2008–09 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2008-09
Champions	Arbil
Promoted	Al-Amana Al-Hedood Diyala Nassriya Salahaddin
Relegated	Al-Bareed Al-Hedood Diyala Karbalaa Maysan Sulaymaniyah
AFC Cup	Arbil Najaf
Goals scored	701
Average goals/game	2.2
Top goalscorer	Ahmad Salah (Arbil), 15 goals
Biggest home win	Najaf 6-1 Maysan
Biggest away win	Al-Kahraba 0-6 Arbil
Highest scoring	Najaf 6-1 Maysan
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008-09 season is the 35th edition of the Iraqi Premier League, It starts on 1 November 2008 and is scheduled to end on 16 July 2009. 28 teams from all over the country are competing for the title. Arbil FC are the defending champion.

Changes from 2007–08

The IFA decided to cancel the old group system, which was used from 2004 until 2008. This time, the 28 teams will be divided into two groups with each 14 teams. There will be a northern and southern group, with the clubs from the capital Baghdad being drawn into either one of these groups. After playing home and away games, the two group winners are going to play for the League title in a final. The two runners-up are playing for the third place. The league champions and runner-up will qualify for the 2010 AFC Cup. Furthermore, it was announced that this will be the last season featuring groups.

The draw for the groups was held on October 8, 2008 in Baghdad.

Members clubs

Club	District, City	Governorate	2007-2008 season	Notes
Arbil	Arbil	Arbil Governorate	Champion	AFC Cup 2009 Qualifier
Al-Zawraa	Karkh, Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Runner-up	AFC Cup 2009 Qualifier
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Rusafa, Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	3rd Place	Arab Champions League 2008-09 Qualifier
Dohuk	Dohuk	Dohuk Governorate	4th Place
Najaf	Najaf	Najaf Governorate	5th Place
Karbalaa	Karbalaa	Karbalaa Governorate	6th Place
Kirkuk	Kirkuk	Kirkuk Governorate	Elite Stage - Group A 3rd Place
Al-Minaa	Basra	Basra Governorate	Elite Stage - Group A 4th Place
Al-Sinaa	Rusafa, Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Elite Stage - Group A 5th Place
Al-Talaba	Rusafa, Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Elite Stage - Group B 3rd Place
Naft Al-Janoob	Basra	Basra Governorate	Elite Stage - Group B 4th Place
Al-Kahraba	Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Elite Stage - Group B 5th Place
Al-Shorta	Rusafa, Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Elite Stage - Group C 3rd Place
Peris	Dohuk	Dohuk Governorate	Elite Stage - Group C 4th Place
Al-Bareed	Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Baghdad Division 7th Place
Al-Naft	Rusafa, Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Baghdad Division 8th Place
Ramadi	Ramadi	Al-Anbar Governorate	Baghdad Division 9th Place
Sulaymaniyah	Sulaymaniyah	Sulaymaniyah Governorate	North Division 5th Place
Samarra	Samarra	Salahaddin Governorate	North Division 6th Place
Maysan	Amarah	Maysan Governorate	South Division 5th Place
Kufa	Kufa	Najaf Governorate	South Division 6th Place
Samawa	Samawa	Muthanna Governorate	South Division 7th Place
Al-Amana	Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Promoted
Al-Hedood	Baghdad	Baghdad Governorate	Promoted
Diyala	Baqubah	Diyala Governorate	Promoted
Nassriya	Nassriya	Dhi Qar Governorate	Promoted
Salahaddin	Tikrit	Salahaddin Governorate	Promoted

Bold - teams have won the league's title before.

Withdrawal

Club	District, City	Governorate	2007-2008 season	Notes
Mosul	Mosul	Ninawa Governorate	Withdrawn for Security reasons	Withdraw due to Financial problems

Group A

Last Update: 3 July 2009

Group A Standing


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Erbil !Erbil	26	20	4	2	55	17	+38	64	Championship play-off and AFC Cup 2010 Group stage
2	Duhok !Duhok	26	18	7	1	47	11	+36	61	Third place play-off
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya !Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	26	12	6	8	36	25	+11	42
4	Al-Naft !Al-Naft	26	11	6	9	23	26	−3	39
5	Peris !Peris	26	9	10	7	27	26	+1	37
6	Ramadi !Ramadi	26	10	7	9	29	30	−1	37
7	Samarra !Samarra	26	9	7	10	27	23	+4	34
8	Al-Shorta !Al-Shorta	26	8	10	8	29	29	0	34
9	Salahaddin !Salahaddin	26	8	9	9	24	27	−3	33
10	Al-Kahraba !Al-Kahraba	26	7	9	10	22	34	−12	30
11	Kirkuk !Kirkuk	26	6	9	11	18	25	−7	27
12	Sulaymaniyah !Sulaymaniyah	26	6	9	11	26	34	−8	27	Relegation to Iraq Division 1
13	Al-Hedood !Al-Hedood	26	4	7	15	15	33	−18	19
14	Diyala !Diyala	26	1	6	19	9	47	−38	9

Updated to games played on 3 July 2009.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group A Results

