2004–05 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2004–05
Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (5th title)
Relegated	Balad Al-Dasinia Al-Estiqlal Al-Nasiriya Al-Ramadi Al-Sulaymaniya Al-Shuala Al-Basra Al-Mosul Babil Salahaddin Al-Diwaniya
AFC Champions League	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Minaa
Arab Champions League	Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa
Top goalscorer	Mustafa Karim (15 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 20, 2004. Due to the War in Iraq, many games were suspended during duration, postponed, or cancelled.

The 36 teams were split into four groups. At the end of the group stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams), advanced to the second round, while the bottom three in each group were demoted to the lower division.

In the second round, the 12 teams were split into four groups of three, with teams playing home and away against each team in their group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups moved on to the playoffs. The four remaining teams contested two-legged semi-finals to determine who played for the championship game; a single match held in Baghdad. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their fifth Premier League title with a 2–0 victory over Al-Minaa.

Name changes

• Peris renamed to Al-Dasinia.

Group stage

North Group

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	16	8	7	1	18	7	+11	31
2	Duhok	16	8	5	3	20	9	+11	29
3	Erbil	16	6	6	4	24	18	+6	24
4	Zakho	16	6	6	4	14	15	–1	24
5	Kirkuk	16	5	5	6	19	19	0	20
6	Sirwan	16	4	7	5	13	16	–3	19
7	Al-Dasinia	16	4	6	6	15	16	–1	18
8	Al-Sulaymaniya	16	3	6	7	12	24	–12	15
9	Al-Mosul	16	2	4	10	13	24	–11	10

	Qualified to Elite Stage
	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Euphrates Group

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa	16	12	4	0	46	9	+37	40
2	Al-Najaf	16	11	4	1	33	7	+26	37
3	Karbalaa	16	8	4	4	24	18	+6	28
4	Al-Sinaa	16	7	3	6	23	20	+3	24
5	Al-Jaish	16	5	3	8	20	24	–4	18
6	Al-Kadhimiya	16	3	7	6	15	24	–9	16
7	Al-Estiqlal	16	4	4	8	13	25	–12	16
8	Al-Shuala	16	3	1	12	14	37	–23	10
9	Babil	16	2	4	10	13	37	–24	10

	Qualified to Elite Stage
	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Central Group

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Talaba	16	8	4	4	26	13	+13	28
2	Al-Naft	16	7	6	3	23	14	+9	27
3	Al-Karkh	16	8	3	5	20	11	+9	27
4	Al-Kahrabaa	16	8	2	6	35	17	+18	26
5	Diyala	16	6	7	3	18	16	+2	25
6	Samaraa	16	6	5	5	8	12	–4	23
7	Balad	16	6	3	7	14	18	–4	21
8	Al-Ramadi	16	4	4	8	15	23	–8	16
9	Salahaddin	16	0	4	12	6	41	–35	4

	Qualified to Elite Stage
	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

South Group

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Minaa	14	9	2	3	22	5	+17	29
2	Al-Kut	14	8	2	4	18	17	+1	26
3	Al-Shorta	14	7	3	4	25	11	+14	24
4	Al-Samawa	14	6	3	5	19	12	+7	21
5	Maysan	14	4	8	2	14	12	+2	20
6	Naft Al-Junoob	14	4	4	6	14	24	–10	16
7	Al-Nasiriya	14	2	3	9	15	27	–12	9
8	Al-Basra	14	1	5	8	11	30	–19	8
9	Al-Diwaniya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Note: Al-Diwaniya withdrew after 8 games and all their results were annulled.

	Qualified to Elite Stage
	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Elite stage

Group 1

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Minaa	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9
2	Karbalaa	4	1	1	2	6	8	–2	4
3	Duhok	4	1	1	2	5	7	–2	4

Qualified to semi-finals

Group 2

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Talaba	4	2	2	0	3	0	+3	8
2	Al-Naft	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
3	Al-Karkh	4	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1

Qualified to semi-finals

Group 3

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8
2	Al-Najaf	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	8
3	Al-Shorta	4	0	0	4	1	8	–7	0

Qualified to semi-finals

Group 4

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	9
2	Erbil	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9
3	Al-Kut	4	0	0	4	2	11	–9	0

Qualified to semi-finals

Golden stage

Semi-finals

First legs

6 July 2005

Al-Zawraa	0–1	Al-Minaa
		28' (pen.) Abdul-Kadhim

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

7 July 2005

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	Al-Talaba
Saddam 24'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Second legs

11 July 2005

Al-Minaa	0–0	Al-Zawraa

Basra

Al-Minaa won 1–0 on aggregate

11 July 2005

Al-Talaba	2–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Turki  46' Nasser 67' Abbas 69'		7' Mohammed 63' Khudhair

Baghdad

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 3–2 on aggregate

Third place match

14 July 2005

Al-Zawraa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Talaba
Abdul-Jabar 65'		57' Karim
Penalties
	2–4

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Final

15 July 2005

Al-Minaa	0–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
		58' Salah 67' (o.g.) Essa

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Champions
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5th Title

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	23	47	68.1%	2006 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Minaa	21	42	66.7%	2006 AFC Champions League
3	Al-Talaba	23	38	55.1%	2005–06 Arab Champions League
4	Al-Zawraa	23	50	72.5%	2005–06 Arab Champions League
Eliminated in the Elite Stage
5	Erbil	20	33	55.0%
6	Al-Najaf	20	45	75.0%
7	Al-Naft	20	34	56.7%
8	Karbalaa	20	32	53.3%
9	Duhok	20	33	55.0%
10	Al-Karkh	20	28	46.7%
11	Al-Shorta	18	24	44.4%
12	Al-Kut	18	26	48.1%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
13	Al-Kahrabaa	16	26	54.2%
14	Al-Samawa	14	21	50.0%
15	Al-Sinaa	16	24	50.0%
16	Zakho	16	24	50.0%
17	Diyala	16	25	52.1%
18	Maysan	14	20	47.6%
19	Kirkuk	16	20	41.7%
20	Al-Jaish	16	18	37.5%
21	Samaraa	16	23	47.9%
22	Sirwan	16	19	39.6%
23	Naft Al-Junoob	14	16	38.1%
24	Al-Kadhimiya	16	16	33.3%
Relegated
25	Balad	16	21	43.8%
26	Al-Dasinia	16	18	37.5%
27	Al-Estiqlal	16	16	33.3%
28	Al-Nasiriya	14	9	21.4%
29	Al-Ramadi	16	16	33.3%
30	Al-Sulaymaniya	16	15	31.3%
31	Al-Shuala	16	10	20.8%
32	Al-Basra	14	8	19.0%
33	Al-Mosul	16	10	20.8%
34	Babil	16	10	20.8%
35	Salahaddin	16	4	8.3%
36	Al-Diwaniya	0	0	0.0%

Top goalscorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Mustafa Karim	15	Al-Kahrabaa
2	Ali Mohammed	12	Al-Najaf
3	Mohammed Kalaf	10	Al-Naft
	Abbas Hassan	10	Al-Zawraa
5	Khalid Harbi	9	Al-Nasiriya

External links

• Iraqi Football Website