The 12th Umm al-Ma'arik Championship () was the twelfth occurrence of the Baghdad Championship. The competition was organised by the Iraq Football Association and the top eight teams of the 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League competed in the tournament. The competition started on 9 August 2002 and ended on 20 August 2002, where in the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Shorta defeated Al-Talaba 1–0 to win the cup for the third time in a row.
Group stage
Group 1 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAl-Talaba330061+59Al-Shorta320154+16Al-Najaf31024403Duhok300328−60
Group 2 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAl-Zawraa330094+59Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya311164+24Erbil310248−43Al-Karkh301258−31
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
GK 21 Saad NassirRB 13 Bassim Abdul-Hassan CB 12 Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (c)CB 5 Ali Rehema LB 6 Bassim AbbasRM 18 Mahdi Karim CM 20 Bahaa KadhimCM 15 Hassan TurkiLM 22 Fawzi Abdul-SadaCF 7 Ahmed SalahCF 28 Younis MahmoudSubstitutions:MF 29 Talib Abdul-Latif FW 10 Alaa Kadhim FW 25 Qusay Hashim Manager: Thair Ahmed GK 22 Oday TalebRB 7 Qais IssaCB 4 Mahir Habib (c)CB 5 Munaim YousifLB 18 Ahmad KadhimRM 13 Abbas Rahim CM 31 Mohanad Mohammed Ali CM 29 Ali WahaibLM 9 Ammar Abdul-HusseinCF 6 Taiseer Abdul-Hussein CF 11 Amer MushrafSubstitutions:MF 8 Mahir Ogla MF 20 Fawzi Abdul-Sattar FW 33 Hashim Ridha Manager: Basim Qasim
Assistant referees: Arslan Qadir Mohammed Arab Fourth official: Najim AbboudMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
Umm al-Ma'arik Championship2002–03 winnerAl-Shorta3rd title
Awards Top GoalscorerBest PlayerBest GoalkeeperHusham Mohammed(Al-Zawraa)Ahmed Salah(Al-Talaba)Oday Taleb(Al-Shorta)
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