2016 Iraq FA Cup Final

2016 Iraq FA Cup Final

Al-Shaab Stadium hosted the final
Event 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup
Al-Zawra'a Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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Date 29 May 2016
Venue Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
Referee Haitham Mohammed

The 2016 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Iraq FA Cup. The match was contested between the Baghdad rivals, Al-Zawra'a and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 29 May 2016 to be the final match of the competition. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya made their 7th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Al-Zawra'a extended their record to 16 final appearances. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the match 2–0 with goals from Bashar Rasan and Humam Tariq, for the club's 4th title.[1]

The winners of the cup, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup.[2][3] Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were also set to face the winners of the league, Al-Zawra'a, in the 2016 Iraqi Super Cup, but it was eventually cancelled.

Background

Al-Zawra'a will be playing a record 16th Iraq FA Cup final. They had previously won a record 14 finals, most recently in the 2000 Iraq FA Cup final against the same team that they will be facing this final, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, with a 4–3 penalty shoot-out win after a 0–0 draw.[4] Their only loss in the final was in 1988, losing 4–3 by a penalty shoot-out, after a 1–1 draw, against Al-Rasheed.[5]

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya will be playing their 7th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final, of which they had won three, most recently in 1997 with a 8–7 penalty shoot-out win, after a 1–1 draw, against Al Shorta.[6] Their most recent loss in the final was against Al-Zawra'a in 2000.[4]

The two teams faced each other in the fourth round of the final stage of the 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League at Al-Shaab Stadium and in front of more than 30,000 spectators, where Al-Zawra'a achieved an important 1–0 win with Alaa Ali Mhawi's 60th-minute goal, leaving Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya with little hopes of winning the league title and moving Al-Zawra'a to 2nd place.[7][8]

Before the game, the Iraq Football Association decided that if the final was to finish as a draw after 90 minutes, the match would go straight to a penalty shootout, with no extra-time played.

Route to the Final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Al-Zawra'a Round Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Opponent Result 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup Opponent Result
Al-Difaa Al-Madani 2–0 (H) Round of 32 Naft Maysan Walkover
Diyala 4–0 (H) Round of 16 Al-Jaish 3–1 (A)
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Two-legged ties Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hussein 4–3 1–2 (A) 3–1 (H) Quarter-finals Al-Karkh 2–1 1–1 (H) 1–0 (A)
Naft Al-Janoob 4–1 2–0 (A) 2–1 (H) Semi-finals Duhok 4–4 (a) 1–4 (A) 3–0 (H)

Al-Zawra'a

Al-Zawra'a entered the competition in the Round of 32 as an Iraqi Premier League team. In their first match, they were drawn against an Iraq Division One team, Al-Difaa Al-Madani home. At their temporary home stadium, Al-Sina'a Stadium, Al-Zawra'a won 2–0 with goals from Luay Salah and Oday Jafal.[9] In the Round of 16, they drew another Division One team, Diyala at Al-Sina'a Stadium, winning 4–0 with a hat-trick from Salah and a goal by Hatem Zaidan.[10] In the quarterfinals they were drawn against another Division One team, Al-Hussein, where they lost 2–1 away, at the Five Thousand Stadium, in the first leg, with a goal from Alaa Abdul-Zahra. They pulled it back by winning 3–1 home, at Al-Sina'a Stadium, in the second leg, winning 4–3 on aggregate. The goals were from Jafal, Salah and Zaidan.[11] In the semifinals, Al-Zawra'a drew Naft Al-Janoob, where they won 2–0 away, at the Naft Al-Janoob Stadium, in the first leg, with goals from Salah and Hussein Ali. They also won, in the second leg, 2–1 at Al-Sina'a Stadium, with two goals from Abdul-Zahra to reach the Iraq FA Cup final.[12]

