2010–11 Hazfi Cup

The 2010–11 Hazfi Cup was the 24th season of the Iranian football knockout competition.

2010–11 Hazfi Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iran
Teams	79
Final positions
Champions	Persepolis
Runners-up	Malavan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	79
Goals scored	234 (2.96 per match)
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Persepolis players celebrate winning the 2010–11 Hazfi Cup

Persepolis was the defending champion who managed to defend their title. Winning the cup earned qualification to the 2012 AFC Champions League.

Participating teams

In total 79 teams participated in the 2010–11 season.^[1] The teams were divided into three main groups:

• 18 teams of the Iran Pro League: entering at the round of 32.
• 28 teams of the Azadegan League: entering at the second round.
• 33 teams from Provincial Leagues: entering at the first round.

First stage

In the First Stage^[2][3] of “2010–11 Hazfi Cup”, 61 teams will be presented. In this stage three rounds will be done, and finally, 16 teams will be qualified for the Second Stage.

The first round will be started with 10 teams. From this round, 5 teams are allowed to go to the second round. These 5 teams together with the other 51 teams (totally 56 teams) will play in the second round. The winners of second round will play in the third round, and finally, 14 teams will go through the Second Stage (fourth round).

First round

Matches were played on 16 September 2010.^[4][5]

No	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Almahdi Hormozgan	0–0	Shahrdari Ashkezar
Shahrdari Ashkezar advance 5–3 on penalties.
2	Keyvan Mahabad	2–4	Nabard Shahrekord
3	Pehnaei Ghayen	(w/o)	Shahrdari Gachsaran
4	Shahrdari Ashkhaneh	(w/o)	Shahrdari Sahneh
5	Omran Kish	4–1	Perspolis Dareshahr

Second round

Matches were played between 16 September and 1 October 2010.^{[4][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

No	Home team	Score	Away team
6	Heyat Bandar Torkaman	1–2	Naft Mahmoudabad
7	Shahrdari Kahnooj	4–3	Safir Varamin
8	Parsabad Moghan	0–2	Hekmati Tabriz
9	Damash Gilan	4–0	Milad Dezful
10	Shahrdari Ashkezar	(w/o)	Mehr Karaj
11	Mes Rafsanjan	1–2	Nassaji Mazandaran
12	Aluminium Hormozgan	(w/o)	Dartak Khoramabad
13	Hamyari Arak	5–3	Persepolis Kamyaran
14	Zobe-Felezat Hamedan	2–3	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
15	Naft Ahvaz	4–2	Babakhani Tehran
16	Qezel Ozan Zanjan	(w/o)	Omran Kish
17	Pehnaei Ghayen	3–1	Shahrdari Ashkhaneh
18	Mes Sarcheshme	1–1	Foolad Natanz
Foolad Natanz progress 4–3 on penalties.
19	Moghavemat Sepasi	3–0	Heyat Football Isfahan
20	Etka Gorgan	2–1	Aboomoslem Khorasan
21	Nabard Shahrekord	1–0	Gostaresh Arak
22	Sanati Kaveh Tehran	(w/o)	Iran-khodro Kashmar
23	Panah-afarin Qom	0–5	Payam Mashhad
24	Daneshgah Saravan	(w/o)	Shirin Faraz Kermanshah
25	Takmehr Takestan	1–7	Foolad Yazd
26	Darousazi Sobhan Rasht	0–1	Machine Sazi Tabriz
27	Shahrdari Semnan	2–4	Sepidrood Rasht
28	Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz	3–0	Tarbiat Yazd
29	Iranjavan Bushehr	2–1	Naderi Bushehr
30	Esteghlal Ahvaz	4–2	Gol Gohar Sirjan
31	Behineh Rahbar Abadeh	(w/o)	Sanat Sari
32	Shahrdari Yasuj	4–2	Bargh Shiraz
33	Damash Lorestan	(w/o)	Payam Mokhaberat Shiraz

Third round

Matches were on 12 and 13 October 2010.^[13][14]

No	Home team	Score	Away team
34	Naft Mahmoudabad	(w/o)	Foolad Yazd
35	Shahrdari Ashkezar	1–6	Damash Gilan
36	Nassaji Mazandaran	0–0	Machine Sazi Tabriz
Machine Sazi progress 5–3 on penalties.
37	Sepidrood Rasht	2–0	Aluminium Hormozgan
38	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	(w/o)	Hamyari Arak
39	Naft Ahvaz	1–0	Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz
40	Pehnaei Ghayen	0–3	Iranjavan Bushehr
41	Foolad Natanz	5–3	Esteghlal Ahvaz
42	Behineh Rahbar Abadeh	4–0	Daneshgah Saravan
43	Moghavemat Sepasi	3–2	Etka Gorgan
44	Nabard Shahrekord	0–2	Shahrdari Yasuj
45	Sanati Kaveh Tehran	4–4	Damash Lorestan
Sanati Kaveh progress 5–3 on penalties.
46	Hekmati Tabriz	1–3	Payam Mashhad
47	Omran Kish	3–2	Shahrdari Kahnooj

Second stage

The 18 teams from Iran Pro League entered into the Main Draw at the Round of 32.

