2022–23 Hazfi Cup
# 2022–23 Hazfi Cup

The 2022–23 Hazfi Cup is the 36th season of the Iranian football knockout competition. The champion of this competition will get a license to participate in the Super Cup and the AFC Champions League next season.

Persepolis is the champion of Iranian Hazfi Cup after defeating Esteghlal in the final.

## Qualified teams

A total of 96 teams are eligible to participate in the 2022–23 Hazfi Cup according to competition regulations. The teams were divided into four main groups: Teams of Pro league, Azadegan league, 2nd Division, Provincial Leagues. The teams from Pro League and Azadegan League have to participate in the competition, but the teams from 2nd Division and provincial champions can refuse to participate. The table below shows all of the eligible teams and the withdrawn teams are shown in italic.

| Pro League All 16 teams of the 2022–23 season | Azadegan League All 18 teams of the 2022–23 season | 2nd Division From 28 teams of 2022–23 season | Provincial Leagues From 34 provincial champions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Aluminium Esteghlal Foolad Gol Gohar Havadar Malavan Mes Rafsanjan Mes Kerman Naft MasjedSoleyman Nassaji Mazandaran Paykan Persepolis Sanat Naft Sepahan Tractor Zob Ahan | Arman Gohar Sirjan Chadormalu Ardakan Chooka Talesh Darya Babol Esteghlal Khuzestan Esteghlal Mollasani Fajr Sepasi Shiraz Khalij Fars Mahshahr Kheybar Khorramabad Khooshe Talaei Mes Shahr-e Babak Omid Vahdat Mashhad Pars Jonoubi Jam Shahrdari Astara Shahrdari Hamedan Shams Azar Saipa Van Pars Naghse Jahan | Ario Bam Eslamshahr Atrak Bojnourd Be'sat Kermanshah Damashian Rasht Espad Alvand Tehran Foolad Hormozgan Foolad Novin Ahvaz Iman Sabz Shiraz Machine Sazi Tabriz Manategh Naftkhiz Jonoob Mes Novin Kerman Mes Sungun Varzaghan Navad Urmia Nirooye Zamini Panik Talesh PAS Hamedan Payam Toos Sepidrood Shahin Shahrdari Bushehr Shahid Ghandi Yazd Shahid Oraki Eslamshahr Shahrdari Bam Shahrdari Bandar Abbas Shahrdari Mahshahr Shahrdari Noshahr Shohadaye Babolsar Shohadaye Razakan Karaj Vista Turbin Tehran | Alborz (Alborz's Representative) Ardebil (Mi'ad Moghan) Azarbayejan Gharbi (Gostaresh Khoy) Azarbayejan Sharghi (Oxygen Marand) Boushehr (Abouzar Kangan) Chaharmahal & Bakhtiyari (Shahid Ansari Barez Lordegan) Fars (Pouyandegan Talash Marvdasht) Gilan (Pars Bandar Kiashahr) Golestan Hamedan Hormozgan (Harang Javan Bastak) Ilam (Setaregan Sivan Ilam) Isfahan (Padide San'at Mobarake) Kerman Kermanshah (Setaregan Kermanshah) Khoramshahr Khorasan Jonoubi (Payam Shargh Ghaen) Khorasan Razavi (Poshtibani Shomal Shargh Mashhad) Khorasan Shomali Khouzestan (Poolad Oxin Izeh) Kish (Etehad Sefin Kish) Kohgiluye & Boyer Ahmad (Zagros Basht) Kordestan (Kordestan's Representative) Lorestan Markazi (Ra'd Mahalat) Mazandaran Qazvin (Ghafari Takestan) Qom (Ku Amacity Qom) Semnan (Kia Shahrood) Sistan & Balouchestan (Koorosh Kabir Zabol) Tehran (Damash Tehran) Tehran Suburbs (Sorkhpooshan Pakdasht) Yazd Zanjan (Qiam Abhar) |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

| Stage | Round | Draw date | Matches dates |
| - | - | - | - |
| First stage | Round 1 | 24 September 2022 | 9,10 October 2022 |
| First stage | Round 2 | 19 October 2022 | 9,10 November 2022 |
| First stage | Round 3 | 16 November 2022 | 11,12 December 2022 |
| Second Stage | Round of 32 | 24 December 2022 | 10-12 January 2023 |
| Second Stage | Round of 16 | 23 January 2023 | 20-22 February 2023 17 March 2023 |
| Second Stage | Quarter-finals | 7 March 2023 | 29-30 April 2023 |
| Second Stage | Semi-finals | 30 April 2023 | 24, 25 May 2023 |
| Second Stage | Final | 30 April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |

## First stage

### First round

Fixures excluded from Iran League Organisation's Website. Results excluded from Hazfi Cup Website.

Number of teams per tier entering this round :

| Pro League (1) | 1. division (2) | 2. division (3) | Provincial Leagues (4) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 / 16 | 18 / 18 | 28 / 28 | 26 / 34 | 88 / 96 |

### Second round

Fixures excluded from Iran League Organisation's Website. Results excluded from Hazfi Cup Website.

Number of teams per tier entering this round :

| Pro League (1) | 1. division (2) | 2. division (3) | Provincial Leagues (4) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 / 16 | 18 / 18 | 15 / 28 | 13 / 34 | 62 / 96 |

### Third round

Number of teams per tier entering this round :

| Pro League (1) | 1. division (2) | 2. division (3) | Provincial Leagues (4) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 / 16 | 17 / 18 | 9 / 28 | 5 / 34 | 47 / 96 |

Fixures excluded from Iran League Organisation's Website. Omid Vahdat Mashhad has failed to participate in the tournament due to disqualification from Azadegan League.

