Qualifying Stage | Final Stage
Qualifying Stage
The Iraq Football Association decided that every eligible team in the country
should play qualifying games in order to decide who participated in the league.
First Round | Second Round
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.
Province Qualified Club Other Participants (as far as known)
Northern Region
Arbil Arbil
Duhok Duhok Zakho, Perus
Kirkuk Kirkuk Al-Thawra, Al-Hawija, Al-Dibis, Daquq
Nineveh Mosul Hikna, Al-Qayara, Al-Intisar, Zummar, Hamam Al-Alil, Tel Afar, Bashiqa
Salahaddin Samarra Salahaddin, Al-Alam, Al-Dawr Al-Ahli, Al-Shirqat, Baiji
Central Region
Al-Anbar Al-Ramadi
Babil Al-Qasim Babil, Al-Hilla
Diyala Al-Khalis Diyala (withdrew), Jalawla, Al-Miqdadiya, Khanaqin, Balad Ruz,
Al-Shaheed Arkan
Karbala Karbala Al-Hindiya, Al-Jamahir, Al-Husseiniya
Najaf Najaf
Southern Region
Basra Al-Minaa Al-Basra, Al-Bahri, Al-Ittihad, Al-Zubair, Kahrabaa Al-Hartha,
Al-Junoob, Abi Al-Khaseeb, Al-Khor, Al-Qurna, Al-Dair, Umm Qasr,
Al-Midaina, Al-Rumaila
Dhi Qar Al-Nasiriya
Maysan Maysan Al-Amara
Muthanna Samawa Al-Khidhir, Al-Muthanna, Al-Rumaitha
Al-Qadisiya Al-Diwaniya Al-Yaqdha, Afak, Al-Daghara, Al-Shamiya, Al-Rafadain, Ghammas
Wasit Al-Kut Wasit, Al-Mutasim, Al-Hay, Al-Aziziya, Al-Numaniya, Al-Suwaira
Babil
Final
First Leg
Babil 1-1 Al-Qasim
Second Leg
Al-Qasim 0-0 Babil
NB: Al-Qasim qualified on away goals rule
Basra
Final
First Leg
Al-Basra 0-0 Al-Minaa
Second Leg
Al-Minaa 1-0 Al-Basra [asdet]
Nineveh
Both finals between Mosul and Hikna were drawn (one finished 3-3);
Mosul qualified on the away goals rule
Second Round
NB: played Sep-Dec 2000
North Group | Central Group | South Group | Baghdad Group 1 | Baghdad Group 2
North Group
Participants:
Duhok qualified
Samarra qualified
Arbil qualified
Kirkuk first division
Mosul first division
Sulimaniya first division
Central Group
Participants:
Najaf qualified
Al-Ramadi qualified
Karbala qualified
Al-Khalis first division
Al-Qasim first division
South Group
Participants:
Al-Kut qualified
Samawa qualified
Al-Minaa qualified
Maysan first division
Al-Nasiriya first division
Al-Diwaniya first division
Baghdad Group 1
Cross-Table:
Shu Kkh Zaw Jai Sin Kad Nah Uma Siy Ama Sha Bar Khu Hud Adh Tay ShD Mad
Al-Shurta xxx 0-0 1-0 1-0 5-0 4-1 4-0 4-0 4-1 2-1 4-1 7-1 7-1 10-1 8-0 6-0 8-1 7-0
Al-Karkh xxx 1-0 5-0 6-1 0-0 3-1 7-3 5-0 4-0 3-0 5-1 5-1 4-1 14-2 5-1 6-0 10-2
Al-Zawraa xxx 2-0 5-1 2-0 4-0 6-0 6-1 2-2 4-0 3a0 7-0 7-0 7-0 8-0 6-0 11-1