Home ╲ Away	Al-Hedood !HED	Al-Kahraba !KAH	Al-Naft !NFT	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya !QWJ	Al-Shorta !SHR	Erbil !ERB	Diyala !DYL	Duhok !DUH	Kirkuk !KRK	Peris !PER	Ramadi !RAM	Salahaddin !SAL	Samarra !SMR	Sulaymaniyah !SUL
Al-Hedood !Al-Hedood		0–1	0–3	2–3	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–4	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Al-Kahraba !Al-Kahraba	1–0		0–1	0–0	0–0	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1
Al-Naft !Al-Naft	1–0	1–0		1–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya !Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	2–1	2–2		4–1	0–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Al-Shorta !Al-Shorta	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2		1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–1
Erbil !Erbil	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–2
Diyala !Diyala	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–2		0–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–1
Duhok !Duhok	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–0		1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Kirkuk !Kirkuk	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–1		2–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–0
Peris !Peris	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	4–1	2–2	0–0		2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Ramadi !Ramadi	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0		0–0	0–1	1–1
Salahaddin !Salahaddin	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–1		0–0	1–3
Samarra !Samarra	2–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–2		2–0
Sulaymaniyah !Sulaymaniyah	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–4

Source: Goalzz.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group B

Last Update: 19 June 2009

Group B Standing


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Najaf !Al-Najaf	24	15	7	2	39	12	+27	52	Championship play-off and AFC Cup 2010 Group stage
2	Al-Amana !Al-Amana	24	13	11	0	37	15	+22	50	Third place play-off
3	Al-Talaba !Al-Talaba	24	14	5	5	32	15	+17	47
4	Al-Zawra'a !Al-Zawra'a	24	9	9	6	30	24	+6	36
5	Naft Al-Janoob !Naft Al-Janoob	24	9	9	6	27	23	+4	36
6	Al-Mina'a !Al-Mina'a	24	10	6	8	20	24	−4	36
7	Kufa !Kufa	24	7	11	6	24	24	0	32
8	Al-Sinaa !Al-Sinaa	24	4	15	5	17	18	−1	27
9	Nassriya !Nassriya	24	6	7	11	23	28	−5	25
10	Al-Samawa !Al-Samawa	24	5	8	11	15	25	−10	23
11	Karbalaa !Karbalaa	24	5	5	14	18	30	−12	20	Relegation to Iraq Division 1
12	Al-Bareed !Al-Bareed	24	3	6	15	11	30	−19	15
13	Maysan !Maysan	24	2	8	14	20	45	−25	14

Updated to games played on 19 June 2009.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B Results

Home ╲ Away	Al-Amana !AMN	Al-Bareed !BRD	Al-Mina'a !MIN	Al-Sinaa !SIN	Al-Talaba !TLB	Al-Zawra'a !ZWR	Karbalaa !KRB	Kufa !KUF	Maysan !MAY	Naft Al-Janoob !NFJ	Al-Najaf !NJF	Nassriya !NAS	Al-Samawa !SMA
Al-Amana !Al-Amana		1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Al-Bareed !Al-Bareed	0–1		2–0	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2
Al-Mina'a !Al-Mina'a	1–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0
Al-Sinaa !Al-Sinaa	0–1	1–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Al-Talaba !Al-Talaba	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		0–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–1
Al-Zawra'a !Al-Zawra'a	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–0
Karbalaa !Karbalaa	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	4–0
Kufa !Kufa	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1		3–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0
Maysan !Maysan	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	0–3	1–2	1–0
Naft Al-Janoob !Naft Al-Janoob	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–2		1–1	1–2	1–0
Al-Najaf !Al-Najaf	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	6–1	2–1		1–1	3–0
Nassriya !Nassriya	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2		1–2
Al-Samawa !Al-Samawa	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1

Championship play-off

The group winners will play-off for the championship, while the group runners-up will play for third- and fourth-place.

Table

Team 1	Score	Team 2
3rd Place Match
Al-Amana	0 - 1	Dohuk
Final
Najaf	0 - 0 (2 - 3 pk)	Arbil

3rd Place Match

Al-Amana v Dohuk

2009-07-15

Al-Amana	0 – 1	Dohuk
		Khalid Mushir 48'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq

The Final

Najaf v Arbil

2009-07-16

Najaf	0 – 0	Arbil

	Penalties
	2 – 3

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq

Champions

Champions

Arbil FC Third Title

Top scorers

Last Update: 16 July 2009

#		Team	Goals
1	Ahmad Salah	Arbil	15
2	Luay Salah	Arbil	11
3	Nasser Talla'a	Naft Al-Janoob	9
3	Sahib Abbas	Karbala	9
3	Hussein Kareem	Najaf	9
6	Salar Abdul-Jabar	Al-Zawraa	8
6	Ahmad Ijdayia	Al-Amana	8
6	Amar Ahmad	Ramadi	8
6	Amer Mushrif	Ramadi	8
6	Jassim Mohammed	Nassriya	8
11	Ali Mansour	Arbil	7
11	Nadim Karim	Al-Talaba	7
11	Alaa Assi	Najaf	7
11	Amjad Radhi	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	7
11	Ahmad Hanon	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	7
11	Sultan Jassib	Al-Minaa	7
11	Karrar Tariq	Salahaddin	7
11	Hammadi Ahmed	Samarra	7
11	Abbas Hasan	Al-Kahraba	7

References

Goalzz.com

External links

Iraqi Football Website

Iraqi Premier League

2016–17 clubs	Al-Bahri Al-Hedood Al-Hussein Al-Kahraba Al-Karkh Al-Minaa Al-Naft Al-Najaf Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Samawa Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa Amanat Baghdad Erbil Karbalaa Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Wasat Naft Maysan Zakho

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