2013 Hazfi Cup final

2012–13 Hazfi Cup 250px Persepolis Sepahan 2 2 Sepahan won 4–2 on penalties 2013 5 5 y Azadi Stadium Tehran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Omid Ebrahimi Fans' 97,452 Alireza Faghani Partly Cloudy22 °C °F16% humidity 2012 2014 The 2013 Hazfi Cup final was the 26th final since 1975. The match was the Iran's El-classico between Persepolis and Sepahan. This was the clubs' second meeting in the final where Sepahan won 4–2 over Persepolis in the penalties in 2006. The match was also the last match of Persepolis captain Mehdi Mahdavikia, a former Iran national football team and Hamburg SV midfielder. Sepahan won Persepolis for another time in penalties and crowned their 4th domestic cup title. Sepahan was qualified for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League. 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). Road to the finals 2012–13 Hazfi Cup Persepolis F.C.RoundSepahan S.C.OpponentResultH/AgoalscorersSecond stageOpponentResultH/Agoalscorers Malavan 6–0 H Hadi Norouzi 2 50, Karim Ansarifard 19 75 80, Gholamreza Rezaei 831/16 Final Foolad 2–1 H Mohammad Gholami 9, Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 85 Naft Tehran 4–1 A Mohammad Nouri 26 58, Hossein Mahini 75, Hadi Norouzi 841/8 Final Mes Rafsanjan 1–0 A Xhevahir Sukaj 109 Zob Ahan 1–0 A Mohammad Nouri 102Quarter-Final Sanat Naft 2–0 H Ervin Bulku 27, Farshid Talebi 61 Damash 1–1 (5–3 p) A Mohammad Nouri 83Semi-Final Esteghlal 1–1 (5–4 p) A Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 42 Persepolis Persepolis's head coach Manuel José de Jesus was sacked ten days before Persepolis' first match in domestic cup campaign and his assistant and former captain Yahya Golmohammadi was appointed as the caretaker head coach. Golmohammadi's first match in charge occurred on the Round of 32, which they faced Malavan, match ends 6–0, same with Persepolis' best win over Esteghlal in Tehran derby in 1973. Persepolis also defeated another Iran Pro League side, Naft Tehran with their technicians coach Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 4–1. Persepolis faced Zob Ahan in quarter-finals and won the match 1–0 with a late goal from Mohammad Nouri in extra time. Their match with Damash Gilan was also ends 1–1 after extra time and Persepolis won that match in the penalties. Sepahan Sepahan began their campaign with hosting Foolad in Isfahan. Foolad was eliminated Sepahan on the last edition at the same stadium but Sepahan won the match 2–1 with goals comes from Mohammad Gholami and Mohammad Reza Khalatbari and Luciano Pereira was foolad's scorer. On the Round of 16, Sepahan faced with second tier side, Mes Rafsanjan, match ends 1–0 for Sepahan after extra time. Sepahan also defeated Sanat Naft 2–0 and was qualified to semi-final to face with powerhouse Esteghlal. Esteghlal was defending champion and match was ends 1–1 after extra time and goes to penalties. Sepahan won 5–4 on penalties and qualified to their 4th final in last 10 years. Pre-match Match history Persepolis appeared in six Hazfi Cup Finals before this match. They won the cup in 1988, 1992, 1999, 2010 and 2011 and were runners-up in 2006. This was Sepahan's fourth appearance in a Hazfi Cup Final, having won in 2004, 2006 and 2007. The teams had met 50 times in the Iranian Football League. Persepolis won 17 times, Sepahan 12 times and the other 21 games were drawn. Ticketing Ticket prices for the final started at 2,000 toman and were also available at 5,000 and 10,000 with all of the incomes was awarded to a charitable foundation