2000–01 Iraqi Elite League

2000–01 Iraqi Elite League Al-Zawraa(10th title) 2002–03 AFC Champions League Al-Zawraa Hussein Abdullah(21 goals) Al-KutKarbala 1999–2000(Iraqi First Division League) 2001–02 The 2000–01 Iraqi Elite League was the 27th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi First Division League to Iraqi Elite League. Instead of relegating teams from the 1999–2000 season and promoting teams from the lower division in order to decide which teams were playing in the competition, the Iraq Football Association decided that every eligible team in the country should play qualifying games in order to decide who participated. The qualifying rounds saw a total of 135 teams being split into regional groups, all competing for the 16 places in the league.https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=21&article=17414&issueno=8052#.X2_6umhKjIV The Iraqi League with its new system kicks off December 25 Al-Awsat 14 December 2000 After all the qualifiers were over in December, the league competition itself was held with each team playing 30 matches. In the end, Al-Zawraa won their third league title in a row, finishing eight points clear at the top.Al-Sabti Ali Iraqi League History 1974-2011 2014 IraqAl-Munshi Dr.Dhia Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq 2005 Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad Regional qualifiers First round In the first qualifying round, each province apart from Baghdad and Sulaymaniya had its own qualifying tournament with the winner advancing to the second qualifying round. ProvinceWinnerNotesAl-AnbarAl-RamadiAl-QadisiyaAl-DiwaniyaOther competing teams included Al-Yaqdha, Afak, Al-Daghara, Al-Shamiya, Al-Rafidain and GhammasBabilAl-QasimAl-Qasim played Babil in a play-off over two legs which ended 1–1 and 0–0; Al-Qasim qualified on away goals. Other competing teams included Al-HillaBasraAl-MinaaAl-Minaa played Al-Basra in a two-legged play-off; both legs ended in draws and Al-Minaa won 1–0 via a golden goal in extra-time. Other competing teams included Al-Bahri, Al-Ittihad, Al-Zubair, Kahrabaa Al-Hartha, Al-Junoob, Abi Al-Khaseeb, Al-Khor, Al-Qurna, Al-Dair, Umm Qasr, Al-Midaina and Al-RumailaDhi QarAl-NasiriyaDiyalaAl-KhalisOther competing teams included Diyala (who withdrew), Jalawla, Al-Miqdadiya, Khanaqin, Balad Ruz and Al-Shaheed ArkanDuhokDuhokOther competing teams included Zakho and PiresErbilErbilKarbalaKarbalaOther competing teams included Al-Hindiya, Al-Jamahir and Al-HusseiniyaKirkukKirkukOther competing teams included Al-Thawra, Al-Hawija, Al-Dibis and DaquqMaysanMaysanOther competing teams included Al-AmaraMuthannaAl-SamawaOther competing teams included Al-Khidhir, Al-Muthanna and Al-RumaithaNajafAl-NajafNinevehAl-MosulAl-Mosul played Hikna in a two-legged play-off; both legs ended in draws (one of which was 3–3) and Al-Mosul qualified on away goals. Other competing teams included Al-Qayara, Al-Intisar, Zummar, Hamam Al-Alil, Tel Afar and BashiqaSalahaddinSamarraOther competing teams included Salahaddin, Al-Alam, Al-Dawr Al-Ahli, Al-Shirqat and BaijiWasitAl-KutOther competing teams included Wasit, Al-Mutasim, Al-Hay, Al-Aziziya, Al-Numaniya and Al-SuwairaBaghdad – All 35 teams admitted directly to second qualifying roundSulaymaniya – Sulaymaniya admitted directly to