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1st Baghdad Championship

The 1st Baghdad Championship (Arabic: بطولة بغداد الأولى) was the first occurrence of the tournament since it was renamed from its previous name of Umm al-Ma'arik Championship. It was organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams in the league table at the end of round 27 of the cancelled 2002–03 Iraqi First Division League competed in the tournament.

Baghdad Championship
Tournament details
CountryIraq
Dates1 October 2003 – 5 January 2004
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
Runner-upAl-Talaba
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Falah Hassan
(3 goals)
Best playerAhmed Salah
← 2002–03
(Umm al-Ma'arik Championship)

The competition started on 1 October 2003, with the third place match being cancelled and the final being postponed to 5 January 2004 for security reasons due to crowd trouble that occurred in the semi-finals. In the final, held at Al-Zawraa Stadium, Al-Zawraa defeated Al-Talaba 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw that saw three red cards. This turned out to be the last edition of the tournament.[1][2]

Group stage

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Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
Al-Talaba 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
Al-Mosul 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3
Al-Minaa 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Mosul
Khudhair   8'
L. Salah   35'
Dhahid   36'		 Ahmad   21'
Al-Talaba0–0Al-Minaa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Minaa
L. Salah  
Khudhair  
Ogla  		 Asi  
Al-Talaba3–2Al-Mosul
Kadhim   33'
Sadir   88' (pen.)
Karim   90+7'		 Usama   50' (pen.)
Numan   70'
Referee: Abdul-Aal Khudhair
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Talaba
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraddin
Al-Mosul5–3Al-Minaa
Yahya   39' (pen.)
Marzook   42'
Usama   53' (pen.)
Idan   90'
Ahmad   90+4'		 Hadi   20'
Falah   56', 78'

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Shorta 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
Al-Zawraa 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
Al-Najaf 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4
Erbil 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Al-Zawraa0–0Al-Najaf
Al-Shorta1–0Erbil
Fadhel   55'
Al-Zawraa5–1Erbil
Fahad   41', 42'
Abdul-Saha   50'
Jawad   70'
Abdul-Nabi   81'		 Ghafil   68'
Al-Shorta2–1Al-Najaf
Ridha   23', 48' Jassim   12'
Al-Zawraa0–0Al-Shorta
Erbil0–5Al-Najaf
Sahib   8'
Hassan   30', 85'
Jassim   66'
Wahudi   68'

Semifinals

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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–1Al-Zawraa
Ahmad   10'
Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad
Match was ended before stoppage time due to crowd trouble[3]
Al-Shorta1–2Al-Talaba
Abdul-Hussein   22' Nassir   21'
A. Salah   32'
Referee: Najim Aboud

Final

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Al-Zawraa2–2 (a.e.t.)Al-Talaba
W. Kadhim     37'
Abdul-Sada   41' (pen.)
H. Kadhim   51'
Fawzi   59'		 Report Abbas     40'
Kadhim   53'
Sadir   90+2'
Penalties
Fawzi  
Abdul-Qadir  
Mohammad  
Raad  
Abdul-Amir  		 5–4   Sadir
  Nayrouz
  B. Kadhim
  Jafar
  Wali
Attendance: 15,000
Baghdad Championship
2003–04 winner
Al-Zawraa
3rd title

Awards

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Top Goalscorer[1] Best Player[1] Best Goalkeeper[1] Best Manager[1] Fair Play Award[1]
Falah Hassan
(Al-Najaf) 		Ahmed Salah
(Al-Talaba) 		Saad Nassir
(Al-Talaba) 		Abdul-Ghani Shahad
(Al-Najaf) 		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Mubarak, Hassanin; Hashim, Refel (September 25, 2004). "Iraq 2003/04". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "2003 Elite Cup". NIIIIS.com.
  3. ^ Al-Latify, Yasir (25 November 2003). "Important decisions by the Iraq Football Association". Kooora.com.
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