Iranian Hazfi Cup

Hazfi Cup (Persian: جام حذفی, romanized: Jām-e Hazfi, lit. 'knockout cup') is an Iranian knockout football competition held annually by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Championship. After the revival of the league system, the champion of Iranian league qualified for Asian Club Championship and the winner of Hazfi Cup for Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The Asian Cup Winners' Cup merged with the Asian Champions Cup in 2002–03 to form the AFC Champions League and Iran was initially given two (and later four) slots in this competitions. The IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's AFC Champions League spots to the winner of the Hazfi Cup, and since then, the winners of Hazfi Cup have always been allocated a spot in the AFC Champions League.

The competition was founded in 1975 as Pahlavi Cup but after the revolution continued as Hazfi Cup. Esteghal and Persepolis are the most successful clubs with seven titles each.

Format

The rules for the final were exactly the same as the one for 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 that).

Finals

The champions are shown in Bold.

Performance by finalists

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Statistics

Winners by Province

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Winners by City

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Winning managers

See also

• IPL
• Azadegan League
• Iran Football's 2nd Division
• Iran Football's 3rd Division
• Iranian Super Cup
• Iranian Futsal Super League
• Iran Futsal's 1st Division
• List of Hazfi Cup winning managers

Notes

References

External links

• List of Hazfi Cup Champions from RSSSF
• Hazfi Cup – Hailoosport.com (Arabic)
• Hazfi Cup – Hailoosport.com
• Hazfi Cup summary (SOCCERWAY)(English)

1. List of Hazfi Cup winning managers
2. 2023–24 Hazfi Cup
3. 2022–23 Hazfi Cup
4. Iranian Super Cup
5. F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran
6. 1976 Hazfi Cup
7. Malavan F.C.
8. 2021 Hazfi Cup
9. 2005–06 Hazfi Cup
10. Tractor S.C.
11. 2003–04 Hazfi Cup
12. 2023 Iranian Super Cup
13. List of Iranian football champions
14. Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.
15. Sepahan S.C.
16. Persepolis F.C.–Sepahan S.C. rivalry
17. Persian Gulf Pro League
18. 2010–11 Hazfi Cup
19. Yahya Golmohammadi
20. 2002–03 Hazfi Cup