12th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship
Tournament details
CountryIraq
Dates9–20 August 2002
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Shorta
Runner-upAl-Talaba
Third placeAl-Zawraa
Fourth placeAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Husham Mohammed
(4 goals)
Best playerAhmed Salah
2003–04
(Baghdad Championship) →

The 12th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الثانية عشرة) was the twelfth occurrence of the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship. The competition was organised by the Iraq Football Association and the top eight teams of the 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League competed in the tournament. The competition started on 9 August 2002 and ended on 20 August 2002, where in the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Shorta defeated Al-Talaba 1–0 to win the cup for the third time in a row.[1][2]

Group stage[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Talaba 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
Al-Shorta 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
Al-Najaf 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Duhok 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Al-Shorta2–0Al-Najaf
T. Abdul-Hussein 7'
Ahmad 63' (pen.)
Duhok0–3Al-Najaf
Sadir 55'
Hussein 71'
Najim 83'
Al-Talaba2–0Al-Shorta
A. Salah 20', 38'
Al-Talaba2–1Al-Najaf
Ameen 25'
Karim 44'
Sadir 42'

Group 2[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Zawraa 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
Erbil 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
Al-Karkh 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
Al-Zawraa4–1Erbil
H. Mohammed 20', 45', soccer ball with red X 31'
Tallaa 52'
Sattar 76'
Jawad 78'
Al-Karkh1–3Erbil
Mutaab Nassir 35', 45'
Jawad 42'

Semifinals[edit]

Al-Talaba2–0Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Abdul-Razzaq 6'
Karim 75'
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraddin

Third place match[edit]

Al-Zawraa2–1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
H. Mohammed 21'
H. Kadhim 72'
S. Kadhim 62'
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraddin

Final[edit]

Al-Talaba0–1Al-Shorta
Rehema 3' (o.g.)
Referee: Mohammed Sahib
Al-Talaba
Al-Shorta
GK 21 Iraq Saad Nassir
RB 13 Iraq Bassim Abdul-Hassan downward-facing red arrow
CB 12 Iraq Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (c)
CB 5 Iraq Ali Rehema downward-facing red arrow
LB 6 Iraq Bassim Abbas
RM 18 Iraq Mahdi Karim downward-facing red arrow
CM 20 Iraq Bahaa Kadhim
CM 15 Iraq Hassan Turki
LM 22 Iraq Fawzi Abdul-Sada
CF 7 Iraq Ahmed Salah
CF 28 Iraq Younis Mahmoud
Substitutions:
MF 29 Iraq Talib Abdul-Latif upward-facing green arrow
FW 10 Iraq Alaa Kadhim upward-facing green arrow
FW 25 Iraq Qusay Hashim upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Iraq Thair Ahmed
GK 22 Iraq Oday Taleb
RB 7 Iraq Qais Issa
CB 4 Iraq Mahir Habib (c)
CB 5 Iraq Munaim Yousif
LB 18 Iraq Ahmad Kadhim
RM 13 Iraq Abbas Rahim downward-facing red arrow
CM 31 Iraq Mohanad Mohammed Ali downward-facing red arrow
CM 29 Iraq Ali Wahaib
LM 9 Iraq Ammar Abdul-Hussein
CF 6 Iraq Taiseer Abdul-Hussein downward-facing red arrow
CF 11 Iraq Amer Mushraf
Substitutions:
MF 8 Iraq Mahir Ogla upward-facing green arrow
MF 20 Iraq Fawzi Abdul-Sattar Red card 85' upward-facing green arrow
FW 33 Iraq Hashim Ridha upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Iraq Basim Qasim

Assistant referees:
Arslan Qadir
Mohammed Arab
Fourth official:
Najim Abboud

Match rules

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship
2002–03 winner
Al-Shorta
3rd title

Awards[edit]

Top Goalscorer[1] Best Player[1] Best Goalkeeper[1]
Husham Mohammed
(Al-Zawraa)
Ahmed Salah
(Al-Talaba)
Oday Taleb
(Al-Shorta)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Mubarak, Hassanin (March 8, 2018). "Iraq 2002/03". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "2002 Elite Cup". NIIIIS.com.

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