1997–98 Iraq FA Cup

1997–98 Iraq FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Final positions
Champions	Al-Zawraa (12th title)
Runner-up	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

The 1997–98 Iraq FA Cup was the 21st edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The tournament was won by Al-Zawraa for the 12th time in their history, beating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4–3 on penalties in the final after a 1–1 draw.[1][2]

Bracket

	Round of 32 First legs: 1 November 1997						Round of 16 First legs: 24 November 1997 Second legs: 1 December 1997						Quarter-finals First legs: 29 December 1997 Second legs: 12 January 1998						Semi-finals First legs: 30 March 1998 Second legs: 13 April 1998						Final 28 April 1998
	Al-Tijara	1	1	2
	Al-Najaf	0	3	3			Al-Najaf	1	0	1
	Al-Umal	1	?	L			Duhok	0	2	2
	Duhok	2	?	W									Duhok	1	0	1
	Al-Nahdha	0	?	L									Al-Zawraa	2	3	5
	Al-Qasim	1	?	W			Al-Qasim	0	0	0
	Al-Zawraa	5	1	6			Al-Zawraa	6	11	17
	Al-Karkh	0	0	0															Al-Zawraa	1	2	3
	Al-Shorta	3	?	W															Al-Shorta	0	1	1
	Al-Kadhimiya	1	?	L			Al-Shorta	1	3	4
	Al-Sinaa	0	?	L			Al-Sulaikh	0	0	0
	Al-Sulaikh	1	?	W									Al-Shorta	3	3	6
	Al-Khawarnaq	0	?	L									Al-Talaba	0	2	2
	Al-Nasiriya	1	?	W			Al-Nasiriya	1	0	1
	Al-Talaba	2	?	W			Al-Talaba	2	6	8
	Al-Hilla	0	?	L																					Al-Zawraa (p)	1 (4)
																									Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1 (3)
							Al-Kut	3	1	4
	Al-Naft	0	?	L			Maysan (a)	3	1	4
	Maysan	1	?	W									Maysan	0	0	0
	Samarra	3	?	W									Salahaddin	0	1	1
	Al-Majer Al-Kabir	0	?	L			Samarra	1	1	2
	Salahaddin	4	?	W			Salahaddin	0	3	3
	Al-Khutoot	2	?	L															Salahaddin	0	1	1
	Al-Bahri	0	0	0															Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1	2	3
	Al-Jaish	2	3	5			Al-Jaish	2	1	3
	Al-Minaa	4	2	6			Al-Minaa	0	0	0
	Al-Mosul	1	1	2									Al-Jaish	1	1	2
	Erbil	2	0	2									Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a)	2	0	2
	Diyala	0	1	1			Erbil	1	0	1
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	5	?	W			Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2	5	7
	Al-Amana	1	?	L

Matches

Quarter-finals

First legs

29 December 1997

Al-Shorta	3–0	Al-Talaba
Abdul-Sattar Assem Majeed

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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29 December 1997

Duhok	1–2	Al-Zawraa
		Abbas Saddam (pen.)

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

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29 December 1997

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–1	Al-Jaish

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

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29 December 1997

Maysan	0–0	Salahaddin

Maysan Stadium, Amara

Second legs

12 January 1998

Al-Talaba	2–3	Al-Shorta
		Majeed (pen.)

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Shorta won 6–2 on aggregate.

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12 January 1998

Al-Zawraa	3–0	Duhok
Karim Mahdi

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Zawraa won 5–1 on aggregate.

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12 January 1998

Al-Jaish	0–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 3–1 on aggregate.

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12 January 1998

Salahaddin	1–0	Maysan

Tikrit Stadium, Tikrit

Salahaddin won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First legs

30 March 1998

Al-Shorta	0–1	Al-Zawraa
		Hamad

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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30 March 1998

Salahaddin	0–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Tikrit Stadium, Tikrit

Second legs

13 April 1998

Al-Zawraa	2–1	Al-Shorta
Abbas (pen.) Abdul-Jabar

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Zawraa won 3–1 on aggregate.

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13 April 1998

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–1	Salahaddin

Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

28 April 1998

Al-Zawraa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Hamad 90+7' (pen.)		Farhan
Penalties
Hamad Abdul-Latif Mohammad Abbas Fawzi	4–3	Dhahid Jassim Zughayir Swadi Abdul-Hameed

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Abdul-Aal Khudhair[3]

Iraq FA Cup 1997–98 winner
Al-Zawraa 12th title

References

1. Iraq 1997/98
2. The Al-Zawraa Archival Encyclopedia - 1997/98 Season
3. The 1997/1998 season for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

External links

• Iraqi Football Website^[usurped]