2016–17 Iraqi Premier League

The 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2016–17‎) was the 43rd season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2016,[1] and ended on 10 August 2017.[2]

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (6th title)
Relegated	Al-Karkh Erbil
AFC Cup	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Zawraa
Arab Club Champions Cup	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Naft
Top goalscorer	Alaa Abdul-Zahra (23 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their sixth Premier League title, finishing four points ahead of second-placed Al-Naft and losing just one game throughout the campaign. It was the club's first league title since the 2004–05 season, and their manager Basim Qasim became the joint-most successful manager in the league's history with three titles.[3][4]

Teams

Baghdad

Basra

Al-Najaf
Naft Al-Wasat

Zakho

Erbil

Karbalaa

Naft Maysan

Al-Samawa

Baghdad teams
Al-Zawraa
Al-Talaba
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Naft
Al-Shorta
Amanat Baghdad
Al-Kahrabaa
Al-Karkh
Al-Hudood
Al-Hussein

Basra teams
Al-Minaa
Naft Al-Junoob
Al-Bahri

Locations of the 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League teams

Twenty teams were to compete in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the Iraq Division One. However, Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 rounds, so nineteen teams completed the season.

Al-Hussein were promoted as the leaders of the final stage after drawing 1–1 against Brayati on 19 July 2016, at Al-Shaab Stadium, to appear for the first time in their history in the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Bahri were promoted, to appear for the seventh time in the Iraqi Premier League (the first since 1990–91), as the runners-up after drawing with Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 2–2 on the same day at Al-Karkh Stadium.[5] They replace Duhok, who withdrew from the last season,[6] and Al-Sinaa.

Stadia and locations

Note 1: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Note 2: Italics indicates that a stadium is temporary.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity[7]
Al-Bahri	Basra	Al-Zubair Stadium	5,000
Al-Hudood	Baghdad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium	10,000
Al-Hussein	Baghdad	Five Thousand Stadium	5,000
Al-Kahrabaa	Baghdad	Al-Kahrabaa Stadium	2,000
Al-Karkh	Baghdad	Al-Karkh Stadium	5,000
Al-Minaa	Basra	Basra International Stadium	65,000
Al-Naft	Baghdad	Al-Naft Stadium	3,000
Al-Najaf	Najaf	Al-Najaf Stadium	12,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium	10,000
Al-Samawa	Samawa	Al-Samawa Stadium	10,000
Al-Shorta	Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	40,000
Al-Talaba	Baghdad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium	10,000
Al-Zawraa	Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	40,000
Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad	Amanat Baghdad Stadium	5,000
Erbil	Erbil	Franso Hariri Stadium	25,000
Karbalaa	Karbalaa	Karbalaa International Stadium	30,000
Naft Al-Junoob	Basra	Naft Al-Junoob Stadium	4,000
Naft Al-Wasat	Najaf	Naft Al-Wasat Stadium	5,000
Naft Maysan	Amara	Al-Maimuna Stadium	3,000
Zakho	Zakho	Zakho International Stadium	20,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (C)	36	23	12	1	59	23	+36	81	2018 AFC Cup 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
2	Al-Naft	36	22	11	3	61	17	+44	77	2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
3	Al-Shorta	36	21	12	3	55	26	+29	75
4	Al-Zawraa	36	21	9	6	67	28	+39	72	2018 AFC Cup[lower-alpha 1]
5	Naft Al-Wasat	36	19	11	6	45	26	+19	68
6	Al-Minaa	36	18	12	6	40	24	+16	66
7	Al-Talaba	36	14	12	10	51	38	+13	54
8	Amanat Baghdad	36	12	15	9	26	21	+5	51
9	Al-Najaf	36	12	13	11	41	38	+3	49
10	Naft Al-Junoob	36	8	15	13	36	42	−6	39
11	Naft Maysan	36	8	15	13	28	36	−8	39
12	Al-Hudood	36	8	14	14	35	46	−11	38
13	Al-Kahrabaa	36	8	14	14	24	36	−12	38
14	Al-Bahri	36	9	8	19	42	63	−21	35
15	Karbalaa	36	6	15	15	24	46	−22	33
16	Zakho	36	2	18	16	18	51	−33	24
17	Al-Hussein	36	3	14	19	23	52	−29	23
18	Al-Samawa	36	3	13	20	26	47	−21	22
19	Al-Karkh	36	3	11	22	24	65	−41	20	Relegated to Iraq Division One
20	Erbil[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Al-Zawraa qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.
2. Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 matches, with their results being annulled.

