2002–03 Iraqi First Division League

2002–03 N/A (season cancelled) Iraqi First Division League 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Al-Shorta 2004 AFC Champions League Al-ShortaAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2003–04 Arab Champions League Al-ZawraaAl-Talaba 2001–02(Iraqi Elite League) 2003–04(Iraqi Premier League) The 2002–03 Iraqi First Division League was the 29th season of the top-tier Iraqi national football league since its establishment in 1974. Organised by the Iraq Football Association (IFA), the league's name was changed to Iraqi First Division League, and it started on 6 September 2002. 27 rounds of the league were played before the 2003 invasion of Iraq began on 20 March 2003.الدوري العراقي https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=79853 29 March 2003 Despite the outbreak of the Iraq War, matches continued with free entry for spectators, and games from rounds 28 and 29 were played in the midst of the conflict.استمرار منافسات الدوري العراقي رغم الحرب يثير استغراب المراقبين https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=21&article=163672&issueno=8892#.XrS4cWhKjIW 3 April 2003 Al-Tuwaijri Abdul-Aziz Asharq Al-AwsatUn hijo de Sadam pide que la Liga de fútbol iraquí continúe pese a la guerra https://elpais.com/deportes/2003/03/28/actualidad/1048839712_850215.html 28 March 2003 El País The last matches were played on 28 March before the league stopped and Saddam Hussein's government was overthrown, leading to the formation of a new IFA committee.القنابل الاميركية لم تحل دون استمرار الدوري العراقي https://meo.news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A 28 March 2003 Kitz Sami MEO News 16 May 2020 1 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901214355/https://meo.news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A dead The IFA revealed on 6 May that it was considering holding a play-off between the top four Baghdad clubs to decide who would qualify for the 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship.العراقي حسين سعيد: جاهزون لمقابلة الفرق الكويتية وأنديتنا عادت لتدريباتها https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=169197&issueno=8925#.X77KMs37TIU 6 May 2003 Qadri Hassan Mohammed Asharq Al-Awsat However, the IFA then announced on 30 May that Al-Shorta had been chosen to participate as they were leading the league table at the end of round 27 before the outbreak of war.راضي رئيس اتحاد الكرة العراقي: ادعاءات عمو بابا كاذبة وهو دائم الاستجداء https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=173614&issueno=8949#.X77ay837TIU 30 May 2003 Qadri Hassan Mohammed Asharq Al-Awsatمنتخب فلسطين الأولمبي يستعين بلاعبين من تشيلي لملاقاة الكويت السبت https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=174326&issueno=8953#.XUg-WW9KjIU 3 June 2003 Qadri Hassan Mohammed Asharq Al-Awsat The IFA later announced that the 2002–03 league competition had been cancelled and that the league table at the end of round 27 would also be used to determine the clubs that qualified for the Baghdad Championship and the AFC Champions League. الاتحاد العراقي المركزي لكرة القدم تعليمات ونشاطات الموسم الرياضي 2003-2004 https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=124550 25 September 2003Al-Najaf to participate in the Asian Champions League http://www.iraqsoccer.net/cgi-bin/news.cgi?newsid=182 14 October 2003 Iraq Soccer https://web.archive.org/web/20040117023542/http://www.iraqsoccer.net/cgi-bin/news.cgi?newsid=182 2004-01-17 League table used to determine qualifications main WDL Q SHR Al-Shorta NJF Al-Najaf ZWR Al-Zawraa TLB Al-Talaba QWJ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya MNA Al-Minaa MSL Al-Mosul ERB Erbil KKH Al-Karkh ZXO Zakho DHK Duhok DFJ Al-Difaa Al-Jawi SMR Samarra NSS Al-Nasiriya JSH Al-Jaish SNA Al-Sinaa NFT Al-Naft SMW Al-Samawa KRK Kirkuk BSR Al-Basra 20 5 2 61 23 19 5 2 44 12 19 2 3 56 15 17 8 2 59 16 17 4 6 49 30 14 3 10 30 23 11 5 11 33 42 10 7 10 44 33 9 10 8 29 21 9 9 9 36 27 9 7 11 30 40 7 8 12 27 37 7 7 12 26 38 7 6 14 27 55 6 8 13 26 42 4 11 11 17 29 4 10 13 21 37 5 7 15 22 52 2 9 16 14 48 3 5 19 14 45 #BBF3BB 2004 AFC Champions League and 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship C #BBF3FF 2003–04 Arab Champions League ACL ACL #BBF3BB 2004 AFC Champions League The IFA initially planned to admit Al-Najaf into the AFC Champions League, but later deemed that Al-Najaf were not ready to participate and thus gave the slot to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya,https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10229807276743222&set=pcb.10229807277383238 النجف يطالب إتحاد الكرة بحقه الآسيوي كاملا 4 December 2003 ar Sport Today the next highest-placed team in the table that had not already been admitted into a continental or regional competition. When informed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that participation in the AFC Champions League should be for the league champions and the FA Cup winners (Al-Talaba), the IFA asked the AFC to give it freedom in choosing its participating clubs due to the league not being completed.