Independent Baghdad Tournament

Independent Baghdad Tournament
Dates5 March – 14 June 1973
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Runners-upAliyat Al-Shorta
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored56 (1.93 per match)

The Independent Baghdad Tournament (Arabic: دورة بغداد الخاصة) was a tournament organised by the Iraq Football Association in 1973, independently from its main regional league competitions,[1] to allow the region's top-flight teams to continue playing matches after the premature end to the 1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division.[2] The teams were not able to field players that had been called up for the Iraq national team or the Iraq military team, as those players were preparing for the World Cup qualifiers and the Military World Championship respectively.[3]

The tournament began on 5 March, with the regular season ending on 24 May and the final being played on 14 June, where Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed beat Aliyat Al-Shorta 3–1 to claim the title.[3]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 7 4 2 1 13 5 +8 10 Qualified to the Final
2 Aliyat Al-Shorta 7 2 4 1 7 5 +2 8
3 Kahrabaa Al-Wusta 7 2 4 1 5 4 +1 8
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 1 5 1 6 5 +1 7
5 Shortat Al-Najda 7 2 3 2 6 10 −4 7
6 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 7 1 4 2 6 7 −1 6
7 Quwat Salahaddin 7 1 3 3 5 8 −3 5
8 Al-Mushat 7 0 5 2 4 8 −4 5
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive

Results

Home \ Away ASH KAH MUS QWJ SIK MAS QSD SHN
Aliyat Al-Shorta 1–1 2–0 1–1
Kahrabaa Al-Wusta 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Al-Mushat 1–1 1–3 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 2–0 1–1 2–0
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2
Quwat Salahaddin 0–0 3–2 0–1
Shortat Al-Najda 1–1 0–0 0–4 2–1
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed3–1Aliyat Al-Shorta
Yousif 75'
Abdul-Hameed 77'		 Hussein 20'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Salih Faraj
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Aliyat Al-Shorta
GK Kadhim Khalaf
DF Samir Mohammed Ali
DF Ali Hussein Batoush
DF Ibrahim Ali
DF Resan Bonyan
MF Jabbar Khazal
MF Fatah Mohammed
FW Saad Abdul-Hameed
FW Adel Kateh
FW Thamer Yousif
FW Kadhim Luaibi
Substitutes:
MF Hassani Alwan
Manager:
Georges Elias
GK Latif Shandal
DF Saad Hammoud
DF Gilbert Sami
DF Majeed Ali
DF Hadi Al-Janabi
MF Saad Dawood
MF Razzaq Hatem
FW Munaim Hussein
FW Jabbar Hameed
FW Tariq Aziz
FW Mudhafar Nouri
Substitutes:
FW Shaker Ismail
Manager:
Mohammed Najeeb Kaban

Assistant referees:
Nouri Abbas
Saadi Al-Bakri

References

  1. ^ Al-Sabti, Ali. Iraqi League History 1956-1974. Iraq.
  2. ^ Al-Ani, Salem (2008-11-17). "In a football career that spanned 18 years ... the former international and Al-Sikak player Saad Abdel Hamid".
  3. ^ a b Al-Adhari, Mundher (2007-06-13). "The first championship in the history of Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed".
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