2006 Hazfi Cup final

Football match
2006 Hazfi Cup final
Event2005-06 Hazfi Cup
Persepolis Sepahan
2 2
Sepahan won 4–2 on penalties
First leg
Persepolis Sepahan
1 1
DateSeptember 13, 2006
VenueAzadi Stadium, Tehran
RefereeMohsen Torky
Attendance80,000
Second leg
Sepahan Persepolis
1 1
DateSeptember 22, 2006
VenueNaghsh Jahan Stadium, Esfahan
RefereeMasoud Moradi
Attendance35,000
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The 2006 Hazfi Cup Final was a two-legged football tie in order to determine the 2005–06 Hazfi Cup champion of Iranian football clubs. Persepolis faced Sepahan in this final game. The first leg took place on September 13, 2006 at 17:40 local time (UTC+3:30) at Azadi Stadium in Tehran and the second leg took place on September 22, 2006 at 15:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Naghsh Jahan Stadium, Esfahan.

Format

The rules for the final were exactly the same as the one in 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 extra time).

Route to the final

Perspolis Round Sepahan
Opponent Result H/A Perspolis goalscorers Second stage Opponent Result H/A Sepahan goalscorers
Keshto Sannat Shushtar 2–0 H Davoud Seyed Abbasi, Sheys Rezaei 1/16 Final Mes Kerman 2–1 H Rasoul Khatibi (2)
Aboomoslem 3–2 A Mehrzad Madanchi (3) 1/8 Final Pas Tehran 0–0 (4-3) A -
Malavan 3–1 H Pejman Nouri, Mehrzad Madanchi (2) Quarter-Final Tractor Sazi 1–0 H Mohammad Nouri
Nozhan 2–2 (7-6) A Mehrzad Madanchi (2) Semi-Final Saba Batri 3–1 A Mohammad Nouri, Jalal Akbari, Mahmoud Mansouri

Final Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Persepolis 2-2 Sepahan 1-1 1-1

First leg

Persepolis1 - 1Sepahan
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 45+3' Report Hamid Shafiei 73'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky
Persepolis:
GK 1 Iran Farshid Karimi
DF 13 Iran Sheys Rezaei yellow card
DF 3 Iran Abolfazl Hajizadeh
DF 25 Cameroon Jacques Elong Elong downward-facing red arrow 76'
MF 21 Iran Ebrahim Asadi downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 8 Iran Hossein Badamaki
MF 18 Iran Pejman Nouri
MF 17 Iran Farzad Ashoubi
MF 15 Iran Mohammad Reza Mamani yellow card downward-facing red arrow 59'
MF 11 Iran Mehrzad Madanchi downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF 10 Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 45+3'
Substitutes:
DF 5 Czech Republic Robert Caha upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 20 Iran Davoud Seyed Abbasi upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 2 Iran Masoud Zarei yellow card upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Turkey Mustafa Denizli
Sepahan:
GK 1 Armenia Armenak Petrosyan
DF Iran Mohsen Bengar
DF Iran Hamid Azizzadeh
DF Iran Hadi Aghily
DF Iran Jalal Akbari yellow card
MF Iran Moharram Navidkia downward-facing red arrow 68'
MF Iraq Abdul Wahab Abu Al Hail yellow card
MF Iran Hadi Jafari
MF Iran Ebrahim Loveinian
FW Iran Hamid Shafiei 73' downward-facing red arrow 82'
FW Iran Mehdi Seyed Salehi downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
MF Iran Mohammad Nouri upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW Iraq Emad Mohammed Ridha upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF Iran Javad Maheri upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Croatia Luka Bonačić

Second leg

Sepahan:
GK 1 Armenia Armenak Petrosyan
DF Iran Hadi Aghily
DF Iran Mohsen Bengar
DF Iran Hamid Azizzadeh
DF Iran Jalal Akbari
MF Iran Ebrahim Loveinian
MF Iraq Abdul Wahab Abu Al Hail yellow card
MF Iran Hadi Jafari downward-facing red arrow 76'
MF Iran Mohammad Nouri downward-facing red arrow 46'
FW Iran Hamid Shafiei 63' downward-facing red arrow 78'
FW Iraq Emad Mohammed Ridha
Substitutes:
MF Iran Moharram Navidkia upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF Iran Javad Maheri upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF Iran Mahmoud Karimi upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Croatia Luka Bonačić
Persepolis:
GK 1 Iran Farshid Karimi
DF 3 Iran Abolfazl Hajizadeh
DF 13 Iran Sheys Rezaei
DF 25 Cameroon Jacques Elong Elong
MF 6 Iran Karim Bagheri
MF 18 Iran Pejman Nouri yellow card downward-facing red arrow 115'
MF 17 Iran Farzad Ashoubi
MF 21 Iran Ebrahim Asadi 56' downward-facing red arrow 71'
MF 10 Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht yellow card
FW 19 Iraq Luay Salah Hassan downward-facing red arrow 80'
MF 11 Iran Mehrzad Madanchi downward-facing red arrow 69'
Substitutes:
DF 5 Czech Republic Robert Caha upward-facing green arrow 115'
MF 8 Iran Hossein Badamaki yellow card upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 14 Iran Ehsan Khorsandi yellow card upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Turkey Mustafa Denizli

Champions

 Champions 2005–06 Hazfi Cup 
Sepahan Esfahan
Second title

See also

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