2017–18 Hazfi Cup

2017–18 Hazfi Shield Cup

Khorramshahr Liberation Cup
Esteghlal
Tournament details
Country	Iran
Dates	16 August 2017 (2017-08-16) – 13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)
Teams	62
Final positions
Champions	Esteghlal (7th title)
Runner-up	Khooneh be Khooneh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	162 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mehdi Sharifi (5 goals)
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The 2017–18 Hazfi Shield Cup was the 31st season of the Iranian football knockout competition. The competition begin in August 2017 and the final was played on May 3, 2018. Mehdi Sharifi, then center forward for Persian side Tractor SC was the Cup's top scorer with five goals.^[1] The Cup was won by Esteghla FC in a 1–0 victory over Khooneh Be Khooneh. The Finals only goal was scored by Mame Thiam, an Esteghlal forward in the 35' minute of the game.^[2] This was Esteghlal seventh Hazfi Cup title.

Participating teams

A total of 62 teams participated in the 2017–18 Hazfi Cup. The teams were divided into three main groups.

16 teams of the Persian Gulf Pro League:

18 teams of Azadegan League:

First stage

In the first stage of "2017–18 Hazfi Cup", 28 teams from Provincial Leagues were presented. Following the competition of the first stage, 14 teams qualified for the second stage.^[3]

First round

Dokhaniat Gilan v Damash Gilan

7 August 2017 (2017-08-07) 7	Dokhaniat Gilan	1–5	Damash Gilan	Rasht
20:00 DST+04:30	Tarivardi 62'		Poursafshekan 3' Talebi 14' Mortazavi 38' 56' 78'

Second stage

The 18 teams from Azadegan League are entered to competition from the second stage. They compete together with 14 winner teams of First stage.^[4]

Second round

Damash Gilan v Soldouz

21 August 2017 (2017-08-21) 8	Damash Gilan	4–1	Soldouz	Rasht
18:00 DST+04:30	Mortazavi 5' Poursafshekan 66' 79' Talebi 90'

Third round (round of 32)

The 16 teams from Iran Pro League entered the competition from the second stage.^[5]

Damash Gilan v Siraf Kangan

7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) 1	Damash Gilan	1–0	Siraf Kangan	Rasht
17:45 DST+04:30	M. Mokhtari 29'			Stadium: Azodi

Padideh v Tractor

7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) 2	Padideh	1–2	Tractor	Mashhad
18:15 DST+04:30	M. Abbasian 70'		M. Sharifi 87' M. Iranpourian 90'	Stadium: Samen Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mohammad Hossein Zahedifar

Sepahan v Sanat Naft

7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) 3	Sepahan	0–1	Sanat Naft	Isfahan
18:45 DST+04:30			Magno Batista 9'	Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Payam Heydari

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Miad Moghan Ardabil

7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) 4	Esteghlal Khuzestan	5–0	Miad Moghan Ardabil	Ahvaz
20:00 DST+04:30	Claudir 29', 53' F. Bahmani 64' Saba Tavadze 72' F. Karimi 90' (p)			Stadium: Ghadir Stadium

Gol Gohar v Esteghlal

8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) 6	Gol Gohar	1–2	Esteghlal	Sirjan
17:45 DST+04:30	M. Gholami 76' (pen.)	Report	O. Noorafkan 56' K. Heydari 85'	Stadium: Gol Gohar Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hossein Zargar

Zob Ahan v Fajr Sepasi

8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) 7	Zob Ahan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Fajr Sepasi	Fooladshahr
18:45 DST+04:30	M. Nejad Mehdi 4'	Report	M. Nazari 32'	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium

Oxin Alborz v Saipa

8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) 8	Oxin Alborz	2–1	Saipa	Karaj
18:45 DST+04:30	Y. Vakili 6' S. Shafiei 90'		M. Abbaszadeh 77'	Stadium: Enghelab Stadium

Baadraan Tehran v Paykan

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 10	Baadraan Tehran	3–1	Paykan	Tehran
16:45 DST+04:30	K. Eslami 4' M. Rigi 65' (p) A. Mirbozorgi 89'		A. Sadeghi 45'

Sepidrood v Malavan

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 12	Sepidrood	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Malavan	Rasht
18:00 DST+04:30	Ebrahimi 88' (pen.)		Pejman Noori 36' Moradi 99' Naghdipir 114'	Stadium: Sardar Jangal Stadium Attendance: 8,000

Naft Masjed Soleyman v Gostaresh

4 October 2017 (2017-10-04) 15	Naft Masjed Soleyman	0–1	Gostaresh	Masjed Soleyman
DST+04:30			23' Afraz	Stadium: Behnam Mohammadi Stadium

Persepolis v Naft Tehran

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 16	Persepolis	2–0	Naft Tehran	Tehran
DST+04:30	G. Mensha 73' A. Alipour 83' (pen.)			Stadium: Azadi Stadium

Fourth round (round of 16)

Baadraan Tehran v Persepolis

15 December 2017 (2017-12-15) 54	Baadraan Tehran	1–2	Persepolis	Tehran
16:15 IRST +03:30	M. Rezaei 40'		G. Mensha 36' (pen.) Sh. Khalilzadeh 53'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Hasan Akrami

Fifth round (quarter-final)

Esteghlal v Iranjavan

20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 56	Esteghlal	3–0	Iranjavan	Tehran
16:20	M.Hosseini 45+4' S.Djeparov 50' A.Ghorbani 90+2'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 15,000

Khooneh Be Khooneh v Gostaresh Foolad

18 December 2017 (2017-12-18) 57	Khooneh Be Khooneh	2–0	Gostaresh Foolad	Babol
13:45	M. Miri 54' R. Bagheri 87'			Stadium: Haft-e Tir Stadium Attendance: 6,000

Persepolis v Sanat Naft Abadan

19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) 58	Persepolis	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sanat Naft Abadan	Tehran
16:20	Farshad Ahmadzadeh 26'		48' Ali Abdollahzadeh	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 6,000
	Penalties
	Godwin Mensha Hossein Mahini Bashar Resan Mohammad Ansari Ali Alipour Mohsen Rabiekhah Siamak Nemati		Hossein Baghlani Masoud Ebrahimzadeh Zobeir Niknafs Luciano Pereira Taleb Reykani Augusto César Magno Batista

Sixth round (semifinal)

Sanat Naft Abadan v Esteghlal

30 January 2018 (2018-01-30) 59	Sanat Naft Abadan	1 – 2	Esteghlal	Abadan
14:45	Pereira 61'		8' Montazeri 44' Shojaeian	Stadium: Takhti Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Esteghlal Khuzestan v Khooneh be Khooneh

9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) 60	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Khooneh be Khooneh	Ahvaz
16:00	Doraghi 17'		62', 98', 120' Bagheri	Stadium: Ghadir Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hmaid Haj Malek

Seventh round (final)

See also

• Iran Pro League 2017–18
• Azadegan League 2017–18
• Iran Football's 2nd Division 2017–18
• Iran Football's 3rd Division 2017–18
• Iranian Super Cup

References

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