NB: 16 teams participate in this regional league; of these,
    5 also play in the national championship (Arbil, Duhok,
    Pires, Zakho and Kirkuk)
Participants:
from Arbil (7): Arbil, Ararat, Aso, Brusk, Shaklawa, Bishketin, Geehan;
from Duhok (5): Duhok, Mateen, Pires, Zakho, Sumil;
from Sulaimania (0): Sulaimania declined the invitation
from Kirkuk (4): Kirkuk, Himrin, Sulaf, Kiwan.
NB: although Sulaimania officially is part of the territory they
    declined to participate, while 4 clubs from Kirkuk entered
    though the area is not part of Kurdistan.
Group 1
Round 1 
[Dec 17]
Mateen      2-1 Sulaf  
Arbil      11-2 Himrin  
Zakho       2-1 Bishkutin
[Dec 29]
Shaklawa    0-1 Ararat 
Round 2 [Dec 25]
Ararat      1-0 Arbil 
  [Muhammad Ali 76]
Bishkutin   3-1 Himrin 
  [Shakhwan Omar, Imad Mawlud, Safar Rahman; Dlair Nadim]
Mateen      4-2 Shaklawa  
  [Abdal Nori (3), Ako Issat; Sarhank Omar, Hasan Ali]
Sulaf       0-0 Zakho 
Round 3 [Jan 1]
Arbil       1-1 Bishkutin
  [Thair Sulaiwa 2; Masoud Taha 90+]
Ararat      1-1 Mateen  
  [Kifi Najim 8; Jamal Izz-Aldeen 77]
Shaklawa    2-0 Zakho  
  [Bakhtiar Ismail 65, Hawkar Muhammad 90+]
Himrin      3-1 Sulaf 
Round 4 [Mar 1 - postponed from Jan 8]
Mateen      0-3 Arbil
Zakho       0-1 Ararat
Himrin      1-1 Shaklawa
  [Abbas Hasan 7; Bakhtiar Ismail 79]
Bishkutin   1-1 Sulaf
  [Safar Rahman; Aram Namik]
Round 5 [Jan 15]
Zakho       2-3 Mateen
Sulaf       0-2 Arbil 
  [Haider Karman 30, 55]
Bishkutin   0-2 Shaklawa
  [Hussain Jalal 6, Kabil Mustafa 90+]
Ararat      0-0 Himrin 
Round 6 [Jan 22]
Arbil       3-0 Zakho
  [Hawkar Sabir, Hussain Ali, Karzan]
Shaklawa    2-1 Sulaf
  [Kabil Mustafa, Masoud Ali; Yousif Muhammad]
Himrin      3-3 Mateen
  [Dara Muhammad, Azad Muhammad, Abbas Hasan; Abdal Nori (2),
   Younis Hajji]
Ararat      3-0 Bishkutin
  [Shizad Muhammad (2), Fatih Abdullah]
Round 7 [Jan 29]
Shaklawa    drw Arbil
Zakho       bt  Himrin
Sulaf       lt  Ararat
Mateen      bt  Bishkutin
Round 8 [Feb 12]
Mateen      6-1 Sulaf
  [Ahmad Munaf(2), Lukman Hamid, Abdal Nori (3); ?]
