2018–19 Iraq FA Cup

The 2018–19 Iraq FA Cup was the 30th edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. A total of 20 teams from the Iraqi Premier League and 25 teams from the Iraq Division One and Iraq Division Two participated. It started on 12 September 2018 and the final was played on 26 July 2019 at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.

2018–19 Iraq FA Cup

Country	Iraq
Dates	12 September 2018 – 26 July 2019
Teams	45
Champions	Al-Zawraa
Runners-up	Al-Kahrabaa
Matches played	71
Goals scored	176 (2.48 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alaa Abbas (5 goals)
← 2016–17 2019–20 →

The winners of the competition were Al-Zawraa, who extended their record number of cup wins to 16 with a 1–0 victory over Al-Kahrabaa, thanks to a late goal by Safaa Hadi.

Format

Participation

The cup starts with the first round, consisting of 24 teams from the Iraq Division One and Iraq Division Two. 1 team is automatically placed in the playoff round, where they face one of the first round's winners for a place in the Round of 32. The 20 Iraqi Premier League clubs join the 12 qualified teams to form the Round of 32.[1]

Cards

If a player receives a second yellow card, they will be banned from the next cup match. If a player receives a red card, they will be banned a minimum of one match, but more can be added by the Iraq Football Association.

Participating clubs

The following 45 teams participated in the competition:[2]

Iraqi Premier League 20 clubs from the 2018–19 season	Iraq Division One / Iraq Division Two 25 clubs from the 2018–19 season
Al-Zawraa Al-Kahrabaa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Talaba Al-Hudood Al-Naft Amanat Baghdad Naft Maysan Al-Diwaniya Al-Karkh Al-Najaf Al-Samawa Al-Shorta Erbil Naft Al-Junoob Naft Al-Wasat Al-Bahri Al-Hussein Al-Minaa Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	Al-Hindiya Al-Husseiniya Al-Jinsiya Al-Khutoot Al-Kifl Al-Kufa Al-Muthanna Al-Taji Balad Haifa Qalat Saleh Samaraa Al-Mohandessin Al-Atheer Al-Hilla Al-Mahmoudiya Al-Mashrou Al-Najma Al-Sadeq Badr Al-Iraq Baladiyat Al-Nasiriya Beladi Brayati Ghaz Al-Shamal Masafi Al-Wasat

• Bold: indicated teams are still in competition

Schedule

The rounds of the 2018–19 competition are scheduled as follows:[3]

Round	Draw date	Match dates
First round	28 August 2018	12 September 2018
Playoff round		5 October 2018
Round of 32	8 October 2018	12–25 October 2018	15–17 November 2018
Round of 16		5 January 2019	10–11 January 2019
Quarter-finals		21 January 2019	7 June 2019
Semi-finals		11 June 2019
Final		26 July 2019

First round

24 teams from the Division One and Division Two competed in this round, and 1 team (Al-Mohandessin) was automatically placed into the playoff round.[4]

