2007–08 Iraqi Premier League
Season | 2007-08 |
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Champions | Arbil |
Promoted | Al-Bareed (Baghdad) Al-Ramadi (Baghdad) Al-Shuala (Baghdad) Peris (North) Zaxo (North) Al-Samawa (South) Kufa (South) |
Relegated | Al-Adala (Baghdad) Al-Jaish (Baghdad) Al-Shuala (Baghdad) Sirwan (North) Zaxo (North) Al-Forat (South) Al-Shatra (South) |
AFC Cup | Arbil Al-Zawraa |
Arab Champions League | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Goals scored | 678 |
Top goalscorer | Asaad Abdul-Nabi (Al-Kahraba), 14 |
Biggest home win | Karbalaa 5-0 Al-Forat |
Biggest away win | Al-Jaish 1-8 Al-Kahraba Al-Jawiya 0-7 Al-Shuala |
Highest scoring | Al-Jaish 1-8 Al-Kahraba Al-Ramadi 2-7 Al-Jawiya Al-Jawiya 6-3 Kirkuk |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The 2007-08 Iraq Super League season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 August 2008. The season saw Arbil crowned as champions.
For security reasons the league was divided into three groups; Baghdad, North and South, The top six clubs from the Baghdad 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 (Al-Zawraa) qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup (Iraq is excluded from the AFC Champions League due to not fulfilling the AFC demand of having a fully-professional league), while third-placed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2008-09 Arab Champions League.
Primary stage
The Primary Stage Formation
- 30 Clubs in 3 divisions: Baghdad (12), North (9) and South (9).
- 14 Teams qualify to the Elite stage: Baghdad (6), North (4) and South (4).
- 7 Teams relegate to the lower Division: Baghdad (3), North (2) and South (2).
- Mosul withdrew from the North division.
The Primary Stage Clubs
Baghdad Division - Blue |
North Division - Orange |
South Division - Purple
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Qualified to the Elite stage | |
Relegated to the 2nd division | |
(C) | Current League title holder |
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(N) | Promoted to the Super league in this season |
Baghdad Division
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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1 | Al-Shorta | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 26 | 47 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 13 | 29 | 46 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
3 | Al-Kahraba | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 38 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
4 | Al-Zawraa | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 37 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
5 | Al-Talaba | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 36 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
6 | Al-Sinaa | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 35 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
7 | Al-Bareed (N) | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 30 | |
8 | Al-Naft | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 27 | |
9 | Al-Ramadi (N) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 42 | -16 | 21 | |
10 | Al-Jaish | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 39 | -25 | 15 | Relegated |
11 | Al-Shuala (N) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 44 | -30 | 13 | Relegated |
12 | Al-Adala | 22 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 33 | -22 | 12 | Relegated |
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-Kahraba | 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 | 3-01 | 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 awarded 3-0 victory over Al-Shuala as a penalty for ot coming to the match.
North Division
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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1 | Arbil (C) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 31 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
2 | Duhok | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 30 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
3 | Peris (N) | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 22 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
4 | Kirkuk | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 21 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
5 | Sulaymaniyah | 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 |
8 | Zaxo (N) | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 4 | Relegated |
9 | Mosul | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Withdrew |
Results
ARB | DUH | KRK | PER | SMR | SIR | SUL | ZXO | |
Arbil | 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 | 3-01 | |
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 | |
Sulaymaniyah | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
Zaxo | 0-2 | 0-32 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
- 1, 2 Both Duhok FC and Peris FC awarded 3-0 victory over Zaxo FC as a penalty for using a banned player,
- Duhok vs. Zaxo match would be ended 0-0.
- Peris vs. Zaxo match would be ended 1-1.
