2016 Hazfi Cup final

June 2016 2015–16 Hazfi Cup 290px Zob Ahan Esteghlal 1 1 Zob Ahan won 5–4 on penalties 2016 5 29 y Khorramshahr Stadium Khorramshahr Ghasem Haddadifar Kaveh Rezaei Fans' 15,452 Alireza Faghani Partly Cloudy46 °C °F21% humidity 2015 2017 The 2016 Hazfi Cup final was the 29th final since 1975. Zob Ahan was the defending champion in the competition and if they won, it would be their first time in the club history to win any competition back-to-back. Zob Ahan had the lead but Esteghlal equalized at the second half. There was nothing to separate the two teams in the extra-time and Esteghlal ultimately lost to Zob Ahan in penalties. Zob Ahan qualified for the group stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League. Esteghlal also went to the play-offs for AFC Champions League because of their third position at the 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). Pre-match Match history This was Zob Ahan's fifth Hazfi final and Esteghlal's ninth appearance in the final match of the tournament. Zob Ahan lastly won the cup in 2002–03, 2008–09 and 2014–15. Their other final appearance was in 2000–01 season where they lost to Fajr Sepasi. Esteghlal didn't make it to the final of Hazfi Cup for four years, Esteghlal lately won the cup in 1977, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, and 2012, Esteghlal was runners-up four times. Details "Mes Kerman v Tractor Sazi" 2016 5 29 y 18:30 (UTC+4:30) Zob Ahan 1 – 1 yes Rajabzadeh Mehdipour Hassanzadeh Hosseini Mohammadi 5 – 4 Majidi Mkoyan Ebrahimi Ramezani Karimi Report Esteghlal Rahmati 20 o.g. Ebrahimi 56 pen. Khorramshahr Stadium Khorramshahr 15,452 Alireza Faghani _Zob 1415h _Zob 1415h _Zob 1415h _Zob 1415h _Zob 1415h F1771D F1771D F1771D 000000 F1771D Zob Ahan _whiteborder _SSh1415 _whiteborder _white border _Esteghlal1415h 1E3B93 1E3B93 1E3B93 Esteghlal Zob Ahan: 4-3-3 GK 12IRN Mohammad Rashid MazaheriDF 3LIB Walid IsmailDF 33IRI Vahid MohammadzadehDF 4 IRI Hadi MohammadiDF 18 LIB Ali Hamam MF 8IRN Ghasem Hadadifar (c)MF 11IRN Morteza Tabrizi MF 16IRN Mehdi MehdipourFW 23IRN Danial EsmaeilifarFW 30 IRN Mehdi RajabzadehFW 9IRN Kaveh RezaeiManager:IRN Yahya Golmohammadi Esteghlal: 4-5-1 GK 1 IRN Mehdi Rahmati (c)DF 34IRN Milad Fakhreddini DF 5IRN Hanif OmranzadehDF 15 Armenia Hrayr MkoyanDF 20IRN Meysam Majidi MF 3IRN Mohammad Reza KhorsandniaMF 6IRN Omid EbrahimiMF 88 IRN Farshid Esmaeili MF 8IRN Yaghoub KarimiMF 11IRN Jaber Ansari FW 77 IRN Behnam BarzayManager:IRN Parviz Mazloumi Man of the match IRN Ghasem Hadadifar (Zob Ahan) Assistant referees: Hassan Zaheri Javad Sharafi Fourth official: 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 See also 2015–16 Iran Pro League 2015–16 Azadegan League 2015–16 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2015–16 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2015–16 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup 2015–16 Iranian Futsal Super League Esteghlal season Zob Ahan season References 2016 Hazfi Category:Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. Category:Esteghlal F.C. matches