2014–15 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2014–15
Champions	Naft Al-Wasat; (1st title)
AFC Cup	Naft Al-Wasat ; Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goalscorer	Marwan Hussein ; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Talaba 5–0 Al-Najaf; (24 December 2014)
Biggest away win	Al-Zawraa 0–4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; (28 November 2014)
Highest scoring	Masafi Al-Wasat 4–2 Al-Zawraa; (5 October 2014); Masafi Al-Wasat 2–4 Al-Karkh; (10 October 2014)
Longest winning run	5 games ; Al-Shorta; (3 February 2015 - 19 February 2015) ; Al-Zawraa; (26 December 2014 - 28 February 2015) ; Naft Al-Junoob; (7 December 2014 - 14 February 2015)
Longest unbeaten run	18 games; Al-Shorta; (19 October 2014 - 16 June 2015)
Longest losing run	4 games ; Al-Talaba; (1 March 2015 - 11 April 2015)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League was the 41st season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 30 September 2014 and ended on 11 July 2015. The season was played in a group stage format for the first time since 2010–11 and newly promoted side Naft Al-Wasat, founded in 2008, won the league in their first ever season in the top-flight, defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the final 6–5 on penalties after a 0–0 draw. Defending champions Al-Shorta secured the third place position and Al-Minaa finished in fourth.^[1]

Name changes

Baghdad renamed to Amanat Baghdad.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	18	9	6	3	20	10	+10	33	Elite Stage
2	Al-Zawraa	18	10	3	5	21	16	+5	33
3	Naft Al-Junoob	18	9	3	6	20	17	+3	30
4	Naft Al-Wasat	18	8	4	6	16	12	+4	28
5	Al-Karkh	18	7	5	6	20	18	+2	26
6	Erbil	18	5	10	3	21	17	+4	25
7	Zakho	18	5	5	8	14	22	−8	20
8	Karbalaa	18	4	7	7	12	18	−6	19
9	Al-Kahrabaa	18	4	4	10	18	23	−5	16
10	Masafi Al-Wasat	18	3	5	10	16	25	−9	14	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2015. Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ZWR	QWJ	NFJ	MAS	ZAK	KAR	KRB	NFW	KAH	ERB
Al-Zawraa		0–4	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0		1–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–2
Naft Al-Junoob	1–4	1–0		2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–1
Masafi Al-Wasat	4–2	1–1	1–2		1–0	2–4	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Zakho	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0		2–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–0
Al-Karkh	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		4–1	1–0	1–0	2–2
Karbalaa	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	2–2
Naft Al-Wasat	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0		2–2	1–0
Al-Kahrabaa	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2		0–1
Erbil	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–2

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 or relegation
1	Al-Shorta	16	12	4	0	32	7	+25	40	Elite Stage
2	Al-Minaa	16	7	4	5	22	18	+4	25
3	Amanat Baghdad	16	6	6	4	19	16	+3	24
4	Duhok	16	5	6	5	18	21	−3	21
5	Al-Talaba	16	4	5	7	18	18	0	17
6	Naft Maysan	16	3	8	5	14	20	−6	17
7	Al-Hudood	16	3	7	6	14	21	−7	16
8	Al-Naft	16	3	6	7	15	21	−6	15
9	Al-Najaf	16	3	6	7	10	20	−10	15
10	Al-Sulaymaniya^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2015. Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	TLB	AMN	MIN	SHR	NFT	DUH	NFM	NJF	HUD
Al-Talaba		1–1	0–2	1–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	5–0	2–1
Amanat Baghdad	2–1		0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0
Al-Minaa	1–1	2–1		0–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–3
Al-Shorta	1–0	2–1	2–1		0–0	3–0^[b]	3–0	2–0	4–0
Al-Naft	0–1	1–3	2–1	2–2		0–2	2–2	2–1	1–1
Duhok	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–0
Naft Maysan	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–1
Al-Najaf	0–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0		1–0
Al-Hudood	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1
Al-Sulaymaniya^[a]

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

^ ^a ^b Al-Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league after four games, having lost all four of them. Their results were annulled.
^ Al-Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory after Duhok did not turn up for the game.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NFW	SHR	AMN	ZWR
1	Naft Al-Wasat	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	14	Final		1–0	1–0	2–1
2	Al-Shorta	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Third place match	0–2		0–0	4–1
3	Amanat Baghdad	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6		1–1	0–1		1–0
4	Al-Zawraa	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2		1–1	1–4	1–1

Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	QWJ	MIN	NFJ	DUH
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	2	4	0	4	1	+3	10	Final		0–0	1–0	2–0
2	Al-Minaa	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	10	Third place match	0–0		1–0	3–2
3	Naft Al-Junoob	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5		1–1	1–1		1–0
4	Duhok	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5		0–0	1–1	1–0

Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Championship play-off

Third place match

10 July 2015

19:00 GMT

Al-Minaa	0–3^[a]	Al-Shorta

Al-Shaab Stadium

Referee: Salam Amer

^ Al-Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Minaa did not turn up for the game.

