2010–11 Iraqi Elite League

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2010–11
Champions	Al-Zawraa (12th title)
Relegated	Naft Al-Junoob Al-Mosul Al-Ramadi Naft Maysan Peshmerga Al-Diwaniya Diyala Al-Nasiriya Samaraa Al-Hasanain Al-Hindiya Al-Jaish
AFC Cup	Al-Zawraa Erbil
Top goalscorer	Luay Salah (17 goals)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was the 37th edition of the competition. The season began on 26 November 2010, and ended on 15 August 2011. Duhok were the defending champions.

On 15 August 2011, the season's final was won by Al-Zawraa after defeating Erbil on penalties. This was their 12th title.

Group stage

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Erbil	26	17	5	4	54	21	+33	56	Qualified to Final
2	Al-Sinaa	26	16	7	3	31	17	+14	55	Qualified to Third place match
3	Zakho	26	16	5	5	38	21	+17	53
4	Al-Kahrabaa	26	12	7	7	32	22	+10	43
5	Al-Karkh	26	10	11	5	35	27	+8	41
6	Duhok	26	12	4	10	36	28	+8	40
7	Al-Naft	26	10	9	7	25	23	+2	39
8	Al-Shorta	26	8	11	7	28	23	+5	35
9	Al-Mosul	26	8	11	7	29	29	0	35	Relegated to Iraq Division One
10	Al-Ramadi	26	7	7	12	28	40	−12	28
11	Peshmerga	26	5	7	14	19	31	−12	22
12	Diyala	26	3	10	13	15	33	−18	19
13	Samaraa	26	4	6	16	24	44	−20	18
14	Al-Jaish	26	1	6	19	12	47	−35	9

Source: Goalzz

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Zawraa	26	19	5	2	45	15	+30	62	Qualified to Final
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	26	19	3	4	47	13	+34	60	Qualified to Third place match
3	Baghdad	26	13	8	5	32	17	+15	47
4	Al-Minaa	26	12	9	5	33	21	+12	45
5	Karbalaa	26	13	6	7	23	17	+6	45
6	Al-Najaf	26	11	9	6	34	20	+14	42
7	Al-Masafi	26	12	5	9	22	28	−6	41
8	Al-Talaba	26	9	11	6	33	25	+8	38
9	Naft Al-Junoob	26	9	10	7	28	24	+4	37	Relegated to Iraq Division One
10	Naft Maysan	26	6	7	13	20	29	−9	25
11	Al-Diwaniya	26	5	6	15	25	45	−20	21
12	Al-Nasiriya	26	3	5	18	13	38	−25	14
13	Al-Hasanain	26	3	4	19	7	39	−32	13
14	Al-Hindiya	26	2	4	20	16	47	−31	10

Source: Goalzz

Championship play-off

Third place match

13 August 2011

18:00 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–1	Al-Sinaa
		Shaalan 79'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Final

15 August 2011

18:00 GMT

Al-Zawraa	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Erbil
Penalties
Saeed Saad Khalid Hussein H. Sabah	5–4	Karim Ibrahim N. Sabah Qaraman Shakor

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Kadhim Awda

Al-Zawraa

Erbil

GK	22	Ammar Ali
DF	13	Muayad Khalid
DF	44	Faris Hassan
DF	28	Sajjad Hussein
DF	23	Azhar Tahar
MF	17	Haidar Sabah
MF	99	Osama Ali		111'
MF	14	Mohammed Ahmed		28'
MF	88	Samer Saeed
FW	10	Ali Saad		85'
FW	8	Husham Mohammed (c)
Substitutes:
MF	60	Mohammed Saad		28'
FW	18	Ali Qasim		85'
MF	9	Ahmad Abdul-Jabar		111'
Manager:
Radhi Shenaishil

GK	21	Sarhang Muhsin (c)
DF	2	Saad Attiya	41'
DF	4	Mohammed Ali Karim
DF	14	Haidar Abdul-Amir
DF	26	Ous Ibrahim
MF	17	Nabeel Sabah
MF	25	Saad Abdul-Amir		77'
MF	6	Mahdi Karim
MF	20	Hussein Abdul-Wahed
FW	10	Muslim Mubarak
FW	11	Luay Salah		120'
Substitutes:
MF	18	Haidar Qaraman		77'
FW	9	Younis Shakor		120'
Manager:
Ayoub Odisho

Match officials

• Assistant referees:
  • Luay Subhi
  • Mohammed Khalaf

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	Al-Zawraa	27	63	77.8%	2012 AFC Cup
2	Erbil	27	57	70.4%	2012 AFC Cup
3	Al-Sinaa	27	58	71.6%
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	27	60	74.1%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
5	Zakho	26	53	67.7%
6	Baghdad	26	47	60.3%
7	Al-Minaa	26	45	57.7%
8	Al-Kahrabaa	26	43	55.1%
9	Karbalaa	26	45	57.7%
10	Al-Karkh	26	41	52.6%
11	Al-Najaf	26	42	53.8%
12	Duhok	26	40	51.3%
13	Al-Masafi	26	41	52.6%
14	Al-Naft	26	39	50.0%
15	Al-Talaba	26	38	48.7%
16	Al-Shorta	26	35	44.9%
Relegated
17	Naft Al-Junoob	26	37	47.4%
18	Al-Mosul	26	35	44.9%
19	Al-Ramadi	26	28	35.9%
20	Naft Maysan	26	25	32.1%
21	Peshmerga	26	22	28.2%
22	Al-Diwaniya	26	21	26.9%
23	Diyala	26	19	24.4%
24	Al-Nasiriya	26	14	17.9%
25	Samaraa	26	18	23.1%
26	Al-Hasanain	26	13	16.7%
27	Al-Hindiya	26	10	12.8%
28	Al-Jaish	26	9	11.5%

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luay Salah	Erbil	17
2	Amjad Radhi	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	13
3	Mahdi Karim	Erbil	12
	Hussam Ibrahim	Al-Minaa
	Hammadi Ahmad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Hat-tricks

Player name	Scored for	Scored against	Goals	Result	Date of match
Mustafa Jawad	Al-Karkh	Duhok	3	4–0	29 May 2011
Ahmad Salah	Duhok	Al-Jaish	4	5–0	12 July 2011

Awards

Muthana Khalid of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya was chosen as the Player of the Season. Mohammed Saad of Al-Zawraa came in second place and Mahdi Karim of Erbil came in third.

External links

• Iraqi Football Website