Al-Jaish xxx 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 5-0 2-1 1-0 6-3 4-2 3-1 5-1 1-0 6-0 5-0
Al-Sinaa xxx 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 3-1 1-0 3-1 4-0 2-1 4-0 7-0 6-0 7-0
Al-Kadhimiya xxx 5-1 1-0 5-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 3-1 1-1 4-0 5-0 5-0 7-0
Al-Nahdha xxx 3-3 1-0 1-1 0-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 4-1 4-1 2-0 5-2
Al-Umal xxx 2-0 1-1 1-1 5-2 2-1 3-1 0-0 2-1 8-0 8-0
Al-Siyaha xxx 2-0 1-1 4-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 3-0 3-0
Al-Amana xxx 2-1 1-1 3-3 5-4 8-0 3-2 5-2 4-1
Al-Shabab xxx 1-1 0-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 3-1 2-0
Al-Bareed xxx 0-5 4-2 2-1 3-0 2-0 1-0
Al-Khutoot xxx 1-2 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-0
Al-Hudood xxx 9-3 1-0 2-1 0-1
Al-Adhamiya xxx 1-1 2-2 3-0
Tayaran Al-Jaish xxx 4-2 0-0
Al-Shaheed Dulaf xxx 4-2
Al-Madain xxx
NB: 3a0 denotes match awarded 3-0; Zawraa-Bareed originally finished 0-0
Final Table:
1.Al-Shurta 17 16 1 0 82- 8 49 Qualified
2.Al-Karkh 17 15 2 0 83-13 47 Qualified
3.Al-Zawraa 17 14 1 2 80- 7 43 Qualified
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4.Al-Jaish 17 12 2 3 42-16 38 Playoff
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5.Al-Sinaa 17 10 4 3 42-20 34 first division
6.Al-Kadhimiya 17 9 5 3 40-14 32 first division
7.Al-Nahdha 17 8 4 5 32-27 28 first division
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8.Al-Umal 17 7 5 5 38-29 26 second division
9.Al-Siyaha 17 8 1 8 22-33 25
10.Al-Amana 17 6 6 5 39-32 24
11.Al-Shabab 17 6 4 7 17-20 22
12.Al-Bareed 17 5 3 9 23-47 18
13.Al-Khutoot 17 5 2 10 24-41 17
14.Al-Hudood 17 4 1 12 27-51 13
15.Al-Adhamiya 17 1 3 13 15-75 6
16.Tayaran Al-Jaish 17 1 2 14 10-55 5
17.Al-Shaheed Dulaf 17 1 1 15 13-72 4
18.Al-Madain 17 1 1 15 9-78 4
Baghdad Group 2
Cross-Table:
Tal Naf Quw Dif Shu Maj Hai Sul Mah Tam Abu Qaq Tij Hur BTa Slm Sqr
Al-Talaba xxx 0-1 1-0 2-0 4-0 5-1 6-0 3-1 5-0 4-0 9-0 9-0 5-0 5-1 6-0 10-0 8-0
Al-Naft xxx 0-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 3-1 4-0 5-0 7-0 4-0 2-0 7-0 2-0 4-0 7-0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya xxx 4-2 1-0 1-0 2-0 6-0 5-1 5-1 6-0 6-0 5-0 3-0 7-0 7-1 7-1
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi xxx 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 3-3 2-0 7-1 5-0 6-0 5-0 3-0 11-0 8-0
Al-Shuala xxx 2-1 4-4 2-0 3-0 1-2 4-0 2-0 1-2 3-1 3-1 2-0 1-0
Al-Majd xxx 1-1 3-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 4-0 3-0 1-0 7-1 5-3 7-2
