# 2013 Hazfi Cup final

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2013 Hazfi Cup final Event 2012–13 Hazfi Cup Persepolis Sepahan 2 2 Sepahan won 4–2 on penalties Date 5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) Venue Azadi Stadium, Tehran Man of the Match Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Fans' Man of the Match Omid Ebrahimi Referee Alireza Faghani Attendance 97,452 Weather Partly Cloudy 22 °C (72 °F) 16% humidity ← 2012 2014 →

The **2013 Hazfi Cup final** was the 26th final since 1975. The match was the [*Iran's El-classico*](/source/Persepolis%E2%80%93Sepahan_rivalry) between [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.) and [Sepahan](/source/Sepahan_F.C.). This was the clubs' second meeting in the final where Sepahan won 4–2 over Persepolis in the penalties in [2006](/source/2006_Hazfi_Cup_Final). The match was also the last match of Persepolis captain [Mehdi Mahdavikia](/source/Mehdi_Mahdavikia), a former [Iran national football team](/source/Iran_national_football_team) and [Hamburg SV](/source/Hamburg_SV) midfielder. Sepahan won Persepolis for another time in penalties and crowned their 4th domestic cup title. Sepahan was qualified for the group stage of the [2014 AFC Champions League](/source/2014_AFC_Champions_League).

## Format

The tie was contested over one legs, simply to [last edition](/source/2012_Hazfi_Cup_Final). If the teams could still not be separated, then [extra time](/source/Extra_time) would have been played with a [penalty shootout](/source/Penalty_shootout_(association_football)) (taking place if the teams were still level after that).

## Road to the finals

Further information: [2012–13 Hazfi Cup](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Hazfi_Cup)

Persepolis F.C. Round Sepahan S.C. Opponent Result H/A goalscorers Second stage Opponent Result H/A goalscorers Malavan 6–0 H Hadi Norouzi 2', 50', Karim Ansarifard 19', 75', 80', Gholamreza Rezaei 83' 1/16 Final Foolad 2–1 H Mohammad Gholami 9', Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 85' Naft Tehran 4–1 A Mohammad Nouri 26', 58', Hossein Mahini 75', Hadi Norouzi 84' 1/8 Final Mes Rafsanjan 1–0 A Xhevahir Sukaj 109' Zob Ahan 1–0 A Mohammad Nouri 102' Quarter-Final Sanat Naft 2–0 H Ervin Bulku 27', Farshid Talebi 61' Damash 1–1 (5–3 p) A Mohammad Nouri 83' Semi-Final Esteghlal 1–1 (5–4 p) A Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 42'

### [Persepolis](/source/Persepolis_F.C.)

Persepolis's head coach [Manuel José de Jesus](/source/Manuel_Jos%C3%A9_de_Jesus) was sacked ten days before Persepolis' first match in domestic cup campaign and his assistant and former captain [Yahya Golmohammadi](/source/Yahya_Golmohammadi) was appointed as the caretaker head coach. Golmohammadi's first match in charge occurred on the Round of 32, which they faced [Malavan](/source/Malavan_F.C.), match ends 6–0, same with Persepolis' best win over [Esteghlal](/source/Esteghlal_F.C.) in [Tehran derby](/source/Tehran_derby) in 1973. Persepolis also defeated another [Iran Pro League](/source/Iran_Pro_League) side, [Naft Tehran](/source/Naft_Tehran_F.C.) with their technicians coach [Mansour Ebrahimzadeh](/source/Mansour_Ebrahimzadeh) 4–1. Persepolis faced [Zob Ahan](/source/Zob_Ahan_F.C.) in quarter-finals and won the match 1–0 with a late goal from [Mohammad Nouri](/source/Mohammad_Nouri_(footballer)) in extra time. Their match with [Damash Gilan](/source/Damash_Gilan_F.C.) was also ends 1–1 after extra time and Persepolis won that match in the penalties.

