2012–13 Iraqi Elite League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2012–13
Champions	Al-Shorta; (4th title)
Relegated	Al-Kahrabaa; Al-Sulaymaniya; Al-Sinaa; Kirkuk
AFC Champions League	Al-Shorta
AFC Cup	Erbil
Matches played	305
Goals scored	772 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Amjad Radhi; (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Zawraa 7–0 Kirkuk; Erbil 8–1 Al-Minaa
Biggest away win	Al-Sinaa 0–6 Al-Minaa
Highest scoring	Erbil 8–1 Al-Minaa
Longest winning run	6 games ; Zakho; (27 January 2013 - 27 February 2013) ; Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; (4 May 2013 - 24 July 2013)
Longest unbeaten run	20 games ; Al-Shorta; (20 October 2012 - 27 April 2013)
Longest losing run	12 games ; Kirkuk; (14 May 2013 - 4 September 2013 (last day of season))
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Iraqi Elite League was the 39th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The season began on 19 October 2012 and finished on 4 September 2013. Al-Shorta ended up as the champions with 72 points, two points ahead of nearest rivals Erbil. Al-Shorta were defeated only twice in the entire season and this was their fourth Premier League title; it was also the first time they had won the league since 2003. Having finished above the relegation zone on goal difference just two seasons prior, Al-Shorta were nobody's pick for the title at the start of the season; the likes of Erbil, Duhok, Zakho, Al-Zawraa, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Talaba were touted as the favourites, so it was a surprise that Al-Shorta were the ones to lift the trophy.^[1]

On the very last day of the season, three teams were all still in the enthralling race for the title. Al-Shorta needed a win against Al-Talaba to secure the league, whilst Erbil had to defeat Al-Najaf and hope that Al-Shorta failed to win their game if they wanted to retain their title. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya needed both Al-Shorta and Erbil to slip up and needed to defeat Masafi Al-Wasat by a big goal-margin in order for them to go home with the trophy. All three teams ended up winning their respective matches, making Al-Shorta the champions.^[2]^[3]^[4]

SWAT incident

On 23 June 2013, after a match with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, seven football players of Karbalaa and their manager were beaten by the anti-terror police. They used sticks and batons against the eight men. Five of them were in critical condition, and on June 30, Mohammed Al-Jaboury, the club's manager, died in hospital.^[5]

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Shorta (C)	34	20	12	2	62	29	+33	72	2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2	Erbil	34	21	7	6	68	34	+34	70	2014 AFC Cup
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	34	21	6	7	60	33	+27	69
4	Al-Zawraa	34	18	11	5	61	29	+32	65
5	Duhok	34	16	10	8	54	35	+19	58
6	Baghdad	34	13	14	7	36	28	+8	53
7	Zakho	34	14	10	10	48	41	+7	52
8	Al-Minaa	34	15	7	12	54	48	+6	52
9	Al-Naft	34	13	7	14	43	43	0	46
10	Naft Al-Junoob	33	9	12	12	47	49	−2	039¹
11	Al-Najaf	34	10	8	16	34	43	−9	38
12	Karbalaa	34	9	10	15	40	49	−9	37
13	Masafi Al-Wasat	34	10	7	17	27	39	−12	37
14	Al-Talaba	34	9	8	17	35	47	−12	35
15	Al-Kahrabaa	33	9	7	17	30	49	−19	034¹	Relegation to Iraq Division 1
16	Al-Sulaymaniya	34	9	7	18	37	60	−23	34
17	Al-Sinaa	34	4	13	17	23	46	−23	25
18	Kirkuk	34	4	6	24	17	74	−57	18

Updated to games played on 4 September 2013.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
¹ Al-Kahrabaa and Naft Al-Junoob refused to play each other after the death of Karbalaa's coach in round 25. On July 27, before round 30, the Iraqi FA decided not to deduct either team any points.

Results table

Home \ Away^[1]	KAH	MAS	MIN	NFT	QWJ	SHR	SIN	TLB	ZWR	AMN	DUH	ERB	KRB	KRK	NFJ	NJF	SUL	ZAK
Al-Kahrabaa		1–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–5	2–1	2–0	Note ²	1–0	1–0	1–2
Masafi Al-Wasat	2–0		0–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Al-Minaa	1–0	0–0		1–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–3	4–4	3–0	0–2	3–1	5–2	2–1
Al-Naft	1–2	4–2	2–1		2–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–4	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	0–2	1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–0		4–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Al-Shorta	0–0	5–0	4–1	2–2	4–1		3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0
Al-Sinaa	1–1	1–0	0–6	0–1	2–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Al-Talaba	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–3	2–1		1–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–3
Al-Zawraa	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–0		2–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	7–0	3–2	1–0	4–0	4–1
Amanat Baghdad	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1		1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–1
Duhok	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0		1–2	2–1	4–0	4–2	3–2	4–0	2–2
Erbil	2–1	2–1	8–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1		3–0	6–0	0–1	4–1	4–1	2–1
Karbalaa	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–4	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1		4–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–2
Kirkuk	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–1		1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1
Naft Al-Junoob	4–1	1–1	4–3	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0		3–1	1–1	3–3
Al-Najaf	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		4–2	1–1
Al-Sulaymaniya	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	2–1	6–2	1–0	1–0		0–1
Zakho	5–2	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	1–1

Updated to games played on 4 September 2013.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

² Al-Kahrabaa and Naft Al-Junoob refused to play each other after the death of Karbalaa's coach in round 25. On July 27, before round 30, the Iraqi FA decided not to deduct either team any points.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of September 4, 2013

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Amjad Radhi	Erbil	25
2	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Duhok	20
3	Mustafa Karim	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	18
4	Luay Salah	Erbil	15
5	Haidar Sabah	Al-Zawraa	11
5	Mustafa Jawda	Al-Kahrabaa	11

Hattricks

Player name	Scored for	Scored against	Goals	Result	Date of match
Jean Michel N'Lend	Al-Shorta	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	4–1	18 November 2012
Nasser Talla'a	Al-Minaa	Al-Sulaymaniya	4	5–2	27 January 2013
Amjad Radhi	Erbil	Kirkuk	3	6–0	28 January 2013
Amjad Radhi	Erbil	Al-Najaf	3	4–1	1 March 2013
Hasan Hamoud	Al-Minaa	Al-Sinaa	3	6–0	12 April 2013
Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Duhok	Kirkuk	3	4–0	19 April 2013
Emad Mohammed	Al-Zawraa	Kirkuk	3	7–0	29 April 2013
Mustafa Jawda	Al-Kahrabaa	Erbil	3	3–5	6 May 2013

Media coverage

Iraqi Elite League Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel	Matches
Iraq	Al-Iraqiya Sports Channel	3 matches per round

Awards

Player of the Season

The Player of the Season was awarded to Hussein Abdul-Wahid of Al-Shorta.

Others

References

External links

Iraqi Football Website

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[1] FIFA.com

[2] List of Iraqi Premier League Champions

[3] Goalzz.com

[4] Soccerway

[5] Al-Jazeera SC official website - SWAT Incident

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