Baghdad Cup Explained

2013 Baghdad Cup
Team1:Al-Shorta
Team1score:1
Team2:Al-Zawraa
Team2score:0
Details:Festival of Brotherhood, Love and Peace
Date:16 June 2013
Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium
City:Baghdad

The Baghdad Cup (Arabic: كأس بغداد) was a friendly football match hosted by Al-Shaab Stadium to conclude the Festival of Brotherhood, Love and Peace (Arabic: مهرجان التأخي والمحبة والسلام), an event organised by the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports on 16 June 2013.[1] The match was contested by two of the country's top clubs, Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa, and fans were allowed free entry into the stadium for the occasion.[2]

Al-Kadhimiya and Al-Adhamiya played against each other in a 30-minute match to open the festival; Al-Kadhimiya won 1–0 with a goal by Raddad Suhail and were awarded with the Love and Peace Cup trophy.[3] Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa then faced off for the Baghdad Cup trophy which was won by Al-Shorta with a winning goal from substitute striker Hussein Karim in the 57th minute.[4]

Match

Details

GK 12 Mohammed Gassid
RB 6 Qasim Zaidan
CB 22 Innocent Awoa
CB 20 Fareed Majeed (c)
LB 19 Ahmad Ayad
CM 5 Hussein Abdul-Wahed
CM 35 Ahmad Fadhel
RM 14 Amjad Kalaf
LM 8 Mohammed Faisel
CF 10 Muslim Mubarak
CF 13 Minusu Buba
Manager:
Thair Jassam
GK 22 Ammar Ali
RB 3 Hussein Jwayed
CB 5 Aqeel Qasim
CB 2 Ashraf Abdul-Karim
LB26 Ous Ibrahim (c)
CM 16 Zaher Midani
CM 29 Ayad Ibrahim
RM33 Namir Hameed
LM 13 Amjad Waleed
CF 10 Marwan Hussein
CF 27 Ibrahim Bahsoun
Manager:
Radhi Shenaishil

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: حسين كريم يدك معقل الزوراء بهدف ويقود الشرطة للفوز بمهرجان التأخي والمحبة. ar. IkhNews. 16 June 2013.
  2. Web site: قمة جماهيرية بين الزوراء والشرطة في مهرجان السلام. ar. Azzaman. 14 June 2013.
  3. Web site: الزوراء والشرطة يُبهران الجمهور في مهرجان التآخي. ar. Al-Mada Paper. 17 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Al-Shorta beat Al-Zawraa 1-0 at Al-Shaab Stadium to win the 2013 Baghdad Cup. Al-Shorta SC. 11 May 2020.