2020 Hazfi Cup final

{{Infobox football match | image= [[File:13990613000782637347661572166915 قهرمانی تراکتور در جام حذفی.jpg|250px]] | title= 2020 Hazfi Cup final | event = [[2019–20 Hazfi Cup]] | team1 = [[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]] | team1association = | team1score = 3 | team2 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | team2association = | team2score = 2 |date= 3 September 2020 | details = | stadium = [[Imam Reza Stadium]] | city = [[Mashhad]] | man_of_the_match1a = [[Ashkan Dejagah]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20201026101040/http://www.bankvarzesh.com/fa/News/641497 دژاگه، بهترین بازیکن فینال حذفی]}}</ref> | referee = [[Mooud Bonyadifar]] | attendance = 0 | weather = Clear {{convert|32|°C|°F}} 11% [[humidity]] | previous = [[2019 Hazfi Cup final|2019]] | next = [[2021 Hazfi Cup final|2021]] }} '''2020 Hazfi Cup final''' was the final match of the 33rd edition of [[Hazfi Cup]] that was held between [[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]] and [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] at [[Imam Reza Stadium]] in [[Mashhad]]. Tractor won 3-2 against Esteghlal and won the cup for the second time.

Originally, the final was planned to be held at [[Pars Shiraz Stadium|Pars Stadium]] in [[Shiraz]] in mid-May 2020 but it was delayed. On 26 August 2020, the final venue was also changed due to problems with the field in Pars stadium.<ref>[https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1704426/%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF تغییر ورزشگاه فینال حذفی]</ref> The match was also played behind closed doors due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Iran]].

==Teams== {| class="wikitable" |- !Team !City !Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |- |[[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]] |[[Tabriz]] |4 (1976, 1995, '''2014''', 2017) |- |[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |[[Tehran]] |11 ('''1977''', 1991, '''1996''', 1999, '''2000''', '''2002''', 2004, '''2008''', '''2012''', 2016, '''2018''') |}

==Route to the final==

===Tractor=== <div class="thumb floatright"> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin:0" |- !scope="col" style="width:80px"|Round !scope="col" style="width:170px"|Opposition !scope="col" style="width:50px"|Score |- !scope=row style="text-align:center"|Round of 32 |[[PAS Hamedan F.C.|PAS Hamedan]] ([[Haj Babayi Stadium|A]]) |2–1 |- !scope=row style="text-align:center"|Round of 16 |[[Navad Urmia F.C.|Navad Urmia]] ([[Takhti Urmia|A]]) |1–1 (P: 7-6) |- !scope=row style="text-align:center"|Quarter-final |[[Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]] ([[Yadegar Emam Stadium|H]]) |4–1 |- !scope=row style="text-align:center"|Semi-Final |[[Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C.|Naft Masjed Soleyman]] ([[Yadegar Emam Stadium|H]]) |1–0 |- |colspan="3"|'''Key:''' (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = [[Neutral venue]] |} </div>

Tractor, as a [[Iran Pro League]] club, started in the Round of 32 against [[League 2 (Iran)|League 2]] side [[Pas F.C.|Pas Hamedan]] and won 2–1 with goals from [[Ashkan Dejagah]] and [[Mohammad Reza Azadi]] at their Haj Babayi Stadium. In the next round, they drew [[Navad Urmia F.C.|Navad Urmia]] at Takhti Stadium of Urumia and they won 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes. In the quarter-final round they were drawn with [[Mes Kerman F C|Mes Kerman]] at home and won 4-1 with goals from [[Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh]], [[Ashkan Dejagah]], [[Mohammad Reza Azadi]] and [[Saeid Mehri]]. In the semi-final at [[Yadegar-e Emam Stadium (Tabriz)|Yadegar-e Emam Stadium]], Tractor played the first team from [[Iran Pro League]] [[Naft Masjed Soleyman F.C.|Naft Masjed Soleyman]] in the cup. Tractor reached the final after a 1-0 win with a goal from [[Saeid Mehri]].

