2008 Hazfi Cup final

Football match
2008 Hazfi Cup final
Event2007-08 Hazfi Cup
Pegah Gilan Esteghlal Tehran
1 3
First leg
Pegah Gilan Esteghlal Tehran
1 0
DateJun 09, 2008
VenueSardar Jangal Stadium, Rasht
RefereeMozafarizadeh
Attendance20,000
Second leg
Esteghlal Tehran Pegah Gilan
3 0
DateJun 16, 2008
VenueAzadi Stadium, Tehran
RefereeHedayat Mombeini
Attendance100,000
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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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pegah 1-3 (a.e.t.) Esteghlal 1-0 0-3

Leg 1

Pegah1 – 0Esteghlal
Gilauri 40'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mozafarizadeh
Pegah:
GK 22 Iran Ali Nazarmohammadi red cross icon downward-facing red arrow 76'
DF 33 Georgia (country) Akvsenti Gilauri 39'
DF Iran Ebrahim Taghipour
DF 20 Iran Mohammad Mokhtari
DF Cameroon William Djongo
MF Cameroon Martin Abena
MF Iran Mehdi Noori
MF Iran Hadi Sohrabi downward-facing red arrow 57'
MF 11 Iran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
FW 10 Iran Afshin Chavoshi downward-facing red arrow 85'
FW Iran Hossein Ebrahimi
Substitutes:
GK Iran Rasol Zamani upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW Iran Amin Motevaselzadeh upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF Iran Hossein Maleki upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Iran Nader Dastneshan
Esteghlal:
GK 1 Iran Vahid Talebloo
DF Iran Amir Hossein Sadeghi
DF Iran Pirouz Ghorbani yellow card
DF Iran Bijan Koushki
DF Iran Pejman Montazeri
MF Iran Omid Ravankhah
MF Iran Mohammad Navazi downward-facing red arrow 83'
MF Iran Meysam Maniei
FW Iran Farhad Majidi downward-facing red arrow 53'
FW Iran Ali Alizadeh
FW Iran Mohsen Bayatinia downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
DF Iran Mehdi Amirabadi upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF Iran Mohsen Yousefi yellow card upward-facing green arrow 53'
FW Iran Arash Borhani upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Iran Amir Ghalenoei

Leg 2

Esteghlal3 – 0
(a.e.t.)
Pegah
Mehdi Amirabadi 15'
Mojtaba Jabari 95'
Arash Borhani 99'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombeini
Esteghlal:
GK 1 Iran Vahid Talebloo
DF Iran Amir Hossein Sadeghi Yellow card 110' Yellow-red card
DF Iran Mehdi Amirabadi 15'
DF Iran Bijan Koushki yellow card
DF Iran Pirouz Ghorbani yellow card
DF Iran Pejman Montazeri
MF Iran Omid Ravankhah
MF Iran Meysam Maniei downward-facing red arrow 78'
MF Iran Mojtaba Jabari 95' downward-facing red arrow 116'
FW Iran Ali Alizadeh
FW Iran Farhad Majidi downward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutes:
MF Iran Mohsen Yousefi upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF Iran Ali Reza Mansourian upward-facing green arrow 116'
FW Iran Arash Borhani 99' upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Iran Amir Ghalenoei
Pegah:
GK 22 Iran Ali Nazarmohammadi
DF Iran Ebrahim Taghipour
DF 20 Iran Mohammad Mokhtari
DF Cameroon William Djongo yellow card
DF 33 Georgia (country) Akvsenti Gilauri
MF 11 Iran Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
MF Cameroon Martin Abena downward-facing red arrow 113'
MF Iran Mehdi Noori
FW Iran Hossein Ebrahimi
FW Iran Amin Motevaselzadeh downward-facing red arrow 78'
FW 10 Iran Afshin Chavoshi downward-facing red arrow 61'
Substitutes:
FW Iran Saeed Pirsarandib upward-facing green arrow 113'
DF Iran Masoud Mikaeli upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF Iran Hossein Maleki upward-facing green arrow 91'
Manager:
Iran Nader Dastneshan

Champions

 Champions 2007–08 Hazfi Cup 
Esteghlal Tehran
Fifth title

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