2014 Hazfi Cup final

Football match
2014 Hazfi Cup final
Event2013–14 Hazfi Cup
Mes Kerman Tractor
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Date14 February 2014
VenueShahid Bahonar Stadium, Kerman
Man of the MatchSaeid Daghighi
Fans' Man of the MatchKarim Ansarifard
RefereeYadollah Jahanbazi
Attendance14,855
WeatherCloudy
17 °C (63 °F)
12% humidity
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The 2014 Hazfi Cup Final was the 27th final since 1975. The match was between Mes Kerman and Tractor which Tractor won the match 1–0, with Saeid Daghighi scored in the 51st minute. Tractor qualified for the group stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League as the winner of the tournament.

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).

Road to the finals

Mes Kerman

Round Opposition Score
5th Shahrdari Dezful (a) 1–3
6th Naft Omidiyeh (h) 2–1
QF Sanat Naft (h) 3–1
SF Esteghlal (a) 1–2

Mes Kerman began their work in the tournament with coach Parviz Mazloomi. They beat 2nd Division side Shahrdari Dezful in their home in Dezful, Ahvaz 3–1 with goals from Eslami, Edinho and Goudarzi. At Round of 16, Mes defeated another 2nd Division League club, Naft Omidiyeh at Kerman. In the next round, they beat current Azadegan League and former Iran Pro League side Sanat Naft in extra time to reach to the Last 4. In semi-final they defeated Iran Pro League leaders Esteghlal with a late goal from Edinho, this time with Luka Bonačić. The result saw that Mes advanced to the final for the first time and Esteghlal failed to reach to their 10th final appearance.

Tractor

Round Opposition Score
5th Machine Sazi (h) 3–0
6th Naft Masjed Soleyman (a) 0–2
QF Rah Ahan (a) 0–2
SF Foolad (h) 1–0

Tractor was drawn in the fifth round with another Tabriz based club, Machine Sazi. Machine Sazi withdrew in favor to support Tractor in the tournament and Tractor awarded a 3–0 win. In Round of 16, Tractor defeated Naft Masjed Soleyman 2–0 with goals comes from Talebi and Ansarifard. In 1/4 Final, they beat Rah Ahan 2–0 at Takhti Stadium. Daghighi and Ansarifard scored Tractor's goals at the match. Tractor defeated Foolad 1–0 in 1/2 Final and reached the final with Daghighi scored the only goal of the match, held in Sahand Stadium.

Pre-match

Match history

This was Mes Kerman's first Hazfi final and Tractor's third appearance in the final match of the tournament. Both teams never won the title in their history before the match. Tractor's first final was in 1976 edition which they was defeated by Malavan in Amjadieh Stadium. Next time was in 1995 which they lost the final match to Bahman 2–1 on aggregate.

Ticketing

Ticket prices for the final was 5,000 toman. 50% of the stadium were belongs to the Mes Kerman's fans and others were belong to Tractor's fans.

Venue

The final was decided with draw which 15,000 capacity Shahid Bahonar Stadium (the Mes Kemran's home Stadium) was announced as the venue for the final.

Officials

FIFA listed referee, Yadollah Jahanbazi was announced as the final match referee by IRIFF's referees committee. Mohammad Reza Abolfazli and Ali Mirzabeigi assisted him. Moud Bonyadifar was also fourth official.

Detalis

Mes Kerman0–1Tractor
Report Daghighi 51'
Mes Kerman
Tractor
Mes Kerman:5–3–2
GK 1 Iran Arman Shahdadnejad
DF 2 Iran Farhad Salaripour
DF 3 Iran Mojtaba Tarshiz
DF 5 Iran Alireza Ebrahimi downward-facing red arrow 69'
DF 14 Iran Pouria Seifpanahi downward-facing red arrow 46'
DF 90 Iran Sheys Rezaei
MF 6 Iran Ahmad Reza Zendeh Rouh
MF 8 Iran Farzad Hosseinkhani (c)
MF 17 Iran Milad Jahani
FW 10 Iran Mostafa Shojaei downward-facing red arrow 81'
FW 30 Brazil Edinho
Substitutes:
GK 33 Iran Hassan Roudbarian
DF 16 Iran Sajjad Hosseinzadeh upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 23 Australia Iain Fyfe
DF 35 Iran Mohammad Vahid Esmaeil Beigi upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 24 Iran Mohammad Abshak
MF 27 Brazil Juninho
FW 11 Iran Karim Eslami upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Croatia Luka Bonačić
Tractor:3–4–3
GK 1 Iran Hamed Lak
DF 20 Iran Mohammad Nosrati
DF 34 Iran Milad Fakhreddini
DF 88 Iran Morteza Asadi (c)
MF 6 Iran Mehdi Kiani Yellow card 7'
MF 7 Iran Mehdi Karimian
MF 8 Iran Ali Karimi downward-facing red arrow 88'
MF 9 Iran Javad Kazemian downward-facing red arrow 65'
FW 10 Iran Saeid Daghighi Yellow card 69' downward-facing red arrow 81'
FW 11 Iran Karim Ansarifard Yellow card 81'
FW 13 Iran Masoud Ebrahimzadeh
Substitutes:
GK 22 Iran Davoud Noshi Sofiani
DF 4 Iran Farshid Talebi upward-facing green arrow 88'
MF 17 Iran Meysam Baou
MF 18 Brazil Rodrigo Pimpão upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 28 Iran Mohammad Hossein Mehrazma
FW 14 Iran Mohammad Ebrahimi
FW 27 Iran Farshad Ahmadzadeh upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Portugal Toni

Man of the match

Assistant referees:
Mohammad Reza Abolfazli
Ali Mirzabeigi
Fourth official:
Moud Bonyadifar

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

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