2009–10 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season2009–10
ChampionsDuhok
(1st title)
RelegatedAl-Kufa
Kirkuk
Al-Hudood
Al-Shirqat
Peris
Salahaddin
Al-Samawa
Al-Etisalat
Masafi Al-Junoob
Maysan
Sulaymaniya
AFC CupDuhok
Al-Talaba
Erbil (invited)
Top goalscorerAmjad Radhi
(31 goals)
Biggest home winPeris 7–0 Al-Hindiya
(16 January 2010)
Biggest away winAl-Shirqat 0–4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(7 April 2010)
Masafi Al-Junoob 0–4 Duhok
(4 May 2010)
Highest scoringAl-Diwaniya 3–5 Al-Shorta
(8 April 2010)
Masafi Al-Junoob 3–5 Al-Hindiya
(15 May 2010)
Al-Etisalat 5–3 Maysan
(3 July 2010)
2010–11
(Iraqi Elite League) →

The 2009–10 Iraqi Premier League (known as the Zain Iraq League for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 36th edition of the competition. It was initially set to start in October 2009, but was later rescheduled for December as a 36-team league. The season saw Duhok crowned as champions for the first time.[2]

Name changes

Group stage

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Erbil 33 25 5 3 67 14 +53 80 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 33 22 7 4 60 19 +41 73
3 Duhok 33 19 7 7 55 23 +32 64
4 Al-Zawraa 33 19 6 8 39 23 +16 63
5 Baghdad 33 15 11 7 42 25 +17 56
6 Al-Kahrabaa 33 13 14 6 38 25 +13 53
7 Masafi Al-Wasat 33 12 12 9 40 38 +2 48
8 Zakho 33 12 9 12 33 31 +2 45
9 Al-Ramadi 33 9 13 11 31 33 −2 40
10 Al-Mosul 33 9 11 13 24 32 −8 38
11 Al-Hindiya 33 7 13 13 33 49 −16 34
12 Diyala 33 8 8 17 27 49 −22 32
13 Samarra 33 6 13 14 24 37 −13 31
14 Kirkuk 33 7 8 18 37 56 −19 29 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
15 Al-Shirqat 33 5 13 15 20 45 −25 28
16 Peris[a] 17 7 5 5 22 13 +9 26
17 Salahaddin 33 4 13 16 27 51 −24 25
18 Masafi Al-Junoob 33 2 8 23 20 76 −56 14
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Peris withdrew from the league after playing half of their group stage games. Their results were not annulled.

Note: Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league and were relegated.

Results

Home \ Away HIN KAH MAS MSL QWJ RAM SHQ ZWR BGD DIY DUH ERB KIR MSJ PRS SAL SMR ZAK
Al-Hindiya 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–2 1–1
Al-Kahrabaa 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Masafi Al-Wasat 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–4 3–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–3
Al-Mosul 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0[a] 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0[b] 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 0–1 3–0[c] 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
Al-Ramadi 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–1
Al-Shirqat 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–4 2–2 3–0[d] 3–1 1–1 0–0
Al-Zawraa 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–3[e] 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–1
Baghdad 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Diyala 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Duhok 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0[f] 0–1 4–1 2–2 3–2 3–0 3–0[g] 1–0 2–0
Erbil 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0[h] 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 1–0 3–0[i] 1–0 4–0
Kirkuk 0–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1
Masafi Al-Junoob 3–5 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–4 0–3 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–3[j] 1–2
Peris[k] 7–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1
Salahaddin 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0[e] 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–3 1–0
Samarra 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–0[e] 1–1 0–0
Zakho 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0[f] 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0[l] 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Mosul–Masafi Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Mosul, as Masafi Al-Junoob did not turn up for the game.
  2. ^ The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Mosul match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after referee Ali Sabah ended the match when he was attacked for awarding a penalty to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya near the end of the game; the score was 2–1 to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at the time.
  3. ^ The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Kirkuk match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Kirkuk did not turn up for the game.
  4. ^ The Al-Shirqat–Masafi Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shirqat, as Masafi Al-Junoob did not turn up for the game.
  5. ^ a b c Samarra, Salahaddin and Diyala were awarded 3–0 wins in round 13 because their respective opponents Masafi Al-Junoob, Al-Mosul and Al-Zawraa withdrew in protest at the reinstatement of the IFA board headed by Hussein Saeed.
  6. ^ a b Zakho and Duhok were awarded 3–0 wins in round 12 because their respective opponents Al-Mosul and Al-Zawraa withdrew in protest at the reinstatement of the IFA board headed by Hussein Saeed.
  7. ^ The Duhok–Salahaddin match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Duhok, as Salahaddin did not turn up for the game.
  8. ^ The Erbil–Al-Zawraa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Erbil due to Al-Zawraa's players leaving the field after 17 minutes due to crowd trouble.
  9. ^ The Erbil–Salahaddin match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Erbil, as Salahaddin did not turn up for the game.
  10. ^ The Masafi Al-Junoob–Samarra match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Samarra due to Masafi Al-Junoob fielding an ineligible player.
  11. ^ Peris withdrew from the league after playing half of their group stage games. Their results were not annulled.
  12. ^ The Zakho–Diyala match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Zakho, as Diyala did not turn up for the game.

