 In the 1989–90 edition, Al-Rasheed, who had won the Premier League in each of the past three seasons and the FA Cup in two of the past three seasons, were defeated by Division One club Al-Tijara 3–2 on aggregate in the Round of 16.In the 1992–93 edition, Al-Tijara pulled off another shock by defeating Al-Shorta in the first round, 2–1, and they also defeated another top-flight team in Al-Jaish in the Round of 16 with the same result.In the 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup, Division One club Al-Hussein defeated Al-Zawraa 2–1 in the first leg of the quarter-final, which was a great upset considering the fact that Al-Zawraa won the 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League without losing a single match.