Iraq 1978/79

Opening Match [Oct 1, 1978; Al-Shaab Stadium]
Al-Zawraa   1-1 Al-Minaa
  [Ibrahim Ali 35; Hadi Jaber 26]
  [Al-Zawraa: Jalal Abdul-Rahman; Salah Hadi, Alewi Hussein, 
     Samir Mohammed Ali, Ibrahim Ali, Hazim Jasam, Fattah Mohammed,
     Abdelilah Abdul-Wahid (Talib Mutar), Ali Kadhim, Thamir Yousef,
     Falah Hassan;
   Al-Minaa: Samir Nouri, Sabih Hussein, Rahim Karim, Aziz Abdullah,
     Walid Nassir, Alaa Ahmed, Mahir Ali (Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed),
     Hadi Jaber, Waad Abdullah, Hassan Abdul-Hassan, Hadi Ahmed
     (Khalil Ibrahim);
   ref: Subhi Adeeb; Mohammed Hussein Abdul-Rasoul & Hassan Askar]

Round 1
Al-Thawra   1-1 Al-Tayaran
Al-Zawraa   1-1 Al-Minaa

Round 2
Al-Sinaa    0-0 Al-Shurta
Al-Shabab   0-0 Al-Tayaran

Round 4
Al-Tijara   2-0 Talaba
Al-Sinaa    1-1 Al-Tayaran

Round 5
Amana       1-0 Al-Minaa

Round 6
Al-Minaa    3-1 Al-Tayaran

Round 7
Al-Ittihad  1-1 Al-Shurta

Round 8
Al-Sinaa    1-1 Talaba

Round 9
Amana       1-1 Al-Shurta
Al-Ittihad  0-0 Al-Tayaran
Al-Shabab   1-0 Al-Minaa

Round 10
Al-Minaa    1-0 Talaba

Round 11
Al-Zawraa   0-0 Salah-Al-Deen

Final Ranking:

 1.Zawraa (Baghdad)         19
 2.Shurta (Baghdad)         15
 3.Talaba (Baghdad)         15  [replaced Jamia]
 4.Minaa (Basra)            15
 5.Tayaran (Baghdad)        15
 6.Jaish (Baghdad)          13 
 7.Sinaa (Baghdad)          13  
 8.Shabab (Baghdad)         11
 9.Tijara (Baghdad)         11
10.Amana (Baghdad)          11
11.Salad Aldeen (Tikrit)     8
12.Itihad (Basra)            7  Relegated
13.Thawra (Karkuk)           3  Relegated

Promoted: Bahri (Basra)

Topscorers:

 1.Falah Hassan (Zawraa)     7
 2.Husain Saeed (Talaba)     6
 3.Haris Muhammad (Talaba)   5


FA Cup 1978/79

33 participating teams

Matches of Al-Zawraa (home/away not known)

Round 1
Al-Zawraa   7-0 Al-Hurriya
 
Round 2
Al-Zawraa   3-1 Al-Ittihad
 
Quarterfinals
Al-Zawraa   4-0 Al-Shorta
 
Semifinals
Al-Zawraa   6-0 Al-Shabab
 
Final [May 3]
Al-Zawraa   3-1 Al-Jaish
  [Jassam, Ali, Yousef; Ibrahim]
 

1977/78

1979/80

list of champions

list of cup winners

With thanks to Muhammed Ali and Hans Schöggl

Prepared and maintained by Refel Hashim and Hassanin Mubarak for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Refel Hashim and Hassanin Mubarak (Iraqifootball@yahoo.com)
Last updated: 2 Apr 2020

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