Independent Baghdad Tournament

{{Infobox football tournament season

| image = File:Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed with the Independent Baghdad Tournament trophy.png

| dates = {{nowrap|5 March – 14 June 1973}}

| title = Independent Baghdad Tournament

| winners = Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed

| second = Aliyat Al-Shorta

| matches = 29

| goals = 56

}}

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,{{cite book|last1=Al-Sabti|first1=Ali|title=Iraqi League History 1956-1974|location=Iraq}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://n7nu.alafdal.net/t57-topic |title= In a football career that spanned 18 years ... the former international and Al-Sikak player Saad Abdel Hamid |date=2008-11-17 |last=Al-Ani |first=Salem }} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=4697597 |title=The first championship in the history of Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed |date=2007-06-13 |last=Al-Adhari |first=Mundher }}

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.

Regular season

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|team2=ASH|name_ASH=Aliyat Al-Shorta

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|team4=QWJ|name_QWJ=Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

|team5=SHN|name_SHN=Shortat Al-Najda

|team6=MAS|name_MAS=Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab

|team7=QSD|name_QSD=Quwat Salahaddin

|team8=MUS|name_MUS=Al-Mushat

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|col_F=green1|text_F=Qualified to the Final

|result1=F|result2=F

|update=complete|source=Ali Al-Sabti Archive

}}

=Results=

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|team8=SHN

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|match_KAH_SHN=2–0

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|match_MUS_SIK=1–3

|match_MUS_MAS=null

|match_MUS_QSD=0–0

|match_MUS_SHN=null

|name_QWJ=Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

|match_QWJ_ASH=0–0

|match_QWJ_KAH=null

|match_QWJ_MUS=2–0

|match_QWJ_SIK=null

|match_QWJ_MAS=0–0

|match_QWJ_QSD=null

|match_QWJ_SHN=1–1

|name_SIK=Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed

|match_SIK_ASH=null

|match_SIK_KAH=2–0

|match_SIK_MUS=null

|match_SIK_QWJ=1–1

|match_SIK_MAS=null

|match_SIK_QSD=2–0

|match_SIK_SHN=null

|name_MAS=Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab

|match_MAS_ASH=1–2

|match_MAS_KAH=null

|match_MAS_MUS=1–1

|match_MAS_QWJ=null

|match_MAS_SIK=1–1

|match_MAS_QSD=null

|match_MAS_SHN=1–2

|name_QSD=Quwat Salahaddin

|match_QSD_ASH=null

|match_QSD_KAH=0–0

|match_QSD_MUS=null

|match_QSD_QWJ=3–2

|match_QSD_SIK=null

|match_QSD_MAS=0–1

|match_QSD_SHN=null

|name_SHN=Shortat Al-Najda

|match_SHN_ASH=1–1

|match_SHN_KAH=null

|match_SHN_MUS=0–0

|match_SHN_QWJ=null

|match_SHN_SIK=0–4

|match_SHN_MAS=null

|match_SHN_QSD=2–1

|update=complete

|source=Ali Al-Sabti Archive

}}

Final

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|date={{Start date|1973|6|14|df=y}}

|time=18:30 UTC+03:00

|team1=Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed

|score=3–1

|team2=Aliyat Al-Shorta

|goals1=Yousif {{goal|75}} {{goal}}
Abdul-Hameed {{goal|77}}

|goals2=Hussein {{goal|20}}

|stadium=Al-Shaab Stadium

|location=Baghdad

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Salih Faraj

}}

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GK{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Kadhim Khalaf
DF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Samir Mohammed Ali
DF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Ali Hussein Batoush
DF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Ibrahim Ali
DF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Resan Bonyan
MF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Jabbar Khazal
MF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Fatah Mohammed{{suboff}}
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Saad Abdul-Hameed
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Adel Kateh
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Thamer Yousif
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Kadhim Luaibi
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Hassani Alwan{{subon}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Georges Elias

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GK{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Latif Shandal
DF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Saad Hammoud
DF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Gilbert Sami
DF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Majeed Ali
DF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Hadi Al-Janabi
MF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Saad Dawood
MF{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Razzaq Hatem
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Munaim Hussein
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Jabbar Hameed
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Tariq Aziz
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Mudhafar Nouri
colspan=3|Substitutes:
FW{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Shaker Ismail{{subon}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Mohammed Najeeb Kaban

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Assistant referees:


Nouri Abbas


Saadi Al-Bakri

References

{{reflist}}