Iranian Hazfi Cup

Hazfi Cup
Founded	1975; 49 years ago
Region	Iran
Number of teams	100
Current champions	Nassaji Mazandaran (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Esteghal (7 titles)
Television broadcasters	IRIB TV3; IRIB Varzesh; IRIB Shoma; Jame Jam TV; IRIB Provincial Channels;
	2022–23 Hazfi Cup

Hazfi Cup (Jām-e Hazfi; lit. 'knockout cup') is the Iranian football knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation.

The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Championship. After the revive of the league system, the champion of Iranian league qualified for Asian Club Championship and the winner of Hazfi Cup ran for Asian Cup Winners' Cup. However, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup merged with the Asian Champions Cup in 2002–03 to form the AFC Champions League and Iran had been initially given two (and later four) slots in this competitions. The IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's AFC Champions League spots to the winner of the Hazfi Cup, and since then, the winners of Hazfi Cup have always been allocated a spot in the AFC Champions League.^[1]^[2]

The competition was founded in 1975 as Pahlavi Cup but after revolution continued as Hazfi Cup. Esteghal is the most successful club with seven titles.^[3]

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).^[4]

Finals

The champions are shown in Bold.^[5]

Season	Location	Home	Away	Score
1976	Amjadieh, Tehran	Malavan	Tractor	4–1
1977–78	Amjadieh, Tehran	Taj	Homa	2–0
1978–79	Not Held
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986	Shiroudi, Tehran	Malavan	Kheybar Khoramabad	2–0
1987	Azadi, Tehran	Malavan	Persepolis	0–1
1987	Azadi, Tehran	Persepolis	Malavan	0–0
Persepolis won 1 – 0 on aggregate
1988–89	Takhti, Anzali	Malavan	Shahin Ahvaz	3–1
1988–89	Takhti, Ahvaz	Shahin Ahvaz	Malavan	4–0
Shahin Ahvaz won 5 – 3 on aggregate
1989–90	Not Held
1990–91	Azadi, Tehran	Esteghlal	Malavan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 pen.)
1991–92	Azadi, Tehran	Persepolis	Malavan	2–1
1992–93	Not Held
1993–94	Azadi, Tehran	Saipa	Jonoob Ahvaz	0–0
1993–94	Takhti, Ahvaz	Jonoob Ahvaz	Saipa	1–1
Saipa won 1 – 1 on aggregate on away goal
1994–95	Takhti, Tabriz	Tractor	Bahman	1–0
1994–95	Ekbatan, Tehran	Bahman	Tractor	2–0
Bahman won 2 – 1 on aggregate
1995–96	Hafezieh, Shiraz	Bargh Shiraz	Esteghlal	1–3
1995–96	Azadi, Tehran	Esteghlal	Bargh Shiraz	2–0
Esteghlal won 5 – 1 on aggregate
1996–97	Azadi, Tehran	Bargh Shiraz	Bahman	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–0 pen.)
1997–98	Not Held
1998–99	Azadi, Tehran	Persepolis	Esteghlal	2–1
1999–00	Azadi, Tehran	Esteghlal	Bahman	3–1
2000–01	Foolad Shahr, Isfahan	Zob Ahan	Fajr Sepasi	0–1
2000–01	Hafezieh, Shiraz	Fajr Sepasi	Zob Ahan	2–1
Fajr Sepasi won 3 – 1 on aggregate
2001–02	Hafezieh, Shiraz	Fajr Sepasi	Esteghlal	1–2
2001–02	Takhti, Tehran	Esteghlal	Fajr Sepasi	2–2
Esteghlal won 4 – 3 on aggregate
2002–03	Foolad Shahr, Isfahan	Zob Ahan	Fajr Sepasi	2–2
2002–03	Hafezieh, Shiraz	Fajr Sepasi	Zob Ahan	2–2
Zob Ahan won 6 – 5 on penalties
