2006–07 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2006–07
Champions	Erbil; (1st title)
Relegated	Diyala
AFC Champions League	Erbil; Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Arab Champions League	Al-Najaf; Al-Talaba
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Salah; (11 goals)
Highest scoring	Al-Sinaa 2–4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; (18 March 2007); Al-Najaf 5–1 Al-Shatra; (19 May 2007); Duhok 2–4 Al-Zawraa; (26 June 2007)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on December 22, 2006 and finished on July 6, 2007. Erbil were crowned champions for the first time in their history, defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 in the final, hosted at the Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil's home ground.^[1]

Group stage

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ERB	DHK	SRW	SLY	MSL	SMR	KRK
1	Erbil	12	8	3	1	21	8	+13	27	Qualified to Elite Stage		4–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1
2	Duhok	12	6	4	2	12	11	+1	22		2–1		1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
3	Sirwan	12	5	5	2	12	9	+3	20		1–1	2–1		1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0
4	Sulaymaniya	12	5	4	3	14	12	+2	19		1–2	0–1	1–1		2–1	3–2	1–0
5	Al-Mosul	12	1	5	6	7	12	−5	8		1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–1
6	Samarra	12	1	5	6	10	17	−7	8		1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2		1–2
7	Kirkuk	12	2	2	8	7	14	−7	8		1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2

Source: Goalzz

Central Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SHR	QWJ	SIN	JSH
1	Al-Shorta	6	6	0	0	12	1	+11	18	Qualified to Elite Stage		2–1	1–0	3–0
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	3	1	2	12	6	+6	10		0–1		0–0	4–1
3	Al-Sinaa	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5		0–2	2–4		0–0
4	Al-Jaish	6	0	1	5	1	14	−13	1		0–3	0–3	0–1

Source: Goalzz

Note: Diyala withdrew from the league and were relegated. Lower division side Al-Ramadi were chosen to replace them but they also withdrew.

Central Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZWR	TLB	NFT	KHR	ADL
1	Al-Zawraa	8	3	5	0	9	3	+6	14	Qualified to Elite Stage		0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
2	Al-Talaba	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13		0–0		2–1	0–2	0–0
3	Al-Naft	8	2	3	3	9	8	+1	9		1–1	1–2		3–1	0–1
4	Al-Kahrabaa	8	2	3	3	6	9	−3	9		1–1	1–3	0–0		0–0
5	Al-Adala	8	1	3	4	1	7	−6	6		0–2	0–0	0–2	0–1

Source: Goalzz

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NJF	MIN	KRB	NFJ	MYS	SHT	FRT
1	Al-Najaf	12	10	1	1	24	9	+15	31	Qualified to Elite Stage		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	5–1	4–0
2	Al-Minaa	12	8	3	1	19	6	+13	27		3–0^[a]		1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0
3	Karbala	12	5	6	1	18	8	+10	21		0–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	2–0	3–0
4	Naft Al-Junoob	12	3	4	5	12	12	0	13		0–1	0–1	1–1		2–1	0–0	1–0
5	Maysan	12	2	3	7	10	20	−10	9		1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	1–1
6	Al-Shatra	12	2	2	8	10	19	−9	8		1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3^[b]	4–0		1–0
7	Al-Furat	12	2	1	9	7	26	−19	7		1–2	0–1	0–4	2–1	1–3	2–1

Source: Goalzz
Notes:

^ The Al-Minaa–Al-Najaf match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Minaa, as Al-Najaf did not turn up for the game.
^ The Al-Shatra–Naft Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Al-Junoob after the game had originally ended in a 1–0 win for Al-Shatra.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TLB	KRB	MIN	NFT	SHR
1	Erbil	5	4	0	1	10	3	+7	12	Qualified to Semi-finals	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–0
2	Al-Talaba	5	2	2	1	3	2	+1	8	Qualified to Semi-finals		1–1		0–0
3	Karbala	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7					0–2	2–1
4	Al-Minaa	5	2	1	2	4	5	−1	7		1–0	1–3
5	Al-Naft	5	1	1	3	2	4	−2	4				0–1		0–1
6	Al-Shorta	5	1	1	3	2	7	−5	4		0–1		0–0

