2008 Hazfi Cup final

2008 Hazfi Cup final
Event	2007-08 Hazfi Cup
First leg
Date	Jun 09, 2008
Venue	Sardar Jangal Stadium, Rasht
Referee	Mozafarizadeh
Attendance	20,000
Second leg
Date	Jun 16, 2008
Venue	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Referee	Hedayat Mombeini
Attendance	100,000
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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

2008-06-09

17:30 (UTC+3:30)

Pegah	1 – 0	Esteghlal
Gilauri 40'

Sardar Jangal Stadium, Rasht

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mozafarizadeh


Pegah:
GK	22	Ali Nazarmohammadi		76'
DF	33	Akvsenti Gilauri	39'
DF		Ebrahim Taghipour
DF	20	Mohammad Mokhtari
DF		William Djongo
MF		Martin Abena
MF		Mehdi Noori
MF		Hadi Sohrabi		57'
MF	11	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
FW	10	Afshin Chavoshi		85'
FW		Hossein Ebrahimi
Substitutes:
GK		Rasol Zamani		76'
FW		Amin Motevaselzadeh		57'
MF		Hossein Maleki		85'
Manager:
Nader Dastneshan


Esteghlal:
GK	1	Vahid Talebloo
DF		Amir Hossein Sadeghi
DF		Pirouz Ghorbani
DF		Bijan Koushki
DF		Pejman Montazeri
MF		Omid Ravankhah
MF		Mohammad Navazi	83'
MF		Meysam Maniei
FW		Farhad Majidi	53'
FW		Ali Alizadeh
FW		Mohsen Bayatinia	46'
Substitutes:
DF		Mehdi Amirabadi	83'
MF		Mohsen Yousefi	53'
FW		Arash Borhani	46'
Manager:
Amir Ghalenoei

Leg 2

2008-06-16

17:00 (UTC+3:30)

Esteghlal	3 – 0 ^(a.e.t.)	Pegah
Mehdi Amirabadi 15' Mojtaba Jabari 95' Arash Borhani 99'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Hedayat Mombeini


Esteghlal:
GK	1	Vahid Talebloo
DF		Amir Hossein Sadeghi		110'
DF		Mehdi Amirabadi	15'
DF		Bijan Koushki
DF		Pirouz Ghorbani
DF		Pejman Montazeri
MF		Omid Ravankhah
MF		Meysam Maniei			78'
MF		Mojtaba Jabari	95'		116'
FW		Ali Alizadeh
FW		Farhad Majidi			73'
Substitutes:
MF		Mohsen Yousefi			78'
MF		Ali Reza Mansourian			116'
FW		Arash Borhani	99'		73'
Manager:
Amir Ghalenoei


Pegah:
GK	22	Ali Nazarmohammadi
DF		Ebrahim Taghipour
DF	20	Mohammad Mokhtari
DF		William Djongo
DF	33	Akvsenti Gilauri
MF	11	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
MF		Martin Abena	113'
MF		Mehdi Noori
FW		Hossein Ebrahimi
FW		Amin Motevaselzadeh	78'
FW	10	Afshin Chavoshi	61'
Substitutes:
FW		Saeed Pirsarandib	113'
DF		Masoud Mikaeli	78'
MF		Hossein Maleki	91'
Manager:
Nader Dastneshan

Champions

Champions 2007–08 Hazfi Cup
Esteghlal Tehran Fifth title