12 September 2018	Samaraa	3–1	Al-Mahmoudiya	Samaraa
				Stadium: Samaraa Stadium

12 September 2018	Qalat Saleh	2–0	Baladiyat Al-Nasiriya	Amara
				Stadium: Al-Maimuna Stadium Referee: Fadhel Dakhil

12 September 2018	Al-Jinsiya	3–0	Beladi	Baghdad
				Stadium: Olympic Champion Stadium

12 September 2018	Al-Sadeq	0–0 (4–5 p)	Al-Hindiya	Basra
				Stadium: Al-Sadeq Stadium

12 September 2018	Balad	3–2	Al-Mashrou	Balad
	Mahid Awda  35', 42'		13'  47'	Stadium: Balad Stadium

12 September 2018	Al-Muthanna	5–1	Badr Al-Iraq	Samawa
				Stadium: Al-Muthanna Stadium

12 September 2018	Al-Najma	0–4	Al-Khutoot	Diwaniya
				Stadium: Al-Najma Stadium

12 September 2018	Masafi Al-Wasat	0–1	Al-Kufa	Baghdad
				Stadium: Masafi Al-Wasat Stadium

12 September 2018	Al-Atheer	0–1	Al-Taji	Baghdad
				Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

12 September 2018	Haifa	3–2	Brayati	Baghdad
				Stadium: Haifa Stadium

12 September 2018	Al-Hilla	0–1	Al-Husseiniya	Babil
				Stadium: Babil Stadium Referee: Ammar Mousa

12 September 2018	Ghaz Al-Shamal	2–2 (2–4 p)	Al-Kifl	Kirkuk
				Stadium: Ghaz Al-Shamal Stadium

Playoff round

5 October 2018	Al-Mohandessin	1–2	Al-Kifl	Baghdad
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Jaish Stadium

Final phase

Bracket

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Naft Al-Junoob	5	1	6
	Samaraa	1	0	1
							Naft Al-Junoob	1	0	1
							Naft Maysan (p)	0	1	1
	Naft Maysan (p)	0	1	1
	Al-Hussein	1	0	1
													Naft Maysan	1	0	1
													Al-Talaba (a)	1	0	1
	Al-Karkh	3	2	5
	Al-Husseiniya	0	0	0
							Al-Karkh	2	0	2
							Al-Talaba	2	1	3
	Al-Talaba	5	7	12
	Al-Kifl	2	2	4
																			Al-Talaba			0
																			Al-Kahrabaa			3
	Al-Kahrabaa	3	1	4
	Al-Hindiya	1	0	1
							Al-Kahrabaa	1	1	2
							Al-Shorta	0	1	1
	Al-Shorta	5	1	6
	Haifa	0	1	1
													Al-Kahrabaa (p)	1	1	2
													Al-Hudood	1	1	2
	Al-Diwaniya	1	1	2
	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	0	1	1
							Al-Diwaniya	1	0	1
							Al-Hudood (a)	1	0	1
	Al-Hudood	1	1	2
	Al-Taji	0	0	0
																									Al-Kahrabaa			0
																									Al-Zawraa			1
	Al-Samawa	2	1	3
	Al-Bahri	1	1	2
							Al-Samawa	0	0	0
							Al-Naft	2	4	6
	Al-Naft	0	3	3
	Al-Jinsiya	0	0	0
													Al-Naft	0	0	0
													Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0	2	2
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	2	5
	Balad	0	0	0
							Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (w/o)	3	3	6
							Al-Najaf	0	0	0
	Al-Najaf	1	1	2
	Al-Khutoot	0	0	0
																			Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya			1
																			Al-Zawraa			4
	Naft Al-Wasat	2	1	3
	Al-Muthanna	0	1	1
							Naft Al-Wasat	0	0	0
							Amanat Baghdad (p)	0	0	0
	Amanat Baghdad	3	3	6
	Al-Minaa	2	1	3
													Amanat Baghdad	0	0	0
													Al-Zawraa	1	2	3
	Al-Zawraa	6	2	8
	Al-Kufa	0	0	0
							Al-Zawraa	0	2	2
							Erbil	0	1	1
	Erbil (w/o)	4	3	7
	Qalat Saleh	1	0	1

Round of 32

20 top-tier teams and 12 lower-tier teams competed in this round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Talaba (1)	12–4	Al-Kifl (2)	5–2	7–2
Al-Karkh (1)	5–0	Al-Husseiniya (2)	3–0	2–0
Naft Al-Junoob (1)	6–1	Samaraa (2)	5–1	1–0
Naft Maysan (1)	1–1 (4–2 p)	Al-Hussein (1)	0–1	1–0
Al-Diwaniya (1)	2–1	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya (1)	1–0	1–1
Al-Hudood (1)	2–0	Al-Taji (2)	1–0	1–0
Al-Kahrabaa (1)	4–1	Al-Hindiya (2)	3–1	1–0
Al-Shorta (1)	6–1	Haifa (2)	5–0	1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1)	5–0	Balad (2)	3–0	2–0
Al-Najaf (1)	2–0	Al-Khutoot (2)	1–0	1–0
Al-Naft (1)	3–0	Al-Jinsiya (2)	0–0	3–0
Al-Samawa (1)	3–2	Al-Bahri (1)	2–1	1–1
Amanat Baghdad (1)	6–3	Al-Minaa (1)	3–2	3–1
Naft Al-Wasat (1)	3–1	Al-Muthanna (2)	2–0	1–1
Erbil (1)	7–1	Qalat Saleh (2)	4–1	3–0 (w/o)
Al-Zawraa (1)	8–0	Al-Kufa (2)	6–0	2–0

