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2015–16 Iraq FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	5 October 2015 – 29 May 2016
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (4th title)
Runner-up	Al-Zawraa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	97 (2.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Luay Salah (6 goals)
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The 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup was the 27th edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. It was the second edition held after the 2002–03 edition, although the 2012–13 one was abandoned.

At first, thirty-nine teams were set to participate in the competition, but after the withdrawals of many of the Iraqi Premier League teams, only days before the second round, clubs including Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba, Al-Hudood, Al-Sinaa, Naft Maysan, Al-Najaf, Zakho, and Al-Kahrabaa, a total of twelve teams from the Iraqi Premier League and nineteen from Iraqi First Division League ended up participating. It began on 5 October 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016 with the final at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.

The winner of the competition was Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya who won their fourth cup by defeating record winners Al-Zawraa 2–0 in the final. Therefore, they qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup.

Format

Participation

The cup starts with a qualifying round of the 19 teams from the Iraqi First Division League, 14 of which play against each other and 5 of which automatically proceed to the next round. The 20 (later becoming 12) teams from the Iraqi Premier League join the other teams in the Round of 32.

Draw

For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots of 9 teams in one and 10 in the other. For the remaining rounds other than the final, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. The final is held in the Al-Shaab Stadium, a nominally neutral venue.

Match rules

Teams meet in one game in the first round, round of 32 and round of 16. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, the teams will have two-legged ties. The final will have only one-leg. A match will take place for 90 minutes, with two halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation or tied on aggregate, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. A coin toss will decide who takes the first penalty.

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 31 teams participated in the competition:

• Bold: indicated teams are still in competition
• Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba, Al-Hudood, Al-Sinaa, Naft Maysan, Al-Najaf, Zakho, and Al-Kahrabaa withdrew from the competition on 10 November 2015.

Map

Schedule

The rounds of the 2015–16 competition are scheduled as follows:

First round

The first round was drawn on 1 September 2015 at 12:00 in the Iraq Football Association building in Baghdad by the director of the competitions committee Shihab Ahmed. The matches took place from 5–6 October 2015.

Diyala, Al-Sulaikh, Al-Saha, Balad, and Al-Kufa gained automatic qualification to the Second Round.

5 October 2015	Al-Khutoot	3–1	Ghaz Al-Shamal	Baghdad
15:00	Radhi Qasim Saad			Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

5 October 2015	Al-Difaa Al-Madani	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Al-Mahmoudiya	Baghdad
14:30				Stadium: Haifa Stadium Referee: Alaa Jawad

5 October 2015	Al-Oloom wal-Technologia	0–1	Shahraban	Miqdadiya
14:00			Fuad	Stadium: Shahraban Stadium

6 October 2015	Al-Etisalat	1–2	Al-Hussein	Baghdad
	93'		Arzij Abu Shaiba

6 October 2015	Qazaniya	1–2	Kara	Mandali
			Ismail Khalaf

6 October 2015	Al-Sadda	1–1 (a.e.t.) (L–W p)	Al-Qasim	Hilla
15:00				Stadium: Babil Stadium

Second round

The Second Round and the Round of 16 were drawn on 4 November 2015 at 12:00 in the Iraq Football Association building in Baghdad by the director of the competitions committee Shihab Ahmed. The matches took place from 10–12 November 2015.

Al-Khutoot, Naft Al-Junoob, Naft Al-Wasat, Al-Saha, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Jaish, Balad, and Duhok gained automatic qualification to the Round of 16 after the withdrawals of their respective opponents: Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba, Al-Hudood, Al-Sinaa, Naft Maysan, Al-Najaf, Zakho, and Al-Kahrabaa in the Second Round.

10 November 2015	Al-Zawraa	2–0	Al-Difaa Al-Madani	Baghdad
13:30	Salah 10' Jaffal 31'			Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

11 November 2015	Al-Hussein	2–1	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
13:30	Taha Sabri		Sharif 21'	Stadium: Al-Thawra Stadium

11 November 2015	Diyala	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Kara	Baquba
13:30				Stadium: Hibhib Stadium

11 November 2015	Al-Samawa	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Qasim	Samawa
13:30	Slal Hussein Mutha'			Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium
Note: Al-Qasim withdrew at half-time with the score at 3–1, therefore the match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Al-Samawa.

11 November 2015	Al-Kufa	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Amanat Baghdad	Najaf
13:30	27'		Ahmad 85' Falah 108'	Stadium: Al-Kufa Stadium

12 November 2015	Al-Karkh	2–1	Erbil	Baghdad
13:30	Majid 36' Saad 47'		Mustafa 88'	Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium

12 November 2015	Al-Naft	4–0	Shahraban	Baghdad
13:30	Raad Ubaid Ayid Qasim			Stadium: Al-Naft Stadium

12 November 2015	Al-Sulaikh	0–1	Karbala	Baghdad
13:30			Abu Shama 89'	Stadium: Al-Tahaddi Stadium

Round of 16

Round of 16 matches took place from 16–17 November 2015.

