2007–08 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2007–08
Champions	Erbil (2nd title)
Relegated	Al-Forat Sirwan Al-Jaish Al-Shuala Al-Adala Al-Shatra Zakho
AFC Cup	Erbil Al-Zawraa
Arab Champions League	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goalscorer	Asaad Abdul-Nabi (14 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 August 2008. The season saw Erbil crowned as champions for the second time in a row.

For security reasons, the league was divided into three groups: South, North and Central. The top six clubs from the Central 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 qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup (Iraq were excluded from the AFC Champions League due to not fulfilling the AFC requirements), while third-placed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2008–09 Arab Champions League.

New Rule

The IFA made a new rule that the clubs can use 4 substitutions instead of 3 substitutions.

Group Stage

South Group

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Karbalaa	16	12	2	2	27	12	+15	38	Qualified to the Elite Stage
2	Al-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	Al-Kufa	16	4	5	7	13	15	–2	17
7	Al-Samawa	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
Al-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
Al-Najaf	3-1	0-1	2-0	1-0	2-1	0-0	4-1	3-0

North Group

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Erbil	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	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	Al-Sulaymaniyah	14	4	7	3	16	17	–1	19
6	Samarra	14	3	5	6	10	16	–6	14
7	Sirwan	14	2	4	8	9	14	–5	10	Relegated
8	Zakho	14	0	4	10	5	24	–19	4	Relegated

^NoteAl-Mosul withdrew from the league.

Results

	ARB	DUH	KRK	PER	SMR	SIR	SUL	ZXO
Erbil		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
Samarra	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
Al-Sulaymaniyah	0-0	0-0	3-1	1-3	0-0	2-0		1-0
Zakho	0-2	0-3²	1-3	1-2	0-0	1-1	0-0

^{1, 2} Zakho's matches with Duhok (0–0) and Peris (1–1) were both awarded as 3–0 defeats for Zakho as a penalty for using a banned player.

Central Group

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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	22	8	6	8	25	29	–4	30
8	Al-Naft	22	6	9	7	18	24	–6	27
9	Al-Ramadi	22	5	6	11	26	42	–16	21
10	Al-Jaish	22	3	6	13	14	39	–25	15	Relegated
11	Al-Shuala	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 were awarded 3–0 victory over Al-Shuala as Al-Shuala did not turn up to the match.

Elite Stage

Group 1

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Erbil	8	4	2	2	9	5	+4	14	Qualified to the semi-finals
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	9	–1	10
4	Al-Minaa	8	2	3	3	6	8	–2	9
5	Al-Sinaa	8	2	3	3	4	7	–3	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	1-0
Erbil	2-2	1-0	1-0		1-0
Kirkuk	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-0

Group 2

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Duhok	8	5	3	0	12	3	+9	18	Qualified to the semi-finals
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 3

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Qualified to the semi-finals
2	Al-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	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
Al-Najaf	3-1	2-3		0-0
Peris	0-0	0-2	0-0

Semi-final playoff

Table

	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2	1	1	3	3	3	Qualified to the semi-finals
2	Al-Najaf	2	1	1	3	3	3
3	Karbalaa	2	1	1	1	1	3

Results

	JAW	KRB	NJF
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		0-1
Karbalaa			0-1
Najaf	1-2 FT 2-3 AET (7-8 PK)

Golden Stage

Semi-finals			Final

20 August 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
Al-Zawraa	1
Duhok	0

			24 August 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
			Al-Zawraa	0
			Erbil (aet)	1


			Third place
21 August 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad		23 August 2008 - Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
Erbil	2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0		Duhok	0

Semi-finals

Al-Zawraa v Duhok

August 20, 2008

Al-Zawraa	1–0	Duhok
Abdul-Salam Abood 75' (pen.)