First leg

12 October 2018	Al-Karkh	3–0	Al-Husseiniya	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Zeiad Jabbar  (pen.) Abbas			Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium Referee: Ahmed Gomaa

12 October 2018	Al-Diwaniya	1–0	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	Diwaniya
12:00 GMT	Adnan			Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium Referee: Fareed Kareem

12 October 2018	Al-Hudood	1–0	Al-Taji	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Abdul-Kadhim  30'			Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium Referee: Mohammed Ryad

12 October 2018	Al-Kahrabaa	3–1	Al-Hindiya	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Muhsen  3' Raad  8' Kone  88'		75'	Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium Referee: Montaser Ghazi

12 October 2018	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–0	Balad	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Radhi  70' Mendy  77' Ahmad  82'			Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium Referee: Rawad Yassin

12 October 2018	Al-Samawa	2–1	Al-Bahri	Samawa
12:00 GMT	Younis  5', 14'		Terry  47'	Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium Referee: Hamid Talib

12 October 2018	Amanat Baghdad	3–2	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Salim  6' Ibrahim  49' Qasem  53'		Jasem  19' Jabbar  90'	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium Referee: Ayad Mozahem

12 October 2018	Naft Al-Wasat	2–0	Al-Muthanna	Najaf
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Najaf Stadium Referee: Amjad Subhi

12 October 2018	Erbil	4–1	Qalat Saleh	Erbil
14:00 GMT	Amaral  20', 83' Salman  55', 77'			Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Ahmed Askar

13 October 2018	Al-Talaba	5–2	Al-Kifl	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Tariq  2' (pen.), 38' H. Hussein  18' M. Hussein  55', 60'			Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium Referee: Diaa Jendil

13 October 2018	Naft Al-Junoob	5–1	Samaraa	Basra
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium Referee: Ahmed Majid

13 October 2018	Naft Maysan	0–1	Al-Hussein	Maysan
12:00 GMT			Mohammed  74'	Stadium: Maysan Stadium Referee: Tahseen Ali

13 October 2018	Al-Najaf	1–0	Al-Khutoot	Najaf
12:00 GMT	Rzaiej  60'			Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium Referee: Saif Khamis

13 October 2018	Al-Naft	0–0	Al-Jinsiya	Baghdad
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Naft Stadium Referee: Yasser Hashem

13 October 2018	Al-Zawraa	6–0	Al-Kufa	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Abbas  20' (pen.), 30', 55', 71' Hussein  70' Ahmed  90+1'			Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Sadeq

25 October 2018	Al-Shorta	5–0	Haifa	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Diallo  7', 53' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Mohammed  9' Ali  82'			Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

Second leg

15 November 2018	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Al-Diwaniya	Baghdad
10:00 GMT	Saad  79' (pen.)		Mehdi  80'	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium Referee: Montaser Ghazi

15 November 2018	Al-Hindiya	0–1 (1–4 agg.)	Al-Kahrabaa	Baghdad
10:00 GMT			Hadeeb  90+2'	Referee: Mohammed Sadeq

16 November 2018	Al-Kifl	2–7 (4–12 agg.)	Al-Talaba	Al-Kifl
10:00 GMT	30'  87'		Sabah  10' Zamel  25', 55', 90' Tariq  35' Jawda  40' Saad  85'	Referee: Zaid Fadel

