Independent Baghdad Tournament

The Independent Baghdad Tournament (Arabic: دورة بغداد الخاصة) was a tournament organised by the Iraq Football Association in 1973, independently from its main regional league competitions, to allow the region's top-flight teams to continue playing matches after the premature end to the 1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division.[1] The teams were not able to field players that had been called up for the Iraq national team or the Iraq military team, as those players were preparing for the World Cup qualifiers and the Military World Championship respectively.[2]

Independent Baghdad Tournament
Dates5 March – 14 June 1973
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Runner-upAliyat Al-Shorta
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored55 (1.9 per match)

The tournament began on 5 March, with the regular season ending on 24 May and the final being played on 14 June, where Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed beat Aliyat Al-Shorta 3–1 to claim the title.[2]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 7 4 2 1 13 5 +8 10 Qualified to the Final
2 Aliyat Al-Shorta 7 2 4 1 7 5 +2 8
3 Kahrabaa Al-Wusta 7 2 4 1 5 4 +1 8
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 1 5 1 6 5 +1 7
5 Shortat Al-Najda 7 2 3 2 6 10 −4 7
6 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 7 1 4 2 6 7 −1 6
7 Quwat Salahaddin 7 1 3 3 5 7 −2 5
8 Al-Mushat 7 0 5 2 3 8 −5 5
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive

Known results

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Home \ Away ASH KAH MUS QWJ SIK MAS QSD SHN
Aliyat Al-Shorta 2–0
Kahrabaa Al-Wusta 1–0
Al-Mushat
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 1–1
Quwat Salahaddin
Shortat Al-Najda 1–1
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

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Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed3–1Aliyat Al-Shorta
Yousif   75'  
Abdul-Hameed   77'
Hussein   20'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Salih Faraj
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aliyat Al-Shorta
GK   Kadhim Khalaf
DF   Samir Mohammed Ali
DF   Ali Hussein Batoush
DF   Ibrahim Ali
DF   Resan Bonyan
MF   Jabbar Khazal
MF   Fatah Mohammed  
FW   Saad Abdul-Hameed
FW   Adel Kateh
FW   Thamer Yousif
FW   Kadhim Luaibi
Substitutes:
MF   Hassani Alwan  
Manager:
  Georges Elias
GK   Latif Shandal
DF   Saad Hammoud
DF   Gilbert Sami
DF   Majeed Ali
DF   Hadi Al-Janabi
MF   Saad Dawood
MF   Razzaq Hatem
FW   Munaim Hussein
FW   Jabbar Hameed
FW   Tariq Aziz
FW   Mudhafar Nouri
Substitutes:
FW   Shaker Ismail  
Manager:
  Mohammed Najeeb Kaban

Assistant referees:
Nouri Abbas
Saadi Al-Bakri

References

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  1. ^ Al-Ani, Salem (2008-11-17). "In a football career that spanned 18 years ... the former international and Al-Sikak player Saad Abdel Hamid".
  2. ^ a b Al-Adhari, Mundher (2007-06-13). "The first championship in the history of Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed".
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