2015–16 Iraqi Premier League

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The 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League (known 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]

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 39 Qualified to Elite Stage
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 Relegated to Iraqi First Division League
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Duhok withdrew from the league after 11 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.

Results

Home \ Away
KAH
 KAR NFT
SMA
 TLB
ZWR
 DUH
NFJ
 NFW
NFM
Al-Kahrabaa
 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Karkh 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–4 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1
Al-Naft 0–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Al-Samawa
 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 –[a] 0–1 3–1 2–2
Al-Talaba 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Al-Zawraa
 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Duhok[b] 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–3
Naft Al-Junoob
 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 –[a] 2–3 1–1
Naft Al-Wasat 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Naft Maysan
 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Duhok's results away to Naft Al-Junoob (3–1 loss) and Al-Samawa (1–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
  2. ^ Duhok withdrew from the league after 11 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.

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 33 Qualified to Elite Stage
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
Karbala
 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 Relegated to Iraqi First Division League
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away HUD
MIN
NJF
 QWJ SHR SIN
AMN
 ERB
KRB
ZAK
Al-Hudood 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Al-Minaa
 1–1 3–0[a] 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–1
Al-Najaf
 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Al-Shorta 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0
Al-Sinaa 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Amanat Baghdad
 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1
Erbil 1–1 3–1 2–0 –[b] 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0
Karbala
 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Zakho
 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Minaa–Al-Najaf match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Minaa, as Al-Najaf did not turn up for the game.
  2. ^ The Erbil–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was postponed due to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's involvement in the AFC Cup, and was later cancelled due to the result having no effect on qualification or relegation.

Elite stage

The Elite Stage 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
1
Al-Zawraa
(C) 		7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 15 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
2 Naft Al-Wasat 7 4 2 1 10 6 +4 14 Qualification for the Arab Club Championship play-off round
3 Al-Talaba 7 3 3 1 8 6 +2 12
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 3 0 4 11 7 +4 9 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage[a]
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
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away
MIN
 NFT QWJ SHR TLB
ZWR
AMN
 NFW
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[a] 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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.

Top scorers

Rank[2] Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 12
Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Al-Zawraa
3 Syria Omar Khribin
Al-Minaa
 10
Iraq Abdul-Qadir Tariq Al-Talaba
5 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Al-Zawraa
 9

See also

References

  1. ^ "Iraqi League 2015–2016". Goalzz.com.
  2. ^ Kooora.com

External links

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