2001–02 Iraq FA Cup explained

Iraq FA Cup
Year:2001–02
Country:Iraq
Num Teams:100
Champions:Al-Talaba
(1st title)
Runner-Up:Al-Shorta
Prevseason:1999–2000
Nextseason:2002–03

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.[1] [2] The tournament consisted of 100 teams for the first time.

Bracket

Third preliminary round

Final phase

Bracket

Matches

Quarter-finals

First legs

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Second legs

Al-Najaf won 2–1 on aggregate.----Al-Shorta won 4–1 on aggregate.----Al-Naft won 1–0 on aggregate.----Al-Talaba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First legs

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Second legs

Al-Talaba won 3–1 on aggregate.----Al-Shorta won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

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GK 21 Saad Nassir
CB 30 Hamza Hadi
CB 23 Ahmed Wali
CB 6
RM 8 Habib Jafar (c)
CM 33 Walid Ahmad
CM 20 Bahaa Kadhim
CM 15 Hassan Turki
LM 29 Talib Abdul-Latif
CF 19
CF 28
Substitutes:
DF 17
FW 7
FW 25
Manager:
Thair Ahmed
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GK 1 Emad Hashim (c)
RB 3
CB 4 Mahir Habib
CB 27
LB 23 Mazin Abdul-Sattar
RM 13
CM 25
CM 20 Faris Abdul-Sattar
LM 18 Ahmad Kadhim
CF 16 Ahmad Mnajed
CF 11 Amer Mushraf
Substitutes:
DF 29
MF 15
FW 17
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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iraq02.html Iraq 2001/02
  2. http://forum.kooora.com/?t=18582870 Al-Talaba 2001/02 Season