2016–17 Iraqi Premier League

The 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2016–17) was the 43rd season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2016,[1] and ended on 10 August 2017.[2]

Iraqi Premier League
Season2016–17
Dates15 September 2016 – 10 August 2017
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(6th title)
RelegatedAl-Karkh
Erbil
AFC CupAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Zawraa
Arab Club Champions CupAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Naft
Matches played342
Goals scored725 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorerAlaa Abdul-Zahra
(23 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Zawraa 6–0 Karbala
(16 October 2016)
Al-Naft 6–0 Zakho
(17 May 2017)
Highest scoringAl-Bahri 3–7 Al-Shorta
(5 March 2017)
Al-Zawraa 6–4 Al-Hussein
(16 May 2017)
Longest winning run6 games
Al-Naft
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Longest unbeaten run33 games
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Longest winless run27 games
Al-Samawa
Longest losing run6 games
Al-Bahri
Al-Hussein

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their sixth Premier League title, finishing four points ahead of second-placed Al-Naft and losing just one game throughout the campaign. It was the club's first league title since the 2004–05 season, and their manager Basim Qasim became the first manager to win titles in two consecutive seasons with two different teams.[3][4]

Teams

Locations of the 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League teams

Twenty teams were to compete in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the Iraqi Division One. However, Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 rounds, so nineteen teams completed the season.

Al-Hussein were promoted as the leaders of the final stage after drawing 1–1 against Brayati on 19 July 2016, at Al-Shaab Stadium, to appear for the first time in their history in the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Bahri were promoted, to appear for the seventh time in the Iraqi Premier League (the first since 1990–91), as the runners-up after drawing with Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 2–2 on the same day at Al-Karkh Stadium.[5] They replace Duhok, who withdrew from the last season,[6] and Al-Sinaa.

Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Capacity[7]
Al-Bahri Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Al-Hudood Baghdad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium 6,000
Al-Hussein Baghdad Five Thousand Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa Baghdad Al-Kahrabaa Stadium 2,000
Al-Karkh Baghdad Al-Karkh Stadium 5,150
Al-Minaa Basra Basra International Stadium 65,227
Al-Naft Baghdad Al-Naft Stadium 3,000
Al-Najaf Najaf Al-Najaf Stadium 12,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium 6,000
Al-Samawa Samawa Al-Samawa Stadium 10,000
Al-Shorta Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Talaba Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Zawraa Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Amanat Baghdad Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Erbil Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium 25,000
Karbala Karbala Karbala International Stadium 30,000
Naft Al-Junoob Basra Al-Zubair Stadium 5,000
Naft Al-Wasat Najaf Naft Al-Wasat Stadium 5,000
Naft Maysan Amara Al-Maimouna Stadium 3,000
Zakho Zakho Zakho International Stadium 20,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (C) 36 23 12 1 59 23 +36 81 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage and Arab Club Champions Cup first round
2 Al-Naft 36 22 11 3 61 17 +44 77 Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup first round
3 Al-Shorta 36 21 12 3 55 26 +29 75
4 Al-Zawraa 36 21 9 6 67 28 +39 72 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Naft Al-Wasat 36 19 11 6 45 26 +19 68
6 Al-Minaa 36 18 12 6 40 24 +16 66
7 Al-Talaba 36 14 12 10 51 38 +13 54
8 Amanat Baghdad 36 12 15 9 26 21 +5 51
9 Al-Najaf 36 12 13 11 41 38 +3 49
10 Naft Al-Junoob 36 8 15 13 36 42 −6 39
11 Naft Maysan 36 8 15 13 28 36 −8 39
12 Al-Hudood 36 8 14 14 35 46 −11 38
13 Al-Kahrabaa 36 8 14 14 24 36 −12 38
14 Al-Bahri 36 9 8 19 42 63 −21 35
15 Karbala 36 6 15 15 24 46 −22 33
16 Zakho 36 2 18 16 18 51 −33 24
17 Al-Hussein 36 3 14 19 23 52 −29 23
18 Al-Samawa 36 3 13 20 26 47 −21 22
19 Al-Karkh (R) 36 3 11 22 24 65 −41 20 Relegation to the Iraqi Division One
20 Erbil[lower-alpha 2] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Al-Zawraa qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.
  2. Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 matches, with their results being annulled.

