2021–22 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates20 September 2021 – 3 July 2022
ChampionsAl-Shorta
(5th title)
RelegatedAmanat Baghdad
Al-Minaa
Samarra
Arab Club Champions CupAl-Shorta
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Matches played380
Goals scored766 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorerMahmoud Al-Mawas
(22 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Diwaniya 7–0 Samarra
(19 May 2022)
Biggest away winAl-Najaf 0–4 Naft Al-Basra
(20 October 2021)
Highest scoringAl-Diwaniya 7–0 Samarra
(19 May 2022)
Longest winning run10 matches
Al-Shorta
Longest unbeaten run25 matches
Al-Shorta
Longest winless run22 matches
Samarra
Longest losing run7 matches
Samarra

The 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League was the 48th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest tier football league in Iraq, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 20 September 2021 and ended on 3 July 2022, with the relegation play-off held on 10 September 2022.[1]

Al-Shorta secured the title with seven rounds of the league remaining, setting a new record for the earliest title win in Iraq and finishing a record 21 points clear at the top of the table. Al-Shorta also became the first club to beat all other teams in a 20-team season and the first club to win all Baghdad derbies home and away in one season.

Al-Shorta forward Mahmoud Al-Mawas from Syria became the first non-Iraqi player to win the league's top scorer award, scoring 22 goals, and the club's Egyptian manager Moamen Soliman became the first manager from Africa to win the Iraqi Premier League.[2]

Teams

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Locations of the 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League teams

Clubs and locations

Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity
Al-Diwaniya Jordan Haitham Al-Shaboul Diwaniya Al-Diwaniya Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa Iraq Luay Salah Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Karkh Iraq Ahmed Abdul-Jabar Baghdad Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium 5,150
Al-Minaa Iraq Ali Wahab Basra Al-Fayhaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Naft Iraq Basim Qasim Baghdad Al-Naft Stadium 3,000
Al-Najaf Iraq Hassan Ahmed Najaf Al-Najaf International Stadium 30,000
Al-Qasim Iraq Chasib Sultan Babil Al-Kifl Stadium 10,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Qahtan Chathir Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Shorta Egypt Moamen Soliman Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Sinaa Iraq Sadeq Hanoon Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Talaba Syria Anas Makhlouf Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Zawraa Iraq Ayoub Odisho Baghdad Al-Zawraa Stadium 15,443
Amanat Baghdad Iraq Wissam Talib Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Erbil Syria Nizar Mahrous Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium 25,000
Naft Al-Basra Iraq Asaad Abdul-Razzaq Basra Al-Fayhaa Stadium 10,000
Naft Al-Wasat Iraq Abdul-Ghani Shahad Najaf Al-Najaf International Stadium 30,000
Naft Maysan Iraq Ahmed Khalaf Amara Maysan Olympic Stadium 25,000
Newroz Iraq Wali Kareem Sulaymaniya Sulaymaniya Stadium 15,000
Samarra Iraq Muayad Taha Samarra Samarra Stadium 4,000
Zakho Syria Firas Al-Khatib Zakho Zakho International Stadium 20,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta (C) 38 28 7 3 64 21 +43 91 Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup group stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 20 10 8 50 31 +19 70 Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup first qualifying round
3 Al-Talaba 38 20 9 9 54 33 +21 69
4 Al-Naft 38 16 16 6 38 20 +18 64[a]
5 Naft Al-Wasat 38 17 13 8 50 36 +14 64[a]
6 Al-Zawraa 38 15 16 7 40 27 +13 61
7 Al-Najaf 38 15 12 11 40 35 +5 57
8 Newroz 38 14 9 15 40 43 −3 51
9 Al-Kahrabaa 38 13 11 14 36 37 −1 50
10 Zakho 38 11 15 12 35 33 +2 48
11 Erbil 38 12 11 15 37 42 −5 47
12 Naft Maysan 38 10 16 12 30 34 −4 46[b]
13 Naft Al-Basra 38 11 13 14 38 40 −2 46[b]
14 Al-Karkh 38 8 19 11 32 36 −4 43
15 Al-Qasim 38 8 17 13 34 50 −16 41[c]
16 Al-Sinaa 38 8 17 13 30 37 −7 41[c]
17 Al-Diwaniya 38 10 9 19 33 51 −18 39[d]
18 Amanat Baghdad (R) 38 9 12 17 32 41 −9 39[d] Qualification for the relegation play-off
19 Al-Minaa (R) 38 3 21 14 33 49 −16 30 Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
20 Samarra (R) 38 1 9 28 20 70 −50 12
Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Al-Naft finished ahead of Naft Al-Wasat on head-to-head points: Al-Naft 1–1 Naft Al-Wasat, Naft Al-Wasat 0–2 Al-Naft.
  2. ^ a b Naft Maysan finished ahead of Naft Al-Basra on head-to-head points: Naft Maysan 4–1 Naft Al-Basra, Naft Al-Basra 0–1 Naft Maysan.
  3. ^ a b Al-Qasim finished ahead of Al-Sinaa on head-to-head points: Al-Qasim 0–0 Al-Sinaa, Al-Sinaa 0–1 Al-Qasim.
  4. ^ a b Al-Diwaniya finished ahead of Amanat Baghdad on head-to-head points: Al-Diwaniya 2–0 Amanat Baghdad, Amanat Baghdad 0–1 Al-Diwaniya.

