5th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

The 5th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الخامسة) was the fifth occurrence of the Baghdad Championship, organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams of the 1994–95 Iraqi National League competed in the tournament. In the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Talaba defeated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0.^[1][2][3]

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship

Tournament details
Country	Iraq
Dates	February 1996
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Al-Talaba
Runners-up	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Third place	Al-Zawraa
Fourth place	Al-Naft
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Muayad Judi (5 goals)
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Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Zawraa	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
Al-Naft	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Al-Karkh	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Al-Najaf	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Al-Zawraa	0–0	Al-Naft

Al-Najaf	0–0	Al-Karkh

Al-Zawraa	0–0	Al-Karkh

Al-Najaf	1–1	Al-Naft

Al-Karkh	0–0	Al-Naft

Al-Zawraa	2–0	Al-Najaf
Abbas Majeed

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
Al-Talaba	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Al-Shorta	3	1	0	2	6	11	−5	3
Al-Jaish	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Al-Shorta	2–4	Al-Talaba

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	Al-Jaish

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–1	Al-Talaba
Tariq Dhahid		Mohammed

Al-Shorta	4–1	Al-Jaish

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6–0	Al-Shorta
Kadhim Khayoun Omran Assem Swadi

Al-Jaish	1–2	Al-Talaba

Semifinals

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Naft
Kadhim

8 February 1996

Al-Zawraa	0–1	Al-Talaba
		Judi , Jaber

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Third place match

Al-Zawraa	3–0	Al-Naft
Abbas Abdul-Latif

Final

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–1	Al-Talaba
Dhahid		Al-Hail (pen.)

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Umm al-Ma'arik Championship 1995–96 winner
Al-Talaba 3rd title