Ararat      1-1 Shaklawa  
Himrin      2-2 Arbil 
  [Abbas Hasan 63, Dara Muhammad 90+pen; Hussain Ali 60, Samir Babu 77pen]
Bishkutin   awd Zakho            [not played, awarded to Bishkutin]
Round 9 [Feb 19]
Shaklawa    2-1 Mateen 
Arbil       2-1 Ararat 
  [Sameer Siddik, Hawkar Sabir; Shirzad Muhammad]
Zakho       4-0 Sulaf 
Himrin      1-2 Bishkutin 
  [Bashtwan Aziz 51; Safar Rahman 71, Farman Salih 77]
Round 10 [Feb 26]
Arbil       4-1 Bishkutin 
  [Imad Saad 12, Muwafak Younis 22, Haider Karman 44, Thair Sulaiwa 60;
   Khushui Abdul Rahman 78]
Mateen      1-2 Ararat 
  [Abdal Nori 30; Shirzad Muhammad 21, Younis Anwer 78]
Zakho       1-2 Shaklawa 
Himrin      2-1 Sulaf 
  [Abbas Hasan 9, Halo Masoud 73; Muhammad Fadil 26]
Round 11 [Mar 4]
Arbil       2-0 Mateen
  [Hawkar Sabir, Hussain Ali]
Ararat      0-0 Zakho
Sulaf       1-5 Bishkutin
  [?; Safar Rahman 24, 55, 86, Farman Khalid 23, Haval Ali 61]
Shaklawa    3-2 Himrin
  [Fuwad Abdul Rahman, Shukur Ahmad, Kabil Mustafa; Farman Muhammad (2)]
Round 12 [Mar 11]
Arbil       5-0 Sulaf 
  [Haider Karman, Hawkar Sabi (2), Hussain Ali (2)]
Shaklawa    2-0 Bishkutin
  [Salah Khoshnaw, Kabil Mustafa]
Zakho       1-0 Mateen 
Himrin      1-0 Ararat 
Round 13 [Mar 25]
Zakho       1-3 Arbil 
  [Zaubair Muhammad 72; Kifi Abdul Rahman 2, Hawkar Sabir 23,
   Hussain Ali 38]
Mateen      2-1 Himrin  
  [Ramzi Muhammad 40, Jamal Izz al-Deen 90+; Muhammad Sattar 23]
Bishkutin   1-2 Ararat 
  [Shakhwan Omar 34; Fatih Abdullah 83, 87]
Sulaf       2-1 Shaklawa
  [Muhammad Shakir 38, Dalshad Majeed 90+; Auib Ayad 85]
Round 14 [Apr 1]
Arbil       bt  Shaklawa
Himrin      0-0 Zakho
Ararat      bt  Sulaf
Bishkutin    -  Mateen
Table (w/o goals rds 7, 14):
 
 1.Arbil            14 10  3  1  38- 9  33  [Arbil]
 2.Ararat           14  8  4  2  13- 7  28  [Arbil]
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Shaklawa         14  7  3  4  20-14  24  [Arbil]
 4.Mateen           13  6  2  5  23-21  20  [Duhok]
 5.Zakho            14  4  3  7  11-15  15  [Duhok]
 6.Bishkutin        13  4  2  7  15-20  14  [Arbil]
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 7.Himrin           14  3  5  6  19-29  14  [Kirkuk]  Relegation Playoff
------------------------------------------
 8.Sulaf            14  1  2 11   9-33   5  [Kirkuk]  Relegated
Qualified for semifinals: Arbil, Ararat
Group B
Round 1 [Dec 18]
Brusk       2-0 Kiwan 
  [Younis Muhammad, Dara Salih]
Geehan      1-1 Kirkuk
Aso         7-2 Sumil 
Duhok       0-0 Pires 
Round 2 [Dec 26]
Pires       1-2 Brusk
  [Masoud Obaid 29; Bashdar Hasan 5, 88]
Kirkuk      2-2 Kiwan 
Sumil       1-4 Duhok 
  [Nazar Kadir 52; Zirfan Muhammad 13, Khalid Mushir 20,
   Jasim M. Sulaiman 50, Amad Ismail 60]
Geehan      1-2 Aso 
  [Krwan Mirza; Karzan Jaafar (2)]
Round 3 [Jan 2]
Duhok       5-0 Geehan 
  [Jasim M. Sulaiman (2), Khalid Mushir, Salah Khamu, Ribwar]
Kirkuk      0-3 Brusk 
  [Bashdar Hasan, Dara Salih, Imad Abdullah (og)]
Aso         3-0 Kiwan 
Sumil       1-2 Pires
Round 4 [Mar 1 - postponed from Jan 9]
Brusk        1-0 Sumil
Aso          0-0 Kirkuk
Pires        2-0 Geehan
Kiwan        0-1 Duhok
  [Jasim M. Sulaiman 79]
Round 5 [Jan 16]
Brusk       2-0 Aso 
  [Dalshad Maruf 75, Dara Salih 77]
Duhok       2-0 Kirkuk 
  [Jasim M. Hajji 59, Zirfan Muhammad 82]
Geehan      1-0 Sumil 
  [Karwam Mirza 51]
Kiwan       0-1 Pires 
  [Masoud Obaid]
Round 6 [Jan 23]
Brusk       4-0 Geehan 
  [Dara Salih (3), (og)]
Aso         1-3 Duhok
  [Siffin Haider 64; Zirfan Muhammad 27, Zirfan Saadullah 38,
   Jasim M.Sulaiman]
Sumil       3-1 Kiwan          [at Ararat]
  [Awat Hussain 44, 75, Taha Muhammad Amin 85; Sami 59]
Kirkuk      2-0 Pires
  [Taha Izz-Aldeen 30, Marwan Abdul Jabbar 62]
Round 7 [Jan 30]
Duhok        bt  Brusk
Kiwan        bt  Geehan
Pires        lt  Aso
Sumil        lt  Kirkuk
Round 8 [Feb 13]
Pires        0-0 Duhok 
Kiwan        2-1 Brusk
  [Aras Akrum 45+, 54; Shwan Akrum 83]
Kirkuk       1-0 Geehan 
  [Marwan Abdul Jabbar 42]
Aso          drw Sumil 
Round 9 [Feb 20]
Duhok        3-1 Sumil 
  [Khalid Mushir, Jia, Salah Khammo; ?]
