2023 Iraq FA Cup final

The 2023 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 30th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition.^[1] The match was contested between Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Erbil, at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.^[2] It was played on 5 August 2023 to be the final match of the competition. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya made their ninth appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Erbil made their first appearance.^[3]

2023 Iraq FA Cup Final

The match took place at Al-Shaab Stadium
Event	2022–23 Iraq FA Cup
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Erbil 1 0
Date	5 August 2023
Venue	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
Referee	Zaid Thamer Mohammed
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the match 1–0 with a goal from Mohannad Abdul-Raheem to earn their sixth Iraq FA Cup title.^[4]

Route to the Final

Further information: 2022–23 Iraq FA Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya				Round	Erbil
Opponent	Result			2022–23 Iraq FA Cup	Opponent	Result
Al-Hurr	2–0 (A)			Round of 32	Al-Samawa	1–1 (6–5 p.) (A)
Al-Shorta	1–1 (7–6 p.) (H)			Round of 16	Naft Al-Wasat	2–1
Al-Zawraa	1–1 (3–2 p.) (A)			Quarter-finals	Al-Bahri	3–0 (w/o) (H)
Al-Karkh	3–1 (N)			Semi-finals	Al-Hudood	1–0 (N)

Match

Details

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	Erbil
Abdul-Raheem 29'

5 August 2023 (2023-08-05)^[5]

20:00 UTC+03:00

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Erbil

GK 20 Mohammed Hameed RB 8 Ibrahim Bayesh (c) CB 66 Mohammed Al-Baqer CB 48 Ruslan Hanoon LB 3 Hamza Adnan CM 6 Ali Mohsin CM 13 Franco Atchou RM 19 Mohammed Qasim  66' AM 16 Karrar Nabeel  75' LM 14 Hussein Jabbar  85' CF 88 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem  75' Substitutions: GK 12 Mohammed Shakir GK 33 Mustafa Bassim DF 5 Ghaith Maaroufi  75' DF 23 Kadhim Raad DF 44 Hammoud Mishaan MF 25 Mohammed Ali Abbood  85' FW 7 Shareef Abdul-Kadhim  66' FW 9 Montader Abdel Amir FW 35 Chris Mugalu  75' Manager: Moamen Soliman

GK 22 Hussein Joli RB 77 Halo Fayaq CB 30 Ahmad Ibrahim (c)  46' CB 99 Omar Jengi  82' LB 3 Hassan Ashour CM 8 Akam Hashim  90' CM 13 Ali Shakhwan RM 36 Mohammed Mohsen  46' AM 33 Emmanuel Okwi  72' LM 96 Sherko Karim CF 90 Mahmoud Khalil  86' Substitutions: GK 1 Rebaz Abdullah DF 31 Herdi Siamand DF 4 Hélio MF 6 Jassim Mohammed  72' MF 21 Mohammed Saleh MF 27 Rawa Yousif  46' FW 11 Amjad Radhi  82' FW 15 Abdulqader Ayoub  86' FW 29 Barzan Sherzad Manager: Abbas Obeid

Assistant referees: Wathik Mdallal Obaid Al-Swaiedi Ahmed Sabah Fourth official: Salem Amer

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.