Baghdad Cup


The Baghdad Cup is a friendly football competition hosted by Al-Shaab Stadium and contested between either two of or all four of the four biggest clubs in Baghdad: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa. Occurring four times, the competition mainly supported different national events or causes.

2001 Baghdad Cup

The 2001 edition of the tournament was held on 14 November by the Ministry of Tourism in support of the tourism industry in Iraq. Two of the four clubs participated, which were Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa. This was actually a 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League match, but also functioned as the cup match with the winners receiving the Baghdad Cup trophy as well as the three points in the league. Al-Talaba won the match 2–1 thanks to goals from Sabah Jeayer and Younis Mahmoud.

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2005 Baghdad Cup

The 2005 edition of the tournament was held on 6 September in support of the families affected by the 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede. Two of the four clubs participated, which were Al-Shorta and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Al-Shorta won the match 2–0 thanks to goals from Faris Abdul-Sattar and Mustafa Karim either side of half-time.

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2013 Baghdad Cup

The 2013 edition was held on 16 June as part of the Festival of Brotherhood, Love and Peace, a festival held in accordance with the Ministry of Youth and Sport to promote peace in Iraq. Al-Kadhimiya and Al-Adhamiya played against each other in a 30-minute match to open the festival with Al-Kadhimiya winning 1–0 thanks to Raddad Suhail's goal, before rivals Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa, who occupied the top two positions in the league at the time, played out the cup final, which was won 1–0 by Al-Shorta with a goal by substitute striker Hussein Karim.

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2015 Baghdad Cup

The 2015 version was held on 21 March in support of the Iraqi Armed Forces and was contested by all four clubs this time. Each match was only 30 minutes long as opposed to 90 minutes and were all played on the same day, one after another. Al-Zawraa won the mini-tournament by defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in a penalty shootout in the final.

Matches

Semi-finals

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Final

Winner

Winners List