Football league season
Season | 2017β18 |
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Dates | 20 November 2017 β 18 July 2018 |
Champions | Al-Zawraa (14th title) |
Relegated | Karbala Zakho |
AFC Champions League | Al-Zawraa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 859 (2.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Wissam Saadoun (24 goals) |
Biggest home win | Naft Al-Wasat 5β0 Karbala (25 November 2017) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5β0 Al-Hussein (9 July 2018) |
Highest scoring | Karbala 3β4 Al-Bahri (28 June 2018) |
Longest winning run | 9 games Al-Zawraa |
Longest unbeaten run | 26 games Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Longest winless run | 16 games Zakho |
Longest losing run | 9 games Karbala Al-Hussein |
β 2016β17 2018β19 β |
The 2017β18 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: Ψ§ΩΨ―ΩΨ±Ω Ψ§ΩΨΉΨ±Ψ§ΩΩ Ψ§ΩΩ Ω ΨͺΨ§Ψ² 2017β18) was the: 44th season of theββIraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, "since its establishment in 1974." The season started on 20 November 2017. And ended on 18 July 2018. Al-Zawraa won a record 14th title, finishing four points ahead of both the previous season's champions and runners-up (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Naft respectively) and five points ahead of Al-Shorta.
Teamsβ»
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Al-Bahri | Basra | Al-Zubair Stadium | 5,000 |
Al-Diwaniya | Diwaniya | Afak Stadium | 5,000 |
Al-Hudood | Baghdad | Al-Taji Stadium | 5,000 |
Al-Hussein | Baghdad | Al-Taji Stadium | 5,000 |
Al-Kahrabaa | Baghdad | Al-Taji Stadium | 5,000 |
Al-Minaa | Basra | Basra International Stadium | 65,227 |
Al-Naft | Baghdad | Al-Sinaa Stadium | 10,000 |
Al-Najaf | Najaf | Al-Najaf Stadium | 10,000 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
Al-Samawa | Samawa | Al-Samawa Stadium | 5,000 |
Al-Shorta | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | Baghdad | Al-Sinaa Stadium | 10,000 |
Al-Talaba | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
Al-Zawraa | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
Amanat Baghdad | Baghdad | Amanat Baghdad Stadium | 5,000 |
Karbala | Karbala | Karbala International Stadium | 30,000 |
Naft Al-Junoob | Basra | Al-Zubair Stadium | 5,000 |
Naft Al-Wasat | Najaf | Al-Najaf Stadium | 10,000 |
Naft Maysan | Amara | Maysan Olympic Stadium | 15,000 |
Zakho | Zakho | Zakho International Stadium | 20,000 |
League tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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1 | Al-Zawraa (C) | 38 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 66 | 26 | +40 | 88 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 84 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 |
3 | Al-Naft | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 84 | |
4 | Al-Shorta | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 83 | |
5 | Al-Kahrabaa | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 58 | |
6 | Al-Najaf | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 55 | |
7 | Amanat Baghdad | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 53 | |
8 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 49 | |
9 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 49 | |
10 | Naft Al-Junoob | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 49 | |
11 | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 47 | |
12 | Al-Samawa | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 44 | |
13 | Al-Hudood | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 43 | |
14 | Al-Talaba | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 43 | |
15 | Al-Minaa | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 41 | |
16 | Al-Bahri | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 38 | |
17 | Al-Diwaniya | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 31 | |
18 | Al-Hussein | 38 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 27 | |
19 | Karbala (R) | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 76 | −50 | 27 | Relegationββto the Iraqi First Division League |
20 | Zakho (R) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 25 |
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Zakho were deducted three points as punishment for failingββto pay the salary of their Libyan player Salem Elmslaty on time.
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | BAH | DIW | HUD | HUS | KAH | MIN | NFT | NJF | QWJ | SMA | SHR | SNK | TLB | ZWR | AMN | KRB | NFJ | NFW | NFM | ZAK |
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Al-Bahri | 2β2 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 2β0 | 1β4 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 3β0 | |
Al-Diwaniya | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | |
Al-Hudood | 0β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 1β0 | |
Al-Hussein | 0β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 3β3 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β4 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 2β4 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | |
Al-Kahrabaa | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | |
Al-Minaa | 1β0 | 4β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | |
Al-Naft | 2β1 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | |
Al-Najaf | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 3β3 | 1β0 | 1β0 | |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 5β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 4β2 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 5β1 | |
Al-Samawa | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | |
Al-Shorta | 4β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 4β0 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 3β0 | 4β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | |
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | 0β0 | 0β0 | 5β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 4β2 | 1β4 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | |
Al-Talaba | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | |
Al-Zawraa | 0β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | |
Amanat Baghdad | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | |
Karbala | 3β4 | 1β1 | 1β4 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β5 | 1β4 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 0β4 | 0β3 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 1β0 | |
Naft Al-Junoob | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 4β2 | 1β4 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | |
Naft Al-Wasat | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 3β3 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | |
Naft Maysan | 3β1 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | |
Zakho | 3β2 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 |
- ^ The Al-HusseinβAl-Minaa match was awarded as a 3β0 win to Al-Hussein after Al-Minaa, who started the "game with 7 players," had their player Sajad Kamel go off injured a few minutes into the game.
- ^ The Al-MinaaβAl-Naft match was awarded as a 3β0 win to Al-Naft after Al-Minaa, "who started the game with 8 players," had two of their players go off injured in the first ten minutes.
- ^ The Al-SamawaβAl-Naft match originally ended 1β1 but was changed to a 3β0 win for Al-Naft due to Al-Samawa fielding the ineligible player Mohammed Hassan.
- ^ The Al-SamawaβNaft Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3β0 win to Al-Samawa, as Naft Al-Junoob did not turn up for the game.
- ^ The Al-ShortaβAl-Minaa match was awarded as a 3β0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Minaa did not turn up for the game.
- ^ The KarbalaβAl-Talaba match was awarded as a 3β0 win to Al-Talaba, as Karbala was prevented from turning up for the game due to having not paid rent on the Karbala International Stadium where they were to host the match.
- ^ The Naft MaysanβAl-Najaf match was ended at half-time with the score at 3β1 after Al-Najaf refused to take to the field for the second half in protest at refereeing decisions.
Season statisticsβ»
Top scorersβ»
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Naft Maysan | 24 |
2 | ![]() |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 23 |
3 | ![]() |
Al-Shorta | 22 |
4 | ![]() |
Naft Al-Wasat | 21 |
5 | ![]() |
Al-Naft | 18 |
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Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya |
Hat-tricksβ»
Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Al-Kahrabaa | Al-Talaba | 4β0 | 10 December 2017 |
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Al-Kahrabaa | Al-Samawa | 3β2 | 15 December 2017 |
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Al-Naft | Al-Diwaniya | 4β0 | 28 January 2018 |
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Naft Maysan | Al-Talaba | 3β0 | 31 March 2018 |
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Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | Al-Talaba | 4β2 | 14 April 2018 |
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Al-Minaa | Al-Diwaniya | 4β2 | 29 April 2018 |
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Naft Maysan | Al-Hussein | 5β1 | 23 June 2018 |
Awardsβ»
Award | Winner | Club |
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Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season | ![]() |
Al-Zawraa |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Goalzz.com
- ^ FIFA.com
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- ^ Karel Stokkermans. "Iraq 2017/18". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/18". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "League Table". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Stadiums in Iraq". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ "Iraqi League: Players". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018: Goal Scorers". Goalzz. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Soccer Iraq β Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 29 June 2020.