title: 2017 Iraq FA Cup final
text: # 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. |
  