1996–97 Iraq FA Cup

1996–97 Iraq FA Cup
Tournament details
CountryIraq
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(3rd title)
Runner-upAl-Shorta
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Mahmoud Majeed
(8 goals)

The 1996–97 Iraq FA Cup was the 20th edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The tournament was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya for the third time in their history, beating Al-Shorta 7–6 on penalties in the final after a 1–1 draw.[1] Al-Zawraa's Mahmoud Majeed was the tournament's top scorer with eight goals.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya also won the Iraqi Premier League, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship and the Iraqi Super Cup in the 1996–97 season to become the first Iraqi team to win the domestic quadruple.

Bracket

Round of 32
27 September 1996 		Round of 16
First legs: 28 October 1996
Second legs: 4 November 1996 		Quarter-finals
First legs: 10 March 1997
Second legs: 17 March 1997 		Semi-finals
First legs: 31 March 1997
Second legs: 7 April 1997 		Final
28 April 1997
Al-Sulaikh 0
Al-Najaf 1 Al-Najaf 2 0 2
Al-Karkh 6 Al-Karkh 0 0 0
Al-Rumaitha 0 Al-Najaf 3 2 5
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a.g.g.e.t.) 2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a)[a] 3 2 5
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 1 2
Al-Kadhimiya 0 Al-Mosul 0 0 0
Al-Mosul 1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a) 0 1 1
Al-Zawraa 0 1 1
Al-Basra 0 ? L
Al-Talaba 4 Al-Talaba 4 ? W
Al-Hudood 0 Al-Talaba 2 2 –
Al-Zawraa (w/o)[b] 1 0 –
Shabab Al-Anbar 0 0 0
Al-Zawraa 7 Al-Zawraa 4 3 7
Kirkuk 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p) 1 (7)
Al-Shorta 1 (6)
Samarra 0 ? L
Diyala 1 (8) Al-Kut 2 ? W
Al-Kut (p) 1 (9) Al-Kut 3 0 3
Al-Umal 0 Al-Ramadi 1 0 1
Al-Nasiriya 3 Al-Nasiriya 2 0 2
Karbala 1 Al-Ramadi 1 2 3
Al-Ramadi 2 Al-Kut 1 0 1
Al-Salam (p) ? (5) Al-Shorta 1 1 2
Al-Khalis ? (4) Al-Salam 1 ? L
Al-Naft 0 Al-Shorta 3 ? W
Al-Shorta 1 Al-Shorta 4 1 5
Al-Sinaa 0 Salahaddin 0 0 0
Al-Jaish 1 Al-Jaish 1 0 1
Salahaddin 1 1 2
  1. ^ The first leg which was considered as a home game for Al-Najaf was moved to Baghdad as a punishment by the Iraq Football Association.
  2. ^ Al-Zawraa were awarded a walkover victory due to Al-Talaba fielding the player Salam Omer who was ineligible due to having two yellow cards.

Matches

Semi-finals

First legs

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Zawraa
Al-Kut1–1Al-Shorta
Al-Kut Stadium, Kut

Second legs

Al-Zawraa1–1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Saddam (pen.) Omran

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won on away goals.

Al-Shorta1–0Al-Kut
Qais

Al-Shorta won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1–1 (a.e.t.)Al-Shorta
Emmanuel 31' Jawad 51'
Penalties
Dhahid soccer ball with check mark
Hadi soccer ball with check mark
Jassim soccer ball with check mark
Khalaf soccer ball with check mark
Kadhim soccer ball with check mark
Zughayir soccer ball with check mark
Daham soccer ball with check mark		 7–6 soccer ball with check mark Abid Ali
soccer ball with check mark Habib
soccer ball with check mark Hameed
soccer ball with check mark Assem
soccer ball with check mark Qais
soccer ball with check mark Adel
soccer ball with red X Mohammed
Attendance: 50,000
Iraq FA Cup
1996–97 winner
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3rd title

References

  1. ^ The Al-Zawraa Archival Encyclopedia - 1996/97 Season