The 2002–03 Iraq FA Cup was the 25th edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. It kicked off on 2 September 2002, and the final was played on 23 August 2003 at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil.[1][2]

2002–03 Iraq FA Cup
Tournament details
CountryIraq
Dates2 September 2002 – 23 August 2003
Teams94
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Talaba
(2nd title)
Runner-upAl-Shorta

Al-Talaba were the defending champions of the cup having beaten Al-Shorta 1–0 in the 2002 final, and the same was repeated in 2003 as Al-Talaba beat Al-Shorta 1–0 again to earn their second title. The competition was halted for more than six months after the quarter-finals due to the American invasion of Iraq, but the Iraq Football Association decided to complete the tournament, reducing the semi-finals to a single leg and moving the remaining matches to the safer northern city of Erbil.[3] The 2003 final was the last Iraq FA Cup final to be played until 2016.[4][5]

First round

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2 September 2002 Brusk 3–1 Brayati Erbil
Bathar Akram   3' (pen.)
Bashtwan Akram   45'
Abbas   68'
  31' Arsalan Jalal Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
2 September 2002 Salahaddin 3–0 Aqra Tikrit
Stadium: Tikrit Stadium
2 September 2002 Jalawla 0–1 Balad Maqadiya
Stadium: Maqadiya Stadium
2 September 2002 Talafar 3–1 Shabab Al-Dawr Mosul
Stadium: Al-Mosul University Stadium
2 September 2002 Khanaqin 1–0 Ararat Khanaqin
Attendance: Khanaqin Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Khalis 0–1 Mateen Al-Khalis
  15' Sami Hassan Stadium: Al-Khalis Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Thawra 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(W–L p)
Simele Kirkuk
Stadium: Al-Thawra Stadium
2 September 2002 Tamouz 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(L–W p)
Al-Umal Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Kashafa Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Tharthar 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(W–L p)
Al-Hussein Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Tharthar Stadium
2 September 2002 Diyala 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(W–L p)
Al-Amana Diyala
Stadium: Diyala Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Suwaira 1–2 Al-Shuala Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Shuala Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Anbar 2–1 Al-Tijara Ramadi
Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Sulaikh 3–1 Al-Shabab Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Amana Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Kadhimiya 5–0 Al-Sumoud Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Kadhimiya Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Hurriya 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Haifa Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Hurriya Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Hamza 0–1 Al-Mashroua Al-Qadisiya
Stadium: Al-Hamza Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Aziziya 4–1 Al-Mahanawiya Wasit
Stadium: Al-Aziziya Stadium
2 September 2002 Al-Mahmoudiya 0–1 Al-Diwaniya Mahmoudiya
Stadium: Al-Mahmoudiyah Stadium
3 September 2002 Karbala 4–0 Al-Midhatiya Karbala
Stadium: Karbala Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Sadda 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(L–W p)
Al-Jamahir Dhi Qar
Stadium: Al-Sadda Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Qasim 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(W–L p)
Dijlah Babil
Stadium: Al-Qasim Stadium
3 September 2002 Hatteen 2–1 Al-Numaniya Babil
Stadium: Hatteen Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Muwafaqiya 1–0 Al-Hindiya Basra
Stadium: Al-Muwafaqiya Stadium
3 September 2002 Afak 0–1 Al-Meshkhab Afak
Stadium: Afak Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Bathaa 1–0 Al-Forat Dhi Qar
Stadium: Al-Bathaa Stadium
3 September 2002 Kahrabaa Al-Hartha 3–2 Wasit Basra
Stadium: Al-Basra Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Rifai 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Al-Muthanna Dhi Qar
Stadium: Al-Rifai Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Khidhir 0–3 Al-Shatra
Stadium: Al-Khudhair Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Kut 1–0 Al-Bahri Kut
Stadium: Al-Kut Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Nidaa 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Al-Zubair Basra
Stadium: Al-Minaa Secondary Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Majer 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(W–L p)
Al-Hay Maysan
Stadium: Al-Majer Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Gharraf 0–1 Ghaz Al-Junoob Dhi Qar
Stadium: Al-Gharraf Stadium
3 September 2002 Babil 1–0 Al-Musayyib Babil
Stadium: Babil Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Alam 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(W–L p)
Peris Tikrit
Stadium: Tikrit Stadium
3 September 2002 Hibhib 1–2 (a.e.t.) Aso Diyala
   
 
Stadium: Diyala Stadium
3 September 2002 Al-Nahdha 6–1 Al-Falluja Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Nahdha Stadium

Second round

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Al-Shuala were automatically placed into the round of 32.

