2012 Hazfi Cup final

2011-12 Hazfi Cup Esteghlal Shahin Bushehr 0 0 Esteghlal won 4–1 on penalties March 15, 2012 Hafezieh Shiraz Mehdi Rahmati (Esteghlal) Jlloyd Samuel (Esteghlal) Fans' 16,369 Alireza Faghani Fine8 °C °F60% humidity 2011 2013 The 2012 Hazfi Cup final was the 25th edition of the Hazfi Cup since 1975. The match between Esteghlal and Shahin Bushehr took place on 15 March 2012 at the Hafezieh Stadium. Esteghlal beat Shahin Bushehr 4–1 on penalties and qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League. Format The rules for the final was exactly the different as the one for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over one legs. 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). Both teams have agreed Hafezieh Stadium in Shiraz as the final venue but it was announced that because of Hafezieh's ground qualify in winter, the final match will be transferred to the newly established Ghadir Stadium in Ahvaz. It was later denied. Road to the finals 2011–12 Hazfi Cup EsteghlalRoundShahin BushehrOpponentResultH/AEsteghlal goalscorersSecond stageOpponentResultH/AShahin Bushehr goalscorers Shirin Faraz Kermanshah 5–1 H Milad Meydavoudi(2), Mohsen Yousefi(2), Esmaeil Sharifat1/16 Final Nirooye Zamini 3–1 H Ivan Petrovic, Abbas Pourkhosravani Mehr Karaj 1–0 H Ali Ahmadi (OG) 1/8 Final Aboomoslem Khorasan 1–0 A Mehdi Noori Persepolis 3–0 A Mojtaba Jabbari(2), Esmaeil SharifatQuarter-Final Damash Gilan 2–1 A Mehdi Noori, Morteza Aziz-Mohammadi Shahrdari Yasuj 1–0 H Hanif OmranzadehSemi-Final Mes Kerman 2–0 H Mehdi Noori, Ivan Petrovic Match + Match statistics Esteghlal Shahin BushehrGoals scored 0 0Total shots 15 19Shots on target 9 17Ball possession 49% 51%Corner kicks 3 6Fouls committed 4 6Yellow cards 0 1Red cards 0 0 Shahin was qualified for the first time to the final but it was Esteghlal's 9th final performance. The match was scoreless after 120 minutes but there had been numerous scoring chances on both sides. Mehdi Noori had a good chance in the first half and shot for the goal but was hit to the goalpostwas. In the second half, Fereydoun Zandi, Arash Borhani and Jlloyd Samuel had many chances but all of them was kept out with a one-handed save by Shahin goalkeeper Vahid Talebloo, a former Esteghlal player. Ali Ansarian's shot was forced saves by Esteghlal goalkeeper Mehdi Rahmati. The game was end 0-0 and was advanced to the extra times. In the extra times, both team tried to have an aggressive play in order to scoring the winning goal. In 112, Milad Meydavoudi hit a free kick but was saved by defensive wall. Goran Jerković also had a chance but was out of the gate. The Blues proved to be the superior side with all four of their penalty takers converting from the spot, while only one of the three Shahin players stepping behind the ball withstood the pressure and summoned the necessary composure to score. In the penalties, Mohsen Yousefi, a left foot Midfielder scored Esteghlal's first goal. After that Mehdi Noori's shoot was out of target. Then, Fereydoun Zandi, a German-Iranian footballer, scored the second goal for Esteghlal. Shokouhmagham was behind the wall but his shoot was saved by Mehdi Rahmati. Jlloyd Samuel scored Esteghlal's third goal. Ali Ansarian scored for Shahin the first goal but Goran Jerković converted the winning penalty and Esteghlal won the trophy 4–1. Match details March 15, 2012 15:00 (UTC+3:30) Esteghlal 0 – 0 yes Report fa Shahin Bushehr Yousefi Zandi Samuel Jerković 4 - 1 Noori Shokouh Magham Ansarian Hafezieh Stadium, Shiraz 16,369 Alireza Faghani _uhlsport_mythos_whitelines _white stripes 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Esteghlal _uhlsport_mythos_redlines _red stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Shahin Bushehr Esteghlal: GK 1 IRN Mehdi Rahmati CB 33IRN Pejman Montazeri CB 5IRN Hanif OmranzadehLB 3 IRN Mehdi Amirabadi (c) RB 40 IRN Ali Hamoudi 112DM 16IRN Meysam Hosseini 91CM 12TRI Jlloyd SamuelCM 32 IRN Ferydoon Zandi LM 37IRN Esmaeil Sharifat 91RM 2IRN Khosro HeydariCF 9IRN Arash BorhaniSubstitutes:GK 22IRN Hadi Zarrin SaedDF 4IRN Hamid AzizzadehMF 29IRN Tohid GholamiMF 11IRN Mohsen Yousefi 91DF 31IRN Javad ShirzadFW 20FRA Goran Jerković 112FW 10IRN Milad Meydavoudi 91Manager:IRN Parviz Mazloomi |valign="top"|300px Shahin Bushehr: GK 30IRN Vahid Talebloo (c)CB 16CRO Lek KciraCB 8IRN Ali AnsarianLB 11 IRN Mohsen IrannejadRB 3IRN Hadi Shakouri 95CM 6 IRN Mehdi NooriCM 18IRN Amjad Shokouh MaghamLM 10IRN Abbas PourkhosravaniAM 21 SRB Ivan Petrovic 119RM 33IRN Morteza Aziz-Mohammadi 82CF 27IRN Mansour Tanhaei 103Substitutes:GK 22 IRN Majid GholamiMF 31 IRN Saeid BayatDF 24 IRN Babak Latifi 103MF 18IRN Mehrzad Rezaee 82MF 23IRN Mehdi Kiani 95MF 14IRN Hamid Reza SoleimaniDF 29IRN Bahman Shirvani Manager:IRN Hamid Derakhshan Assistant referees: Hassan Kamranifar Rasoul Foroughi Fourth official: Hossein Asghari 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 Champions Champions 2011–12 Hazfi Cup Esteghlal Tehran Sixth See also 2011–12 Iran Pro League 2011–12 Azadegan League 2011–12 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2011–12 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2011–12 Hazfi Cup Super Cup 2012 2011–12 Iranian Futsal Super League References 2012 Haz Category:Esteghlal F.C. matches