2017 Iraq FA Cup final
# 2017 Iraq FA Cup final

The 2017 Iraq FA Cup Final was the 26th final of the Iraq FA Cup as a clubs-only competition. The match was contested between Al-Zawraa and Naft Al-Wasat, at Al-Sinaa Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 22 August 2017 to be the final match of the competition.

Al-Zawraa made their record 17th appearance in the Iraq FA Cup final while Naft Al-Wasat, based in Najaf, became the first ever team from outside Baghdad to reach the final. Al-Zawraa won the match 1–0 with a stoppage time goal from Alaa Abdul-Zahra, for the club's record 15th title.

The winners of the cup, Al-Zawraa, qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup as well as the 2017 Iraqi Super Cup, which they won by beating league champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

## Route to the Final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

| Al-Zawraa | Al-Zawraa | Al-Zawraa | Al-Zawraa | Round | Naft Al-Wasat | Naft Al-Wasat | Naft Al-Wasat | Naft Al-Wasat |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | 2016–17 Iraq FA Cup | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Al-Maslaha | 4–3 (H) | 4–3 (H) | 4–3 (H) | Round of 32 | Ghaz Al-Shamal | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) |
| Naft Al-Junoob | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Karbala | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover |
| Naft Maysan | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Al-Talaba | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover |
| Amanat Baghdad | 3–1 (A) | 3–1 (A) | 3–1 (A) | Semi-finals | Al-Minaa | 1–1 (4–3 p.) (H) | 1–1 (4–3 p.) (H) | 1–1 (4–3 p.) (H) |

## Match

### Details

| Al-Zawraa | Naft Al-Wasat |
| - | - |
| GK | 20 | Alaa Gatea |
| RB | 14 | Haidar Abdul-Amir (c) |
| CB | 6 | Karrar Mohammed |
| CB | 29 | Abbas Qasim |
| LB | 3 | Hussein Jwayed |
| RM | 33 | Mustafa Hussein | | 53' |
| CM | 7 | Ahmad Fadhel | | 80' |
| CM | 25 | Ali Raheem | 64' |
| LM | 9 | Hussein Ali |
| CF | 11 | Luay Salah |
| CF | 24 | Mustafa Karim | | 59' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 4 | Amjad Kalaf | | 53' |
| FW | 10 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 86' | 59' |
| MF | 5 | Safaa Hadi | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Essam Hamad ||
| GK | 12 | Jalal Hassan |
| RB | 19 | Mohammed Noumi |
| CB | 5 | Nabeel Abbas (c) |
| CB | 13 | Saad Attiya | | 54' |
| LB | 14 | Ayad Khalaf |
| RM | 29 | Barzan Shirzad | | 90+3' |
| CM | 11 | Amjad Attwan |
| CM | 20 | Ahmed Jabbar | 45+1' |
| LM | 8 | Ibrahim Bayesh | 45+1' |
| AM | 7 | Salih Sadir |
| CF | 33 | Ziyad Ahmed | | 66' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 32 | Niaz Mohammed | | 54' |
| FW | 39 | Farhan Shakor | | 66' |
| MF | 6 | Faris Hassoun | | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Ali Hashim ||
| Assistant referees: Akram Ali Maitham Khamat Fourth official: Yousef Saeed | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |
