2021 Iraq FA Cup final explained

2021 Iraq FA Cup Final
Event:	2020–21 Iraq FA Cup
Team1:	Al-Zawraa
Team1score:	0
Team2:	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Team2score:	0
Details:	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 4–2 on penalties
Date:	19 July 2021
Stadium:	Al-Shaab Stadium
City:	Baghdad
Man Of The Match1a:	Karrar Nabeel (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Referee:	Wathik Mohammed Al-Baag
Previous:	2019
Next:	2022

The 2021 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 28th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The match was contested between Al-Zawraa and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 19 July 2021 to be the final match of the competition. Al-Zawraa made their record 19th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya made their eighth appearance.^[1]

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw for the club's fifth title, becoming the first team since the 2001–02 season to win the double of Iraqi Premier League and Iraq FA Cup.^{[2] [3]}

Route to the Final

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

Al-Zawraa				Round	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Opponent	Result			2020–21 Iraq FA Cup	Opponent	Result
Jenaain Babil	1–0 (A)			Round of 32	Masafi Al-Wasat	2–0 (A)
Erbil	0–0 (5–4 p.) (H)			Round of 16	Al-Najaf	0–0 (4–3 p.) (H)
Al-Hudood	0–0 (6–5 p.) (H)			Quarter-finals	Zakho	0–0 (5–3 p.) (A)
Al-Shorta	2–0 (N)			Semi-finals	Al-Karkh	2–1 (H)

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 31 Ali Yasin RB 32 Alaa Raad CB 29 CB 16 Zaher Midani LB 11 Dhurgham Ismail RM 5 Muntadher Mohammed CM 21 Mohammed Salih CM 25 Ali Raheem LM 9 Hussein Ali CF 88 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem CF 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra (c) Substitutes: GK 20 Alaa Gatea DF 2 Mustafa Mohammed DF 3 Ahmed Maknzi DF 14 Najm Shwan DF 27 Mohammed Abdul-Karim MF 6 Mohammed Ridha MF 19 FW 17 Emad Mohsin FW 18 Sidi Touda Manager: Radhi Shenaishil

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 RWB 6 Sameh Saeed CB 13 Ihsan Haddad CB 2 Ahmad Ibrahim (c) CB 5 Maitham Jabbar LWB 11 Humam Tariq RM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh CM 16 Karrar Nabeel CM 25 LM 28 CF 9 Substitutes: GK 95 Mohammed Salih DF 3 Ali Bahjat DF 20 Ali Kadhim DF 34 Mustafa Maan MF 18 MF 19 Ali Mohsen MF 55 Mohammed Zamel FW 10 FW 29 Amjad Radhi Manager: Ayoub Odisho

Man of the Match: Karrar Nabeel (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) Assistant referees Jihad Attieh Dawood Amir Dawood Hussein Fourth official Mohamed Salman Al-Noori

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

External links

• Iraq Football Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: كأس العراق: ركلات الترجيح تتوج القوة الجوية باللقب الخامس. Al-Raya. 19 July 2021. 20 July 2021. 20 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720002324/https://www.raya.com/2021/07/20/%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AD-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84/. dead.
2. Web site: Iraqi FA Cup 2020/21. Goalzz.com. 19 July 2021.
3. Web site: بالصور: ركلات الترجيح تمنح الجوية كأس العراق. Kooora.com. 19 July 2021.