1st Baghdad Championship

Baghdad Championship 1 October 2003 – 5 January 2004 Iraq 8 Al-Zawraa Al-Talaba Falah Hassan(3 goals) Ahmed Salah 2002–03(Umm al-Ma'arik Championship) The 1st Baghdad Championship (ar بطولة بغداد الأولى) was the first occurrence of the tournament since it was renamed from its previous name of Umm al-Ma'arik Championship. It was organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams in the league table at the end of round 27 of the cancelled 2002–03 Iraqi First Division League competed in the tournament. The competition started on 1 October 2003, with the third place match being cancelled and the final being postponed to 5 January 2004 for security reasons due to crowd trouble that occurred in the semi-finals. In the final, held at Al-Zawraa Stadium, Al-Zawraa defeated Al-Talaba 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw that saw three red cards. This turned out to be the last edition of the tournament.Iraq 2003/04 Mubarak Hassanin Hashim Refel https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iraq04.html RSSSF September 25, 20042003 Elite Cup http://www.niiiis.com/um13.html NIIIIS.com Group stage Group 1 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya321062+47Al-Talaba312032+15Al-Mosul310289−13Al-Minaa301248−41 1 October 2003 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–1 Al-Mosul Khudhair 8L. Salah 35Dhahid 36 pen Ahmad 21 Al-Sinaa Stadium Baghdad 1 October 2003 Al-Talaba 0–0 Al-Minaa Al-Zawraa Stadium Baghdad 3 October 2003 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–1 Al-Minaa L. Salah Khudhair Ogla Asi Al-Sinaa Stadium Baghdad 3 October 2003 Al-Talaba 3–2 Al-Mosul Kadhim 33Sadir 88 pen.Karim 90+7 Usama 50 pen.Numan 70 Al-Karkh Stadium Baghdad Abdul-Aal Khudhair 5 October 2003 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0 Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa Stadium Baghdad Mahmoud Nouraddin 5 October 2003 Al-Mosul 5–3 Al-Minaa Yahya 39 pen.Marzook 42Usama 53 pen.Idan 90Ahmad 90+4 Hadi 20Falah 56 78 Al-Sinaa Stadium Baghdad Group 2 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAl-Shorta321031+27Al-Zawraa312051+45Al-Najaf311162+44Erbil3003111−100 2 October 2003 Al-Zawraa 0–0 Al-Najaf Al-Shorta Stadium Baghdad 2 October 2003 Al-Shorta 1–0 Erbil Fadhel 55 Al-Karkh Stadium Baghdad 4 October 2003 Al-Zawraa 5–1 Erbil Fahad 41 42Abdul-Saha 50Jawad 70Abdul-Nabi 81 Ghafil 68 Baghdad 4 October 2003 Al-Shorta 2–1 Al-Najaf Ridha 23 48 Jassim 12 Al-Zawraa Stadium Baghdad 6 October 2003 Al-Zawraa 0–0 Al-Shorta Al-Karkh Stadium Baghdad 6 October 2003 Erbil 0–5 Al-Najaf Sahib 8Hassan 30 85Jassim 66Wahudi 68 Al-Shorta Stadium Baghdad Semifinals 8 October 2003 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–1 Al-Zawraa Ahmad 10 Al-Karkh Stadium BaghdadMatch was ended before stoppage time due to crowd troubleAl-Latify Yasir Important decisions by the Iraq Football Association http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=139670&r=932526 Kooora.com 25 November 2003 8 October 2003 Al-Shorta 1–2 Al-Talaba Abdul-Hussein 22 Nassir 21A. Salah 32 Al-Zawraa Stadium Baghdad Najim Aboud Final 5 January 2004 Al-Zawraa 2–2 yes Report 5–4 Al-Talaba W. Kadhim 2 37'Abdul-Sada 41 pen.H. Kadhim 0 51Fawzi 59 Abbas 2 40'Kadhim 53Sadir 90+2 Fawzi Abdul-Qadir Mohammad Raad Abdul-Amir Sadir Nayrouz B. Kadhim Jafar Wali Al-Zawraa Stadium Baghdad 15,000 Baghdad Championship2003–04 winnerAl-Zawraa3rd title Awards Top GoalscorerBest PlayerBest GoalkeeperBest ManagerFair Play AwardFalah Hassan(Al-Najaf)Ahmed Salah(Al-Talaba)Saad Nassir(Al-Talaba)Abdul-Ghani Shahad(Al-Najaf)Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya References External links Iraqi Football Website Category:2003–04 in Iraqi football Category:Football competitions in Iraq