2012–13 Hazfi Cup

The 2012–13 Hazfi Cup was the 26th season of the Iranian football knockout competition. Esteghlal was the defending champion, but was eliminated by Sepahan in the semi-final. The competition started on 13 December 2012 and ended on 5 May 2013. Sepahan won the title after defeating Persepolis in final.

2012–13 Hazfi Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iran
Dates	13 December 2012 (2012-12-13) – 5 May 2013
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Sepahan (4th title)
Runner-up	Persepolis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	86 (2.77 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mohammad Nouri (5 goals)

Results

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

H

Tractor Sazi

w/o

A

Aluminium

A

Tractor Sazi

1(4)

H

Damash Gilan

1(5)

H

Parseh Iranian

1

A

Damash Gilan

3

A

Damash Gilan

0(4)

H

Fajr Sepasi

0(3)

H

Saipa Shomal

1

A

Mes Sarcheshmeh

0

A

Saipa Shomal

1(2)

H

Fajr Sepasi

1(3)

H

Fajr Sepasi

w/o

A

Sang Ahan

H

Damash Gilan

1(3)

A

Persepolis

1(5)

H

Zob Ahan

1

A

Hafari

0

A

Zob Ahan

1

H

Shahrdari Yasuj

0

H

Shahrdari Yasuj

4

A

Mes Kerman

1

H

Zob Ahan

0

A

Persepolis

1

H

Shahrdari Tabriz

A

Naft Tehran

w/o

H

Naft Tehran

1

A

Persepolis

4

H

Persepolis

6

A

Malavan

0

H

Persepolis

2(2)

A

Sepahan

2(4)

H

Esteghlal Ahvaz

2

A

Gahar Zagros

3

H

Gahar Zagros

0

A

Esteghlal

1

H

Esteghlal

4

A

Saipa

0

H

Esteghlal

5

A

Aboomoslem

0

H

Saba

w/o

A

Naft Masjed Soleyman

A

Saba

1

H

Aboomoslem

2

H

Aboomoslem

2

A

Paykan

0

H

Esteghlal

1(4)

A

Sepahan

1(5)

H

Niroye Zamini

1

A

Sanat Naft

3

H

Sanat Naft

3

A

Rah Ahan

2

H

Rah Ahan

w/o

A

Shahin Bushehr

A

Sanat Naft

0

H

Sepahan

2

H

Mes Rafsanjan

w/o

A

Bargh Shiraz

H

Mes Rafsanjan

0

A

Sepahan

1

H

Sepahan

2

A

Foolad

1

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

Round of 32

Sepahan v Foolad

13 December 2012 (2012-12-13) 1	Sepahan	2–1	Foolad	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
16:15 IST	Gholami 9' Khalatbari 85'	Report	Pereira 60'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Mes Rafsanjan v Bargh Shiraz

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 2	Mes Rafsanjan	w/o	Bargh Shiraz	Bahonar Stadium, Kerman
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Bargh Shiraz withdrew

Tractor Sazi v Aluminium

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 3	Tractor Sazi	w/o	Aluminium	Sahand Stadium, Tabriz
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Aluminium withdrew

Parseh v Damash Gilan

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 4	Parseh	1–3	Damash Gilan	Sanaye Defai Stadium, Tehran
14:15 IST	Ipakchi 85'		Jahanbakhsh 26' Ebrahimi 44' Kébé 69'	Attendance: 50 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

Saipa Shomal v Mes Sarcheshmeh

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 5	Saipa Shomal	1–0	Mes Sarcheshmeh	Shohada Stadium, Sari
14:15 IST	Torshizi 62' (o.g)			Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Rasoul Rahbarfam

Fajr Sepasi v Sang Ahan

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 6	Fajr Sepasi	w/o	Sang Ahan	Hafezieh Stadium, Shiraz
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Sang Ahan withdrew

Zob Ahan v Hafari

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 7	Zob Ahan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Hafari	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
14:15 IST	Rajabzadeh 98'			Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Shahrdari Yasuj v Mes Kerman

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 8	Shahrdari Yasuj	4–1	Mes Kerman	Takhti Stadium, Yasuj
13:30 IST	Pourmand 21' Cheraghi 56' Jafari 90+2' 90+3'		Enayati 38'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Javad Sharafi