Results
Home \ Away BAH HUD HUS KAH KAR MIN NFT NJF QWJ SMA SHR TLB ZWR AMN ERB KRB NFJ NFW NFM ZAK
Al-Bahri 2–3 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–7 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2
Al-Hudood 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
Al-Hussein 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0
Al-Kahrabaa 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0
Al-Karkh 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–1 –[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Al-Minaa 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
Al-Naft 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 6–0
Al-Najaf 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 –[lower-alpha 1] 4–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 5–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 –[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Al-Samawa 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
Al-Shorta 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–3 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–0
Al-Talaba 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 –[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 4–1
Al-Zawraa 3–0 1–0 6–4 4–0 4–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 –[lower-alpha 1] 6–0 4–1 0–2 3–0 4–1
Amanat Baghdad 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Erbil[lower-alpha 2] –[lower-alpha 1] –[lower-alpha 1] –[lower-alpha 1] –[lower-alpha 1] –[lower-alpha 1]
Karbala 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
Naft Al-Junoob 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 –[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1
Naft Al-Wasat 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
Naft Maysan 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Zakho 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–3[lower-alpha 3] 0–0 1–2 3–4 0–0 0–0 –[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Erbil's results against Al-Karkh (2–2 draw), Al-Hudood (2–2 draw), Zakho (1–0 win), Al-Kahrabaa (0–0 draw), Al-Zawraa (1–1 draw), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3–1 loss), Karbala (0–0 draw), Al-Talaba (0–0 draw), Naft Al-Junoob (1–0 loss), Amanat Baghdad (2–1 win), Naft Al-Wasat (1–1 draw) and Al-Najaf (1–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
  2. Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 matches, with their results being annulled.
  3. The Zakho–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after Zakho's players left the field on 80 minutes while losing 1–0 in protest at a refereeing decision.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa 23
2 Iraq Bassim Ali Naft Al-Junoob 18
3 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 17
4 Iraq Marwan Hussein Al-Shorta 15
5 Iraq Aymen Hussein Al-Naft 14
Ivory Coast Aboubakar Koné Al-Talaba
Iraq Ali Saad Al-Karkh / Al-Naft

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[8]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Marwan HusseinAl-ShortaAl-Hudood3–226 November 2016
Ivory Coast Aboubakar KonéAl-TalabaAl-Karkh3–020 December 2016
Iraq Mohanad Ali4Al-KahrabaaAl-Karkh5–34 January 2017
Iraq Abbas AbidZakhoAl-Talaba3–411 January 2017
Iraq Yassir Abdul-MohsenAl-TalabaZakho4–311 January 2017
Iraq Bassim AliNaft Al-JunoobAl-Samawa3–121 January 2017
Iraq Alaa Abdul-ZahraAl-ZawraaAl-Hussein6–416 May 2017
Iraq Ali Saad4Al-NaftZakho6–017 May 2017
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

Awards
Award Winner[9] Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season Iraq Ali Raheem Al-Zawraa

See also

References
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  2. "Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya win the 2016/17 Iraqi Premier League title". 10 August 2017.
  3. Goalzz.com
  4. Soccerway
  5. الحسين والبحري يتاهلان للدوري الممتاز العراقي (in Arabic). Kooora. 19 July 2016.
  6. اتحاد الكرة يقرر انزال فريق دهوك الى دوري الدرجة الاولى (in Arabic). Mawazin News Agency. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. "Stadiums in Iraq". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  8. "Iraqi Premier League 2016/2017 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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