Al-Minaa

Al-Shorta



GK	21	Ahmed Basil
RB	18	Mahdi Karim
CB	31	Salam Shakir
CB	6	Karrar Mohammed
LB	4	Hamdi Al Masri
CM	5	Hussein Abdul-Wahed (c)
CM	25	Murtadha Hadeeb
RW	19	Ahmad Ayad
AM	9	Mahdi Kamel
LW	8	Ammar Abdul-Hussein
CF	10	Marwan Hussein
Manager:
Thair Jassam

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Haider Abdul Hassan
- Ahmad Sabah Qasem
Fourth official: Ahmed Juma

Match rules

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

Final

11 July 2015

19:00 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Naft Al-Wasat

Penalties
Abdul-Jabbar Karim Kadhim Ahmad Khribin Ajan Natiq Midani	5–6	Mohsen Numy Khalaf Mohammed Abbas Jasim Sabri Haj

Al-Shaab Stadium

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Naft Al-Wasat



GK	1	Fahad Talib
RB	24	Faisal Jassim		119'
CB	2	Samal Saeed
CB	4	Saad Natiq	15'
LB	17	Moayad Ajan
DM	18	Akwetey Mensah		117'
RM	8	Samer Saeed		95'
LM	30	Omar Khribin
AM	16	Zaher Midani
ST	10	Hammadi Ahmad (c)
ST	5	Mustafa Karim
Substitutes:
DF	3	Ali Abdul-Jabbar		117'
MF	7	Haitham Kadhim		119'
FW	23	Yassir Abdul-Mohsen		95'
Manager:
Abbas Attiya



GK	25	Noor Sabri
RB	2	Alaa Al Shbli		119'
CB	15	Essam Yassin
CB	5	Nabeel Abbas (c)
LB	19	Mohammed Numy
RM	7	Amir Sabah		82'
CM	6	Faris Hassoun		70'
CM	30	Oday Jafal		98'
CM	33	Tamer Haj
LM	11	Amjad Attwan
ST	20	Jassim Mohammed	60'
Substitutes:
DF	3	Ali Jasim		119'
DF	12	Ali Kadhim		98'
DF	14	Ayad Khalaf		82'
MF	21	Saeed Mohsen		70'
Manager:
Abdul Ghani Shahad

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Muayad Mohammed Ali
- Watheq Mdallal Obaid Al-Swaiedi
Fourth official: Watheq Muhammed

Match rules

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

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Naft Al-Wasat	25	43	57.3%	2016 AFC Cup
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	25	44	58.7%	2016 AFC Cup
3	Al-Shorta	23	53	76.8%
4	Al-Minaa	23	35	50.7%
Eliminated in the Elite Stage
5	Amanat Baghdad	22	30	45.5%
6	Duhok	22	26	39.4%
7	Naft Al-Junoob	24	35	48.6%
8	Al-Zawraa	24	35	48.6%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
9	Al-Karkh	18	26	48.1%
10	Al-Talaba	16	17	35.4%
11	Erbil	18	25	46.3%
12	Naft Maysan	16	17	35.4%
13	Zakho	18	20	37.0%
14	Al-Hudood	16	16	33.3%
15	Karbalaa	18	19	35.2%
16	Al-Naft	16	15	31.3%
17	Al-Najaf	16	15	31.3%
18	Al-Kahrabaa	18	16	29.6%
Relegated
19	Masafi Al-Wasat	18	14	25.9%
20	Al-Sulaymaniya	0	0	0.0%

Top scorers

As of 11 July 2015

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	15
2	Hussein Ali Wahid	Al-Minaa	10
3	Ali Salah	Al-Talaba	8
	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Karkh
	Dhurgham Ismail	Al-Shorta

Hat-tricks

Player name^[2]^[3]	Scored for	Scored against	Goals	Result	Date of match
Ali Salah	Al-Talaba	Al-Najaf	3	5–0	24 December 2014
Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa	3	4–1	17 May 2015
Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa	3	4–1	21 June 2015

References

^ "Iraqi League 2014–2015". Goalzz.com.
^ "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^ "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Elite Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

External links

Iraqi Football Website

[SUL-2] Al-Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league after four games, having lost all four of them. Their results were annulled.

[table_note_1_SHR_DUH0.35300882037403-3] Al-Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory after Duhok did not turn up for the game.

[4] Al-Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Minaa did not turn up for the game.

[1] "Iraqi League 2014–2015". Goalzz.com.

[5] "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[6] "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Elite Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

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