Al-Haifa xxx 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-2 3-0 0-1 3-2 3-1 2-1 1-0
Al-Sulaikh xxx 1-1 1-2 2-0 5-1 1-0 6-2 7-1 4-0 4-1
Al-Mahmoudiya xxx 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-2 1-0 1-0
Tamouz xxx 1-2 2-2 1-0 0-0 2-1 2-2 4-0
Abu Ghraib xxx 1-2 2-1 1-3 2-2 5-2 2-2
Al-Qaqaa xxx 2-2 2-1 1-2 2-1 3-2
Al-Tijara xxx 1-1 2-0 0-1 1-2
Al-Hurriya xxx 4-2 2-0 2-2
Batal Al-Tahreer xxx 0-2 2-0
Al-Salama xxx 3-1
Al-Saqr Al-Arabi xxx
Final Table:
1.Al-Talaba 16 15 0 1 82- 4 45 Qualified
2.Al-Naft 16 14 2 0 52- 2 44 Qualified
3.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 16 14 1 1 65- 7 43 Qualified
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4.Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 16 12 2 2 60-13 38 Playoff
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5.Al-Shuala 16 9 1 6 28-18 28 first division
6.Al-Majd 16 7 3 6 36-23 24 first division
7.Al-Haifa 16 7 3 6 21-24 24 first division
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8.Al-Sulaikh 16 7 1 8 34-28 22
9.Al-Mahmoudiya 16 6 4 6 13-25 22
10.Tamouz 16 5 4 7 19-29 19
11.Abu Ghraib 16 4 3 9 19-51 15
12.Al-Qaqaa 16 4 3 9 15-49 15
13.Al-Tijara 16 4 2 10 11-32 14
14.Al-Hurriya 16 3 3 10 19-42 12
15.Batal Al-Tahreer 16 3 1 12 15-52 10
16.Al-Salama 16 3 1 12 16-58 10
17.Al-Saqr Al-Arabi 16 1 2 13 13-61 5
Baghdad Playoff
Final
First Leg [Dec 10]
Difaa Al-Jawi 0-1 Al-Jaish
Second Leg [Dec 14]
Al-Jaish 1-2 Difaa Al-Jawi
NB: Al-Difaa Al-Jawi qualified on away goals rule, Al-Jaish to first division
Final Stage
Final Table:
1.Al-Zawraa 30 23 1 6 80-24 70 Champions
2.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 30 18 8 4 53-24 62
3.Al-Shurta 30 19 3 8 60-26 60
4.Al-Talaba 30 17 9 4 43-22 60
5.Duhok 30 16 7 7 44-24 55
6.Najaf 30 15 7 8 31-16 52
7.Al-Karkh 30 14 8 8 48-33 50
8.Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 30 13 9 8 33-29 48
9.Al-Minaa 30 10 10 10 24-26 40
10.Samarra 30 10 6 14 34-50 36
11.Al-Naft 30 8 10 12 31-40 34
12.Arbil 30 6 11 13 24-46 29
13.Samawa 30 6 8 16 26-37 26
14.Al-Ramadi 30 6 4 20 31-67 22
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15.Al-Kut 30 3 3 24 18-56 12 Relegated
16.Karbala 30 3 2 25 16-76 11 Relegated
Available roundwise results:
Round 1 [Dec 25]
Najaf 4-0 Karkh
Zawraa 2-1 Ramadi
Quwa Jawiya 2-0 Naft
Shurta 3-0 Samawa
Duhok 0-2 Talaba
Samarra 3-1 Arbil
Minaa 1-0 Karbala
Kut 1-1 Difaa Jawi
Round 2 [Dec 29]
Arbil 0-3 Shurta
