2005–06 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2005–06
Champions	Al-Zawraa; (11th title)
Relegated	Al-Karkh; Ararat; Al-Samawa; Al-Kadhimiya; Zakho; Al-Kut; Al-Sulaikh; Al-Amana
AFC Champions League	Al-Zawraa; Al-Najaf
Arab Champions League	Erbil
Top goalscorer	Sahib Abbas; (17 goals)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 28, 2005. Due to the War in Iraq, many games were suspended during duration, postponed, or cancelled.

The 28 teams were split into four groups of seven. At the end of the Group Stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams) advanced to the Elite Stage. In the Elite Stage, these 12 teams were split into four groups of three, with teams playing home and away against each team in their group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups moved onto the playoffs, which consisted of semi-finals, a third place match and the final. Al-Zawraa won the league without losing a match.^[1]

Group stage

South Group

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Minaa	12	8	3	1	22	9	+13	27
2	Karbalaa	12	8	2	2	27	15	+12	26
3	Maysan	12	4	5	3	12	10	+2	17
4	Naft Al-Junoob	12	4	2	6	11	13	–2	14
5	Al-Shatra	12	3	5	4	9	15	–6	14
6	Al-Samawa	12	1	6	5	11	13	–2	9
7	Al-Kut	12	1	3	8	8	25	–17	6

	Qualified to Elite Stage
	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Central Group A

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa	12	9	3	0	29	9	+20	30
2	Samaraa	12	5	4	3	12	15	–3	19
3	Al-Najaf	12	5	3	4	19	10	+9	18
4	Al-Naft	12	4	6	2	14	15	–1	18
5	Al-Kahrabaa	12	3	6	3	14	12	+2	15
6	Al-Kadhimiya	12	0	7	5	6	15	–9	7
7	Al-Amana	12	0	3	9	3	21	–18	3

	Qualified to Elite Stage
	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Central Group B

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Shorta	12	9	3	0	21	4	+17	30
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	12	6	4	2	19	10	+9	22
3	Al-Jaish	12	5	3	4	12	10	+2	18
4	Al-Sinaa	12	3	5	4	7	10	–3	14
5	Diyala	12	3	4	5	5	9	–4	13
6	Al-Karkh	12	3	3	6	9	14	–5	12
7	Al-Sulaikh	12	0	4	8	5	21	–16	4

	Qualified to Elite Stage
	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

North Group

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Talaba	12	7	3	2	22	5	+17	24
2	Duhok	12	5	5	2	10	5	+5	20
3	Erbil	12	4	5	3	10	7	+3	17
4	Sirwan	12	4	5	3	11	13	–2	17
5	Kirkuk	12	4	1	7	10	15	–5	13
6	Ararat	12	2	5	5	6	18	–12	11
7	Zakho	12	2	4	6	6	12	–6	10

	Qualified to Elite Stage
	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Elite stage

Group 1

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Erbil	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7
2	Samaraa	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
3	Al-Minaa	4	1	1	2	4	7	–3	4

Qualified to semi-finals

Group 2

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	10
2	Duhok	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2	4
3	Al-Jaish	4	1	0	3	2	8	–6	3

Qualified to semi-finals

Group 3

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Najaf	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	7
2	Karbalaa	4	2	0	2	5	8	–3	6
3	Al-Shorta	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4

Qualified to semi-finals

Group 4

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
2	Al-Talaba	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
3	Maysan	4	0	2	2	4	9	–5	2

Qualified to semi-finals

Golden stage

Semi-finals

First legs

21 May 2006

Al-Najaf	4–1	Erbil
Mohsen 3' Abdul-Razzaq 12', 82' Abbas 32'		90' (pen.) Abdul-Wahid

23 May 2006

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1	Al-Zawraa
Mansoor 50'		3' Mohammed

Second legs

26 May 2006

Erbil	1–0 at 60'	Al-Najaf
Al-Deen 60' (pen.)

Match abandoned due to crowd trouble

31 May 2006

Erbil	1–1	Najaf
Younis 89'		80' Falih

Replay

Al-Najaf won 5–2 on aggregate

26 May 2006

Al-Zawraa	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Abdul-Zahra 59' Fawzi 82'

Match awarded as 3–0 win to Al-Zawraa after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players walked off the field at 93' with the score at 2–0

Al-Zawraa won 4–1 on aggregate

Third place match

Erbil	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Match awarded as 3–0 win to Erbil as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were disqualified for leaving the field during their semi-final second leg

Final

24 June 2006

Al-Zawraa	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Najaf

Penalties
Fawzi Kadhim Abdul-Amir Sabah Mubarak	4–3	Sultan Mohsen Jawad Omran Jassim

Al-Sulaymaniya Stadium, Sulaymaniya

Champions
Al-Zawraa 11th Title

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Al-Zawraa	19	45	78.9%	2007 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Najaf	19	30	52.6%	2007 AFC Champions League
3	Erbil	19	28	49.1%	2006–07 Arab Champions League
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	19	30	52.6%
Eliminated in the Elite Stage
5	Al-Talaba	16	31	64.6%
6	Samaraa	16	25	52.1%
7	Karbalaa	16	32	66.7%
8	Duhok	16	24	50.0%
9	Al-Shorta	16	34	70.8%
10	Al-Minaa	16	31	64.6%
11	Al-Jaish	16	21	43.8%
12	Maysan	16	19	39.6%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
13	Al-Naft	12	18	50.0%
14	Sirwan	12	17	47.2%
15	Naft Al-Junoob	12	14	38.9%
16	Al-Sinaa	12	14	38.9%
17	Al-Kahrabaa	12	15	41.7%
18	Al-Shatra	12	14	38.9%
19	Diyala	12	13	36.1%
20	Kirkuk	12	13	36.1%
Relegated
21	Al-Karkh	12	12	33.3%
22	Ararat	12	11	30.6%
23	Al-Samawa	12	9	25.0%
24	Al-Kadhimiya	12	7	19.4%
25	Zakho	12	10	27.8%
26	Al-Kut	12	6	16.7%
27	Al-Sulaikh	12	4	11.1%
28	Al-Amana	12	3	8.3%

Top goalscorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Sahib Abbas	17	Karbalaa
2	Mustafa Karim	14	Al-Shorta
3	Hesham Mohammed	9	Al-Zawraa

References

↑ List of Iraqi Premier League Champions

External links

Iraqi Football Website

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[1] List of Iraqi Premier League Champions