1st Baghdad Championship

Football tournament season
Baghdad Championship
Tournament details
CountryIraq
Dates1 October 2003 – 5 January 2004
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
Runner-upAl-Talaba
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Falah Hassan
(3 goals)
Best playerAhmed Salah
← 2002–03
(Umm al-Ma'arik Championship)

The 1st Baghdad Championship (Arabic: بطولة بغداد الأولى) was the first occurrence of the tournament since it was renamed from its previous name of Umm al-Ma'arik Championship. It was organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams in the league table at the end of round 27 of the cancelled 2002–03 Iraqi First Division League competed in the tournament.

The competition started on 1 October 2003, with the third place match being cancelled and the final being postponed to 5 January 2004 for security reasons due to crowd trouble that occurred in the semi-finals. 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 edition of the tournament.[1][2]

Group stage

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
Al-Talaba 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
Al-Mosul 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3
Al-Minaa 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Mosul
Khudhair 8'
L. Salah 35'
Dhahid 36'		 Ahmad 21'
Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Minaa
L. Salah
Khudhair
Ogla 		Asi
Al-Talaba3–2Al-Mosul
Kadhim 33'
Sadir 88' (pen.)
Karim 90+7'		 Usama 50' (pen.)
Numan 70'
Referee: Abdul-Aal Khudhair
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Talaba
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraddin
Al-Mosul5–3Al-Minaa
Yahya 39' (pen.)
Marzook 42'
Usama 53' (pen.)
Idan 90'
Ahmad 90+4'		 Hadi 20'
Falah 56', 78'

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Shorta 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
Al-Zawraa 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
Al-Najaf 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4
Erbil 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Al-Shorta1–0Erbil
Fadhel 55'
Al-Zawraa5–1Erbil
Fahad 41', 42'
Abdul-Saha 50'
Jawad 70'
Abdul-Nabi 81'		 Ghafil 68'
Al-Shorta2–1Al-Najaf
Ridha 23', 48' Jassim 12'
Erbil0–5Al-Najaf
Sahib 8'
Hassan 30', 85'
Jassim 66'
Wahudi 68'

Semifinals

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

Final

Al-Zawraa2–2 (a.e.t.)Al-Talaba
W. Kadhim Yellow card Yellow-red card 37'
Abdul-Sada 41' (pen.)
H. Kadhim Red card 51'
Fawzi 59'		 Report Abbas Yellow card Yellow-red card 40'
Kadhim 53'
Sadir 90+2'
Penalties
Fawzi soccer ball with check mark
Abdul-Qadir soccer ball with check mark
Mohammad soccer ball with check mark
Raad soccer ball with check mark
Abdul-Amir soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Sadir
soccer ball with check mark Nayrouz
soccer ball with check mark B. Kadhim
soccer ball with check mark Jafar
soccer ball with red X Wali
Attendance: 15,000
Baghdad Championship
2003–04 winner
Al-Zawraa
3rd title

Awards

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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.

External links

  • Iraqi Football Website