2017 Iraq FA Cup final

The 2017 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 26th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a clubs-only competition. The match was contested between Al-Zawraa and Naft Al-Wasat, at Al-Sinaa Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 22 August 2017 to be the final match of the competition.

2017 Iraq FA Cup Final

Event	2016–17 Iraq FA Cup
Al-Zawraa Naft Al-Wasat 1 0
Date	22 August 2017
Venue	Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad
Referee	Mohanad Qasim
Attendance	10,000

Al-Zawraa made their record 17th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Naft Al-Wasat, based in Najaf, became the first ever team from outside Baghdad to reach the final. Al-Zawraa won the match 1–0 with a stoppage time goal from Alaa Abdul-Zahra, for the club's record 15th title.

The winners of the cup, Al-Zawraa, qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup as well as the 2017 Iraqi Super Cup, which they won by beating league champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

Route to the Final

Further information: 2016–17 Iraq FA Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Al-Zawraa				Round	Naft Al-Wasat
Opponent	Result			2016–17 Iraq FA Cup	Opponent	Result
Al-Maslaha	4–3 (H)			Round of 32	Ghaz Al-Shamal	1–0 (H)
Naft Al-Junoob	1–0 (H)			Round of 16	Karbala	Walkover
Naft Maysan	2–0 (H)			Quarter-finals	Al-Talaba	Walkover
Amanat Baghdad	3–1 (A)			Semi-finals	Al-Minaa	1–1 (4–3 p.) (H)

Match

Details

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22)

16:30 UTC+03:00

Al-Zawraa	1–0	Naft Al-Wasat
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 90+4'

Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mohanad Qasim

Al-Zawraa

Naft Al-Wasat

GK 20 Alaa Gatea RB 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir (c) CB 6 Karrar Mohammed CB 29 Abbas Qasim LB 3 Hussein Jwayed RM 33 Mustafa Hussein  53' CM 7 Ahmad Fadhel  80' CM 25 Ali Raheem  64' LM 9 Hussein Ali CF 11 Luay Salah CF 24 Mustafa Karim  59' Substitutions: FW 4 Amjad Kalaf  53' FW 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra  86'  59' MF 5 Safaa Hadi  80' Manager: Essam Hamad

GK 12 Jalal Hassan RB 19 Mohammed Noumi CB 5 Nabeel Abbas (c) CB 13 Saad Attiya  54' LB 14 Ayad Khalaf RM 29 Barzan Shirzad  90+3' CM 11 Amjad Attwan CM 20 Ahmed Jabbar  45+1' LM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh  45+1' AM 7 Salih Sadir CF 33 Ziyad Ahmed  66' Substitutions: DF 32 Niaz Mohammed  54' FW 39 Farhan Shakor  66' MF 6 Faris Hassoun  90+3' Manager: Ali Hashim

Assistant referees: Akram Ali Maitham Khamat Fourth official: Yousef Saeed

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

External links

• Iraq Football Association