Aso          2-1 Geehan 
  [Biston  Akrum, Karzan Jaafar; Rozkar Tahir]
Pires        2-2 Brusk
Kirkuk       0-0 Kiwan 
Round 10 [Feb 27]
Geehan       0-3 Duhok 
  [Jasim M. Sulaiman, Shamal Uthman, Amad Ismail]
Kiwan        0-1 Aso 
  [Muhammad Ali 73]
Brusk        0-2 Kirkuk 
  [Marwan Abdul Jabbar 37, 77]
Pires        0-1 Sumil  
  [Nazar Kadir 64]
Round 11 [Mar 5]
Kirkuk       0-1 Aso
Sumil        0-1 Brusk
Geehan       2-2 Pires
Duhok        2-1 Kiwan
Round 12 [Mar 12]
Brusk        2-2 Aso 
  [Shwan Anwer 72, Bazar Akrum 90+; Bishton Akrum 34, Najat Khidir 60]
Sumil        5-1 Geehan
Pires        1-0 Kiwan 
  [Majid Shukri]
Kirkuk       0-0 Duhok
Round 13 [Mar 26]
Duhok        3-3 Aso
Geehan       1-1 Brusk
Pires        3-0 Kirkuk 
  [Jia Sabri 18, Nichirvan Shukri 32, Majid Shukri 89]
Kiwan        1-3 Sumil 
  [Faryad Salih 24; Tarik Kajo 36, Khalat Tawfik 48, Nazar Kadir 72]
Round 14 [Apr 2]
Brusk         -  Duhok
Geehan       bt  Kiwan
Aso           -  Pires
Kirkuk       0-0 Sumil
Table (w/o goals rds 7, 14):
 1.Duhok            13  9  4  0  28- 7  31  [Duhok]
 2.Aso              13  7  4  2  22-14  25  [*8] [Arbil]
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Brusk            13  7  3  3  21-10  24  [Arbil]
 4.Kirkuk           14  4  6  4   8-12  18  [Kirkuk]
 5.Sumil            14  5  2  7  18-21  17  [*8] [Duhok]
 6.Pires            13  4  4  5  12-11  16  [Duhok]
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 7.Geehan           14  2  3  9   8-29   9  [Arbil]  Relegation Playoff?
------------------------------------------
 8.Kiwan            14  2  2 10   7-20   8  [Kirkuk]  Relegated
[*8] also w/o goals rd 8
Qualified for semifinals: Duhok, Brusk
Relegation Playoff [Apr 12]
Sumil (?)     -  Himrin
Semifinals
First Legs [Apr 9]
Arbil        2-1 Brusk
  [Kifi Abdul Rahman 15, Rafid Badir al-Deen 45; Bazar Akrum 53]
Duhok        1-1 Ararat 
Second Legs [Apr 16]
Brusk        0-3 Arbil
Ararat       1-0 Duhok
Third Place Match [Apr 22]
Duhok        1-1 Brusk           [aet, 4-3 pen]
  [Jassim M. Sulaiman 109; Karzan Abdullah 112]
Final [May 3]
Arbil        1-1 Ararat          [aet, 2-3 pen]
  [Rafid Badir al-Deen 89pen; Dalwar Shino 15]
  [penalties:
   Arbil: Rafid Badir al-Deen, Shirzad Raof scored;
          Hussain Ali, Muwafak Younis, Haiman Mamind missed;
   Ararat: Barzan Khalil, Kifi Ali, Saif al-Deen Sabir scored;
           Shirzad Muhammad missed]
Awards:
Topscorer:   Abdal Nori (Mateen) 
Best Player: Haider Karman (Arbil)
Best Keeper: Sarhank Muhsin (Arbil)
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