Hazfi Cup

Hazfi Cup

Countries	Iran
Founded	1975
Number of teams	64
Most championships	Esteghlal Persepolis (5)
Website	Hazfi Cup
2011–12 Hazfi Cup

The Hazfi Cup (Persian: جام حذفی ‎) is a knockout cup competition in Iranian football, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The competition wasn't regarded important by clubs until the IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's four AFC Champions League spots to the champion.

The current Hazfi Cup holders are Persepolis.

Format

The rules for the final were exactly the same as the one for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage, then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout (taking place if the teams were still level after that).

Hazfi Cup Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1975-76	Malavan	4:1	Teraktor Sazi
1976-77	Esteghlal	2:0	Homa
1977-86	_	not held	_
1986-87	Malavan	2:0	Kheibar Khorramabad
1987-88	Persepolis	1:0 (1:0) (0:0)	Malavan
1988-89	Shahin Ahvaz	5:3 (1:3) (4:0)	Malavan
1989-90	Malavan	6:5 PK	Esteghlal
1990-91	Persepolis	2:1	Malavan
1991-93	_	not held	_
1993-94	Saipa	1:1 (0:0) (1:1)	Jonoob Ahvaz
1994-95	Bahman	2:1 (0:1) (2:0)	Teraktor Sazi
1995-96	Esteghlal	5:1 (3:1) (2:0)	Bargh Shiraz
1996-97	Bargh Shiraz	3:0 PK	Bahman
1997-98	_	not held	_
1998-99	Persepolis	2:1	Esteghlal
1999-00	Esteghlal	3:1	Bahman
2000-01	Fajr Sepasi	3:1 (1:0) (2:1)	Zob Ahan
2001-02	Esteghlal	4:3 (2:1) (2:2)	Fajr Sepasi
2002-03	Zob Ahan	6:5 PK (2:2) (2:2)	Fajr Sepasi
2003-04	Sepahan	5:2 (3:2) (2:0)	Esteghlal
2004-05	Saba Battery	4:2 PK (1:1) (1:1)	Aboomoslem
2005-06	Sepahan	4:2 PK (1:1) (1:1)	Persepolis
2006-07	Sepahan	4:0 (1:0) (3:0)	Saba Battery
2007-08	Esteghlal	3:1 (0:1) (3:0)	Pegah
2008-09	Zob Ahan	5:2 (0:1) (5:1)	Rah Ahan
2009-10	Persepolis	4:1 (1:0) (3:1)	Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz
2010-11	Persepolis	4:3 (4:2) (0:1)	Malavan
2011-12	Esteghlal or Shahin Bushehr	?:?	Esteghlal or Shahin Bushehr

Past Winners of the Hazfi Cup

#	Club	Winner	Last win	Runner-up	Last losing final
1	Esteghlal	5	2008	3	2004
2	Persepolis	5	2011	1	2006
3	Malavan	3	1990	4	2011
4	Sepahan	3	2007	0	N/A
5	Zob Ahan	2	2009	1	2001
6	Bahman	1	1995	2	2000
=	Fajr Sepasi	1	2001	2	2003
8	Bargh Shiraz	1	1997	1	1996
=	Saba Battey	1	2005	1	2007
10	Saipa	1	1994	0	N/A
=	Shahin Ahvaz	1	1988	0	N/A
12	Traktor Sazi	0	N/A	2	1995
13	Homa	0	N/A	1	1977
=	Kheibar Khorramabad	0	N/A	1	1986
=	Jonoob Ahvaz	0	N/A	1	1994
=	Aboomoslem	0	N/A	1	2005
=	Pegah	0	N/A	1	2008
=	Rah Ahan	0	N/A	1	2009
=	Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz	0	N/A	1	2010

See also

• IPL
• Azadegan League
• Iran Football's 2nd Division
• Iran Football's 3rd Division
• Iranian Super Cup
• Iranian Futsal Super League
• Iran Futsal's 1st Division

External links

• List of Hazfi Cup Champions from RSSSF
• http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=562645