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Iraqi Super Cup
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The Iraqi Super Cup (Arabic: كأس السوبر العراقي), previously called Iraqi Perseverance Cup (Arabic: كأس المثابرة العراقي), is Iraqi football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Iraq Stars League season and the holders of the Iraq FA Cup. If the Stars League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition. The fixture is a recognised football super cup. Extra-time is not played in the case of a draw; the game goes straight to penalties instead.
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Al-Zawraa are the most successful club with five titles. The current holders are Al-Shorta, who defeated Al-Karkh 1–0 in the 2022 match.
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Before 1973, league tournaments in Iraq were played at a regional level and there was a cup called the Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup played between the winners and runners-up of the Iraq Central FA Premier League. Twelve years after the foundation of the Iraqi National Clubs League, the Perseverance Cup was played as a national tournament for the first time, and it was between Al-Talaba and Al-Rasheed, the winners and runners-up of the 1985–86 Iraqi National League.[1]
It took another eleven years for the tournament to resume, returning in 1997 as a match between the winners of the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup. The 1997 and 1998 editions were played at the end of the season to bring a close to the campaign, but from 1999 onwards, the cup was played before the start of the following league season as a 'curtain-raiser' to the new league campaign.[2]
From the 2003–04 season until the 2014–15 season, the Iraq FA Cup was either not played or not completed. It was finally completed in 2015–16, and therefore the Iraqi Perseverance Cup under the new name of Iraqi Super Cup was scheduled to be played in August 2016, but it was cancelled due to scheduling difficulties. The Iraqi Super Cup eventually returned in 2017 and was held four times until it was stopped after the 2022 edition.[3]
On 24 May 2025, it was announced that the tournament would return for the following season with a new six-team format featuring the top four teams from the Stars League and the top two teams from the FA Cup. The six teams would be split into two groups of three, with each team facing the other teams in their group once. The group winners would qualify for the final, while the group runners-up would compete in a third place play-off.[4] The competition was set to be held from 19–29 August 2025, however it was eventually cancelled after several teams announced their intention to withdraw from the tournament due to insufficient preparation time.[5]
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Rules
The rules of the Super Cup are generally the same as those of the Stars League, with a team of 11 starting players and 9 substitutes, with five substitutions permitted. If the scores are level after 90 minutes, the teams play a penalty shootout. If a team wins both the Stars League and the FA Cup, the runner-up from the Stars League will play.
Finals by year
Titles by club
List of winning managers
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