988–89	10-03-1989	Esteghlal	0–0 (2–4 p.)	Persepolis	–	–	Quarter-final	Persepolis in penalties
47	1998–99	11-07-1999	Persepolis	2–1	Esteghlal	Hasheminasab 12' (pen.), Peyrovani 85'	Bakhtiarizadeh 50'	Final	Persepolis
74	2011–12	09-12-2011	Persepolis	0–3 (a.e.t)	Esteghlal	–	M. Jabbari 95', 99' (pen.), Sharifat 107'	Quarter-final	Esteghlal at extra time
93	2019–20	26-08-2020	Persepolis	2–2 (1–4 p.)	Esteghlal	Resan 48', Alipour 89'	Ghayedi 4', Daneshgar 90+3'	Semi-final	Esteghlal in penalties
96	2020–21	15-07-2021	Persepolis	0–0 (3–4 p.)	Esteghlal	–	–	Quarter-final	Esteghlal in penalties

Teams

Team	City	Previous finals appearances
Esteghlal	Tehran	13 (1977, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Persepolis	Tehran	8 (1987, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019)

Route to the final

Esteghlal Tehran

Round	Opposition	Score
Round of 32	Tractor (H)	2-1 ( a.e.t. )
Round of 16	Malavan (H)	2-0
Quarter Final	Pars Jonoubi Jam (A)	1-0 ( a.e.t. )
Semi-Final	Nassaji Mazandaran (H)	4-0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

As a Persian Gulf Pro League, Esteghlal entered the competition from Round of 32.

They beat Tractor at home in the fourth round.

They beat Malavan at home in the fifth round.

They beat Pars Jonoubi Jam at Jam in the quarter-final.

They beat the defending champion, Nassaji Mazandaran at home in the semi-final.

They played 3 of their 4 matches at home before final and the final match also will be play at their home stadium.

Perspolis

Round	Opposition	Score
Round of 32	Van Pars Naghse Jahan (H)	2-2 ( a.e.t. )(4-1 p )
Round of 16	Sepahan (A)	4-2 ( a.e.t. )
Quarter Final	Gol Gohar (H)	2-1
Semi-Final	Havadar (A)	3-1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

As a Persian Gulf Pro League, Perspolis entered the competition from Round of 32.

They beat Van Pars Naghse Jahan at home in the fourth round.

They beat Sepahan at Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium in the fifth round.

They beat Gol Gohar at home in the quarter-final.

They beat Havadar at PAS Ghvamin Stadium in the semi-final.

Details

31 May 2023

19:45

Final

Esteghlal	1-2 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis
Mohammad Hossein Moradmand 90'+11	Report	Mehdi Torabi 30' Omid Alishah 115'

Azadi Stadium , Tehran

Attendance: 60000

Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi

Esteghlal

Perspolis


Esteghlal: 4-4-2
GK	1	Hossein Hosseini (c)
DF	3	Mohammad Hossein Moradmand	90+11'
DF	55	Raphael Silva
DF	17	Jafar Salmani		67'
DF	2	Saleh Hardani
MF	4	Rouzbeh Cheshmi	69'	85'
MF	88	Arash Rezavand		85'
MF	50	Saeid Mehri
MF	12	Mehdi Ghayedi		115'
FW	72	Amir Arsalan Motahari		32'
FW	77	Mohammad Mohebi		85'
Substitutes:
GK	90	Sina Saeidifar
MF	55	Aref Gholami		99'
MF	33	Abolfazl Jalali		67'
FF	14	Zobeir Niknafs		85'
FF	23	Arman Ramezani		85'
FF	10	Sajjad Shahbazzadeh		85'
FF	18	Peyman Babaei	46'	32'
Manager:
Ricardo Sá Pinto


Porspolis: 4-2-3-1
GK	1	Alireza Beiranvand
DF	30	Giorgi Gvelesiani (c)
DF	8	Morteza Pouraliganji
DF	5	Danial Esmaeilifar	65'	70'
DF	6	Ali Nemati	69'
MF	7	Soroush Rafiei	55'	89'
MF	9	Mehdi Torabi	30'	69'
MF	10	Milad Sarlak
MF	19	Vahid Amiri
MF	21	Saeid Sadeghi		89'
FW	72	Issa Alekasir	90+6'	90+10'
Substitutes:
GK	99	Ahmad Gohari
MF	3	Farshad Faraji		70'
MF	18	Sina Asadbeigi		89'
MF	2	Omid Alishah	115'	89'
FW	16	Mehdi Abdi	120+2'	90+10'
DF	66	Vakhdat Khanonov
MF	11	Kamal Kamyabinia
MF	80	Mohammad Omri
FW	25	Cheick Diabaté (footballer, born 1988)
Manager:
Yahya Golmohammadi

Referee:
Ashkan Khorshidi
Assistant Referees:
Alireza Ilderom
Hasan Zahiri
Additional AR:
Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard
Seyed Ali Asghar Momeni
Fourth official:
Mohammad Hossein Torabian

Match rules:

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Nine named substitutes
Maximum of five substitutions in normal time and another substitution in extra time

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References

↑ "قرعه کشی مرحله یک چهارم نهایی جام حذفی برگزار شد". سازمان لیگ فوتبال ایران.
↑ "Yadegar-Emam-Selected-As-Host" . Retrieved 2023-04-30.
↑ List of Tehran Derby matches

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[1] "قرعه کشی مرحله یک چهارم نهایی جام حذفی برگزار شد". سازمان لیگ فوتبال ایران.

[2] "Yadegar-Emam-Selected-As-Host" . Retrieved 2023-04-30.

[3] List of Tehran Derby matches

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