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Talaba 34 19 11 4 46 19 +27 68 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Najaf 34 18 12 4 49 20 +29 66
3 Al-Sinaa 34 19 9 6 52 32 +20 66
4 Karbala 34 17 13 4 40 18 +22 64
5 Al-Shorta 34 17 11 6 49 33 +16 62
6 Naft Al-Junoob 34 17 10 7 40 22 +18 61
7 Al-Minaa 34 16 11 7 36 23 +13 59
8 Al-Naft 34 14 6 14 39 34 +5 48
9 Naft Maysan 34 12 11 11 44 37 +7 47
10 Al-Diwaniya 34 12 7 15 37 44 −7 43
11 Al-Karkh 34 9 14 11 31 35 −4 41
12 Al-Nasiriya 34 7 17 10 34 39 −5 38
13 Al-Hasanain 34 9 11 14 32 46 −14 38
14 Al-Kufa 34 8 10 16 32 41 −9 34 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
15 Al-Hudood 34 6 14 14 19 39 −20 32
16 Al-Samawa 34 6 5 23 30 59 −29 23
17 Al-Etisalat 34 4 8 22 23 51 −28 20
18 Maysan 34 2 8 24 17 58 −41 14
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away DIW ETI HAS HUD KAR KUF MIN NFT NJF NAS SMA SHR SIN TLB KRB MSN NFJ NFM
Al-Diwaniya 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0[a] 3–5 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
Al-Etisalat 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 5–3 0–2 0–1
Al-Hasanain 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3
Al-Hudood 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–3[b] 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Al-Karkh 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Al-Kufa 3–0[c] 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0
Al-Minaa 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–3[b] 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Al-Naft 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–1
Al-Najaf 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–3[c] 1–0 1–0 1–1
Al-Nasiriya 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–4
Al-Samawa 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–3 0–2 0–3[c] 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 1–2
Al-Shorta 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 5–2 2–0 2–2 0–0
Al-Sinaa 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0[c] 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1
Al-Talaba 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–3[c] 0–0 4–1 5–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–0
Karbala 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–2
Maysan 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0[c] 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1
Naft Al-Junoob 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0
Naft Maysan 2–0 3–1 5–2 3–0[c] 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–0 0–1
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Diwaniya–Al-Samawa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Diwaniya after Al-Samawa's players left the field during the match.
  2. ^ a b Al-Kufa and Al-Sinaa were awarded 3–0 wins in round 13 because their respective opponents Al-Minaa and Al-Hudood withdrew in protest at the reinstatement of the IFA board headed by Hussein Saeed.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Al-Kufa, Maysan, Naft Maysan, Al-Shorta, Al-Sinaa, Al-Naft and Karbala were awarded 3–0 wins in round 12 because their respective opponents Al-Diwaniya, Al-Karkh, Al-Hudood, Al-Samawa, Al-Minaa, Al-Talaba and Al-Najaf withdrew in protest at the reinstatement of the IFA board headed by Hussein Saeed.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZWR TLB SIN BGD
1 Al-Zawraa 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 Qualified to Semi-finals 1–0 3–1 0–1
2 Al-Talaba 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 2–1 1–2 0–0
3 Al-Sinaa 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 0–1 1–2 2–2
4 Baghdad 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6 0–0 0–1 0–1
Source: Goalzz
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 ERB SHR KAH NJF
1 Erbil 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12 Qualified to Semi-finals 0–1 3–1 2–1
2 Al-Shorta 6 2 3 1 5 5 0 9 0–2 1–1 1–0
3 Al-Kahrabaa 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8 1–0 0–0 2–1
4 Al-Najaf 6 1 1 4 7 10 −3 4 1–2 2–2 2–1
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUH QWJ KRB NFJ
1 Duhok 6 5 1 0 10 4 +6 16 Qualified to Semi-finals 2–0 3–2 1–0
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 0–0 3–0[a] 3–0
3 Karbala 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7 2–3 1–1 2–1
4 Naft Al-Junoob 6 0 1 5 1 8 −7 1 0–1 0–0 0–1
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Karbala match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Karbala did not turn up for the game (which itself was a replay as the original game was abandoned after 50 minutes at 1–1 due to crowd trouble).

