2016–17 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season 2016–17
Champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(6th title)
Relegated Al-Karkh
Erbil
AFC Cup Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Zawraa
Arab Club Champions Cup Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Naft
Top goalscorer Alaa Abdul-Zahra
(23 goals)

The 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2016–17‎) was the 43rd season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2016,[1] and ended on 10 August 2017.[2]

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their sixth Premier League title, finishing four points ahead of second-placed Al-Naft and losing just one game throughout the campaign. This was Jawiya's first league title since the 2004–05 season, and their manager Basim Qasim became the joint-most successful manager in the league's history with three titles.[3][4]

Teams

Twenty teams were to compete in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the Iraq Division One. However, Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 rounds, so nineteen teams completed the season.

Al-Hussein were promoted as the leaders of the final stage after drawing 1–1 against Brayati on 19 July 2016, at Al-Shaab Stadium, to appear for the first time in their history in the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Bahri were promoted, to appear for the seventh time in the Iraqi Premier League (the first since 1990–91), as the runners-up after drawing with Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 2–2 on the same day at Al-Karkh Stadium.[5] They replace Duhok, who withdrew from the last season,[6] and Al-Sinaa.

Stadia and locations

Note 1: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Note 2: Italics indicates that a stadium is temporary.

Club Location Stadium Capacity[7]
Al-Bahri Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Al-Hudood Baghdad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium 5,000
Al-Hussein Baghdad Five Thousand Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa Baghdad Al-Kahrabaa Stadium 2,000
Al-Karkh Baghdad Al-Karkh Stadium 5,000
Al-Minaa Basra Basra International Stadium 65,000
Al-Naft Baghdad Al-Naft Stadium 3,000
Al-Najaf Najaf Al-Najaf Stadium 12,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium 5,000
Al-Samawa Samawa Al-Samawa Stadium 10,000
Al-Shorta Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,000
Al-Talaba Baghdad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium 5,000
Al-Zawraa Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,000
Amanat Baghdad Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Erbil Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium 20,000
Karbalaa Karbalaa Karbalaa Sports City 30,000
Naft Al-Junoob Basra Naft Al-Junoob Stadium 4,000
Naft Al-Wasat Najaf Naft Al-Wasat Stadium
Naft Maysan Amara Al-Maimuna Stadium 3,000
Zakho Zakho Zakho International Stadium 20,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (C) 36 23 12 1 59 23 +36 81
2018 AFC Cup
2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
2 Al-Naft 36 22 11 3 61 17 +44 77 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
3 Al-Shorta 36 21 12 3 55 26 +29 75
4 Al-Zawraa 36 21 9 6 67 28 +39 72 2018 AFC Cup[lower-alpha 1]
5 Naft Al-Wasat 36 19 11 6 45 26 +19 68
6 Al-Minaa 36 18 12 6 40 24 +16 66
7 Al-Talaba 36 14 12 10 51 38 +13 54
8 Amanat Baghdad 36 12 15 9 26 21 +5 51
9 Al-Najaf 36 12 13 11 41 38 +3 49
10 Naft Al-Junoob 36 8 15 13 36 42 −6 39
11 Naft Maysan 36 8 15 13 28 36 −8 39
12 Al-Hudood 36 8 14 14 35 46 −11 38
13 Al-Kahrabaa 36 8 14 14 24 46 −22 38
14 Al-Bahri 36 9 8 19 42 63 −21 35
15 Karbalaa 36 6 15 15 24 46 −22 33
16 Zakho 36 2 18 16 18 51 −33 24
17 Al-Hussein 36 3 14 19 23 52 −29 23
18 Al-Samawa 36 3 13 20 26 47 −21 22
19 Al-Karkh 36 3 11 22 24 65 −41 20 Relegation to Iraq Division 1
20 Erbil[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Iraqi Premier League 2016/2017
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Al-Zawraa qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup by winning the Iraq FA Cup.
  2. ↑ Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 games, and their results were annulled.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BAH HUD HUSKAHKARMINNFTNJFQWJSHRSMATLBZWRAMNERBKRBNFJNFWNFMZAK
Al-Bahri 2–3 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 3–7 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2
Al-Hudood 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
Al-Hussein 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0
Al-Kahrabaa 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0
Al-Karkh 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Al-Minaa 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
Al-Naft 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 6–0
Al-Najaf 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 5–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Al-Shorta 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–3 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–0
Al-Samawa 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
Al-Talaba 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 4–1
Al-Zawraa 3–0 1–0 6–4 4–0 4–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 6–0 4–1 0–2 3–0 4–1
Amanat Baghdad 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Erbil [a]
Karbalaa 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
Naft Al-Junoob 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–2
Naft Al-Wasat 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
Naft Maysan 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Zakho 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 [c] 1–2 0–0 3–4 0–0 0–0 [b] 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0

Updated to games played on 10 August 2017.
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.

Note Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 games, and their results were annulled.
Note 2 The Zakho–Amanat Baghdad match was ended at 82 minutes due to supporters invading the pitch and confrontations between opposing players.
Note 3 The Zakho–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was awarded as a 3–0 victory for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after Zakho players left the field with ten minutes of the game remaining in protest at a refereeing decision (the score at the time was 1–0 to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya).

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 10 August 2017
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa 23
2 Iraq Bassim Ali Naft Al-Junoob 18
3 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 17
4 Iraq Marwan Hussein Al-Shorta 15
5 Iraq Ali Saad Al-Naft 14
Iraq Ayman Hussein Al-Naft
Ivory Coast Abou Kone Al-Talaba

See also

References

  1. ↑ "الاتحاد العراقي يعلن تغيير موعد انطلاق الدوري العراقي". iraqnewspaper.net. 6 June 2016. (in Arabic)
  2. ↑ http://socceriraq.net/2017/08/10/al-quwa-al-jawiya-win-the-201617-iraqi-premier-league-title/
  3. ↑ Goalzz.com
  4. ↑ Soccerway
  5. ↑ "الحسين والبحري يتاهلان للدوري الممتاز العراقي". Kooora. 19 July 2016. (in Arabic)
  6. ↑ "اتحاد الكرة يقرر انزال فريق دهوك الى دوري الدرجة الاولى". Mawazin News Agency. 10 February 2016. (in Arabic)
  7. ↑ "Stadiums in Iraq". World Stadiums.
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