1991 Iraqi Elite Cup

The First Mother of all Battles Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الأولى‎), commonly referred to as the 1991 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 1991‎), was the first occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup. This edition of the competition was organised by Al-Talaba. The top six teams of the 1990–91 Iraqi National League were supposed to compete in the tournament, but Al-Naft withdrew from the competition and were replaced by seventh-placed Al-Najaf. All the matches were played at Al-Shaab Stadium. The competition started on 2 September and ended on 13 September where, in the final, Al-Zawraa defeated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–1 after extra time.[1]

1991 Iraqi Elite Cup
CountryIraq
Dates2–13 September 1991
Teams6
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
Runners-upAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Third placeAl-Talaba
Fourth placeAl-Karkh
Matches played10
Goals scored24 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Laith Hussein
(4 goals)
Best playerLaith Hussein
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Background

Al-Talaba proposed the establishing of a new tournament that includes only the top six teams of the 1990–91 Iraqi National League: Al-Zawraa, Al-Talaba, Al-Shorta, Al-Karkh, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Naft. Salim Rasheed, the vice president of Al-Talaba, stated that the competition would be played at Al-Shaab Stadium and in two groups. The Iraq Football Association agreed on the proposition on 24 August 1991.[2]

The higher organizing committee of the competition held a meeting with the participating teams' representatives and the FA's representatives at Al-Talaba's headquarters on 25 August 1991 to discuss the start and end dates of the tournament and other technical matters. The duration of the competition was decided to be from 2–13 September 1991 and 31 August would be the last day to receive squad lists. Before the start of the tournament, Al-Naft did not accept the invitation, so they were replaced by Al-Najaf, the seventh-placed team of the league.[2]

Pre-opening

The organizing committee invited 41 former national players, organizing a charity match between them, but only 24 got to play. The players were split into two teams. The green team included Jalal Abdul-Rahman, Muthanna Hameed, Saadi Toma, Shakir Ali, Falah Hassan, Ali Kadhim, Hadi Al-Janabi, Hassan Saddawi, Sabah Hatim, Ayoub Odisho, Abdelilah Abdul-Wahid and Jaleel Salih, while the white team consisted of Kadhim Khalaf, Samir Shaker, Ibrahim, Wathiq Aswad, Abdul-Zahra Aswad, Hussein Saeed, Haris Mohammed, Thair Ahmed, Mahdi Jassim, Faisal Aziz, Abdul-Karim Farhan and Abdul-Muhsin Mohammed. It ended in a 4–1 win for to the green team.[2]

Group stage

The matches were drawn on 29 August 1991.

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 220020+24
Al-Talaba 21011102
Al-Shorta 200202−20
Al-Talaba1–0Al-Shorta
Jabbar  41' (pen.)
Referee: Abbas Abdul-Rahman
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1–0Al-Shorta
Fadhil  76'
Referee: Tariq Ahmed
Al-Talaba0–1 (a.e.t.)Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Yassir  91'
Referee: Ghalib Abdul-Kadhim

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Zawraa 220050+54
Al-Karkh 210142+22
Al-Najaf 200218−70
Al-Zawraa1–0Al-Karkh
Hussein  21'
Referee: Mohameed Saleem
Al-Karkh4–1Al-Najaf
Daham  21'
Allawi  36'
Abdul-Kadhim  75'
Khalaf  80'		 Najim  12'
Referee: Tariq Thar Hani
Al-Zawraa4–0Al-Najaf
Hussein  28', 55'
Saddam  43'
Mahdi  64'
Referee: Adil Al-Qassab

Semifinals
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2–0Al-Karkh
Shenaishil  48' (pen.)
Emmanuel  57'
Referee: Subhi Raheem
Al-Zawraa1–0Al-Talaba
Mahdi  5'
Referee: Abdul-Karim Saadi

Third place match
Al-Karkh2–2 (a.e.t.)Al-Talaba
Ali  70'
Mitib  96'		 Hussein  55'
Kadhim  120'
Penalties
Allawi
Khalaf
Yasin
Mitib
Haider 		3–4 Jabbar
Shakir
Bakheet
Kadhim
Jafar
Referee: Tariq Ahmed

Final
Al-Zawraa3–1 (a.e.t.)Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Saddam  18'
Hussein  91'
Radhi  93'		 Abdul-Hameed  80' (pen.)
Referee: Salah Mohammed
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References
  1. Hashim, Refel; Mubarak, Hassanin (April 2, 2006). "Iraq 1991/92". RSSSF.
  2. Mahmoud, Shukri (January 23, 2010). "Umm Al-Ma'arik Tournaments File". Kooora Forums (in Arabic).
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