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: Goalzz

Golden stage

Semi-finals Final
        
Erbil 0 0 0
Al-Talaba 1 0 1
Al-Talaba 0
Duhok 1
Duhok 5 0 5
Al-Zawraa 1 1 2 Third place match
Al-Zawraa 2
Erbil 1

Semi-finals

First legs

Erbil0–1Al-Talaba
Bangoura soccer ball with red X 60'
H. Mulla Mohammed soccer ball with red X 90+12'		 A. Mohammed 20'
Kadhim Red card 40'
Al-Hail Red card 71'


Duhok5–1Al-Zawraa
Ismail 15', 52'
J. Mohammed 36'
Mnajed 85'
Nassir 90+1'		 H. Mohammed 60'

Second legs

Al-Talaba0–0Erbil

Al-Talaba won 1–0 on aggregate

Al-Zawraa1–0Duhok
Abdul-Amir 86'

Duhok won 5–2 on aggregate

Third place match

Al-Zawraa2–1Erbil
Turki 45'
Ahmad 59'		 Salah 64'

Final

Al-Talaba0–1Duhok
Mushir 82'
Referee: Falah Abid
Al-Talaba
Duhok

Season statistics

Top four 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)

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Amjad Radhi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 31
2 Iraq Hussein Karim Al-Shorta 21
3 Iraq Ali Mansoor Baghdad 17
Iraq Ali Jawad Naft Al-Junoob
5 Iraq Mustafa Ahmad Al-Zawraa 16

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[3] For Against Result Date
Iraq Ammar Abdul-Hussein Masafi Al-Wasat Al-Ramadi 3–0 4 January 2010
Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Samarra Salahaddin 3–3 19 February 2010
Iraq Mohammed Salim4 Naft Maysan Maysan 5–0 30 April 2010
Iraq Mustafa Ahmed Al-Zawraa Samarra 5–0 22 May 2010
Iraq Younis Rashid Masafi Al-Wasat Al-Kahrabaa 3–2 26 May 2010
Iraq Amjad Radhi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Kahrabaa 4–1 10 June 2010
Iraq Qasem Muhammad Al-Diwaniya Al-Kufa 3–2 18 June 2010
Iraq Karrar Tariq Al-Talaba Al-Samawa 5–1 21 June 2010
Iraq Yassir Saadi Masafi Al-Wasat Kirkuk 4–3 29 June 2010
Iraq Mustafa Ahmed4 Al-Zawraa Al-Shirqat 4–1 6 July 2010
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

References

  1. ^ "اطلاق تسمية دوري زين على الدوري العراقي لكرة القدم". Kooora. 22 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Iraqi League 2009–2010". Goalzz.com.
  3. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2009/2010 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.