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
ChampionsAl-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Runners-upAliyat Al-Shorta
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

League table
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
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
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
GKIraq Kadhim Khalaf
DFIraq Samir Mohammed Ali
DFIraq Ali Hussein Batoush
DFIraq Ibrahim Ali
DFIraq Resan Bonyan
MFIraq Jabbar Khazal
MFIraq Fatah Mohammeddownward-facing red arrow
FWIraq Saad Abdul-Hameed
FWIraq Adel Kateh
FWIraq Thamer Yousif
FWIraq Kadhim Luaibi
Substitutes:
MFIraq Hassani Alwanupward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Iraq Georges Elias
GKIraq Latif Shandal
DFIraq Saad Hammoud
DFIraq Gilbert Sami
DFIraq Majeed Ali
DFIraq Hadi Al-Janabi
MFIraq Saad Dawood
MFIraq Razzaq Hatem
FWIraq Munaim Hussein
FWIraq Jabbar Hameed
FWIraq Tariq Aziz
FWIraq Mudhafar Nouri
Substitutes:
FWIraq Shaker Ismailupward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Iraq Mohammed Najeeb Kaban

Assistant referees:
Nouri Abbas
Saadi Al-Bakri

References
  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. Al-Adhari, Mundher (2007-06-13). "The first championship in the history of Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed".
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