Independent Baghdad Tournament

Independent Baghdad Tournament

Dates	5 March – 14 June 1973
Final positions
Champions	Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Runner-up	Aliyat Al-Shorta
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	55 (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

14 June 1973 (1973-06-14)

18:30 UTC+03:00

Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed	3–1	Aliyat 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 Kadhim Khalaf DF Samir Mohammed Ali DF Ali Hussein Batoush DF Ibrahim Ali DF Resan Bonyan MF Jabbar Khazal MF Fatah Mohammed FW Saad Abdul-Hameed FW Adel Kateh FW Thamer Yousif FW Kadhim Luaibi Substitutes: MF Hassani Alwan Manager: Georges Elias

GK Latif Shandal DF Saad Hammoud DF Gilbert Sami DF Majeed Ali DF Hadi Al-Janabi MF Saad Dawood MF Razzaq Hatem FW Munaim Hussein FW Jabbar Hameed FW Tariq Aziz FW Mudhafar Nouri Substitutes: FW Shaker Ismail Manager: 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. Al-Adhari, Mundher (2007-06-13). "The first championship in the history of Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed".

External links

• Iraqi Football Website^[usurped]