2007–08 Iraqi Premier League

2007–08 Iraqi Premier League Erbil(2nd title) Al-FuratSirwanAl-JaishAl-ShualaAl-AdalaAl-ShatraZakho AFC Cup ErbilAl-Zawraa Arab Champions League Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Asaad Abdul-Nabi(14 goals) Karbala 5–0 Al-Furat(7 December 2007) Al-Jaish 1–8 Al-Kahrabaa(15 December 2007)Al-Shuala 0–7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya(18 December 2007) Al-Ramadi 2–7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya(8 December 2007)Al-Jaish 1–8 Al-Kahrabaa(15 December 2007)Al-Shuala 0–7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya(18 December 2007)Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6–3 Kirkuk(17 July 2008) 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 August 2008. The season saw Erbil crowned as champions for the second time in a row, beating Al-Zawraa 1–0 after extra time in the final. For security reasons, the league was divided into three groups: South, North and Central. The top six clubs from the Central Group and the top four clubs from the North and South Groups qualified for the Elite Stage. The Elite Stage consisted of three groups, of which the winners and one runner-up qualified for the Golden Stage, a knockout contest. The Golden Stage matches were held at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup, while third-placed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2008–09 Arab Champions League.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=3413 Iraqi League 2007–2008 Goalzz.com New rule The Iraq Football Association introduced a new rule that allowed clubs to make four substitutions instead of three. Group stage North Group main WDL QR ERB Erbil DUH Duhok PIR Pires KRK Kirkuk SUL Sulaymaniya SMR Samarra SIR Sirwan ZXO Zakho 9 4 1 21 5 9 3 2 16 6 6 4 4 20 16 6 3 5 18 17 4 7 3 16 17 3 5 6 10 16 2 4 8 9 14 0 4 10 5 24 #BBF3BB Qualified to Elite Stage ES ES ES ES #FFBBBB Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League R R complete Goalzz Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league. Results main FBR grey ERB DUH KRK PIR SMR SIR SUL ZKO Erbil 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 Pires 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–3 3–0 Samarra 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 Sulaymaniya 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 Zakho 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 Zakho's matches with Pires (1–1) and Duhok (0–0) were both awarded as 3–0 defeats for Zakho as a penalty for using an ineligible player. PIR_ZKO complete Goalzz Central Group main WDL QR SHO Al-Shorta JAW Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya KAH Al-Kahrabaa ZAW Al-Zawraa TAL Al-Talaba SIN Al-Sinaa BRD Al-Bareed NFT Al-Naft RAM Al-Ramadi JSH Al-Jaish SHL Al-Shuala ADL Al-Adala 13 8 1 40 14 14 4 4 42 13 10 8 4 30 10 10 7 5 24 12 9 9 4 25 17 9 8 5 24 16 8 6 8 25 29 6 9 7 18 24 5 6 11 26 42 3 6 13 14 39 3 4 15 14 44 3 3 16 11 33 #BBF3BB Qualified to Elite Stage ES ES ES ES ES ES #FFBBBB Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League R R R complete Goalzz Results main FBR grey 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 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 Al-Kahrabaa 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 3–0 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 The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Shuala match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Al-Shuala did not turn up for the game. complete Goalzz South Group main WDL QR KRB Karbala NJF Al-Najaf MIN Al-Minaa JUN Naft Al-Junoob MAY Maysan KUF Al-Kufa SAM Al-Samawa FOR Al-Furat SHT Al-Shatra 12 2 2 27 12 9 5 2 23 9 8 6 2 19 10 5 6 5 16 14 4 7 5 16 17 4 5 7 13 15 3 7 6 11 18 4 2 10 17 33 2 2 12 12 26 #BBF3BB Qualified to Elite Stage ES ES ES ES #FFBBBB Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League R R complete Goalzz Results main FBR grey FUR KUF MIN NJF SAM SHT KRB MAY NFJ Al-Furat 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 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 Karbala 5–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 Al-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-Junoob 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 Al-Najaf 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 3–0 complete Goalzz Elite stage Group 1 main WDL Group 1 Q ERB Erbil JAW Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya KRK Kirkuk MIN Al-Minaa SIN Al-Sinaa 4 2 2 9 5 4 1 3 10 8 3 1 4 8 9 2 3 3 6 8 2 3 3 4 7 #BBF3BB Qualified to