2001–02 Iraq FA Cup

The 2001–02 Iraq FA Cup was the 24th edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The tournament was won by Al-Talaba for the first time in their history, after losing in the final six previous times. They beat Al-Shorta 1–0 in the final, preventing Al-Shorta from completing the cup double. Al-Talaba also won the 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League to complete their first ever double. The tournament consisted of 100 teams for the first time.

2001–02 Iraq FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Teams	100
Final positions
Champions	Al-Talaba (1st title)
Runner-up	Al-Shorta

Bracket

First preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Muthanna	1–0	Al-Forat
Sulaymaniya	2–1	Aso
Al-Shatra	1–0	Al-Kut
Karbala	?–? (5–4 p)	Al-Sadda
Al-Jaish	9–0	Al-Shabab
Al-Amana	?–? (5–3 p)	Al-Umal
Al-Shuala	4–1	Al-Siyaha
Peris	5–1	Ararat
Al-Hamza	?–? (6–5 p)	Al-Kufa
Al-Meshkhab	3–0	Al-Anbar
Al-Basra	4–1	Al-Hay
Salahaddin	4–1	Shabab Al-Dawr
Al-Rifai	6–0	Al-Muwafaqiya
Zakho	9–0	Hikna
Sinjar	3–0	Simele
Daquq	3–0	Al-Mosul
Bardarash	2–0	Al-Thawra
Haifa	3–2	Tamouz
Brusk	2–0	Diyala
Al-Khalis	3–0	Mateen
Al-Nasiriya	3–0	Al-Fajr
Al-Nahdha	3–1	Al-Khutoot
Al-Tijara	4–2	Al-Hurriya
Al-Hindiya	4–3	Al-Jamahir
Al-Shomali	2–1	Ghammas
Al-Diwaniya	4–3	Babil
Al-Ramadi	2–0	Al-Falluja
Al-Qasim	3–2	Al-Fosfat
Al-Mahmoudiya	2–1	Al-Qaqaa
Al-Khidhir	1–0	Al-Hadhr
Brayati	4–0	Al-Shaqlawa
Al-Shirqat	2–1	Balad
Al-Hudood	3–0	Khanaqin
Al-Numaniya	4–2	Al-Musayyib
Kahrabaa Al-Hartha	1–0	Al-Rumaitha
Kumait	5–0	Zummar
Al-Bahri	3–1	Maysan
Al-Amara	2–1	Al-Ittihad
Al-Hussein	7–0	Al-Madain
Afak	5–2	Al-Daghara
Al-Samawa	bye
Al-Zubair	bye
Kirkuk	bye
Al-Dibis	bye
Al-Kadhimiya	bye
Al-Bareed	bye
Al-Sinaa	bye
Al-Hilla	bye

Second preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Basra	1–0	Al-Khidhir
Salahaddin	3–1	Brayati
Al-Diwaniya	4–2	Al-Hindiya
Al-Ramadi	1–0	Karbala
Al-Nahdha	1–0	Haifa
Daquq	1–0	Al-Shirqat
Al-Amana	2–1	Al-Hudood
Al-Hussein	4–0	Al-Numaniya
Kahrabaa Al-Hartha	0–3	Al-Muthanna
Afak	2–1	Kumait
Al-Shatra	2–0	Al-Bahri
Al-Rifai	2–1	Al-Amara
Al-Shuala	4–2	Sulaymaniya
Peris	5–1	Al-Hamza
Al-Meshkhab	3–2	Sinjar
Zakho	6–0	Bardarash
Brusk	2–3	Al-Khalis
Al-Nasiriya	4–2	Al-Tijara
Al-Qasim	3–0	Al-Shomali
Al-Jaish	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Mahmoudiya
Al-Samawa	bye
Al-Zubair	bye
Kirkuk	bye
Al-Dibis	bye
Al-Kadhimiya	bye
Al-Bareed	bye
Al-Sinaa	bye
Al-Hilla	bye

Third preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Basra	6–1	Daquq
Salahaddin	7–0	Al-Muthanna
Al-Diwaniya	1–0	Al-Shuala
Al-Ramadi	2–1	Al-Khalis
Al-Samawa	?–? (5–4 p)	Al-Zubair
Kirkuk	6–0	Al-Dibis
Al-Kadhimiya	5–2	Al-Bareed
Al-Sinaa	3–0	Al-Hilla
Al-Nahdha	bye
Al-Amana	bye
Al-Hussein	bye
Afak	bye
Al-Shatra	bye
Al-Rifai	bye
Peris	bye
Al-Meshkhab	bye
Zakho	bye
Al-Nasiriya	bye
Al-Qasim	bye
Al-Jaish	bye

