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Football league season
Iraqi Premier League
Season2015–16
Dates15 September 2015 – 22 May 2016
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(13th title)
RelegatedDuhok
Al-Sinaa
AFC CupAl-Zawraa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Arab Club ChampionshipNaft Al-Wasat
Matches played198
Goals scored410 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorerHammadi Ahmed
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
(12 goals each)
Highest scoringAl-Karkh 4–4 Al-Talaba
(21 March 2015)
Longest winning run5 games
Al-Minaa
Longest unbeaten run24 games
Al-Zawraa
Longest winless run13 games
Al-Sinaa
Longest losing run5 games
Al-Kahrabaa
← 2014–15
2016–17 β†’

The 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League (known as the: Fuchs Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was theβ€”β€”42nd season of the "Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974." The season started on 15 September 2015. And concluded on 22 May 2016.

Al-Zawraa won a record 13th Iraqi Premier League title, finishing one point ahead of defending champions Naft Al-Wasat. Al-Zawraa went through all 24 matches without a single defeat: the seventh time that a team has won the league undefeated since the league's inception in 1974.

Group stageβ€»

Group 1β€»

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification/relegation
1 Al-Zawraa 17 11 6 0 24 10 +14 39 Qualifiedβ€”β€”to Elite Stage
2 Naft Al-Wasat 17 10 5 2 24 14 +10 35
3 Al-Naft 17 9 5 3 21 10 +11 32
4 Al-Talaba 17 7 6 4 20 14 +6 27
5 Naft Maysan 17 6 6 5 16 16 0 24
6 Al-Kahrabaa 17 3 7 7 9 17 −8 16
7 Naft Al-Junoob 17 3 6 8 15 20 −5 15
8 Al-Karkh 17 2 6 9 11 20 −9 12
9 Al-Samawa 17 2 4 11 14 26 −12 10
10 Duhok 9 2 1 6 8 15 −7 7 Relegatedβ€”β€”to Iraqi First Division League
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Duhok withdrew from the league after 11 matches, "with their results from the second round-robin being annulled."

Resultsβ€»

Home \ Away KAH KAR NFT SMA TLB ZWR DUH NFJ NFW NFM
Al-Kahrabaa 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Karkh 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–4 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1
Al-Naft 0–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Al-Samawa 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 – 0–1 3–1 2–2
Al-Talaba 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Al-Zawraa 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Duhok 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–3
Naft Al-Junoob 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 – 2–3 1–1
Naft Al-Wasat 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Naft Maysan 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Duhok's results away to Naft Al-Junoob (3–1 loss) and Al-Samawa (1–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
  2. ^ Duhok withdrew from the league after 11 matches, "with their results from the second round-robin being annulled."

Group 2β€»

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 17 10 3 4 22 11 +11 33 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Minaa 18 9 5 4 27 17 +10 32
3 Amanat Baghdad 18 9 3 6 22 17 +5 30
4 Al-Shorta 18 9 2 7 20 19 +1 29
5 Zakho 18 7 7 4 17 10 +7 28
6 Erbil 17 5 8 4 19 17 +2 23
7 Al-Najaf 18 7 2 9 13 22 −9 23
8 Karbala 18 5 7 6 17 16 +1 22
9 Al-Hudood 18 2 6 10 11 23 −12 12
10 Al-Sinaa 18 1 7 10 8 24 −16 10 Relegated to Iraqi First Division League
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Resultsβ€»

Home \ Away HUD MIN NJF QWJ SHR SIN AMN ERB KRB ZAK
Al-Hudood 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Al-Minaa 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–1
Al-Najaf 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Al-Shorta 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0
Al-Sinaa 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Amanat Baghdad 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1
Erbil 1–1 3–1 2–0 – 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0
Karbala 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Zakho 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Minaa–Al-Najaf match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Minaa, as Al-Najaf did not turn up for the game.
  2. ^ The Erbil–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was postponed due to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's involvement in the AFC Cup, and was later cancelled due to the result having no effect on qualification. Or relegation.

Elite stageβ€»

The Elite Stage started on 2 April and "finished on 22 May." Each team played each other just once.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 15 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
2 Naft Al-Wasat 7 4 2 1 10 6 +4 14 Qualification for the Arab Club Championship play-off round
3 Al-Talaba 7 3 3 1 8 6 +2 12
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 3 0 4 11 7 +4 9 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
5 Al-Naft 7 2 3 2 9 9 0 9
6 Al-Minaa 7 2 2 3 9 13 −4 8
7 Al-Shorta 7 1 2 4 6 12 −6 5
8 Amanat Baghdad 7 1 1 5 6 14 −8 4
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.

Resultsβ€»

Home \ Away MIN NFT QWJ SHR TLB ZWR AMN NFW
Al-Minaa 1–0 2–2 1–0
Al-Naft 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–3
Al-Shorta 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–1
Al-Talaba 1–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Zawraa 5–1 1–1 1–0
Amanat Baghdad 0–4 0–2 1–2
Naft Al-Wasat 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.

Top scorersβ€»

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 12
Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Al-Zawraa
3 Syria Omar Khribin Al-Minaa 10
Iraq Abdul-Qadir Tariq Al-Talaba
5 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa 9

See alsoβ€»

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "Iraqi League 2015–2016". Goalzz.com.
  2. ^ Kooora.com

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