Source: Goalzz

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	QWJ	NJF	SIN	ZWR	SRW
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	5	4	1	0	8	4	+4	13	Qualified to Semi-finals		2–2			1–0
2	Al-Najaf	5	2	3	0	11	5	+6	9	Qualified to Semi-finals				2–1	5–0
3	Al-Sinaa	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8		0–1	1–1
4	Al-Zawraa	5	1	2	2	8	8	0	5		0–1		1–1
5	Duhok	5	0	2	3	6	10	−4	2		2–3	1–1	1–2	2–4	0–0
6	Sirwan	5	0	2	3	2	9	−7	2				0–1	2–2

Source: Goalzz

Golden stage

Semi-finals		Final

4 July 2007

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2
		6 July 2007
Al-Talaba	0
		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0
4 July 2007
		Erbil	1
Erbil	2

Al-Najaf	0
		Third place

		6 July 2007

		Al-Talaba	1

		Al-Najaf	2

Semi-finals

4 July 2007

14:30 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	Al-Talaba
Mansoor 38' Rahim 54'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

4 July 2007

17:30 GMT

Erbil	2–0	Al-Najaf
Munir 15' Salah 22'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Third place match

6 July 2007

14:30 GMT

Al-Talaba	1–2	Al-Najaf
Abdul-Mohsen 52'		Abdul-Razzaq 7' Mohammed 18'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Final

6 July 2007

17:00 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–1	Erbil
		Salah 1'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Referee: Kadhim Awda

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Erbil



GK	1	Wissam Gassid
DF	4	Muayad Khalid	86'
DF	24	Fareed Majeed
DF	6	Haidar Rahim
DF	23	Azhar Tahar
MF	20	Hussein Abdul-Wahed
MF	18	Mohanad Yousif		54'
MF	19	Ahmad Ayad	15' 90+3'
MF	28	Ibrahim Kamil		79'
FW	10	Ali Khudhair		65'
FW	11	Ali Mansoor (c)	45+2' 90+4'
Substitutions:
MF	8	Hussein Saddam	74' 90+5'	54'
FW	16	Qusay Abdul-Wahid		65'
FW	29	Amjad Radhi		79'
Manager:
Radhi Shenaishil



GK	21	Sarhang Muhsin
DF	3	Yassir Raad
DF	4	Rafid Badr Al-Deen (c)
DF	5	Salah Al-Deen Siamand
MF	7	Muwafaq Younis
MF	18	Haidar Qaraman		27'
MF	24	Wissam Zaki
MF	90	Arkan Najib	90+3'
MF	91	Alaa Nayrouz	76'
FW	9	Mustafa Karim	90+2'	90+2'
FW	17	Ahmed Salah		83'
Substitutions:
MF	23	Shirzad Mohammed		27'
FW	10	Kayfi Abdul-Rahman		83'
DF	6	Mohammed Hamakhan		90+2'
Manager:
Akram Salman

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Sabhan Ahmed
- Ahmed Abdul-Hussein
Fourth official:
- Sabah Qasim

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	Erbil	19	45	78.9%	2008 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	13	26	66.7%	2008 AFC Champions League
3	Al-Najaf	19	43	75.4%	2007–08 Arab Champions League
4	Al-Talaba	15	21	46.7%	2007–08 Arab Champions League

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Ahmed Salah	11	Erbil
2	Sahib Abbas	9	Karbala
3	Halgurd Mulla Mohammed	8	Sulaymaniya
4	Mustafa Karim	7	Erbil
5	Khalid Mushir	6	Duhok
	Hussam Ibrahim		Al-Minaa
	Saeed Mohsen		Al-Najaf

References

^ "Iraqi League 2006–2007". Goalzz.com.

External links

Iraq Football Association

[table_note_MIN_NJF0.7477085188719-2] The Al-Minaa–Al-Najaf match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Minaa, as Al-Najaf did not turn up for the game.

[table_note_SHT_NFJ0.7477085188719-3] The Al-Shatra–Naft Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Al-Junoob after the game had originally ended in a 1–0 win for Al-Shatra.

[1] "Iraqi League 2006–2007". Goalzz.com.

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