2022–23 Iraq FA Cup

2022–23 Iraq FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	1 November 2022 – 5 August 2023
Teams	83
Final positions
Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; (6th title)
Runner-up	Erbil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	86
Goals scored	193 (2.24 per match)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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).^[1] 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.^[2]

The winners of the competition were Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who won their sixth title with a 1–0 victory over Erbil.^[3]

Schedule

The rounds of the 2022–23 competition are scheduled as follows:^[4]^[5]

Round	Draw date	Match dates
First round	27 October 2022	1–3 November 2022
Second round		5–7 November 2022
Third round		10–15 November 2022
Round of 32	21 February 2023	7–25 March 2023
Round of 16	3 April 2023	13 April 2023 – 16 May 2023
Quarter-finals	23 May 2023	25–26 July 2023
Semi-finals	27 July 2023	31 July 2023 – 1 August 2023
Final	27 July 2023	5 August 2023

First round

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

Baghdad Section

1 November 2022	Al-Adala	0–1	Masafi Al-Wasat	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Walaa Stadium Referee: Hussein Subih

1 November 2022	Al-Jinsiya	0–3 (w/o)	Al-Tijara	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00

1 November 2022	Al-Sulaikh	0–1	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium Referee: Jamal Abdul-Ridha

1 November 2022	Al-Najda	0–0 (2–4 p)	Al-Jaish	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium Referee: Mohsin Abdul-Karim

1 November 2022	Al-Etisalat	4–2	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium Referee: Sajad Shaker

2 November 2022	Haifa	1–1 (4–2 p)	Al-Difaa Al-Madani	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Haifa Stadium Referee: Ali Hadi Mujaiser

2 November 2022	Al-Hussein	1–1 (2–4 p)	Al-Muroor	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium Referee: Wamidh Mohammed

Northern Section

1 November 2022	Naft Al-Shamal	1–2	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya	Kirkuk
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Naft Al-Shamal Stadium Referee: Anas Ziyad

1 November 2022	Umal Nineveh	0–1	Al-Hawija	Mosul
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Muntada Al-Mosul Stadium Referee: Mohammed Taha

1 November 2022	Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli	3–0 (w/o)	Baban	Mosul
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli Stadium Referee: Waleed Abdul-Rahman

2 November 2022	Al-Mosul	0–1	Ghaz Al-Shamal	Mosul
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Muntada Al-Mosul Stadium Referee: Hazar Hassan

2 November 2022	Sahl Nineveh	1–2	Rabia	Mosul
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Dijla Stadium Referee: Sultan Salah

3 November 2022	Baladiyat Al-Mosul	1–0	Al-Hadbaa	Mosul
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Dawasa Stadium Referee: Ahmed Nawfil

Southern Section

1 November 2022	Al-Minaa	3–0	Al-Shabab Al-Basri	Basra
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Bahri Stadium Referee: Mohammed Mahdi

1 November 2022	Al-Sadeq	1–2	Al-Nasiriya	Basra
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Sadeq Stadium Referee: Ahmed Khalaf

1 November 2022	Al-Maqal	0–0 (4–3 p)	Al-Kut	Basra
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Basra Stadium Referee: Faris Mohsin

2 November 2022	Al-Maimouna	0–1	Al-Qurna	Maysan
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Maimouna Stadium Referee: Laith Emad

2 November 2022	Al-Bahri	1–0	Maysan	Basra
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Bahri Stadium Referee: Ahmed Faez

Central Euphrates Section

1 November 2022	Al-Samawa	3–0	Al-Osra	Samawa
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium Referee: Mohanad Manaf

1 November 2022	Al-Hurr	2–0	Uruk	Karbala
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Hurr Stadium Referee: Amir Dhaher

1 November 2022	Al-Mahawil	3–1	Al-Jawhara	Al-Mahawil
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Mahawil Stadium Referee: Mohammed Salah Hassoun

2 November 2022	Al-Hindiya	1–2	Al-Izdihar	Karbala
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Karbala Secondary Stadium Referee: Alaa Khalil

2 November 2022	Al-Meshkhab	0–0 (4–5 p)	Al-Kufa	Najaf
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Najaf Secondary Stadium Referee: Ali Haider Maksoud

