1996–97 Iraq FA Cup

The 1996–97 Iraq FA Cup was the 20th edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a clubs-only 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.

1996–97 Iraq FA Cup

Country	Iraq
Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3rd title)
Runners-up	Al-Shorta
Top goal scorer(s)	Mahmoud Majeed (8 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya also won the Iraqi Premier League, the Iraqi Elite Cup and the Iraqi Super Cup in the 1996–97 season to become the first Iraqi team to win the domestic quadruple.

Bracket

	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
	Karbalaa	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

Semi-finals

First legs

31 March 1997

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0	Al-Zawraa

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium, Baghdad

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Al-Kut	1–1	Al-Shorta

Al-Kut Stadium, Kut

Second legs

7 April 1997

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

Al-Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad

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

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Al-Shorta	1–0	Al-Kut
Qais

Al-Shorta Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Shorta won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

28 April 1997

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Shorta
Emmanuel   31'		Jawad   51'
Penalties
Dhahid   Hadi   Jassim   Khalaf   Kadhim   Zughayir   Daham	7–6	Abid Ali   Habib   Hameed   Assem   Qais   Adel   Mohammed

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 50,000

References

1. The Al-Zawraa Archival Encyclopedia - 1996/97 Season

External links

• Iraqi Football Website