2007–08 Iraqi Premier League
Season | 2007–08 |
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Champions |
Erbil (2nd title) |
Relegated |
Al-Forat Sirwan Al-Jaish Al-Shuala Al-Adala Al-Shatra Zakho |
AFC Cup |
Erbil Al-Zawraa |
Arab Champions League | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Top goalscorer |
Asaad Abdul-Nabi (14 goals) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 August 2008. The season saw Erbil crowned as champions for the second time in a row.
For security reasons, the league was divided into three groups: South, North and Central. The top six clubs from the Central Group and the top four clubs from the North and South Groups qualified for the Elite Stage. The Elite Stage consisted of three groups, from which the winners and one runner-up qualified for the Golden Stage, a knockout tournament. The Golden Stage matches were held in Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.
The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup (Iraq were excluded from the AFC Champions League due to not fulfilling the AFC requirements), while third-placed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2008–09 Arab Champions League.[1][2]
New rule
The IFA made a new rule that the clubs can use 4 substitutions instead of 3 substitutions.
Group stage
South Group
Rank | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Karbalaa | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 38 | Elite Stage |
2 | Al-Najaf | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 32 | |
3 | Al-Minaa | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 30 | |
4 | Naft Al-Junoob | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 21 | |
5 | Maysan | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | –1 | 19 | |
6 | Al-Kufa | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | –2 | 17 | |
7 | Al-Samawa | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 | –7 | 16 | |
8 | Al-Forat | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 33 | –16 | 14 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 |
9 | Al-Shatra | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 26 | –14 | 8 |
Results
FOR | MIN | SAM | SHT | KRB | KUF | MAY | JUN | NJF | |
Al-Forat | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | |
Al-Minaa | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | |
Al-Samawa | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | |
Al-Shatra | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | |
Karbalaa | 5-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | |
Al-Kufa | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | |
Maysan | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | |
Naft Al-Junoob | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
Al-Najaf | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 |
North Group
Rank | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Erbil | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 31 | Elite Stage |
2 | Duhok | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 30 | |
3 | Peris | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 22 | |
4 | Kirkuk | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 21 | |
5 | Al-Sulaymaniya | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | –1 | 19 | |
6 | Samaraa | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | –6 | 14 | |
7 | Sirwan | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | –5 | 10 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 |
8 | Zakho | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 24 | –19 | 4 |
Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league.
Results
ARB | DUH | KRK | PER | SMR | SIR | SUL | ZXO | |
Erbil | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | |
Duhok | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | |
Kirkuk | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | |
Peris | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3-0 1 | |
Samaraa | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-2 | |
Sirwan | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | |
Al-Sulaymaniya | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
Zakho | 0-2 | 0-3 2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Central Group
Rank | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al-Shorta | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 47 | Elite Stage |
2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 46 | |
3 | Al-Kahrabaa | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 38 | |
4 | Al-Zawraa | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 37 | |
5 | Al-Talaba | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 36 | |
6 | Al-Sinaa | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 35 | |
7 | Al-Bareed | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | –4 | 30 | |
8 | Al-Naft | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 24 | –6 | 27 | |
9 | Al-Ramadi | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 42 | –16 | 21 | |
10 | Al-Jaish | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 39 | –25 | 15 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 |
11 | Al-Shuala | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 44 | –30 | 13 | |
12 | Al-Adala | 22 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 33 | –22 | 12 |
Results
ADL | BRD | JSH | KAH | NFT | JAW | RAM | SHO | SHL | SIN | TAL | ZAW | |
Al-Adala | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | |
Al-Bareed | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | |
Al-Jaish | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | |
Al-Kahrabaa | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |
Al-Naft | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | |
Al-Ramadi | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | |
Al-Shorta | 3-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | |
Al-Shuala | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-7 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-5 | |
Al-Sinaa | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | |
Al-Talaba | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | |
Al-Zawraa | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were awarded 3–0 victory over Al-Shuala as Al-Shuala did not turn up to the match.
