2023 Hazfi Cup final was the final match of the 36th edition of Hazfi Cup that was held between Esteghlal Tehran and Persepolis at Azadi Stadium in Tehran on 31 May 2023.
Originally, the final was planned to be held at Shohadaye Mes Kerman Stadium in Kerman accourding to quarter-final stage draw but later, due to pitch issues, the second priority was selected, Yadegar-e Emam Stadium in Tabriz. However, the opposition of East Azerbaijan Football Board, didn't let Tabriz to be host of the final match. Finally, such as previous season, Azadi Stadium in Tehran chose as the host stadium.
This was the 6th Tehran derby match in Hazfi Cup and 2nd derby in final. The previous results between Esteghlal and Perspolis in Hazfi Cup are as follows:List of Tehran Derby matches
Derby No.SeasonDate (dd-mm-yyyy)Home teamScoreAway teamHome goal scorersAway goal scorersRoundWinner311988–8910-03-1989Esteghlal 0–0(2–4 p.)Persepolis––Quarter-finalPersepolis in penalties471998–9911-07-1999Persepolis 2–1EsteghlalHasheminasab 12' (pen.), Peyrovani 85'Bakhtiarizadeh 50'FinalPersepolis742011–1209-12-2011Persepolis 0–3(a.e.t)Esteghlal–M. Jabbari 95', 99' (pen.), Sharifat 107'Quarter-finalEsteghlal at extra time932019–2026-08-2020Persepolis 2–2(1–4 p.)EsteghlalResan 48', Alipour 89'Ghayedi 4', Daneshgar 90+3'Semi-finalEsteghlal in penalties962020–2115-07-2021Persepolis 0–0(3–4 p.)Esteghlal––Quarter-finalEsteghlal in penalties
Teams TeamCityPrevious finals appearances EsteghlalTehran13 (1977, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021)PersepolisTehran8 (1987, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019)
Route to the final
Esteghlal Tehran
RoundOppositionScoreRound of 32Tractor (H)2-1 Round of 16Malavan (H)2-0Quarter FinalPars Jonoubi Jam (A)1-0 Semi-FinalNassaji Mazandaran (H)4-0Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue
As a Persian Gulf Pro League, Esteghlal entered the competition from Round of 32.
They beat Tractor at home in the fourth round.
They beat Malavan at home in the fifth round.
They beat Pars Jonoubi Jam at Jam in the quarter-final.
They beat the defending champion, Nassaji Mazandaran at home in the semi-final.
They played 3 of their 4 matches at home before final and the final match also will be play at their home stadium.
Perspolis
RoundOppositionScoreRound of 32Van Pars Naghse Jahan (H)2-2 Round of 16Sepahan (A)4-2 Quarter FinalGol Gohar (H)2-1Semi-FinalHavadar (A)3-1Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue
As a Persian Gulf Pro League, Perspolis entered the competition from Round of 32.
They beat Van Pars Naghse Jahan at home in the fourth round.
They beat Sepahan at Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium in the fifth round.
They beat Gol Gohar at home in the quarter-final.
They beat Havadar at PAS Ghvamin Stadium in the semi-final.
Details
Esteghlal: 4-4-2 GK 1 Hossein Hosseini (c)DF 3 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand DF 55 Raphael SilvaDF 17 Jafar Salmani DF 2 Saleh HardaniMF 4 Rouzbeh Cheshmi MF 88 Arash Rezavand MF 50 Saeid MehriMF 12 Mehdi Ghayedi FW 72 Amir Arsalan Motahari FW 77 Mohammad Mohebi Substitutes:GK 90 Sina SaeidifarMF 55 Aref Gholami MF 33 Abolfazl Jalali FF 14 Zobeir Niknafs FF 23 Arman Ramezani FF 10 Sajjad Shahbazzadeh FF 18 Peyman Babaei Manager: Ricardo Sá Pinto
Porspolis: 4-2-3-1 GK 1 Alireza BeiranvandDF 30 Giorgi GvelesianiDF 8 Morteza PouraliganjiDF 5 Danial Esmaeilifar DF 6 Ali Nemati MF 7 Soroush Rafiei MF 9 Mehdi Torabi MF 10 Milad SarlakMF 19 Vahid Amiri (c)MF 21 Saeid Sadeghi FW 72 Issa Alekasir Substitutes:GK 99 Ahmad GohariMF 3 Farshad Faraji MF 18 Sina Asadbeigi MF 2 Omid Alishah FW 16 Mehdi Abdi DF 66 Vakhdat KhanonovMF 11 Kamal KamyabiniaMF 80 Mohammad OmriFW 25 Cheick Diabaté (footballer, born 1988)Manager: Yahya Golmohammadi
Referee: Ashkan Khorshidi Assistant Referees: Alireza Ilderom Hasan Zahiri Additional AR: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifard Seyed Ali Asghar Momeni Fourth official: Mohammad Hossein Torabian
Match rules: 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions in normal time and another substitution in extra time
See also 2022–23 Persian Gulf Pro League 2022–23 Azadegan League 2022–23 Hazfi Cup
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