2007–08 Iraqi Premier League

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, beating Al-Zawraa 1–0 after extra time in the final.

Iraqi Premier League
Season2007–08
ChampionsErbil
(2nd title)
RelegatedAl-Forat
Sirwan
Al-Jaish
Al-Shuala
Al-Adala
Al-Shatra
Zakho
AFC CupErbil
Al-Zawraa
Arab Champions LeagueAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goalscorerAsaad Abdul-Nabi
(14 goals)

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, of which the winners and one runner-up qualified for the Golden Stage, a knockout contest. The Golden Stage matches were held at 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 requirements), while third-placed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2008–09 Arab Champions League.[1]

New rule

The Iraq Football Association introduced a new rule that allowed clubs to make four substitutions instead of three.

Group stage

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Karbalaa 16 12 2 2 27 12 +15 38 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Najaf 16 9 5 2 23 9 +14 32
3 Al-Minaa 16 8 6 2 19 10 +9 30
4 Naft Al-Junoob 16 5 6 5 16 14 +2 21
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 to Iraq Division One
9 Al-Shatra 16 2 2 12 12 26 14 8
Source: Goalzz

Results

Home \ Away FOR KUF MIN NJF SAM SHT KRB MAY NFJ
Al-Forat 1–4 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–4 1–3 0–2
Al-Kufa 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–0
Al-Minaa 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–3
Al-Najaf 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0
Al-Samawa 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Al-Shatra 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–1
Karbalaa 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Maysan 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Naft Al-Junoob 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Erbil 14 9 4 1 21 5 +16 31 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Duhok 14 9 3 2 16 6 +10 30
3 Peris 14 6 4 4 20 16 +4 22
4 Kirkuk 14 6 3 5 18 17 +1 21
5 Al-Sulaymaniya 14 4 7 3 16 17 1 19
6 Samaraa 14 3 5 6 10 16 6 14
7 Sirwan 14 2 4 8 9 14 5 10 Relegated to Iraq Division One
8 Zakho 14 0 4 10 5 24 19 4
Source: Goalzz

Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league.

Results

Home \ Away SUL ERB DUH KRK PER SMR SIR ZKO
Al-Sulaymaniya 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–0
Erbil 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0
Duhok 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0
Kirkuk 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–0
Peris 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1]
Samaraa 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–2
Sirwan 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0
Zakho 0–0 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–1
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Zakho's matches with Peris (1–1) and Duhok (0–0) were both awarded as 3–0 defeats for Zakho as a penalty for using an ineligible player.

Central Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta 22 13 8 1 40 14 +26 47 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 22 14 4 4 42 13 +29 46
3 Al-Kahrabaa 22 10 8 4 30 10 +20 38
4 Al-Zawraa 22 10 7 5 24 12 +12 37
5 Al-Talaba 22 9 9 4 25 17 +8 36
6 Al-Sinaa 22 9 8 5 24 16 +8 35
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 to Iraq Division One
11 Al-Shuala 22 3 4 15 14 44 30 13
12 Al-Adala 22 3 3 16 11 33 22 12
Source: Goalzz

Results

Home \ Away 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-Kahrabaa 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 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 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
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Shuala match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Al-Shuala did not turn up for the game.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ERB JAW KRK MIN SIN
1 Erbil 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14 Qualified to Semi-finals 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 8 4 1 3 10 8 +2 13 Qualified to Semi-final playoff 2–1 6–3 1–0 1–0
3 Kirkuk 8 3 1 4 8 9 1 10 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
4 Al-Minaa 8 2 3 3 6 8 2 9 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
5 Al-Sinaa 8 2 3 3 4 7 3 9 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1
Source: Goalzz

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUH KRB TAL NFJ KAH
1 Duhok 8 5 3 0 12 3 +9 18 Qualified to Semi-finals 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2
2 Karbalaa 8 4 4 0 9 4 +5 16 Qualified to Semi-final playoff 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
3 Al-Talaba 8 1 4 3 4 7 3 7 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2
4 Naft Al-Junoob 8 2 1 5 6 11 5 7 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1
5 Al-Kahrabaa 8 1 2 5 10 16 6 5 0–4 1–2 0–1 3–1
Source: Goalzz

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAW NJF SHO PER
1 Al-Zawraa 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Qualified to Semi-finals 0–1 1–1 2–0
2 Al-Najaf 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 Qualified to Semi-final playoff 2–3 3–1 0–0
3 Al-Shorta 6 1 2 3 5 9 4 5 1–3 0–1 2–1
4 Peris 6 0 3 3 1 6 5 3 0–2 0–0 0–0
Source: Goalzz

Semi-final playoff

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAW NJF KRB
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 Qualified to Semi-finals 0–1
2 Al-Najaf 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 1–2 FT
2–3 AET
(7–8 PK)
3 Karbalaa 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0–1
Source: Goalzz

Golden stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 August 2008
 
 
Al-Zawraa 1
 
24 August 2008
 
Duhok 0
 
Al-Zawraa 0
 
21 August 2008
 
Erbil (a.e.t.) 1
 
Erbil 2
 
 
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0
 
Third place
 
 
23 August 2008
 
 
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3
 
 
Duhok 0

Semi-finals

Al-Zawraa1–0Duhok
Abboud  75' (pen.)


Erbil2–0Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
L. Salah  28'
A. Salah  53'
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

Third place match

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–0Duhok
Radhi  5'
Khalid  42'
Zwaid  82'

Final

Al-Zawraa0–1 (a.e.t.)Erbil
A. Salah  99'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sabah Abid
Al-Zawraa
Erbil

Final positions

Pos Team Pld Pts Eff Qualification
1Erbil 245170.8%2009 AFC Cup
2Al-Zawraa 305358.9%2009 AFC Cup
3Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 346563.7%2008–09 Arab Champions League
4Duhok 244866.7%
Eliminated in the Semi-Final Play-Off
5Al-Najaf 244663.9%
6Karbalaa 265773.1%
Eliminated in the Elite Stage
7Kirkuk 223147.0%
8Al-Talaba 304347.8%
9Al-Shorta 285261.9%
10Al-Minaa 243954.2%
11Naft Al-Junoob 242838.9%
12Al-Sinaa 304448.9%
13Al-Kahrabaa 304347.8%
14Peris 202541.7%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
15Al-Bareed 223045.5%
16Al-Sulaymaniya 141945.2%
17Maysan 161939.6%
18Al-Naft 222740.9%
19Al-Kufa 161735.4%
20Samaraa 141433.3%
21Al-Samawa 161633.3%
22Al-Ramadi 222131.8%
Relegated
23Al-Forat 161429.2%
24Sirwan 141023.8%
25Al-Jaish 221522.7%
26Al-Shuala 221319.7%
27Al-Adala 221218.2%
28Al-Shatra 16816.7%
29Zakho 1449.5%

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Asaad Abdul-Nabi Al-Kahrabaa 14
2 Taiseer Abdul-Hussein Al-Shorta 12
Hussam Saeed Al-Etisalat / Al-Zawraa
4 Yassir Abdul-Mohsen Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 11
Abdul-Salam Abboud Al-Zawraa

Awards

References

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