2012–13 Hazfi Cup

Football tournament season

2012–13 Hazfi Cup
Tournament details

Country	Iran
Dates	13 December 2012 (2012-12-13) – 5 May 2013
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Sepahan (4th title)
Runner-up	Persepolis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	86 (2.77 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mohammad Nouri (5 goals)
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The 2012–13 Hazfi Cup was the 26th season of the Iranian football knockout competition. Esteghlal was the defending champion, but was eliminated by Sepahan in the semi-final. The competition started on 13 December 2012 and ended on 5 May 2013. Sepahan won the title after defeating Persepolis in final.

Results

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Tractor Sazi

w/o

Aluminium

Tractor Sazi

1(4)

Damash Gilan

1(5)

Parseh Iranian

Damash Gilan

0(4)

Fajr Sepasi

0(3)

Saipa Shomal

Mes Sarcheshmeh

Saipa Shomal

1(2)

Fajr Sepasi

1(3)

Fajr Sepasi

w/o

Sang Ahan

Damash Gilan

1(3)

Persepolis

1(5)

Zob Ahan

Zob Ahan

Shahrdari Yasuj

Persepolis

Naft Tehran

w/o

Naft Tehran

Persepolis

Malavan

Persepolis

2(2)

Sepahan

2(4)

Gahar Zagros

Esteghlal

Esteghlal

Saba

w/o

Aboomoslem

1(4)

Sepahan

1(5)

Niroye Zamini

Sanat Naft

Rah Ahan

Rah Ahan

w/o

Shahin Bushehr

Sanat Naft

Sepahan

Mes Rafsanjan

w/o

Bargh Shiraz

Mes Rafsanjan

Sepahan

Foolad

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

Round of 32

Sepahan v Foolad

13 December 2012 (2012-12-13) 1	Sepahan	2–1	Foolad	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
16:15 IST	Gholami 9' Khalatbari 85'	Report	Pereira 60'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Mes Rafsanjan v Bargh Shiraz

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 2	Mes Rafsanjan	w/o	Bargh Shiraz	Bahonar Stadium, Kerman
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Bargh Shiraz withdrew

Tractor Sazi v Aluminium

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 3	Tractor Sazi	w/o	Aluminium	Sahand Stadium, Tabriz
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Aluminium withdrew

Parseh v Damash Gilan

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 4	Parseh	1–3	Damash Gilan	Sanaye Defai Stadium, Tehran
14:15 IST	Ipakchi 85'		Jahanbakhsh 26' Ebrahimi 44' Kébé 69'	Attendance: 50 Referee: Shahin Haj Babaei

Saipa Shomal v Mes Sarcheshmeh

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 5	Saipa Shomal	1–0	Mes Sarcheshmeh	Shohada Stadium, Sari
14:15 IST	Torshizi 62' (o.g)			Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Rasoul Rahbarfam

Fajr Sepasi v Sang Ahan

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 6	Fajr Sepasi	w/o	Sang Ahan	Hafezieh Stadium, Shiraz
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Sang Ahan withdrew

Zob Ahan v Hafari

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 7	Zob Ahan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Hafari	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
14:15 IST	Rajabzadeh 98'			Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Reza Kermanshahi

Shahrdari Yasuj v Mes Kerman

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 8	Shahrdari Yasuj	4–1	Mes Kerman	Takhti Stadium, Yasuj
13:30 IST	Pourmand 21' Cheraghi 56' Jafari 90+2' 90+3'		Enayati 38'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Javad Sharafi

Esteghlal Ahvaz v Gahar Zagros

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 9	Esteghlal Ahvaz	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Gahar Zagros	Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz
14:15 IST	Sharafi 5' Jaberi 114'		Torkashvand 17' 97' Nayebi 120'	Attendance: 18,800 Referee: Jamshid Daneshmehr

Esteghlal v Saipa

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 10	Esteghlal	4–0	Saipa	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
16:15 IST	Borhani 46' 66' Hatemi 64' Arze 90+4'			Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Toraj Haghverdi

Saba Qom v Naft Masjed Soleyman

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 11	Saba Qom	w/o	Naft Masjed Soleyman	Yadegar Emam Stadium, Qom
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Naft Masjed Soleyman withdrew

Aboomoslem v Paykan

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 12	Aboomoslem	2–0	Paykan	Samen Stadium, Mashhad
14:15 IST	Máximo 32' (o.g.) Azarpad 55'			Attendance: 30,200 Referee: Saeed Fatahi

Niroye Zamini v Sanat Naft

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 13	Niroye Zamini	1–3	Sanat Naft	Padgan G Stadium, Tehran
13:30 IST	Moghadam 71'		Khaleghifar 23' Barzay 65' Navidkia 85'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Mohammad Maleki

Rah Ahan v Shahin Bushehr

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 14	Rah Ahan	w/o	Shahin Bushehr	Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Shahin Bushehr withdrew

Shahrdari Tabriz v Naft Tehran

19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) 15	Shahrdari Tabriz	w/o	Naft Tehran	Sahand Stadium, Tehran
14:15 IST				Referee: None
Note: Shahrdari Tabriz withdrew

