Iraqi Super Cup

Football tournament

Iraqi Super Cup

Organising body| Iraq Football Association
Founded| 1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Region| Iraq
Number of teams| 2
Current champions| Al-Shorta (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)| Al-Zawraa (5 titles)
Television broadcasters| Al-Iraqiya Sports
2022 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 Iraq Stars League season and the holders of the Iraq FA Cup. If the Stars 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-Shorta, who defeated Al-Karkh 1–0 in the 2022 match.

## History

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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 Premier League. Twelve years after the foundation of the Iraqi National Clubs 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 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 cancelled due to scheduling difficulties. The Iraqi Super Cup eventually returned in 2017.

## Rules

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The rules of the Super Cup are generally the same as those of the Stars 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 Stars League and the FA Cup, the runner-up from the Stars League will play.

## Statistics

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### Matches

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Iraqi Perseverance Cup

Year  | Winner  | Result  | Runner-up
1986 | Al-Rasheed | 2–1  | Al-Talaba
1987–1996  | Not held
1997 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–1  | Al-Zawraa
1998 | Al-Zawraa | 1–0  | Al-Shorta
1999 | Al-Zawraa | 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p) | 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 (g.g.)  | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Iraqi Super Cup
Year  | Winner  | Result  | Runner-up
2016 | Cancelled
2017 | Al-Zawraa | 1–1
(3–0 p) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2018  | Not held
2019 | Al-Shorta | 1–1
(4–3 p) | Al-Zawraa
2020  | Not held
2021 | Al-Zawraa | 1–0  | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2022 | Al-Shorta | 1–0  | Al-Karkh
2023–2024  | Not held

### Most successful clubs

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Team  | Winners  | Runners-up

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Al-Zawraa | 5  | 3
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2  | 4
Al-Shorta | 2  | 1
Al-Talaba | 1  | 2
Al-Rasheed | 1  | 0
Al-Karkh | 0  | 1

## List of winning managers

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Year  | Nationality  | Winning manager  | Club

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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
2022 |  Egypt | Moamen Soliman | Al-Shorta

## References

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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".

## External links

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* Iraq Football Association

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