South Division
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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1 | Karbalaa | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 38 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
2 | Najaf | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 32 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
3 | Al-Minaa | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 30 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
4 | Naft Al-Janoob | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 21 | Qualified to the Elite stage |
5 | Maysan | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 19 | |
6 | Kufa (N) | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 17 | |
7 | Al-Samawa (N) | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 16 | |
8 | Al-Forat | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 33 | -16 | 14 | Relegated |
9 | Al-Shatra | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 8 | Relegated |
Results
FOR | MIN | SAM | SHT | KRB | KUF | MAY | JAN | 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 | |
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-Janoob | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
Najaf FC | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 |
Elite stage
Elite Stage Formation
- 14 Clubs in 3 Groups.
- 4 Teams qualify to the Golden stage.
- The Group winners (3 Teams) qualify directly to the Golden stage.
- The groups' runners-up qualify to the Play-off to decide the 4th qualified team to the Golden Stage.
Elite Stage Clubs
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Qualified to the Golden stage | |
Runners-up's Round-robin | |
(C) | Current League title holder |
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(N) | Promoted to the Super league in this season |
Group A
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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1 | Arbil (C) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 14 | Qualified to the Golden Stage |
2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 13 | Qualified to the Play-Off |
3 | Kirkuk | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 | |
4 | Al-Minaa | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 | |
5 | Al-Sinaa | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 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 | 2-0 | |
Arbil | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
Kirkuk | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
Group B
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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1 | Duhok | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 18 | Qualified to the Golden Stage |
2 | Karbalaa | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 16 | Qualified to the Play-Off |
3 | Al-Talaba | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 | |
4 | Naft Al-Janoob | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 7 | |
5 | Al-Kahraba | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 5 |
Results
KAH | TAL | DUH | KRB | JAN | |
Al-Kahraba | 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-Janoob | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
Group C
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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1 | Al-Zawraa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 13 | Qualified to the Golden Stage |
2 | Najaf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | Qualified to the Play-Off |
3 | Al-Shorta | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 5 | |
4 | Peris (N) | 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 | |
Najaf | 3-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | |
Peris | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Play-offs
- 3 Clubs in 1 Group.
- The Elite Stage Groups' Runners-up.
- 1 Team qualify to the Golden stage.
- The Play off is from one round-robin in Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad to decide the 4th qualified team to the Golden Stage.
The Play-Off Qualified teams
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Group A runner-up)
- Karbalaa (Group B runner-up)
- Najaf (Group C runner-up)
Play-off group
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2 | 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 | ||
Najaf | 2-3 |
Golden stage
Golden Stage Formation
- 4 Clubs in a knockout stage.
- The Elite stage groups' winners (3 teams) and the winner of the Play off.
- The semifinals, 3rd place match and the final match is from a One-leg match and it will be held in Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad.
- The League winner and runner-up qualify to the AFC Cup 2009, while the 3rd place qualify to the Arab Champions League 2008-09
Golden Stage Qualified teams
- Arbil (Group A Winner)
- Duhok (Group B Winner)
- Al-Zawraa (Group C Winner)
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Play-Off Winner)
Results
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 | ||||||
Arbil | 1 | |||||
Arbil | 2 | |||||
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
24 August, 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad | ||||||
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3 | |||||
Duhok | 0 |
Semi-finals
Al-Zawraa | 1 – 0 | Duhok |
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Abdul-Salam Abood 75' (Pen) |
Arbil | 2 – 0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
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Luay Salah 28' Ahmad Salah Alwan 53' |
Third-fourth place play-off
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3 – 0 | Duhok |
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Amjad Radhi 5' Muthana Khalid 42' Malik Zwaid 82' |
Final
Awards
- Top scorers: Asaad Abdul-Nabi (Al-Kahraba)
- Best Player/MVP: Ahmad Ayad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
- Best Coach: Radhi Shenaishel (Al-Zawraa)
- Best Club: Al-Zawraa
Top scorers
Last updated: 24 August, 2008.
4 Substitutions
The IFA made a new rule: the clubs can use 4 substitutions instead of 3 substitutions. IFA added this section in their last meeting with the clubs' officials and all teams agreed with the new rule.