9 September 2002 Brusk 3–1 Salahaddin Erbil
Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
9 September 2002 Balad 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Talafar Balad
Mithaq Talib     Hussein Mohammed Stadium: Balad Stadium
9 September 2002 Mateen 3–0 Khanaqin Duhok
Sami Hassan   7'
Bihar Ahmed   44'
Ramzi Mohammed Suliman   89'
Stadium: Duhok Stadium
9 September 2002 Al-Thawra 0–1 Al-Alam Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Thawra Stadium
9 September 2002 Aso 3–2 Al-Umal Erbil
Stadium: Brusk Stadium
9 September 2002 Diyala 2–3 Al-Tharthar Diyala
Omar Bahjit   14', 73'   40', 63' Kanan Mutib
  90' Ahmed Masoud
Stadium: Diyala Stadium
9 September 2002 Al-Anbar 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(L–W p)
Al-Sulaikh Ramadi
Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium
9 September 2002 Al-Nahdha 3–0 Al-Kadhimiya Baghdad
Odai Adnan  
Ali Hamza  
Adil Jabar  
Stadium: Al-Jaish Stadium
9 September 2002 Al-Ramadi 1–0 Al-Hurriya Ramadi
Basim Obaid   88' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium
10 September 2002 Al-Diwaniya 4–0 Babil Diwaniya
Maitham Abdul-Wahid   3'
Salah Burhan   28'
Qasim Husswin   43' (pen.)
Hafidh Khadim   90'
Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium
10 September 2002 Hatteen 1–0 Al-Qasim Babil
Stadium: Hatteen Stadium
10 September 2002 Al-Meshkhab 4–0 Al-Muwafaqiya Najaf
Stadium: Al-Najaf Stadium
10 September 2002 Al-Shatra 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(W–L p)
Al-Rifai Al-Shatra
Stadium: Al-Shatra Stadium
10 September 2002 Al-Nidaa 0–1 Al-Kut Basra
  38' Qusai Habib Stadium: Al-Minaa Secondary Stadium
10 September 2002 Al-Mashroua 3–1 Al-Aziziya Basra
Falah Abdul Hassan  44'
Haitham Hamid   63'
Adel Hassan   70'
  83' Husain Ali Stadium: Al-Mashroua Stadium
10 September 2002 Kahrabaa Al-Hartha 0–1 Al-Bathaa Basra
Stadium: Al-Bahri Stadium
10 September 2002 Ghaz Al-Junoob 2–1 Al-Majer Basra
Wisam Muhsin   26'
Zaki Muslim   85'
  79' Basher Talib Stadium: Al-Basra Stadium
10 September 2002 Karbala 3–2 Al-Jamahir Karbala
Fahad Jaber   
Haidar Malik  
   Khadim Sachit Stadium: Karbala Stadium

Playoff round

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Al-Sulaikh, Hatteen, Al-Kut and Al-Mashroua were eliminated from the competition. Meanwhile, Al-Nahdha, who had qualified for the round of 32, withdrew and were replaced by Al-Ramadi. The following results are known from the playoff round:

Aso 0–2 Al-Tharthar Erbil
Stadium: Aso Stadium
Brusk 3–0 (w/o) Al-Bathaa Erbil
Stadium: Brusk Stadium

Final phase

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Bracket

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Round of 32
First legs: 30 September 2002
Second legs: 21 October 2002
Round of 16
First legs: 17 November 2003
Quarter-finals
First legs: 3 February 2003
Second legs: 17 February 2003
Semi-finals
20–21 August 2003
Final
23 August 2003
Al-Alam 1 0 1
Al-Basra (w/o) 4 3 7 Al-Basra 0 0 0
Duhok 1 1 2 Al-Talaba 0 3 3
Al-Talaba 0 3 3 Al-Talaba 4 1 5
Mateen 0 0 0 Karbala 1 0 1
Karbala (w/o) 1 3 4 Karbala 3 2 5
Al-Shuala (a) 0 1 1 Al-Shuala 2 1 3
Al-Karkh 0 1 1 Al-Talaba 1
Zakho 1 0 1 Al-Minaa 0
Al-Najaf 1 1 2 Al-Najaf 3 3 6
Samarra 2 1 3 Al-Sinaa 1 3 4
Al-Sinaa (a) 2 1 3 Al-Najaf 1 0 1
Al-Minaa (a) 1 1 2 Al-Minaa (a) 1 0 1
Al-Zawraa 0 2 2 Al-Minaa 1 2 3
Al-Jaish 2 0 2 Al-Jaish 0 2 2
Kirkuk 0 1 1 Al-Talaba 1
Erbil 2 0 2 Al-Shorta 0
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 1 2 3 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 5 2 7
Al-Tharthar 3 2 5 Al-Tharthar 1 2 3
Al-Shatra 0 2 2 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 0 2 2
Al-Diwaniya 2 0 2 Al-Shorta 2 1 3
Al-Meshkhab 0 0 0 Al-Diwaniya 0 1 1
Ghaz Al-Junoob 0 0 0 Al-Shorta 3 8 11
Al-Shorta 3 3 6 Al-Shorta 3
Al-Nasiriya 2 0 2 Al-Naft 2
Al-Mosul 0 3 3 Al-Mosul 1 2 3
Brusk 3 0 3 Brusk 0 2 2
Balad 0 0 0 Al-Mosul 1 1 2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 2 3 Al-Naft (a) 2 0 2
Al-Ramadi 1 3 4 Al-Ramadi 0 2 2
Al-Samawa 0 0 0 Al-Naft 0 3 3
Al-Naft 1 2 3

