2016–17 Iraq FA Cup

The cup started with the first round, consisting of the 41 teams from the Iraq Division One, 40 of which played against each other and 1 of which automatically proceeded to the next round. The second round consisted of the 21 qualified teams from the first round, 18 of which played against each other and 3 of which automatically proceeded to the Round of 32. The 20 Iraqi Premier League clubs were to join the 12 qualified teams from the second round to form the Round of 32, but Erbil withdrew from the tournament and therefore Division One side Al-Jinsiya were admitted into the Round of 32 to replace them despite already being knocked out.

The last cup competition saw almost half of the Premier League clubs withdraw from the tournament. To avoid this happening again, the Iraq FA announced that any Premier League team that withdrew would be fined and also deducted three points in the league. However, the Premier League had already finished by the time the Round of 16 came around, so teams who withdrew from that stage onwards faced no sanctions.

If a player received a second yellow card, they would be banned from the next cup match. If a player received a red card, they would be banned a minimum of one match, but more could be added by the Iraq Football Association.

The Iraq Football Association decided that from the Round of 16 onwards, there would not be an extra time period for matches that end in a draw; instead the game would go straight to a penalty shootout.

40 teams from the Iraq Division One compete in this round, and 1 Division One team (Badr Al-Iraq) is automatically placed into the second round.

Al-Jamahir v Al-Siyaha

2 December 2016	Al-Jamahir	0–3	Al-Siyaha
			60' Adil  73' Fawzi  79' Adnan

Al-Difaa Al-Madani v Al-Kadhimiya

2 December 2016	Al-Difaa Al-Madani	0–2	Al-Kadhimiya
			25', 49' Abdul-Kadhim

Balad v Al-Iraq

2 December 2016	Balad	0–1	Al-Iraq
			71' Saleh

Al-Diwan v Al-Najda

2 December 2016	Al-Diwan	0–2	Al-Najda
			20', 82' Qasim

Abu Ghraib v Al-Khutoot

2 December 2016	Abu Ghraib	0–1	Al-Khutoot
			78' Saad

Al-Eskan v Al-Jaish

2 December 2016	Al-Eskan	0–5	Al-Jaish
			8' Ali  14' Ali Dayikh  23' Yaseen  67', 87' Ali Salah

Shabab Al-Adil v Shabab Al-Mushahada

2 December 2016	Shabab Al-Adil	2–0	Shabab Al-Mushahada
	Abdul-Zahra  9' Shakir  13'

Al-Saha v Shabab Al-Dawr

2 December 2016	Al-Saha	4–3	Shabab Al-Dawr
			Ibrahim Obeida

Samaraa v Jisr Diyala

2 December 2016	Samaraa	7–1	Jisr Diyala
	Salah  6', 7' Alaa  64', 67' Tamateh  70' Ghalib  75' Ayoub  81'		Salah

Al-Maslaha v Al-Rusafa

2 December 2016	Al-Maslaha	1–0	Al-Rusafa
	Khalaf

Al-Etisalat v Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

2 December 2016	Al-Etisalat	1–2	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
	Salman  37' (pen.)		16', 74' Tamuh   Hussain

Al-Taji v Al-Ghadhriya

2 December 2016	Al-Taji	1–1 (aet) (5–3 p)	Al-Ghadhriya
	Rashid		Bouti

Al-Hurr v Al-Tuz

2 December 2016	Al-Hurr	1–0	Al-Tuz
	Hussein  65'

Salahaddin v Al-Mohandessin

2 December 2016	Salahaddin	2–1	Al-Mohandessin
	Younis  1' Mahmoud  52' (pen.)		Khudhair  47'

Beladi v Al-Atheer

2 December 2016	Beladi	3–3 (aet) (4–5 p)	Al-Atheer
			Ghalib Allawi Hussain

18 of the 21 qualified teams from the previous round compete in this round, while 4 teams (Al-Siyaha, Al-Kadhimiya, Al-Maslaha and Al-Jinsiya) are automatically placed into the Round of 32. Although Al-Jinsiya were knocked out in the first round, they were chosen to replace Erbil who withdrew from the tournament.

Al-Iraq v Al-Najda

9 December 2016	Al-Iraq	0–2	Al-Najda
			64' Jameel  77' Tariq

Al-Saha v Samaraa

9 December 2016	Al-Saha	0–2	Samaraa
			10' Tamateh  90+2' Ali

Haifa v Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

10 December 2016	Haifa	0–4	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
			51', 68' Jassim  86' Muegel  90' Jasem