second qualifying round Second round In the second qualifying round, which started in September and ended in December, the remaining teams were split into five regional groups. The two Baghdad groups were played in a single round-robin format (teams played each other once) while the other three groups were played in a double round-robin format (teams played each other twice).http://www.iraqsport.net:80/league/draw.html https://web.archive.org/web/20001022090654/http://www.iraqsport.net/league/draw.html dead 2000-10-22 Baghdad draw IraqSport 2021-02-23http://iraqsport.net:80/articles/html/310800-2.html Next Monday, the Baghdad Groups will start IraqSport 31 August 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20001012075410/http://iraqsport.net:80/articles/html/310800-2.html 2000-10-12http://www.iraqsport.net/articles/html/121100-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20001202103000/http://www.iraqsport.net/articles/html/121100-1.html dead 2000-12-02 Al-Talaba are champions of the second Baghdad group IraqSport North Group TeamResultDuhokQualified to Elite LeagueSamarraErbilKirkukAl-MosulSulaymaniya Central Group TeamResultAl-NajafQualified to Elite LeagueAl-RamadiKarbalaAl-KhalisAl-Qasim South Group TeamResultAl-KutQualified to Elite LeagueAl-SamawaAl-MinaaMaysanAl-NasiriyaAl-Diwaniya Baghdad Group 1 main WDL Q SHR Al-Shorta KKH Al-Karkh ZWR Al-Zawraa JSH Al-Jaish SNA Al-Sinaa KDH Al-Kadhimiya NDH Al-Nahdha UML Al-Umal SIY Al-Siyaha AMN Al-Amana SHB Al-Shabab BRD Al-Bareed KHT Al-Khutoot HUD Al-Hudood ADH Al-Adhamiya TYJ Tayaran Al-Jaish SHD Al-Shaheed Dulaf MDN Al-Madain 16 1 0 82 8 15 2 0 83 13 14 1 2 80 7 12 2 3 42 16 10 4 3 42 20 9 5 3 40 14 8 4 5 32 27 7 5 5 38 29 8 1 8 22 33 6 6 5 39 32 6 4 7 17 20 5 3 9 23 47 5 2 10 24 41 4 1 12 27 51 1 3 13 15 75 1 2 14 10 55 1 1 15 13 72 1 1 15 9 78 green1 Qualified to Elite League Q Q Q green2 Qualified to Play-off round PO complete Al-Shameri Archive Results main FBR grey ADH AMN BRD HUD KDH KKH KHT JSH MDN NDH SHB SHD SHR SIN SIY UML ZWR TYJ Al-Adhamiya null null 3–9 0–4 null 0–2 null null null 0–3 2–2 null null null null null 1–1 Al-Amana 8–0 1–1 5–4 null null 3–3 null 4–1 null 2–1 5–2 null null 0–2 1–1 2–2 null Al-Bareed 2–1 null 4–2 1–1 null null null 1–0 null null 2–0 null 1–3 null null null null Al-Hudood null null null 1–1 null null null null 0–3 0–1 null null null 1–2 null null 1–0 Al-Kadhimiya null 1–1 null null null 3–1 0–3 null null 1–0 null null 0–0 null 1–0 0–2 null Al-Karkh 14–2 4–0 5–1 4–1 0–0 5–1 null 10–2 3–1 3–0 6–0 null null 5–0 7–3 1–0 5–1 Al-Khutoot null null 5–0 1–2 null null null 1–0 null 0–0 2–0 1–7 null 0–1 null null 3–0 Al-Jaish 5–1 2–1 6–3 3–1 null 0–5 4–2 5–0 0–0 1–0 6–0 0–1 null 5–0 null 0–2 1–0 Al-Madain 0–3 null null 1–0 0–7 null null null 2–5 0–2 null 0–7 null 0–3 null null null Al-Nahdha 4–1 1–1 3–0 null 1–5 null 3–1 null null null null null 1–1 null null null 4–1 Al-Shabab null null 1–1 null null null null null null 1–0 null null null 1–1 null null null Al-Shaheed Dulaf null null null 1–2 0–5 null null null 4–2 0–2 1–3 null null null null null null Al-Shorta 8–0 2–1 7–1 10–1 4–1 0–0 null null null 4–0 4–1 8–1 null null 4–0 null 6–0 Al-Sinaa 4–0 3–1 null 2–1 null 1–6 4–0 0–0 7–0 null 1–0 6–0 0–5 2–0 0–0 null 7–0 Al-Siyaha 2–1 null 4–0 null 0–5 null null null null 0–1 