2017–18 Iraqi Premier League

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The 2017–18 Iraqi Premier League (

Al-Zawraa won a record 14th title, finishing four points ahead of both the previous season's champions and runners-up (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Naft respectively) and five points ahead of Al-Shorta
.

Teams

Team[3][4][5][6] Location[4] Stadium Capacity[7]
Al-Bahri Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Al-Diwaniya
 Diwaniya Afak Stadium 5,000
Al-Hudood Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Hussein
 Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa
 Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Minaa
 Basra
Basra International Stadium
 65,227
Al-Naft Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Najaf
 Najaf
Al-Najaf Stadium
 10,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Samawa
 Samawa Al-Samawa Stadium 5,000
Al-Shorta Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
 Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Talaba Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Zawraa
 Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Amanat Baghdad
 Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Karbala
 Karbala
Karbala International Stadium
 30,000
Naft Al-Junoob
 Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Naft Al-Wasat Najaf
Al-Najaf Stadium
 10,000
Naft Maysan
 Amara
Maysan Olympic Stadium
 15,000
Zakho
 Zakho Zakho International Stadium 20,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Al-Zawraa
(C) 		38 26 10 2 66 26 +40 88 Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 25 9 4 66 23 +43 84 Qualification for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
3 Al-Naft 38 24 12 2 59 20 +39 84
4 Al-Shorta 38 24 11 3 69 24 +45 83
5
Al-Kahrabaa
 38 15 13 10 39 30 +9 58
6
Al-Najaf
 38 13 16 9 51 40 +11 55
7
Amanat Baghdad
 38 14 11 13 31 34 −3 53
8
Naft Maysan
 38 13 10 15 45 37 +8 49
9 Naft Al-Wasat 38 10 19 9 42 38 +4 49
10
Naft Al-Junoob
 38 12 13 13 34 41 −7 49
11
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
 38 12 11 15 46 46 0 47
12
Al-Samawa
 38 11 11 16 42 50 −8 44
13 Al-Hudood 38 11 10 17 40 45 −5 43
14 Al-Talaba 38 11 10 17 43 59 −16 43
15
Al-Minaa
 38 8 17 13 34 47 −13 41
16 Al-Bahri 38 8 14 16 41 55 −14 38
17
Al-Diwaniya
 38 7 10 21 32 58 −26 31
18
Al-Hussein
 38 5 12 21 26 58 −32 27
19
Karbala
(R) 		38 7 6 25 26 76 −50 27 Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
20
Zakho
(R) 		38 5 13 20 27 52 −25 25[a]
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Zakho were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay the salary of their Libyan player Salem Elmslaty on time.

Results

Home \ Away BAH
DIW
 HUD
HUS
KAH
MIN
 NFT
NJF
 QWJ
SMA
 SHR
SNK
 TLB
ZWR
AMN
KRB
NFJ
 NFW
NFM
ZAK
Al-Bahri 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–4 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0
Al-Diwaniya
 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Al-Hudood 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Al-Hussein
 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–0[a] 0–1 3–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Kahrabaa
 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Al-Minaa
 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–3[b] 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Al-Naft 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Al-Najaf
 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–3 1–0 1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 5–1
Al-Samawa
 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–3[c] 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0[d] 1–0 1–2 2–1
Al-Shorta 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–0[e] 0–0 4–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
 0–0 0–0 5–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 4–2 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Al-Talaba 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–4 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1
Al-Zawraa
 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Amanat Baghdad
 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1
Karbala
 3–4 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–5 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–4 0–3[f] 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Naft Al-Junoob
 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Naft Al-Wasat 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Naft Maysan
 3–1 1–0 3–2 5–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1[g] 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–1
Zakho
 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Hussein–Al-Minaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Hussein after Al-Minaa, who started the game with 7 players, had their player Sajad Kamel go off injured a few minutes into the game.
  2. ^ The Al-Minaa–Al-Naft match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Naft after Al-Minaa, who started the game with 8 players, had two of their players go off injured in the first ten minutes.
  3. ^ The Al-Samawa–Al-Naft match originally ended 1–1 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Naft due to Al-Samawa fielding the ineligible player Mohammed Hassan.
  4. ^ The Al-Samawa–Naft Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Samawa, as Naft Al-Junoob did not turn up for the game.
  5. ^ The Al-Shorta–Al-Minaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Minaa did not turn up for the game.
  6. Karbala International Stadium
    where they were to host the match.
  7. ^ The Naft Maysan–Al-Najaf match was ended at half-time with the score at 3–1 after Al-Najaf refused to take to the field for the second half in protest at refereeing decisions.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player[8] Club Goals[9]
1 Iraq Wissam Saadoun
Naft Maysan
 		24
2 Iraq Amjad Radhi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 23
3 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Shorta 22
4 Iraq Alaa Abbas Naft Al-Wasat 21
5 Iraq Mohammed Dawood Al-Naft 18
Iraq Manar Taha
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[10] For Against Result Date
Aboubakar Koné
Al-Kahrabaa
Al-Talaba
 4–0 10 December 2017
Aboubakar Koné
Al-Kahrabaa
Al-Samawa
 3–2 15 December 2017
Iraq Mohammed Dawood
Al-Naft
Al-Diwaniya
 4–0 28 January 2018
Iraq Wissam Saadoun
Naft Maysan
Al-Talaba
 3–0 31 March 2018
Iraq Manar Taha
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
Al-Talaba
 4–2 14 April 2018
Iraq Mustafa Karim
Al-Minaa
Al-Diwaniya
 4–2 29 April 2018
Iraq Wissam Saadoun
Naft Maysan
Al-Hussein
 5–1 23 June 2018

Awards

Award Winner[11] Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season Iraq Ali Raheem Al-Zawraa

See also

References

  1. ^ Goalzz.com
  2. ^ FIFA.com
  3. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b Karel Stokkermans. "Iraq 2017/18". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/18". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ^ "League Table". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Stadiums in Iraq". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  8. ^ "Iraqi League: Players". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018: Goal Scorers". Goalzz. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

External links

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