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

H

Persepolis

5

A

Naft Mahmoudabad

1

A

Persepolis

2

H

Damash Gilan

1

H

Damash Gilan

3

A

Saipa

1

H

Persepolis

0(4)

A

Sepahan

0(2)

H

Rah Ahan

(w/o)

A

Sanat Naft Abadan

A

Rah Ahan

0

H

Sepahan

4

H

Machine Sazi Tabriz

1

A

Sepahan

3

A

Persepolis

1

H

Foolad

0

H

Foolad

2

A

Sepidrood Rasht

1

H

Foolad

(w/o)

A

Shahrdari Bandar Abbas

H

Shahrdari Bandar Abbas

2

A

Saba

1

A

Foolad

2

H

Steel Azin

0

H

Mes Kerman

0

A

Naft Ahvaz

1

A

Naft Ahvaz

1

H

Steel Azin

2

H

Omran Kish

2

A

Steel Azin

3

Persepolis

4 / 0 (agg. 4)

Malavan

2 / 1 (agg. 3)

H

Tractor Sazi

(w/o)

A

Moghavemat Sepasi

A

Tractor Sazi

5

H

Shahrdari Tabriz

2

H

Shahrdari Tabriz

6

A

Behineh Abadeh

0

H

Tractor Sazi

0(4)

A

Malavan

0(5)

H

Foolad Natanz

3

A

Naft Tehran

2

A

Foolad Natanz

0

H

Malavan

3

H

Iranjavan Bushehr

2

A

Malavan

3

H

Malavan

2

A

Esteghlal

1

H

Zob Ahan

0

A

Shahrdari Yasuj

1

H

Shahrdari Yasuj

1

A

Sanati Kaveh Tehran

0

H

Paykan

0(2)

A

Sanati Kaveh Tehran

0(4)

A

Shahrdari Yasuj

0

H

Esteghlal

2

H

Shahin Bushehr

(w/o)

A

Payam Mashhad

A

Shahin Bushehr

0

H

Esteghlal

1

H

Pas Hamedan

1

A

Esteghlal

4

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

Round of 32

Matches were played between 19 and 20 October 2010,^[15][16] and on November 25, 2010.^[17]

No	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Damash Gilan	3–1	Saipa
2	Rah Ahan	(w/o)	Sanat Naft Abadan
3	Machine Sazi Tabriz	1–3	Sepahan
4	Foolad	2–1	Sepidrood Rasht
5	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas	2–1	Saba
6	Mes Kerman	0–1	Naft Ahvaz
7	Iranjavan Bushehr	2–3	Malavan
8	Foolad Natanz	3–2	Naft Tehran
9	Tractor Sazi	(w/o)	Moghavemat Sepasi
10	Paykan	0–0	Sanati Kaveh Tehran
Sanati Kaveh advance 5–4 on penalties.
11	Pas Hamedan	1–4	Esteghlal
12	Shahin Bushehr	(w/o)	Payam Mashhad
13	Shahrdari Tabriz	6–0	Behineh Rahbar Abadeh
14	Persepolis	5–1	Naft Mahmoudabad
15	Omran Kish	2–3	Steel Azin
16	Zob Ahan Isfahan	0–1	Shahrdari Yasuj

Round of 16

Matches were played between 8 November and 13 December 2010.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]}

No	Home team	Score	Away team
17	Foolad	(w/o)	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
18	Malavan	3–0	Foolad Natanz
19	Steel Azin	2–1	Naft Ahvaz
20	Esteghlal	1–0	Shahin Bushehr
21	Shahrdari Tabriz	2–5	Tractor Sazi
22	Damash Gilan	1–2	Persepolis
23	Sepahan	4–0	Rah Ahan
24	Shahrdari Yasuj	1–0	Sanati Kaveh Tehran

Quarter-finals

Matches were played between 13 December 2010 and 29 May 2011.^[26][27][28]

No	Home team	Score	Away team
25	Steel Azin	0–2	Foolad
26	Tractor Sazi	0–0	Malavan
Malavan advance 5–4 on penalties.
27	Esteghlal	2–0	Shahrdari Yasuj
28	Persepolis	0–0	Sepahan
Persepolis advance 4–2 on penalties.

Semi-finals

Matches were played on 2 June 2011.^[29]

No	Home team	Score	Away team
29	Malavan	2–1	Esteghlal
30	Foolad	0–1	Persepolis

Final

Main article: 2011 Hazfi Cup Final

The final was played over two legs.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Persepolis	4–3	Malavan	4–2	0–1

Leg 1

7 June 2011

19:45

Persepolis	4–2	Malavan
Noormohammadi 47' Norouzi 63' Nouri 71', 86' (pen.)	Report	Rostami 34' Nozhati 69'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 82,300

Referee: Alireza Faghani

Leg 2

10 June 2011

17.00

Malavan	1–0	Persepolis
Oladi 19'

Takhti Stadium, Bandar Anzali

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hedayat Mombeini

See also

• 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup
• 2010–11 Azadegan League
• 2010–11 Iran Football's 2nd Division
• 2010–11 Iran Football's 3rd Division
• 2011 Hazfi Cup Final
• Iranian Super Cup
• 2010–11 Iranian Futsal Super League