Talaba 3-0 Quwa Jawiya
Zawraa 2-1 Kut
Duhok 2-0 Samarra
Naft 2-1 Najaf
Ramadi 1-2 Karkh
Karbala 0-1 Difaa Jawi
Samawa 1-1 Minaa
Round 3 [Jan 1]
Zawraa 3-2 Karkh [at Al-Shaab]
[Ammar Ahmed 36, Emad Mohammed 52, Laith Hussein 80pen;
Abbas Hassan 29, 39]
Karbala 3-2 Kut
[Mahir Jalil 13, Fidaa Kadhim 67, Ahmed Shawat 81;
Baha Al-Saghir 65, Ali Ibrahim 78]
Ramadi 1-1 Naft
[Shaker Shakr 75; Mushtaq Kadhim 34pen]
Difaa Jawi 1-0 Samawa
[Abbas Ali 38]
Najaf 0-0 Talaba
Minaa 0-0 Arbil
Samarra 2-3 Quwa Jawiya
[Khalid Kadhim 15, Muayad Taha; Kadhim Hussein 1,
Walid Dhahid 23pen, Loay Salah 37]
Shurta 2-1 Duhok
[Ahmed Khudhair 15, 72; Hussein Abdullah 87]
Round 4 [Jan 5]
Quwa Jawiya 1-0 Shurta
[Akram Emmanuel 70]
Zawraa 8-0 Karbala
[Ammar Ahmed ?, ?, 32, Hussam Fawzi, Emad Mohammed 35, 71,
Husham Mohammed 75, Ahmed Kadhim 85]
Naft 1-1 Karkh
[Ali Mohammed Abdullah 59; Haidar Hamed 19]
Samawa 1-1 Kut
[Dhia Abdul-Hakim 29; Thair Zuwaid 5]
Talaba 2-0 Ramadi
[Ahmed Ibrahim 25, Baha Kadhim 44]
Difaa Jawi 2-0 Arbil
[Abbas Ali 35, Mohammed Jassim 90]
Najaf 1-0 Samarra
[Ahmed Awaid 90]
Duhok 2-0 Minaa
[Hussein Abdullah 70, Zirfan Saadallah 86]
Round 5 [Jan 9]
Zawraa 5-0 Naft
Difaa Jawi 2-1 Duhok
Shurta 3-0 Najaf
Samarra 4-0 Ramadi
Arbil 2-1 Kut
Samawa 1-0 Karbala
Karkh 0-0 Talaba
Minaa 0-0 Quwa Jawiya
Round 6 [Jan 12]
Zawraa 2-0 Samawa
Naft 1-2 Talaba
Arbil 2-0 Karbala
Karkh 5-1 Samarra
Kut 0-1 Duhok
Ramadi 0-2 Shurta
Najaf 2-0 Minaa
Quwa Jawiya 1-1 Shurta [played later]
Round 7 [Jan 19]
Talaba 1-0 Zawraa
Shurta 0-1 Karkh
Difaa Jawi 1-0 Najaf
Samawa 1-0 Arbil
Samarra 2-2 Naft
Karbala 1-3 Duhok
Kut 0-1 Quwa Jawiya
Minaa 2-2 Ramadi
Round 8 [Jan 26]
Talaba 3-0 Samarra
Arbil 0-4 Zawraa
Shurta 1-0 Naft
Quwa Jawiya 2-0 Karbala
Ramadi 0-1 Difaa Jawi
Minaa 1-4 Karkh
Duhok 2-0 Samawa
Najaf 1-0 Kut
Round 9 [Feb 2]
Zawraa 6-2 Samarra
Karkh 2-2 Air Defence
Shurta 2-3 Talaba
Arbil 1-1 Duhok
Kut 2-1 Ramadi
Samawa 0-1 Quwa Jawiya
Najaf 1-0 Karbala
Minaa 1-0 Naft
Round 10 [Feb 9]
Zawraa 4-0 Duhok
Shurta 1-3 Samarra
Naft 1-1 Difaa Jawi
Karkh 1-0 Kut
Najaf 2-0 Samawa
Ramadi 1-0 Karbala
Quwa Jawiya 0-0 Arbil
Talaba 1-1 Minaa
Round 11 [Feb 16]
Shurta 2-1 Zawraa
Duhok 1-1 Quwa Jawiya
Minaa 0-0 Samarra
Arbil 0-2 Najaf
Difaa Jawi 1-1 Talaba
Samawa 9-0 Ramadi
Naft 2-1 Kut
Karbala 0-3 Karkh
Round 12 [Feb 23]
Zawraa 4-2 Quwa Jawiya
Kut 0-1 Talaba
Shurta 1-0 Minaa
Samarra 1-0 Difaa Jawi
Najaf 0-0 Duhok
Karkh 0-0 Samawa
Naft 0-0 Karbala
Arbil 2-1 Ramadi
Round 13 [Mar 3]
Minaa 0-1 Zawraa
Shurta 2-2 Difaa Jawi