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Erbil v Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

August 21, 2008

Erbil	2–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Luay Salah 28' Ahmad Salah 53'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Third place match

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Duhok

August 23, 2008

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–0	Duhok
Amjad Radhi 5' Muthana Khalid 42' Malik Zwaid 82'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Final

Al-Zawraa v Erbil

August 24, 2008

Al-Zawraa	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Erbil
		Ahmad Salah 99'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Champions
Erbil 2nd Title

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Erbil	24	51	70.8%	2009 AFC Cup
2	Al-Zawraa	30	53	58.9%	2009 AFC Cup
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	34	65	63.7%	2008–09 Arab Champions League
4	Duhok	24	48	66.7%
Eliminated in the Semi-Final Play-Off
5	Al-Najaf	24	46	63.9%
6	Karbalaa	26	57	73.1%
Eliminated in the Elite Stage
7	Kirkuk	22	31	47.0%
8	Al-Talaba	30	43	47.8%
9	Al-Shorta	28	52	61.9%
10	Al-Minaa	24	39	54.2%
11	Naft Al-Janoob	24	28	38.9%
12	Al-Sinaa	30	44	48.9%
13	Al-Kahraba	30	43	47.8%
14	Peris	20	25	41.7%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
15	Al-Bareed	22	30	45.5%
16	Al-Sulaymaniyah	14	19	45.2%
17	Maysan	16	19	39.6%
18	Al-Naft	22	27	40.9%
19	Al-Kufa	16	17	35.4%
20	Samarra	14	14	33.3%
21	Al-Samawa	16	16	33.3%
22	Al-Ramadi	22	21	31.8%
Relegated
23	Al-Forat	16	14	29.2%
24	Sirwan	14	10	23.8%
25	Al-Jaish	22	15	22.7%
26	Al-Shuala	22	13	19.7%
27	Al-Adala	22	12	18.2%
28	Al-Shatra	16	8	16.7%
29	Zakho	14	4	9.5%

Awards

Top scorer: Asaad Abdul-Nabi (Al-Kahraba)
Best Player/MVP: Ahmad Ayad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Best Coach: Radhi Shenaishil (Al-Zawraa)
Best Club: Al-Zawraa

Top scorers

Last updated: 24 August 2008.

#	Player		Team	Goals per Stage				Total
#	Player		Team	Primary Stage	Elite Stage	Play-Off	Golden Stage	Total
1		Asaad Abdul-Nabi	Al-Kahraba	10	4	x	x	14
2		Hussam Saeed	Al-Zawraa	10	2	x	x	12
=		Taysir Abdul-Hussein	Al-Shorta	10	2	x	x	12
4		Abdul-Salam Abood	Al-Zawraa	7	3	x	1	11
=		Yassir Abdul-Mohsen	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	10	1	x	x	11
6		Ayad Shaalan	Al-Sinaa	10	x	x	x	10
=		Ahmad Ijdayia	Al-Ramadi	10	x	x	x	10
8		Ahmad Salah	Erbil	4	3	x	2	9
=		Ali Sabbar	Al-Sinaa	7	2	x	x	9
=		Akram Hashem	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	8	1	x	x	9
11		Luay Salah	Erbil	6	1	x	1	8
=		Ali Mohammed	Al-Najaf	6	1	1	x	8
=		Younis Shakor	Kirkuk	5	3	x	x	8
14		Nawaf Falah	Duhok	3	4	x	x	7
=		Hussam Farhoud	Karbalaa	7	x	x	x	7
=		Ali Aoda	Al-Jaish	7	x	x	x	7
=		Hussam Aziz	Al-Forat	7	x	x	x	7
18		Ali Mansour	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2	4	x	x	6
=		Saeed Mohsen	Al-Najaf	2	4	x	x	6
=		Sahib Abbas	Karbalaa	3	3	x	x	6
=		Jabir Shakir	Al-Kahraba	3	3	x	x	6
=		Osama Shaial	Al-Minaa	3	3	x	x	6
=		Ali Jabir Abdul-Hussein	Karbalaa	5	1	x	x	6
=		Ahmad Hanon	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	5	1	x	x	6
=		Alaa Aasi	Al-Minaa	5	1	x	x	6
=		Halkurd Mulla Mohammed	Al-Sulaymaniyah	6	x	x	x	6
As of the end of The Golden Stage

Sources & References

Goalzz.com

External links

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