2008–09 Iraqi Premier League

2008–09 Iraqi Premier League Erbil(3rd title) Ahmed Salah(15 goals) Al-Najaf 6–1 Maysan(22 May 2009) Al-Kahrabaa 0–6 Erbil(5 June 2009) Al-Najaf 6–1 Maysan(22 May 2009) 2007–08 2009–10 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. 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.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4070 Iraqi League 2008–2009 Goalzz.com Name changes Al-Bareed renamed to Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed at the end of 2008. Group stage Group 1 main WDL Group 1 5 Q ERB Erbil DUH Duhok QWJ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya NFT Al-Naft PER Pires RAM Al-Ramadi SMR Samarra SHR Al-Shorta SAL Salahaddin KAH Al-Kahrabaa KRK Kirkuk SUL Sulaymaniya HUD Al-Hudood DYL Diyala 20 4 2 55 17 18 7 1 47 11 12 6 8 36 25 11 6 9 23 26 9 10 7 27 26 10 7 9 29 30 9 7 10 27 23 8 10 8 29 29 8 9 9 24 27 7 9 10 22 34 6 9 11 18 25 6 9 11 26 34 4 7 15 15 33 1 6 19 9 47 #BBF3BB Qualified to the Final QF #CCF9CC Qualified to Third place match Q3 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Goalzz Results main FBR grey HUD KAH NFT QWJ RAM SHR ERB DYL DUH KRK PIR SAL SMR SUL Al-Hudood 0–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–4 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Al-Kahrabaa 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 Al-Naft 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 Al-Shorta 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 Erbil 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–2 Diyala 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 Duhok 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 Kirkuk 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 Pires 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 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 Salahaddin 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 Samarra 2–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 Sulaymaniya 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–4 The Pires–Erbil match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Erbil after the game was abandoned with the score at 1–1. 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. The Duhok–Erbil match was ended early with the score at 3–0 to Duhok. complete Goalzz Group 2 main WDL Group 2 5 Q NJF Al-Najaf AMN Al-Amana TLB Al-Talaba ZWR Al-Zawraa NFJ Naft Al-Junoob MIN Al-Minaa KUF Al-Kufa SIN Al-Sinaa NAS Al-Nasiriya SMA Al-Samawa KRB Karbala BRD Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed MAY Maysan 15 7 2 39 12 13 11 0 37 15 14 5 5 32 15 9 9 6 30 24 9 9 6 27 23 10 6 8 20 24 7 11 6 24 24 4 15 5 17 18 6 7 11 23 28 5 9 10 15 25 5 5 14 18 30 3 6 15 11 30 2 8 14 20 45 #BBF3BB Qualified to the Final QF #CCF9CC Qualified to Third place match Q3 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Goalzz Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league. Results main FBR grey AMN BRD KUF MIN NJF NAS SMA SIN TLB ZWR KRB MAY NFJ Al-Amana 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 Al-Minaa 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 Al-Sinaa 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Al-Talaba 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 Al-Zawraa 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 Karbala 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 4–0 Al-Kufa 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 Maysan 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 Naft Al-Junoob 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 Al-Najaf 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 6–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 Al-Nasiriya 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 Al-Samawa 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 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. complete Goalzz Championship play-off |- !colspan="3"|Third place match Al-Amana 0–1 Duhok |- !colspan="3"|Final Al-Najaf 0–0 (2–3 p.) Erbil Third place match 15 July 2009 15:30 GMT Al-Amana 0–1 Duhok Abdul-Nabi 15' Mushir 48 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Kadhim Awda Final 16 July 2009 15:30 GMT Al-Najaf 0–0 yes Erbil Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Alaa Abdul-Qadir Mohsen Sahib Naeem Faleh Sadir Sultan 2–3 Mubarak Abdul-Wahed Mohammed Mansoor Al-Deen Raad _whitelines _whitethinlines _whitelines _adidaswhite 0000CD 0000CD 0000CD 0000CD 0000CD Al-Najaf _adidasblack _blackadidasplate _adidasblack _yellow_stripes_adidas FFEF00 FFEF00 FFEF00 000000 000000 Erbil GK 20 IRQ Alaa GateaDF 7 IRQ Chasib Sultan (c)DF 3 IRQ Uday Omran 56DF 5IRQ Nabeel AbbasDF 24IRQ Faisal JassimMF 22 IRQ Saeed MohsenMF 18IRQ Dhia FalehMF 15 IRQ Dhia Abbas 61MF 9IRQ Sahel NaeemFW 10IRQ Hussein Karim 97FW 12 IRQ Alaa Aasi 98Substitutions:DF 6IRQ Ayad Sadir 119 56MF IRQ Faris Saadoun 62 61MF 25 IRQ Hatim Sahib 97Manager:IRQ Hatif Shamran GK 1 IRQ Ahmad AliDF 2 IRQ Samal Saeed 109DF 3 IRQ Yassir RaadDF 16 IRQ Saad AttiyaDF 14IRQ Khaldoun Ibrahim 77 96MF 19IRQ Deyar RahmanMF 12IRQ Herdi Noor Al-Deen 67MF 25IRQ Ahmed Abid AliFW 17 IRQ Ahmed Salah (c) 61FW 11 IRQ Luay Salah 32 83FW 10IRQ Muslim MubarakSubstitutions:FW 9IRQ Ali Mansoor 99 61MF 23IRQ Shirzad Mohammed 67MF 20IRQ Hussein Abdul-Wahed 83DF 4IRQ Rafid Badr Al-Deen 96Manager:IRQ Thair Ahmed Match officials Assistant referees: Ali Zaidan Luay Subhi Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Season statistics Top four positions Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstQualification1Erbil27205255172010 AFC Cup (disqualified)2Al-Najaf25158239122010 AFC Cup (disqualified)3Duhok27197148114Al-Amana25131113716 Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1IRQ Ahmed SalahErbil152IRQ Luay SalahErbil113IRQ Nasser TallaaNaft Al-Junoob9IRQ Sahib AbbasKarbalaIRQ Hussein KarimAl-Najaf Hat-tricks List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks Player http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4070&stage=1&sch=true Iraqi Premier League 2008/2009 Group Stage All Fixtures Goalzz Kooora.com 20 July 2022 For Against Result DateIraq Ahmed Jadiea 1Al-Amana Karbala 3–0 dmy 2008 11 14Iraq Sahib AbbasKarbala Al-Samawa 4–0 dmy 2008 12 12Iraq Ahmed Hanoon 1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Naft 3–1 dmy 2009 03 20Iraq Zaid Abdul-Hamza 1Al-Kufa Al-Nasiriya 3–1 dmy 2009 05 09Iraq Ahmed Salah Ahmed Salah AlwanErbil Al-Kahrabaa 6–0 dmy 2009 06 05 References External links Iraq Football Association 2008–09 1 Iraq