2005–06 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2005–06
Champions	Al-Zawraa; (11th title)
Relegated	Al-Karkh; Ararat; Al-Samawa; Al-Kadhimiya; Zakho; Al-Kut; Al-Sulaikh; Al-Amana
AFC Champions League	Al-Zawraa; Al-Najaf
Arab Champions League	Erbil
Top goalscorer	Sahib Abbas; (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Talaba 6–0 Ararat; (4 March 2006)
Biggest away win	Al-Amana 0–5 Al-Najaf; (9 December 2005); Al-Kut 0–5 Karbala; (3 March 2006)
Highest scoring	Karbala 4–2 Al-Kut; (9 December 2005); Al-Talaba 6–0 Ararat; (4 March 2006); Al-Talaba 4–2 Maysan; (26 March 2006)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 28, 2005. The 28 teams were split into four groups of seven. At the end of the group stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams) advanced to the Elite Stage. In the Elite Stage, these 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 semi-finals, followed by a third place match and the final. Al-Zawraa won the league without losing a match.^[1]

Group stage

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	TLB	DHK	ERB	SRW	KRK	ARR	ZKH
1	Al-Talaba	12	7	3	2	22	5	+17	24	Qualified to Elite Stage		2–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	6–0	4–0
2	Duhok	12	5	5	2	10	5	+5	20		1–0		0–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–0
3	Erbil	12	4	5	3	10	7	+3	17		0–0	0–1		4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
4	Sirwan	12	4	5	3	11	13	−2	17		0–0	1–1	0–0		2–1	3–0	1–0
5	Kirkuk	12	4	1	7	10	15	−5	13		2–3	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	0–2
6	Ararat	12	2	5	5	6	18	−12	11	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–0
7	Zakho	12	2	4	6	6	12	−6	10	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1

Source: Goalzz

Central Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ZWR	SMR	NJF	NFT	KHR	KDH	AMN
1	Al-Zawraa	12	9	3	0	29	9	+20	30	Qualified to Elite Stage		5–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0
2	Samarra	12	5	4	3	12	15	−3	19		1–4		3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0
3	Al-Najaf	12	5	3	4	19	10	+9	18		1–1	1–0		4–1	0–1	4–0	1–0
4	Al-Naft	12	4	6	2	14	15	−1	18		1–4	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–1
5	Al-Kahrabaa	12	3	6	3	14	12	+2	15		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	2–0
6	Al-Kadhimiya	12	0	7	5	6	15	−9	7	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2		2–2
7	Al-Amana	12	0	3	9	3	21	−18	3	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League	0–2	0–1	0–5	0–1	0–3	0–0

Source: Goalzz

Central Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	SHR	QWJ	JSH	SIN	DYL	KKH	SLK
1	Al-Shorta	12	9	3	0	21	4	+17	30	Qualified to Elite Stage		0–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	12	6	4	2	19	10	+9	22		1–1		2–2	1–1	1–0	5–2	4–1
3	Al-Jaish	12	5	3	4	12	10	+2	18		0–1	1–0		0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1
4	Al-Sinaa	12	3	5	4	7	10	−3	14		0–1	0–1	2–0		1–1	0–1	1–1
5	Diyala	12	3	4	5	5	9	−4	13		0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1		0–0	0–0
6	Al-Karkh	12	3	3	6	9	14	−5	12	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–0		0–0
7	Al-Sulaikh	12	0	4	8	5	21	−16	4	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2

Source: Goalzz

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	MIN	KRB	MYS	NFJ	SHT	SMW	KUT
1	Al-Minaa	12	8	3	1	22	9	+13	27	Qualified to Elite Stage		4–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–0
2	Karbala	12	8	2	2	27	15	+12	26		2–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2
3	Maysan	12	4	5	3	12	10	+2	17		0–0	3–1		2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
4	Naft Al-Junoob	12	4	2	6	11	13	−2	14		1–3	1–1	2–1		0–1	1–0	3–0^[a]
5	Al-Shatra	12	3	5	4	9	15	−6	14		1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0		1–1	3–2
6	Al-Samawa	12	1	6	5	11	13	−2	9	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–0		2–2
7	Al-Kut	12	1	3	8	8	25	−17	6	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League	0–0	0–5	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0

Source: Goalzz
Notes:

^ The Naft Al-Junoob–Al-Kut match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Al-Junoob after Al-Kut's players left the field during the match.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ERB	SMR	MIN
1	Erbil	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7	Qualified to Semi-finals		1–0	3–0
2	Samarra	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6		2–1		1–0
3	Al-Minaa	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4		2–2	2–1

Source: Goalzz

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZWR	DHK	JSH
1	Al-Zawraa	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	10	Qualified to Semi-finals		3–0^[a]	2–0
2	Duhok	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4		0–0		2–0
3	Al-Jaish	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	3		0–3	2–1

Source: Goalzz
Notes:

^ The Al-Zawraa–Duhok match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Zawraa, as Duhok turned up late to the game.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NJF	KRB	SHR
1	Al-Najaf	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	7	Qualified to Semi-finals		3–1	2–0
2	Karbala	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3	6		1–0		1–4
3	Al-Shorta	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4		0–0	1–2

Source: Goalzz

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	QWJ	TLB	MYS
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	Qualified to Semi-finals		0–1	3–0
2	Al-Talaba	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7		1–3		4–2
3	Maysan	4	0	2	2	4	9	−5	2		1–1	1–1

Source: Goalzz

Golden stage

Semi-finals				Final

Al-Najaf	4	1	5

Erbil	1	1	2
				Al-Zawraa (p)	0 (4)

				Al-Najaf	0 (3)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1	0	1

Al-Zawraa	1	2	3	Third place match


				Erbil (w/o)	3

				Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0

Semi-finals

First legs

21 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Al-Najaf	4–1	Erbil
Mohsen 3' Abdul-Razzaq 12', 82' Abbas 32'		Abdul-Wahid 90' (pen.)

