The 2006 Hazfi Cup final was a two-legged football tie in order to determine the 2005–06 Hazfi Cup champion of Iranian football clubs. Persepolis faced Sepahan in this final game. The first leg took place on September 13, 2006 at 17:40 local time (UTC+3:30) at Azadi Stadium in Tehran and the second leg took place on September 22, 2006 at 15:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Naghsh Jahan Stadium, Esfahan.
Format The rules for the final were exactly the same as the one in 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 extra time).
Route to the final
PerspolisRoundSepahanOpponentResultH/APerspolis goalscorersSecond stageOpponentResultH/ASepahan goalscorers Keshto Sannat Shushtar 2–0 H Davoud Seyed Abbasi, Sheys Rezaei1/16 Final Mes Kerman 2–1 H Rasoul Khatibi (2) Aboomoslem 3–2 A Mehrzad Madanchi (3) 1/8 Final Pas Tehran 0–0 (4-3) A - Malavan 3–1 H Pejman Nouri, Mehrzad Madanchi (2)Quarter-Final Tractor Sazi 1–0 H Mohammad Nouri Nozhan 2–2 (7-6) A Mehrzad Madanchi (2)Semi-Final Saba Batri 3–1 A Mohammad Nouri, Jalal Akbari, Mahmoud Mansouri
Final Summary
First leg
Persepolis: GK 1 Farshid KarimiDF 13 Sheys Rezaei DF 3 Abolfazl HajizadehDF 25 Jacques Elong Elong MF 21 Ebrahim Asadi MF 8 Hossein BadamakiMF 18 Pejman NouriMF 17 Farzad AshoubiMF 15 Mohammad Reza Mamani MF 11 Mehrzad Madanchi MF 10 Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Substitutes:DF 5 Robert Caha MF 20 Davoud Seyed Abbasi MF 2 Masoud Zarei Manager: Mustafa Denizli
Sepahan: GK 1 Armenak PetrosyanDF Mohsen BengarDF Hamid AzizzadehDF Hadi AghilyDF Jalal Akbari MF Moharram Navidkia MF Abdul Wahab Abu Al Hail MF Hadi JafariMF Ebrahim LoveinianFW Hamid Shafiei FW Mehdi Seyed Salehi Substitutes:MF Mohammad Nouri FW Emad Mohammed Ridha MF Javad Maheri Manager: Luka Bonačić
Second leg
Sepahan: GK 1 Armenak PetrosyanDF Hadi AghilyDF Mohsen BengarDF Hamid AzizzadehDF Jalal Akbari MF Ebrahim LoveinianMF Abdul Wahab Abu Al Hail MF Hadi Jafari MF Mohammad Nouri FW Hamid Shafiei FW Emad Mohammed RidhaSubstitutes:MF Moharram Navidkia MF Javad Maheri MF Mahmoud Karimi Manager: Luka Bonačić
Persepolis: GK 1 Farshid KarimiDF 3 Abolfazl HajizadehDF 13 Sheys RezaeiDF 25 Jacques Elong ElongMF 6 Karim Bagheri MF 18 Pejman Nouri MF 17 Farzad AshoubiMF 21 Ebrahim Asadi MF 10 Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht FW 19 Luay Salah Hassan MF 11 Mehrzad Madanchi Substitutes:DF 5 Robert Caha MF 8 Hossein Badamaki FW 14 Ehsan Khorsandi Manager: Mustafa Denizli
Champions
See also 2005–06 Iran Pro League 2005–06 Azadegan League 2005–06 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2005–06 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2005–06 Hazfi Cup 2005–06 Iranian Futsal Super League Iranian Super Cup