16 November 2015	Al-Zawraa	4–0	Diyala	Baghdad
13:30	Salah Hatem Zaidan			Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

16 November 2015	Naft Al-Junoob	1–0	Al-Samawa	Basra
13:30	Ali			Stadium: Al Fayhaa Stadium

16 November 2015	Al-Hussein	3–0	Balad	Baghdad
13:30	Abd Ali Taha Ziyad			Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium

16 November 2015	Al-Saha	0–1	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
13:30			Abbas	Stadium: Al-Saha Stadium

17 November 2015	Al-Jaish	1–3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad
13:30	Ghafil		Mohsin Mido	Stadium: Al-Jaish Stadium

17 November 2015	Naft Al-Wasat	0–2	Al-Karkh	Najaf
13:30			Saad Majid	Stadium: Al-Najaf Stadium

17 November 2015	Duhok	2–1	Al-Naft	Duhok
13:30	Mushir 28' (pen.) Ismail 74'		Mshari 64'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium

17 November 2015	Al-Khutoot	1–0	Karbala	Baghdad
13:30				Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarterfinals was held on 15 December 2015 at 12:00 in the Iraq Football Association building in Baghdad by the director of the competitions committee Shihab Ahmed. The matches took place from 19–27 December 2015.

First legs

Al-Khutoot	0–1	Duhok
		Mushir 45'

Naft Al-Junoob	3–2	Amanat Baghdad
Mubarak 3' Abdel-Salam 45' Kadhim 74'	Report	Mohammed 20' (pen.) Amado 65'

Al-Hussein	2–1	Al-Zawraa
Kareem 65' Raad 89'	Report	Abdul-Zahra 74'

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1	Al-Karkh
Abdulwahid 65'		Backer 43'

Second legs

Duhok	2–2	Al-Khutoot
Khalid 52' Mushir 89' (pen.)		Karim 34' Saad 40' (pen.)

Duhok won 3–2 on aggregate.

Amanat Baghdad	1–3	Naft Al-Junoob
Nasr-Allah 49'		Salam 24' Awdah 76' Jawad 88'

Naft Al-Junoob won 6–3 on aggregate.

Al-Zawraa	3–1	Al-Hussein
Jafal (pen.) Salah Zaidan		Taha

Al-Zawraa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al-Karkh	0–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
		Mohsin 48'

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First legs

Naft Al-Junoob	0–2	Al-Zawraa
	Report	Salah 42' Ali 76'

Duhok	4–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Ibrahim 10' Al Douni 30' Mushir 62' (pen.) Mamoun 79'	Report	Hassan 25'

Second legs

Al-Zawraa	2–1	Naft Al-Junoob
Abdul-Zahra 31', 63'	Report	Awda 87'

Al-Zawraa won 4–1 on aggregate.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–0	Duhok
Mohsin 17' Ahmed 34' Wahid 58'	Report

4–4 on aggregate. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won on away goals.

Final

Al-Zawraa	0–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
		Rasan 58' Tariq 90+4' Saeed  89'  90+6'

Bracket

From the Round of 16 onwards:

Broadcasting rights

The broadcasting rights were bought by Ishtar Cinema Production Co. Ltd from the Iraq Football Association for five seasons in the start of the 2015–16 season. Al-Iraqiya Sport signed a protocol with the company to televise the FA Cup and the Iraqi Premier League matches. From the first round until the second legs of the semifinals, no channel was interested in buying the FA Cup matches' rights. On 10 January 2016, Al-Iraqiya Sport bought the rights of the last three games of the competition. However, the administrative board of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya refused to televise their match against Duhok on live TV. On 4 April, the director of the production company, Mohammed Haijal, announced that the broadcasting rights of the final were given to Al-Kass Sports Channel.

References

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7. "Ishtar to broadcast the Iraqi Premier League". Al-Amal Sport (in Arabic). October 13, 2015. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020.
8. "Ishtar Cinema Production Co. Ltd". Facebook (in Arabic). January 10, 2016.
9. Essa, Sami (January 16, 2016). "Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya refuse to televise their match against Duhok in the cup". Kooora (in Arabic).
10. "Mohammed Haijal". Facebook (in Arabic). April 4, 2016.

External links

• Iraq Football Association

• 2015–16 domestic association football cups
• 2015–16 in Iraqi football
• Iraq FA Cup