1996–97 Iraq FA Cup

The 1996–97 Iraq FA Cup was the 21st edition of the Iraq FA Cup. The tournament was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya for the third time in their history, beating Al-Shorta 7–6 on penalties in the final after a 1–1 draw. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya reached the final by beating defending champions Al-Zawraa on away goals in the semi-final, drawing 0–0 at home and 1–1 away, while Al-Shorta qualified with a 2–1 aggregate win over Al-Kut (1–1 and 1–0).[1] Other notable results from the tournament include Al-Zawraa beating Kirkuk 7–0 in the first round, beating Shabab Al-Anbar 7–0 on aggregate (4–0 and 3–0) in the second round, and losing 4–1 on aggregate to Al-Talaba (2–1 and 2–0) in the quarter-final before the Iraq Football Association changed the result to a walkover win for Al-Zawraa.[2] Al-Shorta's Mahmoud Majeed was the tournament's top scorer with eight goals.

1996–97 Iraq FA Cup
CountryIraq
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(3rd title)
Runners-upAl-Shorta
Top goal scorer(s)Mahmoud Majeed
(8 goals)

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya also won the Iraqi Premier League, the Iraqi Elite Cup and the Iraqi Super Cup in the 1996–97 season to become the first Iraqi team to win the domestic quadruple.

Bracket

Round of 32
27 September 1996
  Round of 16
First legs: 28 October 1996
Second legs: 4 November 1996
  Quarter-finals
First legs: 10 March 1997
Second legs: 17 March 1997
  Semi-finals
First legs: 31 March 1997
Second legs: 7 April 1997
  Final
28 April 1997
 Al-Sulaikh 0  
 Al-Najaf 1      Al-Najaf 2 0 2  
 Al-Karkh 6    Al-Karkh 0 0 0  
 Al-Rumaitha 0        Al-Najaf 3 2 5  
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a.g.g.e.t.) 2        Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a) 3 2 5  
 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 1      Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 1 2
 Al-Kadhimiya 0    Al-Mosul 0 0 0  
 Al-Mosul 1        Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a) 0 1 1  
 Al-Basra        Al-Zawraa 0 1 1  
 bye      Al-Basra 0 ? L  
 Al-Talaba 4    Al-Talaba 4 ? W  
 Al-Hudood 0        Al-Talaba 2 2
 Shabab Al-Anbar        Al-Zawraa (w/o) 1 0  
 bye      Shabab Al-Anbar 0 0 0
 Al-Zawraa 7    Al-Zawraa 4 3 7  
 Kirkuk 0        Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p) 1 (7)
 Samaraa        Al-Shorta 1 (6)
 bye      Samaraa 0 ? L  
 Diyala 1 (8)    Al-Kut 2 ? W  
 Al-Kut (p) 1 (9)        Al-Kut 3 0 3  
 Al-Umal 0        Al-Ramadi 1 0 1  
 Al-Nasiriya 3      Al-Nasiriya 2 0 2
 Karbalaa 1    Al-Ramadi 1 2 3  
 Al-Ramadi 2        Al-Kut 1 0 1
 Al-Salam (p) ? (5)        Al-Shorta 1 1 2  
 Al-Khalis ? (4)      Al-Salam 1 ? L  
 Al-Naft 0    Al-Shorta 3 ? W  
 Al-Shorta 1        Al-Shorta 4 1 5
 Al-Sinaa 0        Salahaddin 0 0 0  
 Al-Jaish 1      Al-Jaish 1 0 1
 Salahaddin    Salahaddin 1 1 2  
 bye  

Matches

First legs


Al-Kut1–1Al-Shorta
Al-Kut Stadium, Kut

Second legs

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won on away goals.


Al-Shorta won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1–1 (a.e.t.)Al-Shorta
Emmanuel  31' Jawad  51'
Penalties
Dhahid
Hadi
Jassim
Khalaf
Kadhim
Zughayir
Daham
7–6 Abid Ali
Habib
Hameed
Assem
Qais
Adel
Mohammed
Attendance: 50,000

References

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