Persepolis v Malavan

19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) 16	Persepolis	6–0	Malavan	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
16:15 IST	Norouzi 2' 50' Ansarifard 19' 75' 80' Rezaei 83'			Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mohsen Torky

Round of 16

Mes Rafsanjan v Sepahan

20 December 2012 17	Mes Rafsanjan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Sepahan	Takhti Stadium, Rafsanjan
13:30 IST			Sukaj 109'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mehdi Seyed Ali

Damash Gilan v Tractor Sazi

20 December 2012 18	Damash Gilan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Tractor Sazi	Dr. Azodi Stadium, Rasht
14:00 IST	Mahdavi 50'		Salehi 26'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar
	Penalties
	Nazifkar Abshak Hajizadeh Mahdavi Hajaati		Kiani Paixão Iranpourian Ebrahimi Assadi

Fajr Sepasi v Saipa Shomal

20 December 2012 19	Fajr Sepasi	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Saipa Shomal	Hafezieh Stadium, Shiraz
14:00 IST	Nazari 7'		Norouzi 52'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour
	Penalties
	Rigi Hosseini Shojaeian Khalili Ansari		Rameshghar Riahi Kiani Moghadam Hezarjaribi Faraji

Shahrdari Yasuj v Zob Ahan

20 December 2012 20	Shahrdari Yasuj	0–1	Zob Ahan	Takhti Stadium, Yasuj
13:30 IST			Farhadi 74'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohsen Ghahremani

Sanat Naft v Rah Ahan

20 December 2012 21	Sanat Naft	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Rah Ahan	Takhti Stadium, Abadan
14:00 IST	Barzay 69' 84' Arab 117'		Rajabzadeh 4' Pashaei 40'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh

Aboomoslem v Saba Qom

21 December 2012 22	Aboomoslem	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Saba Qom	Samen Stadium, Mashhad
13:30 IST	Hamidi 101' Shakeri 115'		Haghjou 113'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahmad Salehi
Note: The original match was scheduled to take place on 20 December but was postponed to 21 December due to heavy rain

Gahar Zagros v Esteghlal

22 December 2012 23	Gahar Zagros	0–1	Esteghlal	Takhti Stadium, Dorud
14:00 IST			Mousavi 66'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
Note: The original match was scheduled to take place on 21 December but was postponed to 22 December due to heavy rain

Naft Tehran v Persepolis

8 January 2013 24	Naft Tehran	1–4	Persepolis	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
16:30 IST	Manouchehri 14'		Nouri 26' 58' Mahini 75' (pen.) Norouzi 84'	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh
Note: The original match was scheduled to take place in Takhti Stadium

Quarter-final

Sepahan v Sanat Naft

9 January 2013 25	Sepahan	2–0	Sanat Naft	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
14:30 IST	Bulku 27' Talebi 61'			Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Fajr Sepasi v Damash Gilan

9 January 2013 26	Fajr Sepasi	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Damash Gilan	Hafezieh Stadium, Shiraz
14:00 IST				Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi
	Penalties
	Nazari Esmaeili Ansari Hosseini Kazemi Ansari		Nazifkar Jahanbakhsh Abshak Mahdavi Hajizadeh Rahimi

Esteghlal v Aboomoslem

9 January 2013 27	Esteghlal	5–0	Aboomoslem	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
17:30 IST	Samuel 25' Hatami 46' 65' Nekounam 63' (pen.) Montazeri 76'			Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alborz Hajipour

Zob Ahan v Persepolis

5 March 2013 28	Zob Ahan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Persepolis	Fooladshahr Stadium, Isfahan
15:30 IST			Nouri 102'	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Semi-final

Esteghlal v Sepahan

30 March 2013 29	Esteghlal	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sepahan	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
17:00 IST	Hatami 63'		Khalatbari 42'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Jabbari Samuel Mohammad-Rezaei Sadeghi Nekounam Rahmati Hatami		Bulku Ebrahimi Khalatbari Hajsafi Jamshidian Irannejad Susak

Damash Gilan v Persepolis

6 April 2013 30	Damash Gilan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Persepolis	Dr. Azodi Stadium, Rasht
17:00 IST	Motevaselzadeh 70'		Nouri 83'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Saeid Mozafarizadeh
	Penalties
	Rahimi Abshak Chavoshi Ebrahimi		Norouzi Mahini Hosseini Karimi Ansarifard

Final

Persepolis v Sepahan

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 31	Persepolis	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Sepahan	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
18:00 IST	Ansarifard 24' Nouri 99'		Sukaj 59' Gholami 106'	Attendance: 97,452 Referee: Alireza Faghani
	Penalties
	Norouzi Mahini Haghighi Naghizadeh		Bulku Khalatbari Ebrahimi Hajsafi

Goal scorers

5 goals

Mohammad Nouri (Persepolis)

4 goals

3 goals

Behnam Barzay (Sanat Naft)
Hadi Norouzi (Persepolis)

2 goals

1 goals

Own goals

Diego Máximo (Paykan), Scored for Aboomoslem (1)
Mojtaba Torshizi (Mes Sarcheshmeh), Scored for Saipa Shomal (1)

References

Hazfi Cup

Seasons

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2021
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Final

Finals
Winning managers

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

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