Elite stage
Group 1
Rank | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Erbil | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14 | Semi-finals |
2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 13 | Semi-final playoff |
3 | Kirkuk | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | –1 | 10 | |
4 | Al-Minaa | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 9 | |
5 | Al-Sinaa | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 9 |
Results
MIN | JAW | SIN | ARB | KRK | |
Al-Minaa | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 6-3 | |
Al-Sinaa | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | |
Erbil | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
Kirkuk | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
Group 2
Rank | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Duhok | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 18 | Semi-finals |
2 | Karbalaa | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 16 | Semi-final playoff |
3 | Al-Talaba | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 7 | |
4 | Naft Al-Junoob | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | –5 | 7 | |
5 | Al-Kahrabaa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | –6 | 5 |
Results
KAH | TAL | DUH | KRB | JUN | |
Al-Kahrabaa | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 3-1 | |
Al-Talaba | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | |
Duhok | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |
Karbalaa | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | |
Naft Al-Junoob | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
Group 3
Rank | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al-Zawraa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Semi-finals |
2 | Al-Najaf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Semi-final playoff |
3 | Al-Shorta | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 5 | |
4 | Peris | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 3 |
Results
SHO | ZAW | NJF | PER | |
Al-Shorta | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-1 | |
Al-Zawraa | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | |
Al-Najaf | 3-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | |
Peris | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Semi-final playoff
Rank | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Semi-finals |
2 | Al-Najaf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Karbalaa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Results
JAW | KRB | NJF | |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0-1 | ||
Karbalaa | 0-1 | ||
Al-Najaf | 1-2 FT 2-3 AET (7-8 PK) |
Golden stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
20 August 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad | ||||||
Al-Zawraa | 1 | |||||
24 August 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad | ||||||
Duhok | 0 | |||||
Al-Zawraa | 0 | |||||
21 August 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad | ||||||
Erbil (aet) | 1 | |||||
Erbil | 2 | |||||
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
23 August 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad | ||||||
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3 | |||||
Duhok | 0 |
Semi-finals
Erbil | 2–0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
---|---|---|
L. Salah A. Salah |
Third place match
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–0 | Duhok |
---|---|---|
Radhi Khalid Zwaid |
Final
Champions |
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Erbil 2nd Title |
Final positions
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | Eff | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Erbil | 24 | 51 | 70.8% | 2009 AFC Cup |
2 | Al-Zawraa | 30 | 53 | 58.9% | 2009 AFC Cup |
3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 34 | 65 | 63.7% | 2008–09 Arab Champions League |
4 | Duhok | 24 | 48 | 66.7% | |
Eliminated in the Semi-Final Play-Off | |||||
5 | Al-Najaf | 24 | 46 | 63.9% | |
6 | Karbalaa | 26 | 57 | 73.1% | |
Eliminated in the Elite Stage | |||||
7 | Kirkuk | 22 | 31 | 47.0% | |
8 | Al-Talaba | 30 | 43 | 47.8% | |
9 | Al-Shorta | 28 | 52 | 61.9% | |
10 | Al-Minaa | 24 | 39 | 54.2% | |
11 | Naft Al-Junoob | 24 | 28 | 38.9% | |
12 | Al-Sinaa | 30 | 44 | 48.9% | |
13 | Al-Kahrabaa | 30 | 43 | 47.8% | |
14 | Peris | 20 | 25 | 41.7% | |
Eliminated in the Group Stage | |||||
15 | Al-Bareed | 22 | 30 | 45.5% | |
16 | Al-Sulaymaniya | 14 | 19 | 45.2% | |
17 | Maysan | 16 | 19 | 39.6% | |
18 | Al-Naft | 22 | 27 | 40.9% | |
19 | Al-Kufa | 16 | 17 | 35.4% | |
20 | Samaraa | 14 | 14 | 33.3% | |
21 | Al-Samawa | 16 | 16 | 33.3% | |
22 | Al-Ramadi | 22 | 21 | 31.8% | |
Relegated | |||||
23 | Al-Forat | 16 | 14 | 29.2% | |
24 | Sirwan | 14 | 10 | 23.8% | |
25 | Al-Jaish | 22 | 15 | 22.7% | |
26 | Al-Shuala | 22 | 13 | 19.7% | |
27 | Al-Adala | 22 | 12 | 18.2% | |
28 | Al-Shatra | 16 | 8 | 16.7% | |
29 | Zakho | 14 | 4 | 9.5% |
Awards
- Top scorer: Asaad Abdul-Nabi (Al-Kahrabaa)
- Best Player/MVP: Ahmad Ayad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
- Best Coach: Radhi Shenaishil (Al-Zawraa)
Top scorers
Last updated: 24 August 2008.
# | Player | Team | Goals per Stage | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Primary Stage | Elite Stage | Play-Off | Golden Stage | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Asaad Abdul-Nabi | Al-Kahrabaa | 10 | 4 | x | x | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Hussam Saeed | Al-Zawraa | 10 | 2 | x | x | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Taysir Abdul-Hussein | Al-Shorta | 10 | 2 | x | x | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Abdul-Salam Abood | Al-Zawraa | 7 | 3 | x | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Yassir Abdul-Mohsen | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 10 | 1 | x | x | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Ayad Shaalan | Al-Sinaa | 10 | x | x | x | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Ahmad Ijdayia | Al-Ramadi | 10 | x | x | x | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ahmad Salah | Erbil | 4 | 3 | x | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Ali Sabbar | Al-Sinaa | 7 | 2 | x | x | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Akram Hashem | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 8 | 1 | x | x | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Luay Salah | Erbil | 6 | 1 | x | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Ali Mohammed | Al-Najaf | 6 | 1 | 1 | x | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Younis Shakor | Kirkuk | 5 | 3 | x | x | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Nawaf Falah | Duhok | 3 | 4 | x | x | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Hussam Farhoud | Karbalaa | 7 | x | x | x | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Ali Aoda | Al-Jaish | 7 | x | x | x | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Hussam Aziz | Al-Forat | 7 | x | x | x | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
18 | Ali Mansour | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2 | 4 | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Saeed Mohsen | Al-Najaf | 2 | 4 | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Sahib Abbas | Karbalaa | 3 | 3 | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Jabir Shakir | Al-Kahrabaa | 3 | 3 | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Osama Shaial | Al-Minaa | 3 | 3 | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Ali Jabir Abdul-Hussein | Karbalaa | 5 | 1 | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Ahmad Hanon | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 5 | 1 | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Alaa Aasi | Al-Minaa | 5 | 1 | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
= | Halkurd Mulla Mohammed | Al-Sulaymaniya | 6 | x | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
As of the end of The Golden Stage |