2024–25 Iraq FA Cup

The 2024–25 Iraq FA Cup was the 35th edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. 42 clubs from the top three tiers of the Iraqi football league system participated in the competition.^[1]

2024–25 Iraq FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	17 December 2024 – 18 July 2025
Teams	42
Final positions
Champions	Duhok (1st title)
Runners-up	Zakho
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Goals scored	90 (2.2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Karim Darwich (5 goals)
← 2023–24

The tournament began on 17 December 2024 with the first round, which was played between the ten lowest-placed clubs from the Iraq Stars League, all 20 clubs from the Iraqi Premier Division League and the two highest-placed clubs from the Iraqi First Division League based on league positions in the 2023–24 season.^[2] The top six Iraq Stars League clubs entered the competition in the Round of 16.^[3]

The winners of the competition were Duhok, who won their first title by beating Zakho 5–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in the final.^[4]

Schedule

The rounds of the 2024–25 competition were scheduled as follows:^[5]

Round	Fixtures draw date	Stadiums draw date	Match dates
First round	11 December 2024		17–18 December 2024
Second round	19 December 2024		24–25 December 2024
Round of 16	21 February 2025		26–27 February 2025
Quarter-finals	21 February 2025	22 June 2025	8 July 2025
Semi-finals			12 July 2025
Final		—	18 July 2025

First round

This round features 10 teams from the Stars League (level 1), 20 teams from the Premier Division League (level 2) and 2 teams from the First Division League (level 3). Newroz, Al-Talaba, Al-Hudood and Naft Maysan received byes to the second round.

Al-Minaa (1) v Al-Kufa (3)

17 December 2024	Al-Minaa (1)	2–0	Al-Kufa (3)	Basra
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Bahri Stadium

Al-Kadhimiya (2) v Naft Al-Basra (1)

17 December 2024	Al-Kadhimiya (2)	0–2	Naft Al-Basra (1)	Baghdad
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Kadhimiya Stadium

Al-Kahrabaa (1) v Al-Ramadi (2)

17 December 2024	Al-Kahrabaa (1)	1–0	Al-Ramadi (2)	Kut
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Kut Olympic Stadium

Al-Karma (1) v Masafi Al-Wasat (2)

17 December 2024	Al-Karma (1)	2–0	Masafi Al-Wasat (2)	Ramadi
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium

Al-Etisalat (2) v Al-Qasim (1)

17 December 2024	Al-Etisalat (2)	1–2	Al-Qasim (1)	Baghdad
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

Erbil (1) v Samarra (3)

17 December 2024	Erbil (1)	3–1	Samarra (3)	Erbil
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium

Diyala (1) v Naft Al-Wasat (2)

17 December 2024	Diyala (1)	2–1	Naft Al-Wasat (2)	Baghdad
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium

Al-Naft (1) v Al-Nasiriya (2)

17 December 2024	Al-Naft (1)	5–0	Al-Nasiriya (2)	Baghdad
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium

Al-Gharraf (2) v Al-Sinaa (2)

18 December 2024	Al-Gharraf (2)	1–0	Al-Sinaa (2)	Suq Al-Shuyukh
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Suq Al-Shuyukh Stadium

Afak (2) v Maysan (2)

18 December 2024	Afak (2)	0–2	Maysan (2)	Afak
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Afak Stadium

Al-Hussein (2) v Al-Bahri (2)

18 December 2024	Al-Hussein (2)	1–0	Al-Bahri (2)	Baghdad
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium

Peshmerga Sulaymaniya (2) v Al-Fahad (2)

18 December 2024	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya (2)	1–1 (3–0 p)	Al-Fahad (2)	Sulaymaniya
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Peshmerga Stadium

Ghaz Al-Shamal (2) v Masafi Al-Junoob (2)

18 December 2024	Ghaz Al-Shamal (2)	1–1 (4–5 p)	Masafi Al-Junoob (2)	Kirkuk
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Ghaz Al-Shamal Stadium

Al-Jolan (2) v Al-Mosul (2)

18 December 2024	Al-Jolan (2)	1–1 (4–5 p)	Al-Mosul (2)	Falluja
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Falluja Stadium

Karbala (1) v Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya (2)

18 December 2024	Karbala (1)	2–0	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya (2)	Karbala
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Karbala International Stadium

Al-Karkh (1) v Amanat Baghdad (2)

18 December 2024	Al-Karkh (1)	1–1 (2–4 p)	Amanat Baghdad (2)	Baghdad
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium

Second round

This round features 13 teams from the Stars League (level 1) and 7 teams from the Premier Division League (level 2). Al-Shorta, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Al-Najaf, Zakho and Duhok received byes to the Round of 16.

Karbala (1) v Peshmerga Sulaymaniya (2)

24 December 2024	Karbala (1)	0–0 (2–4 p)	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya (2)	Karbala
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Karbala International Stadium

Al-Gharraf (2) v Al-Talaba (1)

24 December 2024	Al-Gharraf (2)	1–2	Al-Talaba (1)	Suq Al-Shuyukh
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Suq Al-Shuyukh Stadium

Amanat Baghdad (2) v Al-Hudood (1)

24 December 2024	Amanat Baghdad (2)	4–2	Al-Hudood (1)	Baghdad
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

Naft Al-Basra (1) v Newroz (1)

24 December 2024	Naft Al-Basra (1)	0–1	Newroz (1)	Basra
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium

Al-Mosul (2) v Erbil (1)

24 December 2024	Al-Mosul (2)	0–0 (5–4 p)	Erbil (1)	Akre
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Akre Stadium

