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1948–49 Iraq FA Cup
The 1948–49 Iraq Football Association Cup was the first edition of what is now the Iraq FA Cup. Clubs and institute-representative teams participated in the tournament, which was won by Sharikat Naft Al-Basra, beating Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malakiya 2–1 in Iraq's first ever national cup final, played at Al-Kashafa Stadium in Baghdad on 7 April 1949. The winning team's players and staff paraded the trophy around Basra upon returning from Baghdad three days after winning the tournament. Background Within the first week of the founding of the Iraq Football Association in October 1948, it was decided to hold league championships in four different regions: Iraq Central FA League, Baghdad, Iraq FA Basra League, Basra, Iraq FA Kirkuk League, Kirkuk and Mosul (although the league in Mosul did not start until two seasons later). It was also decided to hold a 16-team national knockout cup tournament called the Iraq FA Cup between the top teams from each regional league. At the beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq FA Cup
The Iraq FA Cup, known as the Iraq Cup ( ar, كأس العراق) in Arabic, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Iraqi football. First held in the 1948–49 season for clubs and institutions before returning in 1975–76 for clubs only, it is organised by the Iraq Football Association. The tournament begins with several rounds played between lower division clubs, twelve of which advance to the Round of 32, where the Iraqi Premier League clubs are entered. This is followed by the Round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final which is played as a single leg in Baghdad. The winners of the competition are awarded a place in the next season's AFC Cup group stage as well as qualifying for the Iraqi Super Cup where they play against the league champions at the start of the following season (or the league runners-up, if the cup winners have won the double). Al-Karkh are the current holders, having beaten Al-Kahrabaa 2–1 in the 2022 final. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkover
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Wadud Khalil
Abdul-Wadud Khalil Jumaa Al-Janabi (Arabic: ودود خليل) (born 1927) was an Iraqi football and basketball player. He competed in the men's basketball tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and was the captain of the first Iraq national football team. Biography Khalil was born in Baghdad and excelled at various sports from football, basketball, hockey and water polo. He was even trained by Englishman George Raynor George Sidney Raynor (13 January 1907 – 24 November 1985) was an English professional footballer and one of the most successful international football managers ever. One of his greatest achievements was taking the Sweden national football t ... who selected the 17-year-old to play at right halfback against Lebanon in 1945 in Baghdad. Wadud went onto pursue a career in the army and graduated as a second lieutenant in 1950 from the prestigious Kuliya Al-Askariya (Military College). As a student he represented the College in table tennis, water polo, badm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saeed Easho
Peter Saeed Easho Murad () (born 1928) is a former international Iraqi football player, who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team, he also played for Al-Minaa, and with the reserve team of English club Manchester United during the 1960s. Early years Saeed Easho was the son of an Eastern Orthodox priest, who had settled in the city of Basra in the early 20th century from the heart of the old Ottoman Empire. Saeed excelled at football at his primary school in the district of Al-Ashar and at Thanawiya Al-Basra and was chosen to play for the Basra Select side while in school, taking on British Army sides based in the city during WWII. He had left the country to study but returned to work as a clerk for the Basra Petroleum Company (B.P.C.) and the Al-Minaa Club. International career In April 1951, Easho started playing for the first Iraq national football team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement in Staffordshire and is surrounded by the towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Alsager, Kidsgrove, Biddulph and Stone, Staffordshire, Stone, which form a conurbation around the city. Stoke is wikt:polycentric, polycentric, having been formed by Federation of Stoke-on-Trent, the federation of six towns in 1910. It took its name from Stoke-upon-Trent where the main centre of government and the principal Stoke-on-Trent railway station, railway station in the district were located. Hanley, Staffordshire, Hanley is the primary commercial centre; the other four towns which form the city are Burslem, Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall, Longton, Staffordshire, Longton and Fenton, Staffordshire, Fenton. Stoke-on-Trent is the home of the pottery industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salih Faraj
Salih Faraj was an Iraqi basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... Salih played six matches at the 1948 Olympic Games in London and managed six points. References External links * Year of birth missing Possibly living people Iraqi men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Iraq Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{Iraq-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Lynsdale