null 3–0 1–4 null 0–2 null null Al-Umal 0–0 null 5–2 3–1 null null 2–1 0–1 8–0 3–3 1–1 8–0 null null null null 2–1 Al-Zawraa 7–0 null 3–0 7–0 null null 7–0 null 11–1 4–0 4–0 6–0 0–1 5–1 6–1 6–0 8–0 Tayaran Al-Jaish null 2–3 0–3 null 0–5 null null null 0–0 null 0–2 4–2 null null 0–2 null null The Al-Zawraa–Al-Bareed match originally ended 0–0 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Zawraa due to Al-Bareed fielding an ineligible player. Al-Shameri Archive complete Baghdad Group 2 main WDL Q TLB Al-Talaba NFT Al-Naft QWJ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya DIF Al-Difaa Al-Jawi SHL Al-Shuala MJD Al-Majd HFA Haifa SLK Al-Sulaikh MAH Al-Mahmoudiya TMZ Tamouz ABU Abu Ghraib QQA Al-Qaqaa TJR Al-Tijara HUR Al-Hurriya BTL Batal Al-Tahreer SLM Al-Salama SQR Al-Saqr Al-Arabi 15 0 1 82 4 14 2 0 52 2 14 1 1 65 7 12 2 2 60 13 9 1 6 28 18 7 3 6 36 23 7 3 6 21 24 7 1 8 34 28 6 4 6 13 25 5 4 7 19 29 4 3 9 19 51 4 3 9 15 49 4 2 10 11 32 3 3 10 19 42 3 1 12 15 52 3 1 12 16 58 1 2 13 13 61 green1 Qualified to Elite League Q Q Q green2 Qualified to Play-off round PO complete Al-Shameri Archive Results main FBR grey ABU DIF HUR MAH MJD NFT QQA QWJ SLM SQR SHL SLK TLB TJR BTL HFA TMZ Abu Ghraib 1–7 null null 1–1 null 1–2 null 5–2 2–2 0–4 null null 2–1 2–2 null null Al-Difaa Al-Jawi null null null 2–1 1–1 null null 11–0 null null 2–0 0–2 null 3–0 null null Al-Hurriya 3–1 0–5 null null null 1–2 0–3 2–0 null null 2–6 null null 4–2 null null Al-Mahmoudiya 1–0 3–3 1–0 null null 0–0 null null 1–0 0–3 1–1 null null null 0–0 2–1 Al-Majd null null 1–0 0–1 null 4–0 null 5–3 7–2 null null null 3–0 null 1–1 1–1 Al-Naft 7–0 null 7–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 null 4–0 7–0 1–0 3–1 null 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 Al-Qaqaa null 0–5 null null null null null 2–1 3–2 0–2 null null null 1–2 null null Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6–0 4–2 null 5–1 1–0 0–0 6–0 7–1 7–1 1–0 6–0 0–1 5–0 null 2–0 null Al-Salama null null null 0–1 null null null null 3–1 null null 0–10 1–0 null null 2–2 Al-Saqr Al-Arabi null 0–8 2–2 null null null null null null null 1–4 null 2–1 null 0–1 null Al-Shuala null 0–1 3–1 null 2–1 null null null 2–0 1–0 2–0 null 1–2 3–1 null 1–2 Al-Sulaikh 2–0 null null null 1–3 null 5–1 null 4–0 null null null 1–0 7–1 null 1–2 Al-Talaba 9–0 null 5–1 5–0 5–1 0–1 9–0 null null 8–0 4–0 3–1 5–0 6–0 6–0 4–0 Al-Tijara null 0–6 1–1 1–0 null null 2–2 null null null null null null 2–0 null 0–1 Batal Al-Tahreer null null null 2–1 1–7 null null 0–7 0–2 2–0 null null null null 1–3 1–2 Haifa 1–2 1–2 3–2 null null null 3–0 null 2–1 null 4–4 1–0 null 0–1 null 1–0 Tamouz 1–2 0–2 0–0 null null null 2–2 1–5 null 4–0 null null null null null null Al-Shameri Archive complete Play-off round In the play-off round, the two fourth-placed teams from the Baghdad Groups faced off in a two-legged tie to determine the seventh qualifying team from Baghdad. 