2001–02 Iraq FA Cup

2001–02 Iraq FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Teams	100
Final positions
Champions	Al-Talaba (1st title)
Runner-up	Al-Shorta

The 2001–02 Iraq FA Cup was the 24th edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The tournament was won by Al-Talaba for the first time in their history, after losing in the final six previous times. They beat Al-Shorta 1–0 in the final, preventing Al-Shorta from completing the cup double. Al-Talaba also won the 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League to complete their first ever double. The tournament consisted of 100 teams for the first time.

Bracket

First preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Muthanna	1–0	Al-Forat
Sulaymaniya	2–1	Aso
Al-Shatra	1–0	Al-Kut
Karbala	?–? (5–4 p)	Al-Sadda
Al-Jaish	9–0	Al-Shabab
Al-Amana	?–? (5–3 p)	Al-Umal
Al-Shuala	4–1	Al-Siyaha
Peris	5–1	Ararat
Al-Hamza	?–? (6–5 p)	Al-Kufa
Al-Meshkhab	3–0	Al-Anbar
Al-Basra	4–1	Al-Hay
Salahaddin	4–1	Shabab Al-Dawr
Al-Rifai	6–0	Al-Muwafaqiya
Zakho	9–0	Hikna
Sinjar	3–0	Simele
Daquq	3–0	Al-Mosul
Bardarash	2–0	Al-Thawra
Haifa	3–2	Tamouz
Brusk	2–0	Diyala
Al-Khalis	3–0	Mateen
Al-Nasiriya	3–0	Al-Fajr
Al-Nahdha	3–1	Al-Khutoot
Al-Tijara	4–2	Al-Hurriya
Al-Hindiya	4–3	Al-Jamahir
Al-Shomali	2–1	Ghammas
Al-Diwaniya	4–3	Babil
Al-Ramadi	2–0	Al-Falluja
Al-Qasim	3–2	Al-Fosfat
Al-Mahmoudiya	2–1	Al-Qaqaa
Al-Khidhir	1–0	Al-Hadhr
Brayati	4–0	Al-Shaqlawa
Al-Shirqat	2–1	Balad
Al-Hudood	3–0	Khanaqin
Al-Numaniya	4–2	Al-Musayyib
Kahrabaa Al-Hartha	1–0	Al-Rumaitha
Kumait	5–0	Zummar
Al-Bahri	3–1	Maysan
Al-Amara	2–1	Al-Ittihad
Al-Hussein	7–0	Al-Madain
Afak	5–2	Al-Daghara
Al-Samawa	bye
Al-Zubair	bye
Kirkuk	bye
Al-Dibis	bye
Al-Kadhimiya	bye
Al-Bareed	bye
Al-Sinaa	bye
Al-Hilla	bye

Second preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Basra	1–0	Al-Khidhir
Salahaddin	3–1	Brayati
Al-Diwaniya	4–2	Al-Hindiya
Al-Ramadi	1–0	Karbala
Al-Nahdha	1–0	Haifa
Daquq	1–0	Al-Shirqat
Al-Amana	2–1	Al-Hudood
Al-Hussein	4–0	Al-Numaniya
Kahrabaa Al-Hartha	0–3	Al-Muthanna
Afak	2–1	Kumait
Al-Shatra	2–0	Al-Bahri
Al-Rifai	2–1	Al-Amara
Al-Shuala	4–2	Sulaymaniya
Peris	5–1	Al-Hamza
Al-Meshkhab	3–2	Sinjar
Zakho	6–0	Bardarash
Brusk	2–3	Al-Khalis
Al-Nasiriya	4–2	Al-Tijara
Al-Qasim	3–0	Al-Shomali
Al-Jaish	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Mahmoudiya
Al-Samawa	bye
Al-Zubair	bye
Kirkuk	bye
Al-Dibis	bye
Al-Kadhimiya	bye
Al-Bareed	bye
Al-Sinaa	bye
Al-Hilla	bye

Third preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Basra	6–1	Daquq
Salahaddin	7–0	Al-Muthanna
Al-Diwaniya	1–0	Al-Shuala
Al-Ramadi	2–1	Al-Khalis
Al-Samawa	?–? (5–4 p)	Al-Zubair
Kirkuk	6–0	Al-Dibis
Al-Kadhimiya	5–2	Al-Bareed
Al-Sinaa	3–0	Al-Hilla
Al-Nahdha	bye
Al-Amana	bye
Al-Hussein	bye
Afak	bye
Al-Shatra	bye
Al-Rifai	bye
Peris	bye
Al-Meshkhab	bye
Zakho	bye
Al-Nasiriya	bye
Al-Qasim	bye
Al-Jaish	bye

