The 2001–02 Iraq FA Cup was the 24th edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The tournament was won by Al-Talaba for the first time in their history, after losing in the final six previous times. They beat Al-Shorta 1–0 in the final, preventing Al-Shorta from completing the cup double. Al-Talaba also won the 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League to complete their first ever double.[1][2] The tournament consisted of 100 teams for the first time.

2001–02 Iraq FA Cup
Tournament details
CountryIraq
Teams100
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Talaba
(1st title)
Runner-upAl-Shorta

Bracket

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First preliminary round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al-Muthanna 1–0 Al-Forat
Sulaymaniya 2–1 Aso
Al-Shatra 1–0 Al-Kut
Karbala ?–? (5–4 p) Al-Sadda
Al-Jaish 9–0 Al-Shabab
Al-Amana ?–? (5–3 p) Al-Umal
Al-Shuala 4–1 Al-Siyaha
Peris 5–1 Ararat
Al-Hamza ?–? (6–5 p) Al-Kufa
Al-Meshkhab 3–0 Al-Anbar
Al-Basra 4–1 Al-Hay
Salahaddin 4–1 Shabab Al-Dawr
Al-Rifai 6–0 Al-Muwafaqiya
Zakho 9–0 Hikna
Sinjar 3–0 Simele
Daquq 3–0 Al-Mosul
Bardarash 2–0 Al-Thawra
Haifa 3–2 Tamouz
Brusk 2–0 Diyala
Al-Khalis 3–0 Mateen
Al-Nasiriya 3–0 Al-Fajr
Al-Nahdha 3–1 Al-Khutoot
Al-Tijara 4–2 Al-Hurriya
Al-Hindiya 4–3 Al-Jamahir
Al-Shomali 2–1 Ghammas
Al-Diwaniya 4–3 Babil
Al-Ramadi 2–0 Al-Falluja
Al-Qasim 3–2 Al-Fosfat
Al-Mahmoudiya 2–1 Al-Qaqaa
Al-Khidhir 1–0 Al-Hadhr
Brayati 4–0 Al-Shaqlawa
Al-Shirqat 2–1 Balad
Al-Hudood 3–0 Khanaqin
Al-Numaniya 4–2 Al-Musayyib
Kahrabaa Al-Hartha 1–0 Al-Rumaitha
Kumait 5–0 Zummar
Al-Bahri 3–1 Maysan
Al-Amara 2–1 Al-Ittihad
Al-Hussein 7–0 Al-Madain
Afak 5–2 Al-Daghara
Al-Samawa bye
Al-Zubair bye
Kirkuk bye
Al-Dibis bye
Al-Kadhimiya bye
Al-Bareed bye
Al-Sinaa bye
Al-Hilla bye

Second preliminary round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al-Basra 1–0 Al-Khidhir
Salahaddin 3–1 Brayati
Al-Diwaniya 4–2 Al-Hindiya
Al-Ramadi 1–0 Karbala
Al-Nahdha 1–0 Haifa
Daquq 1–0 Al-Shirqat
Al-Amana 2–1 Al-Hudood
Al-Hussein 4–0 Al-Numaniya
Kahrabaa Al-Hartha 0–3 Al-Muthanna
Afak 2–1 Kumait
Al-Shatra 2–0 Al-Bahri
Al-Rifai 2–1 Al-Amara
Al-Shuala 4–2 Sulaymaniya
Peris 5–1 Al-Hamza
Al-Meshkhab 3–2 Sinjar
Zakho 6–0 Bardarash
Brusk 2–3 Al-Khalis
Al-Nasiriya 4–2 Al-Tijara
Al-Qasim 3–0 Al-Shomali
Al-Jaish 3–0 (w/o) Al-Mahmoudiya
Al-Samawa bye
Al-Zubair bye
Kirkuk bye
Al-Dibis bye
Al-Kadhimiya bye
Al-Bareed bye
Al-Sinaa bye
Al-Hilla bye

Third preliminary round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al-Basra 6–1 Daquq
Salahaddin 7–0 Al-Muthanna
Al-Diwaniya 1–0 Al-Shuala
Al-Ramadi 2–1 Al-Khalis
Al-Samawa ?–? (5–4 p) Al-Zubair
Kirkuk 6–0 Al-Dibis
Al-Kadhimiya 5–2 Al-Bareed
Al-Sinaa 3–0 Al-Hilla
Al-Nahdha bye
Al-Amana bye
Al-Hussein bye
Afak bye
Al-Shatra bye
Al-Rifai bye
Peris bye
Al-Meshkhab bye
Zakho bye
Al-Nasiriya bye
Al-Qasim bye
Al-Jaish bye