Results

Home \ Away DIW KAH KAR MIN NFT NJF QSM QWJ SHR SIN TLB ZWR AMN ERB NFB NFW NFM NRZ SMR ZAK
Al-Diwaniya 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3[a] 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 7–0 2–2
Al-Kahrabaa 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
Al-Karkh 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Al-Minaa 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
Al-Naft 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0
Al-Najaf 3–0[b] 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Al-Qasim 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Al-Shorta 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–3 3–0 3–2
Al-Sinaa 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Al-Talaba 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–1
Al-Zawraa 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Amanat Baghdad 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Erbil 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–3
Naft Al-Basra 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
Naft Al-Wasat 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2
Naft Maysan 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–0[c]
Newroz 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–3[d] 2–3 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
Samarra 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–3 1–2 3–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–1
Zakho 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0[e]
Source: IPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Diwaniya–Al-Talaba match originally ended 1–1 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Talaba due to Al-Diwaniya fielding the ineligible player Omar Jabbar.
  2. ^ The Al-Najaf–Al-Diwaniya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Najaf as Al-Diwaniya were not allowed to play the match due to having not paid their outstanding financial payments to players as required by the league's licensing criteria.
  3. ^ The Naft Maysan–Zakho match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Maysan, as Zakho did not turn up for the game.
  4. ^ The Newroz–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was not played due to the entry of Newroz fans into the stadium which violated COVID-19 restrictions, and was later awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
  5. ^ The Zakho–Samarra match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Zakho, as Samarra did not turn up for the game.

Relegation play-off

Amanat Baghdad0–2Duhok
Agyemang 15'
Delli 81'
Referee: Ahmed Kadhim

Duhok are promoted to the Iraqi Premier League, while Amanat Baghdad are relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Syria Mahmoud Al-Mawas Al-Shorta 22
2 Iraq Aso Rostam Newroz 18
3 Iraq Muhaimen Salim Al-Kahrabaa 13
4 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 12
Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Naft Al-Wasat

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
Iraq Farhan Shakor Amanat Baghdad Al-Qasim 3–0 (H)[4] 20 April 2022
Notes

(H) – Home team

Awards

Award Winner[5] Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season Iraq Alaa Abbas Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

References

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  3. ^ "Premier League Player Stats - Goals". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ "بالصور.. "هاتريك" شكور يقود أمانة بغداد للفوز على القاسم".
  5. ^ "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.