2019–20 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season2019–20
ChampionsN/A (season cancelled)

The 2019–20 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2019–20) was the 46th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 18 September 2019 in a double round-robin format, but was postponed after 23 October 2019 due to the 2019–2020 Iraqi protests with matches from the first four rounds having been played.[1]

On 25 January 2020, with the withdrawal of five of the 20 teams that started the season, the Iraq Football Association (IFA) decided to annul the results of all the matches that had been played so far and not to relegate any teams at the end of the season. The league was restarted on 16 February 2020 as a single round-robin tournament.[2]

Matches from the first five rounds of the restarted season were played, but the season was postponed after 10 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was officially cancelled on 3 June 2020.[3] The results of the 2018–19 season were used to determine the teams that qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League.[4]

Teams

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Locations of the 2019–20 Iraqi Premier League teams.
Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity
Al-Hudood Iraq Mudhafar Jabbar Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa Iraq Abbas Attiya Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Minaa Romania Valeriu Tița Basra Al-Fayhaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Naft Iraq Yahya Alwan Baghdad Al-Naft Stadium 3,000
Al-Najaf Iraq Hassan Ahmed Najaf Al-Najaf Stadium 12,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Ayoub Odisho Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Shorta Iraq Abdul-Ghani Shahad Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Iraq Adel Nima Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Talaba Iraq Ahmed Khalaf Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Zawraa Iraq Basim Qasim Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Amanat Baghdad Iraq Essam Hamad Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Erbil Croatia Rodion Gačanin Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium 25,000
Naft Al-Junoob Iraq Ammar Hussein Basra Al-Fayhaa Stadium 10,000
Naft Al-Wasat Iraq Radhi Shenaishil Najaf Karbala International Stadium 30,000
Naft Maysan Iraq Ahmed Daham Amara Maysan Olympic Stadium 25,000
Withdrawn teams: Al-Diwaniya, Al-Karkh, Al-Qasim, Al-Samawa, Zakho

Original season

League table at abandonment

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al-Minaa 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3 Al-Naft 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
4 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
5 Naft Al-Wasat 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
6 Al-Zawraa 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
7 Al-Najaf 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
8 Naft Al-Junoob 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
9 Al-Kahrabaa 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
10 Amanat Baghdad 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
11 Erbil 4 0 4 0 3 3 0 4
12 Al-Shorta 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
13 Al-Karkh 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
14 Al-Diwaniya 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 3
15 Al-Qasim 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
16 Al-Samawa 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
17 Al-Hudood 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
18 Al-Talaba 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 1
19 Naft Maysan 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
20 Zakho 4 0 1 3 2 5 −3 1
Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away DIW HUD KAH KAR MIN NFT NJF QSM QWJ SMA SHR SNK TLB ZWR AMN ERB NFJ NFW NFM ZAK
Al-Diwaniya 2–0
Al-Hudood 0–0 0–0
Al-Kahrabaa 0–1 1–1
Al-Karkh 2–2 3–2 0–3
Al-Minaa 3–1 1–0
Al-Naft 3–1 1–0
Al-Najaf 2–2
Al-Qasim 1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0
Al-Samawa 0–0
Al-Shorta 2–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 2–0 3–1
Al-Talaba 4–4
Al-Zawraa 2–2 2–0
Amanat Baghdad 0–2
Erbil 1–1 0–0 1–1
Naft Al-Junoob 2–1
Naft Al-Wasat 3–1 2–1
Naft Maysan 2–2
Zakho 1–2 0–1
Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Restarted season

League table at abandonment

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al-Naft 5 3 2 0 6 1 +5 11
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 10
3 Naft Al-Wasat 5 3 0 2 3 2 +1 9
4 Al-Najaf 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8
5 Al-Zawraa 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
6 Al-Talaba 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 7
7 Al-Minaa 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7
8 Al-Hudood 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
9 Erbil 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 6
10 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 5 2 0 3 6 11 −5 6
11 Al-Shorta 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5
12 Naft Al-Junoob 5 1 1 3 1 4 −3 4
13 Amanat Baghdad 5 0 3 2 2 5 −3 3
14 Al-Kahrabaa 5 0 2 3 3 7 −4 2
15 Naft Maysan 4 0 0 4 2 7 −5 0
Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away HUD KAH MIN NFT NJF QWJ SHR SNK TLB ZWR AMN ERB NFJ NFW NFM
Al-Hudood 2–0 1–0
Al-Kahrabaa 0–2 0–0 3–3
Al-Minaa 0–2 1–0
Al-Naft 1–0 1–1
Al-Najaf 1–0 3–0 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 2–1
Al-Shorta 1–1 3–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 0–3 2–0
Al-Talaba 1–1 3–1 2–1
Al-Zawraa 1–0 1–0
Amanat Baghdad 0–0 0–1
Erbil 2–1 2–3
Naft Al-Junoob 0–0 1–0
Naft Al-Wasat 0–1 1–0 1–0
Naft Maysan 0–1
Source: Kooora
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
Iraq Aymen Hussein Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 3–0 (A)[5] 22 February 2020
Notes

(A) – Away team

Awards

Award Winner[6] Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season Iraq Saad Abdul-Amir Al-Shorta

References

  1. ^ "Season dates". TheBaghdadPost. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ "League draw". IQ-Pro. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ "League cancelled". Al-Maalomah. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Vice-chairman of the Iraq FA normalisation committee Shamel Kamel in dialogue with Al-Mada Paper". Al-Mada Paper. 1 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2019/2020 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2020.