2022 Iraq FA Cup final

2022 Iraq FA Cup Final
Event2021–22 Iraq FA Cup
Date16 July 2022
VenueAl-Madina Stadium, Baghdad
Man of the MatchJafar Obeis (Al-Karkh)
RefereeMohanad Qasim

The 2022 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 29th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The match was contested between Al-Karkh and Al-Kahrabaa, at Al-Madina Stadium in Baghdad.[1] It was played on 16 July 2022 to be the final match of the competition. Al-Karkh made their first appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Al-Kahrabaa made their second appearance.[2][3]

Al-Karkh won the match 2–1 with goals from Jafar Obeis and Hasan Abdulkareem to earn their first Iraq FA Cup title.[4]

Route to the Final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).

Al-Karkh Round Al-Kahrabaa
Opponent Result 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup Opponent Result
Al-Minaa 2–1 (A) Round of 32 Al-Dujail 1–0 (H)
Diyala 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Newroz 2–0 (A)
Erbil 1–1 (5–3 p.) (H) Quarter-finals Amanat Baghdad 0–0 (4–2 p.) (H)
Al-Zawraa 1–0 (N) Semi-finals Zakho 2–0 (N)

Match

Details

Al-Karkh2–1Al-Kahrabaa
Obeis 54'
Abdulkareem 60'
Abdul-Amir 15'
Al-Karkh
Al-Kahrabaa
GK 1 Abid Salim
RB 23 Karrar Saad  90+6'
CB 4 Manaf Younis  83'
CB 53 Taqi Falah  90+2'  90+2'
LB 44 Omar Nouri
DM 16 Shihab Razzaq (c)
CM 5 Youssef Fawzi  80'  83'
CM 3 Kamel Hmeisheh  37'
RM 11 Omar Abdul-Rahman
LM 10 Hasan Abdulkareem  76'  78'
CF 27 Jafar Obeis  90+2'
Substitutions:
MF 29 Ahmed Salah  78'
DF 50 Mohammed Abdul-Hussein  83'
MF 52 Mohammed Maitham  83'
DF 13 Mustafa Hassan  90+2'
DF 18 Haidar Majid  90+2'
Manager:
Ahmed Abdul-Jabar
GK 93 Mohammed Hameed (c)
RB 4 Harith Falah
CB 25 Ali Khaled  24'
CB 34 Abdullah Abdul-Amir
LB 3 Sajad Khalil
RM 26 Ali Jasim  60'
CM 19 Mohammed Salam [note 1]  72'
CM 6 Hussein Falah
LM 20 Ahmed Mahmoud  64'
CF 90 Alaa Mhaisen  64'
CF 9 Muhaimen Salim  72'
Substitutions:
FW 17 Mohammed Ibrahim  74'  60'
DF 5 Saif Hatem  64'
MF 10 Mustafa Ali  64'
MF 21 Ivan Khalid  72'
FW 29 Ameer Ayad  72'
Manager:
Luay Salah

Man of the Match:
Jafar Obeis (Al-Karkh)

Assistant referees:
Wathik Mdallal Obaid Al-Swaiedi
Ahmed Saleh Mohammed
Fourth official:
Wathik Mohammed Al-Baag

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.

Notes

  1. ^ Mohammed Salam received a red card after the final whistle for confronting the referee.

References

  1. ^ "الكرخ والكهرباء يتأهلان إلى نهائي كأس العراق" (in Arabic). alkhaleej.ae. 29 June 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ "الكهرباء إلى نهائي كأس العراق" (in Arabic). kooora.com. 28 June 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ "بهدية موريتانية.. الكرخ يبلغ نهائي الكأس على حساب الزوراء" (in Arabic). kooora.com. 28 June 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ "الكرخ بطلا لكأس العراق للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". Kooora.com (in Arabic). 16 July 2022.
  5. ^ "تشكيلة المباراة النهائية لبطولة كأس العراق بين فريقي الكهرباء و الكر". Iraq Football Association. 16 July 2022.