2013–14 Iraqi Premier League

The 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League was the 40th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Elite League to Iraqi Premier League, and the season began on 29 October 2013. The situation in Iraq caused by the war with ISIS began to worsen towards the end of spring 2014, with increased unrest in the country causing travel difficulties and concerns over the feasibility of scheduling the remaining fixtures, particularly with the month of Ramadan approaching.

Iraqi Premier League
Season2013–14
Dates29 October 2013 – 15 June 2014
(Season ended prematurely)
ChampionsNot awarded
AFC CupAl-Shorta
Erbil
Matches played177
Goals scored400 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerAli Salah
(14 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Shorta 5–0 Duhok
(29 November 2013)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5–0 Naft Maysan
(4 June 2014)
Biggest away winAl-Talaba 1–5 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(9 June 2014)
Highest scoringNaft Al-Junoob 2–5 Naft Maysan
(7 February 2014)
Longest winning run5 games
Al-Shorta
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Al-Shorta
Longest winless run11 games
Al-Najaf
Longest losing run6 games
Al-Najaf
← 2012–13
(Iraqi Elite League)

On 18 June 2014, after the end of round 23 of 30, the Iraq Football Association (IFA) announced in an official statement that it had decided to end the league at its current stage and consider the league table as final, without relegating any teams.[1] First-placed Al-Shorta and second-placed Erbil would not be crowned as champions and runners-up respectively,[2][3] but would be considered as such only for the purpose of enabling admission into the AFC Cup.[4][5]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Shorta 21 12 7 2 29 13 +16 43 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
2 Erbil 21 12 6 3 29 15 +14 42
3 Baghdad 23 11 7 5 33 22 +11 40
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 22 10 7 5 32 21 +11 37
5 Naft Al-Junoob 23 9 9 5 26 22 +4 36
6 Al-Zawraa 22 9 6 7 31 25 +6 33
7 Duhok 23 7 10 6 30 32 −2 31
8 Al-Talaba 22 9 4 9 28 30 −2 31
9 Al-Naft 23 8 6 9 26 27 −1 30
10 Zakho 21 8 5 8 21 26 −5 29
11 Al-Minaa 23 6 10 7 26 27 −1 28
12 Al-Karkh 22 7 4 11 20 25 −5 25
13 Naft Maysan 21 6 6 9 25 29 −4 24
14 Karbala 22 2 10 10 12 27 −15 16
15 Al-Najaf 23 3 7 13 14 31 −17 16
16 Masafi Al-Wasat 22 2 8 12 18 28 −10 14
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away KAR MIN NFT NJF QWJ SHR TLB ZWR BGD DUH ERB KRB MAS NFJ NFM ZAK
Al-Karkh 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–0
Al-Minaa 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Al-Naft 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1
Al-Najaf 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 5–0
Al-Shorta 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0
Al-Talaba 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–5 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–1
Al-Zawraa 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–4 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–2
Baghdad 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–1
Duhok 1–0 3–2 3–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0
Erbil 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Karbala 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0
Masafi Al-Wasat 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–3 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0
Naft Al-Junoob 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–5 4–0
Naft Maysan 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
Zakho 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Ali Salah Al-Talaba 14
2 Iraq Amjad Radhi Erbil 11
3 Iraq Marwan Hussein Al-Zawraa 10
4 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 9
5 Lebanon Khodor Salame Naft Maysan 8
Syria Omar Khribin Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Duhok

References
  1. "اتحاد الكرة ينهي رسميا مسابقة الدوري الممتاز بكرة القدم". Buratha News Agency. 18 June 2014.
  2. "اتحاد الكرة : اعلان انتهاء الدوري لايعني اعلان الشرطة بطلا له". Iraq FPG. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  3. "رئيس اتحاد الكرة: الشرطة ليس بطلا للدوري الممتاز". Karbala News. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021.
  4. "الاتحاد الكروي يكتفي بتسمية نادي الشرطة بطلا للدوري الممتاز على المستوى الخارجي فقط". Al-Forat News. 18 June 2014.
  5. "AFC Cup 2015: The contenders..." Asian Football Confederation. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016.
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