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Gahar Zagros

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 9	Esteghlal Ahvaz	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Gahar Zagros	Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz
14:15 IST	Sharafi 5' Jaberi 114'		Torkashvand 17' 97' Nayebi 120'	Attendance: 18,800 Referee: Jamshid Daneshmehr

Esteghlal v Saipa

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 10	Esteghlal	4–0	Saipa	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
16:15 IST	Borhani 46' 66' Hatemi 64' Arze 90+4'			Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

Saba Qom v Naft Masjed Soleyman

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 11	Saba Qom	w/o	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Naft Masjed Soleyman withdrew

Aboomoslem v Paykan

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 12	Aboomoslem	2–0	Paykan	Samen Stadium, Mashhad
14:15 IST	Máximo 32' (o.g.) Azarpad 55'			Attendance: 30,200 Referee: Saeed Fatahi

Niroye Zamini v Sanat Naft

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 13	Niroye Zamini	1–3	Sanat Naft	Padgan G Stadium, Tehran
13:30 IST	Moghadam 71'		Khaleghifar 23' Barzay 65' Navidkia 85'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Mohammad Maleki

Rah Ahan v Shahin Bushehr

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 14	Rah Ahan	w/o	Shahin Bushehr	Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Shahin Bushehr withdrew

Shahrdari Tabriz v Naft Tehran

19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) 15	Shahrdari Tabriz	w/o	Naft Tehran	Sahand Stadium, Tehran
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Shahrdari Tabriz withdrew

Persepolis v Malavan

19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) 16	Persepolis	6–0	Malavan	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
16:15 IST	Norouzi 2' 50' Ansarifard 19' 75' 80' Rezaei 83'			Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Round of 16

Mes Rafsanjan v Sepahan

20 December 2012 17	Mes Rafsanjan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Sepahan	Takhti Stadium, Rafsanjan
13:30 IST			Sukaj 109'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali

Damash Gilan v Tractor Sazi

20 December 2012 18	Damash Gilan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Tractor Sazi	Dr. Azodi Stadium, Rasht
14:00 IST	Mahdavi 50'		Salehi 26'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar
	Penalties
	Nazifkar Abshak Hajizadeh Mahdavi Hajaati		Kiani Paixão Iranpourian Ebrahimi Assadi

Fajr Sepasi v Saipa Shomal

20 December 2012 19	Fajr Sepasi	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Saipa Shomal	Hafezieh Stadium, Shiraz
14:00 IST	Nazari 7'		Norouzi 52'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour
	Penalties
	Rigi Hosseini Shojaeian Khalili Ansari		Rameshghar Riahi Kiani Moghadam Hezarjaribi Faraji

Shahrdari Yasuj v Zob Ahan

20 December 2012 20	Shahrdari Yasuj	0–1	Zob Ahan	Takhti Stadium, Yasuj
13:30 IST			Farhadi 74'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Sanat Naft v Rah Ahan

20 December 2012 21	Sanat Naft	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Rah Ahan	Takhti Stadium, Abadan
14:00 IST	Barzay 69' 84' Arab 117'		Rajabzadeh 4' Pashaei 40'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Aboomoslem v Saba Qom

21 December 2012 22	Aboomoslem	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Saba Qom	Samen Stadium, Mashhad
13:30 IST	Hamidi 101' Shakeri 115'		Haghjou 113'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi
Note: The original match was scheduled to take place on 20 December but was postponed to 21 December due to heavy rain

Gahar Zagros v Esteghlal

22 December 2012 23	Gahar Zagros	0–1	Esteghlal	Takhti Stadium, Dorud
14:00 IST			Mousavi 66'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
Note: The original match was scheduled to take place on 21 December but was postponed to 22 December due to heavy rain

Naft Tehran v Persepolis

8 January 2013 24	Naft Tehran	1–4	Persepolis	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
16:30 IST	Manouchehri 14'		Nouri 26' 58' Mahini 75' (pen.) Norouzi 84'	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
Note: The original match was scheduled to take place in Takhti Stadium

Quarter-final

Sepahan v Sanat Naft

9 January 2013 25	Sepahan	2–0	Sanat Naft	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
14:30 IST	Bulku 27' Talebi 61'			Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Fajr Sepasi v Damash Gilan

9 January 2013 26	Fajr Sepasi	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Damash Gilan	Hafezieh Stadium, Shiraz
14:00 IST				Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
	Penalties
	Nazari Esmaeili Ansari Hosseini Kazemi Ansari		Nazifkar Jahanbakhsh Abshak Mahdavi Hajizadeh Rahimi