2 November 2022	Jenaain Babil	0–3 (w/o)	Al-Kifl	Hilla
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Iskan Stadium Referee: Ali Maitham

Western Section

1 November 2022	Samarra	2–1	Balad Ruz	Samarra
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Samarra Stadium Referee: Mustafa Karim

1 November 2022	Al-Karma	0–0 (2–4 p)	Al-Ramadi	Al-Karma
				Stadium: Al-Karma Stadium Referee: Ali Karim

1 November 2022	Masafi Al-Shamal	1–1 (3–4 p)	Al-Sufiya	Salahaddin
				Stadium: Al-Alam Stadium Referee: Qusay Mohammed

2 November 2022	Al-Shaheed Arkan	1–6	Al-Jolan	Diyala
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Shaheed Arkan Stadium Referee: Ayad Zahem

2 November 2022	Al-Shirqat	3–0 (w/o)	Shahraban	Al-Shirqat
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Shirqat Stadium

2 November 2022	Qazaniya	0–3	Diyala	Diyala
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Qazaniya Stadium Referee: Haider Ali Khalid

Second round

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

Baghdad Section

6 November 2022	Masafi Al-Wasat	2–1	Al-Tijara	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Masafi Stadium Referee: Haider Ali Khalid

6 November 2022	Amanat Baghdad	1–0	Al-Etisalat	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium Referee: Ammar Abdul Kadhim

6 November 2022	Al-Muroor	0–1	Haifa	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium Referee: Alaa Mohammed

Northern Section

6 November 2022	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya	4–0	Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli	Sulaymaniya
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Farmanda Stadium Referee: Waleed Abdul Rahman

7 November 2022	Al-Hawija	2–0	Baladiyat Al-Mosul	Kirkuk
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Hawija Stadium Referee: Wamidh Mahmoud

Southern Section

6 November 2022	Al-Nasiriya	0–1	Masafi Al-Junoob	Dhi Qar
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Shatra Stadium Referee: Laith Emad

6 November 2022	Al-Qurna	2–1	Al-Maqal	Basra
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Qurna Stadium Referee: Ali Ahmed Shaker

Central Euphrates Section

5 November 2022	Al-Hurr	3–3 (4–2 p)	Al-Mahawil	Karbala
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Hurr Stadium Referee: Sameh Rahi

5 November 2022	Al-Samawa	4–0	Al-Ghadhriya	Muthanna
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium Referee: Munir Habib

6 November 2022	Al-Izdihar	2–2 (4–3 p)	Al-Kufa	Najaf
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Muntada Al-Hurriya Stadium Referee: Ali Maitham

6 November 2022	Al-Kifl	3–5	Afak	Babil
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Kifl Stadium Referee: Mohammed Fadous

Western Section

6 November 2022	Al-Sufiya	0–0 (4–5 p)	Al-Ramadi	Al-Anbar
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Sufiya Stadium Referee: Mohammed Sadeq

6 November 2022	Al-Shirqat	1–0	Al-Jolan	Salahaddin
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Shirqat Stadium Referee: Jamal Abdul Ridha

Third round

Baghdad Section

10 November 2022	Amanat Baghdad	2–0	Masafi Al-Wasat	Baghdad
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium Referee: Feed Karim

10 November 2022	Al-Jaish	0–0 (2–4 p)	Haifa	Baghdad
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Jaish Stadium Referee: Mustafa Karim Salem

Northern Section

11 November 2022	Ghaz Al-Shamal	1–1 (5–4 p)	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya	Kirkuk
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Ghaz Al-Shamal Stadium Referee: Ayad Zahem

11 November 2022	Rabia	1–1 (2–4 p)	Al-Hawija	Mosul
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Muntada Al-Mosul Stadium Referee: Diyar Shihab

Southern Section

11 November 2022	Al-Bahri	2–0	Al-Qurna	Basra
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Bahri Stadium Referee: Faris Mohsin

12 November 2022	Masafi Al-Junoob	2–1	Al-Minaa	Basra
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Bahri Stadium Referee: Khalid Karim

Central Euphrates Section

10 November 2022	Al-Hurr	0–0 (2–4 p)	Al-Samawa	Karbala
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Hurr Stadium Referee: Amjad Kamil

10 November 2022	Afak	2–1	Al-Izdihar	Al-Qadisiya
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Afak Stadium Referee: Mohammed Riyadh

