The 2nd Umm al-Ma'arik Championship () was the second occurrence of the Baghdad Championship. Unlike the last season where the competition was organised by Al-Talaba, this season was organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams of the 1991–92 Iraqi National League competed in the tournament. The competition started on 2 July 1992 and ended on 17 July 1992 where, in the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Talaba defeated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after extra time.
Background After the Iraq Football Association adopted the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship, they held a meeting on 16 June 1992 to start the second edition of the competition which was decided to be from 2–17 July 1992 with the participation of the top eight teams from the 1991–92 Iraqi National League, instead of the top six, which included Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Al-Karkh, Al-Talaba, Al-Shorta, Al-Najaf, Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Khutoot) and Al-Naft. The FA set the matches to be played at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Kashafa Stadium and Al-Shorta Stadium.
Group stage The matches were drawn on 28 June 1992.
Group 1 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAl-Naft330050+56Al-Zawraa320143+14Al-Shorta310225−32Al-Tayaran300303−30
Group 2 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAl-Talaba312043+14Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya312021+14Al-Najaf31114403Al-Karkh301235−21
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
GK Hashim KhamisRB Abdul-Jabbar HashimCB Radhi ShenaishilCB Mohammed JassimLB Saad Abdul-Hameed RM Shakir TahirCM Basil FadhilLM Ali ZughayirAM Majid AbbasCF Hazim YassirCF Akram EmmanuelManager: Adil Yousif GK 1 Suhail SabirRB 19 Haider MohammedCB 5 Hisham Ali CB 4 Raheem AwdaLB 2 Mudhafar JabbarRM 4 Habib JafarCM 18 Ali Hussein (c) CM 9 Mahdi KadhimLM 17 Wali KarimCF 10 Alaa KadhimCF 11 Muhannad ZaidanSubstitutes:GK 20 Haitham KhalilDF 3 Hamza HadiDF 16 Jalal ShakirDM 14 Haitham Kadhim JassimCM 6 Ahmed KhalafCM 12 Haitham Abdul-Qadir CF 7 Majeed Abdul-RidhaCF 13 Kadhim JabirManager: Yahya Alwan
Umm al-Ma'arik Championship1992–93 winnerAl-Talaba1st title
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