2008–09 Iraqi Premier League

The 2008–09 Iraqi Premier League was the 35th edition of the competition. It started on 1 November 2008 and ended on 16 July 2009. 27 teams from all over the country competed for the title. Erbil won the title by defeating Al-Najaf in the final via penalty shootout after a goalless draw. It was Erbil's third league title in a row. The two teams would have qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup, but were disqualified due to FIFA's suspension of the Iraq Football Association.

Iraqi Premier League
Season2008–09
ChampionsErbil
(3rd title)
Top goalscorerAhmed Salah
(15 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Najaf 6–1 Maysan
(22 May 2009)
Biggest away winAl-Kahrabaa 0–6 Erbil
(5 June 2009)
Highest scoringAl-Najaf 6–1 Maysan
(22 May 2009)

The 2008–09 season is the only season in history where none of the four Baghdad Derby clubs (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa) finished in the top four.[1]

Name changes

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Erbil 26 20 4 2 55 17 +38 64 Qualified to the Final
2 Duhok 26 18 7 1 47 11 +36 61 Qualified to Third place match
3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 26 12 6 8 36 25 +11 42
4 Al-Naft 26 11 6 9 23 26 −3 39
5 Peris 26 9 10 7 27 26 +1 37
6 Al-Ramadi 26 10 7 9 29 30 −1 37
7 Samarra 26 9 7 10 27 23 +4 34
8 Al-Shorta 26 8 10 8 29 29 0 34
9 Salahaddin 26 8 9 9 24 27 −3 33
10 Al-Kahrabaa 26 7 9 10 22 34 −12 30
11 Kirkuk 26 6 9 11 18 25 −7 27
12 Sulaymaniya 26 6 9 11 26 34 −8 27
13 Al-Hudood 26 4 7 15 15 33 −18 19
14 Diyala 26 1 6 19 9 47 −38 9
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away HUD KAH NFT QWJ RAM SHR ERB DYL DUH KRK PER SAL SMR SUL
Al-Hudood 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–4 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Al-Kahrabaa 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Al-Naft 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 0–2 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Al-Ramadi 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1
Al-Shorta 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–1
Erbil 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–2
Diyala 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1
Duhok 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Kirkuk 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–0
Peris 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 3] 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Salahaddin 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–3
Samarra 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0
Sulaymaniya 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–4
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Diyala–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta after Diyala's players left the field during the first half while losing 1–0.
  2. The Duhok–Erbil match was ended early with the score at 3–0 to Duhok.
  3. The Peris–Erbil match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Erbil after the game was abandoned with the score at 1–1.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Najaf 24 15 7 2 39 12 +27 52 Qualified to the Final
2 Al-Amana 24 13 11 0 37 15 +22 50 Qualified to Third place match
3 Al-Talaba 24 14 5 5 32 15 +17 47
4 Al-Zawraa 24 9 9 6 30 24 +6 36
5 Naft Al-Junoob 24 9 9 6 27 23 +4 36
6 Al-Minaa 24 10 6 8 20 24 −4 36
7 Al-Kufa 24 7 11 6 24 24 0 32
8 Al-Sinaa 24 4 15 5 17 18 −1 27
9 Al-Nasiriya 24 6 7 11 23 28 −5 25
10 Al-Samawa 24 5 9 10 15 25 −10 24
11 Karbala 24 5 5 14 18 30 −12 20
12 Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed 24 3 6 15 11 30 −19 15
13 Maysan 24 2 8 14 20 45 −25 14
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league.

Results
Home \ Away AMN BRD KUF MIN NJF NAS SMA SIN TLB ZWR KRB MAY NFJ
Al-Amana 1–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–2
Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–0
Al-Kufa 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Al-Minaa 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Al-Najaf 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 6–1 2–1
Al-Nasiriya 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0
Al-Samawa 0–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
Al-Sinaa 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Al-Talaba 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 3–2
Al-Zawraa 0–2 3–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3
Karbala 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Maysan 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
Naft Al-Junoob 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–2
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Nasiriya–Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Nasiriya after Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed's players left the field while losing 2–0.

Championship play-off
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Third place match
Al-Amana 0–1 Duhok
Final
Al-Najaf 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p.) 		Erbil

Third place match
Al-Amana0–1Duhok
Abdul-Nabi soccer ball with red X 15' Mushir 48'
Referee: Kadhim Awda

Final
Al-Najaf0–0 (a.e.t.)Erbil
Penalties
Mohsen soccer ball with check mark
Sahib soccer ball with check mark
Naeem soccer ball with red X
Faleh soccer ball with red X
Sadir soccer ball with red X
Sultan soccer ball with red X		 2–3 soccer ball with check mark Mubarak
soccer ball with red X Abdul-Wahed
soccer ball with red X Mohammed
soccer ball with red X Mansoor
soccer ball with check mark Al-Deen
soccer ball with check mark Raad
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir
Al-Najaf
Erbil

Final positions
Pos Team Pld Pts Eff Qualification
1Erbil 276580.2%2010 AFC Cup (disqualified)
2Al-Najaf 255370.7%2010 AFC Cup (disqualified)
3Duhok 276479.0%
4Al-Amana 255066.7%
Eliminated in the Group Stage
—Al-Talaba 244765.3%
—Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 264253.8%
—Al-Zawraa 243650.0%
—Al-Naft 263950.0%
—Naft Al-Junoob 243650.0%
—Peris 263747.4%
—Al-Minaa 243650.0%
—Al-Ramadi 263747.4%
—Al-Kufa 243244.4%
—Samarra 263443.6%
—Al-Shorta 263443.6%
—Al-Sinaa 242737.5%
—Salahaddin 263342.3%
—Al-Nasiriya 242534.7%
—Al-Kahrabaa 263038.5%
—Al-Samawa 242433.3%
—Kirkuk 262734.6%
—Karbala 242027.8%
—Sulaymaniya 262734.6%
—Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed 241520.8%
—Al-Hudood 261924.4%
—Maysan 241419.4%
—Diyala 26911.5%

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Ahmed Salah Erbil 15
2 Iraq Luay Salah Erbil 11
3 Iraq Nasser Tallaa Naft Al-Junoob 9
Iraq Sahib Abbas Karbala
Iraq Hussein Karim Al-Najaf

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[2]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Ahmed Jadiea Al-AmanaKarbala3–014 November 2008
Iraq Sahib Abbas KarbalaAl-Samawa4–012 December 2008
Iraq Ahmed Hanoon Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Naft3–120 March 2009
Iraq Zaid Abdul-Hamza Al-KufaAl-Nasiriya3–19 May 2009
Iraq Ahmed Salah ErbilAl-Kahrabaa6–05 June 2009

References
  1. "Iraqi League 2008–2009". Goalzz.com.
  2. "Iraqi Premier League 2008/2009 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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