2017–18 Iraqi Premier League

The 2017–18 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2017–18) was the 44th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 20 November 2017, and ended on 18 July 2018.[1][2] Al-Zawraa won a record 14th title, finishing four points ahead of both the previous season's champions and runners-up (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Naft respectively) and five points ahead of Al-Shorta.

Iraqi Premier League
Season2017–18
Dates20 November 2017 – 18 July 2018
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(14th title)
RelegatedKarbala
Zakho
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Zawraa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Matches played380
Goals scored859 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerWissam Saadoun
(24 goals)
Biggest home winNaft Al-Wasat 5–0 Karbala
(25 November 2017)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5–0 Al-Hussein
(9 July 2018)
Highest scoringKarbala 3–4 Al-Bahri
(28 June 2018)
Longest winning run9 games
Al-Zawraa
Longest unbeaten run26 games
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Longest winless run16 games
Zakho
Longest losing run9 games
Karbala
Al-Hussein

Teams
Team[3][4][5][6] Location[4] Stadium Capacity[7]
Al-Bahri Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Al-Diwaniya Diwaniya Afak Stadium 5,000
Al-Hudood Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Hussein Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Minaa Basra Basra International Stadium 65,227
Al-Naft Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Najaf Najaf Al-Najaf Stadium 10,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Samawa Samawa Al-Samawa Stadium 5,000
Al-Shorta Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Talaba Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Zawraa Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Amanat Baghdad Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Karbala Karbala Karbala International Stadium 30,000
Naft Al-Junoob Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Naft Al-Wasat Najaf Al-Najaf Stadium 10,000
Naft Maysan Amara Maysan Olympic Stadium 15,000
Zakho Zakho Zakho International Stadium 20,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 38 26 10 2 66 26 +40 88 Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 25 9 4 66 23 +43 84 Qualification for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
3 Al-Naft 38 24 12 2 59 20 +39 84
4 Al-Shorta 38 24 11 3 69 24 +45 83
5 Al-Kahrabaa 38 15 13 10 39 30 +9 58
6 Al-Najaf 38 13 16 9 51 40 +11 55
7 Amanat Baghdad 38 14 11 13 31 34 −3 53
8 Naft Maysan 38 13 10 15 45 37 +8 49
9 Naft Al-Wasat 38 10 19 9 42 38 +4 49
10 Naft Al-Junoob 38 12 13 13 34 41 −7 49
11 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 38 12 11 15 46 46 0 47
12 Al-Samawa 38 11 11 16 42 50 −8 44
13 Al-Hudood 38 11 10 17 40 45 −5 43
14 Al-Talaba 38 11 10 17 43 59 −16 43
15 Al-Minaa 38 8 17 13 34 47 −13 41
16 Al-Bahri 38 8 14 16 41 55 −14 38
17 Al-Diwaniya 38 7 10 21 32 58 −26 31
18 Al-Hussein 38 5 12 21 26 58 −32 27
19 Karbala (R) 38 7 6 25 26 76 −50 27 Relegation to the Iraqi Division One
20 Zakho (R) 38 5 13 20 27 52 −25 25[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Zakho were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay the salary of their Libyan player Salem Elmslaty on time.

Results
Home \ Away BAH DIW HUD HUS KAH MIN NFT NJF QWJ SMA SHR SNK TLB ZWR AMN KRB NFJ NFW NFM ZAK
Al-Bahri 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–4 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0
Al-Diwaniya 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Al-Hudood 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Al-Hussein 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 3–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Kahrabaa 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Al-Minaa 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Al-Naft 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Al-Najaf 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–3 1–0 1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 5–1
Al-Samawa 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–3[lower-alpha 3] 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 4] 1–0 1–2 2–1
Al-Shorta 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–0[lower-alpha 5] 0–0 4–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 0–0 0–0 5–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 4–2 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Al-Talaba 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–4 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1
Al-Zawraa 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Amanat Baghdad 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1
Karbala 3–4 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–5 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–4 0–3[lower-alpha 6] 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Naft Al-Junoob 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Naft Al-Wasat 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Naft Maysan 3–1 1–0 3–2 5–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1[lower-alpha 7] 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–1
Zakho 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Hussein–Al-Minaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Hussein after Al-Minaa, who started the game with 7 players, had their player Sajad Kamel go off injured a few minutes into the game.
  2. The Al-Minaa–Al-Naft match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Naft after Al-Minaa, who started the game with 8 players, had two of their players go off injured in the first ten minutes.
  3. The Al-Samawa–Al-Naft match originally ended 1–1 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Naft due to Al-Samawa fielding the ineligible player Mohammed Hassan.
  4. The Al-Samawa–Naft Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Samawa, as Naft Al-Junoob did not turn up for the game.
  5. The Al-Shorta–Al-Minaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Minaa did not turn up for the game.
  6. The Karbala–Al-Talaba match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Talaba, as Karbala was prevented from turning up for the game due to having not paid rent on the Karbala International Stadium where they were to host the match.
  7. The Naft Maysan–Al-Najaf match was ended at half-time with the score at 3–1 after Al-Najaf refused to take to the field for the second half in protest at refereeing decisions.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player[8] Club Goals[9]
1 Iraq Wissam Saadoun Naft Maysan 24
2 Iraq Amjad Radhi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 23
3 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Shorta 22
4 Iraq Alaa Abbas Naft Al-Wasat 21
5 Iraq Mohammed Dawood Al-Naft 18
Iraq Manar Taha Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[10]ForAgainstResultDate
Ivory Coast Aboubakar KonéAl-KahrabaaAl-Talaba4–010 December 2017
Ivory Coast Aboubakar KonéAl-KahrabaaAl-Samawa3–215 December 2017
Iraq Mohammed DawoodAl-NaftAl-Diwaniya4–028 January 2018
Iraq Wissam SaadounNaft MaysanAl-Talaba3–031 March 2018
Iraq Manar TahaAl-Sinaat Al-KahrabaiyaAl-Talaba4–214 April 2018
Iraq Mustafa KarimAl-MinaaAl-Diwaniya4–229 April 2018
Iraq Wissam SaadounNaft MaysanAl-Hussein5–123 June 2018

Awards
Award Winner[11] Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season Iraq Ali Raheem Al-Zawraa

See also

References
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  2. FIFA.com
  3. "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. Karel Stokkermans. "Iraq 2017/18". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. "Iraqi Premier League 2017/18". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "League Table". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. "Stadiums in Iraq". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  8. "Iraqi League: Players". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  9. "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018: Goal Scorers". Goalzz. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  10. "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  11. "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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