1998–99 Iraqi Premier League

The 1998–99 Iraqi Premier League was the 25th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the eighth time in their history. Had Al-Talaba beaten Al-Naft on the last day of the season, they would have won the league title instead, but the match finished goalless and Al-Zawraa's 3–1 win over Al-Karkh saw them claim the trophy. Al-Zawraa also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the double.[1][2]

Iraqi Premier League
Season1998–99
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(8th title)
RelegatedAl-Sulaikh
2000–01 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Zawraa
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Talaba
Top goalscorerAhmed Khudhair
Hashim Ridha
(19 goals each)

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 30 24 4 2 73 22 +51 76 2000–01 Asian Club Championship
2 Al-Talaba 30 24 3 3 71 25 +46 75 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 30 21 5 4 87 27 +60 68
4 Al-Minaa 30 14 8 8 35 29 +6 50
5 Al-Shorta 30 12 11 7 53 40 +13 47
6 Al-Karkh 30 11 12 7 41 32 +9 45
7 Diyala 30 11 12 7 38 38 0 45
8 Al-Naft 30 10 8 12 37 39 −2 38
9 Al-Najaf 30 9 10 11 45 43 +2 37
10 Duhok 30 8 13 9 31 31 0 37
11 Samaraa 30 9 8 13 28 51 −23 35
12 Al-Jaish 30 9 4 17 25 43 −18 31
13 Al-Kadhimiya 30 7 8 15 42 62 −20 29
14 Maysan 30 6 4 20 25 63 −38 22
15 Salahaddin 30 6 3 21 27 67 −40 21
16 Al-Sulaikh 30 1 3 26 16 62 −46 6 Relegated to Iraq Division One
Source: Al-Shameri Archive
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Al-Talaba qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the league and the FA Cup, both won by Al-Zawraa.

Results
Home \ Away JSH KDH KAR MIN NFT NJF QWJ SHR SLK TLB ZWR DYL DHK MYS SAL SMR
Al-Jaish 4–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–9 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2
Al-Kadhimiya 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–2 3–2 3–6 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1
Al-Karkh 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 6–2 4–0 1–1
Al-Minaa 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–0
Al-Naft 0–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0
Al-Najaf 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–4 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 5–1 3–2 6–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 6–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 9–0
Al-Shorta 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 5–2 4–4 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–5 1–2 1–1 4–2 3–1 2–1
Al-Sulaikh 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–3 0–4 1–5 0–0 0–4 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2
Al-Talaba 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 5–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 6–1 3–0
Al-Zawraa 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1
Diyala 2–0 5–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–3 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–0
Duhok 0–0 2–2 3–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 6–1 1–0
Maysan 0–4 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–4 2–1 0–4 1–2 4–2 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2
Salahaddin 0–1 6–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–3 0–4 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1
Samaraa 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–6 0–5 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–0
Source: Al-Shameri Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Ahmed Khudhair 19 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Hashim Ridha Al-Shorta
3 Husham Mohammed 17 Al-Zawraa
Abbas Rahim Al-Karkh
5 Hussein Abdullah 16 Diyala

References
  1. Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.
  2. Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.
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