### [Sepahan](/source/Sepahan_F.C.)

Sepahan began their campaign with hosting [Foolad](/source/Foolad_F.C.) in [Isfahan](/source/Isfahan). Foolad was eliminated Sepahan on the last edition at the same stadium but Sepahan won the match 2–1 with goals comes from [Mohammad Gholami](/source/Mohammad_Gholami) and [Mohammad Reza Khalatbari](/source/Mohammad_Reza_Khalatbari_(footballer%2C_born_1983)) and [Luciano Pereira](/source/Luciano_Pereira_Mendes) was foolad's scorer. On the Round of 16, Sepahan faced with [second tier](/source/Azadegan_League) side, [Mes Rafsanjan](/source/Mes_Rafsanjan_F.C.), match ends 1–0 for Sepahan after extra time. Sepahan also defeated [Sanat Naft](/source/Sanat_Naft_F.C.) 2–0 and was qualified to semi-final to face with powerhouse [Esteghlal](/source/Esteghlal_F.C.). Esteghlal was [defending champion](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Hazfi_Cup) and match was ends 1–1 after extra time and goes to penalties. Sepahan won 5–4 on penalties and qualified to their 4th final in last 10 years.

## Pre-match

### Match history

Persepolis appeared in six Hazfi Cup Finals before this match. They won the cup in 1988, 1992, 1999, 2010 and 2011 and were runners-up in 2006. This was Sepahan's fourth appearance in a Hazfi Cup Final, having won in 2004, 2006 and 2007. The teams had met 50 times in the [Iranian Football League](/source/Iranian_Football_League). Persepolis won 17 times, Sepahan 12 times and the other 21 games were drawn.

### Ticketing

Ticket prices for the final started at 2,000 [toman](/source/Iranian_rial) and were also available at 5,000 and 10,000 with all of the incomes was awarded to a charitable foundation to spend for the people involved in [Bushehr](/source/2013_Bushehr_earthquake) and [Sistan earthquakes](/source/2013_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_earthquake). The Cup winners received 50,000,000 from the [IRIFF](/source/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Football_Federation) while the runners-up was earned 25,000,000 tomans.

### Venue

Team officials met with each other on 1 April 2013 to decide on the final venue. After they failed to agree on a venue between [Ghadir Stadium](/source/Ghadir_Stadium) in [Ahvaz](/source/Ahvaz), [Samen Stadium](/source/Samen_Stadium) in [Mashhad](/source/Mashhad) and [Sahand Stadium](/source/Sahand_Stadium) in [Tabriz](/source/Tabriz), the final venue was decided with a draw which 100,000 capacity [Azadi Stadium](/source/Azadi_Stadium) (the Persepolis F.C. home Stadium) was announced as the venue for the 2013 final.

Sepahan players celebrating winning after penalties

### Officials

[FIFA](/source/FIFA) listed referee, [Alireza Faghani](/source/Alireza_Faghani) who also refereed the [2012 edition](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Hazfi_Cup) [final](/source/2012_Hazfi_Cup_Final) was announced as the final match referee by [IRIFF](/source/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Football_Federation)'s referees committee. Hassan Kamranifar, the assistant referee of [2010 FIFA World Cup](/source/2010_FIFA_World_Cup) and Reza Sokhandan helped Faghani. Yadollah Soleimani was the fourth official.

### Kit colors

Sepahan wore their yellow home kit for the Final. They also used the away dressing room.

## Details

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05)

18:00 ([UTC+4:30](/source/UTC%2B4%3A30))

Persepolis 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Sepahan Ansarifard 24' Nouri 99' Report Sukaj 59' Gholami 106' Penalties Norouzi Mahini Haghighi Naghizadeh 2 – 4 Bulku Khalatbari Ebrahimi Hajsafi

[Azadi Stadium](/source/Azadi_Stadium), [Tehran](/source/Tehran)

Attendance: 97,452

Referee: [Alireza Faghani](/source/Alireza_Faghani)

Persepolis Sepahan

Persepolis: GK 40 Nilson Corrêa RB 13 Hossein Mahini 120' CB 4 Jalal Hosseini CB 6 Mohsen Bengar LB 23 Amir Hossein Feshangchi DM 33 Reza Haghighi 30' RM 8 Ali Karimi (c) 84' LM 39 Adel Kolahkaj AM 14 Mohammad Nouri 39' SS 10 Gholamreza Rezaei 115' CF 9 Karim Ansarifard 56' Substitutes: GK 22 Reza Mohammadi DF 20 Alireza Noormohammadi DF 30 Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh MF 2 Mehdi Mahdavikia 115' MF 18 Meysam Naghizadeh 84' MF 17 Vlatko Grozdanoski FW 24 Hadi Norouzi 56' Manager: Yahya Golmohammadi Sepahan: GK 35 Shahab Gordan RB 38 Ervin Bulku CB 5 Mohammad-Ali Ahmadi CB 6 Milan Susak LB 11 Mohsen Irannejad DM 15 Omid Ebrahimi 101' RM 23 Amin Jahan Alian 63' LM 10 Hossein Papi AM 4 Moharram Navidkia (c) 81' SS 33 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 45' CF 14 Xhevahir Sukaj 70' Substitutes: GK 1 Mohammad-Bagher Sadeghi DF 17 Abolhassan Jafari DF 18 Mohammad Hossein Moradmand MF 9 Mehdi Jafarpour MF 28 Ehsan Hajsafi 81' FW 8 Mohammad Gholami 70' FW 21 Radomir Đalović 63' Manager: Zlatko Kranjčar

