2011–12 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
The logo of the league in this season.
Season	2011–12
Champions	Arbil
AFC Cup	Arbil Dohuk
UAFA Cup	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Matches played	240
Goals scored	488 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hammadi Ahmed (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Arbil 5–0 Al-Taji (22 February 2012) Dohuk 5–0 Al-Shirqat (2 March 2012)
Biggest away win	Al-Hedood 0–6 Al Zawraa (7 April 2012)
Highest scoring	Al Zawraa 5-2 Al-Taji (14 March 2012)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Iraqi Premier League will be the 38th season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season began on 29 October 2011. Al Zawraa are the defending champions, having won their 12th league title the previous season.

A total of 20 teams are contesting the league, sixteen returning from the 2010–11 season and four promoted from the Iraq Division 1.

Changes from 2010–11

League's format

Twelve teams were relegated to the Iraq Division 1 after finishing in the bottom six spots, of the North Group and the South Group at the end of the 2010–11 season. Since 2003 the league has been divided in groups, this season there will be a traditional league format containing 20 clubs. From the 28 teams contested in the 2010–11 season 16 teams will remain in the league while the other twelve teams were relegated. And four teams from the Iraq Division 1 were promoted to the Iraqi Premier League.

The teams that were promoted from the First Division are Al-Hedood, Al-Shirqat, Al-Taji and Kirkuk FC

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Venue	Capacity	Notes
-	Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	50,000	Some matches
Al-Hedood	Baghdad
Al-Kahraba	Baghdad
Al-Karkh	Baghdad	Al Karkh Stadium	6,000
Al-Masafi	Baghdad	Al-Masafi Stadium	5,000
Al-Minaa	Basra	New Minaa Stadium	30,000	Under construction
Al-Naft	Baghdad	Al Naft Stadium	3,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium	10,000
Al-Shorta	Baghdad	Al Shorta Stadium	7,000
Al-Sinaa	Baghdad	Al Sina'a Stadium	10,000
Al-Shirqat	Kirkuk	Al Shirqat Stadium	5,000
Al-Taji	Baghdad	Al Taji Stadium	5,000
Al-Talaba	Baghdad	Al Karkh Stadium	6,000
Al-Zawraa	Baghdad	Al Zawraa Stadium	20,000
Arbil FC	Arbil	Franso Hariri Stadium	40,000
Baghdad FC	Baghdad	Baghdad Stadium	3,000
Dohuk FC	Dohuk	Duhok Stadium	20,000
Karbalaa FC	Karbalaa	Karbala Stadium	5,000
Kirkuk FC	Kirkuk	Kirkuk Stadium	5,000
Najaf FC	Najaf	An Najaf Stadium	10,000
Zakho FC	Zakho	Zakho Stadium	6,000

Personnel

Team	Manager
Al Hedood	Adel Nima
Al-Kahraba	Hasan Ahmed
Al Karkh	Ali Wahab
Al-Masafi	Nazar Ashraf
Al-Minaa	Rahim Hameed
Al-Naft	Sabah Abdul-Jalil
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Ayoub Odisho
Al-Shirqat FC	Adel Khdhaier
Al Shorta	Basim Qasim
Al-Sinaa	Qahtan Jatheer
Al Taji	Karim Hussain
Al Talaba	Jamal Ali
Al Zawraa	Yahya Alwan
Arbil FC	Nizar Mahrous
Baghdad FC	Karim Kurdy
Dohuk FC	Ayman El-Hakeem
Kirkuk FC	Usamah Nuri
Karbalaa FC	Nabeel Zaki
Najaf FC	Hatef Shumran
Zakho FC	Mohammad Qwayed

League table

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arbil	38	23	14	1	65	22	+43	83	2013 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Dohuk	38	21	13	4	56	21	+35	76	2013 AFC Cup Group stage
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	38	21	11	6	61	23	+38	74	2012–13 UAFA 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	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	37	46	-9	49
13	Al-Sinaa	38	10	17	11	29	32	-3	47
14	Al-Kahraba	38	12	10	16	50	55	-5	46
15	Karbala	38	10	14	14	38	44	-6	44
16	Al-Masafi	38	9	12	17	24	44	-20	39
17	Al-Karkh	38	8	10	20	32	49	-17	34	Relegation to the Iraq Division 1
18	Al-Taji	38	6	16	16	37	66	-29	34
19	Al-Shirqat	38	7	5	26	24	67	-43	26
20	Al-Hedood	38	1	7	30	26	82	-56	10

