2001 Iraqi Elite Cup

2001 Iraqi Elite Cup

Country	Iraq
Dates	1–10 February 2002
Teams	8
Champions	Al-Shorta
Runners-up	Al-Talaba
Third place	Al-Karkh
Fourth place	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goal scorer(s)	Younis Mahmoud (4 goals)
Best player	Ziyad Tariq
← 2000 2002 →

The Eleventh Mother of all Battles Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الحادية عشرة), commonly referred to as the 2001 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 2001), was the eleventh occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup. The competition was organised by the Iraq Football Association and the top eight teams of the 2000–01 Iraqi Elite League competed in the tournament. Despite being the 2001 edition, the competition was held in 2002, from 1 February to 10 February. In the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Shorta defeated Al-Talaba 1–0 to win the cup for the second time in a row.

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Al-Shorta	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9	Advanced to semifinals
Al-Karkh	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Al-Zawraa	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
Duhok	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: RSSSF.com

1 February 2002

Al-Karkh	1–0	Al-Zawraa
Salam 10' Farah		Obeid

Referee: Shaker Mahmoud

1 February 2002

Al-Shorta	3–2	Duhok
Mnajed 15' Ogla 30' Mushraf 45'		Abdullah 60' J. Mohammed 72'

Referee: Mohamad Sahib

3 February 2002

Al-Shorta	3–0	Al-Karkh
Mnajed 9', 51' Tariq 25' Rahim 26'

Referee: Najim Aboud

3 February 2002

Al-Zawraa	3–0	Duhok
E. Mohammed 23', 84', 90+1'

Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

5 February 2002

Al-Karkh	1–1	Duhok
Raja 90'		Abdullah 30'

Referee: Mahdi Faliyh

5 February 2002

Al-Shorta	3–2	Al-Zawraa
Mnajed 5' Rahim 24' Ridha 48' (pen.) Qassim		Hussein 2' (pen.), 60' (pen.), 62' Abdul-Jabar

Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Al-Talaba	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advanced to semifinals
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
Al-Najaf	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Source: RSSSF.com

2 February 2002

Al-Najaf	2–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Jalout 72', 78'		Swadi 86'

Referee: Sabah Qasim

2 February 2002

Al-Talaba	4–2	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
Mahmoud 50', 77', 90' Abbas 75'		Khudhair 83' Nafaa 87'

Referee: Hazim Hussein

4 February 2002

Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	2–0	Al-Najaf
Ashour 10' Zaki 70'

Referee: Mohamad Sahib

4 February 2002

Al-Talaba	0–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Referee: Abdulhali Khudhair

6 February 2002

Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Najaf
Mahmoud 22'

Referee: Najim Aboud

6 February 2002

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–1	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
Khudhair 22', 66' (pen.) Abbas 69'		Ali 77' (pen.) Abdul-Latif

Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen

Semifinals

8 February 2002

Al-Shorta	1–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Mushraf 63'

Referee: Hazim Hussein

8 February 2002

Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Karkh
Kadhim 70'

Referee: Mohamad Sahib

Third place match

10 February 2002

Al-Karkh	2–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Hassan 59', 87'		Saddam 65'

Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

Final

10 February 2002 (2002-02-10)

Al-Shorta	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Talaba
Habib  112'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen

Al-Shorta

Al-Talaba

GK	1	Emad Hashim (c)
RB	3	Ziyad Tariq
CB	4	Mahir Habib
CB	27	Khalid Mohammed Sabbar
LB	15	Ahmed Hussein Adan
RM	13	Abbas Rahim
CM	25	Nashat Akram
CM	8	Mahir Ogla
LM	26	Mohammed Hadi
CF	16	Ahmad Mnajed
CF	17	Hashim Ridha
Substitutions:
DF	18	Ahmad Kadhim
FW	9	Ammar Ahmad
FW	11	Amer Mushraf
Manager:
Yassin Umal

GK	21	Saad Nassir
CB	30	Hamza Hadi
CB	12	Haidar Abdul-Razzaq
CB	6	Bassim Abbas
RM	8	Habib Jafar (c)
CM	22	Fawzi Abdul-Sada
CM	20	Bahaa Kadhim
CM	15	Hassan Turki
LM	14	Alaa Nayrouz
CF	7	Ahmed Salah
CF	28	Younis Mahmoud
Substitutions:
DF	23	Ahmed Wali
FW	10	Alaa Kadhim
FW	11	Sabah Jeayer
Manager:
Thair Ahmed

Assistant referees: Aziz Karim Samir Mahna Sabah Qasim

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Award
Younis Mahmoud (Al-Talaba)	Ziyad Tariq (Al-Shorta)	Wissam Gassid (Al-Karkh)	Al-Najaf

External links

• Iraqi Football Website