The 2017 Iraq FA Cup final was the 26th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The match was contested between Al-Zawraa and Naft Al-Wasat, at Al-Sinaa Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 22 August 2017 to be the final match of the competition.
Al-Zawraa made their record 17th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Naft Al-Wasat, based in Najaf, became the first ever team from outside Baghdad to reach the final. Al-Zawraa won the match 1–0 with a stoppage time goal from Alaa Abdul-Zahra, for the club's record 15th title.Iraq FA Cup 2017, Kooora.com
The winners of the cup, Al-Zawraa, qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup as well as the 2017 Iraqi Super Cup.
Route to the Final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Al-ZawraaRoundNaft Al-WasatOpponentResult2016–17 Iraq FA CupOpponentResultAl-Maslaha4–3 (H)Round of 32Ghaz Al-Shamal1–0 (H)Naft Al-Junoob1–0 (H)Round of 16KarbalaWalkoverNaft Maysan2–0 (H)Quarter-finalsAl-TalabaWalkoverAmanat Baghdad3–1 (A)Semi-finalsAl-Minaa1–1 (4–3 p.) (H)
Match Details
GK 20 Alaa GateaRB 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir (c)CB 6 Karrar MohammedCB 29 Abbas QasimLB 3 Hussein JwayedRM 33 Mustafa Hussein CM 7 Ahmad Fadhel CM 25 Ali Raheem LM 9 Hussein AliCF 11 Luay SalahCF 24 Mustafa Karim Substitutions:FW 4 Amjad Kalaf FW 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra MF 5 Safaa Hadi Manager: Essam Hamad GK 12 Jalal HassanRB 19 Mohammed NoumiCB 5 Nabeel Abbas (c)CB 13 Saad Attiya LB 14 Ayad KhalafRM 29 Barzan Shirzad CM 11 Amjad AttwanCM 20 Ahmed Jabbar LM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh AM 7 Salih SadirCF 33 Ziyad Ahmed Substitutions:DF 32 Niaz Mohammed FW 39 Farhan Shakor MF 6 Faris Hassoun Manager: Ali Hashim
Assistant referees: Akram Ali Maitham Khamat Fourth official: Yousef SaeedMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
References
External links Iraq Football Association