11th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

The 11th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الحادية عشرة) was the eleventh occurrence of the Baghdad Championship. 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. 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.^[1][2]

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	1–10 February 2002
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Al-Shorta
Runners-up	Al-Talaba
Third place	Al-Karkh
Fourth place	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Younis Mahmoud (4 goals)
Awards
Best player	Ziyad Tariq
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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 Nouraddin

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 Nouraddin

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 Nouraddin

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.

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship 2001–02 winner
Al-Shorta 2nd title

Awards

Top Goalscorer[1]	Best Player[1]	Best Goalkeeper[1]	Fair Play Award[1]
Younis Mahmoud (Al-Talaba)	Ziyad Tariq (Al-Shorta)	Wissam Gassid (Al-Karkh)	Al-Najaf