2018–19 Iraq FA Cup

2018–19 Iraq FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	12 September 2018 – 26 July 2019
Teams	45
Final positions
Champions	Al-Zawraa (16th title)
Runner-up	Al-Kahrabaa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	71
Goals scored	176 (2.48 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alaa Abbas (5 goals)

The 2018–19 Iraq FA Cup was the 29th edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. A total of 20 teams from the Iraqi Premier League and 25 teams from the Iraqi First Division League and Iraqi Second Division League participated. It started on 12 September 2018 and the final was played on 26 July 2019 at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.

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 Iraqi First Division League and Iraqi Second Division League. 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	Iraqi First Division League / Iraqi Second Division League 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 Samarra Al-Mohandessin Al-Atheer Al-Hilla Al-Mahmoudiya Al-Mashroua Al-Najma Al-Sadeq Badr Al-Iraq Baladiyat Al-Nasiriya Biladi 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 First Division League and Second Division League competed in this round, and 1 team Al-Mohandessin was automatically placed into the playoff round.^[4]

Playoff round

Final phase

Bracket

	Round of 32 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
	Naft Al-Junoob	5	1	6
	Samarra	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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	Samarra (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

Second leg

Round of 16

All remaining teams are from the top-tier.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Second leg

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Second leg

Semi-finals

Final

Iraq FA Cup 2018–19 winner
Al-Zawraa 16th title

References

External links

• Iraq Football Association