2014 Hazfi Cup final explained

Event:2013–14 Hazfi Cup
Team1:Mes Kerman
Team2:Tractor
Team1score:0
Team2score:1
Date:14 February 2014
Stadium:Shahid Bahonar Stadium
City:Kerman
Man Of The Match1a:Saeid Daghighi
Man Of The Match1b:Karim Ansarifard
Man Of The Match1btitle:Fans'
Attendance:14,855
Referee:Yadollah Jahanbazi
Weather:Cloudy
17°C
12% humidity
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 Hazfi Cup Final was the 27th final since 1975. The match was between Mes Kerman and Tractor which Tractor won the match 1–0, with Saeid Daghighi scored in the 51st minute. Tractor qualified for the group stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League as the winner of the tournament.

Format

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

Road to the finals

Mes Kerman

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scope=row style="text-align:center"5thShahrdari Dezful (a)1–3
scope=row style="text-align:center"6thNaft Omidiyeh (h)2–1
scope=row style="text-align:center" QFSanat Naft (h)3–1
scope=row style="text-align:center"SFEsteghlal (a)1–2
Mes Kerman began their work in the tournament with coach Parviz Mazloomi. They beat 2nd Division side Shahrdari Dezful in their home in Dezful, Ahvaz 3–1 with goals from Eslami, Edinho and Goudarzi. At Round of 16, Mes defeated another 2nd Division League club, Naft Omidiyeh at Kerman. In the next round, they beat current Azadegan League and former Iran Pro League side Sanat Naft in extra time to reach to the Last 4. In semi-final they defeated Iran Pro League leaders Esteghlal with a late goal from Edinho, this time with Luka Bonačić. The result saw that Mes advanced to the final for the first time and Esteghlal failed to reach to their 10th final appearance.

Tractor

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scope=row style="text-align:center"5thMachine Sazi (h)3–0
scope=row style="text-align:center"6thNaft Masjed Soleyman (a)0–2
scope=row style="text-align:center" QFRah Ahan (a)0–2
scope=row style="text-align:center"SFFoolad (h)1–0

Tractor was drawn in the fifth round with another Tabriz based club, Machine Sazi. Machine Sazi withdrew in favor to support Tractor in the tournament and Tractor awarded a 3–0 win. In Round of 16, Tractor defeated Naft Masjed Soleyman 2–0 with goals comes from Talebi and Ansarifard. In 1/4 Final, they beat Rah Ahan 2–0 at Takhti Stadium. Daghighi and Ansarifard scored Tractor's goals at the match. Tractor defeated Foolad 1–0 in 1/2 Final and reached the final with Daghighi scored the only goal of the match, held in Sahand Stadium.

Pre-match

Match history

This was Mes Kerman's first Hazfi final and Tractor's third appearance in the final match of the tournament. Both teams never won the title in their history before the match. Tractor's first final was in 1976 edition which they was defeated by Malavan in Amjadieh Stadium. Next time was in 1995 which they lost the final match to Bahman 2–1 on aggregate.

Ticketing

Ticket prices for the final was 5,000 toman. 50% of the stadium were belongs to the Mes Kerman's fans and others were belong to Tractor's fans.

Venue

The final was decided with draw which 15,000 capacity Shahid Bahonar Stadium (the Mes Kemran's home Stadium) was announced as the venue for the final.

Officials

FIFA listed referee, Yadollah Jahanbazi was announced as the final match referee by IRIFF's referees committee. Mohammad Reza Abolfazli and Ali Mirzabeigi assisted him. Moud Bonyadifar was also fourth official.

Detalis

Mes Kerman:5–3–2
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GK 1 Arman Shahdadnejad
DF 2 Farhad Salaripour
DF 3 Mojtaba Tarshiz
DF 5
DF 14
DF 90 Sheys Rezaei
MF 6 Ahmad Reza Zendeh Rouh
MF 8 Farzad Hosseinkhani (c)
MF 17 Milad Jahani
FW 10
FW 30 Edinho
Substitutes:
GK 33 Hassan Roudbarian
DF 16
DF 23 Iain Fyfe
DF 35
MF 24 Mohammad Abshak
MF 27 Juninho
FW 11
Manager:
Luka Bonačić
Tractor:3–4–3
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GK 1 Hamed Lak
DF 20 Mohammad Nosrati
DF 34 Milad Fakhreddini
DF 88 Morteza Asadi (c)
MF 6
MF 7 Mehdi Karimian
MF 8
MF 9
FW 10
FW 11
FW 13
Substitutes:
GK 22 Davoud Noshi Sofiani
DF 4
MF 17 Meysam Baou
MF 18
MF 28 Mohammad Hossein Mehrazma
FW 14 Mohammad Ebrahimi
FW 27
Manager:
Toni
Man of the match

Assistant referees


Mohammad Reza Abolfazli
Ali Mirzabeigi
Fourth official


Moud BonyadifarMatch rules:

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

See also