{{Unreferenced|date=June 2019|bot=noref (GreenC bot)}} {{ infobox football match | event = 2007-08 Hazfi Cup | team1 = [[Pegah F.C.|Pegah Gilan]] | team2 = [[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal Tehran]] | team1association = | team2association = | team1score = 1 | team2score = 3 | firstleg = First leg | team1score1 = 1 | team2score1 = 0 | date1 = Jun 09, 2008 | stadium1 = [[Sardar Jangal Stadium]] | city1 = [[Rasht]] | attendance1 = 20,000 | referee1 = [[Saeed Mozafarizadeh|Mozafarizadeh]] | secondleg = Second leg | team1score2 = 0 | team2score2 = 3 | date2 = Jun 16, 2008 | stadium2 = [[Azadi Stadium]] | city2 = [[Tehran]] | attendance2 = 100,000 | referee2 = Hedayat Mombeini | previous = [[2007 Hazfi Cup final|2007]] | next = [[2009 Hazfi Cup final|2009]] }}
The '''2008 Hazfi Cup final''' was a [[Two-legged tie|two-legged]] [[association football|football]] tie in order to determine the 2007–08 Hazfi Cup champion of [[Iran]]ian football clubs. [[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal Tehran]] faced [[Pegah F.C.|Pegah Gilan]] in this final game. The first leg took place on Jun 09, 2008 at 17:30 [[Iran Standard Time|local time]] ([[UTC+3:30]]) at [[Sardar Jangal Stadium]] in [[Rasht]] and the second leg took place on Jun 16, 2008 at 17:00 [[Iran Standard Time|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 rule|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 (association football)|penalty shootout]] (taking place if the teams were still level after extra time).
== Route to the final == {{details|2007–08 Hazfi Cup}}
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;" |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf;" !colspan=4 style="width:1*"|Esteghlal !Round !colspan=4 style="width:1*"|Pegah
|- style="vertical-align:top; background:#c1e0ff;" |Opponent |Result |H/A |Esteghlal goalscorers ||Second stage |Opponent |Result |H/A |Pegah goalscorers |- | [[Tarbiat Badani Yazd F.C.|Tarbiat Badani Yazd]] | 5–3 | H | [[Mohsen Yousefi (footballer, born 1984)|Mohsen Yousefi]], [[Arash Borhani]], [[Mohammad Navazi]] | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|1/16 Final | [[Mes Sarcheshme F.C.|Mes Sarcheshmeh]] | 3–0 | H | [[Mohammad Sharif (iran)|Mohammad Sharif]] (o.g), [[Ebrahim Taghipour]], [[Amin Motevaselzadeh]] |- | [[Zob Ahan Isfahan FC|Zob Ahan]] | 1–1 (3-1) | A | [[Arash Borhani]] | style="background:#c1e0ff;"| 1/8 Final | [[Aluminium Arak F.C.|Sanaye Arak]] | 1–0 | A | [[Alireza Nazifkar]] |- | [[Rah Ahan F.C.|Rah Ahan]] | 2–2 (5-3) | H | [[Farhad Majidi]] (2) | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Quarter-Final | [[Sepahan Esfahan FC|Sepahan]] | 4–2 | H | [[Mehdi Noori]], [[Afshin Chavoshi]] (2), [[Hadi Sohrabi]] |- | [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] | 1–1 (4-2) | A | [[Ali Alizadeh]] | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Semi-Final | [[Bargh Shiraz F.C.|Bargh Shiraz]] | 2–1 | H | [[Hossein Maleki]], [[Amin Motevaselzadeh]] |}
==Final== {{TwoLeg start}} {{TwoLegResult|[[Pegah F.C.|Pegah]]|| 1-3 {{aet}}|'''[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]]'''|| 1-0 | 0-3 |winner=2 }} {{end}}
=== Leg 1 === {{footballbox |date = 2008-06-09 |time = 17:30 ([[UTC+3:30]]) |team1 = [[Pegah F.C.|Pegah]] |score = 1 – 0 |report = |team2 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |goals1 = [[Akvsenti Gilauri|Gilauri]] {{goal|40}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Sardar Jangal Stadium]], [[Rasht]] |attendance = 20,000 |referee = [[Saeed Mozafarizadeh|Mozafarizadeh]] }}
{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- |colspan="4"|'''Pegah:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK || '''22''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Nazarmohammadi]] || {{blood bin}} || || {{suboff|76}} |- |DF || '''33''' ||{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Akvsenti Gilauri]] || {{goal|39}} |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ebrahim Taghipour]] |- |DF || '''20''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Mokhtari (footballer)|Mohammad Mokhtari]] |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[William Djongo]] |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Martin Abena]] |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Noori]] |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hadi Sohrabi]] || || || {{suboff|57}} |- |MF || '''11''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Reza Mahdavi (Rasht)|Mohammad Reza Mahdavi]] |- |FW || '''10''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Afshin Chavoshi]] || || || {{suboff|85}} |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hossein Ebrahimi]] |-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |GK || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Rasol Zamani]] || || || {{subon|76}} |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Amin Motevaselzadeh]] || || || {{subon|57}} |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hossein Maleki]] || || || {{subon|85}} |-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Nader Dastneshan]] |} {{col-break}} {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |- |colspan="4"|'''Esteghlal:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK || '''1''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Vahid