2011–12 Iraqi Elite League

The 2011–12 Iraqi Elite League (known officially as the Asiacell Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier Division to Iraqi Elite League and it was sponsored for the first time. The season began on 29 October 2011 and ended on 20 August 2012. It was played in a home-and-away round-robin format for the first time since the 2002–03 season.

Iraqi Premier League
Season2011–12
ChampionsErbil
(4th title)
RelegatedAl-Karkh
Al-Taji
Al-Shirqat
Al-Hudood
AFC CupErbil
Duhok
UAFA Club CupAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Matches played380
Top goalscorerHammadi Ahmad
(27 goals)
Biggest home winErbil 5–0 Al-Taji
(22 February 2012)
Duhok 5–0 Al-Shirqat
(2 March 2012)
Biggest away winAl-Hudood 0–6 Al-Zawraa
(7 April 2012)
Highest scoringAl-Zawraa 5–2 Al-Taji
(14 March 2012)

Erbil won their fourth league title, earning 83 points from 38 games and losing just one match. Duhok finished as runners-up with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in third place.[1]

Name changes

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Erbil (C) 38 23 14 1 65 22 +43 83 2013 AFC Cup
2 Duhok 38 21 13 4 57 21 +36 76
3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 21 11 6 61 23 +38 74 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup
4 Al-Talaba 38 19 11 8 45 29 +16 68
5 Zakho 38 15 16 7 53 36 +17 61
6 Baghdad 38 16 12 10 41 26 +15 60
7 Al-Shorta 38 16 11 11 45 37 +8 59
8 Al-Zawraa 38 15 11 12 54 35 +19 56
9 Al-Najaf 38 12 16 10 40 41 −1 52
10 Al-Naft 38 12 15 11 39 37 +2 51
11 Al-Minaa 38 13 11 14 40 44 −4 50
12 Kirkuk 38 13 10 15 38 47 −9 49
13 Al-Sinaa 38 10 17 11 29 33 −4 47
14 Al-Kahrabaa 38 12 10 16 51 56 −5 46
15 Karbalaa 38 10 14 14 38 44 −6 44
16 Masafi Al-Wasat 38 9 12 17 24 44 −20 39
17 Al-Karkh 38 8 10 20 32 49 −17 34 Relegated to Iraq Division One
18 Al-Taji 38 6 16 16 37 66 −29 34
19 Al-Shirqat 38 7 5 26 24 67 −43 26
20 Al-Hudood 38 1 7 30 26 82 −56 10
Source: Goalzz
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away HUD KAH KAR MIN NFT NJF QWJ SHQ SHR SIN TAJ TLB ZWR BGD ERB DUH KRB KRK MAS ZAK
Al-Hudood 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–1 4–4 0–2 0–6 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
Al-Kahrabaa 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3
Al-Karkh 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
Al-Minaa 3–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–4 0–3 1–0 3–3 0–1 0–0
Al-Naft 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 0–0 1–1
Al-Najaf 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 4–0 3–0 3–0
Al-Shirqat 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–6 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–2
Al-Shorta 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–5 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Al-Sinaa 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Al-Taji 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–6 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Al-Talaba 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1
Al-Zawraa 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 5–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–2
Baghdad 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2
Erbil 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
Duhok 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Karbalaa 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1
Kirkuk 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1
Masafi Al-Wasat 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–3
Zakho 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Talaba–Al-Shirqat match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Talaba, as Al-Shirqat did not turn up for the game.
  2. The Karbalaa–Al-Zawraa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Zawraa, as Karbalaa did not turn up for the game.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1
 Hammadi Ahmad
27
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2
 Amjad Radhi
23
 Erbil
3
 Saeed Mohsen
12
 Zakho
Hussein Karim Duhok
5
 Luay Salah
11
 Erbil
Amjad Kalaf Al-Shorta
Husham Mohammed Al-Zawraa
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Al-Karkh / Duhok

Hat-tricks
Player name[2]Scored forScored againstGoalsResultDate of match
Hammadi AhmadAl-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Karkh44–02 February 2012
Amjad RadhiErbilAl-Minaa34–112 February 2012
Haider AbdulelahAl-NajafAl-Taji34–12 June 2012
Marwan HusseinAl-ZawraaAl-Taji36–117 August 2012

References
  1. "Iraqi League 2011–2012". Goalzz.
  2. "Iraqi Premier League 2011/2012 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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