Update: 20 August

Champions

Champions
Arbil FC Fourth Title

Results

Home ╲ Away	Al-Hedood !HED	Al-Kahraba !KAH	Al-Karkh !KAR	Masafi Al-Wasat !MAS	Al-Mina'a !MIN	Al-Naft !NFT	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya !QWJ	Al-Shirqat !SHQ	Al-Shorta !SHR	Al-Sinaa !SIN	Al-Taji !TAJ	Al-Talaba !TLB	Al-Zawra'a !ZWR	Erbil !ERB	Amanat Baghdad !AMN	Duhok !DUH	Karbalaa !KRB	Kirkuk !KRK	Al-Najaf !NJF	Zakho !ZAK
Al-Hedood !Al-Hedood		1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–1	4–4	0–2	0–6	1–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–2
Al-Kahraba !Al-Kahraba	2–1		4–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3
Al-Karkh !Al-Karkh	1–0	1–1		1–2	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–1
Masafi Al-Wasat !Masafi Al-Wasat	1–0	0–3	0–1		2–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–3
Al-Mina'a !Al-Mina'a	3–0	2–3	2–0	0–1		0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–3	1–1	0–0
Al-Naft !Al-Naft	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya !Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–1	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	3–0		5–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	4–0	3–0	3–0
Al-Shirqat !Al-Shirqat	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2		0–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–6	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–2
Al-Shorta !Al-Shorta	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–5	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0
Al-Sinaa !Al-Sinaa	4–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		1–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Al-Taji !Al-Taji	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0		1–2	1–6	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1
Al-Talaba !Al-Talaba	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1
Al-Zawra'a !Al-Zawra'a	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	5–2	0–1		0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–2
Erbil !Erbil	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–0		3–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1
Amanat Baghdad !Amanat Baghdad	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2
Duhok !Duhok	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Karbalaa !Karbalaa	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–1		3–0	1–2	1–1
Kirkuk !Kirkuk	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1		1–1	2–1
Al-Najaf !Al-Najaf	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2		0–0
Zakho !Zakho	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–1

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.

References

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

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2011 in Asian Football (AFC)

« 2010 2012 »

Domestic leagues	Australia '10–'11 '11–'12 Bahrain '10–'11 '11–'12 Bangladesh '10–'11 Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Guam '11 '11–'12 Hong Kong '10–'11 '11–'12 India '10–'11 '11–'12 Indonesia '10–'11 ISL '11 LPI Iran '10–'11 '11–'12 Iraq '10–'11 '11–'12 Japan Jordan '10–'11 '11–'12 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '10–'11 '11–'12 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '10–'11 '11–'12 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '11 '11–'12 Oman '10–'11 '11–'12 Pakistan Palestine '10–'11 '11–'12 Philippines Qatar '10–'11 '11–'12 Saudi Arabia '10–'11 '11–'12 Singapore Sri Lanka '10–'11 '11–'12 Syria '10–'11 '11–'12 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '10–'11 '11–'12 Uzbekistan Vietnam '11 '12 (early rounds) Yemen '10–'11 '11–'12

Domestic cups	Bahrain Bangladesh Fed '11–'12 Ind '11 China Hong Kong Shield '10–'11 League Cup '10–'11 FA Cup Shield '11–'12 India Fed Cup Shield Durand Cup Iran '10–'11 '11–'12 Japan Emperor's Cup '10 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '11 Jordan FA Cup '10–'11 Shield FA Cup '11–'12 Korea Republic FA Cup League Cup Kuwait Fed Cup '10–'11 Crown Prince Cup '11 Emir Cup '11 Fed Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup '11–'12 Emir Cup '11–'12 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '10–'11 Elite Cup FA Cup '11–'12 Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Oman Philippines PFF Championship UFL Cup Qatar Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup Stars Cup '11–'12 Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions CP Cup '10–'11 '11–'12 Singpoare Singapore Cup League Cup Syria '10–'11 Thailand FA Cup League Cup Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Cup President's Cup UAE Emirates Cup '10–'11 President's Cup '10–'11 Emirates Cup '11–'12 President's Cup '11–'12 Uzbekistan Vietnam '11 '12 (early rounds)

Regional club competitions	2011 GCC Champions League

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2011 AFC Asian Cup 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2011 SAFF Championship

National team results	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

2012 in Asian Football (AFC)

« 2011 2013 »

Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '11–'12 '12–'13 Bahrain '11–'12 '12–'13 Bangladesh '12 '12–'13 Bhutan A-Division National League '12–'13 Brunei '12–'13 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Guam '11–'12 '12–'13 Hong Kong '11–'12 '12–'13 India '11–'12 '12–'13 Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '11–'12 '12–'13 Japan Jordan '11–'12 '12–'13 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '11–'12 '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '11–'12 '12–'13 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '11–'12 '12–'13 Northern Mariana Islands Oman '11–'12 '12–'13 Pakistan '12–'13 Palestine '11–'12 '12–'13 Philippines Qatar '11–'12 '12–'13 Saudi Arabia '11–'12 '12–'13 Singapore Sri Lanka '11–'12 Syria '11–'12 Tajikistan Thailand '11 (final rounds) '12 Turkmenistan UAE '11–'12 '12–'13 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '11–'12

Domestic cups	Bahrain Bangladesh '11–'12 '12 Brunei Cambodia '12 '12–'13 China Hong Kong Shield '11–'12 League Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12 Shield '12–'13 FA Cup '12–'13 India Fed Cup Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '12–'13 Japan Emperor's Cup '11 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '12 Jordan FA Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12–'13 Korea Republic Kuwait Emir Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup '12–'13 Fed Cup '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '11–'12 Elite Cup FA Cup '12–'13 Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Fed Cup '12–'13 Sultan Qaboos Cup '12–'13 Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Stars Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup Stars Cup '12–'13 Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions CP Cup '11–'12 '12–'13 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup '11 (final rounds) League Cup '11 (final) FA Cup '12 League Cup '12 Turkmenistan UAE Emirates Cup '11–'12 President's Cup '11–'12 Emirates Cup '12–'13 President's Cup '12–'13 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Regional club competitions	2012 GCC Champions League 2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 AFC Challenge Cup 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Arab Nations Cup 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship

National team results	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

2011–12 in Iraqi football

« 2010–11

2012–13 »

League competitions

Premier League

AFC competitions

AFC Cup

Related to national team

2011 AFC Asian Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Al Shorta Al Talaba Al Zawraa Al Minaa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad FC

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