Casuals Cup history (1923/24-1935/36)
Prince Ghazi Cup history (1931/32-1934/35)
NB: competition was considered the national championship but played in
knock-out format; clubs were divided over 2 divisions, the champions
below are those of the first level. A Baghdad-based league was first
held in 1961/62.
1956/57 Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab
1957/58 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1958/59 Amana Al-Asama
1959/60 Nadi Athori [aka Assyrian SC]
1960/61 Al-Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab
1961/62 not known
1962/63 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia
1963/64 Maslaha
1964-72 not known
1972/73 Al-Tayaran
1973/74 Al-Tayaran 2-1 Sikak Al-Hadeed
1974/75 Al-Tayaran
1975/76 Al-Zawra 5-0 Baladiyat
1976/77 not held
1977/78 Al-Tayaran 1-1 Al-Shurta [aet, 5-3 pen]
1978/79 Al-Zawra 3-1 Al-Jaish
1979/80 Al-Jaish 1-1 Talaba [aet, 4-2 pen]
1980/81 Al-Zawra 1-0 Talaba
1981/82 Al-Zawra 2-1 Talaba
1982/83 Al-Jaish 2-1 Al-Shabab
1983/84 Al-Sena'a 0-0 Al-Shabab [aet, 5-4 pen]
1984/85 not finished
1985/86 not held
1986/87 Al-Rasheed 1-1 Al-Jaish [aet, 4-3 pen]
1987/88 Al-Rasheed 0-0 Al-Zawra [aet, 4-3 pen]
1988/89 Al-Zawra 3-0 Al-Tayaran
1989/90 Al-Zawra 0-0 Al-Shabab [aet, 2-1 pen]
1990/91 Al-Zawra 1-1 Al-Jaish [aet, 4-3 pen]
1991/92 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 2-1 Khutut
1992/93 Al-Zawra 2-1 Talaba
1993/94 Al-Zawra 2-1 Talaba
1994/95 Al-Zawra 3-0 Al-Jaish
1995/96 Al-Zawra 2-1 Al-Shurta
1996/97 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 1-1 Al-Shurta [aet, 8-7 pen]
1997/98 Al-Zawra 1-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia [aet, 4-3 pen]
1998/99 Al-Zawra 1-0 Talaba [asdet]
1999/00 Al-Zawra 0-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia [aet, 4-3 pen]
2000/01 not held
2001/02 Talaba 1-0 Al-Shurta
2002/03 Talaba 1-0 Al-Shurta
Total Number of Wins
14 Al-Zawra (Baghdad)
7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia (=Air Force) (Baghdad) [includes Al-Tayaran]
2 Al-Jaish (=Army) (Baghdad)
Al-Rasheed (replaced by Al-Karkh in 1991)
Talaba (=Students)
1 Maslaha Naqil Al-Rakab (=Passenger Transport Department)
Nadi Athori (=Assyrian Sports Club)
Al-Sena'a (=Industry)
NB: Al-Tayaran (Airlines) was the name of Al-Quwa Al-Jawia from 1968 to 1991.
1997 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 3-1 Al-Zawra 1998 Al-Zawra 1-0 Al-Shurta 1999 Al-Zawra 2-2 Talaba [5-4 pen] 2000 Al-Zawra 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 2001 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 1-0 Al-Zawra 2002 Talaba 2-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia [aet]
Initiated in September 1991, following the Gulf War. Played between the top-6 sides of the league in the first edition, nowadays between the top-8. After the attack on Iraq in spring 2003, the tournament is called Baghdad Championship (presumably since all matches are played in Baghdad).
1991 Al-Zawra 3-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia [aet] 1992 Talaba 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia [aet] 1993 Talaba 2-1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 1994 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 0-0 Talaba [aet, 4-3 pen] 1995 Talaba 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 1996 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 1-0 Al-Zawra 1997 Najaf 4-0 Al-Shurta 1998 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 3-0 Nafat 1999 Al-Zawra 2-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawia 2000 Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Zawra 2001 Al-Shurta 1-0 Talaba [aet] [played 2002] 2002 Al-Shurta 1-0 Talaba Baghdad Championship 2003 Al-Zawra 2-2 Talaba [5-4 pen] Topscorers by edition: 1991 Laith Hussain (Zawra) 4 1992 Kareem Sadam (Zawra) 7 1993 Akrem Ammanueel (Q.Jawia) 3 1994 Sahib Abbas (Zawra) 6 1995 Muaid Judi (Talaba) 5 1996 Husam Fauzi (Zawra), Waleed Dahad (Q.Jawia), Mufeed Asim (Shurta) 4 1997 Mahmud Majeed (Shurta), Waleed Dahad (Q.Jawia), Salman Husain (Najaf) 4 1998 Akrem Ammanueel (Q.Jawia), Habib Jaafar (Talaba) 4 1999 Kahtan Chitheer (Karkh) 6 2000 Mahir Ukla, Ahmad Khudair (both Shurta), Sabah Ijair (Talaba) 3 2001 Yonis Mahmud (Talaba) 4 2002 Hishim Muhammad (Zawraa) 4 2003 Falah Hassan (Najaf) 3 All-time Table 1991-2002: Al-Zawraa 53 32 9 13 105- 50 105 Talaba 56 29 14 13 83- 68 101 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 54 27 8 19 82- 48 90 Al-Shurta 44 17 9 18 77- 78 60 Al-Karkh 35 10 10 15 42- 46 40 Najaf 35 10 10 15 40- 45 40 Al-Nafat 21 6 6 9 18- 27 24 Al-Minaa 14 4 3 7 13- 24 15 Al-Jaish 11 1 4 6 10- 20 7 Diyala 3 2 0 1 5- 5 6 Duhok 9 1 1 7 7- 21 4 Al-Defaa Al-Jawiya 3 1 0 2 5- 7 3 Arbil 3 1 0 2 4- 8 3 Mosul 3 0 1 2 3- 7 1 Ramadi 3 0 1 2 4- 10 1 Salah-Al-Deen 6 0 1 5 4- 19 1 Khutot 3 0 0 3 0- 3 0 Samarra 3 0 0 3 2- 10 0 All-time Topscorers 1991-2001: 18 Sahib Abbas (Talaba,Zawra) 15 Waleed Dahad (Q.Jawia) 11 Ahmad Khudair (Q.Jawia,Shurta), Abdul Wahab Abu-Alheel (Shurta,Talaba) 9 Akrem Ammanueel (Q.Jawia), Kareem Sadam (Zawra)
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