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya entered the competition in the Round of 32 as an Iraqi Premier League team but due to the withdrawal of Naft Maysan, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya gained automatic qualification to the Round of 16.[9] They were drawn against an Iraq Division One team, Al-Jaish away. At Al Jaish Stadium, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 3–1 with two goals from Emad Muhsin and a goal by Hamid Mido.[10] In the quarterfinals, they drew against Al-Karkh, where they drew in the first leg 1–1 at Al Quwa Al Jawiya Stadium with a goal from Mohammed Abdulwahid. In the second leg, they won 1–0 with a goal from Muhsin at Al Karkh Stadium.[11] In the semifinals, they drew Duhok, where they lost 4–1 in the first leg, at the Duhok Stadium, with a goal from Abdulwahid. In the second leg, at Al Quwa Al Jawiya Stadium, they pulled it back, winning 3–0 with goals from Muhsin, Hammadi Ahmad and Hussein Ali Wahid to reach to the Iraq FA Cup final on the away goals rule.[12]

Pre-match

Before the match, a retirement ceremony was held for Al-Zawra'a legend Hesham Mohammed.

Match

Details

29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)
18:15 UTC+03:00
Al-Zawra'a 0–2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Rasan  58'
Tariq  90+4'
Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
Referee: Haitham Mohammed
Al-Zawra'a
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
GK 20 Iraq Alaa Gatea
RB 15Iraq Alaa Mhawi
CB 5 Iraq Ali Lateef
CB 3 Syria Hussein Jwayed
LB 14Iraq Haidar Abdul-Amir (c)
CM 7Iraq Hussein Abdul-Wahed YC 67'
CM 16Syria Zaher Midani  77'
CM 13 Iraq Hussein Ali Wahid YC 79'
RF 8Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem  61'
CF 11 Iraq Luay Salah  60'
LF 10 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Substitutes:
MF 17Iraq Haidar Sabah  61'
FW 18Iraq Hatam Zaidan  77'
FW 30Syria Oday Jafal  60'
Manager:
Iraq Basim Qasim
GK 1Iraq Fahad Talib
RB 6Iraq Sameh Saeed Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 90+6'
CB 3Iraq Ali Abdul-Jabbar (c)
CB 2 Iraq Samal Saeed YC 85'
LB 33 Syria Moayad Ajan YC 91'
RM 11Iraq Humam Tariq YC 90+5'
CM 30Syria Hamid Mido  86'
DM 4Iraq Saad Natiq YC 56'
CM 18 Ghana Akwetey Mensah  21'
LM 13Iraq Bashar Rasan  90+2'
CF 10Iraq Hammadi Ahmed
Substitutes:
DF 30Iraq Majid Juwad  90+2'
MF 20Iraq Mohammed Hassan  21'
MF 15Iraq Osama Ali  86'
Manager:
Iraq Ahmed Dahham

Assistant referees:
Wathiq Modall
Jaleel Saifi
Fourth official:
Sabah Abid

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

References

  1. ↑ Essa, Sami (29 May 2016). "Al-Jawiya beat Al-Zawra'a and achieve the Iraq FA Cup". Kooora (in Arabic).
  2. ↑ "The IFA reveal the mechanism of the clubs representing Iraq in international competitions". Kooora (in Arabic). 22 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "The IFA: Cards of the clubs participating in international competitions are not clear yet". National Iraqi News Agency (in Arabic). 22 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 Hashim, Refel; Schöggl, Hans; Qayed, Mohammed; Mubarak, Hassanin (May 8, 2008). "Iraq 1999/2000". RSSSF.
  5. ↑ Hashim, Refel; Qayed, Mohammed; Mubarak, Hassanin (January 28, 2016). "Iraq - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.
  6. ↑ Qayed, Mohammed (June 19, 2003). "Iraq 1996/97". RSSSF.
  7. ↑ Hassan, Qusay (23 April 2016). "Mhawi's goal settles the Clasico of Iraq and moves Al-Zawra'a into 2nd place". Azzaman (in Arabic).
  8. ↑ "23 April 2016 - Al-Zawra'a × Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya". Kooora (in Arabic).
  9. 1 2 "Iraqi FA Cup 2015/2016 - Round of 32". Goalzz.
  10. 1 2 "Iraqi FA Cup 2015/2016 - Round of 16". Goalzz.
  11. 1 2 "Iraqi FA Cup 2015/2016 - Quarterfinals". Goalzz.
  12. 1 2 "Iraqi FA Cup 2015/2016 - Semifinals". Goalzz.
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