Final phase

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Bracket

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Round of 32
First legs: 22 October 2001
Second legs: 5 November 2001
Round of 16
First legs: 19 November 2001
Second legs: 10 December 2001
Quarter-finals
First legs: 21 January 2002
Second legs: 28 January 2002
Semi-finals
First legs: 7 April 2002
Second legs: 15 April 2002
Final
28 April 2002
Al-Zawraa 3 2 5
Al-Amana 1 0 1 Al-Zawraa 3 0 3
Al-Hussein 0 0 0 Al-Minaa 1 1 2
Al-Minaa 0 1 1 Al-Zawraa 1 0 1
Al-Najaf 4 5 9 Al-Najaf 1 1 2
Al-Meshkhab 0 0 0 Al-Najaf 1 2 3
Al-Jaish 6 3 9 Al-Jaish 0 0 0
Al-Rifai 0 0 0 Al-Najaf 1 0 1
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 5 1 6 Al-Talaba 1 2 3
Al-Diwaniya 0 1 1 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 1 3 4
Afak 1 0 1 Peris 0 1 1
Peris (a) 1 0 1 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 0 0 0
Salahaddin 2 1 3 Al-Talaba 0 1 1
Al-Qasim 1 0 1 Salahaddin 1 1 2
Al-Basra 1 1 2 Al-Talaba 3 2 5
Al-Talaba 2 3 5 Al-Talaba 1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 0 3 Al-Shorta 0
Duhok 1 1 2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 0 1
Al-Shatra 0 0 0 Al-Karkh (a) 1 0 1
Al-Karkh 0 4 4 Al-Karkh 0 0 0
Al-Kadhimiya 2 1 3 Al-Naft 0 1 1
Kirkuk 0 2 2 Al-Kadhimiya 1 0 1
Al-Naft 3 3 6 Al-Naft (a) 1 0 1
Al-Nahdha 0 0 0 Al-Naft 0 0 0
Samarra 1 1 2 Al-Shorta 3 1 4
Al-Sinaa 0 1 1 Samarra 4 3 7
Erbil 1 0 1 Al-Samawa 0 0 0
Al-Samawa 1 1 2 Samarra 0 1 1
Al-Nasiriya 1 0 1 Al-Shorta 3 1 4
Zakho 1 1 2 Zakho 2 0 2
Al-Ramadi 0 1 1 Al-Shorta 0 3 3
Al-Shorta 3 7 10

Matches

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Quarter-finals

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First legs

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Al-Zawraa1–1Al-Najaf
Abdul-Jabar   26' Wahoudi   54'

Samarra0–3Al-Shorta
Tariq   28'
Mushraf   65'
Ahmad   90+1'


Second legs

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Al-Najaf1–0Al-Zawraa
Jawad   46'

Al-Najaf won 2–1 on aggregate.


Al-Shorta1–1Samarra
Kadhim   47' Aziz   61'

Al-Shorta won 4–1 on aggregate.


Al-Naft1–0Al-Karkh
Mashal   75'

Al-Naft won 1–0 on aggregate.


Al-Talaba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First legs

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Al-Najaf1–1Al-Talaba
A. Hashim   43' Q. Hashim   87'

Al-Naft0–3Al-Shorta
Hameed   9'
Mushraf   40'
Ogla   70'

Second legs

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Al-Talaba2–0Al-Najaf
Mahmoud   41'
Abbas   87'

Al-Talaba won 3–1 on aggregate.


Al-Shorta1–0Al-Naft
Ridha   70'

Al-Shorta won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

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Al-Talaba1–0Al-Shorta
Hashim   85'
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Talaba
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Shorta
GK 21   Saad Nassir
CB 30   Hamza Hadi
CB 23   Ahmed Wali
CB 6   Bassim Abbas  
RM 8   Habib Jafar (c)    
CM 33   Walid Ahmad  
CM 20   Bahaa Kadhim
CM 15   Hassan Turki
LM 29   Talib Abdul-Latif
CF 19   Sahib Abbas    
CF 28   Younis Mahmoud    
Substitutes:
DF 17   Arkan Najeeb  
FW 7   Ahmed Salah  
FW 25   Qusay Hashim  
Manager:
  Thair Ahmed
GK 1   Emad Hashim (c)
RB 3   Qais Issa  
CB 4   Mahir Habib
CB 27   Khalid Mohammed Sabbar  
LB 23   Mazin Abdul-Sattar    
RM 13   Abbas Rahim  
CM 25   Nashat Akram  
CM 20   Faris Abdul-Sattar  
LM 18   Ahmad Kadhim
CF 16   Ahmad Mnajed
CF 11   Amer Mushraf
Substitutes:
DF 29   Ziyad Tariq  
MF 15   Ahmed Hussein Adan  
FW 17   Hashim Ridha  
Manager:
  Ammo Baba

Assistant referees:
Abbas Abdul-Hussein
Arsalan Qadr
Mohammed Sahib

Match rules

Iraq FA Cup
2001–02 winner
Al-Talaba
1st title

References

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