Esteghlal v Aboomoslem

9 January 2013 27	Esteghlal	5–0	Aboomoslem	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
17:30 IST	Samuel 25' Hatami 46' 65' Nekounam 63' (pen.) Montazeri 76'			Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

5 March 2013 28	Zob Ahan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
15:30 IST			Nouri 102'	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Semi-final

Esteghlal v Sepahan

30 March 2013 29	Esteghlal	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sepahan	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
17:00 IST	Hatami 63'		Khalatbari 42'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Jabbari Samuel Mohammad-Rezaei Sadeghi Nekounam Rahmati Hatami		Bulku Ebrahimi Khalatbari Hajsafi Jamshidian Irannejad Susak

Damash Gilan v Persepolis

6 April 2013 30	Damash Gilan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Persepolis	Dr. Azodi Stadium, Rasht
17:00 IST	Motevaselzadeh 70'		Nouri 83'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Mozafarizadeh
	Penalties
	Rahimi Abshak Chavoshi Ebrahimi		Norouzi Mahini Hosseini Karimi Ansarifard

Final

Main article: 2013 Hazfi Cup Final

Persepolis v Sepahan

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 31	Persepolis	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Sepahan	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
18:00 IST	Ansarifard 24' Nouri 99'		Sukaj 59' Gholami 106'	Attendance: 97,452 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Norouzi Mahini Haghighi Naghizadeh		Bulku Khalatbari Ebrahimi Hajsafi

Goal scorers

5 goals

• Mohammad Nouri (Persepolis)

4 goals

• Farzad Hatami (Esteghlal)
• Karim Ansarifard (Persepolis)

3 goals

• Behnam Barzay (Sanat Naft)
• Hadi Norouzi (Persepolis)

2 goals

• Milad Jafari (Shahrdari Yasuj)
• Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Sepahan)
• Xhevahir Sukaj (Sepahan)
• Mohammad Gholami (Sepahan)
• Amin Torkashvand (Gahar Zagros)
• Arash Borhani (Esteghlal)

1 goals

• Ervin Bulku (Sepahan)
• Farshid Talebi (Sepahan)
• Luciano Pereira (Foolad)
• Mohammad Pourmand (Shahrdari Yasuj)
• Mostafa Cheraghi (Shahrdari Yasuj)
• Reza Enayati (Mes Kerman)
• Reza Khaleghifar (Sanat Naft)
• Rasoul Navidkia (Sanat Naft)
• Rouhollah Arab (Sanat Naft)
• Ali Salmani Moghadam (Niroye Zamini)
• Reza Jaberi (Esteghlal Ahvaz)
• Amir Sharafi (Esteghlal Ahvaz)
• Taghi Nayebi (Gahar Zagros)
• Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Damash Gilan)
• Morteza Ebrahimi (Damash Gilan)
• Boubacar Kébé (Damash Gilan)
• Mohammad Reza Mahdavi (Damash Gilan)
• Amin Motevaselzadeh (Damash Gilan)
• Mohsen Azarpad (Aboomoslem)
• Farzad Hamidi (Aboomoslem)
• Younes Shakeri (Aboomoslem)
• Amir Hossein Ipakchi (Parseh)
• Mehdi Rajabzadeh (Zob Ahan)
• Esmaeil Farhadi (Zob Ahan)
• Vicente Arze (Esteghlal)
• Iman Mousavi (Esteghlal)
• Jlloyd Samuel (Esteghlal)
• Javad Nekounam (Esteghlal)
• Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal)
• Gholamreza Rezaei (Persepolis)
• Hossein Mahini (Persepolis)
• Mohammad Hassan Rajabzadeh (Rah Ahan)
• Hossein Pashaei (Rah Ahan)
• Mehdi Nazari (Fajr Sepasi)
• Mehdi Seyed Salehi (Tractor Sazi)
• Mojtaba Norouzi (Saipa Shomal)
• Masoud Haghjou (Saba Qom)
• Amin Manouchehri (Naft Tehran)

Own goals

• Diego Máximo (Paykan), Scored for Aboomoslem (1)
• Mojtaba Torshizi (Mes Sarcheshmeh), Scored for Saipa Shomal (1)

See also

• 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2012–13 Azadegan League
• 2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division
• 2012–13 Iran Football's 3rd Division
• Iranian Super Cup
• 2012–13 Iranian Futsal Super League