Quwa Jawiya 2-1 Najaf
Arbil 0-0 Karkh
Duhok 2-0 Ramadi
Samarra - Kut
Samawa 1-3 Naft
Talaba 0-0 Karbala
Round 14 [Mar 9]
Kut 0-3 Shurta
Najaf 1-0 Zawraa
[Ahmed Awaid 6]
Naft 1-1 Arbil
[Mushtaq Kadhim 32; Haidar Yahya 48]
Samarra 2-1 Karbala
[Ahmed Khalaf 14, Alaa Awoj 68; Fidaa Ibrahim 43]
Samawa 1-3 Talaba
[Ahmed Ibrahim 88; Abdul-Amir Hassan 50, Arkan Najib, Baha Kadhim 83]
Quwa Jawiya 4-3 Ramadi [at Al-Zawraa]
[Uday Abdul-Khaliq 42, 71, Dhargham Ali 8, Aqil Karim 55;
Mohammed Hamed 48, Hikmat Arzej 60, Jassim Sarhan 70]
Difaa Jawi 0-0 Minaa
Karkh 1-3 Duhok
[Aqil Mutaab 26; Hussein Abdullah 58, 91, Jassim Mohammed Suliman 83]
Round 15 [Mar 16]
Zawraa 5-0 Difaa Jawi
[Husham Mohammed 14, Ammar Ahmed 54, Laith Hussein pen, Mohammed Jassim 2]
Arbil 1-1 Talaba
Shurta 2-0 Karbala
Quwa Jawiya 1-1 Karkh
Duhok 4-0 Naft
Ramadi 1-1 Najaf
Minaa 2-0 Kut
Samawa 2-0 Samarra
Round 16 [Apr 20]
Karkh 1-2 Najaf
Ramadi 1-0 Zawraa
Naft 0-1 Quwa Jawiya
Samawa 0-0 Shurta
Talaba 0-1 Duhok
Arbil 0-0 Samarra
Karbala 0-2 Minaa
Kut 0-1 Difaa Jawi
Round 17
Zawraa 6-1 Kut
Shurta 5-1 Arbil
Quwa Jawiya 2-0 Talaba
Karkh 3-2 Ramadi
Difaa Jawi 3-0 Karbala
Naft 0-0 Najaf
Samarra 1-2 Duhok
[Ahmed Khalaf 82; Jassim Mohammed Suliman 54, Hussein Abdullah 72]
Minaa 1-0 Samawa
[Ghazi Fahad 77]
Round 18 [May 4]
Karkh 1-0 Zawraa
[Ammar Abdul-Hussein 39]
Duhok 3-0 Shurta
Karbala 1-0 Kut
Naft 4-2 Ramadi
Quwa Jawiya 5-1 Samarra
Samawa 1-0 Difaa Jawi
Talaba 1-0 Najaf [at Al-Shurta]
Arbil 0-2 Minaa
Round 19
[Apr 27]
Karbala - Zawraa
Karkh - Naft
Ramadi - Talaba
Minaa - Duhok
Samarra - Najaf
Kut - Samawa
Arbil - Difaa Jawi
[Apr 28]
Quwa Jawiya 2-1 Shurta
Round 20 [May 7]
Zawraa 4-2 Naft [at Al-Shaab]
[Laith Hussein 8, Husham Mohammed 24, Abbas Rahim 25,
Adnan Mohammed 44; Mahdi Karim 3, 59]
Samawa 3-0 Karbala
[Basim Thijeel 31, 39, Ali Mansour 60]
Najaf 0-2 Shurta
[Ahmed Khudhair 16, Mudar Khalaf 79]
Arbil 1-0 Kut
[Mohammed Kadhim 15
Quwa Jawiya 0-0 Minaa [at Al-Karkh]
Ramadi 1-2 Samarra
[Falah Jahid 16; Ahmed Khalaf 76, Mohammed Jassim 86]
Talaba 1-1 Karkh [at Al-Shurta]
[Ali Wahaib 7; Taiseer Abdul-Hussein 55]
Duhok 2-0 Difaa Jawi
[Hussein Abdullah 20, Nassir Abdul-Amir 92]
Round 21
Shurta 1-0 Ramadi
[Ahmed Khudhair 69]
Kut 1-1 Duhok
[Hussein Mashadi 38; Ahmed Jadih 70]
Karkh 1-1 Samarra
[Aqil Mutaab 28; Awad Kadhim 30]
Minaa 0-1 Najaf
[Falah Hassan]
Karbala 0-1 Arbil
[Rafid Badraddin 93]
Naft 0-1 Talaba [at Al-Karkh]
[Alaa Kadhim 82]
[May 12]
Difaa Jawi 0-2 Quwa Jawiya [at Al-Shurta]
