Casuals Cup history (1923/24-1935/36)
Prince Ghazi Cup history (1931/32-1934/35)
1949 Sharakat Nafat (Basra) 2-1 Kuliya Al-Askariya
NB: first ever nationwide competition; one-off event involving clubs
from Baghdad, Basra, Kirkuk and Mosul
NB: the tournament contested between 1956/57 and 1960/61 in knock-out
format and also known as the Iraqi FA Cup Championship was in fact
the championship of the Iraqi Central FA in Baghdad.
1975/76 Al-Zawraa 5-0 Al-Baladiyat
1976/77 not held
1977/78 Al-Tayaran 1-1 Al-Shurta [aet, 5-3 pen]
1978/79 Al-Zawraa 3-1 Al-Jaish
1979/80 Al-Jaish 1-1 Al-Talaba [aet, 4-2 pen]
1980/81 Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Talaba
1981/82 Al-Zawraa 2-1 Al-Talaba
1982/83 Al-Jaish 2-1 Al-Shabab
1983/84 Al-Sinaa 0-0 Al-Shabab [aet, 5-4 pen]
1984/85 abandoned at semifinal stage
1985/86 not held
1986/87 Al-Rasheed 1-1 Al-Jaish [aet, 4-3 pen]
1987/88 Al-Rasheed 0-0 Al-Zawraa [aet, 4-3 pen]
1988/89 Al-Zawraa 3-0 Al-Tayaran
1989/90 Al-Zawraa 0-0 Al-Shabab [aet, 2-1 pen]
1990/91 Al-Zawraa 1-1 Al-Jaish [aet, 4-3 pen]
1991/92 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2-1 Al-Khutoot
1992/93 Al-Zawraa 2-1 Al-Talaba
1993/94 Al-Zawraa 2-1 Al-Talaba
1994/95 Al-Zawraa 3-0 Al-Jaish
1995/96 Al-Zawraa 2-1 Al-Shurta
1996/97 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-1 Al-Shurta [aet, 7-6 pen]
1997/98 Al-Zawraa 1-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [aet, 4-3 pen]
1998/99 Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Talaba [asdet]
1999/00 Al-Zawraa 0-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [aet, 4-3 pen]
2000/01 not held
2001/02 Al-Talaba 1-0 Al-Shurta
2002/03 Al-Talaba 1-0 Al-Shurta
2003-12 not held
2012/13 abandoned
2013-15 not held
2015/16 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2-0 Al-Zawraa
2016/17 Al-Zawraa 1-0 Nafit Al-Wasat
2017/18 not held
2018/19 Al-Zawraa 1-0 Kahrabaa
2019/20 abandoned
2020/21 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0-0 Al-Zawraa [4-2 pen]
2021/22 Al-Karkh 2-1 Kahrabaa
2022/23 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-0 Arbil
2023/24 Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Total Number of Wins (31, lost finals between square brackets)
16 [ 3] Al-Zawraa (Baghdad)
6 [ 4] Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (=Air Force) (Baghdad) [includes Al-Tayaran]
2 [ 6] Al-Talaba (=Students)
2 [ 4] Al-Jaish (=Army) (Baghdad)
2 Al-Rasheed (replaced by Al-Karkh in 1991)
1 [ 5] Al-Shurta (=Police) (Baghdad)
1 Al-Karkh
1 Al-Sinaa (=Industry)
[ 3] Al-Shabab
[ 2] Kahrabaa
[ 1] Arbil
[ 1] Al-Baladiyat
[ 1] Al-Khutoot (Baghdad) [played 1991/92 cup as Al-Tayaran]
[ 1] Nafit Al-Wasat
NB: Al-Tayaran (Airlines) was the name of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from 1968 to 1991.
Number of League-and-Cup Doubles (15)
8 Al-Zawraa [1976, 1979, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000]
3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [1992, 1997, 2021]
2 Al-Rasheed [1987, 1988]
1 Al-Shurta [2024]
Al-Talaba [2002]
1997 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3-1 Al-Zawraa 1998 Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Shurta 1999 Al-Zawraa 2-2 Al-Talaba [5-4 pen] 2000 Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2001 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-0 Al-Zawraa 2002 Al-Talaba 2-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [aet] 2003-15 not held 2016 match between Al-Zawraa (champions) and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (cup winners) Aug 22 cancelled 2017 Al-Zawraa 1-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [3-0 pen] 2018 not held 2019 Al-Shurta 1-1 Al-Zawraa [4-3 pen] 2020 not held 2021 Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2022 Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Karkh
Initiated in September 1991, following the Gulf War. Played between the top-6 sides of the league in the first edition, later between the top-8. After the attack on Iraq in spring 2003, the 2003 tournament was renamed Baghdad Championship (presumably since all matches were played in Baghdad).
