2014 Hazfi Cup Final
# 2014 Hazfi Cup Final

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

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| - | - | - |
| 5th | Shahrdari Dezful (a) | 1–3 |
| 6th | Naft Omidiyeh (h) | 2–1 |
| QF | Sanat Naft (h) | 3–1 |
| SF | Esteghlal (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

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| - | - | - |
| 5th | Machine Sazi (h) | 3–0 |
| 6th | Naft Masjed Soleyman (a) | 0–2 |
| QF | Rah Ahan (a) | 0–2 |
| SF | Foolad (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 | Tractor |
| - | - |

Mes Kerman:5–3–2 :

| GK | 1 | Arman Shahdadnejad |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Farhad Salaripour |
| DF | 3 | Mojtaba Tarshiz |
| DF | 5 | Alireza Ebrahimi | 69' |
| DF | 14 | Pouria Seifpanahi | 46' |
| DF | 90 | Sheys Rezaei |
| MF | 6 | Ahmad Reza Zendeh Rouh |
| MF | 8 | Farzad Hosseinkhani (c) |
| MF | 17 | Milad Jahani |
| FW | 10 | Mostafa Shojaei | 81' |
| FW | 30 | Edinho |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 33 | Hassan Roudbarian |
| DF | 16 | Sajjad Hosseinzadeh | 46' |
| DF | 23 | Iain Fyfe |
| DF | 35 | Mohammad Vahid Esmaeil Beigi | 69' |
| MF | 24 | Mohammad Abshak |
| MF | 27 | Juninho |
| FW | 11 | Karim Eslami | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Luka Bonačić ||||

Tractor:3–4–3 :

| GK | 1 | Hamed Lak |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 20 | Mohammad Nosrati |
| DF | 34 | Milad Fakhreddini |
| DF | 88 | Morteza Asadi (c) |
| MF | 6 | Mehdi Kiani | 7' |
| MF | 7 | Mehdi Karimian |
| MF | 8 | Ali Karimi | | 88' |
| MF | 9 | Javad Kazemian | | 65' |
| FW | 10 | Saeid Daghighi | 69' | | 81' |
| FW | 11 | Karim Ansarifard | 81' |
| FW | 13 | Masoud Ebrahimzadeh |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Davoud Noshi Sofiani |
| DF | 4 | Farshid Talebi | | 88' |
| MF | 17 | Meysam Baou |
| MF | 18 | Rodrigo Pimpão | | 65' |
| MF | 28 | Mohammad Hossein Mehrazma |
| FW | 14 | Mohammad Ebrahimi |
| FW | 27 | Farshad Ahmadzadeh | | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Toni ||||
| Man of the match Saeid Daghighi (Tractor) Assistant referees: Mohammad Reza Abolfazli Ali Mirzabeigi Fourth official: Moud Bonyadifar | Match rules: 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions |
