Iraq Super League 2007-08

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Iraq Super League
Season	2007-08
Champions	In progress
Promoted	Al-Bareed (Baghdad) Al-Ramadi (Baghdad) Al-Shuala (Baghdad) Peris (North) Zaxo (North) Al-Samawa (South) Kufa (South)
Relegated	Al-Adala (Baghdad) Al-Jaish (Baghdad) Al-Shuala (Baghdad) Mosul (North) Zaxo (North) Al-Forat (South) Al-Shatra (South)
AFC Cup	In progress
Arab Champions League	In progress
Biggest home win	Karbala 5-0 Al-Forat
Biggest away win	Al-Jaish 1-8 Al-Kahraba
Highest scoring	Al-Ramadi 2-7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Total goals	561
Average goals/game	2.39 per match
← Previous season 2006-07	Next season → 2008-09

The 2007/2008 season of the Iraq Super League started in November, 2007 and ends on August 2008. For security reasons the Iraqi league divided on 3 Divisions, Baghdad, North and South, The top teams qualify for the Elite Stage followed by the semifinals and the final. The top 2 teams qualify for the AFC Cup after excluding Iraq from the AFC Champions League due to not fulfilling the AFC wishes of having full professional league, the 3rd and 4th places qualify to the Arab Champions League. Arbil is the defending champion of the last season in 2006-07.

Contents 1 The Primary Stage 1.1 The Formation 1.2 The Clubs 1.3 Baghdad Division Standing 1.4 Baghdad Division Fixture & Results 1.5 North Division Standing 1.6 North Division Results 1.7 South Division Standing 1.8 South Division Results 2 The Elite Stage 2.1 The Formation 2.2 The Clubs 2.3 Group A 2.4 Group A Fixture & Results 2.5 Group B 2.6 Group B Fixture & Results 2.7 Group C 2.8 Group C Fixture & Results 3 Top scorers 4 4 Substitutions 5 Sources & References

[edit] The Primary Stage

[edit] The Formation

• 30 Clubs in 3 divisions: Baghdad (12), North (9) and South (9).
• 14 Teams qualify to the Elite stage: Baghdad (6), North (4) and South (4).
• 7 Teams relegate to the lower Division: Baghdad (3), North (2) and South (2).
• Mosul withdrew from the North division.
• 3 teams promote from the lower Division to the Super League next season.

[edit] The Clubs

Baghdad Division - Blue Al-Adala Al-Bareed Al-Jaish Al-Kahraba Al-Naft Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Ramadi Al-Shorta Al-Shuala Al-Sinaa Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa

North Division - Orange Arbil Duhok Kirkuk Mosul - withdrew Peris Samaraa Sirwan Sulaymaniyah Zaxo

South Division - Purple Al-Forat Al-Minaa Al-Samawa Al-Shatra Karbalaa Kufa Maysan Naft Al-Janoob Najaf

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[edit] Baghdad Division Standing

• Last Update 29 May 2008

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Shorta	22	13	8	1	40	14	26	47	Qualified to the Elite stage
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	22	14	4	4	42	13	29	46	Qualified to the Elite stage
3	Al-Kahraba	22	10	8	4	30	10	20	38	Qualified to the Elite stage
4	Al-Zawraa	22	10	7	5	24	12	12	37	Qualified to the Elite stage
5	Al-Talaba	22	9	9	4	25	17	8	36	Qualified to the Elite stage
6	Al-Sinaa	22	9	8	5	24	16	8	35	Qualified to the Elite stage
7	Al-Bareed (N)	22	8	6	8	25	29	-4	30
8	Al-Naft	22	6	9	7	18	24	-6	27
9	Al-Ramadi (N)	22	5	6	11	26	42	-16	21
10	Al-Jaish	22	3	6	13	14	39	-25	15	Relegated
11	Al-Shuala (N)	22	3	4	15	14	44	-30	13	Relegated
12	Al-Adala	22	3	3	17	10	33	-22	12	Relegated

[edit] Baghdad Division Fixture & Results

• Last Update 29 May 2008
• The home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	ADL	BRD	JSH	KAH	NFT	JAW	RAM	SHO	SHL	SIN	TAL	ZAW
Al-Adala		2-1	0-2	0-3	0-0	0-1	0-2	0-1	0-1	0-2	2-3	1-1
Al-Bareed	2-0		1-0	1-0	1-0	0-2	3-3	1-4	1-1	3-2	0-0	2-2
Al-Jaish	1-0	0-1		1-8	2-2	0-3	1-3	0-0	0-3	0-1	0-0	0-2
Al-Kahraba	1-1	4-2	2-0		0-1	1-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	0-1	2-0	0-0
Al-Naft	2-1	1-0	2-2	0-0		0-0	3-1	1-1	2-1	0-0	0-2	1-2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0-1	1-1	1-0	0-1	2-0		3-1	1-1	3-01	2-0	1-1	1-0
Al-Ramadi	1-0	2-1	1-2	0-4	2-2	2-7		1-1	1-2	0-2	0-1	0-0
Al-Shorta	3-1	2-0	4-1	0-0	3-0	2-0	4-2		2-1	0-0	1-2	1-0
Al-Shuala	1-2	0-1	1-1	1-0	0-1	0-7	2-3	0-3		1-3	1-3	0-5
Al-Sinaa	2-0	1-2	1-0	1-1	3-0	0-2	0-0	1-1	1-1		2-2	1-0
Al-Talaba	2-0	2-1	1-1	0-0	1-0	1-2	1-1	0-0	3-0	0-0		0-1
Al-Zawraa	1-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	2-0	1-2	1-0	1-0	2-0

¹ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya awarded 3-0 victory over Al-Shuala as a penalty for ot coming to the match.

[edit] North Division Standing

• Last Update 1 May 2008

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Arbil (C)	14	9	4	1	21	5	16	31	Qualified to the Elite stage
2	Duhok	14	9	3	2	16	6	10	30	Qualified to the Elite stage
3	Peris (N)	14	6	4	4	20	16	4	22	Qualified to the Elite stage
4	Kirkuk	14	6	3	5	18	17	1	21	Qualified to the Elite stage
5	Sulaymaniyah	14	4	7	3	16	17	-1	19
6	Samaraa	14	3	5	6	10	16	-6	14
7	Sirwan	14	2	4	8	9	14	-5	10
8	Zaxo (N)	14	0	4	10	5	24	-19	4	Relegated
9	Mosul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Withdrew

[edit] North Division Results

• Last Update 1 May 2008
• The home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	ARB	DUH	KRK	PER	SMR	SIR	SUL	ZXO
Arbil		0-1	2-0	1-0	4-1	1-0	4-0	0-0
Duhok	1-2		0-1	2-1	0-0	2-1	2-1	1-0
Kirkuk	0-2	0-1		2-3	1-0	3-1	2-2	2-0
Peris	1-1	0-2	1-1		2-0	0-0	3-3	3-01
Samaraa	1-2	0-1	1-1	2-0		0-2	1-1	3-2
Sirwan	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-1		1-2	3-0
Sulaymaniyah	0-0	0-0	3-1	1-3	0-0	2-0		1-0
Zaxo	0-2	0-32	1-3	1-2	0-0	1-1	0-0

^{1, 2} Both Duhok FC and Peris FC awarded 3-0 victory over Zaxo FC as a penalty for using a banned player,

Duhok vs. Zaxo match would be ended 0-0.

Peris vs. Zaxo match would be ended 1-1.

[edit] South Division Standing

• Last Update 29 April 2008

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Karbalaa	16	12	2	2	27	12	15	38	Qualified to the Elite stage
2	Najaf	16	9	5	2	23	9	14	32	Qualified to the Elite stage
3	Al-Minaa	16	8	6	2	19	10	9	30	Qualified to the Elite stage
4	Naft Al-Janoob	16	5	6	5	16	14	2	21	Qualified to the Elite stage
5	Maysan	16	4	7	5	16	17	-1	19
6	Kufa (N)	16	4	5	7	13	15	-2	17
7	Al-Samawa (N)	16	3	7	6	11	18	-7	16
8	Al-Forat	16	4	2	10	17	33	-16	14	Relegated
9	Al-Shatra	16	2	2	12	12	26	-14	8	Relegated

[edit] South Division Results

• Last Update 29 April 2008
• The home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	FOR	MIN	SAM	SHT	KRB	KUF	MAY	JAN	NJF
Al-Forat		1-0	3-0	2-1	2-4	1-4	1-3	0-2	1-2
Al-Minaa	2-0		2-0	1-0	2-1	2-0	2-1	3-3	0-0
Al-Samawa	2-1	0-0		1-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	1-1	1-1
Al-Shatra	2-3	1-1	2-2		0-2	1-0	0-2	0-1	1-3
Karbalaa	5-0	2-1	1-0	1-0		2-1	1-0	2-1	0-0
Kufa	0-0	0-1	1-0	3-2	1-2		2-2	1-0	0-1
Maysan	1-1	1-1	1-1	0-1	0-1	0-0		1-0	2-1
Naft Al-Janoob	2-0	0-0	2-1	3-0	1-2	0-0	0-0		0-0
Najaf FC	3-1	0-1	2-0	1-0	2-1	0-0	4-1	3-0

[edit] The Elite Stage

[edit] The Formation

• 14 Clubs in 3 Groups.
• 4 Teams qualify to the Golden stage.

The Group winners (3 Teams) qualify directly to the Golden stage.

The Three best 2nd teams will play one round-robin to decide the 4th qualified team to the Golden Stage.

[edit] The Clubs

Group A Al-Shorta (Baghdad Champion) Najaf (South 2nd place) Peris (North 3rd place) Al-Zawraa (Baghdad 4th place)

Group B Arbil (North Champion) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Baghdad 2nd place) Al-Minaa (South 3rd place) Kirkuk (North 4th place) Al-Sinaa (Baghdad 6th place)

Group C Karbala (South Champion) Duhok (North 2nd place) Al-Kahraba (Baghdad 3rd place) Naft Al-Janoob (South 4th place) Al-Talaba (Baghdad 5th place)

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[edit] Group A

• Last Update

	Team	Div	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Shorta	Baghdad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Najaf	South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Peris (N)	North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Group A Fixture & Results

• Last Update
• The home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	SHO	ZAW	NJF	PER
Al-Shorta		-	-	-
Al-Zawraa	-		-	-
Najaf FC	-	-		-
Peris FC	-	-	-

[edit] Group B

• Last Update

	Team	Div	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arbil (C)	North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Al-Minaa	South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Kirkuk	North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Al-Sinaa	Baghdad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Group B Fixture & Results

• Last Update
• The home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	MIN	JAW	SIN	ARB	KRK
Al-Minaa		-	-	-	-
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	-		-	-	-
Al-Sinaa	-	-		-	-
Arbil	-	-	-		-
Kirkuk	-	-	-	-

[edit] Group C

• Last Update

	Team	Div	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Karbala	South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Duhok	North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Al-Kahraba	Baghdad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Naft Al-Janoob	South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Al-Talaba	Baghdad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Group C Fixture & Results

• Last Update
• The home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	KAH	TAL	DUH	KRB	JAN
Al-Kahraba		-	-	-	-
Al-Talaba	-		-	-	-
Duhok	-	-		-	-
Karbala	-	-	-		-
Naft Al-Janoob	-	-	-	-

[edit] Top scorers

Last updated: 29 May 2008.

#	Player		Team	Goals per Stage			Total
				Primary Stage	Elite Stage	Golden Stage
1		Hussam Saeed	Al-Bareed	10	-	-	10
=		Yassir Abdul-Muhsen	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	10	-	-	10
=		Ahmad Ijdayia	Al-Ramadi	10	-	-	10
=		Tayseer Abdul-Hussein	Al-Shorta	10	-	-	10
=		Ayad Shaalan	Al-Sinaa	10	-	-	10
=		Asaad Abdul-Nabi	Al-Kahraba	10	-	-	10
7		Akram Hashem	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	8	-	-	8
8		Ali Sabbar	Al-Bareed	7	-	-	7
=		Ali Aoda	Al-Jaish	7	-	-	7
=		Abdul-Salam Abood	Al-Zawra	7	-	-	7
=		Hussam Aziz	Al-Forat	7	-	-	7
=		Hussam Farhoud	Karbala	7	-	-	7
13		Ali Mohammed	Najaf FC	6	-	-	6
=		Ahmad Salah Alwan	Arbil	6	-	-	6
=		Halkurd Mulla Mohammed	Sulaymaniyah	6	-	-	6
As of the end of the Primary Stage

[edit] 4 Substitutions

The IFA made a new rule: the clubs can use 4 substitutions instead of 3 substitutions. IFA added this section in their last meeting with the clubs' officials and all teams agreed with the new rule.

[edit] Sources & References

• Goalzz.com

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