2016–17 Iraq FA Cup

2016–17 Iraq FA Cup

Country	Iraq
Teams	61
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 Iraq FA Cup is the 28th 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 41 teams from the lower divisions are participating. It starts on 2 December 2016 and the final will be played at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, which has hosted the final ever since the competition started (apart from the 2003 final).

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are the defending champions of the cup having won their 4th cup in 2015–16 by defeating 14-time winners Al-Zawra'a 2–0 in the final. The cup winners qualify for the 2018 AFC Cup as well as the 2017 Iraqi Super Cup.

Format

Participation

The cup starts with the first round, consisting of the 41 teams from the lower divisions, 40 of which play against each other and 1 of which automatically proceeds to the next round. The second round consists of the 21 qualified teams from the first round, 18 of which play against each other and 3 of which automatically proceed to the Round of 32. The 20 Iraqi Premier League clubs join the 12 qualified teams from the second round to form the Round of 32.^[1]

The last cup tournament saw almost half of the Premier League clubs withdraw from the tournament. To avoid this happening again, the Iraq FA announced that any team that withdrew would be fined and also deducted three points in the league.

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 61 teams are participating in the competition:

Iraqi Premier League 20 clubs from the 2016–17 season

Lower Divisions 41 clubs from the lower divisions

Al-Bahri Al-Hedood Al-Hussein Al-Kahraba Al-Karkh Al-Mina'a Al-Naft Al-Najaf Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Samawa Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Al-Zawra'a Amanat Baghdad Erbil Karbalaa Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Wasat Naft Maysan Zakho

Abu Ghraib Al-Alam Al-Atheer Al-Difaa Al-Madani Al-Diwan Al-Eskan Al-Etisalat Al-Ghadhriya Al-Hurr Al-Iraq Al-Jaish Al-Jamaheer Al-Jinsiya Al-Kadhimiya Al-Khutoot Al-Kufa Al-Maslaha Al-Mithaq Al-Mohandessin Al-Najda Al-Rusafa Al-Saha Al-Sinaa Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Al-Siyaha Al-Taji Al-Tarmiya Al-Tuz Badr Balad Beladi Brayati Ghaz Al-Shamal Haifa Jisr Diyala Peshmerga Al-Sulaymaniya Salahaddin Samarra Shabab Al-Adil Shabab Al-Dor Shabab Al-Mushahadah

• Bold: indicated teams are still in competition

Schedule

The rounds of the 2016–17 competition are scheduled as follows:

Round	Draw date and time	Matches dates
First round	8 November 2016	2 December 2016
Second round		9 December 2016
Third round	TBA	TBA
Fourth round
Semifinals
Final

First round

40 teams from the lower divisions compete in this round, and 1 lower division team (Badr) is automatically placed into the second round.

Al-Jamaheer v Al-Siyaha

2 December 2016	Al-Jamaheer	0–3	Al-Siyaha

Al-Difaa Al-Madani v Al-Kadhimiya

2 December 2016	Al-Difaa Al-Madani	0–2	Al-Kadhimiya

Balad v Al-Iraq

2 December 2016	Balad	0–1	Al-Iraq
			Saleh

Al-Diwan v Al-Najda

2 December 2016	Al-Diwan	0–2	Al-Najda
			Qasim

Abu Ghraib v Al-Khutoot

2 December 2016	Abu Ghraib	0–1	Al-Khutoot
			78' Saad

Al-Eskan v Al-Jaish

2 December 2016	Al-Eskan	0–5	Al-Jaish

Al-Tarmiya v Al-Alam

2 December 2016	Al-Tarmiya	0–0 (3–2 p)	Al-Alam

Shabab Al-Adil v Shabab Al-Mushahadah

2 December 2016	Shabab Al-Adil	2–0	Shabab Al-Mushahadah
	Abdul-Zahra Shakir

Al-Saha v Shabab Al-Dor

2 December 2016	Al-Saha	4–3	Shabab Al-Dor
			Ibrahim Obeida

Samarra v Jisr Diyala

2 December 2016	Samarra	7–1	Jisr Diyala
	Salah Alaa Ayoub Abdullah Tamateh

Al-Maslaha v Al-Rusafa

2 December 2016	Al-Maslaha	1–0	Al-Rusafa
	Khalaf

Al-Mithaq v Haifa

2 December 2016	Al-Mithaq	v	Haifa

Al-Etisalat v Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

2 December 2016	Al-Etisalat	1–2	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
	Salman  37' (pen.)		1' Tamuh Hussain

Al-Sinaa v Brayati

2 December 2016	Al-Sinaa	v	Brayati

Al-Taji v Al-Ghadhriya

2 December 2016	Al-Taji	1–1 (5–3 p)	Al-Ghadhriya

Al-Hurr v Al-Tuz

2 December 2016	Al-Hurr	1–0	Al-Tuz
	65'

Peshmerga Al-Sulaymaniya v Al-Jinsiya

2 December 2016	Peshmerga Al-Sulaymaniya	1–0	Al-Jinsiya

Salahaddin v Al-Mohandessin

2 December 2016	Salahaddin	2–1	Al-Mohandessin
	Younis  1' Mahmoud  52' (pen.)		Khudhair  47'

Ghaz Al-Shamal v Al-Kufa

2 December 2016	Ghaz Al-Shamal	1–1 (8–7 p)	Al-Kufa

Beladi v Al-Atheer

2 December 2016	Beladi	3–3 (4–5 p)	Al-Atheer
			Ghalib Allawi Hussain

Second round

18 of the 21 qualified teams from the previous round compete in this round, while 3 teams (Al-Siyaha, Al-Kadhimiya and Al-Maslaha) are automatically placed into the Round of 32.

Al-Iraq v Al-Najda

9 December 2016	Al-Iraq	v	Al-Najda

Al-Khutoot v Al-Jaish

9 December 2016	Al-Khutoot	v	Al-Jaish

Al-Tarmiya v Shabab Al-Adil

9 December 2016	Al-Tarmiya	v	Shabab Al-Adil

Al-Saha v Samarra

9 December 2016	Al-Saha	v	Samarra

Al-Mithaq OR Haifa v Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

9 December 2016	Al-Mithaq OR Haifa	v	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

Al-Sinaa OR Brayati v Al-Taji

9 December 2016	Al-Sinaa OR Brayati	v	Al-Taji

Al-Hurr v Peshmerga Al-Sulaymaniya

9 December 2016	Al-Hurr	v	Peshmerga Al-Sulaymaniya

Salahaddin v Ghaz Al-Shamal

9 December 2016	Salahaddin	v	Ghaz Al-Shamal

Al-Atheer v Badr

9 December 2016	Al-Atheer	v	Badr

References

1. "Iraq FA Cup starts on 2 December 2016" (in Arabic). Kooora Forums. November 8, 2016.

External links

• Iraqi Football Website