1980–81 Iraq FA Cup
Football tournament season
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The 1980–81 Iraq FA Cup was the fifth edition of the Iraq FA Cup as a club competition. The tournament was won by Al-Zawraa for the third time, beating 1980–81 Iraqi National League champions Al-Talaba 1–0 in the final with a goal from Thamir Yousef.[1] Al-Zawraa's previous results in the tournament included a 3–0 win over Al-Najaf a 1–0 win over Al-Shabab and a 2–0 win over Al-Amana.[2] Al-Talaba's previous results were a 6–5 penalty shootout win over Al-Shorta, a 2–0 win over Al-Ittihad and a 1–0 win over Al-Minaa.[3]
Bracket
| First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final 15 June 1981 | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Najaf | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Zawraa | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Zawraa | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Amara | L | Al-Shabab | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Shabab | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Zawraa | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Amana | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Amana | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Kufa | L | Al-Amana | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Jaish | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Jaish | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Thawra | L | Al-Sinaa | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Sinaa | W | Al-Zawraa | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Talaba (p) | 0 (6) | Al-Talaba | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Shorta | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Talaba | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Hudood | L | Al-Ittihad | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Talaba | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Minaa | W | Al-Minaa | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Salahaddin | L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Minaa | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Tayaran | W | Al-Tayaran | L | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Tijara | L | Al-Tayaran | W | ||||||||||||||||
| Samarra | L | Al-Adhamiya | L | ||||||||||||||||
| Al-Adhamiya | W | ||||||||||||||||||
Matches
Final
| Iraq FA Cup 1980–81 winner |
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| Al-Zawraa 3rd title |