Talebloo]] |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Amir Hossein Sadeghi]] |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Pirouz Ghorbani]] || || {{sin bin}} |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Bijan Koushki]] |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Pejman Montazeri]] |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Omid Ravankhah]] |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Navazi]] || || || {{suboff|83}} |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Meysam Maniei]] |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Farhad Majidi]] || || || {{suboff|53}} |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Alizadeh]] |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohsen Bayatinia]] || || || {{suboff|46}} |-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Amirabadi]] || || || {{subon|83}} |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohsen Yousefi (footballer, born 1984)|Mohsen Yousefi]] || ||{{sin bin}} || {{subon|53}} |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Arash Borhani]] || || || {{subon|46}} |-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|IRI}} [[Amir Ghalenoei]] |} {{col-end}}
===Leg 2=== {{footballbox |date = 2008-06-16 |time = 17:00 ([[UTC+3:30]]) |team1 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |score = 3 – 0 <br /> <sup> {{aet}}</sup> |report = |team2 = [[Pegah F.C.|Pegah]] |goals1 = [[Mehdi Amirabadi]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Mojtaba Jabari]] {{goal|95}}<br />[[Arash Borhani]] {{goal|99}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Azadi Stadium]], [[Tehran]] |attendance = 100,000 |referee = Hedayat Mombeini}}
{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- |colspan="4"|'''Esteghlal:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK || '''1''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Vahid Talebloo]] |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Amir Hossein Sadeghi]] || || {{sent off|2|110}} |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Amirabadi]] || {{goal|15}} |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Bijan Koushki]] || || {{sin bin}} |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Pirouz Ghorbani]] || ||{{sin bin}} |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Pejman Montazeri]] |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Omid Ravankhah]] |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Meysam Maniei]] || || || {{suboff|78}} |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mojtaba Jabari]] || {{goal|95}} || || {{suboff|116}} |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Alizadeh]] |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Farhad Majidi]] || || || {{suboff|73}} |-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohsen Yousefi (footballer, born 1984)|Mohsen Yousefi]] || || || {{subon|78}} |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Reza Mansourian]] || || || {{subon|116}} |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Arash Borhani]] || {{goal|99}} || || {{subon|73}} |-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|IRI}} [[Amir Ghalenoei]] |} {{col-break}} {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |- |colspan="4"|'''Pegah:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK || '''22''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Nazarmohammadi]] |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ebrahim Taghipour]] |- |DF || '''20''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Mokhtari (footballer)|Mohammad Mokhtari]] |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[William Djongo]] || ||{{sin bin}} |- |DF || '''33''' ||{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Akvsenti Gilauri]] |- |MF || '''11''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Reza Mahdavi (Rasht)|Mohammad Reza Mahdavi]] |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Martin Abena]] || || || {{suboff|113}} |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Noori]] |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hossein Ebrahimi]] |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Amin Motevaselzadeh]] || || || {{suboff|78}} |- |FW || '''10''' ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Afshin Chavoshi]] || || || {{suboff|61}} |-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |FW || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Saeed Pirsarandib]] || || || {{subon|113}} |- |DF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Masoud Mikaeli]] || || || {{subon|78}} |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hossein Maleki]] || || || {{subon|91}} |-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Nader Dastneshan]] |} {{col-end}}
== Champions == {{winners||Champions 2007–08 Hazfi Cup|[[Esteghlal Tehran FC|Esteghlal Tehran]]|Fifth}}
== See also == * [[2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup]] * [[2007–08 Azadegan League]] * [[2007–08 Iran Football's 2nd Division]] * [[2007–08 Iran Football's 3rd Division]] * [[2007–08 Hazfi Cup]] * [[Iranian Super Cup]] * [[2007–08 Iranian Futsal Super League]]
{{Hazfi Cup}} {{2007–08 in Iranian football}} {{Esteghlal F.C. matches}}
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