2015–16 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season 2015–16
Champions Al-Zawraa
(13th title)
Relegated Duhok
Al-Sinaa
AFC Cup Al-Zawraa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Arab Club Championship Naft Al-Wasat
Top goalscorer Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Hammadi Ahmed
(12 goals each)
Highest scoring Al-Karkh 4–4
Al-Talaba
Longest winning run 5 games
Al-Minaa
Longest unbeaten run 24 games
Al-Zawraa
Longest winless run 13 games
Al-Sinaa
Longest losing run 5 games
Al-Kahrabaa

The 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League (known officially as the Fuchs Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 42nd season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2015 and concluded on 22 May 2016. Al-Zawraa won a record 13th Iraqi Premier League title, finishing one point ahead of defending champions Naft Al-Wasat. Al-Zawraa went through all 24 matches without a single defeat: the seventh time that a team has won the league undefeated since the league's inception in 1974.[1][2][3]

Group stage

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa 17 11 6 0 24 10 +14 39Elite Group
2 Naft Al-Wasat 17 10 5 2 24 14 +10 35
3 Al-Naft 17 9 5 3 21 10 +11 32
4 Al-Talaba 17 7 6 4 20 14 +6 27
5 Naft Maysan 17 6 6 5 16 16 0 24
6 Al-Kahrabaa 17 3 7 7 9 17 −8 16
7 Naft Al-Junoob 17 3 6 8 15 20 −5 15
8 Al-Karkh 17 2 6 9 11 20 −9 12
9 Al-Samawa 17 2 4 11 14 26 −12 10
10 Duhok[a] 9 2 1 6 8 15 −7 7 Relegation to Iraq Division 1

Updated to games played on 3 March 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com
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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] KAR TLB KAHNFTSMAZWRDUHNFJNFWNFM
Al-Karkh 4–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1
Al-Talaba 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Al-Kahrabaa 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Naft 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0
Al-Samawa 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–2
Al-Zawraa 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Duhok n1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–3
Naft Al-Junoob 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–1
Naft Al-Wasat 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Naft Maysan 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2

Source: Goalzz.com
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.

note 1 Duhok withdrew from the league after 12 games. They lost all 3 of their second round-robin matches; these 3 results were annulled but their 9 matches from the first round-robin remained.

Group 2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 17 10 3 4 22 11 +11 33Elite Group
2 Al-Minaa 18 9 5 4 27 17 +10 32
3 Amanat Baghdad 18 9 3 6 22 17 +5 30
4 Al-Shorta 18 9 2 7 20 19 +1 29
5 Zakho 18 7 7 4 17 10 +7 28
6 Erbil 17 5 8 4 19 17 +2 23
7 Al-Najaf 18 7 2 9 13 22 −9 23
8 Karbalaa 18 5 7 6 17 16 +1 22
9 Al-Hudood 18 2 6 10 11 23 −12 12
10 Al-Sinaa 18 1 7 10 8 24 −16 10 Relegation to Iraq Division 1

Updated to games played on 5 March 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com
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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] HUD MIN QWJSHRSINAMNERBKRBNJFZAK
Al-Hudood 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Al-Minaa 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 [b] 1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0
Al-Shorta 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0
Al-Sinaa 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Amanat Baghdad 1–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1
Erbil 1–1 3–1 [c] 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Karbalaa 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Al-Najaf 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–0
Zakho 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Updated to games played on 5 March 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com
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.
note 2 Al-Minaa were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Najaf did not turn up for the game.
note 3 The match was postponed due to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's involvement in the AFC Cup, and was later cancelled altogether due to the outcome of the match having no effect on qualification to the next round or relegation to the lower division.

Elite Group

The Elite Group started on 2 April and finished on 22 May. Each team played each other just once.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 15 2017 AFC Cup
2 Naft Al-Wasat 7 4 2 1 10 6 +4 14 2017 Arab Club Championship
3 Al-Talaba 7 3 3 1 8 6 +2 12
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 3 0 4 11 7 +4 9 2017 AFC Cup 1
5 Al-Naft 7 2 3 2 9 9 0 9
6 Al-Minaa 7 2 2 3 9 13 −4 8
7 Al-Shorta 7 1 2 4 6 12 −6 5
8 Amanat Baghdad 7 1 1 5 6 14 −8 4

Updated to games played on 22 May 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup and thus qualified for the AFC Cup.
(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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] MIN NFT QWJSHRTLBZWRAMNNFW
Al-Minaa 1–0 2–2 1–0
Al-Naft 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 3–0 [d] 1–2 1–3
Al-Shorta 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–1
Al-Talaba 1–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Zawraa 5–1 1–1 1–0
Amanat Baghdad 0–4 0–2 1–2
Naft Al-Wasat 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1
Source: Goalzz.com
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.
note 4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.

Final positions

Pos Team Pld Pts Eff Qualification
1Al-Zawraa 245475.0%2017 AFC Cup
2Naft Al-Wasat 244968.1%2017 Arab Club Championship
3Al-Talaba 243954.2%
4Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 244258.3%2017 AFC Cup 1
5Al-Naft 244156.9%
6Al-Minaa 254053.3%
7Al-Shorta 253445.3%
8Amanat Baghdad 253445.3%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
9Zakho 182851.9%
10Naft Maysan 172447.1%
11Erbil 172345.1%
12Al-Kahrabaa 171631.4%
13Al-Najaf 182342.6%
14Naft Al-Junoob 171529.4%
15Karbalaa 182240.7%
16Al-Karkh 171223.5%
17Al-Hudood 181222.2%
18Al-Samawa 171019.6%
Relegated
19Al-Sinaa 181018.5%
20Duhok 9725.9%

1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup and thus qualified for the AFC Cup.

Top scorers

As of 22 May 2016[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 12
Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Al-Zawraa
3 Iraq Abdul-Qadir Tariq Al-Talaba 10
Syria Omar Khribin Al-Minaa
5 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa 9

See also

References

  1. ↑ List of Iraqi Premier League Champions
  2. ↑ Goalzz.com
  3. ↑ Soccerway
  4. ↑ Kooora.com
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