من سيمثك العراق في بطولة الأندية الآسيوية؟ http://altaakhi.com/archive/4122/P10.PDF 30 November 2003 Al-Taakhi Newspaper https://web.archive.org/web/20040628235459/http://altaakhi.com/archive/4122/P10.PDF 2004-06-28 The AFC agreed to the IFA's request and therefore Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya entered the competition alongside Al-Shorta. AFC complete Ali Al-Sabti Archive Results main FBR grey BSR DIF JSH KAR MIN MSL NFT NJF NAS QWJ SMA SHR SIN TLB ZWR DUH ERB KIR SMR ZAK Al-Basra 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 1–0 0–4 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–2 0–0 Al-Jaish 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 Al-Karkh 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 6–1 0–0 0–5 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 Al-Minaa 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 Al-Mosul 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 Al-Naft 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–5 3–0 1–1 1–2 Al-Najaf 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 Al-Nasiriya 2–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–5 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 Al-Samawa 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 Al-Shorta 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 8–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 Al-Sinaa 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 Al-Talaba 3–1 3–0 5–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 Al-Zawraa 4–0 4–2 6–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 Duhok 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 Erbil 3–0 3–2 0–0 5–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 6–1 4–0 2–1 Kirkuk 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 Samarra 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 Zakho 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 6–1 3–0 1–1 2–3 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 Match results from rounds 28 and 29 (played after the outbreak of war) were not considered in the league table that was used to determine qualifications to other tournaments. This includes the following matches for which the results were confirmed:Al-Sabti Ali Iraqi League History 1974-2011 2014 Iraq Al-Basra 1–1 Al-Zawraa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 Al-Najaf Al-Zawraa 3–0 Samarra Match results from rounds 28 and 29 (played after the outbreak of war) were not considered in the league table that was used to determine qualifications to other tournaments. This includes the following matches, for which the results were unconfirmed: Al-Karkh v. Al-Mosul Al-Shorta v. Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Al-Difaa Al-Jawi v. Kirkuk Al-Jaish v. Al-Sinaa DIF_KIR DIF_KIR BSR_ZWR DIF_KIR BSR_ZWR Ali Al-Sabti Archive complete Season statistics Hat-tricks List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks Playerhttps://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iraq03.html Iraq 2002/03 RSSSF 25 July 2019 For Against Result DateIraq 1991 Ahmed Khalaf 1Duhok Al-Mosul 4–1 dmy 2002 09 06Iraq 1991 Younis MahmoudAl-Talaba Al-Basra 3–1 dmy 2002 09 26Iraq 1991 Ihsan Hadi 1Al-Minaa Al-Samawa 3–0 dmy 2002 10 10Iraq 1991 Hamid Qasim 14Erbil Al-Naft 5–1 dmy 2002 10 11Iraq 1991 Nashat AkramAl-Shorta Duhok 8–0 dmy 2002 10 18Iraq 1991 Hussam FawziAl-Zawraa Al-Basra 4–0 dmy 2002 11 01Iraq 1991 Amin Abbas 1Duhok Samarra 4–1 dmy 2002 11 15Iraq 1991 Ahmed Ibrahim 1Samarra Al-Nasiriya 3–1 dmy 2002 11 22Iraq 1991 Ahmed MnajedAl-Shorta Al-Samawa 3–0 dmy 2002 11 29Iraq 1991 Mohammed Nasser Mohammed Nasser ShakrounErbil Al-Minaa 5–0 dmy 2002 12 20Iraq 1991 Husham MohammedAl-Zawraa Kirkuk 5–1 dmy 2002 12 23Iraq 1991 Basim Hamoud 1Al-Jaish Al-Shorta 4–1 dmy 2003 02 20Iraq 1991 Salim Khanjar 1Zakho Al-Nasiriya 6–1 dmy 2003 03 07Iraq 1991 Husham MohammedAl-Zawraa Kirkuk 4–1 dmy 2003 03 07Iraq 1991 Muayad Judi 1Al-Sinaa Samarra 3–2 dmy 2003 03 07 Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals References External links Iraq Football Association 2002–03 1 Iraq