2023–24 Iraq FA Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Iraq |
| Dates | 26 January – 10 July 2024 |
| Teams | 42 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Al-Shorta (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 41 |
| Goals scored | 82 (2 per match) |
The 2023–24 Iraq FA Cup was the 34th edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. Due to time constraints, only clubs from the top two tiers of the Iraqi football league system participated in the competition.[1]
The tournament began on 26 January 2024 with the first round between Iraqi Premier Division League clubs and the lower-placed Iraq Stars League clubs, before the top Iraq Stars League clubs entered the competition in the Round of 16.[2] The final was played on 10 July 2024 at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.
The winners of the competition were Al-Shorta, who won their first title with a 1–0 victory over Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.[3]
Schedule
[edit]The rounds of the 2023–24 competition are scheduled as follows:[4]
| Round | Fixtures draw date | Stadiums draw date | Match dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 10 January 2024 | 26–27 January 2024 | |
| Second round | 28 January 2024 | 3–4 February 2024 | |
| Round of 16 | 27 February 2024 | 12–14 March 2024 | |
| Quarter-finals | 27 February 2024 | 31 March 2024 | 9 April 2024 |
| Semi-finals | N/A | 7 July 2024 | |
| Final | 10 July 2024 | ||
First round
[edit]This round features 10 teams from the Stars League (level 1) and 22 teams from the Premier Division League (level 2). Naft Maysan, Al-Najaf, Karbala and Duhok received byes to the second round.
| 26 January 2024 | Al-Naft (1) | 2–0 | Al-Hussein (2) | Baghdad |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Afolabi  Hussein |
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium |
| 26 January 2024 | Al-Minaa (1) | 3–0 (w/o) | Al-Diwaniya (2) | Basra |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium |
| 26 January 2024 | Newroz (1) | 4–1 | Al-Etisalat (2) | Sulaymaniya |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Hussein Kurdistan Omar |
|
Stadium: Sulaymaniya Stadium |
| 26 January 2024 | Samarra (2) | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Amanat Baghdad (1) | Samarra |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Al-Fateeh |
|
Stadium: Samarra Stadium |
| 26 January 2024 | Al-Hudood (1) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Ghaz Al-Shamal (2) | Baghdad |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | |
Khalaf 88' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium |
| 26 January 2024 | Al-Shirqat (2) | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Al-Fahad (2) | Al-Shirqat |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Hamad |
Juma |
Stadium: Al-Shirqat Stadium |
| 26 January 2024 | Al-Nasiriya (2) | 0–0 (2–4 p) | Naft Al-Wasat (1) | Al-Shatra |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Al-Shatra Stadium |
| 27 January 2024 | Al-Qasim (1) | 2–0 | Al-Jolan (2) | Karbala |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Mhaisen Ayad |
Stadium: Karbala International Stadium |
| 27 January 2024 | Naft Al-Basra (1) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Masafi Al-Wasat (2) | Basra |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium |
| 27 January 2024 | Afak (2) | 2–1 | Al-Sinaa (2) | Afak |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Afak Stadium |
| 27 January 2024 | Diyala (2) | 1–2 | Masafi Al-Junoob (2) | Diyala |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | |
Jabbar Mohammed |
Stadium: Diyala Stadium |
| 27 January 2024 | Peshmerga Sulaymaniya (2) | 1–0 | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya (2) | Sulaymaniya |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Peshmerga Stadium |
| 27 January 2024 | Al-Gharraf (2) | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Al-Kufa (2) | Al-Shatra |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | 90+4' |
Wadhah 47' |
Stadium: Al-Shatra Stadium |
| 27 January 2024 | Maysan (2) | 2–3 | Al-Karma (2) | Maysan |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | |
Raheem Dybal Santos |
Stadium: Shohada Maysan Stadium |
Second round
[edit]This round features 14 teams from the Stars League (level 1) and 6 teams from the Premier Division League (level 2). Al-Shorta, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Al-Talaba, Al-Kahrabaa and Erbil received byes to the Round of 16.
