The 2023 Iraqi Republic Championship was a newly returned friendly tournament organised by the Iraq Football Association. All 18 governorates of Iraq are represented in this tournament. The tournament will take place in August 2023, during the off-season of the Iraqi Premier League. This is the tournament's first edition in over 30 years. Salahuddin beat Karkh in the final on 27 September to win the tournament.
Format
All 18 provinces of Iraq are represented in the tournament. Baghdad will be represented by two teams: Karkh and Rusafa, the two sides of Baghdad city separated by the Tigris river. Each team, governed by the sub-union in that province, is to form a select team to compete. They are to appoint both the coaching and administrative staff. The coaches will then call up players. Players play for the province that they are originally from. Each team will be playing at the following stadiums:
Each team will initially play against other teams within their own region as qualifiers for the knockout stages. The top two teams from each of the four regions will qualify for the next round, joining the Karkh and Rusafa teams in the Baghdad region to make up the 10 teams in the next phase. They will be divided into two groups, and the top of each group will play against each other in the final of the tournament.
Tie-breakers of groups will rely on goals scored rather than goal difference to encourage offensive play in order to make the football played at the tournament more appealing.
Squads
Teams were to announce a squad with no more than 30 players. The following squads were announced before the start of the tournament.