2019–20 Iraqi Premier League

The 2019–20 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2019–20‎) was the 46th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 18 September 2019 in a double round-robin format, but was postponed after 23 October 2019 due to the 2019–2020 Iraqi protests with matches from the first four rounds having been played.[1]

Iraqi Premier League
Season2019–20
ChampionsNone

On 25 January 2020, after the withdrawal of five of the 20 teams that started the season, the Iraq Football Association (IFA) decided to annul the results of all the matches that had been played so far and to cancel relegation for the season. The league was restarted on 16 February 2020 as a single round-robin tournament.[2]

Matches from the first five rounds of the restarted season were played, but the season was postponed after 10 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was officially cancelled on 3 June 2020.[3] The results of the 2018–19 season were used to determine the teams that qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League.[4]

Teams

Locations of the 2019–20 Iraqi Premier League teams.
Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity
Al-Hudood Mudhafar Jabbar Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa Abbas Attiya Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Minaa Valeriu Tița Basra Mohamed Musbah Al-Waeli Stadium 10,000
Al-Naft Yahya Alwan Baghdad Al-Naft Stadium 3,000
Al-Najaf Hassan Ahmed Najaf Al-Najaf Stadium 12,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Ayoub Odisho Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 40,000
Al-Shorta Abdul-Ghani Shahad Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 40,000
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Adel Nima Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Talaba Ahmed Khalaf Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 40,000
Al-Zawraa Basim Qasim Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 40,000
Amanat Baghdad Essam Hamad Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Erbil Rodion Gačanin Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium 25,000
Naft Al-Junoob Ammar Hussein Basra Mohamed Musbah Al-Waeli Stadium 10,000
Naft Al-Wasat Radhi Shenaishil Najaf Karbalaa International Stadium 30,000
Naft Maysan Ahmed Daham Amara Maysan Olympic Stadium 25,000
Withdrawn teams: Al-Diwaniya, Al-Karkh, Al-Qasim, Al-Samawa, Zakho

Original season

League table at abandonment
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al-Minaa 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3 Al-Naft 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
4 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
5 Naft Al-Wasat 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
6 Al-Zawraa 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
7 Al-Najaf 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
8 Naft Al-Junoob 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
9 Al-Kahrabaa 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
10 Amanat Baghdad 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
11 Erbil 4 0 4 0 3 3 0 4
12 Al-Shorta 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
13 Al-Karkh 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
14 Al-Diwaniya 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 3
15 Al-Qasim 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
16 Al-Samawa 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
17 Al-Hudood 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
18 Al-Talaba 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 1
19 Naft Maysan 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
20 Zakho 4 0 1 3 2 5 −3 1
Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away DIW HUD KAH KAR MIN NFT NJF QSM QWJ SMA SHR SNK TLB ZWR AMN ERB NFJ NFW NFM ZAK
Al-Diwaniya 2–0
Al-Hudood 0–0 0–0
Al-Kahrabaa 0–1 1–1
Al-Karkh 2–2 3–2 0–3
Al-Minaa 3–1 1–0
Al-Naft 3–1 1–0
Al-Najaf 2–2
Al-Qasim 1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0
Al-Samawa 0–0
Al-Shorta 2–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 2–0 3–1
Al-Talaba 4–4
Al-Zawraa 2–2 2–0
Amanat Baghdad 0–2
Erbil 1–1 0–0 1–1
Naft Al-Junoob 2–1
Naft Al-Wasat 3–1 2–1
Naft Maysan 2–2
Zakho 1–2 0–1
Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Restarted season

League table at abandonment
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al-Naft 5 3 2 0 6 1 +5 11
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 10
3 Naft Al-Wasat 5 3 0 2 3 2 +1 9
4 Al-Najaf 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8
5 Al-Zawraa 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
6 Al-Talaba 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 7
7 Al-Minaa 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7
8 Al-Hudood 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
9 Erbil 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 6
10 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 5 2 0 3 6 11 −5 6
11 Al-Shorta 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5
12 Naft Al-Junoob 5 1 1 3 1 4 −3 4
13 Amanat Baghdad 5 0 3 2 2 5 −3 3
14 Al-Kahrabaa 5 0 2 3 3 7 −4 2
15 Naft Maysan 4 0 0 4 2 7 −5 0
Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away HUD KAH MIN NFT NJF QWJ SHR SNK TLB ZWR AMN ERB NFJ NFW NFM
Al-Hudood 2–0 1–0
Al-Kahrabaa 0–2 0–0 3–3
Al-Minaa 0–2 1–0
Al-Naft 1–0 1–1
Al-Najaf 1–0 3–0 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 2–1
Al-Shorta 1–1 3–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 0–3 2–0
Al-Talaba 1–1 3–1 2–1
Al-Zawraa 1–0 1–0
Amanat Baghdad 0–0 0–1
Erbil 2–1 2–3
Naft Al-Junoob 0–0 1–0
Naft Al-Wasat 0–1 1–0 1–0
Naft Maysan 0–1
Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Hat-tricks
Player name[5]Scored forScored againstGoalsResultDate of match
Aymen HusseinAl-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya33–022 February 2020

Awards
Award Winner[6] Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season Saad Abdul-Amir Al-Shorta

References
  1. "Season dates". TheBaghdadPost. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. "League draw". IQ-Pro. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. "League cancelled". Al-Maalomah. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. "Vice-chairman of the Iraq FA normalisation committee Shamel Kamel in dialogue with Al-Mada Paper". Al-Mada Paper. 1 July 2020.
  5. "Iraqi Premier League 2019/2020 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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