[Haidar Ahmed 10, Dhargham Ali 47]
Samawa 1-3 Zawraa
[Khalid Aoda 58; Alaa Abdul-Sattar 17, Abbas Rahim 30, Ahmed Kadhim 39]
Round 22 [May 15]
Najaf 1-0 Difaa Jawi
[Ali Hashim 67]
Karkh 1-2 Shurta
[Aqil Mutaab 33; Riyadh Abdul-Abbas 46, Amer Mushraf]
Naft 1-1 Samarra
[Mahdi Karim 35; Ali Hussein 41]
Ramadi 1-2 Minaa
[Amer Hadi 63; Ali Salman 47, Ghazi Fahad 50]
Arbil 3-2 Samawa
[Anmar Salam 52, Mohammed Kadhim 60, 70 pen; Ahmed Ibrahim 44, 57]
Duhok 5-1 Karbala
[Hussein Abdullah 28, 61, 71, Ahmed Jadih 59, Zirvan Saadallah 85; Ali Jaber 88]
[Jun 11]
Zawraa 3-0 Talaba
[Husham Mohammed 5, 85, Essam Hamad 69]
Quwa Jawiya 3-0 Kut [at Al-Shurta]
[Uday Abdul-Khaliq 55, 85, Ali Zaghir 70pen]
Round 23 [May 20]
Zawraa 5-2 Arbil
[Hussam Fawzi 12, 28, Alaa Abdul-Wahid 40, Laith Hussein 48pen,
Ahmed Abdul-Jabar 82; Anmar Salam 64, Kifah Abdul-Rahman 889
Shurta 3-0 Naft
[Mazin Abdul-Sattar, Mahir Ogla, Uday Mohammed 37]
Karbala 1-5 Quwa Jawiya
[Abbas Shalal 47; Dhargham Ali 4, 29, 78, Uday Abdul-Khaliq 43, Naem Saddam 53]
Kut 0-2 Najaf
[Haidar Najim 67, 86]
Samawa 0-0 Duhok
Ramadi 0-3 Difaa Jawi
[Abbas Jafar 8, 12, Jumaa Khudhair 28 pen]
Samarra 0-1 Talaba
[Abdul-Amir Hassan 4]
Minaa 1-2 Karkh
[Mahmoud Yassir 60pen; Ammar Abdul-Hussein 67, Abbas Hassan 80]
Round 24
Najaf 3-0 Karbala
Naft 3-0 Minaa
[Mahdi Karim 40, Ali Mohammed Abdullah 45, 50]
Duhok 2-0 Arbil
Ramadi 2-1 Kut
[Amer Hadi 34, Nadhal Najib 82; Thair Zuwaid 21]
Karkh 1-3 Difaa Jawi
[Ammar Abdul-Hussein 89; Abbas Jafar 18, Ali Faisal 47, Mohammed Jassim 75]
Samarra 0-1 Zawraa
Talaba 2-0 Shurta
Quwa Jawiya - Samawa
Round 25 [May 26]
Duhok 0-1 Zawraa
[Munir Jaber 52og]
Shurta 3-0 Samarra
Kut 2-1 Karkh
[Abbas Alewi 27, Rahim Saeed 80; Abbas Hassan 31pen]
Arbil 0-1 Quwa Jawiya
[Ameer Obaid 14]
Minaa 3-0 Talaba
[Asaad Abdul-Razzaq 9, 78pen, Naif Falah 50]
Samawa 0-0 Najaf
Difaa Jawi 1-0 Naft
[Mohammed Jassim 52]
Round 26
Zawraa 2-0 Shurta
[Laith Hussein 59pen, Husham Mohammed 68]
Samarra 1-0 Minaa
[Uday Abdul-Ridha 36]
Ramadi 2-1 Samawa
[Falah Jahid 43, Jumaa Jadih 84; Ahmed Abdul-Razzaq 10]
Najaf 1-0 Arbil
[Abbas Wahoudi 9]
Quwa Jawiya 4-0 Duhok
[Ameer Obaid 3, Uday Abdul-Khaliq 21, Ali Zaghir 33, Dhargham Ali 83]
Talaba 1-1 Difaa Jawi [at Al-Zawraa]
Kut 0-2 Naft
[Ahmed Hassan Fadhil 59, Mahdi Karim 63]
Round 27
Quwa Jawiya 2-2 Zawraa
[Hammam Salih 21, Ali Zaghir 61; Abbas Rahim 10, Husham Mohammed 60]
Minaa 1-1 Shurta
[Asaad Abdul-Razzaq 47pen; Haidar Hamed 50]
Karbala 0-2 Naft
[Mahdi Karim 42, ?]