Final phase

Bracket

	Round of 32 First legs: 22 October 2001 Second legs: 5 November 2001						Round of 16 First legs: 19 November 2001 Second legs: 10 December 2001						Quarter-finals First legs: 21 January 2002 Second legs: 28 January 2002						Semi-finals First legs: 7 April 2002 Second legs: 15 April 2002						Final 28 April 2002
	Al-Zawraa	3	2	5
	Al-Amana	1	0	1			Al-Zawraa	3	0	3
	Al-Hussein	0	0	0			Al-Minaa	1	1	2
	Al-Minaa	0	1	1									Al-Zawraa	1	0	1
	Al-Najaf	4	5	9									Al-Najaf	1	1	2
	Al-Meshkhab	0	0	0			Al-Najaf	1	2	3
	Al-Jaish	6	3	9			Al-Jaish	0	0	0
	Al-Rifai	0	0	0															Al-Najaf	1	0	1
	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	5	1	6															Al-Talaba	1	2	3
	Al-Diwaniya	0	1	1			Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	1	3	4
	Afak	1	0	1			Peris	0	1	1
	Peris (a)	1	0	1									Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	0	0	0
	Salahaddin	2	1	3									Al-Talaba	0	1	1
	Al-Qasim	1	0	1			Salahaddin	1	1	2
	Al-Basra	1	1	2			Al-Talaba	3	2	5
	Al-Talaba	2	3	5																					Al-Talaba	1
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	0	3																					Al-Shorta	0
	Duhok	1	1	2			Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1	0	1
	Al-Shatra	0	0	0			Al-Karkh (a)	1	0	1
	Al-Karkh	0	4	4									Al-Karkh	0	0	0
	Al-Kadhimiya	2	1	3									Al-Naft	0	1	1
	Kirkuk	0	2	2			Al-Kadhimiya	1	0	1
	Al-Naft	3	3	6			Al-Naft (a)	1	0	1
	Al-Nahdha	0	0	0															Al-Naft	0	0	0
	Samarra	1	1	2															Al-Shorta	3	1	4
	Al-Sinaa	0	1	1			Samarra	4	3	7
	Erbil	1	0	1			Al-Samawa	0	0	0
	Al-Samawa	1	1	2									Samarra	0	1	1
	Al-Nasiriya	1	0	1									Al-Shorta	3	1	4
	Zakho	1	1	2			Zakho	2	0	2
	Al-Ramadi	0	1	1			Al-Shorta	0	3	3
	Al-Shorta	3	7	10

Matches

Quarter-finals

First legs

21 January 2002

Al-Zawraa	1–1	Al-Najaf
Abdul-Jabar 26'		Wahoudi 54'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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21 January 2002

Samarra	0–3	Al-Shorta
		Tariq 28' Mushraf 65' Ahmad 90+1'

Samarra Stadium, Samarra

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21 January 2002

Al-Karkh	0–0	Al-Naft

Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad

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21 January 2002

Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	0–0	Al-Talaba

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

Second legs

28 January 2002

Al-Najaf	1–0	Al-Zawraa
Jawad 46'

Al-Najaf Stadium, Najaf

Al-Najaf won 2–1 on aggregate.

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28 January 2002

Al-Shorta	1–1	Samarra
Kadhim 47'		Aziz 61'

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Shorta won 4–1 on aggregate.

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28 January 2002

Al-Naft	1–0	Al-Karkh
Mashal 75'

Al-Naft Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Naft won 1–0 on aggregate.

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28 January 2002

Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
Mahmoud 72'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Talaba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First legs

7 April 2002

Al-Najaf	1–1	Al-Talaba
A. Hashim 43'		Q. Hashim 87'

Al-Najaf Stadium, Najaf

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7 April 2002

Al-Naft	0–3	Al-Shorta
		Hameed 9' Mushraf 40' Ogla 70'

Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad

Second legs

15 April 2002

Al-Talaba	2–0	Al-Najaf
Mahmoud 41' Abbas 87'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Talaba won 3–1 on aggregate.

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15 April 2002

Al-Shorta	1–0	Al-Naft
Ridha 70'

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Shorta won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

28 April 2002 (2002-04-28)

Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Shorta
Hashim 85'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

Al-Talaba

Al-Shorta

GK 21 Saad Nassir CB 30 Hamza Hadi CB 23 Ahmed Wali CB 6 Bassim Abbas RM 8 Habib Jafar (c) CM 33 Walid Ahmad CM 20 Bahaa Kadhim CM 15 Hassan Turki LM 29 Talib Abdul-Latif CF 19 Sahib Abbas CF 28 Younis Mahmoud Substitutes: DF 17 Arkan Najeeb FW 7 Ahmed Salah FW 25 Qusay Hashim Manager: Thair Ahmed

GK 1 Emad Hashim (c) RB 3 Qais Issa CB 4 Mahir Habib CB 27 Khalid Mohammed Sabbar LB 23 Mazin Abdul-Sattar RM 13 Abbas Rahim CM 25 Nashat Akram CM 20 Faris Abdul-Sattar LM 18 Ahmad Kadhim CF 16 Ahmad Mnajed CF 11 Amer Mushraf Substitutes: DF 29 Ziyad Tariq MF 15 Ahmed Hussein Adan FW 17 Hashim Ridha Manager: Ammo Baba

Assistant referees: Abbas Abdul-Hussein Arsalan Qadr Mohammed Sahib

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Iraq FA Cup 2001–02 winner
Al-Talaba 1st title

External links

• Iraqi Football Website^[usurped]