Maysan (2) v Al-Naft (1)

25 December 2024	Maysan (2)	0–0 (4–2 p)	Al-Naft (1)	Majar Al-Kabir
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Majar Stadium

Al-Kahrabaa (1) v Al-Hussein (2)

25 December 2024	Al-Kahrabaa (1)	0–0 (2–4 p)	Al-Hussein (2)	Kut
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Kut Olympic Stadium

Al-Karma (1) v Masafi Al-Junoob (2)

25 December 2024	Al-Karma (1)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Masafi Al-Junoob (2)	Baghdad
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium

Naft Maysan (1) v Al-Qasim (1)

25 December 2024	Naft Maysan (1)	1–2	Al-Qasim (1)	Maysan
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium

Al-Minaa (1) v Diyala (1)

25 December 2024	Al-Minaa (1)	3–2	Diyala (1)	Basra
13:45 UTC+3				Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium

Final phase

Bracket

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Duhok	3
	Maysan	0
					Duhok	3
					Al-Minaa	1
	Al-Minaa	1
	Al-Zawraa	0
									Duhok	3
									Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2
	Al-Qasim	1
					Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3
					Al-Najaf	1
	Al-Najaf	3
	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya	2
													Duhok (p)	0 (5)
													Zakho	0 (3)
	Zakho	2
	Al-Karma	0
					Zakho	1
					Newroz	0
	Newroz (p)	2 (3)
	Al-Hussein	2 (2)
									Zakho (p)	0 (4)
									Al-Shorta	0 (3)
	Al-Shorta (a.e.t.)	1
	Al-Mosul	0
					Al-Shorta (p)	1 (4)
					Al-Talaba	1 (1)
	Al-Talaba (a.e.t.)	2
	Amanat Baghdad	0

Round of 16

This round features 11 teams from the Stars League (level 1) and 5 teams from the Premier Division League (level 2).^[6]

Al-Minaa (1) v Al-Zawraa (1)

26 February 2025	Al-Minaa (1)	1–0	Al-Zawraa (1)	Basra
16:15 UTC+3	Abdul-Zahra 35'			Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium

Al-Najaf (1) v Peshmerga Sulaymaniya (2)

26 February 2025	Al-Najaf (1)	3–2	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya (2)	Najaf
16:15 UTC+3	Mendy 14' (pen.) Qasim 24' Hachim 46'		Hussein 27' (pen.) Kamran 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1) v Al-Qasim (1)

26 February 2025	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1)	2–1	Al-Qasim (1)	Baghdad
19:30 UTC+3	Abdul-Amir 28' (pen.), 70'		Rasheed 90+3'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Duhok (1) v Maysan (2)

26 February 2025	Duhok (1)	3–0	Maysan (2)	Duhok
19:30 UTC+3	Darwich 45+2', 82' Ghazi 83'			Stadium: Duhok Stadium

Newroz (1) v Al-Hussein (2)

27 February 2025	Newroz (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Al-Hussein (2)	Sulaymaniya
14:00 UTC+3	Fariq 7' Dridi 28'		Chasib 34' (pen.) Mohammed 89'	Stadium: Newroz International Stadium

Al-Talaba (1) v Amanat Baghdad (2)

27 February 2025	Al-Talaba (1)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Amanat Baghdad (2)	Baghdad
14:00 UTC+3	Amutu 98', 117'			Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium

Al-Shorta (1) v Al-Mosul (2)

27 February 2025	Al-Shorta (1)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Mosul (2)	Baghdad
17:00 UTC+3	Jassim 119' (pen.)			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Zakho (1) v Al-Karma (1)

27 February 2025	Zakho (1)	2–0	Al-Karma (1)	Zakho
19:30 UTC+3	Mohammedoh 60' Deputy 61'			Stadium: Zakho International Stadium

Quarter-finals

All remaining teams are from the Stars League (level 1).

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Al-Najaf

8 July 2025	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–1	Al-Najaf	Baghdad
19:00 UTC+3	Jawad 10' Oloumou 45+2' Abdul-Amir 69'		Mendy 27'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Duhok v Al-Minaa

8 July 2025	Duhok	3–1	Al-Minaa	Duhok
19:00 UTC+3	Ageed 45+3' Darwich 68' (pen.) Ghazi 90+6' (pen.)		Ali 23'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium

Zakho v Newroz

8 July 2025	Zakho	1–0	Newroz	Zakho
22:30 UTC+3	Al-Gahwashi 75'			Stadium: Zakho International Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Talaba

8 July 2025	Al-Shorta	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
22:30 UTC+3	Moumouni 50' Zero  7'  60'		Amutu 76'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
	Penalties
	Jassim Ben Mcharek Farhan Dawood		El Ani Abdul-Kadhim Msuva

Semi-finals

Duhok v Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

12 July 2025	Duhok	3–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Duhok
20:00 UTC+3	Darwich 15', 88' Ahmed 90+5'		Jawad 48' Polo  59'  60'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium

Zakho v Al-Shorta

12 July 2025	Zakho	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Al-Shorta	Zakho
20:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
	Penalties
	Attwan Al-Gahwashi Deputy Abu Hashish Henrique		Jassim Santos Dawood Al-Youssef Farhan

Final

Main article: 2025 Iraq FA Cup final

18 July 2025

20:00 UTC+3

Duhok	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Zakho
		Patrick  25'  65'
Penalties
Ageed Zakri Ghazi Younis Darwich	5–3	Attwan Abu Hashish Abbood Haji Nori

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Iraq FA Cup 2024–25 winner
Duhok 1st title