Football tournament season
Independent Baghdad Tournament Dates 5 March – 14 June 1973 Final positions Champions Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed Runner-up Aliyat Al-Shorta Tournament statistics Matches played 29 Goals scored 56 (1.93 per match)
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,[ 1] 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 .[ 2] 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.[ 3]
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.[ 3]
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
14 June 1973 (1973年6月14日 )
GK
Iraq Latif Shandal
DF
Iraq Saad Hammoud
DF
Iraq Gilbert Sami
DF
Iraq Majeed Ali
DF
Iraq Hadi Al-Janabi
MF
Iraq Saad Dawood
MF
Iraq Razzaq Hatem
FW
Iraq Munaim Hussein
FW
Iraq Jabbar Hameed
FW
Iraq Tariq Aziz
FW
Iraq Mudhafar Nouri
Substitutes:
FW
Iraq Shaker Ismail
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Manager:
Iraq Mohammed Najeeb Kaban