2006 Hazfi Cup Final
# 2006 Hazfi Cup Final

The 2006 Hazfi Cup Final was a two-legged football tie in order to determine the 2005–06 Hazfi Cup champion of Iranian football clubs. Persepolis faced Sepahan in this final game. The first leg took place on September 13, 2006 at 17:40 local time (UTC+3:30) at Azadi Stadium in Tehran and the second leg took place on September 22, 2006 at 15:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Naghsh Jahan Stadium, Esfahan.

## Format

The rules for the final were exactly the same as the one in 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 extra time).

## Route to the final

| Perspolis | Perspolis | Perspolis | Perspolis | Round | Sepahan | Sepahan | Sepahan | Sepahan |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | H/A | Perspolis goalscorers | Second stage | Opponent | Result | H/A | Sepahan goalscorers |
| Keshto Sannat Shushtar | 2–0 | H | Davoud Seyed Abbasi, Sheys Rezaei | 1/16 Final | Mes Kerman | 2–1 | H | Rasoul Khatibi (2) |
| Aboomoslem | 3–2 | A | Mehrzad Madanchi (3) | 1/8 Final | Pas Tehran | 0–0 (4-3) | A | - |
| Malavan | 3–1 | H | Pejman Nouri, Mehrzad Madanchi (2) | Quarter-Final | Tractor Sazi | 1–0 | H | Mohammad Nouri |
| Nozhan | 2–2 (7-6) | A | Mehrzad Madanchi (2) | Semi-Final | Saba Batri | 3–1 | A | Mohammad Nouri, Jalal Akbari, Mahmoud Mansouri |

## Final Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Persepolis | 2-2 | Sepahan | 1-1 | 1-1 |

### First Leg

Persepolis: :

| GK | 1 | Farshid Karimi |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 13 | Sheys Rezaei | |
| DF | 3 | Abolfazl Hajizadeh |
| DF | 25 | Jacques Elong Elong | | 76' |
| MF | 21 | Ebrahim Asadi | | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Hossein Badamaki |
| MF | 18 | Pejman Nouri |
| MF | 17 | Farzad Ashoubi |
| MF | 15 | Mohammad Reza Mamani | | 59' |
| MF | 11 | Mehrzad Madanchi | | 69' |
| MF | 10 | Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht | 45+3' |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 5 | Robert Caha | | 46' |
| MF | 20 | Davoud Seyed Abbasi | | 59' |
| MF | 2 | Masoud Zarei | | 76' |
| Manager: |||
| Mustafa Denizli ||||

Sepahan: :

| GK | Armenak Petrosyan |
| - | - |
| DF | Mohsen Bengar |
| DF | Hamid Azizzadeh |
| DF | Hadi Aghily |
| DF | Jalal Akbari | |
| MF | Moharram Navidkia | | 68' |
| MF | Abdul Wahab Abu Al Hail | |
| MF | Hadi Jafari |
| MF | Ebrahim Loveinian |
| FW | Hamid Shafiei | 73' | 82' |
| FW | Mehdi Seyed Salehi | | 46' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | Mohammad Nouri | | 46' |
| FW | Emad Mohammed Ridha | | 68' |
| MF | Javad Maheri | | 82' |
| Manager: |||
| Luka Bonačić ||||

### Second Leg

Sepahan: :

| GK | Armenak Petrosyan |
| - | - |
| DF | Hadi Aghily |
| DF | Mohsen Bengar |
| DF | Hamid Azizzadeh |
| DF | Jalal Akbari |
| MF | Ebrahim Loveinian |
| MF | Abdul Wahab Abu Al Hail | |
| MF | Hadi Jafari | | 76' |
| MF | Mohammad Nouri | | 46' |
| FW | Hamid Shafiei | 63' | 78' |
| FW | Emad Mohammed Ridha |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | Moharram Navidkia | | 46' |
| MF | Javad Maheri | | 76' |
| MF | Mahmoud Karimi | | 78' |
| Manager: |||
| Luka Bonačić ||||

Persepolis: :

| GK | 1 | Farshid Karimi |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Abolfazl Hajizadeh |
| DF | 13 | Sheys Rezaei |
| DF | 25 | Jacques Elong Elong |
| MF | 6 | Karim Bagheri |
| MF | 18 | Pejman Nouri | | 115' |
| MF | 17 | Farzad Ashoubi |
| MF | 21 | Ebrahim Asadi | 56' | 71' |
| MF | 10 | Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht | |
| FW | 19 | Luay Salah Hassan | | 80' |
| MF | 11 | Mehrzad Madanchi | | 69' |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 5 | Robert Caha | | 115' |
| MF | 8 | Hossein Badamaki | | 71' |
| FW | 14 | Ehsan Khorsandi | | 80' |
| Manager: |||
| Mustafa Denizli ||||

## Champions

* Champions 2005–06 Hazfi Cup
* Sepahan Esfahan Second title