===Esteghlal=== <div class="thumb floatright"> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin:0" |- !scope="col" style="width:80px"|Round !scope="col" style="width:170px"|Opposition !scope="col" style="width:50px"|Score |- !scope=row style="text-align:center"|Round of 32 |[[Gol Reyhan Alborz F.C.|Gol Reyhan Alborz]] ([[Enghelab Karaj|A]]) |3-1 (aet) |- !scope=row style="text-align:center"|Round of 16 |[[Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.|Fajr Sepasi Shiraz]] ([[Azadi Stadium|H]]) |3-0 (aet) |- !scope=row style="text-align:center"|Quarter-final |[[Sepahan Isfahan F.C.|Sepahan Isfahan]] ([[Azadi Stadium|H]]) |2–0 |- !scope=row style="text-align:center"|Semi-Final |[[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] ([[Azadi Stadium|A]]) |2-2 P: 4-1 |- |colspan="3"|'''Key:''' (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = [[Neutral venue]] |} </div> Esteghlal, as a [[Iran Pro League]] club, started in the Round of 32 against [[Azadegan League]] side [[Gol Reyhan Alborz F.C.|Gol Reyhan Alborz]] and won 3-1 after extra time with goals from [[Sajjad Aghaei]] and [[Farshid Esmaeili]] and an own goal at Enghelab Karaj Stadium. In the next round, they faced another Azadegan League side [[Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C.|Fajr Sepasi Shiraz]] at Azadi Stadium and they won 3-0 after extra time with goals from [[Voria Ghafouri]], [[Sajjad Aghaei]] and [[Dariush Shojaeian]]. In the quarter-final round they were drawn with [[Sepahan Isfahan F.C.|Sepahan Isfahan]] at home and won 2-0 with goals from [[Voria Ghafouri]] and [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1994)|Ali Karimi]]. In the semi-final at [[Azadi Stadium]], Esteghlal played with [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] in the 93rd [[Tehran Derby]]. Esteghlal won semi-final match in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw in 120 minutes. [[Mehdi Ghayedi]] and [[Mohammad Daneshgar]] scored goals for Esteghlal and [[Cheick Diabaté (footballer, born 1988)|Cheick Diabaté]], [[Vouria Ghafouri]], [[Hrvoje Milić]] and [[Amir Arsalan Motahari]] scored their penalties while [[Hossein Hosseini (footballer born 1992)|Hossein Hosseini]] saved one penalty as the goalkeeper.

== Details == {{Football box |bg = |stack = yes |round = |date = 3 September 2020 |time = 18:15 |team1 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |score = 2–3 |report = https://www.varzesh3.com/match/88900/جام-حذفی-ایران-فینال-استقلال-تراکتور |team2 = [[Tractor S.C.|Tractor]] |goals1 = [[Mehdi Ghayedi|Ghayedi]] {{goal|51}} [[Amir Arsalan Motahari|Motahari]] {{goal|79}} |goals2 = [[Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh|Khanzadeh]] {{goal|17}} [[Ashkan Dejagah|Dejagah]] {{goal|34}} [[Akbar Imani|Imani]] {{goal|41}} |stadium = [[Imam Reza Stadium|Imam Reza]] |location = [[Mashhad]] |attendance = 0 |referee = [[Mooud Bonyadifar]] |motm = |note = }}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%" | '''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant Referees]]:''' {{flagicon|IRN}} Saeid Alinezhadian {{flagicon|IRN}} Saeid Ghasemi '''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Additional AR|Additional AR]]:''' {{flagicon|IRN}} Seyed Vahid Kazemi {{flagicon|IRN}} Amir Arabbaraghi '''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:''' {{flagicon|IRN}} Morteza Mansourian |}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:2019–20 in Iranian football|Hazfi Cup Final]] [[Category:Tractor S.C. matches]] [[Category:Hazfi Cup finals|2020]] [[Category:Esteghlal F.C. matches]]