Results

Home \ Away	BAH	HUD	HUS	KAH	KAR	MIN	NFT	NJF	QWJ	SMA	SHR	TLB	ZWR	AMN	ERB	KRB	NFJ	NFW	NFM	ZAK
Al-Bahri		2–3	4–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–7	2–2	2–3	2–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2
Al-Hudood	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–3		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0
Al-Hussein	2–2	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1		0–3	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–0
Al-Kahrabaa	0–0	0–0	0–0		5–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0		2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0
Al-Karkh	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1		0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	–[lower-alpha 1]	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Al-Minaa	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–0		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1
Al-Naft	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0		3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	6–0
Al-Najaf	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–3	2–2		1–0	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	–[lower-alpha 1]	4–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	5–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0		3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	–[lower-alpha 1]	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Al-Samawa	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–2	0–1		2–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–0
Al-Shorta	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–3	4–1		1–0	0–0	1–0		2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–0
Al-Talaba	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		1–2	0–0	–[lower-alpha 1]	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	4–1
Al-Zawraa	3–0	1–0	6–4	4–0	4–1	4–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1		1–2	–[lower-alpha 1]	6–0	4–1	0–2	3–0	4–1
Amanat Baghdad	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0			1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Erbil[lower-alpha 2]		–[lower-alpha 1]		–[lower-alpha 1]										–[lower-alpha 1]		–[lower-alpha 1]		–[lower-alpha 1]
Karbalaa	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0			1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1
Naft Al-Junoob	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	–[lower-alpha 1]	3–1		0–1	2–2	1–1
Naft Al-Wasat	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0		2–1	2–1		2–0	0–0
Naft Maysan	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	0–0		1–1
Zakho	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–3[lower-alpha 3]	0–0	1–2	3–4	0–0	0–0[lower-alpha 4]	–[lower-alpha 1]	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Erbil's results against Al-Karkh (2–2 draw), Al-Hudood (2–2 draw), Zakho (1–0 win), Al-Kahrabaa (0–0 draw), Al-Zawraa (1–1 draw), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3–1 loss), Karbalaa (0–0 draw), Al-Talaba (0–0 draw), Naft Al-Junoob (1–0 loss), Amanat Baghdad (2–1 win), Naft Al-Wasat (1–1 draw) and Al-Najaf (1–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
2. Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 matches, with their results being annulled.
3. The Zakho–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after Zakho's players left the field on 80 minutes while losing 1–0 in protest at a refereeing decision.
4. The Zakho–Amanat Baghdad match was ended at 82 minutes due to supporters invading the pitch and confrontations between opposing players.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Al-Zawraa	23
2	Bassim Ali	Naft Al-Junoob	18
3	Hammadi Ahmad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	17
4	Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	15
5	Aymen Hussein	Al-Naft	14
	Abou Kone	Al-Talaba
	Ali Saad	Al-Karkh / Al-Naft

Hat-tricks

Player name[8]	Scored for	Scored against	Goals	Result	Date of match
Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	Al-Hudood	3	3–2	26 November 2016
Abou Kone	Al-Talaba	Al-Karkh	3	3–0	20 December 2016
Mohanad Ali	Al-Kahrabaa	Al-Karkh	4	5–3	4 January 2017
Abbas Abid	Zakho	Al-Talaba	3	3–4	11 January 2017
Yassir Abdul-Mohsen	Al-Talaba	Zakho	3	4–3	11 January 2017
Bassim Ali	Naft Al-Junoob	Al-Samawa	3	3–1	21 January 2017
Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Al-Zawraa	Al-Hussein	3	6–4	16 May 2017
Ali Saad	Al-Naft	Zakho	3	6–0	17 May 2017

Awards

Award	Winner[9]	Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season	Ali Raheem	Al-Zawraa

See also

• 2016–17 Iraq FA Cup

References

1. الاتحاد العراقي يعلن تغيير موعد انطلاق الدوري العراقي (in Arabic). iraqnewspaper.net. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
2. http://socceriraq.net/2017/08/10/al-quwa-al-jawiya-win-the-201617-iraqi-premier-league-title/
3. Goalzz.com
4. Soccerway
5. الحسين والبحري يتاهلان للدوري الممتاز العراقي (in Arabic). Kooora. 19 July 2016.
6. اتحاد الكرة يقرر انزال فريق دهوك الى دوري الدرجة الاولى (in Arabic). Mawazin News Agency. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
7. "Stadiums in Iraq". World Stadiums.
8. "Iraqi Premier League 2016/2017 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
9. "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

External links

• Iraqi Football Website