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Baghdad Championship
View on Wikipedia| Organiser(s) | Iraq Football Association |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Abolished | 2004 |
| Region | Iraq |
| Teams | 8 (from 1994–95) |
| Last champions | Al-Zawraa (3rd title) |
| Most championships | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa (3 titles each) |
The Baghdad Championship (Arabic: بطولة بغداد), formerly known as the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك, lit. 'Mother of all Battles Championship'), was an annual football competition in men's domestic Iraqi football that was usually held at the beginning of each season. It was founded in the 1991–92 season, and its last edition was in the 2003–04 season.
The top eight teams of the previous Iraqi Premier League season entered the competition, with the exception of the first and third editions, where the top six teams of the league entered.[1] The teams were split into two groups, and the top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. The winners would contest the final, and the losers would play for third place. All of the competition's matches were played in Baghdad.
The tournament was one of the four major domestic trophies attainable by top-flight teams at the time, alongside the league championship, the Iraq FA Cup and the Iraqi Perseverance Cup. In the first edition, the winners received a 7k IQD prize money, while the runners-up received 5k IQD.[2] In the second edition, because of the economical changes that accrued on the dinar, the winners were given 150k IQD and the runners-up were given 100k IQD.[3]
History
[edit]The idea of this tournament was requested by the administration of Al-Talaba SC to the Iraq Football Association and it was to put the top six teams of the 1990–91 Iraqi National League in a single-elimination competition, because of the lack of Iraqi competitions other than the Iraqi National League and the Iraq FA Cup. The Iraq FA accepted the request on 24 August 1991, and put up a committee to administrate the competition, which decided to name the tournament as the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (referring to the name that Saddam Hussein referred to the Gulf War as)[4] and to make 2 September the opening date.[2] Over 55,000 spectators came to Al-Shaab Stadium, a ground that could only hold 50,000 at the time, to watch the cup final between Al-Zawraa and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya,[2] which ended with a 3–1 win for Al-Zawraa.[5] After the first edition of the competition that was set up by Al-Talaba, the Iraq Football Association adopted the competition due to its promising reception from fans, and increased the number of participating teams from six to eight.[1]
Due to the end of the rule of the former president Saddam Hussein in April 2003, the Iraq Football Association decided to change the competition's name from Umm al-Ma'arik Championship to Baghdad Championship due to the former name's resemblance to the Gulf War.[6] It was named the Baghdad Championship because all of the competition's matches were played in Baghdad, being divided between Al-Shorta Stadium, Al-Karkh Stadium, Al-Zawraa Stadium, and Al-Sinaa Stadium. It ended with Al-Zawraa winning the championship.[7] This was the first and last edition of the Baghdad Championship, as the tournament was discontinued after that season.[8]
Records and statistics
[edit]Results
[edit]Most successful clubs
[edit]| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Winning seasons | Runner-up seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3 | 5 | 1994–95, 1996–97, 1998–99 | 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999–2000 |
| Al-Talaba | 3 | 4 | 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96 | 1994–95, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 |
| Al-Zawraa | 3 | 2 | 1991–92, 1999–2000, 2003–04 | 1996–97, 2000–01 |
| Al-Shorta | 3 | 1 | 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03 | 1997–98 |
| Al-Najaf | 1 | 0 | 1997–98 | – |
| Al-Naft | 0 | 1 | – | 1998–99 |
List of winning managers
[edit]| Season | Nationality | Winning manager | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umm al-Ma'arik Championship | |||
| 1991–92 |  Iraq
|
Ali Kadhim | Al-Zawraa |
| 1992–93 | Iraq
|
Yahya Alwan | Al-Talaba |
| 1993–94 | Iraq
|
Hussein Saeed | Al-Talaba |
| 1994–95 | Iraq
|
Adnan Dirjal | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 1995–96 | Iraq
|
Ayoub Odisho | Al-Talaba |
| 1996–97 | Iraq
|
Ayoub Odisho | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 1997–98 | Iraq
|
Najih Humoud | Al-Najaf |
| 1998–99 | Iraq
|
Nazar Ashraf | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 1999–2000 | Iraq
|
Adnan Hamad | Al-Zawraa |
| 2000–01 | Iraq
|
Ahmed Radhi | Al-Shorta |
| 2001–02 | Iraq
|
Yassin Umal | Al-Shorta |
| 2002–03 | Iraq
|
Basim Qasim | Al-Shorta |
| Baghdad Championship | |||
| 2003–04 | Iraq
|
Adnan Hamad | Al-Zawraa |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Hashim, Refel; Qayed, Mohammed; Mubarak, Hassanin (December 20, 2007). "Iraq - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- ^ a b c Mahmoud, Shukri (2010). "3". Iraqi Football in 100 years (in Arabic). Baghdad.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Awad, Mofeed (November 2, 2014). "Al-Talaba wins over Al-Jawiya and hold the second Umm Al-Ma'arik cup 1992". Youtube (in Arabic).
- ^ El-Najjar, Hassan (2001). "Chapter 9, The Mother of All Battles". Gulf War 1991. Amazon Press. Archived from the original on 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ Hashim, Refel; Mubarak, Hassanin (April 2, 2006). "Iraq 1991/92". RSSSF.
- ^ "Iraq Football Association: Baghdad Championship replaces the Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup" (in Arabic). Aawsat. September 9, 2003.
- ^ "شعب إب يخوض اختبارا صعبا بعد غد الأربعاء أمام الطلبةفي بطولة الأندية العربية بصنعاء" (in Arabic). Al-Motamar. 27 October 2003.
- ^ Hashim, Refel; Mubarak, Hassanin (September 25, 2004). "Iraq 2003/04". RSSSF.
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