2016–17 Iraqi Premier League

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The 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League (

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-Naft and losing just one game throughout the campaign. It was the club's first league title since the 2004–05 season, and their manager Basim Qasim became the first manager to win titles in two consecutive seasons with two different teams.[3][4]

Teams

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Locations of the 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League 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 First Division League. However, Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 rounds, so nineteen teams completed the season.

Al-Karkh Stadium.[5] They replace Duhok, who withdrew from the last season,[6] and Al-Sinaa
.

Stadia and locations

Club Location Stadium Capacity[7]
Al-Bahri Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Al-Hudood
 Baghdad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium 6,000
Al-Hussein
 Baghdad Five Thousand Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa
 Baghdad Al-Kahrabaa Stadium 2,000
Al-Karkh Baghdad
Al-Karkh Stadium
 5,150
Al-Minaa
 Basra
Basra International Stadium
 65,227
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 6,000
Al-Samawa
 Samawa Al-Samawa Stadium 10,000
Al-Shorta Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Talaba Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Zawraa
 Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Amanat Baghdad
 Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Erbil Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium 25,000
Karbala
 Karbala
Karbala International Stadium
 30,000
Naft Al-Junoob
 Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Naft Al-Wasat Najaf Naft Al-Wasat Stadium 5,000
Naft Maysan
 Amara Al-Maimouna 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 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage and Arab Club Champions Cup first round
2
Al-Naft
 36 22 11 3 61 17 +44 77 Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup first round
3 Al-Shorta 36 21 12 3 55 26 +29 75
4
Al-Zawraa
 36 21 9 6 67 28 +39 72 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage[a]
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 36 −12 38
14
Al-Bahri
 36 9 8 19 42 63 −21 35
15
Karbala
 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 (R) 36 3 11 22 24 65 −41 20 Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
20 Erbil[b] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Iraq FA Cup
    winners.
  2. ^ Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 matches, with their results being annulled.

Results

Home \ Away BAH
HUD
HUS
KAH
 KAR
MIN
NFT
NJF
 QWJ
SMA
SHR
 TLB
ZWR
AMN
 ERB
KRB
NFJ
 NFW
NFM
ZAK
Al-Bahri 2–3 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–7 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 0–0 2–3 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 1–0 1–1 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 1–0 0–0 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 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–1 –[a] 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 2–0 1–0 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 3–0 0–0 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 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 –[a] 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 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 –[a] 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
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-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-Talaba 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 –[a] 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 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 –[a] 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 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Erbil[b] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a]
Karbala
 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 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 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 –[a] 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1
Naft Al-Wasat 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
Naft Maysan
 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 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] 0–0 1–2 3–4 0–0 0–0 –[a] 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Erbil's results against Al-Karkh (2–2 draw), Al-Hudood (2–2 draw), Zakho (1–0 win), Al-Kahrabaa (0–0 draw), Al-Zawraa (1–1 draw), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3–1 loss), Karbala (0–0 draw), Al-Talaba (0–0 draw), Naft Al-Junoob (1–0 loss), Amanat Baghdad (2–1 win), Naft Al-Wasat (1–1 draw) and Al-Najaf (1–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
  2. ^ Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 matches, with their results being annulled.
  3. ^ The Zakho–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after Zakho's players left the field on 80 minutes while losing 1–0 in protest at a refereeing decision.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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 Aymen Hussein
Al-Naft
 14
Aboubakar Koné
Al-Talaba
Iraq Ali Saad
Al-Naft

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[8] For Against Result Date
Iraq Marwan Hussein
Al-Shorta
Al-Hudood
 3–2 26 November 2016
Aboubakar Koné
Al-Talaba
 Al-Karkh 3–0 20 December 2016
Iraq Mohanad Ali4
Al-Kahrabaa
 Al-Karkh 5–3 4 January 2017
Iraq Abbas Abid
Zakho
Al-Talaba
 3–4 11 January 2017
Iraq Yassir Abdul-Mohsen
Al-Talaba
Zakho
 4–3 11 January 2017
Iraq Bassim Ali
Naft Al-Junoob
Al-Samawa
 3–1 21 January 2017
Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Al-Zawraa
Al-Hussein
 6–4 16 May 2017
Iraq Ali Saad4
Al-Naft
Zakho
 6–0 17 May 2017
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

Awards

Award Winner[9] Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season Iraq Ali Raheem Al-Zawraa

See also

References

  1. ^ الاتحاد العراقي يعلن تغيير موعد انطلاق الدوري العراقي (in Arabic). iraqnewspaper.net. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya win the 2016/17 Iraqi Premier League title". 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ Goalzz.com
  4. ^ Soccerway
  5. ^ الحسين والبحري يتاهلان للدوري الممتاز العراقي (in Arabic). Kooora. 19 July 2016.
  6. ^ اتحاد الكرة يقرر انزال فريق دهوك الى دوري الدرجة الاولى (in Arabic). Mawazin News Agency. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Stadiums in Iraq". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  8. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2016/2017 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

External links

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