- Source: Iranian Hazfi Cup
Hazfi Cup (Persian: جام حذفی, romanized: Jām-e Hazfi, lit. 'knockout cup') formerly known as Pahlavi Cup (Persian: جام پهلوی, romanized: Jām-e Pahlavi) is an Iranian knockout football competition held annually by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Championship. After the revival of the league system, the champion of Iranian league qualified for Asian Club Championship and the winner of Hazfi Cup for Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The Asian Cup Winners' Cup merged with the Asian Champions Cup in 2002–03 to form the AFC Champions League and Iran was initially given two (and later four) slots in this competitions. The FFIRI decided to award one of Iran's AFC Champions League spots to the winner of the Hazfi Cup, and since then, the winners of Hazfi Cup have always been allocated a spot in the AFC Champions League. Since 2024 and with the rebranding of the Asian club competitions, the FFIRI decided to send the winner of the Hazfi cup to the AFC Champions League Elite Qualifying play-off.
The competition was founded in 1976 as Pahlavi Cup but after the revolution continued as Hazfi Cup. Esteghal and Persepolis are the most successful clubs with seven titles each.
Format
The rules for the final were exactly the same as the one for 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 that). Since the 2011–12 season, the final is always held as a single match.
Finals
Key
= Performance by finalists
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Statistics
= Winners by Province
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= Winners by City
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Winning managers
See also
IPL
Azadegan League
Iran Football's 2nd Division
Iran Football's 3rd Division
Iranian Super Cup
Iranian Futsal Super League
Iran Futsal's 1st Division
List of Hazfi Cup winning managers
Notes
References
External links
List of Hazfi Cup Champions from RSSSF
Hazfi Cup – Hailoosport.com (Arabic)
Hazfi Cup – Hailoosport.com
Hazfi Cup summary (SOCCERWAY)(English)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Piala Hazfi
- Alireza Beiranvand
- Sistem liga sepak bola Iran
- Liga Sepak bola Nasional Iran
- Shahin Tehran F.C.
- Amir Abedzadeh
- Persepolis A.C.C.
- Iranian Hazfi Cup
- F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran
- 2023–24 Hazfi Cup
- Iranian Super Cup
- Malavan F.C.
- List of Hazfi Cup winning managers
- 2022–23 Hazfi Cup
- Tractor S.C.
- Sepahan S.C.
- 2023 Iranian Super Cup