Ramadi 2-2 Arbil
[Rasheed Ahmed 16, Falah Jahid 88; Muwafaq Younis 3, Mohammed Kadhim 67]
Talaba 3-1 Kut
[Alaa Kadhim 12, Adil Abdul-Massih 15, Ahmed Ibrahim 85; Thair Zuweid 80]
Samawa 0-1 Karkh
[Abbas Hassan 25]
Duhok 0-0 Najaf
Round 28
Ramadi 0-3 Duhok
[Hussein Abdullah 54, Ahmed Jadih 58, Ali Numan]
Naft 0-0 Samawa
Najaf 0-0 Quwa Jawiya
Karbala 1-3 Talaba
Shurta 3-1 Difaa Jawi
[Ahmed Khudhair; Ghanim Khudhair]
Minaa 0-3 Zawraa
[Husham Mohammed 14, Adnan Mohammed 32, Abbas Rahim]
Karkh 2-0 Arbil
[Taiseer Abdul-Hussein 46, Azhar Tahar 90]
Round 29
Zawraa 1-0 Najaf
[Hussam Fawzi 70pen]
Quwa Jawiya 0-1 Ramadi
[Amer Hadi 90]
Talaba 2-0 Samawa
Kut 1-5 Shurta
[Ahmed Khudhair 10, 20, 52, 70, 88; Thair Zuwaid 90]
Duhok 1-0 Karkh
Minaa 1-0 Difaa Jawi
[Ghazi Fahad 5]
Karbala 5-1 Samarra
[Mohanad Talib 43, Saad Mashawi 50, 90, Adil Abid Zaid 67,
Rajah Mohammed 83; Ahmed Khalaf]
Naft 1-1 Arbil
[Mahdi Karim 44; Mohammed Kadhim 25]
[Note: seven clean sheets for Najaf keeper Jassim Mohammed Hamad
and 70 minutes of the match against Zawraa a total of 700 minutes]
Round 30
Kut 0-2 Minaa
[Ali Salman 7, 11]
Difaa Jawi 2-1 Zawraa
[Farid Jafar 11, Younis Ashour 86; Husham Mohammed 12]
Shurta 7-0 Karbala
[Rahim Raboa 17, Qais Issa 21, Amer Mushraf 24, 44, 80,
Mahir Ogla 70, Ayad Abbas 75]
Samarra 1-1 Samawa
[Ahmed Hamed 85; Muhsin Abdul-Nabhi 69]
Talaba 2-2 Arbil [at Al-Zawraa]
[Alaa Kadhim 2, Habib Jafar 12; Thair Saliwa 42, Kifah Abdul-Rahman 58]
Karkh 2-1 Quwa Jawiya
[Azhar Tahar 31, Ahmed Khalaf 48; Dhargham Ali 50]
Najaf 4-1 Ramadi
[Jassib Sultan 41pen, Fuad Jawad 52, 70, Haidar Najim 75; Amer Hadi 80]
Naft 2-1 Duhok
[Ali Hussein Abdullah 52, Mahdi Karim 92; Hussein Abdullah 18]
Cross-Table:
Zaw Quw Shu Tal Duh Naj Kar Dif Min Smr Naf Arb Smw Ram Kut Kar
Al-Zawraa xxx 4-2 2-0 3-0 4-0 1-0 3-2 5-0 3-0 6-2 5-0 5-2 2-0 2-1 2-1 8-0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2-2 xxx 1-0 2-0 4-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 5-1 2-0 0-0 4-0 4-3 3-0 2-0
Al-Shurta 2-1 1-2 xxx 2-3 2-1 3-0 0-1 2-2 1-0 1-3 1-0 5-1 3-0 1-0 5-1 2-0
Al-Talaba 1-0 3-0 2-0 xxx 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 2-2 2-0 3-0 3-1 0-0
Duhok 0-1 1-1 3-0 0-2 xxx 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 5-1
Najaf 1-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 xxx 4-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 4-1 1-0 1-0
Al-Karkh 1-0 2-1 1-2 0-0 1-3 1-2 xxx 2-2 2-1 5-1 1-0 2-0 0-0 3-2 1-0 7-0
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 2-1 0-2 1-3 1-1 2-1 1-0 3-1 xxx 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0
Al-Minaa 0-1 0-0 1-1 3-0 0-0 0-1 1-4 1-0 xxx 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-2 2-0 1-0
Samarra 0-1 2-3 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 xxx 2-2 3-1 1-1 4-0 2-1 2-1
