2017 Iraq FA Cup final explained

2017 Iraq FA Cup Final
Event:2016–17 Iraq FA Cup
Team1:Al-Zawraa
Team1score:1
Team2:Naft Al-Wasat
Team2score:0
Date:22 August 2017
Stadium:Al-Sinaa Stadium
City:Baghdad
Referee:Mohanad Qasim
Attendance:10,000
Previous:2016
Next:2019

The 2017 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 26th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The match was contested between Al-Zawraa and Naft Al-Wasat, at Al-Sinaa Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 22 August 2017 to be the final match of the competition.

Al-Zawraa made their record 17th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Naft Al-Wasat, based in Najaf, became the first ever team from outside Baghdad to reach the final. Al-Zawraa won the match 1–0 with a stoppage time goal from Alaa Abdul-Zahra, for the club's record 15th title.[1]

The winners of the cup, Al-Zawraa, qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup as well as the 2017 Iraqi Super Cup, which they won by beating league champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

Route to the Final

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

Al-ZawraaRoundNaft Al-Wasat
OpponentResult2016–17 Iraq FA CupOpponentResult
Al-Maslaha4–3 (H)Round of 32Ghaz Al-Shamal1–0 (H)
Naft Al-Junoob1–0 (H)Round of 16KarbalaWalkover
Naft Maysan2–0 (H)Quarter-finalsAl-TalabaWalkover
Amanat Baghdad3–1 (A)Semi-finalsAl-Minaa1–1 (4–3 p.) (H)

Match

Details

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GK 20 Alaa Gatea
RB 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir (c)
CB 6 Karrar Mohammed
CB 29 Abbas Qasim
LB 3 Hussein Jwayed
RM 33 Mustafa Hussein
CM 7
CM 25 Ali Raheem
LM 9 Hussein Ali
CF 11 Luay Salah
CF 24
Substitutions:
FW 4
FW 10
MF 5
Manager:
Essam Hamad
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GK 12 Jalal Hassan
RB 19 Mohammed Noumi
CB 5 Nabeel Abbas (c)
CB 13
LB 14 Ayad Khalaf
RM 29 Barzan Shirzad
CM 11 Amjad Attwan
CM 20 Ahmed Jabbar
LM 8
AM 7 Salih Sadir
CF 33 Ziyad Ahmed
Substitutions:
DF 32 Niaz Mohammed
FW 39
MF 6 Faris Hassoun
Manager:
Ali Hashim
Assistant referees


Akram Ali
Maitham Khamat
Fourth official


Yousef Saeed

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?c=13542&stage=7 Iraq FA Cup 2017