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The 2022–23 Iraq FA Cup was the 33rd edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football, featuring clubs from the top three tiers of the Iraqi football league system (Iraqi Premier League, Iraqi First Division League and Iraqi Second Division League). The competition began on 1 November 2022 with the first round, and the final was played on 5 August 2023 at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.

The winners of the competition were Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who won their sixth title with a 1–0 victory over Erbil.

Schedule

The rounds of the 2022–23 competition are scheduled as follows:

First round

Masafi Al-Junoob, Al-Ghadhriya and Afak received byes to the second round.

Baghdad Section

Northern Section

Southern Section

Central Euphrates Section

Western Section

Second round

Al-Jaish, Ghaz Al-Shamal, Rabia, Al-Minaa, Al-Bahri, Samarra, and Diyala received byes to the third round.

Baghdad Section

Northern Section

Southern Section

Central Euphrates Section

Western Section

Third round

Baghdad Section

Northern Section

Southern Section

Central Euphrates Section

Western Section

Third round play-off

Baghdad Section

Central Euphrates Section

Final phase

Bracket

Round of 32

20 top-tier teams and 12 lower-tier teams competed in this round.

6 March 2023	Al-Hurr	0–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Karbala
15:00 UTC+03:00			Akakpo 57' Raed 74'	Stadium: Karbala International Stadium Referee: Mohanad Manaf

6 March 2023	Al-Talaba	2–1	Al-Diwaniya	Baghdad
15:00 UTC+03:00	Salam 89' Jawad 90+4'		Al-Dardour 51'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Salem Amer

6 March 2023	Naft Al-Wasat	2–0	Haifa	Najaf
15:00 UTC+03:00	Esquerdinha 30' Lafta 75'			Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium Referee: Mohammed Salah

7 March 2023	Newroz	1–2	Naft Maysan	Erbil
15:00 UTC+03:00	Maradona 80'		Abed 49' Okoronkwo 75'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan

7 March 2023	Naft Al-Basra	1–0	Afak	Basra
15:00 UTC+03:00	Abdul-Raheem 43'			Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium Referee: Sajad Khalid

7 March 2023	Zakho	0–1	Al-Zawraa	Zakho
15:00 UTC+03:00			Abdulkareem 35'	Stadium: Zakho International Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray

7 March 2023	Al-Shorta	6–3	Masafi Al-Junoob	Baghdad
18:15 UTC+03:00	Husni 12', 54' Amer 15' (o.g.) Benyamin 19' (o.g.) Moumouni 39' Al-Mawas 77'		Qasim 24' Michael 71' (pen.) Suroor 79'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ahmed Kadhim

24 March 2023	Karbala	1–0	Al-Sinaa	Karbala
15:00 UTC+03:00	Fadhil 66'			Stadium: Karbala International Stadium

Round of 16

12 top-tier teams and 4 lower-tier teams competed in this round.

13 April 2023	Amanat Baghdad	1–1 (8–9 p)	Al-Karkh	Baghdad
15:15 UTC+03:00	Jacob 27'		Talla 33'	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium Referee: Mohanad Manaf

13 April 2023	Naft Maysan	2–1	Karbala	Amara
21:30 UTC+03:00	Matar 51' Okoronkwo 55'		Raad 19'	Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium Referee: Mohammed Kamel Zughair

14 April 2023	Erbil	2–1	Naft Al-Wasat	Erbil
21:30 UTC+03:00	Radhi		Esquerdinha	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Ayad Zahem

14 April 2023	Al-Zawraa	1–1 (4–2 p)	Naft Al-Basra	Baghdad
21:30 UTC+03:00	El Ani 3'		Ngombé 53'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohammed Salman
	Penalties
	El Ani Mohammed Abdullah Abdulkareem		Calixto Abdul-Raheem Ahmed Zamel

14 April 2023	Duhok	0–1	Al-Talaba	Duhok
21:30 UTC+03:00			Jaílson 54'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan

15 May 2023	Al-Hudood	2–1	Al-Shirqat	Baghdad
17:00 UTC+03:00	Yeboah 8' Sabah 52'		Hamad 57'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ali Ahmed Shaker

16 May 2023	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1 (7–6 p)	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
20:00 UTC+03:00	Abdul-Kadhim 14'		Farhan 59'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ahmed Kadhim
	Penalties
	Abdul-Raheem Abdul-Kadhim Mohsin Acquah Maaroufi Hanoon Akakpo		Rostam Haddad Dawood Niang Al-Youssef Farhan Yahya

Quarter-finals

7 top-tier teams and 1 lower-tier team compete in this round.

25 July 2023	Al-Zawraa	1–1 (2–3 p)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad
21:00 UTC+03:00	Qasim 83'		Al-Baqir 87'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
	Penalties
	El Ani Abdul-Amir Abdullah Abbas Abdulkareem		Abdul-Raheem Abdul-Kadhim Bayesh Atchou Mohsin

26 July 2023	Al-Talaba	0–0 (4–5 p)	Al-Karkh	Baghdad
20:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
	Penalties
	Ismail Tahseen Jawad Abdullah Ali Camara Hussein		Nouri Caio Shallon Abdul-Rahman Hmeisha dos Santos Waleed

Semi-finals

All remaining teams are from the top-tier.

31 July 2023	Al-Hudood	0–1	Erbil	Baghdad
20:00 UTC+03:00			Khalil 52'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

1 August 2023	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–1	Al-Karkh	Baghdad
20:00 UTC+03:00	Abdul-Raheem 34' Jabbar 45+2' Abdul-Kadhim 90+2'		Hanoon 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Final

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	Erbil
Abdul-Raheem 29'

References

1. "جدول مباريات الدور الاول لمنافسات بطولة كأس العراق" (in Arabic). Iraq Football Association. 27 October 2022 – via Facebook.
2. "إتحاد الكرة يصدر جدولاً لمباريات الدور الأول لمنافسات بطولة كأس العراق للموسم 2022 – 2023" (in Arabic). Khabaar Press. 27 October 2022.
3. "القوة الجوية يتوج بكأس العراق على حساب أربيل". Kooora.com (in Arabic). 5 August 2023.
4. "بحضور ممثلي الأندية المشاركة.. إقامة قرعة بطولة كأس العراق" (in Arabic). Shafaq. 27 October 2022.
5. "إتحاد الكرة يصدر جدولاً لمباريات الدور الأول لمنافساتإقامة قرعة دوري الدرجة الأولى والثانية لبطولة كأس العراق" (in Arabic). PressBee. 27 October 2022.

External links

• Iraq Football Association

• Iraq FA Cup
• 2022–23 in Iraqi football
• 2022–23 Asian domestic association football cups