2003 Iraqi Elite Cup

The 2003 Baghdad Championship (Arabic: بطولة بغداد 2003‎), commonly referred to as the 2003 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 2003‎), was the thirteenth occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup, organised by the Iraq Football Association, and the first since it was renamed from Mother of all Battles Championship to Baghdad Championship. The top eight teams in the league table at the end of round 27 of the cancelled 2002–03 Iraqi First Division competed in the tournament.

2003 Iraqi Elite Cup
CountryIraq
Dates1 October 2003 – 5 January 2004
Teams8
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
Runners-upAl-Talaba
Top goal scorer(s)Falah Hassan
(3 goals)
Best playerAhmad Salah
← 2002

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 ever edition of the Iraqi Elite Cup.[1][2]

Group stage

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 321062+47
Al-Talaba 312032+15
Al-Mosul 310289−13
Al-Minaa 301248−41
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Mosul
Khudhair  8'
L. Salah  35'
Dhahid  36'		 Ahmad  21'
Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Talaba0–0Al-Minaa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Minaa
L. Salah
Khudhair
Ogla 		Asi
Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Talaba3–2Al-Mosul
Kadhim  33'
Sadir  88' (pen.)
Karim  90+7'		 Usama  50' (pen.)
Numan  70'
Referee: Abdul-Aal Khudhair
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–0Al-Talaba
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen
Al-Mosul5–3Al-Minaa
Yahya  39' (pen.)
Marzook  42'
Usama  53' (pen.)
Idan  90'
Ahmad  90+4'		 Hadi  20'
Falah  56', 78'
Al-Sinaa Stadium, Baghdad

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Shorta 321031+27
Al-Zawraa 312051+45
Al-Najaf 311162+44
Erbil 3003111−100
Al-Zawraa0–0Al-Najaf
Al-Shorta1–0Erbil
Fadhel  55'
Al-Zawraa5–1Erbil
Fahad  41', 42'
Abdul-Saha  50'
Jawad  70'
Abdul-Nabi  81'		 Ghafil  68'
Al-Shorta2–1Al-Najaf
Ridha  23', 48' Jassim  12'
Al-Zawraa0–0Al-Shorta
Erbil0–5Al-Najaf
Sahib  8'
Hassan  30', 85'
Jassim  66'
Wahudi  68'

Semifinals
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–1Al-Zawraa
Ahmad  10'
Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad
Match was ended before stoppage time due to crowd trouble[3]
Al-Shorta1–2Al-Talaba
Abdul-Hussein  22' Nassir  21'
A. Salah  32'
Referee: Najim Aboud

Final
Al-Zawraa2–2 (a.e.t.)Al-Talaba
W. Kadhim   37'
Abdul-Sada  41' (pen.)
H. Kadhim  51'
Fawzi  59'		 Report Abbas   40'
Kadhim  53'
Sadir  90+2'
Penalties
Fawzi
Abdul-Qadir
Mohammad
Raad
Abdul-Amir 		5–4 Sadir
Nayrouz
B. Kadhim
Jafar
Wali
Attendance: 15,000

Awards
Top Goalscorer[1] Best Player[1] Best Goalkeeper[1] Best Manager[1] Fair Play Award[1]
Falah Hassan
(Al-Najaf)		 Ahmad Salah
(Al-Talaba)		 Saad Nassir
(Al-Talaba)		 Abdul-Ghani Shahad
(Al-Najaf)		 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

References
  1. Mubarak, Hassanin; Hashim, Refel (September 25, 2004). "Iraq 2003/04". RSSSF.
  2. "2003 Elite Cup". NIIIIS.com.
  3. Al-Latify, Yasir (25 November 2003). "Important decisions by the Iraq Football Association". Kooora.com.
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