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1996–97 Iraq FA Cup

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1996–97 Iraq FA Cup
Tournament details
CountryIraq
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(3rd title)
Runner-upAl-Shorta
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Mahmoud Majeed
(8 goals)

The 1996–97 Iraq FA Cup was the 20th edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The tournament was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya for the third time in their history, beating Al-Shorta 7–6 on penalties in the final after a 1–1 draw.[1] Al-Zawraa's Mahmoud Majeed was the tournament's top scorer with eight goals.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya also won the Iraqi Premier League, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship and the Iraqi Super Cup in the 1996–97 season to become the first Iraqi team to win the domestic quadruple.

Bracket

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Round of 32
27 September 1996
Round of 16
First legs: 28 October 1996
Second legs: 4 November 1996
Quarter-finals
First legs: 10 March 1997
Second legs: 17 March 1997
Semi-finals
First legs: 31 March 1997
Second legs: 7 April 1997
Final
28 April 1997
Al-Sulaikh 0
Al-Najaf 1 Al-Najaf 2 0 2
Al-Karkh 6 Al-Karkh 0 0 0
Al-Rumaitha 0 Al-Najaf 3 2 5
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a.g.g.e.t.) 2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a)[a] 3 2 5
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 1 2
Al-Kadhimiya 0 Al-Mosul 0 0 0
Al-Mosul 1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a) 0 1 1
Al-Zawraa 0 1 1
Al-Basra 0 ? L
Al-Talaba 4 Al-Talaba 4 ? W
Al-Hudood 0 Al-Talaba 2 2
Al-Zawraa (w/o)[b] 1 0
Shabab Al-Anbar 0 0 0
Al-Zawraa 7 Al-Zawraa 4 3 7
Kirkuk 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p) 1 (7)
Al-Shorta 1 (6)
Samarra 0 ? L
Diyala 1 (8) Al-Kut 2 ? W
Al-Kut (p) 1 (9) Al-Kut 3 0 3
Al-Umal 0 Al-Ramadi 1 0 1
Al-Nasiriya 3 Al-Nasiriya 2 0 2
Karbala 1 Al-Ramadi 1 2 3
Al-Ramadi 2 Al-Kut 1 0 1
Al-Salam (p) ? (5) Al-Shorta 1 1 2
Al-Khalis ? (4) Al-Salam 1 ? L
Al-Naft 0 Al-Shorta 3 ? W
Al-Shorta 1 Al-Shorta 4 1 5
Al-Sinaa 0 Salahaddin 0 0 0
Al-Jaish 1 Al-Jaish 1 0 1
Salahaddin 1 1 2
  1. ^ The first leg which was considered as a home game for Al-Najaf was moved to Baghdad as a punishment by the Iraq Football Association.
  2. ^ Al-Zawraa were awarded a walkover victory due to Al-Talaba fielding the player Salam Omer who was ineligible due to having two yellow cards.

Matches

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Semi-finals

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First legs

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Al-Kut1–1Al-Shorta
Al-Kut Stadium, Kut

Second legs

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Al-Zawraa1–1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Saddam (pen.) Omran

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won on away goals.


Al-Shorta won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Iraq FA Cup
1996–97 winner
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3rd title

References

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