2003–04	Naghsh-e-Jahan, Isfahan	Sepahan	Esteghlal	3–2
2003–04	Azadi, Tehran	Esteghlal	Sepahan	0–2
Sepahan won 5 – 2 on aggregate
2004–05	Derakhshan, Robat Karim	Saba Battery	Aboomoslem	1–1
2004–05	Samen Al-Aeme, Mashhad	Aboomoslem	Saba Battery	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Saba Battery won 4 – 2 on penalties
2005–06	Azadi, Tehran	Persepolis	Sepahan	1–1
2005–06	Naghsh-e-Jahan, Isfahan	Sepahan	Persepolis	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Sepahan won 4 – 2 on penalties
2006–07	Derakhshan, Robat Karim	Saba Battery	Sepahan	0–1
2006–07	Naghsh-e-Jahan, Isfahan	Sepahan	Saba Battery	3–0
Sepahan won 4 – 0 on aggregate
2007–08	Sardar Jangal, Rasht	Pegah	Esteghlal	1–0
2007–08	Azadi, Tehran	Esteghlal	Pegah	3–0 (a.e.t.)
Esteghlal won 3 – 1 on aggregate
2008–09	Ekbatan, Tehran	Rah Ahan	Zob Ahan	1–0
2008–09	Foolad Shahr, Isfahan	Zob Ahan	Rah Ahan	5–1
Zob Ahan won 5 – 2 on aggregate
2009–10	Yadegar-e Emam, Tabriz	Gostaresh Foolad	Persepolis	0–1
2009–10	Azadi, Tehran	Persepolis	Gostaresh Foolad	3–1
Persepolis won 4 – 1 on aggregate
2010–11	Azadi, Tehran	Persepolis	Malavan	4–2
2010–11	Takhti, Anzali	Malavan	Persepolis	1–0
Persepolis won 4 – 3 on aggregate
2011–12	Hafezieh, Shiraz	Esteghlal	Shahin Bushehr	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 pen.)
2012–13	Azadi, Tehran	Persepolis	Sepahan	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 pen.)
2013–14	Bahonar, Kerman	Mes Kerman	Tractor	0–1
2014–15	Takhti, Tehran	Naft Tehran	Zob Ahan	1–3
2015–16	Arvandan, Khorramshahr	Esteghlal	Zob Ahan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.)
2016–17	Arvandan, Khorramshahr	Naft Tehran	Tractor	1–0
2017–18	Arvandan, Khorramshahr	Esteghlal	Khooneh be Khooneh	1–0
2018–19	Foolad Arena, Ahvaz	Damash Gilan	Persepolis	0–1
2019–20	Imam Reza, Mashhad	Esteghlal	Tractor	2–3
2020–21	Naghsh-e Jahan, Isfahan	Foolad	Esteghlal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.)
2021–22	Azadi, Tehran	Nassaji Mazandaran	Aluminium Arak	1–0

Performance by finalists

source: ^[6]

#	Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
1	Esteghal	7	6	1977, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2018	1991, 1999, 2004, 2016, 2020, 2021
2	Persepolis	6	2	1988, 1992, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2019	2006, 2013
3	Zob Ahan	4	1	2003, 2009, 2015, 2016	2001
4	Sepahan	4	–	2004, 2006, 2007, 2013	—
5	Malavan	3	4	1976, 1987, 1991	1988, 1989, 1992, 2011
6	Tractor	2	3	2014, 2020	1976, 1995, 2017
7	Bahman Karaj	1	2	1995	1997, 2000
=	Fajr Sepasi	1	2	2001	2002, 2003
9	Bargh Shiraz	1	1	1997	1996
=	Saba Battery	1	1	2005	2007
=	Naft Tehran	1	1	2017	2015
12	Shahin Ahvaz	1	–	1989	—
=	Saipa	1	–	1994	—
=	Foolad	1	–	2021	—
=	Nassaji Mazandaran	1	–	2022	—
16	Damash Gilan/Pegah Gilan	–	2	—	2008, 2019
17	Homa	–	1	—	1977
=	Kheibar Khorramabad	–	1	—	1987
=	Jonoob Ahvaz	–	1	—	1994
=	Aboomoslem	–	1	—	2005
=	Rah Ahan	–	1	—	2009
=	Gostaresh Foolad	–	1	—	2010
=	Shahin Bushehr	–	1	—	2012
=	Mes Kerman	–	1	—	2014
=	Khooneh be Khooneh	–	1	—	2018
=	Aluminium Arak	–	1	—	2022

Damash Gilan was formerly named Pegah Gilan in the Hazfi Cup.