Semi-finals SF #CCF9CC Qualified to Semi-final playoff SFP y FBR grey 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 6–3 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 complete Goalzz Group 2 main WDL Group 2 Q DUH Duhok KRB Karbala TAL Al-Talaba NFJ Naft Al-Junoob KAH Al-Kahrabaa 5 3 0 12 3 4 4 0 9 4 1 4 3 4 7 2 1 5 6 11 1 2 5 10 16 #BBF3BB Qualified to Semi-finals SF #CCF9CC Qualified to Semi-final playoff SFP y FBR grey 0–1 0–4 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 complete Goalzz Group 3 main WDL Group 3 Q ZAW Al-Zawraa NJF Al-Najaf SHO Al-Shorta PIR Pires 4 1 1 11 5 3 2 1 7 4 1 2 3 5 9 0 3 3 1 6 #BBF3BB Qualified to Semi-finals SF #CCF9CC Qualified to Semi-final playoff SFP y FBR grey 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 complete Goalzz Semi-final playoff main WDL Q JAW Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya NJF Al-Najaf KRB Karbala 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 #BBF3BB Qualified to Semi-finals SF y FBR grey 0–1 null null 0–1 2–3 null 2–1 to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after normal time; 3–2 to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after extra time; Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 8–7 on penalties. complete Goalzz Golden stage 20 August 2008 Al-Zawraa 1 Duhok 0 21 August 2008 Erbil 2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 24 August 2008 Al-Zawraa 0 Erbil 1 23 August 2008 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 Duhok 0 Semi-finals 20 August 2008 14:00 GMT Al-Zawraa 1–0 Duhok Abboud 75 pen. Al-Shaab Stadium Baghdad 21 August 2008 14:05 GMT Erbil 2–0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya L. Salah 28 A. Salah 53 Al-Shaab Stadium Baghdad Alaa Abdul-Qadir Third place match 23 August 2008 14:00 GMT Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–0 Duhok Radhi 5 Khalid 42 Zwaid 82 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Final 24 August 2008 16:30 GMT Al-Zawraa 0–1 yes Erbil A. Salah 99 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 50,000 Sabah Abid _navylines _blue_reebok_spikes _navylines _adidasnavy FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Al-Zawraa _whitecollar FFEF00 FFEF00 FFEF00 000000 FFEF00 Erbil GK 31 IRQ Ahmad AliDF 3 IRQ Ahmed Attiya 36DF 15 IRQ Ghaith Abdul-Ghani (c) 120+2DF 6IRQ Ous IbrahimDF 29IRQ Waleed KhalidMF 16 IRQ Mohannad NassirMF 19IRQ Salar Abdul-Jabbar 95MF 26 IRQ Thamir Fuad 115MF 7IRQ Ali Yousef 48MF 28IRQ Sajjad Hussein 46FW 10 IRQ Abdul-Salam Abboud 97Substitutions:FW 23IRQ Mustafa Ahmad 46MF 12IRQ Hussein Saddam 77FW 11 IRQ Alaa Sattar 95MF 27IRQ Naseem Jassim 115Manager:IRQ Radhi Shenaishil GK 21 IRQ Sarhang MuhsinDF 2 IRQ Samal Saeed 109DF 3 IRQ Yassir RaadDF 31 IRQ Salam ShakirMF 55IRQ Osama Ali 32 53MF 24IRQ Wissam Zaki 26MF 14IRQ Khaldoun IbrahimMF 23IRQ Shirzad Mohammed 33FW 10IRQ Muslim Mubarak 71FW 17 IRQ Ahmed Salah (c)FW 11 IRQ Luay Salah 108Substitutions:MF 77IRQ Alaa Nayrouz 33DF 4IRQ Rafid Badr Al-Deen 53MF 18IRQ Haidar Qaraman 71MF 8IRQ Haidar Sabah 108Manager:IRQ Thair Ahmed Match officials Assistant referees: Hussein Turki Mohammed Arab Fourth official: Kadhim Awda Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Season statistics Top six positions Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstQualification1Erbil24156333102009 AFC Cup2Al-Zawraa30158736182009 AFC Cup3Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya34205958262008–09 Arab Champions League4Duhok24146428135Al-Najaf24137433166Karbala2617633717 Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1IRQ Asaad Abdul-NabiAl-Kahrabaa142IRQ Taiseer Abdul-HusseinAl-Shorta12IRQ Hussam SaeedAl-Bareed / Al-Zawraa4IRQ Yassir Abdul-MohsenAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya11IRQ Abdul-Salam AbboudAl-Zawraa Hat-tricks List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks Player http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=3413&stage=1 Iraqi Premier League 2007/2008 Group Stage All Fixtures Goalzz Kooora.com 20 July 2022 For Against Result DateIraq 2004 Akram Hashim 1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Shuala 7–0 dmy 2007 12 18Iraq 2004 Yassir Abdul-MohsenAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Shuala 7–0 dmy 2007 12 18Iraq Ali Mansoor 14Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Kirkuk 6–3 dmy 2008 07 17Iraq Younis Shakor 1Kirkuk Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–6 dmy 2008 07 17 Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals References External links Iraq Football Association 2007-08 1 Iraq