The Hazfi Cup is a cup competition in Iran, with recorded Xtra-Stats coverage spanning the 2016 to 2025 seasons. Visitors can follow live scores, fixtures and results, plus available standings and player and team statistics, across the competition’s recorded seasons.
Latest played matches, Hazfi Cup
Round of 16
Round of 32
Hazfi Cup Standings
Hazfi Cup Statistics
Top scorers 2025
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Top assists 2025
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Hazfi Cup teams participation since 2016
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Nassaji Mazandaran | 10 |
| Esteghlal FC | 10 |
| Foolad FC | 10 |
| Tractor Sazi | 10 |
| ZOB Ahan | 10 |
| Paykan | 10 |
| Sepahan FC | 10 |
| Mes Kerman | 9 |
| Persepolis FC | 9 |
| Pars Jonoubi JAM | 8 |
| Gol Gohar | 8 |
| Malavan | 8 |
| Saipa | 8 |
| Sanat Naft | 8 |
| Aluminium Arak | 7 |
| Mes Rafsanjan | 7 |
| Naft Masjed Soleyman | 7 |
| Fajr Sepasi | 6 |
| Esteghlal Khuzestan | 6 |
| Padideh Khorasan | 6 |
| Havadar | 6 |
| Kheybar Khorramabad | 5 |
| Machine Sazi FC | 5 |
| Mes Shahr-e Babak | 5 |
| Shahrdari Mahshahr | 4 |
| Navad Urmia | 4 |
| Qashqai Shiraz | 4 |
| Niroye Zamini | 4 |
| Esteghlal Mollasani | 4 |
| Shams Azar Qazvin | 4 |
| Chadormalu SC | 4 |
| Khooneh Be Khooneh | 3 |
| Oxin Alborz | 3 |
| Baderan Tehran | 3 |
| Damash Gilanian | 3 |
| Khooshe Talaee Saveh | 3 |
| Chooka Talesh | 3 |
| Naft Gachsaran | 3 |
| Shahrdari Noshahr | 3 |
| Be'sat Kermanshah | 3 |
| Shenavarsazi Qeshm | 3 |
| Rah Ahan | 2 |
| Sepidrood Rasht | 2 |
| Shahin Bushehr | 2 |
| Naft Tehran | 2 |
Hazfi Cup top scorer teams
Hazfi Cup About
Hazfi Cup is Iran’s national domestic knockout cup competition, bringing together clubs from different levels of the Iranian football pyramid. It is separate from the Persian Gulf Pro League, the country’s top division, although Pro League clubs are among its participants. The cup exists to determine Iran’s national knockout champion and to provide a distinctive route to domestic honours and, where applicable, continental competition.
A national cup beyond the league
The Hazfi Cup complements Iran’s league system rather than replicating it. The Persian Gulf Pro League uses a double round-robin table to decide its champion, with clubs meeting home and away across the season. The Hazfi Cup instead uses a knockout structure: teams progress by winning individual ties, while defeated clubs leave the competition. Its field also includes teams from lower divisions, giving clubs outside the top flight an opportunity to face established professional opposition and pursue a major national trophy.
This cross-level character is one of the competition’s defining features. A club’s league position does not by itself decide the Hazfi Cup winner, and a single match can carry greater immediate consequence than a regular league fixture. The format therefore creates the possibility of unexpected results, contrasting styles and occasions in which lower-ranked teams can challenge sides with greater resources and experience.
How the knockout format works
The competition progresses through knockout rounds towards the Hazfi Cup Final. Unlike a standard league match, a cup tie cannot simply be settled by the points awarded for a draw. When a match remains level after 90 minutes, it proceeds to 30 minutes of extra time. If the scores are still equal after extra time, the winner is decided by a penalty shootout.
This progression gives the competition a clear sporting logic: each tie has a winner, and the winners continue to the next stage. There is no league table in which accumulated points, overall goal difference or total goals scored determine the champion. Those ranking principles belong to the Persian Gulf Pro League and should not be confused with the elimination rules of the Hazfi Cup.
Relationship with Iranian football
The cup sits alongside the professional league, the Azadegan League and the wider domestic pyramid. Its inclusion of lower-division teams broadens the national competition beyond the 16-club top flight, while its participation by Persian Gulf Pro League sides ensures that the later stages can feature many of Iran’s strongest clubs. For top-flight teams, the tournament offers a second route to silverware in addition to the league championship; for clubs from outside the elite division, it offers national exposure and the chance to eliminate more highly ranked opponents.
The Hazfi Cup also has significance beyond the final score. The cup winner is associated with access to the Asian club-competition pathway, alongside the routes created by league performance. The precise continental qualification outcome depends on the applicable competition regulations and season-specific allocation, but success in the Hazfi Cup can carry both sporting prestige and an opportunity to compete beyond Iran.
Calendar and recorded coverage
The cup forms part of the annual Iranian club season, whose schedule generally runs from late summer into the following spring or early summer. The final domestic fixtures, including the Hazfi Cup Final, typically help mark the end of the club cycle in June. Because knockout rounds must be fitted around league commitments, continental matches and international breaks, the timing of individual ties can vary between editions.
The recorded competition coverage spans 2016 to 2025 and includes ten seasons. Across that period, the defining identity of the Hazfi Cup remains consistent: it is Iran’s national knockout tournament, linking the professional summit of the game with clubs from lower divisions and deciding its champion through a progression of high-stakes ties rather than a league table.