| 3 February 2024 | Al-Kufa (2) | 0–2 | Al-Karkh (1) | Najaf |
| 14:00 UTC+3 |  |
Goumey  Talla Ghani |
Stadium: Al-Najaf Secondary Stadium |
| 3 February 2024 | Al-Naft (1) | 1–0 | Peshmerga Sulaymaniya (2) | Baghdad |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Hussein |
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium |
| 3 February 2024 | Al-Qasim (1) | 1–2 | Newroz (1) | Karbala |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | |
Kurdistan Hussein |
Stadium: Karbala International Stadium |
| 3 February 2024 | Al-Fahad (2) | 1–3 | Al-Hudood (1) | Ramadi |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | |
Ghazi Dacosta |
Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium |
| 3 February 2024 | Al-Minaa (1) | 3–1 | Naft Al-Wasat (1) | Basra |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Abed Farhan 22' Ahmed 49'Ali 65' |
70' |
Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium |
| 3 February 2024 | Duhok (1) | 1–1 (6–7 p) | Naft Maysan (1) | Duhok |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | |
Kuku |
Stadium: Duhok Stadium |
| 4 February 2024 | Karbala (1) | 2–1 | Masafi Al-Junoob (2) | Karbala |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | Mohammed |
|
Stadium: Karbala International Stadium |
| 4 February 2024 | Amanat Baghdad (1) | 1–1 (3–5 p) | Al-Karma (2) | Baghdad |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | |
Naji |
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium |
| 4 February 2024 | Naft Al-Basra (1) | 1–2 | Al-Najaf (1) | Basra |
| 14:00 UTC+3 | 12' |
Adnan 78' Qasim 89' |
Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium |
Final phase
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Round of 16 12–14 March 2024 | Quarter-finals 9 April 2024 | Semi-finals 7 July 2024 | Final 10 July 2024 | |||||||||||
| Al-Minaa | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Hudood | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Minaa | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Shorta | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Zakho | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Shorta (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Shorta | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Naft | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Talaba | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Naft (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Naft (p) | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Erbil | 0 (0) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Karkh | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Erbil | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Shorta | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Najaf | 0 (7) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p) | 0 (8) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Naft Maysan | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Naft Maysan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Karma | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Zawraa | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Zawraa (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Karbala | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Zawraa | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Newroz | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Kahrabaa | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Newroz | 2 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
[edit]This round features 15 teams from the Stars League (level 1) and 1 team from the Premier Division League (level 2).
| 12 March 2024 | Naft Maysan (1) | 1–0 | Al-Karma (2) | Maysan |
| 14:30 UTC+3 | Al Dali 40' (pen.) |
Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium |
| 12 March 2024 | Al-Kahrabaa (1) | 1–2 | Newroz (1) | Baghdad |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Aminu 59' |
Maradona 64' Sami 65' |
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium |
| 13 March 2024 | Zakho (1) | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Al-Shorta (1) | Zakho |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Stadium: Zakho International Stadium | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| Dione Mohammedoh  Cédric Kabwe Attwan Patrick |
Al-Mawas Santos Husni Sabah Al-Youssef Jassim |
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| 13 March 2024 | Al-Zawraa (1) | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Karbala (1) | Baghdad |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Abboud 76' |
Ouattara 22' |
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium |
| 13 March 2024 | Al-Najaf (1) | 0–0 (7–8 p) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1) | Najaf |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium |
| 14 March 2024 | Al-Karkh (1) | 0–1 | Erbil (1) | Baghdad |
| 14:30 UTC+3 | Mohsen 26' |
Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium |
| 14 March 2024 | Al-Minaa (1) | 1–0 | Al-Hudood (1) | Basra |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Ahmed 23' |
Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium |
Quarter-finals
[edit]All remaining teams are from the Stars League (level 1).
| 9 April 2024 | Al-Minaa | 0–2 | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Jafar   90+4' |
Ali 12' Younis 14'Jassim 89' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium |
| 9 April 2024 | Al-Naft | 1–1 (3–0 p) | Erbil | Baghdad |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Afolabi 17' (pen.) |
Samia 85' |
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium |
| 9 April 2024 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–0 | Naft Maysan | Baghdad |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Jabbar 8' Hussein 27'Jasim 59' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 9 April 2024 | Al-Zawraa | 3–0 | Newroz | Baghdad |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | John 16' Abdulkareem 56'Abbas 90+3' |
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium |
Semi-finals
[edit]| 7 July 2024 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–0 | Al-Zawraa | Baghdad |
| 20:00 UTC+3 | Saadoun 83' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
Final
[edit]| Al-Shorta | 1–0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
|---|---|---|
| Santos 59' Abdul-Zahra 85' 87' |
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
| Iraq FA Cup 2023–24 winner |
|---|
| Al-Shorta 1st title |
References
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