The 2014–15 Hazfi Cup was the 28th season of the Iranian football knockout competition. Tractor Sazi was the defending champion but was eliminated by Padideh in the quarter-finals. The competition started on 1 September 2014 and ended on 1 June 2015. Zob Ahan won their third title, defeating Naft Tehran in the final.
Participating teams Totally 102 teams participated in the 2014–15 season. These teams were divided into four main groups, including 16 teams of the Iran Pro League, 24 teams of the Azadegan League, 28 teams of the Iran Football's 2nd Division and 34 teams from the Provincial League.
First stage In the first stage of "2014–15 Hazfi Cup", 96 teams were present. Three rounds were played in this stage and finally 13 teams qualified for the second stage.
First round The first round started with 34 teams that contained the champions of each province in the Provincial League, in addition to Khoramshahr and Kish Island's champion and Tehran's runner-up. Six teams were given byes to the second round.Hazfi Cup
Second round For the second round, twenty qualified teams faced each other and 10 teams qualified for the third round.
Third round For the third round, ten qualified teams from second round faced 24 teams from Azadegan League and 28 from Iran Football's 2nd Division. Two teams were given byes to the fourth round.
Fourth round
Second stage Bracket
Note: H: Home team, A: Away team
Fifth round (round of 32) The 16 teams from Iran Pro League entered the competition in this round.
Sixth round (round of 16)
Quarter-Final (1/4 Final – Last 8)
Semi-final (1/2 final – last 4)
Final
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mehdi RajabzadehZob Ahan42 Karrar JassimEsteghlal3 Mehdi Seyed-SalehiSaipa3 Ghasem DehnaviZob Ahan2 Reza EnayatiPadideh Mehrdad BayramiGostaresh Mokhtar JomehzadehGol Gohar Mohammad NouriPersepolis Meysam MajidiEsteghlal Khuzestan Farshad AhmadzadehTractor Sazi
See also Iran Pro League 2014–15 Azadegan League 2014–15 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2014–15 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2014–15 Iranian Super Cup Futsal Super League 2014–15
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