Round of 32

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Ghaz Al-Junoob0–3Al-Shorta
  Mahir Ogla
  Haidar Hameed
  Ammar Ahmed
Al-Basra Stadium, Basra
Al-Shorta3–0Ghaz Al-Junoob
Ammar Ahmed   56', 89' (pen.)
Mohammed Hadi   61'

Al-Shorta won 6–0 on aggregate.


Al-Nasiriya2–0Al-Mosul
Yousef Barak   40', 49'
Al-Mosul3–0Al-Nasiriya
Ahmed Marzouq   42'
Abbas Rasheed   52'
Ali Osama   73'

Al-Mosul won 3–2 on aggregate.


Mateen0–1Karbala
Peris Stadium, Duhok
Karbala3–0 (w/o)Mateen
Karbala Stadium, Karbala

Karbala won 4–0 on aggregate.


Al-Jaish2–0Kirkuk
Kirkuk1–0Al-Jaish
Sarmed Ismail   29' (pen.)

Al-Jaish won 2–1 on aggregate.


Duhok1–0Al-Talaba
Khalid Mushir   25'
Al-Talaba3–1Duhok
Alaa Kadhim   2'
Mahdi Karim   16', 25'
  88' Ahmed Khalaf

Al-Talaba won 3–2 on aggregate.


Samarra2–2Al-Sinaa
Ayad Shalan   20', 73'   20' Adil Abdul-Massih
  80' Ali Hussein
Al-Sinaa1–1Samarra
Qusay Munir   90'   38' Mohammed Jassim

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Sinaa won on away goals.


Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1–1Al-Ramadi
Odai Abdul-Khaliq   25'   80' Mohammed Hamed
Al-Ramadi3–2Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Saad Owad   13'
Mohammed Hamed   14'
Ahmed Mansi   70'
  20' (pen.) Jassim Swadi
  88' Sadiq Shaker

Al-Ramadi won 4–3 on aggregate.


Erbil2–1Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
Hamid Qasim   50'
Muklas Ahmed   60'
  7' Raddad Suhail
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi2–0Erbil
Mahmoud Karim   68'
Ali Mansour   78'
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Difaa Al-Jawi won 3–2 on aggregate.


Zakho1–1Al-Najaf
Zakho Stadium, Zakho
Al-Najaf1–0Zakho
Ali Hashim   1'

Al-Najaf won 2–1 on aggregate.


Al-Samawa0–1Al-Naft
  28' Odai Abdul-Ridha
Al-Naft2–0Al-Samawa
Odai Abdul-Ridha   77'
Mustaq Khadim   88'

Al-Naft won 3–0 on aggregate.


Al-Shuala0–0Al-Karkh
Al-Karkh1–1Al-Shuala
Ziyad Abdul-Jabar   59'   63' Marthi Mizher

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Shuala won on away goals.


Al-Diwaniya2–0Al-Meshkhab
Burhan Salah   4'
Dhargham Talal   80'
Al-Diwaniya Stadium, Al-Diwaniya
Al-Meshkhab0–0Al-Diwaniya
Al-Meshkhab Stadium, Al-Meshkhab

Al-Diwaniya won 2–0 on aggregate.


Al-Tharthar3–0Al-Shatra
Al-Tharthar Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Shatra2–2Al-Tharthar
Al-Shatra Stadium, Al-Shatra

Al-Tharthar won 5–2 on aggregate.


Al-Alam1–4Al-Basra
Al-Basra3–0 (w/o)Al-Alam
Al-Basra Stadium, Basra

Al-Basra won 7–1 on aggregate.


Brusk3–0Balad
Brusk Stadium, Erbil
Balad0–0Brusk
Balad Stadium, Balad

Brusk won 3–0 on aggregate.


Al-Zawraa2–1Al-Minaa
Husham Mohammed   55', 69'   90+2' Ahsan Hadi

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Minaa won on away goals.

