Iraq 1996/97


Round 19 [Feb 21]
Samurra     1-0 Al Zawra
Air Force   0-0 Al Naft
Al Mina     1-1 Al Talaba
Al Karkh    2-1 Al Sleikh 
Al Shorta   1-1 Al Koot 
Al Sinaa    1-0 Al Kazmia
Al Mosul    3-2 Salaheddine
Al Ramadi   1-1 Al Najaf 

Round 23
Air Force   2-1 Al Najaf 
Al Zawra    1-0 Al Naft 
Al Talaba   1-0 Al Sleikh 
Al Mina     2-0 Al Mosul 
Al Koot     2-1 Al Karkh
Samurra     1-0 Al Sinaa 
Al Shorta   4-0 Al Ramadi 
Al Kazmia   1-0 Salaheddine 

Round 27
Air Force   3-0 Al Ramadi
Al Talaba   5-0 Al Sinaa
Al Najaf    3-0 Al Sleikh
Al Shorta   1-0 Al Mina
Al Mosul    2-1 Samurra   
Al Karkh    1-0 Salaheddine
Al Koot     1-0 Al Naft
Al Zawra    3-1 Al Kazmia

Round 28
Air Force   2-0 Al Kazmia
Al Zawra    1-1 Al Mina
Al Najaf    1-0 Al Talaba 
Al Shorta   1-1 Al Karkh
Al Mosul    1-0 Al Naft
Salaheddine 1-0 Al Sleikh
Al Koot     0-0 Al Sinaa
Samurra     1-1 Al Ramadi

Postponed Match
Al Zawra    1-1 Salaheddine

Round 29
Air Force   1-0 Al Mina
  [J.Omran]
Al Koot     1-2 Al Zawra
  [M.Mahdi; H.Ali, N.Saddem (pen)]
Al Talaba   3-0 Al Mosul
  [M.Louis (2), M.Kareem]
Al Sinaa    1-0 Al Najaf
  [J.Saleh]
Al Shorta   2-0 Samurra
  [S.Sabbar, A.Ali]
Al Naft     2-2 Salaheddine
  [M.Jsam, H.Kamal; A.Hussein, B.Bahman]
Al Sleikh   1-1 Al Ramadi
  [A.Hameed; J.Farhan]
Al Karkh    0-0 Al Kazmia

Round 30
Al Zawra    5-3 Air Force
  [Al Mohamed (3), M.Joodi, A.Ra'oof (og); A.Emanual (2), H.Kazern]
Al Najaf    1-0 Al Koot
  [H.Jawad]
Al Mosul    2-1 Al Sinaa
  [S.Adelhakim, A.Hamee; A.Khudeir]
Al Sleikh   2-1 Al Shorta
Al Talaba   1-1 Salaheddine
  [M.Louis; A.Hussein]
Al Karkh    1-1 Al Mina
Al Ramadi   0-2 Al Naft
Al Kazmia   2-1 Samurra

Table

 1.Al Quwa Al Jawia 30 22  3  5  63-24  69  Champions
 2.Al Zawra         30 20  7  3  78-26  67
 3.Al Talaba        30 17  9  4  58-16  60  [cup winners 1994]  
 4.Al Najaf         30 18  5  7  52-26  59 
 5.Al Shorta        30 12 10  8  48-33  46  [aka Police]
 6.Al Mosul         30 12  7 11  40-48  43
 7.Samurra          30 10  9 11  35-45  39                   
 8.Al Mina          30  9 10 11  22-32  37  [aka Port]
 9.Al Naft          30  9  9 12  33-35  36  [aka Petrol]
10.Al Sinaa         30  8  8 14  22-42  32  [aka Industry]
11.Al Koot          30  8  7 15  34-43  31
12.Salaheddine      30  7 10 13  26-40  31 
13.Al Sleikh        30  7  7 16  27-46  28
14.Al Karkh         30  6  9 15  24-51  27  Relegated
15.Al Kazmia        30  6  8 16  20-35  26  Relegated
16.Al Ramadi        30  5 10 15  19-59  25  Relegated

[+] Zawra's goal difference reported as 78-24 but that doesn't add up.

Promoted:  Port, Diyala, Maysan, Army (Al-Jaish)

Topscorers: 

 1.Ali Hashim (Najaf)       19
 2.Sahib Abbas (Zawraa)     14
 3.Sabah Ijair (Quwa Jawia) 12

Iraq Cup 1996/97

74 teams started the competition.

Round of 32

Al Zawra    7-0 Karkook (div.2)

Qualifiers for round of 16:
Al Zawra, Air Force, Al Shorta, Al Talaba, Al Karkh, Army Club, 
Al Salam, Al Ommal, Al Ramadi, Al Kook, Al Moosel, Al Najaf,
Al Bazra, Al Anbar, Samurra, Salaheddine.


Semi-Final:
 
Air Force       v       Al-Zawra        0-0, 1-1
(Air Force won on away goals rule)
Al-Koot         v       Al-Shorta       1-1, 0-1
 
CUP FINAL [April 28, Baghdad, Al-Shaab stadium, att: 50000]
Air Force       v       Al-Shorta       1-1     (Air Force won 8-7 on penalties)

[Al-Shorta are also known as Police]

[Fifth Cup win for Air Force=Al Quwa Al Jawia.]


Super Cup [May 16, 1997]
Zawraa          1-3 Air Force
  [Muhammed Jasim; Ahmed Daham (2); Razak Farhan]


6th Umm Al-Maarik Cup 

Held 10-20 September 1996

Group 1
Al-Zawraa		4-1	Talaba
Al-Zawraa		1-1	Al-Karkh
  [?; Ahmad Abdul-Jabar]
Al-Zawraa		3-1	Al-Shurta
Al-Shurta		5-2	Al-Karkh
  [?; Abbas Rahim, Ziyad Tariq]
Al-Shurta		2-2	Talaba
Al-Karkh		1-1	Talaba
  [Salim Kanjar; ?]

Al-Zawraa	3	2	1	0	8	3	7
Al-Shurta	3	1	1	1	8	7	4
Talaba		3	0	2	1	4	7	2
Al-Karkh	3	0	2	1	4	7	2

Group 2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3-1	Nafat
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4-1	Ramadi
Najaf			2-0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Nafat			1-1	Najaf
Nafat			3-0	Ramadi
Ramadi			3-3	Najaf

Al-Q.Al-Jawiya	3	2	0	1	7	4	6
Najaf		3	1	2	0	6	4	5
Nafat		3	1	1	1	5	4	4
Ramadi		3	0	1	2	4       10	1


Semifinals
Al-Zawraa		0-0	Najaf	Al-Zawraa win 4-3 on penalties
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3-0	Al-Shurta

Third Place Match
Najaf			1-0	Al-Shurta

Final
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya       1-0     Al-Zawraa
  [Mazin Abdul-Sattar o.g.]

1995/96

1997/98

list of champions

list of cup winners


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