2007–08 Iraqi Premier League
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.
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 → |
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]
New rule
The Iraq Football Association made a new rule that the clubs can use four substitutions instead of three substitutions.
Group stage
South Group
Pos | Team | Pld | 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
North Group
Pos | Team | Pld | 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
Central Group
Pos | Team | Pld | 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 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 33 | −23 | 12 |
Results
Elite stage
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Semi-final playoff
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
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 |
Third place match
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–0 | Duhok |
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Radhi ![]() Khalid ![]() Zwaid ![]() |
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
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Al-Kahrabaa | 14 |
2 | ![]() |
Al-Shorta | 12 |
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Al-Etisalat / Al-Zawraa | ||
4 | ![]() |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 11 |
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Al-Zawraa |
References
- "Iraqi League 2007–2008". Goalzz.com.