10th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

The 10th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك العاشرة) was the tenth occurrence of the Baghdad Championship. The competition was organised by the Iraq Football Association and the top eight teams of the 1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League competed in the tournament. The competition started on 3 December 2000 and ended on 15 December 2000 where, in the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Shorta defeated Al-Zawraa 1–0.^[1][2] Al-Karkh midfielder Ammar Abdul-Hussein was the player of the tournament.^[3]

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	3–15 December 2000
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Al-Shorta
Runners-up	Al-Zawraa
Third place	Al-Karkh
Fourth place	Al-Talaba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	50 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ahmed Khudhair Mahir Ogla Sabah Jeayer (3 goals each)
Awards
Best player	Ammar Abdul-Hussein
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Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Zawraa	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9
Al-Shorta	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	6
Duhok	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Salahaddin	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

3 December 2000

Al-Zawraa	3–2	Al-Shorta
Rahim E. Mohammed H. Mohammed		Ridha A. Khudhair (pen.)

Al-Shaab Stadium

Referee: Sabah Qasim

3 December 2000

Duhok	1–0	Salahaddin
J. Mohammed

Al-Shorta Stadium

Referee: Mahdi Faleeh

5 December 2000

Al-Shorta	7–1	Salahaddin
Ogla Mnajed Hadi A. Khudhair Akram Rubui		S. Mohammed

Al-Karkh Stadium

Referee: Hazim Hussein

5 December 2000

Al-Zawraa	3–0	Duhok
H. Mohammed Rahim Hussein (pen.)

Al-Shorta Stadium

Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

7 December 2000

Al-Shorta	3–1	Duhok
A. Khudhair Ogla Mnajed		Abdul-Amir

Al-Zawraa Stadium

Referee: Shaker Mahmoud

7 December 2000

Al-Zawraa	5–0	Salahaddin
Ahmad Sattar Fawzi

Al-Karkh Stadium

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Talaba	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Al-Karkh	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Al-Minaa	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

4 December 2000

Al-Talaba	3–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Saadoun Abbas Jeayer		H. Kadhim Saadoun

Al-Shaab Stadium

Referee: Najim Aboud

4 December 2000

Al-Minaa	1–0	Al-Karkh
Chathir

Al-Shorta Stadium

Referee: Abdul-Aal Khudhair

6 December 2000

Al-Talaba	3–0	Al-Minaa
Abbas H. Abdul-Razzaq Ibrahim

Al-Karkh Stadium

Referee: Mohammed Sahib

6 December 2000

Al-Karkh	2–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
A. Abdul-Hussein Hassan		J. Khudhair

Al-Shorta Stadium

Referee: Mahmoud Nouraddin

8 December 2000

Al-Karkh	1–0	Al-Talaba
Mattab

Al-Shorta Stadium

Referee: Sabah Qasim

8 December 2000

Al-Minaa	2–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
A. Abdul-Razzaq Salman		Karim

Al-Karkh Stadium

Referee: Hazim Hussein

Semifinals

11 December 2000

Al-Zawraa	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Karkh
Hamad A. Kadhim		T. Abdul-Hussein

Al-Shaab Stadium

Referee: Mahmoud Nouraddin

12 December 2000

Al-Shorta	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Talaba
Yousif		Jeayer
Penalties
U. Mohammed Akram Hadi Khalaf	4–2	Jafar Turki Abbas Jeayer

Al-Shaab Stadium

Third place match

14 December 2000

Al-Karkh	2–1	Al-Talaba
A. Abdul-Hussein Mattar		Jeayer

Al-Shaab Stadium

Referee: Mohammed Sahib

Final

15 December 2000

Al-Shorta	1–0	Al-Zawraa
Mushraf 42'	Report	90'

Al-Shaab Stadium

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Hazim Hussein

Al-Shorta

Al-Zawraa

GK Ahmed Ali Hussein DF Mazin Abdul-Sattar DF Mahir Habib DF Munaim Yousif DF Rahim Raboui MF Mahir Ogla (c) MF Mohammed Hadi MF Mudhahar Khalaf FW Amer Mushraf FW Ahmed Khudhair FW Hashim Ridha Substitutions: DF Waleed Khalid DF Ziyad Tariq MF Nashat Akram Manager: Ahmed Radhi

GK Ahmed Ali Jaber DF Haider Obeid DF Ghaith Abdul-Ghani DF Ahmad Kadhim MF Adnan Mohammad MF Mohannad Nassir MF Essam Hamad (c) MF Ahmad Abdul-Jabar MF Abbas Rahim FW Emad Mohammed FW Husham Mohammed Substitutions: MF Laith Hussein FW Ammar Ahmed FW Hussam Fawzi Manager: Adnan Hamad

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.

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship 2000–01 winner
Al-Shorta 1st title