Statistics

Winners by Province

source: ^[6]

Province	Winners	Clubs
Tehran	17	Esteghal (7), Persepolis (6), Saba Battery (1), Naft Tehran (1), Saipa (1), Bahman Karaj^[a] (1)
Isfahan	8	Zob Ahan (4), Sepahan (4)
Gilan	3	Malavan (3)
East Azerbaijan	2	Tractor (2)
Fars	2	Fajr Sepasi (1), Bargh Shiraz (1)
Khuzestan	2	Shahin Ahvaz (1), Foolad (1)
Mazandaran	1	Nassaji Mazandaran (1)

Winners by City

source: ^[7]

City	Winners	Clubs
Tehran	16	Esteghal (7), Persepolis (6), Saba Battery (1), Naft Tehran (1), Saipa (1)
Isfahan	8	Zob Ahan (4), Sepahan (4)
Bandar-e Anzali	3	Malavan (3)
Tabriz	2	Tractor (2)
Shiraz	2	Fajr Sepasi (1), Bargh Shiraz (1)
Ahvaz	2	Shahin Ahvaz (1), Foolad (1)
Karaj	1	Bahman Karaj (1)
Qaemshahr	1	Nassaji Mazandaran (1)

Winning managers

Notes

^ Before the formation of Alborz province in 2010, Karaj was one of the cities of Tehran province; Therefore, Bahman Karaj team was one of the representatives of Tehran province during the championship.

References

^ "تاریخچه کامل و نتایج همه فينال‌های جام حذفی" [History of Hazfi Cup]. tabnak.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "درباره جام حذفی ایران" [about Iran Hazfi Cup]. hazfi-cup.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "لیست قهرمانان جام حذفی فوتبال ایران" [List of Hazfi Cup winners all times]. hazfi-cup.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "آیین نامه جام حذفی فوتبال ایران" [Regulation of Iran Hazfi Cup]. hazfi-cup.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ Niqui, Milad; Zarei, Asghar (10 February 2022). "Iran – List of Cup Finals". RSSSF.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "رده بندی جام حذفی ایران" [Iran Hazfi Cup ranking]. hazfi-cup.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "شهرهای صاحب قهرمانی در جام حذفی هفت تایی می شوند" [cities those won Hazfi Cup]. tarafdari.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

External links

[7] Before the formation of Alborz province in 2010, Karaj was one of the cities of Tehran province; Therefore, Bahman Karaj team was one of the representatives of Tehran province during the championship.

[1] "تاریخچه کامل و نتایج همه فينال‌های جام حذفی" [History of Hazfi Cup]. tabnak.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[2] "درباره جام حذفی ایران" [about Iran Hazfi Cup]. hazfi-cup.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[3] "لیست قهرمانان جام حذفی فوتبال ایران" [List of Hazfi Cup winners all times]. hazfi-cup.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[4] "آیین نامه جام حذفی فوتبال ایران" [Regulation of Iran Hazfi Cup]. hazfi-cup.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[5] Niqui, Milad; Zarei, Asghar (10 February 2022). "Iran – List of Cup Finals". RSSSF.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[first-6] "رده بندی جام حذفی ایران" [Iran Hazfi Cup ranking]. hazfi-cup.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[8] "شهرهای صاحب قهرمانی در جام حذفی هفت تایی می شوند" [cities those won Hazfi Cup]. tarafdari.com (in Persian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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