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Not to be confused with Baghdad Championship.
Baghdad Cup
Founded2001
Region Iraq
Number of teams4
Current championsAl-Zawraa
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Al-Shorta
(2 titles)
Television broadcastersAl-Iraqiya Sports

The Baghdad Cup (Arabic: كأس بغداد الودية) 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.

Match

Al-Zawraa1–2Al-Talaba
Husham Mohammed 89' 21' Sabah Jeayer
39' Younis Mahmoud

Winner

2001 Baghdad Cup
Winners
Al-Talaba
1st Title

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.

Match

Al-Shorta2–0Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Faris Abdul-Sattar
Mustafa Karim

Winner

2005 Baghdad Cup
Winners
Al-Shorta
1st Title

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.[1]

Match

Al-Shorta1–0Al-Zawraa
Hussein Karim 57'
Al-Shorta
Al-Zawraa

Winner

2013 Baghdad Cup
Winners
Al-Shorta
2nd Title

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.[2][3][4]

Matches

Semi-finals

Al-Talaba0–0Al-Zawraa
Penalties
Salih Sadir soccer ball with red X
Muhammed Faisel soccer ball with check mark
Marwan Abbas soccer ball with red X
Waleed Bahar soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Mustafa Jalal
soccer ball with check mark Mohammed Saad
soccer ball with check mark Ali Saad
soccer ball with check mark Ayad Sadir
Al-Talaba
Al-Zawraa



Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Shorta
Penalties
Mustafa Karim soccer ball with check mark
Ali Abdul-Jabbar soccer ball with check mark
Haitham Kadhim soccer ball with check mark
Hussam Malek soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Haider Salim
soccer ball with check mark Mohanad Ali
soccer ball with red X Innocent Awoa
soccer ball with red X Hamza Hassan
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Shorta

Final

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Zawraa
Penalties
Mustafa Karim soccer ball with check mark
Ali Abdul-Jabbar soccer ball with check mark
Haitham Kadhim soccer ball with check mark
Sultan Jasem soccer ball with red X
Samer Saeed soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Mustafa Jalal
soccer ball with check mark Mohammed Saad
soccer ball with check mark Ali Saad
soccer ball with check mark Ayad Sadir
soccer ball with check mark Haidar Abdul-Amir
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Zawraa

Winner

2015 Baghdad Cup
Winners
Al-Zawraa
1st Title

Winners List

Team Winners Runners-up
Al-Shorta 2 0
Al-Zawraa 1 2
Al-Talaba 1 0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 2

References

  1. ^ Al-Shorta vs Al-Zawra'a
  2. ^ Al-Talaba vs Al-Zawra'a
  3. ^ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya vs Al-Shorta
  4. ^ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya vs Al-Zawra'a

External links

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