16 November 2018	Al-Husseiniya	0–2 (0–5 agg.)	Al-Karkh	Baghdad
10:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium Referee: Hamid Talib

16 November 2018	Al-Hussein	0–1 (1–1 agg.) (2–4 p)	Naft Maysan	Baghdad
10:00 GMT			Zamel  88'	Stadium: Al-Naft Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman

16 November 2018	Haifa	1–1 (1–6 agg.)	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
10:00 GMT	Mundher  66'		Diallo  44'	Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium Referee: Shamil Tahseen

16 November 2018	Al-Khutoot	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Al-Najaf	Baghdad
10:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium Referee: Salam Juma

16 November 2018	Al-Bahri	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Al-Samawa	Basra
10:00 GMT			Younis	Stadium: Al-Zubair Stadium Referee: Amjad Subhi

16 November 2018	Al-Minaa	1–3 (3–6 agg.)	Amanat Baghdad	Basra
10:00 GMT	Junuzović  81' (pen.)		Qasem  14' Mohammed  77' Jabbar  86'	Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium Referee: Fareed Kareem

16 November 2018	Al-Muthanna	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Naft Al-Wasat	Samawa
10:00 GMT				Referee: Ali Ahmed Shaker

16 November 2018	Al-Kufa	0–2 (0–8 agg.)	Al-Zawraa	Najaf
10:00 GMT			Muhsen  30' Karim  44' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Najaf Stadium Referee: Mohammed Saleh

16 November 2018	Qalat Saleh	0–3 (w/o) (1–7 agg.)	Erbil	Amara
10:00 GMT

17 November 2018	Samaraa	0–1 (1–6 agg.)	Naft Al-Junoob	Samaraa
10:00 GMT			Ali  40'	Referee: Ahmed Mohamed

17 November 2018	Al-Taji	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Al-Hudood	Baghdad
10:00 GMT			Owolabi  79', 82',  88'	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium Referee: Diaa Jendil

17 November 2018	Balad	0–2 (0–5 agg.)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Balad
10:00 GMT			Mohammed  42' Qasim  45'	Referee: Tana Osman

17 November 2018	Al-Jinsiya	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	Al-Naft	Baghdad
10:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium Referee: Ahmed Kazem

Round of 16

All remaining teams are from the top-tier.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Karkh	2–3	Al-Talaba	2–2	0–1
Naft Al-Junoob	1–1 (1–3 p)	Naft Maysan	1–0	0–1
Al-Diwaniya	1–1 (a)	Al-Hudood	1–1	0–0
Al-Kahrabaa	2–1	Al-Shorta	1–0	1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6–0	Al-Najaf	3–0 (w/o)	3–0 (w/o)
Al-Samawa	0–6	Al-Naft	0–2	0–4
Naft Al-Wasat	0–0 (2–4 p)	Amanat Baghdad	0–0	0–0
Al-Zawraa	2–1	Erbil	0–0	2–1

First leg

5 January 2019	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Najaf	Baghdad
09:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

5 January 2019	Al-Karkh	2–2	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
10:00 GMT	Turky  88' Khalil  90+1' (pen.)		Muhammed  27' Kalaf  60' Hussein  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium

5 January 2019	Naft Al-Junoob	1–0	Naft Maysan	Basra
10:00 GMT	Zamil  76'			Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium

5 January 2019	Al-Diwaniya	1–1	Al-Hudood	Diwaniya
10:00 GMT	Kareem  25'		Iyad  5'	Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium

5 January 2019	Al-Kahrabaa	1–0	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
10:00 GMT	Mhaisen  75'		Abdul-Zahra 85'	Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium

5 January 2019	Al-Samawa	0–2	Al-Naft	Samawa
10:00 GMT			Mohsin  30' Shakor  75'	Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium

