1st Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

1st Umm al-Ma'arik Championship 2–13 September 1991 Iraq 6 Al-Zawraa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Talaba Al-Karkh 10 24 Laith Hussein(4 goals) Laith Hussein 1992–93 The 1st Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (ar بطولة أم المعارك الأولى) was the first occurrence of the Baghdad Championship. This edition of the competition was organised by Al-Talaba. The top six teams of the 1990–91 Iraqi National League were supposed to compete in the tournament, but Al-Naft withdrew from the competition and were replaced by seventh-placed Al-Najaf. All the matches were played at Al-Shaab Stadium. The competition started on 2 September and ended on 13 September where, in the final, Al-Zawraa defeated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–1 after extra time.Hashim Refel Mubarak Hassanin Iraq 1991/92 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iraq92.html RSSSF April 2, 2006 Background Al-Talaba proposed the establishing of a new tournament that includes only the top six teams of the 1990–91 Iraqi National League: Al-Zawraa, Al-Talaba, Al-Shorta, Al-Karkh, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Naft. Salim Rasheed, the vice president of Al-Talaba, stated that the competition would be played at Al-Shaab Stadium and in two groups. The Iraq Football Association agreed on the proposition on 24 August 1991.Mahmoud Shukri Umm Al-Ma'arik Tournaments File http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=21545844 Kooora Forums Arabic January 23, 2010 The higher organizing committee of the competition held a meeting with the participating teams' representatives and the FA's representatives at Al-Talaba's headquarters on 25 August 1991 to discuss the start and end dates of the tournament and other technical matters. The duration of the competition was decided to be from 2–13 September 1991 and 31 August would be the last day to receive squad lists. Before the start of the tournament, Al-Naft did not accept the invitation, so they were replaced by Al-Najaf, the seventh-placed team of the league. Pre-opening The organizing committee invited 41 former national players, organizing a charity match between them, but only 24 got to play. The players were split into two teams. The green team included Jalal Abdul-Rahman, Muthanna Hameed, Saadi Toma, Shakir Ali, Falah Hassan, Ali Kadhim, Hadi Al-Janabi, Hassan Saddawi, Sabah Hatim, Ayoub Odisho, Abdelilah Abdul-Wahid and Jaleel Salih, while the white team consisted of Kadhim Khalaf, Samir Shaker, Ibrahim, Wathiq Aswad, Abdul-Zahra Aswad, Hussein Saeed, Haris Mohammed, Thair Ahmed, Mahdi Jassim, Faisal Aziz, Abdul-Karim Farhan and Abdul-Muhsin Mohammed. It ended in a 4–1 win for to the green team. Group stage The matches were drawn on 29 August 1991. Group 1 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya220020+24Al-Talaba21011102Al-Shorta200202−20 2 September 1991 14:00 GMT Al-Talaba 1–0 Al-Shorta Jabbar 41 pen. Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Abbas Abdul-Rahman 4 September 1991 14:00 GMT Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 Al-Shorta Fadhil 76 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Tariq Ahmed 6 September 1991 14:00 GMT Al-Talaba 0–1 yes Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Yassir 91 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Ghalib Abdul-Kadhim Group 2 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAl-Zawraa220050+54Al-Karkh210142+22Al-Najaf200218−70 3 September 1991 14:00 GMT Al-Zawraa 1–0 Al-Karkh Hussein 21 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Mohameed Saleem 5 September 1991 14:00 GMT Al-Karkh 4–1 Al-Najaf Daham 21Allawi 36Abdul-Kadhim 75Khalaf 80 Najim 12 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Tariq Thar Hani 7 September 1991 14:00 GMT Al-Zawraa 4–0 Al-Najaf Hussein 28 55Saddam 43Mahdi 64 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Adil Al-Qassab Semifinals 9 September 1991 14:30 GMT Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 Al-Karkh Shenaishil 48 pen.Emmanuel 57 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Subhi Raheem 10 September 1991 14:30 GMT Al-Zawraa 1–0 Al-Talaba Mahdi 5 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Abdul-Karim Saadi Third place match 12 September 1991 14:30 GMT Al-Karkh 2–2 yes Al-Talaba Ali 70Mitib 96 Hussein 55Kadhim 120 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Tariq Ahmed Allawi Khalaf Yasin Mutaab Haider 3–4 Jabbar Shakir Bakhit Kadhim Jafar Final 13 September 1991 14:30 GMT Al-Zawraa 3–1 yes Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Saddam 18Hussein 91Radhi 93 Abdul-Hameed 80 pen. Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Salah Mohammed Umm al-Ma'arik Championship1991–92 winnerAl-Zawraa1st title References External links Iraqi Football Website Category:Football competitions in Iraq Category:1991–92 in Iraqi football