Al-Naft 2-4 0-1 0-3 1-2 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 3-0 1-1 xxx 1-1 0-0 4-2 2-1 0-0
Arbil 0-4 0-1 0-3 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 xxx 3-2 2-1 2-1 2-0
Samawa 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 2-0 1-3 1-0 xxx 9-0 1-1 1-0
Al-Ramadi 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-2 0-3 1-1 1-2 0-1 1-2 1-2 1-1 2-2 2-1 xxx 2-1 1-0
Al-Kut 1-6 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-2 2-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-1 1-0 2-1 xxx 0-1
Karbala 0-1 1-5 0-7 1-3 1-3 0-3 0-3 0-1 0-2 5-1 0-2 0-1 0-3 2-4 3-2 xxx
Final Table:
1.Al-Zawraa 30 23 1 6 80-24 70 Champions
2.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 30 18 8 4 53-24 62
3.Al-Shurta 30 19 3 8 60-26 60
4.Al-Talaba 30 17 9 4 43-22 60
5.Duhok 30 16 7 7 44-24 55
6.Najaf 30 15 7 8 31-16 52
7.Al-Karkh 30 14 8 8 48-33 50
8.Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 30 13 9 8 33-29 48
9.Al-Minaa 30 10 10 10 24-26 40
10.Samarra 30 10 6 14 34-50 36
11.Al-Naft 30 8 10 12 31-40 34
12.Arbil 30 6 11 13 24-46 29
13.Samawa 30 6 8 16 26-37 26
14.Al-Ramadi 30 6 4 20 31-67 22
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15.Al-Kut 30 3 3 24 18-56 12 Relegated
16.Karbala 30 3 2 25 16-76 11 Relegated
Promoted: Kirkuk, Al-Sina'a, Al-Khadimiya, Nasiriya, Al-Jaish, Diwaniya
League extended to 20 clubs for 2001/02.
Topscorers:
1.Husain Abdulla (Duhok) 21
2.Ahmad Khudair (Shurta) 19
3.Ammar Ahmed (Zawraa) 14
[Sep 18] Quwa Jawiya 1-0 Zawraa [at Al-Shaab] [Odai Abdul-Khaliq 62]
Played by top-8 of league 1999/00, organised by Iraqi FA. Group 1 [Dec 3] Zawraa 3-2 Shurta Duhok 1-0 Salahaddin [Dec 5] Shurta 7-1 Salahaddin Zawraa 3-0 Duhok [Dec 7] Shurta 3-1 Duhok Zawraa 5-0 Salahaddin 1.Al-Zawraa 3 3 0 0 11- 2 9 2.Al-Shurta 3 2 0 1 12- 5 6 3.Duhok 3 1 0 2 2- 6 3 4.Salahaddin 3 0 0 3 1-13 0 Group 2 [Dec 4] Talaba 3-1 Quwa Jawiya Minaa 1-0 Karkh [Dec 6] Talaba 3-0 Minaa Karkh 2-1 Quwa Jawiya [Dec 8] Karkh 1-0 Talaba Minaa 2-1 Quwa Jawiya 1.Al-Talaba 3 2 0 1 6- 2 6 2.Al-Karkh 3 2 0 1 3- 2 6 3.Al-Minaa 3 2 0 1 3- 4 6 4.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 0 0 3 3- 7 0 Semifinals [Dec 11] Zawraa 2-1 Karkh [aet] [Dec 12] Talaba 1-1 Shurta [2-4 pen] Third Place Final [Dec 14] Karkh 2-1 Talaba Final [Dec 15] Shurta 1-0 Zawraa [Amer Mushraf]
NB: 16 teams (extended to 20 teams for 2001/02) Promoted: Al-Khadimiya, Kirkuk, Diwaniya, Al-Sinaa, Al-Jaish, Nasiriya Relegated: Maysan, Sulimaniya
NB: 32 teams (reduced to 24 teams for 2001/02) Promoted: Group 1 North (8 teams) - Perus, Zakho, Brusk Group 2 Central A (8 teams) - Diyala, Al-Umal Group 3 South (8 teams) - Al-Bahri, Al-Zubair, Al-Muthanna Group 4 Central B (8 teams) - Balad, Mashkab
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