Man of the match Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Sepahan) Assistant referees: Hassan Kamranifar Reza Sokhandan Fourth official: Yadollah Soleimani 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

### Statistics

Persepolis Sepahan Total shots 15 18 Shots on target 8 6 Ball possession 55% 45% Corner kicks 5 5 Fouls committed 10 11 Offsides 3 0 Yellow cards 3 2 Red cards 0 0

**Source:** Varzesh3[1]

## See also

- [2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Persian_Gulf_Cup)

- [2012–13 Azadegan League](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Azadegan_League)

- [2012–13 Iran Football's 2nd Division](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Iran_Football's_2nd_Division)

- [2012–13 Iran Football's 3rd Division](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Iran_Football's_3rd_Division)

- [2012–13 Hazfi Cup](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Hazfi_Cup)

- [Iranian Super Cup](/source/Iranian_Super_Cup)

- [2012–13 Iranian Futsal Super League](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_Iranian_Futsal_Super_League)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Varzesh3_1-0)** ["Sepahan win Hazfi Cup"](http://www.varzesh3.com/livescores.do). *Varzesh3*. Varzesh3. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

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v t e 2012–13 in Iranian football « 2011–12 2013–14 » Domestic leagues Iran Pro League Azadegan League Iran Football's 2nd Division Iran Football's 3rd Division Domestic cups Hazfi Cup Asian competitions AFC Champions League 2012 2013 Related to national team 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round Club seasons Iran Pro League Aluminium Damash Esteghlal Fajr Sepasi Foolad Gahar Malavan Mes Naft Tehran Paykan Persepolis Rah Ahan Saba Qom Saipa Sanat Naft Sepahan Tractor Sazi Zob Ahan Azadegan League Group A Aboomoslem Etka Foolad Yazd Iranjavan Gostaresh Foolad Mes Rafsanjan Payam Mokhaberat Parseh Tehran Paykan Saipa Shomal Sanat Sari Shahrdari Arak Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Steel Azin Group B Aluminium Hormozgan Bargh Shiraz Esteghlal Khuzestan Gahar Zagros Gol Gohar Mashin Sazi Naft Masjed Soleyman Nassaji Mazandaran Niroye Zamini PAS Hamedan Sanati Kaveh Shahrdari Yasuj Shirin Faraz Tarbiat Yazd 2nd Division Group A Caspian Qazvin Choka Talesh Datis Lorestan Fajr Jam Bushehr Foolad Novin Giti Pasand Isfahan Minab Toyur Hormozgan Moghavemat Tehran Naft va Gaz Gachsaran Naft Mahmoudabad Naft Omidiyeh Sanat Sari Shahrdari Ardebil Shahrdari Langarud Group B Badr Hormozgan Esteghlal Sari Mehr Karaj Mes Soongoun Varzaghan Persepolis Ganaveh Persepolis 15 Khordad Varamin F.C. Sanat Naft Novin Seifabad Kazerun Sepidrood Rasht Shahrdari Dezful Shahrdari Noshahr Shamoushak Noshahr Steel Azin Siah Jamegan Khorasan Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e Persepolis F.C. matches Hazfi Cup Finals 1988 1991 1999 2006 2010 2011 2013 2019 2023 Iranian Super Cups 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 AFC Champions League Finals 2018 2020 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Finals 1991 1993

v t e Sepahan Sports Club Football team Reserve team Managers Players Home stadiums Takhti Stadium (1953–1982) 22nd Bahman Stadium (1982–2003) Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium (2003–2007, 2016–) Foolad Shahr Stadium (2007–2016) Rivalries Naghsh-e-Jahan Derby (vs Zob Ahan) vs Esteghlal vs Persepolis Other teams Sepahan B Handball team (Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan) Futsal team

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