## Second stage

### Bracket

| Fourth round (round of 32) 10-12 January 2023 | Fourth round (round of 32) 10-12 January 2023 | Fifth round (round of 16) 19–22 February 2023 17 March 2023 | Fifth round (round of 16) 19–22 February 2023 17 March 2023 | Sixth round (quarter-final) 29–30 April 2023 | Sixth round (quarter-final) 29–30 April 2023 | Semi-final 24–25 May 2023 | Semi-final 24–25 May 2023 | Final 31 May 2023 | Final 31 May 2023 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shahrdari Hamedan | 1 (7) | | | | | | |
| Darya Babol | 1 (8) | | | | | | |
| Darya Babol | 1 (8) | Darya Babol | 0 (3) | | | | |
| | | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 0 (4) | | | | |
| Pars Jonoubi Jam | 1 | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 0 (4) | | | | |
| Iman Sabz Shiraz | 0 | | | | | | |
| Iman Sabz Shiraz | 0 | | | Pars Jonoubi Jam | 0 | | |
| | | | | Esteghlal | 1 | | |
| Esteghlal | 2 | | | Esteghlal | 1 | | |
| Tractor | 1 | | | | | | |
| Tractor | 1 | Esteghlal | 2 | | | | |
| | | Malavan | 0 | | | | |
| Malavan | 3 | Malavan | 0 | | | | |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | 0 | | | | | | |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | 0 | | | | | Esteghlal | 4 |
| | | | | | | Nassaji | 0 |
| Ario Bam Eslamshahr | 2 | | | | | Nassaji | 0 |
| Aluminium Arak | 3 | | | | | | |
| Aluminium Arak | 3 | Aluminium Arak | 0 (5) | | | | |
| | | Nassaji | 0 (6) | | | | |
| Nassaji | 2 | Nassaji | 0 (6) | | | | |
| Fajr Sepasi | 1 | | | | | | |
| Fajr Sepasi | 1 | | | Nassaji | 3 | | |
| | | | | Paykan | 0 | | |
| Be'sat Kermanshah | 1 (6) | | | Paykan | 0 | | |
| Navad Urmia | 1 (7) | | | | | | |
| Navad Urmia | 1 (7) | Navad Urmia | 0 | | | | |
| | | Paykan | 2 | | | | |
| Paykan | 1 | Paykan | 2 | | | | |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | 0 | | | | | | | Esteghlal | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Persepolis | 2 |
| Arman Gohar | 1 | | | | | | | Persepolis | 2 |
| Esteghlal Mollasani | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Esteghlal Mollasani | 3 | Esteghlal Mollasani | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Mes Kerman | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mes Kerman | 2 | Mes Kerman | 1 | | | | | | |
| Sanat Naft | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Sanat Naft | 0 | | | Esteghlal Mollasani | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Havadar | 2 | | | | |
| Havadar | 1 | | | Havadar | 2 | | | | |
| Chadormalu Ardakan | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Chadormalu Ardakan | 0 | Havadar | 0 (5) | | | | | | |
| | | Mes Rafsanjan | 0 (4) | | | | | | |
| Mes Rafsanjan | 1 | Mes Rafsanjan | 0 (4) | | | | | | |
| Zob Ahan | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Zob Ahan | 0 | | | | | Havadar | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | Persepolis | 3 |
| Persepolis | 2 (4) | | | | | Persepolis | 3 |
| Van Pars Naghse Jahan | 2 (1) | | | | | | |
| Van Pars Naghse Jahan | 2 (1) | Persepolis | 4 | | | | |
| | | Sepahan | 2 | | | | |
| Sepahan | 3 | Sepahan | 2 | | | | |
| Saipa | 0 | | | | | | |
| Saipa | 0 | | | Persepolis | 2 | | |
| | | | | Gol Gohar | 1 | | |
| Gol Gohar | 2 | | | Gol Gohar | 1 | | |
| Mes Shahr-e Babak | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mes Shahr-e Babak | 1 | Gol Gohar | 1 | | | | |
| | | Foolad | 0 | | | | |
| Foolad | 2 | Foolad | 0 | | | | |
| Khooshe Talaei | 0 | | | | | | |

### Round of 32 (4th Round)

Number of teams per tier entering this round :

| Pro League (1) | 1. division (2) | 2. division (3) | Provincial Leagues (4) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 / 16 | 12 / 18 | 4 / 28 | 0 / 34 | 32 / 96 |

### Round of 16 (5th Round)

Number of teams per tier entering this round :

| Pro League (1) | 1. division (2) | 2. division (3) | Provincial Leagues (4) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 / 16 | 3 / 18 | 1 / 28 | 0 / 34 | 16 / 96 |

### Quarter Final (6th Round)

Number of teams per tier entering this round :

| Pro League (1) | 1. division (2) | 2. division (3) | Provincial Leagues (4) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 / 16 | 2 / 18 | 0 / 28 | 0 / 34 | 8 / 96 |

### Semi-Final (7th Round)

Number of teams per tier entering this round :

| Pro League (1) | 1. division (2) | 2. division (3) | Provincial Leagues (4) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 / 16 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 28 | 0 / 34 | 4 / 96 |

### Final

Number of teams per tier entering this round :

| Pro League (1) | 1. division (2) | 2. division (3) | Provincial Leagues (4) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 / 16 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 28 | 0 / 34 | 2 / 96 |
