2015–16 Iraq FA Cup
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 Iraq
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| Teams | 31 | ||
| Champions | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||
| Runners-up | Al-Zawra'a | ||
| Matches played | 37 | ||
| Goals scored | 97 (2.62 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |
Luay Salah (6 goals) |
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The 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup was the 27th edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. It is the second edition being held after the 2002–03 edition, although the 2012–13 one was abandoned. At first, thirty-nine teams were set to participate in the competition, but after the withdrawals of many of the Iraqi Premier League teams, only days before the second round, clubs including Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba, Al-Hedood, Al-Sinaa, Naft Maysan, Najaf, Zakho, and Al-Kahraba, a total of twelve teams from the Iraqi Premier League and nineteen from Iraq Division One ended up participating. It began on 5 October 2015 and will end on 29 May 2016 with the final at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, which has hosted the final ever since the competition started (apart from the 2003 final).
The winner of the competition was Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya who won their 4th cup by defeating 14-time winners Al-Zawra'a 2–0 in the final. Therefore, they qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup.
Ironically, the two sides who contested the most recent Iraq FA Cup final in 2003, where Al-Talaba defeated Al-Shorta 1–0, were the first two teams to withdraw from this year's competition.
The cup starts with a qualifying round of the 19 teams from the Iraq Division One, 14 of which play against each other and 5 of which automatically proceed to the next round. The 20 (later becoming 12) teams from the Iraqi Premier League join the other teams in the Round of 32.
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