Final phase

Bracket

	Round of 32 First legs: 22 October 2001 Second legs: 5 November 2001						Round of 16 First legs: 19 November 2001 Second legs: 10 December 2001						Quarter-finals First legs: 21 January 2002 Second legs: 28 January 2002						Semi-finals First legs: 7 April 2002 Second legs: 15 April 2002						Final 28 April 2002
	Al-Zawraa	3	2	5
	Al-Amana	1	0	1			Al-Zawraa	3	0	3
	Al-Hussein	0	0	0			Al-Minaa	1	1	2
	Al-Minaa	0	1	1									Al-Zawraa	1	0	1
	Al-Najaf	4	5	9									Al-Najaf	1	1	2
	Al-Meshkhab	0	0	0			Al-Najaf	1	2	3
	Al-Jaish	6	3	9			Al-Jaish	0	0	0
	Al-Rifai	0	0	0															Al-Najaf	1	0	1
	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	5	1	6															Al-Talaba	1	2	3
	Al-Diwaniya	0	1	1			Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	1	3	4
	Afak	1	0	1			Peris	0	1	1
	Peris (a)	1	0	1									Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	0	0	0
	Salahaddin	2	1	3									Al-Talaba	0	1	1
	Al-Qasim	1	0	1			Salahaddin	1	1	2
	Al-Basra	1	1	2			Al-Talaba	3	2	5
	Al-Talaba	2	3	5																					Al-Talaba	1
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	0	3																					Al-Shorta	0
	Duhok	1	1	2			Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1	0	1
	Al-Shatra	0	0	0			Al-Karkh (a)	1	0	1
	Al-Karkh	0	4	4									Al-Karkh	0	0	0
	Al-Kadhimiya	2	1	3									Al-Naft	0	1	1
	Kirkuk	0	2	2			Al-Kadhimiya	1	0	1
	Al-Naft	3	3	6			Al-Naft (a)	1	0	1
	Al-Nahdha	0	0	0															Al-Naft	0	0	0
	Samarra	1	1	2															Al-Shorta	3	1	4
	Al-Sinaa	0	1	1			Samarra	4	3	7
	Erbil	1	0	1			Al-Samawa	0	0	0
	Al-Samawa	1	1	2									Samarra	0	1	1
	Al-Nasiriya	1	0	1									Al-Shorta	3	1	4
	Zakho	1	1	2			Zakho	2	0	2
	Al-Ramadi	0	1	1			Al-Shorta	0	3	3
	Al-Shorta	3	7	10

Matches

Quarter-finals

First legs

21 January 2002

Al-Zawraa	1–1	Al-Najaf
Abdul-Jabar 26'		Wahoudi 54'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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21 January 2002

Samarra	0–3	Al-Shorta
		Tariq 28' Mushraf 65' Ahmad 90+1'

Samarra Stadium, Samarra

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21 January 2002

Al-Karkh	0–0	Al-Naft

Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad

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21 January 2002

Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	0–0	Al-Talaba

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

Second legs

28 January 2002

Al-Najaf	1–0	Al-Zawraa
Jawad 46'

Al-Najaf Stadium, Najaf

Al-Najaf won 2–1 on aggregate.

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28 January 2002

Al-Shorta	1–1	Samarra
Kadhim 47'		Aziz 61'

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Shorta won 4–1 on aggregate.

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28 January 2002

Al-Naft	1–0	Al-Karkh
Mashal 75'

Al-Naft Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Naft won 1–0 on aggregate.

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28 January 2002

Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
Mahmoud 72'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Talaba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First legs

7 April 2002

Al-Najaf	1–1	Al-Talaba
A. Hashim 43'		Q. Hashim 87'

Al-Najaf Stadium, Najaf

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7 April 2002

Al-Naft	0–3	Al-Shorta
		Hameed 9' Mushraf 40' Ogla 70'

Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad

Second legs

15 April 2002

Al-Talaba	2–0	Al-Najaf
Mahmoud 41' Abbas 87'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Talaba won 3–1 on aggregate.

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15 April 2002

Al-Shorta	1–0	Al-Naft
Ridha 70'

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Shorta won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

28 April 2002 (2002-04-28)

Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Shorta
Hashim 85'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

Al-Talaba

Al-Shorta

GK 21 Saad Nassir CB 30 Hamza Hadi CB 23 Ahmed Wali CB 6 Bassim Abbas RM 8 Habib Jafar (c) CM 33 Walid Ahmad CM 20 Bahaa Kadhim CM 15 Hassan Turki LM 29 Talib Abdul-Latif CF 19 Sahib Abbas CF 28 Younis Mahmoud Substitutes: DF 17 Arkan Najeeb FW 7 Ahmed Salah FW 25 Qusay Hashim Manager: Thair Ahmed

GK 1 Emad Hashim (c) RB 3 Qais Issa CB 4 Mahir Habib CB 27 Khalid Mohammed Sabbar LB 23 Mazin Abdul-Sattar RM 13 Abbas Rahim CM 25 Nashat Akram CM 20 Faris Abdul-Sattar LM 18 Ahmad Kadhim CF 16 Ahmad Mnajed CF 11 Amer Mushraf Substitutes: DF 29 Ziyad Tariq MF 15 Ahmed Hussein Adan FW 17 Hashim Ridha Manager: Ammo Baba

Assistant referees: Abbas Abdul-Hussein Arsalan Qadr Mohammed Sahib

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Iraq FA Cup 2001–02 winner
Al-Talaba 1st title

External links

• Iraqi Football Website