The 2015 Hazfi Cup final was the 28th final since 1975. The match was contested by Zob Ahan and Naft Tehran at Takhti Stadium in Tehran. The match was played on 1 June 2015 and was the final match of the competition. Zob Ahan won 3–1 and won their third title in the competition. They also qualified for the group stages of the 2016 AFC Champions League.

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).

Pre-match

Match history This was Zob Ahan's fourth Hazfi final and Naft Tehran's first appearance in the final match of the tournament. Zob Ahan lastly won the cup in 2002–03 and 2008–09. Their other final appearance was in 2000–01 season where they lost to Fajr Sepasi.

Ticketing Ticket prices for the final was 2,000 toman. 50% of the stadium were belongs to the Zob Ahan's fans and others were belong to Naft Tehran's fans.

Venue The final was decided with draw which 30,122 capacity Takhti Stadium (the Naft Tehran's home Stadium) was announced as the venue for the final.

Officials FIFA listed referee, Mohsen Torky was announced as the final match referee by IRIFF's referees committee. Mohammad Reza Abolfazli and Hassan Zahiri assisted him. was also fourth official.

Details

Zob Ahan: 3-4-3 GK 12 Mohammad Rashid MazaheriDF 2 Hadi MohammadiDF 3 Carlos SantosDF 18 Ali HamamMF 8 Ghasem Hadadifar (c) MF 15 Ehsan PahlevanMF 19 Mehrdad Ghanbari MF 26 Mehdi MehdipourFW 23 Danial EsmaeilifarFW 30 Mehdi RajabzadehFW 99 Kaveh RezaeiManager: Yahya Golmohammadi

Naft Tehran: 3-5-2 GK 1 Alireza BeiranvandDF 5 Amin Hajmohammadi DF 14 Saeid LotfiDF 20 Leonardo PadovaniMF 6 Alireza Ezzati (c)MF 9 Vahid AmiriMF 11 Kamal KamyabiniaMF 23 Iman Mobali MF 27 Arash RezavandFW 10 Gholamreza Rezaei FW 31 Ali GhorbaniManager: Alireza Mansourian

Man of the match Ghasem Hadadifar (Zob Ahan)

Assistant referees: Mohammad Reza Abolfazli Hassan Zahiri Fourth official:

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 Persian Gulf League 2014–15 2014–15 Azadegan League 2014–15 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2014–15 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2014–15 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup 2014–15 Iranian Futsal Super League

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