to spend for the people involved in Bushehr and Sistan earthquakes. The Cup winners received 50,000,000 from the IRIFF while the runners-up was earned 25,000,000 tomans. Venue Team officials met with each other on 1 April 2013 to decide on the final venue. After they failed to agree on a venue between Ghadir Stadium in Ahvaz, Samen Stadium in Mashhad and Sahand Stadium in Tabriz, the final venue was decided with a draw which 100,000 capacity Azadi Stadium (the Persepolis F.C. home Stadium) was announced as the venue for the 2013 final. thumb|Sepahan players celebrating winning after penalties Officials FIFA listed referee, Alireza Faghani who also refereed the 2012 edition final was announced as the final match referee by IRIFF's referees committee. Hassan Kamranifar, the assistant referee of 2010 FIFA World Cup and Reza Sokhandan helped Faghani. Yadollah Soleimani was the fourth official. Kit colors Sepahan wore their yellow home kit for the Final. They also used the away dressing room. Details Persepolis v Sepahan 2013 5 5 y 18:00 (UTC+4:30) Persepolis 2 – 2 yes Norouzi Mahini Haghighi Naghizadeh 2 – 4 Bulku Khalatbari Ebrahimi Hajsafi Report Sepahan Ansarifard 24Nouri 99 Sukaj 59Gholami 106 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 97,452 Alireza Faghani _pers home 2012 _pers home 2012 _pers home 2012 _pers home 2012 _pers home 2012 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Persepolis _bvb1112h _bvb1011n _bvb1112h _bvb1011h _bvb1011h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Sepahan Persepolis: GK 40BRA Nilson CorrêaRB 13IRN Hossein Mahini 120CB 4IRN Jalal HosseiniCB 6 IRN Mohsen BengarLB 23IRN Amir Hossein FeshangchiDM 33 IRN Reza Haghighi 30RM 8IRN Ali Karimi (c) 84LM 39 IRN Adel KolahkajAM 14IRN Mohammad Nouri 39SS 10IRN Gholamreza Rezaei 115CF 9IRN Karim Ansarifard 56Substitutes:GK 22 IRN Reza MohammadiDF 20 IRN Alireza NoormohammadiDF 30 IRN Mohammad Reza KhanzadehMF 2IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia 115MF 18IRN Meysam Naghizadeh 84MF 17MKD Vlatko GrozdanoskiFW 24IRN Hadi Norouzi 56Manager:IRN Yahya Golmohammadi |valign="top"|300px Sepahan: GK 35 IRN Shahab Gordan RB 38ALB Ervin BulkuCB 5IRN Mohammad-Ali AhmadiCB 6 AUS Milan SusakLB 11IRN Mohsen IrannejadDM 15IRN Omid Ebrahimi 101RM 23 IRN Amin Jahan Alian 63LM 10IRN Hossein PapiAM 4IRN Moharram Navidkia (c) 81SS 33 IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 45CF 14ALB Xhevahir Sukaj 70Substitutes:GK 1IRN Mohammad-Bagher SadeghiDF 17IRN Abolhassan JafariDF 18IRN Mohammad Hossein MoradmandMF 9IRN Mehdi JafarpourMF 28IRN Ehsan Hajsafi 81FW 8IRN Mohammad Gholami 70FW 21MNE Radomir Đalović 63Manager:CRO Zlatko Kranjčar Man of the match IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Sepahan) Assistant referees: Hassan Kamranifar Reza Sokhandan Fourth official: Yadollah Soleimani 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 Statistics Persepolis SepahanTotal shots 15 18Shots on target 8 6Ball possession 55% 45%Corner kicks 5 5Fouls committed 10 11Offsides 3 0Yellow cards 3 2Red cards 0 0 Source: Varzesh3Sepahan win Hazfi Cup http://www.varzesh3.com/livescores.do Varzesh3 Varzesh3 5 May 2013 5 May 2013 See also 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup 2012–13 Azadegan League 2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2012–13 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2012–13 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup 2012–13 Iranian Futsal Super League References 2013 Haz Category:Sepahan S.C. matches Category:Persepolis F.C. matches