2008 Hazfi Cup Final

2008 Hazfi Cup Final
Event 2007-08 Hazfi Cup
First leg
Date Jun 09, 2008
Venue Sardar Jangal Stadium, Rasht
Referee Mozafarizadeh
Attendance 20,000
Second leg
Date Jun 16, 2008
Venue Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Referee Hedayat Mombeini
Attendance 100,000

The 2008 Hazfi Cup Final was a two-legged football tie in order to determine the 2007–08 Hazfi Cup champion of Iranian football clubs. Esteghlal Tehran faced Pegah Gilan in this final game. The first leg took place on Jun 09, 2008 at 17:30 local time (UTC+3:30) at Sardar Jangal Stadium in Rasht and the second leg took place on Jun 16, 2008 at 17:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Azadi Stadium, Tehran.

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

Esteghlal Round Pegah
Opponent Result H/A Esteghlal goalscorers Second stage Opponent Result H/A Pegah goalscorers
Tarbiat Badani Yazd 5–3 H Mohsen Yousefi, Arash Borhani, Mohammad Navazi 1/16 Final Mes Sarcheshmeh 3–0 H Mohammad Sharif (o.g), Ebrahim Taghipour, Amin Motevaselzadeh
Zob Ahan 1–1 (3-1) A Arash Borhani 1/8 Final Sanaye Arak 1–0 A Alireza Nazifkar
Rah Ahan 2–2 (5-3) H Farhad Majidi (2) Quarter-Final Sepahan 4–2 H Mehdi Noori, Afshin Chavoshi (2), Hadi Sohrabi
Foolad 1–1 (4-2) A Ali Alizadeh Semi-Final Bargh Shiraz 2–1 H Hossein Maleki, Amin Motevaselzadeh

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pegah 1-3 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal 1-0 0-3

Leg 1

Pegah 1 – 0 Esteghlal
Gilauri  40'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mozafarizadeh
Pegah:
GK22Iran Ali Nazarmohammadi 76'
DF33Georgia (country) Akvsenti Gilauri 39'
DFIran Ebrahim Taghipour
DF20Iran Mohammad Mokhtari
DFCameroon William Djongo
MFCameroon Martin Abena
MFIran Mehdi Noori
MFIran Hadi Sohrabi 57'
MF11Iran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
FW10Iran Afshin Chavoshi 85'
FWIran Hossein Ebrahimi
Substitutes:
GKIran Rasol Zamani 76'
FWIran Amin Motevaselzadeh 57'
MFIran Hossein Maleki 85'
Manager:
Iran Nader Dastneshan
Esteghlal:
GK1Iran Vahid Talebloo
DFIran Amir Hossein Sadeghi
DFIran Pirouz Ghorbani
DFIran Bijan Koushki
DFIran Pejman Montazeri
MFIran Omid Ravankhah
MFIran Mohammad Navazi 83'
MFIran Meysam Maniei
FWIran Farhad Majidi 53'
FWIran Ali Alizadeh
FWIran Mohsen Bayatinia 46'
Substitutes:
DFIran Mehdi Amirabadi 83'
MFIran Mohsen Yousefi 53'
FWIran Arash Borhani 46'
Manager:
Iran Amir Ghalenoei

Leg 2

Esteghlal 3 – 0
(a.e.t.)
Pegah
Mehdi Amirabadi  15'
Mojtaba Jabari  95'
Arash Borhani  99'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombeini


Esteghlal:
GK1Iran Vahid Talebloo
DFIran Amir Hossein SadeghiYellow cardYellow cardRed card 110'
DFIran Mehdi Amirabadi 15'
DFIran Bijan Koushki
DFIran Pirouz Ghorbani
DFIran Pejman Montazeri
MFIran Omid Ravankhah
MFIran Meysam Maniei 78'
MFIran Mojtaba Jabari 95' 116'
FWIran Ali Alizadeh
FWIran Farhad Majidi 73'
Substitutes:
MFIran Mohsen Yousefi 78'
MFIran Ali Reza Mansourian 116'
FWIran Arash Borhani 99' 73'
Manager:
Iran Amir Ghalenoei
Pegah:
GK22Iran Ali Nazarmohammadi
DFIran Ebrahim Taghipour
DF20Iran Mohammad Mokhtari
DFCameroon William Djongo
DF33Georgia (country) Akvsenti Gilauri
MF11Iran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
MFCameroon Martin Abena 113'
MFIran Mehdi Noori
FWIran Hossein Ebrahimi
FWIran Amin Motevaselzadeh 78'
FW10Iran Afshin Chavoshi 61'
Substitutes:
FWIran Saeed Pirsarandib 113'
DFIran Masoud Mikaeli 78'
MFIran Hossein Maleki 91'
Manager:
Iran Nader Dastneshan

Champions

Champions 2007–08 Hazfi Cup
Esteghlal Tehran
Fifth Title

See also

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