2003 Iraqi Elite Cup

The 2003 Baghdad Championship (Arabic: بطولة بغداد 2003‎), commonly referred to as the 2003 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 2003‎), was the thirteenth occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup, organised by the Iraq Football Association, and the first since it was renamed from Mother of all Battles Championship to Baghdad Championship. The top eight teams of the 2002–03 Iraqi First Division competed in the tournament.

2003 Iraqi Elite Cup
CountryIraq
Dates1 October 2003 – 5 January 2004
Teams8
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
Runners-upAl-Talaba
Top goal scorer(s)Falah Hassan
(3 goals)
Best playerAhmad Salah
← 2002

The competition started on 1 October 2003 and, despite being the 2003 edition, ended on 5 January 2004 where in the final, held at Al-Zawraa Stadium, Al-Zawraa defeated Al-Talaba 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw that saw three red cards. This turned out to be the last ever edition of the Iraqi Elite Cup.[1][2]

Group stage

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 321062+47
Al-Talaba 312032+15
Al-Mosul 310289−13
Al-Minaa 301248−41
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Mosul
Khudhair  8'
L. Salah  35'
Dhahid  36'		  21' Ahmad
Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Talaba0–0Al-Minaa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Minaa
L. Salah
Khudhair
Ogla 		Asi
Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Talaba3–2Al-Mosul
Kadhim  33'
Sadir  88' (pen.)
Karim  90+7'		  50' (pen.) Usama
 70' Numan
Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad
Referee: Abdul-Aal Khudhair
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Talaba
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen
Al-Mosul5–3Al-Minaa
Yahya  39' (pen.)
Marzook  42'
Usama  53' (pen.)
Idan  90'
Ahmad  90+4'		  20' Hadi
 56', 78' Nayf
Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Shorta 321031+27
Al-Zawraa 312051+45
Al-Najaf 311162+44
Erbil 3003111−100
Al-Zawraa0–0Al-Najaf
Al-Shorta1–0Erbil
Fadhel  55'
Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Zawraa5–1Erbil
Fahad  41', 42'
Abdul-Saha  50'
Jawad  70'
Abdul-Nabi  81'		  68' Ghafil
Al-Shorta2–1Al-Najaf
Ridha  23', 48'  12' Jassim
Al-Zawraa0–0Al-Shorta
Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad
Erbil0–5Al-Najaf
 8' Sahib
 30', 85' Hassan
 66' Jassim
 68' Wahudi

Semifinals
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–1Al-Zawraa
 10' Ahmad
Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad
Match was ended before stoppage time due to crowd trouble[3]
Al-Shorta1–2Al-Talaba
Abdul-Hussein  22'  21' Nassir
 32' A. Salah
Referee: Najim Aboud

Final
Al-Zawraa2–2 (a.e.t.)Al-Talaba
W. Kadhim   37'
Abdul-Sada  41' (pen.)
H. Kadhim  51'
Fawzi  59'		 Report   40' Abbas
 53' Kadhim
 90+2' Sadir
Penalties
Fawzi
Abdul-Qadir
Mohammad
Raad
Abdul-Amir 		5–4 Sadir
Nayrouz
B. Kadhim
Jafar
Wali
Attendance: 15,000

Awards
Top Goalscorer[1] Best Player[1] Best Goalkeeper[1] Best Manager[1] Fair Play Award[1]
Falah Hassan
(Al-Najaf)		 Ahmad Salah
(Al-Talaba)		 Saad Nassir
(Al-Talaba)		 Abdul Ghani Shahad
(Al-Najaf)		 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya


gollark: I don't consider this clear because it's not distinguished from the *other* religious books which also claim to be ultimate universal truth.
gollark: I don't think this justifies being punished forever, *infinitely*, especially since, as you said, part of it is a product of the environment. Guess which omnipotent god set up that environment?
gollark: No, this is also terrible. They only punish you *after* you do things, with no clear guide about what's acceptable and what isn't.
gollark: I mean, sure, but other people will be eternally tortured.
gollark: I don't think they should be supporting entirely avoidable eternal torture.

References
  1. Mubarak, Hassanin; Hashim, Refel (September 25, 2004). "Iraq 2003/04". RSSSF.
  2. "2003 Elite Cup". NIIIIS.com.
  3. Al-Latify, Yasir (25 November 2003). "Important decisions by the Iraq Football Association". Kooora.com.
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