5 January 2019	Naft Al-Wasat	0–0	Amanat Baghdad	Najaf
10:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Najaf Stadium

5 January 2019	Al-Zawraa	0–0	Erbil	Baghdad
10:00 GMT				Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

Second leg

10 January 2019	Al-Talaba	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	Al-Karkh	Baghdad
09:30 GMT	Hussein  31'			Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed

10 January 2019	Naft Maysan	1–0 (1–1 agg.) (3–1 p)	Naft Al-Junoob	Amara
09:30 GMT	Naeem  41'			Stadium: Al-Maimuna Stadium Referee: Mohammed Sadeq

10 January 2019	Al-Hudood	0–0 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Al-Diwaniya	Baghdad
09:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

10 January 2019	Al-Najaf	0–3 (w/o) (0–6 agg.)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Najaf
09:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium

10 January 2019	Al-Naft	4–0 (6–0 agg.)	Al-Samawa	Baghdad
09:30 GMT	20' Kareem  44', 70' Mohsin  80'			Stadium: Al-Naft Stadium

10 January 2019	Amanat Baghdad	0–0 (0–0 agg.) (4–2 p)	Naft Al-Wasat	Baghdad
09:30 GMT				Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

10 January 2019	Erbil	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Al-Zawraa	Erbil
09:30 GMT	Khesro  5'		Jalal  25' Fadhel  60'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium

11 January 2019	Al-Shorta	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Al-Kahrabaa	Baghdad
10:00 GMT	Abdul-Zahra  31'		Raad  59'	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Naft Maysan	1–1 (a)	Al-Talaba	1–1	0–0
Al-Kahrabaa	2–2 (4–3 p)	Al-Hudood	1–1	1–1
Al-Naft	0–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0	0–2
Amanat Baghdad	0–3	Al-Zawraa	0–1	0–2

First leg

21 January 2019	Naft Maysan	1–1	Al-Talaba	Amara
10:30 GMT	Saadoun  67'		Tariq  60'	Stadium: Al-Maimuna Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman

21 January 2019	Al-Kahrabaa	1–1	Al-Hudood	Baghdad
10:30 GMT	Mhaisen 15',  26'		Jassim  24'	Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium Referee: Mustafa Abdul-Karim

21 January 2019	Al-Naft	0–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad
10:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed

21 January 2019	Amanat Baghdad	0–1	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
10:30 GMT			Abdul-Raheem  57'	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium Referee: Mohamed Tarek

Second leg

7 June 2019	Al-Talaba	0–0 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Naft Maysan	Baghdad
13:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed

7 June 2019	Al-Hudood	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Al-Kahrabaa	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Abbas  90+1'		Mohammed  84'	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

7 June 2019	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Al-Naft	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Abdul-Zahra  40' (o.g.) Ahmad  75'			Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

7 June 2019	Al-Zawraa	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
17:00 GMT	Jalal  61' Sabah  85'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Semi-finals

11 June 2019	Al-Talaba	0–3	Al-Kahrabaa	Baghdad
13:45 GMT			Mhaisen  7' Assan  49' Ibrahim  67'	Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah

11 June 2019	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–4	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
16:00 GMT	Mohammed  79' (o.g.)		Abdul-Raheem  5' Qasim  17' Abbas  35' Sabah  85'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed

Final

26 July 2019	Al-Kahrabaa	0–1	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
16:00 GMT			Hadi  86'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed

References

1. "Iraq FA conducts the draw for the Iraq FA Cup" (in Arabic). Shafaaq News. August 28, 2018.
2. "Learn about the draw and start date of the Iraq FA Cup" (in Arabic). Iraq Akhbar. August 28, 2018. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
3. "Competitions Committee determines the new start date of the Iraq FA Cup" (in Arabic). Iraq Akhbar. August 28, 2018.
4. "Iraq FA Cup Draw" (in Arabic). Kooora. August 28, 2018.

External links

• Iraqi Football Website
• Iraqi FA Cup 2018/2019, Goalzz.com