5th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

1995 Iraqi Elite Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	February 1996
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Al-Talaba
Runner-up	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Third place	Al-Zawraa
Fourth place	Al-Naft
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Muayad Joudi (5 goals)

The Fifth Mother of all Battles Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الخامسة), commonly referred to as the 1995 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 1995), was the fifth occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup, organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams of the 1994–95 Iraqi National League competed in the tournament. Despite being the 1995 edition, the tournament was held in 1996. In the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Talaba defeated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0.

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Zawraa	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
Al-Naft	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Al-Karkh	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Al-Najaf	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Al-Zawraa	0–0	Al-Naft

Al-Najaf	0–0	Al-Karkh

Al-Zawraa	0–0	Al-Karkh

Al-Najaf	1–1	Al-Naft

Al-Karkh	0–0	Al-Naft

Al-Zawraa	2–0	Al-Najaf
Abbas Majeed

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
Al-Talaba	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Al-Shorta	3	1	0	2	6	11	−5	3
Al-Jaish	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Al-Shorta	2–4	Al-Talaba

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	Al-Jaish

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–1	Al-Talaba
Tariq Dhahid		Mohammed

Al-Shorta	4–1	Al-Jaish

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6–0	Al-Shorta
Kadhim Khayoun Omran Assem Swadi

Al-Jaish	1–2	Al-Talaba

Semifinals

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–1	Al-Naft

8 February 1996

Al-Zawraa	0–1	Al-Talaba
		, Joudi Jaber

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Third place match

Al-Zawraa	3–0	Al-Naft
Abbas Abdul-Latif

Final

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–1	Al-Talaba
Dhahid		(pen.) Al-Hail

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

External links

• Iraqi Football Website