1991 Al-Zawraa 3-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [aet] 1992 Al-Talaba 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [aet] 1993 Al-Talaba 2-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1994 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0-0 Al-Talaba [aet, 4-3 pen] 1995 Al-Talaba 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1996 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-0 Al-Zawraa [aet] 1997 Najaf 4-0 Al-Shurta 1998 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3-0 Al-Naft 1999 Al-Zawraa 2-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 2000 Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Zawraa 2001 Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Talaba [aet] [played 2002] 2002 Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Talaba Baghdad Championship 2003 Al-Zawraa 2-2 Al-Talaba [5-4 pen] Topscorers by edition: 1991 Laith Hussain (Zawraa) 4 1992 Kareem Sadam (Zawraa) 7 1993 Akrem Ammanueel (Q.Jawiya) 3 1994 Sahib Abbas (Zawraa) 6 1995 Muaid Judi (Talaba) 5 1996 Husam Fauzi (Zawraa), Waleed Dahad (Q.Jawiya), Mufeed Asim (Shurta) 4 1997 Mahmud Majeed (Shurta), Waleed Dahad (Q.Jawiya), Salman Husain (Najaf) 4 1998 Akrem Ammanueel (Q.Jawiya), Habib Jaafar (Talaba) 4 1999 Kahtan Chitheer (Karkh) 6 2000 Mahir Ukla, Ahmad Khudair (both Shurta), Sabah Ijair (Talaba) 3 2001 Yonis Mahmud (Talaba) 4 2002 Hishim Muhammad (Zawraa) 4 2003 Falah Hassan (Najaf) 3 All-time Table 1991-2002: Al-Zawraa 53 32 9 13 105- 50 105 Talaba 56 29 14 13 83- 68 101 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 54 27 8 19 82- 48 90 Al-Shurta 44 17 9 18 77- 78 60 Al-Karkh 35 10 10 15 42- 46 40 Najaf 35 10 10 15 40- 45 40 Al-Nafat 21 6 6 9 18- 27 24 Al-Minaa 14 4 3 7 13- 24 15 Al-Jaish 11 1 4 6 10- 20 7 Diyala 3 2 0 1 5- 5 6 Duhok 9 1 1 7 7- 21 4 Al-Defaa Al-Jawiya 3 1 0 2 5- 7 3 Arbil 3 1 0 2 4- 8 3 Mosul 3 0 1 2 3- 7 1 Ramadi 3 0 1 2 4- 10 1 Salah-Al-Deen 6 0 1 5 4- 19 1 Khutot 3 0 0 3 0- 3 0 Samarra 3 0 0 3 2- 10 0 All-time Topscorers 1991-2001: 18 Sahib Abbas (Talaba,Zawraa) 15 Waleed Dahad (Q.Jawiya) 11 Ahmad Khudair (Q.Jawiya,Shurta), Abdul Wahab Abu-Alheel (Shurta,Talaba) 9 Akrem Ammanueel (Q.Jawiya), Kareem Sadam (Zawraa)
Taha Al-Hashimi Cup 1938 Montakhab Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1939 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Cup 1939 Montakhab Al-Shurta 2-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1940 not known 1941 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1942 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Wasi Cup 1940 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Amanat Al-Asima Cup 1941 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Palestine Cup 1942 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Athar "Altruism" Cup [succeeded by Al-Muthabara Cup] 1962 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4-2 Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya 1963 Al-Farqa Al-Thalatha 1-0 Montakhab Al-Shurta 1964 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3-0 Al-Farqa Al-Thalatha Al-Muthabara "Perseverance" Cup [not related to Super Cup listed above] 1965 Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab 1-0 Aliyat Al-Shurta [aet] 1966 Al-Farqa Al-Thalata 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1986 Al-Rasheed 2-1 Al-Talaba Republics Cup 1968 Al-Shurta 1969 Al-Shurta Chief of Police Cup 1972 Al-Shurta President's Gold Cup 1983 Al-Shurta Al-Rasheed Tournament 1985 Al-Rasheed 3-0 Al-Zawraa 1986 Al-Rasheed 2-1 Baghdad XI Al-Meelad Cup 1985 Al-Tayaran 1-0 Al-Rasheed Farewell League Cup 1986 Al-Tayaran 2-1 Al-Zawraa Al-Nasr Al-Adheem Cup 1987 Al-Shurta 1988-95 not played 1996 Al-Shurta 1997-2000 not played Baghdad Challenge Cup 2001 Al-Talaba 2-1 Al-Zawraa 2002-04 not played 2005 Al-Shurta 2-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2006-12 not played Baghdad Cup 1973/74 Al-Tayaran 2-1 Sikak Al-Hadeed 2013 Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Zawraa 2014 not played 2015 Al-Zawraa 0-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [5-4 pen]
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