Baghdad Cup

The Baghdad Cup (Arabic: كأس بغداد الودية‎) is a friendly football competition hosted by Al-Shaab Stadium and contested between either two of or all four of the four biggest clubs in Baghdad: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa. Occurring four times, the competition mainly supported different national events or causes.

Baghdad Cup
Founded2001
Region Iraq
Number of teams4
Current championsAl-Zawraa
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Al-Shorta
(2 titles)
Television broadcastersAl-Iraqiya Sports

2001 Baghdad Cup

The 2001 edition of the tournament was held on 14 November by the Ministry of Tourism in support of the tourism industry in Iraq. Two of the four clubs participated, which were Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa. This was actually a 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League match, but also functioned as the cup match with the winners receiving the Baghdad Cup trophy as well as the three points in the league. Al-Talaba won the match 2–1 thanks to goals from Sabah Jeayer and Younis Mahmoud.

Match
Al-Zawraa1–2Al-Talaba
Husham Mohammed  89'  21' Sabah Jeayer
 39' Younis Mahmoud

Winner
2001 Baghdad Cup
Winners
Al-Talaba
1st title

2005 Baghdad Cup

The 2005 edition of the tournament was held on 6 September in support of the families affected by the 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede. Two of the four clubs participated, which were Al-Shorta and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Al-Shorta won the match 2–0 thanks to goals from Faris Abdul-Sattar and Mustafa Karim either side of half-time.

Match
Al-Shorta2–0Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Faris Abdul-Sattar  21'
Mustafa Karim  66'

Winner
2005 Baghdad Cup
Winners
Al-Shorta
1st title

2013 Baghdad Cup

The 2013 edition was held on 16 June as part of the Festival of Brotherhood, Love and Peace, a festival held in accordance with the Ministry of Youth and Sport to promote peace in Iraq. Al-Kadhimiya and Al-Adhamiya played against each other in a 30-minute match to open the festival with Al-Kadhimiya winning 1–0 thanks to Raddad Suhail's goal, before rivals Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa, who occupied the top two positions in the league at the time, played out the cup final, which was won 1–0 by Al-Shorta with a goal by substitute striker Hussein Karim.[1]

Match
Al-Shorta1–0Al-Zawraa
Hussein Karim  57'
Al-Shorta
Al-Zawraa

Winner
2013 Baghdad Cup
Winners
Al-Shorta
2nd title

2015 Baghdad Cup

The 2015 version was held on 21 March in support of the Iraqi Armed Forces and was contested by all four clubs this time. Each match was only 30 minutes long as opposed to 90 minutes and were all played on the same day, one after another. Al-Zawraa won the mini-tournament by defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in a penalty shootout in the final.[2][3][4]

Matches

Semi-finals
Al-Talaba0–0Al-Zawraa
Penalties
Salih Sadir
Mohammed Faisel
Marwan Abbas
Waleed Bahar 		2–4 Mustafa Jalal
Mohammed Saad
Ali Saad
Ayad Sadir
Al-Talaba
Al-Zawraa



Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Shorta
Penalties
Mustafa Karim
Ali Abdul-Jabbar
Haitham Kadhim
Hussam Malek 		4–2 Haider Salim
Mohanad Ali
Innocent Awoa
Hamza Hassan
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Shorta

Final
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Zawraa
Penalties
Mustafa Karim
Ali Abdul-Jabbar
Haitham Kadhim
Sultan Jasem
Samer Saeed 		4–5 Mustafa Jalal
Mohammed Saad
Ali Saad
Ayad Sadir
Haidar Abdul-Amir
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Zawraa

Winner
2015 Baghdad Cup
Winners
Al-Zawraa
1st title

Winners List
Team Winners Runners-up
Al-Shorta 2 0
Al-Zawraa 1 2
Al-Talaba 1 0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 2
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References
  1. Al-Shorta vs Al-Zawra'a
  2. Al-Talaba vs Al-Zawra'a
  3. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya vs Al-Shorta
  4. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya vs Al-Zawra'a
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