Iraqi Super Cup

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Iraqi Super Cup
Iraqi Super Cup Logo.png
Organising bodyIraq Football Association
Founded1986; 35 years ago (1986)
RegionIraq
Number of teams2
Current championsAl-Zawraa (5th title)
Most successful club(s)Al-Zawraa (5 titles)
Television broadcastersShabab Sport
Al-Iraqiya Sports
Al-Kass Sports
WebsiteIraqi Super Cup
2021 Iraqi Super Cup

The Iraqi Super Cup (Arabic: كأس السوبر العراقي), previously called Iraqi Perseverance Cup (Arabic: كأس المثابرة العراقي), is Iraqi football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Iraqi Premier League season and the holders of the Iraq FA Cup. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition. The fixture is a recognised football super cup.[1] Extra-time is not played in the case of a draw; the game goes straight to penalties instead.

The current holders are Al-Zawraa, who defeated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 in the 2021 match.

History[]

Before 1973, league tournaments in Iraq were played at a regional level and there was a cup called the Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup played between the winners and runners-up of the Iraq Central FA League. Twelve years after the foundation of the Iraqi Premier League, the Perseverance Cup was played as a national tournament for the first time, and it was between Al-Talaba and Al-Rasheed, the winners and runners-up of the 1985–86 Iraqi National League.[2] It took another eleven years for the tournament to resume, returning in 1997 as a match between the winners of the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup. The 1997 and 1998 editions were played at the end of the season to bring a close to the campaign, but from 1999 onwards, the cup was played before the start of the following Premier League season as a 'curtain-raiser' to the new league campaign.

From the 2003–04 season until the 2014–15 season, the Iraq FA Cup was either not played or not completed. It was finally completed in 2015–16, and therefore the Iraqi Perseverance Cup under the new name of Iraqi Super Cup was scheduled to be played in August of that year, but it was eventually cancelled due to scheduling difficulties. Finally, the Iraqi Super Cup was played for the first time in fifteen years in 2017.

Rules[]

The rules of the Super Cup are generally the same as those of the Premier League, with a team of 11 starting players and 9 substitutes, with five substitutions permitted. If the scores are level after 90 minutes, the teams play a penalty shootout. If a team wins both the Premier League and the FA Cup, the runner-up from the Premier League will play.

Statistics[]

Matches[]

Iraqi Perseverance Cup
Year Winner Result Runner-up
1986 Al-Rasheed 2–1 Al-Talaba
1987–1996 Not played
1997 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–1 Al-Zawraa
1998 Al-Zawraa 1–0 Al-Shorta
1999 Al-Zawraa 2–2 (aet)
(5–4 pen) 		Al-Talaba
2000 Al-Zawraa 1–0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2001 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 Al-Zawraa
2002 Al-Talaba 2–1 (agget) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Iraqi Super Cup
Year Winner Result Runner-up
2017 Al-Zawraa 1–1
(3–0 pen) 		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2018 Not played
2019 Al-Shorta 1–1
(4–3 pen) 		Al-Zawraa
2020 Not played
2021 Al-Zawraa 1–0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Most successful clubs[]

Team Winners Runners-up
Al-Zawraa 5 3
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2 4
Al-Talaba 1 2
Al-Shorta 1 1
Al-Rasheed 1 0

List of winning managers[]

Year Nationality Winning manager Club
1986  Iraq Hazem Jassam Al-Rasheed
1997  Iraq Ayoub Odisho Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1998  Iraq Anwar Jassam Al-Zawraa
1999  Iraq Adnan Hamad Al-Zawraa
2000  Iraq Adnan Hamad Al-Zawraa
2001  Iraq Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2002  Iraq Thair Ahmed Al-Talaba
2017  Iraq Ayoub Odisho Al-Zawraa
2019  Serbia Aleksandar Ilić Al-Shorta
2021  Iraq Essam Hamad Al-Zawraa

References[]

  1. ^ Refel Hashim, Hassanin Mubarak and Mohammed Qayed. "Iraq - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  2. ^ Al-Nahi, Rawan; Mahmoud, Shukri (September 14, 2019). "Iraqi Perseverance Cup Matches".

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