2009–10 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2009–10
Champions	Duhok (1st title)
Relegated	Al-Kufa Kirkuk Al-Hudood Al-Shirqat Salahaddin Al-Samawa Al-Etisalat Masafi Al-Junoob Maysan Peris
AFC Cup	Duhok Al-Talaba Erbil (invited)
Top goalscorer	Amjad Radhi (31 goals)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was the 36th edition of the competition. It was initially set to start in October 2009, but was later rescheduled for December, with an additional qualifying round to determine a 36-team league. The season saw Duhok crowned as champions for the first time ever.

Name changes

• Al-Amana renamed to Baghdad.
• Al-Etisalat Wal-Bareed renamed to Al-Etisalat.

Group stage

North Group

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¹ Peris withdrew from the league after playing half of their group stage games and were automatically placed in last position. Their results were not discounted.

Elite stage

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1	Al-Talaba	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Advance to semi-finals
2	3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9
3	2	Al-Shorta	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9

Golden stage

Semi-finals

First legs

27 August 2010

Erbil	0–1	Al-Talaba
Bangoura 60' H. Mulla Mohammed 90+12'		20' A. Mohammed  40' Kadhim  71' Al-Hail

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

27 August 2010

Duhok	5–1	Al-Zawraa
Ismail 15', 52' J. Mohammed 36' Mnajed 85' Nassir 91'		60' H. Mohammed

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

Second legs

31 August 2010

Al-Talaba	0–0	Erbil

Al-Karkh Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Talaba won 1–0 on aggregate

31 August 2010

Al-Zawraa	1–0	Duhok
Abdul-Amir 86'

Al-Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad

Duhok won 5–2 on aggregate

Third place match

3 September 2010

Al-Zawraa	2–1	Erbil
Turki 45' Ahmad 59'		64' Salah

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Final

4 September 2010

Al-Talaba	0–1	Duhok
Abdul-Majid  84'		82' Mushir

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Champions
Duhok 1st Title

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Duhok	42	86	68.3%	2011 AFC Cup
2	Al-Talaba	43	82	63.6%	2011 AFC Cup
3	Al-Zawraa	42	77	61.1%
4	Erbil	42	93	73.8%	2011 AFC Cup (invited)
Eliminated in the Elite Stage
5	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	39	82	70.1%
6	Al-Shorta	40	71	59.2%
7	Al-Kahrabaa	39	61	52.1%
8	Al-Sinaa	40	73	60.8%
9	Karbalaa	40	71	59.2%
10	Baghdad	39	62	53.0%
11	Al-Najaf	40	70	58.3%
12	Naft Al-Junoob	40	62	51.7%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
13	Al-Minaa	34	59	57.8%
14	Al-Masafi	33	48	48.5%
15	Al-Naft	34	48	47.1%
16	Zakho	33	45	45.5%
17	Naft Maysan	34	47	46.1%
18	Al-Ramadi	33	40	40.4%
19	Al-Diwaniya	34	43	42.2%
20	Al-Mosul	33	38	38.4%
21	Al-Karkh	34	41	40.2%
22	Al-Hindiya	33	34	34.3%
23	Al-Nasiriya	34	38	37.3%
24	Diyala	33	32	32.3%
25	Al-Hasanain	34	38	37.3%
26	Samaraa	33	31	31.3%
Relegated
27	Al-Kufa	34	34	33.3%
28	Kirkuk	33	29	29.3%
29	Al-Hudood	34	32	31.4%
30	Al-Shirqat	33	28	28.3%
31	Salahaddin	33	25	25.3%
32	Al-Samawa	34	23	22.5%
33	Al-Etisalat	34	20	19.6%
34	Masafi Al-Junoob	33	14	14.1%
35	Maysan	34	14	13.7%
36	Peris	17	26	51.0%

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Amjad Radhi	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	31
2	Hussein Karim	Al-Shorta	21
3	Ali Mansoor	Baghdad	17
	Ali Jawad	Naft Al-Junoob
	Mustafa Ahmad	Al-Zawraa

External links

• Iraqi Football Website