Round of 16

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Al-Diwaniya0–3Al-Shorta
  Mohanad Mohammed Ali
  Yassir Abdul-Latif
  Faris Abdul-Sattar
Al-Diwaniya Stadium, Al-Diwaniya
Al-Shorta8–1Al-Diwaniya
Ayad Abbas   8'
Abbas Rahim   16', 21', 31', 85'
Ammar Ahmed   45', 83'
Taiseer Abdul-Hussein   67'
  20' Maitham Abdul-Wahid

Al-Shorta won 11–1 on aggregate.


Al-Difaa Al-Jawi5–1Al-Tharthar
Arkan Mahmoud   
Ahmed Hussein  
Mahmoud Karim  
Aqil Mohammed  
  Mohammed Mutaab
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Tharthar2–2Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
  1' Mohammed Jassim
  46' Raddad Suhail
Al-Tharthar Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Difaa Al-Jawi won 7–3 on aggregate.


Al-Najaf3–1Al-Sinaa
Falah Hassan  
Nabeel Abbas  
Ali Jabbar  
  Qusay Munir
Al-Sinaa3–3Al-Najaf
Qusay Munir   10'
Mohammed Abdul-Hassan   65'
Adil Abid Zaid   87'
  12' (pen.) Ali Hashim
  45' Nabeel Abbas
  90' Ahmed Owaid

Al-Najaf won 6–4 on aggregate.


Al-Minaa1–0Al-Jaish
Bahaa Abdul-Lateef  
Al-Jaish2–2Al-Minaa
Aqil Karim   42'
Riyadh Sami   70'
  46' Ahsan Hadi
  66' Naif Falah

Al-Minaa won 3–2 on aggregate.


Al-Mosul1–0Brusk
Ahmed Marzouq  
Brusk2–2Al-Mosul
Brusk Stadium, Erbil

Al-Mosul won 3–2 on aggregate.


Karbala3–2Al-Shuala
Mohammed Adheem  
Maitham Hamza  
Hakeem Mohammed Salih  
  Mubarak Ahmed
  Dhafir Hameed
Karbala Stadium, Karbala
Al-Shuala1–2Karbala
Al-Shuala Stadium, Baghdad

Karbala won 5–3 on aggregate.


Al-Basra0–0Al-Talaba
Al-Basra Stadium, Basra
Al-Talaba3–0Al-Basra
Yassir Abdul-Razzaq   45', 51'
Mohanad Lewis   86'
  20' (pen.) Jassim Swadi
  88' Sadiq Shaker

Al-Talaba won 3–0 on aggregate.


Al-Ramadi0–0Al-Naft
Al-Naft3–2Al-Ramadi
Amer Hadi   32', 49', 81'   70' Rasheed Ahmed
  85' Saad Owad

Al-Naft won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Al-Najaf1–1Al-Minaa
Ali Hashim   21' (pen.)   7' Nawaf Falah
Al-Minaa0–0Al-Najaf

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Minaa won on away goals.


Al-Mosul1–2Al-Naft
Ahmed Mohammed   87'   14' Ali Abdullah
  34' Ali Salah
Al-Naft0–1Al-Mosul
  30' Thamir Attiya

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Naft won on away goals.


Al-Talaba4–1Karbala
Habib Jafar   16', 82'
Alaa Kadhim   49'
Yassir Abdul-Razzaq   74'
  70' Hussein Farhud
Karbala0–1Al-Talaba
  76' Alaa Kadhim

Al-Talaba won 5–1 on aggregate.


Al-Difaa Al-Jawi0–2Al-Shorta
  19', 30' Qais Issa
Al-Shorta1–2Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
Nashat Akram   30'   72' Ali Mansour
  76' Arkan Mahmoud

Al-Shorta won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Al-Talaba1–0Al-Minaa
Alaa Kadhim   90+2'

Al-Shorta3–2Al-Naft
Ahmad Mnajed   24'
Ahmad Kadhim   86'
Hamid Qasim   88'
  48', 71' Mushtaq Talib

Final

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Al-Talaba1–0Al-Shorta
Ahmed Salah   26'
Attendance: 13,000
Iraq FA Cup
2002–03 winner
Al-Talaba
2nd title

References

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  1. ^ Iraq Cup 2002/03
  2. ^ Iraqi Cup History
  3. ^ "الاتحاد العراقي يقرر استكمال مسابقة الكأس".
  4. ^ "عودة بطولة كأس العراق من جديد | نافذة ذي قار". Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  5. ^ "شبكة الكرة العراقية » نتائج قرعة بطولة كأس العراق". Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  6. ^ "Iraqi Baha Kadum of the al-Talaba club goes to the ground as Ahmed".
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