Al-Najaf Stadium, Najaf

23 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1	Al-Zawraa
Mansoor 50'		Mohammed 3'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Second legs

26 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Erbil	1–0 at 60'	Al-Najaf
Al-Deen 60' (pen.)

Match abandoned due to crowd trouble
Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

31 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Erbil	1–1	Al-Najaf
Younis 89'		Falih 80'

Replay behind closed doors
Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Al-Najaf won 5–2 on aggregate

26 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Al-Zawraa	2–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Abdul-Zahra 59' Fawzi 82'

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players walked off the field at 90+3' due to crowd trouble
Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Zawraa won 3–1 on aggregate

Third place match

Erbil	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Match awarded as 3–0 win to Erbil as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were disqualified for the events that occurred during their semi-final second leg

Final

24 June 2006

13:30 GMT

Al-Zawraa	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Najaf

Penalties
Fawzi Kadhim Abdul-Amir Sabah Mubarak	4–3	Sultan Mohsen Jawad Omran Jassim

Sulaymaniya Stadium, Sulaymaniya

Referee: Kadhim Awda

Al-Zawraa

Al-Najaf



GK	30	Sarmad Rasheed
DF	2	Haidar Mahmoud (c)
DF	3	Yassir Raad
DF	28	Khaldoun Ibrahim	87'
DF	14	Haidar Abdul-Amir	71'
MF	18	Haitham Kadhim
MF	16	Mohannad Nassir	49'	72'
MF	13	Haidar Sabah	53'
MF	24	Wissam Zaki		100'
FW	12	Alaa Abdul-Zahra		67'
FW	8	Husham Mohammed
Substitutions:
FW	15	Hussam Fawzi		67'
MF	5	Ahmed Abid Ali		72'
FW	10	Muslim Mubarak		100'
Manager:
Salih Radhi



GK	21	Jassim Mohammed Hamad
DF	3	Uday Omran
DF	4	Haidar Aboodi
DF	5	Nabeel Abbas
DF	7	Chasib Sultan
MF	25	Hatim Sahib		78'
MF	18	Dhia Faleh	43'
MF	6	Karrar Jassim	69'
MF	22	Saeed Mohsen
FW	13	Falah Hassan (c)
FW	17	Yassir Abdul-Razzaq		95'
Substitutions:
FW	29	Ali Mohammed		78' 118'
DF	12	Qais Essa		95'
DF	18	Zaman Jawad	119'	118'
Manager:
Abdul-Ghani Shahad

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Sabhan Ahmed
- Ali Zaidan

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shootout if scores still level.

Season statistics

Top four positions

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Al-Zawraa	19	45	78.9%	2007 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Najaf	19	30	52.6%	2007 AFC Champions League
3	Erbil	19	28	49.1%	2006–07 Arab Champions League
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	19	30	52.6%

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Sahib Abbas	17	Karbala
2	Mustafa Karim	14	Al-Shorta
3	Husham Mohammed	9	Al-Zawraa
4	Ahmed Ali Kareem	7	Al-Samawa
	Alaa Kalaf		Al-Talaba
	Yassir Abdul-Razzaq		Al-Najaf
	Alaa Kadhim		Al-Talaba
	Nawaf Falah		Al-Minaa
	Qusay Abdul-Wahid		Erbil

Hat-tricks

Player^[2]	For	Against	Result	Date
Ahmed Salah	Al-Talaba	Kirkuk	3–0	1 November 2005
Alaa Kadhim	Al-Talaba	Zakho	4–0	15 November 2005
Sahib Abbas	Karbala	Al-Kut	4–2	9 December 2005
Sahib Abbas	Karbala	Al-Kut	5–0	3 March 2006
Alaa Kalaf	Al-Talaba	Ararat	6–0	4 March 2006
Karrar Jassim	Al-Najaf	Karbala	3–1	21 April 2006

References

^ "Iraqi League 2005–2006". Goalzz.com.
^ "Iraqi Premier League 2005/2006 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

Iraq Football Association

[table_note_NFJ_KUT0.40713099688624-2] The Naft Al-Junoob–Al-Kut match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Al-Junoob after Al-Kut's players left the field during the match.

[table_note_ZWR_DHK0.41865920900305-3] The Al-Zawraa–Duhok match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Zawraa, as Duhok turned up late to the game.

[1] "Iraqi League 2005–2006". Goalzz.com.

[4] "Iraqi Premier League 2005/2006 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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