Independent Baghdad Tournament
Dates5 March – 14 June 1973
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Runner-upAliyat Al-Shorta
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored55 (1.9 per match)

The Independent Baghdad Tournament (Arabic: دورة بغداد الخاصة) was a tournament organised by the Iraq Football Association in 1973, independently from its main regional league competitions, to allow the region's top-flight teams to continue playing matches after the premature end to the 1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division.[1] The teams were not able to field players that had been called up for the Iraq national team or the Iraq military team, as those players were preparing for the World Cup qualifiers and the Military World Championship respectively.[2]

The tournament began on 5 March, with the regular season ending on 24 May and the final being played on 14 June, where Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed beat Aliyat Al-Shorta 3–1 to claim the title.[2]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 7 4 2 1 13 5 +8 10 Qualified to the Final
2 Aliyat Al-Shorta 7 2 4 1 7 5 +2 8
3 Kahrabaa Al-Wusta 7 2 4 1 5 4 +1 8
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 1 5 1 6 5 +1 7
5 Shortat Al-Najda 7 2 3 2 6 10 −4 7
6 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 7 1 4 2 6 7 −1 6
7 Quwat Salahaddin 7 1 3 3 5 7 −2 5
8 Al-Mushat 7 0 5 2 3 8 −5 5
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive

Known results

Home \ Away ASH KAH MUS QWJ SIK MAS QSD SHN
Aliyat Al-Shorta 2–0
Kahrabaa Al-Wusta 1–0
Al-Mushat
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 1–1
Quwat Salahaddin
Shortat Al-Najda 1–1
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed3–1Aliyat Al-Shorta
Yousif 75'
Abdul-Hameed 77'		 Hussein 20'
Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Salih Faraj
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Aliyat Al-Shorta
GK Iraq Kadhim Khalaf
DF Iraq Samir Mohammed Ali
DF Iraq Ali Hussein Batoush
DF Iraq Ibrahim Ali
DF Iraq Resan Bonyan
MF Iraq Jabbar Khazal
MF Iraq Fatah Mohammed downward-facing red arrow
FW Iraq Saad Abdul-Hameed
FW Iraq Adel Kateh
FW Iraq Thamer Yousif
FW Iraq Kadhim Luaibi
Substitutes:
MF Iraq Hassani Alwan upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Iraq Georges Elias
GK Iraq Latif Shandal
DF Iraq Saad Hammoud
DF Iraq Gilbert Sami
DF Iraq Majeed Ali
DF Iraq Hadi Al-Janabi
MF Iraq Saad Dawood
MF Iraq Razzaq Hatem
FW Iraq Munaim Hussein
FW Iraq Jabbar Hameed
FW Iraq Tariq Aziz
FW Iraq Mudhafar Nouri
Substitutes:
FW Iraq Shaker Ismail upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Iraq Mohammed Najeeb Kaban

Assistant referees:
Nouri Abbas
Saadi Al-Bakri

References

  1. ^ Al-Ani, Salem (2008-11-17). "In a football career that spanned 18 years ... the former international and Al-Sikak player Saad Abdel Hamid".
  2. ^ a b Al-Adhari, Mundher (2007-06-13). "The first championship in the history of Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed".

External links

Football in Iraq
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