Percy Cyril Lynsdale ( ar, بيرسي لينزديل; born 1 July 1928) is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward. Born in Iraq to an Iraqi mother and a British father, Lynsdale was one of the first players to play for the Iraq national team. He played for Sharikat Naft Al-Basra and Al-Minaa at club level, before moving to England in 1951. Early life Lynsdale's roots lie in South London, then Surrey; one of his ancestors settled in India after joining the British Army in 1797. One hundred years later, Lynsdale's father Cyril was born; he moved to Baghdad, Iraq shortly after World War I, and married an Iraqi woman, gaining Iraqi citizenship. Born in Baghdad, Lynsdale lived for a period in Mosul due to his father's job in the Iraqi Railway company. In the early 1940s, Lynsdale studied at the Jesuit Baghdad College, and played football in the schoolyard. He eventually became part of the college's first football team, captaining them in his first senior year. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaker Ismail
Shaker Ismail ( ar, شاكر إسماعيل, born 1927) is an Iraqi former international football player, who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team. He also played for Al-Minaa. International career Ismail played against Iraq in April 1951 in a friendly match between Iraq national football team, and Basra Select XI. The Basra XI was composed of 10 players from Al-Minaa and Ismail from Sharikat Naft Al-Basra. Two of Basra’s players, Ismail and Karim Allawi, caught the eye of the coach Dhia Habib and were added to the squad, bound for Turkey. In April 1951, Ismail started playing for the first Iraq national football team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in the history of Iraqi football. On 6 May 1951, Ismail played his first international against Turkey B in Turkey, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B. Honours Club *Iraq FA Cup ** Winner 1948–49 with Sharikat Naft Al-Basra Sharikat Naft Al- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hameed Majeed
Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (ِِح-م-د): # (Arabic: حَامِد ''ḥāmid'') also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one who praises". # (Arabic: حَمِيد ''ḥamīd'') also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is Hamit, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy". Given name Hamid * Hamid Ahmadi (historian) (b. 1945), Iranian historian * Hamid Ahmadi (futsal) (b. 1988), Iranian futsal player * Hamid Ahmadieh, Iranian ophthalmologist and medical scientist * Hamid Al Shaeri, Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician *Hamid Arasly, Azeri and Soviet scientist *Hamid Arzulu, Azerbaijani poet and writer *Hamid Berhili (born 1964), Moroccan boxer *Hamid Mahmood Butt, Pakistani ophthalmologist *Hamid Chitchian (born c. 1957), Iranian politician * Hamid Drake, American musician *Hamid Etemad, Iranian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Tobias
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, Madagascar, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. It is a cognate of the masculine given name Anthony. Similar names include Antaine, Anthoine, Antoan, Antoin, Antton, Antuan, Antwain, Antwan, Antwaun, Antwoine, Antwone, Antwon and Antwuan. Feminine forms include Antonia, Antoinette, and (more rarely) Antionette. As a first name *Antoine Alexandre Barbier (1765–1825), a French librarian and bibliographer *Antoine Arbogast (1759–1803), a French mathematician *Antoine Arnauld (1612–1694), a French theologian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hama Peshka
, timezone = EET , utc_offset = +2 , timezone_DST = EEST , utc_offset_DST = +3 , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code = Country code: 963 City code: 33 , geocode = C2987 , blank_name = Climate , blank_info = BSk , website = , footnotes = , name = Hama ( ar, حَمَاة ', ; syr, ܚܡܬ, ħ(ə)mɑθ, lit=fortress; Biblical Hebrew: ''Ḥamāṯ'') is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 854,000 (2009 census), Hama is the fourth-largest city in Syria after Damascus, Aleppo and Homs. The city is renowned for its sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Minaa
Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the most popular clubs in Iraq, particularly in the south, and became the first club outside Baghdad to win the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Minaa was founded on November 22, 1931, in Al-Maqal. In 1974, the club was merged with another team called Al-Bareed to form a single club called Al-Muwasalat, and it was a strange situation because the Al-Bareed team were based in Baghdad while Al-Minaa were based in Basra and the two teams met in Baghdad on the day of the match only, so after just one season the club was dissolved and Al-Minaa returned in their place. In 1978, the team won the national league title for the first time. After a lean period in the post-war years, the team finished second in the league in the 2004–05 season, and therefore q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
