Iraq Super League (2006-2007)

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The Iraq Super League of 2006-2007 kicked on on December 22, 2006. In the beginning, teams only in the north and in the south were able to hold their games, while Baghdad based clubs were unable to begin the season on time due to the War in Iraq. During the season, the league had to go through some dramatic changes in order to move on with the league. At the beginning of the season, the teams were split into 3 groups, a North division, a South division, and a Baghdad division. Months into the season and the Baghdad based teams were unable to go forth with their games, thus the league had to change group and the system.

Currenty, the 24 teams are split into four groups. The South and North divisions each have 7 teams, with one Baghdad division consisting of 4 teams and the other of 6 teams. At the end of the regular season, the top 3 teams from each group, a total of 12 teams, will advance to the next round. In the second round, these 12 teams will be splite into four groups of 3, with teams playing a home and away against each team in its group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups will then move on into the playoffs. The four remaining teams will play its opponent a home and a away match to determine who will play for the championship game; a one game held in Baghdad.

Contents 1 Original Groups 2 Group Stage 2.1 Baghdad Division A 2.2 Baghdad Division B 2.3 South Division 2.4 North Division 2.5 Top Goal Scores in Group stage 3 Sources

[edit] Original Groups

The following was the group in the beginning of the season. The groups would eventually have to be modified later on during the season because of security problems.

North division
Arbil Duhok Kirkuk Mousel Samaraa Sirwan Sulimaniya

South division
Al-Forat Al-Minaa Ash Shatra Karbalaa Maysan Najaf Naft Al Junoob

Baghdad division
Al-Adala Al-Jaish Al-Kahraba Al-Naft Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Ramadi Al-Sinaa Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa

By January, the Baghdad division was behind in getting their games underway. Ramadi FC widthrew due to economic reasons, thus the league finally split the group into 2 Baghdad divisions.

[edit] Group Stage

Standigns updated as of April 3, 2007

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[edit] Baghdad Division A

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Shorta	6	6	0	0	+11	18
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	3	1	2	+6	10
3	Al-Sinaa	6	1	2	3	−4	5
4	Al-Jaish	6	0	1	5	−13	1

[edit] Baghdad Division B

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa (C)	8	3	6	0	+6	15
2	Al-Talaba	8	3	5	1	+2	14
3	Al-Naft	8	2	3	3	+1	9
4	Al-Kahraba	8	2	3	3	−3	9
5	Al-Adala (N)	8	1	3	4	−6	6

[edit] South Division

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Najaf	6	5	1	0	+8	16
2	Al-Minaa	6	4	1	1	+6	13
3	Karbalaa	6	2	4	0	+5	10
4	Maysan	6	2	1	3	0	7
5	Naft Al Junoob	6	2	1	3	−1	7
6	Ash Shatra	6	2	0	4	−2	6
7	Al-Forat (N)	6	0	0	6	−16	0

[edit] North Division

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Arbil	10	7	2	1	+12	23
2	Duhok	11	6	4	1	+2	22
3	Sulaymaniyah (N)	10	5	2	3	+2	17
4	Sirwan	9	4	4	1	+3	16
5	Kirkuk	11	2	1	8	−7	7
6	Mousel (N)	10	1	3	6	−5	6
7	Samaraa	9	1	2	6	−7	5

[edit] Top Goal Scores in Group stage

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Halkord Mulla Mohammed	8	Sulaymaniyah
2	Ahmad Salah	6	Arbil
2	Khalid Musheer	6	Duhok
3	Mustafa Kareem	5	Arbil
5	Ashraf Kamil	4	Samaraa
5	Asaad Abdul Nabi	4	Naft Al Junoob
5	Ali Saad	4	Al-Shorta

[edit] Sources

• Goalzz.com

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