2011–12 Iraqi Elite League

The 2011–12 Iraqi Elite League (known as the Asiacell Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The season began on 29 October 2011 and ended on 20 August 2012. It was played in a home-and-away round-robin format for the first time since the 2002–03 season.

Iraqi Elite League
Season2011–12
ChampionsErbil
(4th title)
RelegatedAl-Karkh
Al-Taji
Al-Shirqat
Al-Hudood
AFC CupErbil
Duhok
UAFA Club CupAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Matches played380
Goals scored839 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerHammadi Ahmed
(27 goals)
Biggest home winErbil 5–0 Al-Taji
(22 February 2012)
Duhok 5–0 Al-Shirqat
(2 March 2012)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5–0 Al-Shirqat
(19 June 2012)
Biggest away winAl-Hudood 0–6 Al-Zawraa
(7 April 2012)
Al-Shirqat 0–6 Duhok
(10 August 2012)
Highest scoringAl-Hudood 4–4 Al-Taji
(25 April 2012)
Longest winning run7 games
Erbil
Longest unbeaten run30 games
Erbil
Longest winless run26 games
Al-Hudood
Longest losing run9 games
Al-Hudood

Erbil won their fourth league title, earning 83 points from 38 games and losing just one match. Duhok finished as runners-up with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in third place.[1]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Erbil (C) 38 23 14 1 65 22 +43 83 Qualification for the AFC Cup
2 Duhok 38 21 13 4 57 21 +36 76
3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 21 11 6 61 23 +38 74 Qualification for the UAFA Club 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 Al-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 38 47 −9 49
13 Al-Sinaa 38 10 17 11 29 33 −4 47
14 Al-Kahrabaa 38 12 10 16 51 56 −5 46
15 Karbala 38 10 14 14 38 44 −6 44
16 Masafi Al-Wasat 38 9 12 17 24 44 −20 39
17 Al-Karkh (R) 38 8 10 20 32 49 −17 34 Relegation to the Iraqi Division One
18 Al-Taji (R) 38 6 16 16 37 66 −29 34
19 Al-Shirqat (R) 38 7 5 26 24 67 −43 26
20 Al-Hudood (R) 38 1 7 30 26 82 −56 10
Source: Goalzz
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away HUD KAH KAR MIN NFT NJF QWJ SHQ SHR SIN TAJ TLB ZWR BGD ERB DUH KRB KRK MAS ZAK
Al-Hudood 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–1 4–4 0–2 0–6 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
Al-Kahrabaa 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3
Al-Karkh 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
Al-Minaa 3–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–4 0–3 1–0 3–3 0–1 0–0
Al-Naft 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 0–0 1–1
Al-Najaf 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 4–0 3–0 3–0
Al-Shirqat 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–6 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–2
Al-Shorta 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–5 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Al-Sinaa 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Al-Taji 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–6 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Al-Talaba 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1
Al-Zawraa 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 5–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–2
Baghdad 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2
Erbil 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
Duhok 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Karbala 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1
Kirkuk 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1
Masafi Al-Wasat 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–3
Zakho 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Talaba–Al-Shirqat match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Talaba, as Al-Shirqat did not turn up for the game.
  2. The Karbala–Al-Zawraa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Zawraa, as Karbala did not turn up for the game.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1
 Hammadi Ahmed
27
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2
 Amjad Radhi
23
 Erbil
3 Saeed Mohsen 12 Zakho
Hussein Karim Duhok
5 Luay Salah 11 Erbil
Amjad Kalaf Al-Shorta
Husham Mohammed Al-Zawraa
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Al-Karkh / Duhok

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[2]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Hammadi Ahmed4Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Karkh4–02 February 2012
Iraq Amjad RadhiErbilAl-Minaa4–112 February 2012
Iraq Haider AbdulelahAl-NajafAl-Taji4–12 June 2012
Iraq Marwan HusseinAl-ZawraaAl-Taji6–117 August 2012
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

References
  1. "Iraqi League 2011–2012". Goalzz.
  2. "Iraqi Premier League 2011/2012 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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