2008–09 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2008–09
Champions	Erbil (3rd title)
Top goalscorer	Ahmad Salah (15 goals)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was the 35th edition of the competition. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier League to Iraqi Premier Division. It started on 1 November 2008 and ended on 16 July 2009. 27 teams from all over the country competed for the title. Erbil won the title by defeating Al-Najaf in the final via penalty shootout after a goalless draw. It was Erbil's third league title in a row. The two teams would have qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup, but were disqualified due to FIFA's suspension of the Iraq Football Association.

The 2008–09 season is the only season in history where not a single one of the four Baghdad Derby clubs (Al-Shorta, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa) finished in the top four.

Name changes

• Al-Bareed renamed to Al-Etisalat Wal-Bareed at the end of 2008.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Erbil	26	20	4	2	55	17	+38	64	Final
2	Duhok	26	18	7	1	47	11	+36	61	Third place match
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	26	12	6	8	36	25	+11	42
4	Al-Naft	26	11	6	9	23	26	−3	39
5	Peris	26	9	10	7	27	26	+1	37
6	Al-Ramadi	26	10	7	9	29	30	−1	37
7	Samaraa	26	9	7	10	27	23	+4	34
8	Al-Shorta	26	8	10	8	29	29	0	34
9	Salahaddin	26	8	9	9	24	27	−3	33
10	Al-Kahrabaa	26	7	9	10	22	34	−12	30
11	Kirkuk	26	6	9	11	18	25	−7	27
12	Al-Sulaymaniya	26	6	9	11	26	34	−8	27
13	Al-Hudood	26	4	7	15	15	33	−18	19
14	Diyala	26	1	6	19	9	47	−38	9

Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 2009. Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	HUD	KAH	NFT	QWJ	SHR	ERB	DYL	DUH	KRK	PER	RAM	SAL	SMR	SUL
Al-Hudood		0–1	0–3	2–3	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–4	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Al-Kahrabaa	1–0		0–1	0–0	0–0	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1
Al-Naft	1–0	1–0		1–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	2–1	2–2		4–1	0–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Al-Shorta	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2		1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–1
Erbil	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–2
Diyala	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–2		0–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–1
Duhok	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–0		1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Kirkuk	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–1		2–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–0
Peris	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	4–1	2–2	0–0		2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Al-Ramadi	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0		0–0	0–1	1–1
Salahaddin	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–1		0–0	1–3
Samaraa	2–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–2		2–0
Al-Sulaymaniya	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–4

Source: Goalzz.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Najaf	24	15	7	2	39	12	+27	52	Final
2	Al-Amana	24	13	11	0	37	15	+22	50	Third place match
3	Al-Talaba	24	14	5	5	32	15	+17	47
4	Al-Zawraa	24	9	9	6	30	24	+6	36
5	Naft Al-Junoob	24	9	9	6	27	23	+4	36
6	Al-Minaa	24	10	6	8	20	24	−4	36
7	Al-Kufa	24	7	11	6	24	24	0	32
8	Al-Sinaa	24	4	15	5	17	18	−1	27
9	Al-Nasiriya	24	6	7	11	23	28	−5	25
10	Al-Samawa	24	5	9	10	15	25	−10	24
11	Karbalaa	24	5	5	14	18	30	−12	20
12	Al-Etisalat Wal-Bareed	24	3	6	15	11	30	−19	15
13	Maysan	24	2	8	14	20	45	−25	14

Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2009. Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league.

Results

Home \ Away	AMN	BRD	MIN	SIN	TLB	ZWR	KRB	KUF	MAY	NFJ	NJF	NAS	SMA
Al-Amana		1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Al-Etisalat Wal-Bareed	0–1		2–0	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2
Al-Minaa	1–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0
Al-Sinaa	0–1	1–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Al-Talaba	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		0–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–1
Al-Zawraa	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–0
Karbalaa	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	4–0
Al-Kufa	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1		3–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0
Maysan	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	0–3	1–2	1–0
Naft Al-Junoob	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–2		1–1	1–2	1–0
Al-Najaf	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	6–1	2–1		1–1	3–0
Al-Nasiriya	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2		1–2
Al-Samawa	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1

Source: Goalzz.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
3rd Place Match
Al-Amana	0–1	Duhok
Final
Al-Najaf	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 pk)	Erbil

Third place match

15 July 2009

Al-Amana	0–1	Duhok
Abdul-Nabi 15'		48' Mushir

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq

Referee: Kadhim Awda

Final

16 July 2009

Al-Najaf	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Erbil
Penalties
Mohsen Sahib Naem Faleh Sadir Sultan	2–3	Mubarak Abdul-Wahid Mohammed Mansoor Al-Deen Raad

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq

Champions
Erbil 3rd title

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Erbil	27	65	80.2%	2010 AFC Cup (disqualified)
2	Al-Najaf	25	53	70.7%	2010 AFC Cup (disqualified)
3	Duhok	27	64	79.0%
4	Al-Amana	25	50	66.7%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
5	Al-Talaba	24	47	65.3%
6	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	26	42	53.8%
7	Al-Zawraa	24	36	50.0%
8	Al-Naft	26	39	50.0%
9	Naft Al-Junoob	24	36	50.0%
10	Peris	26	37	47.4%
11	Al-Minaa	24	36	50.0%
12	Al-Ramadi	26	37	47.4%
13	Al-Kufa	24	32	44.4%
14	Samaraa	26	34	43.6%
15	Al-Shorta	26	34	43.6%
16	Al-Sinaa	24	27	37.5%
17	Salahaddin	26	33	42.3%
18	Al-Nasiriya	24	25	34.7%
19	Al-Kahrabaa	26	30	38.5%
20	Al-Samawa	24	24	33.3%
21	Kirkuk	26	27	34.6%
22	Karbalaa	24	20	27.8%
23	Al-Sulaymaniya	26	27	34.6%
24	Al-Etisalat Wal-Bareed	24	15	20.8%
25	Al-Hudood	26	19	24.4%
26	Maysan	24	14	19.4%
27	Diyala	26	9	11.5%

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmad Salah	Erbil	15
2	Luay Salah	Erbil	11
3	Nasser Tallaa	Naft Al-Junoob	9
	Sahib Abbas	Karbalaa
	Hussein Karim	Al-Najaf

External links

• Iraqi Football Website