2001–02 Iraqi Elite League

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2001–02
Champions	Al-Talaba (5th title)
Relegated	Al-Ramadi Al-Diwaniya Al-Kadhimiya
AFC Champions League	Al-Talaba
Top goalscorer	Hashim Ridha (32 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League kicked off on September 22, 2001 and ended on May 17, 2002. Al-Talaba won their fifth league title, finishing six points ahead of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and eleven ahead of Al-Shorta. They also won the Iraq FA Cup that season to complete the double; they could have got a domestic treble but lost the Iraqi Elite Cup final to Al-Shorta.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Talaba (C)	38	29	4	5	89	18	+71	91	2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	38	26	7	5	86	29	+57	85
3	Al-Shorta	38	24	8	6	85	35	+50	80
4	Al-Zawraa	38	22	8	8	70	30	+40	74
5	Al-Najaf	38	22	8	8	59	25	+34	74
6	Erbil	38	20	12	6	61	32	+29	72
7	Duhok	38	19	12	7	60	38	+22	69
8	Al-Karkh	38	15	9	14	52	42	+10	54
9	Al-Minaa	38	14	10	14	42	44	–2	52
10	Al-Difaa Al-Jawiya	38	13	11	14	51	51	0	50
11	Al-Jaish	38	13	9	16	47	60	–13	48
12	Al-Samawa	38	11	9	18	27	46	–19	42
13	Al-Naft	38	9	10	19	35	53	–18	37
14	Samaraa	38	7	14	17	37	65	–28	35
15	Al-Nasiriya	38	8	11	19	34	76	–42	35
16	Al-Sinaa	38	6	14	18	29	53	–24	32
17	Kirkuk	38	7	11	20	27	61	–34	32
18	Al-Ramadi	38	8	4	26	27	73	–46	28	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
19	Al-Diwaniya	38	7	7	24	30	80	–50	28
20	Al-Kadhimiya	38	5	12	21	28	65	–37	27

Top goalscorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Hashim Ridha	32	Al-Shorta
2	Hussein Abdullah	29	Duhok
3	Ahmed Khudhair	23	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
4	Nasser Talla'a	21	Al-Minaa
5	Haidar Ayad	20	Al-Nasiriya

External links

• Iraqi Football Website