Western Section

11 November 2022	Al-Ramadi	1–0	Samarra	Al-Anbar
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium Referee: Laith Farhan

11 November 2022	Diyala	1–2	Al-Shirqat	Diyala
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Diyala Stadium Referee: Ali Hadi Salih

Third round play-off

Baghdad Section

14 November 2022	Masafi Al-Wasat	1–0	Al-Jaish	Baghdad
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Masafi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Jumaa Habib

Central Euphrates Section

15 November 2022	Al-Izdihar	0–0 (2–4 p)	Al-Hurr	Najaf
14:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Muntada Al-Hurriya Stadium Referee: Amjad Kamil

Final phase

Bracket

Round of 32
6–25 March 2023

Round of 16
13 April 2023 – 16 May 2023

Quarter-finals
25–26 July 2023

Semi-finals
31 July 2023 – 1 August 2023

Final
5 August 2023

Zakho

0

Al-Zawraa

1

Al-Zawraa (p)

1 (4)

Naft Al-Basra

1 (2)

Naft Al-Basra

1

Afak

0

Al-Zawraa

1 (2)

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p)

1 (3)

Al-Hurr

0

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

2

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (p)

1 (7)

Al-Shorta

1 (6)

Al-Shorta

6

Masafi Al-Junoob

3

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

3

Al-Karkh

1

Al-Qasim

1 (8)

Duhok (p)

1 (9)

Duhok

0

Al-Talaba

1

Al-Talaba

2

Al-Diwaniya

1

Al-Talaba

0 (4)

Al-Karkh (p)

0 (5)

Al-Najaf

1 (2)

Amanat Baghdad (p)

1 (4)

Amanat Baghdad

1 (8)

Al-Karkh (p)

1 (9)

Al-Karkh (p)

0 (5)

Al-Kahrabaa

0 (4)

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

1

Erbil

0

Newroz

1

Naft Maysan

2

Naft Maysan

2

Karbala

1

Karbala

1

Al-Sinaa

0

Naft Maysan

0 (3)

Al-Hudood (p)

0 (5)

Al-Hudood (w/o)

3

Al-Hawija

0

Al-Hudood

2

Al-Shirqat

1

Al-Shirqat

2

Ghaz Al-Shamal

1

Al-Hudood

0

Erbil

1

Al-Samawa

1 (5)

Erbil (p)

1 (6)

Erbil

2

Naft Al-Wasat

1

Naft Al-Wasat

2

Haifa

0

Erbil (w/o)

3

Al-Bahri

0

Al-Ramadi

0 (2)

Al-Bahri (p)

0 (4)

Al-Bahri (p)

3 (8)

Masafi Al-Wasat

3 (7)

Masafi Al-Wasat

1

Al-Naft

0

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-Ramadi	0–0 (2–4 p)	Al-Bahri	Ramadi
15:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium Referee: Mohammed Kamel Zughair

6 March 2023	Al-Karkh	0–0 (5–4 p)	Al-Kahrabaa	Baghdad
15:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium Referee: Wathik Mohammed

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	Al-Hudood	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Hawija	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Hussein Abed Ali

7 March 2023	Al-Samawa	1–1 (5–6 p)	Erbil	Samawa
15:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium Referee: Ali Hussein Ali

7 March 2023	Al-Shirqat	2–1	Ghaz Al-Shamal	Al-Shirqat
15:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Shirqat Stadium Referee: Awmid Mustafa

7 March 2023	Masafi Al-Wasat	1–0	Al-Naft	Baghdad
15:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Masafi Stadium Referee: Essam Fadhel

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-Najaf	1–1 (2–4 p)	Amanat Baghdad	Najaf
15:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah

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

25 March 2023	Al-Qasim	1–1 (8–9 p)	Duhok	Karbala
15:00 UTC+03:00				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	Al-Bahri	3–3 (8–7 p)	Masafi Al-Wasat	Basra
15:15 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Bahri Stadium Referee: Mohammed Salah

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	Naft Maysan	0–0 (3–5 p)	Al-Hudood	Amara
19:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium

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	Erbil	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Bahri	Erbil
19:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium

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

5 August 2023

20:00 UTC+03:00

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

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed

Iraq FA Cup 2022–23 winner
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6th title

References

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

[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.

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