2000 12 10 y Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 0–1 Al-Jaish Al-Shorta Stadium Baghdad 2000 12 14 y Al-Jaish 1–2 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Al-Jaish Stadium Baghdad 2–2 on aggregate. Al-Difaa Al-Jawi won on away goals and qualified for the Elite League. League table main WDL 5 QR ZWR Al-Zawraa QWJ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya SHR Al-Shorta TLB Al-Talaba DHK Duhok NJF Al-Najaf KKH Al-Karkh DFJ Al-Difaa Al-Jawi MNA Al-Minaa SMR Samarra NFT Al-Naft ERB Erbil SMW Al-Samawa RMD Al-Ramadi KUT Al-Kut KRB Karbala 23 1 6 80 24 C 18 8 4 53 24 19 3 8 60 26 17 9 4 43 22 16 7 7 44 24 15 7 8 31 16 14 8 8 48 33 13 9 8 33 29 10 10 10 24 26 10 6 14 34 50 8 10 12 31 40 6 11 13 24 46 6 8 16 26 37 6 4 20 31 67 3 3 24 18 56 R 3 2 25 16 76 R green1 2002–03 AFC Champions League preliminary round 3 CL3 Iraq were given two slots for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League, therefore 2000–01 league champions Al-Zawraa were admitted to the qualifying round and 2001–02 league champions Al-Talaba entered the group stage. red1 Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League R R complete Ali Al-Sabti Archive Results main FBR grey DIF KKH KUT MIN NFT NJF QWJ RMA SMA SHR TLB ZWR DHK ERB KRB SMR Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 Al-Karkh 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 7–0 5–1 Al-Kut 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–6 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 Al-Minaa 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 Al-Naft 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 Al-Najaf 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–3 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 5–1 Al-Ramadi 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–0 1–2 Al-Samawa 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 9–0 0–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 Al-Shorta 2–2 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–3 Al-Talaba 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 Al-Zawraa 5–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–2 8–0 6–2 Duhok 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 Erbil 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–0 0–0 Karbala 0–1 0–3 3–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–5 2–4 0–3 0–7 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–1 5–1 Samarra 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 Ali Al-Sabti Archive complete Season statistics Top scorers PosScorerGoalsTeam1Hussein Abdullah21Duhok2Ahmed Khudhair19Al-Shorta3Ammar Ahmed14Al-Zawraa Hat-tricks List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateIraq 1991 Ammar Ahmed 1Al-Zawraa Karbala 8–0 dmy 2001 01 04Iraq 1991 Hashim RidhaAl-Shorta Al-Najaf 3–0 dmy 2001 01 09Iraq 1991 Ahmed Khalaf 1Samarra Al-Ramadi 4–0 dmy 2001 01 09Iraq 1991 Ali Mansour 14Al-Samawa Al-Ramadi 9–0 dmy 2001 02 16Iraq 1991 Mohammed Abdul-Nabi 1Al-Samawa Al-Ramadi 9–0 dmy 2001 02 16Iraq 1991 Alaa Abdul-Sattar 1Al-Zawraa Al-Kut 6–1 dmy 2001 04 23Iraq 1991 Hussein Abdullah 1Duhok Karbala 5–1 dmy 2001 05 15Iraq 1991 Dhurgham Ali 1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Karbala 5–1 dmy 2001 05 20Iraq 1991 Ahmed Khalaf 14Al-Karkh Karbala 7–0 dmy 2001 05 28Iraq 1991 Ahmed KhudhairAl-Shorta Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 3–1 dmy 2001 06 08Iraq 1991 Ahmed Khudhair5Al-Shorta Al-Kut 5–1 dmy 2001 06 14Iraq 1991 Amer MushrafAl-Shorta Karbala 7–0 dmy 2001 06 22 Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals 5 Player scored 5 goals References External links Iraq Football Association 2000–01 1 Iraq