Iraq 1977/78

League 1977/78

Final Table:

 1.Al-Minaa (Basra)            13   8  5  0  27-10  21  Champions
 2.Al-Zawraa (Baghdad)         13   9  1  3  31- 9  19
 3.Al-Sinaa (Baghdad)          13   8  3  2  18- 7  19
 4.Al-Jaish (Baghdad)          13   9  0  4  16-12  18
 5.Al-Amana (Baghdad)          13   7  3  3  14- 6  17
 6.Al-Shurta (Baghdad)         13   5  7  1  11- 5  17
 7.Al-Tayaran (Baghdad)        13   5  4  4  19-11  14
 8.Al-Jami'a (Baghdad)         13   4  6  3   8-10  14
 9.Al-Iktisad (Bagdad)         13   3  4  6  11-17  10
10.Al-Thawra (Kirkuk)          13   3  4  6   9-16  10
11.Salahaddin (Tikrit)         13   2  5  6  10-15   9
12.Al-Ittihad (Basra)          13   3  3  7  11-17   9
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13.Hilla (Hilla)               13   1  2 10   4-29   4  Relegated
14.Babil (Hilla)               13   0  1 12   3-28   1  Relegated

NB: Al-Amana (Nadi Amana Al-Riyadhi) were founded as a merger of
    Nadi Al-Baladiyat Al-Riyadhi (at top level 1976/77) and
    Amana Al-Asama (founded 1957).

Round 1 
[Oct 1]
Zawraa     3-0 Jami'a
Minaa      2-2 Salahaddin
[Oct 2]
Jaish      1-0 Hilla
[Oct 3]
Iktisad    1-2 Ittihad
[Oct 4]
Amana      2-0 Tayaran
[Oct 5]
Sinaa      3-0 Thawra
[Oct 6]
Shurta     1-0 Babil 

Round 2
[Oct 7]
Hilla      0-1 Jami'a                 
[Oct 8]
Zawraa     6-2 Iktisad            
[Oct 10]
Jaish      1-0 Tayaran           
Thawra     2-1 Ittihad            
[Oct 11]
Amana      0-0 Shurta          
Minaa      1-1 Sinaa                
Babil      0-0 Salahaddin 

Round 3
[Oct 14]
Iktisad    1-0 Jami'a              
[Oct 15]
Tayaran    5-0 Hilla         
[Oct 16]
Thawra     5-0 Zawraa            
Jaish      0-2 Shurta           
Ittihad    0-1 Minaa            
Salahaddin 0-1 Amana            
Babil      0-1 Sinaa            

Round 4
[Oct 21]
Tayaran    1-1 Jami'a         
[Oct 22]
Iktisad    0-0 Thawra         
[Oct 24]
Hilla      0-1 Shurta         
Zawraa     2-3 Minaa          
[Oct 25]
Jaish      3-1 Salahaddin 
Ittihad    2-1 Babil          
[Oct 289
Amana      0-1 Sinaa          

Round 5
[Oct 31]
Thawra     0-2 Jami'a           
Tayaran    0-0 Shurta        
Minaa      1-0 Iktisad      
Salahaddin 0-0 Hilla        
[Nov 3]
Zawraa     4-0 Babil          
[Nov 4]
Jaish      1-0 Sinaa          
[Nov 7]
Amana      2-0 Ittihad     

Round 6
[Nov 11]
Shurta     1-1 Jami'a       
Thawra     1-1 Minaa        
[Nov 14]
Tayaran    4-2 Salahaddin 
Babil      0-1 Iktisad      
[Nov 17]
Sinaa      4-0 Hilla    
[Nov 18]
Zawraa     0-1 Amana      
Ittihad    2-3 Jaish    

Round 7
[Jan 13]
Jami'a     1-1 Minaa       
Salahaddin 0-1 Shurta      
Thawra     3-1 Babil       
[Nov 15] 
Tayaran    1-2 Sinaa      
[Nov 16] 
Iktisad    1-1 Amana         
Hilla      1-1 Ittihad     
[Jan 19]
Zawraa     0-1 Jaish      

Round 8
[Jan 27]
Jami'a     0-0 Salahaddin 
Babil      0-6 Minaa       
Shurta     1-1 Sinaa       
Thawra     0-1 Amana       
Hilla      0-4 Zawraa     
[Jan 30] 
Ittihad    1-0 Tayaran      
[Feb 1]
Iktisad    2-0 Jaish        

Round 9
[Feb 3]
Jami'a     1-0 Babil     
[Feb 6]
Salahaddin 1-2 Sinaa      
Minaa      2-0 Amana       
Shurta     2-0 Ittihad     
[Feb 9]
Jaish      1-0 Thawra      
Iktisad    2-1 Hilla       
[Feb 11]
Tayaran    1-2 Zawraa     

Round 10
[Feb 13]
Sinaa      2-0 Jami'a     
[Feb 15]
Amana      3-0 Babil      
Ittihad    1-1 Salahaddin 
[Feb 17]
Jaish      0-1 Minaa             
[Feb 20]
Shurta     0-0 Zawraa   
Hilla      0-3 Thawra     
[Feb 22]
Tayaran    1-0 Iktisad  

Round 11
[Feb 24]
Amana      0-0 Jami'a    
Babil      1-3 Jaish      
[Feb 27]
Sinaa      1-0 Ittihad   
Minaa      5-1 Hilla      
[Mar 1]
Zawraa     1-0 Salahaddin 
[Mar 3] 
Shurta     2-2 Iktisad    
Thawra     0-0 Tayaran 

Round 12
[Mar 10]
Ittihad    0-0 Jami'a   
[Mar 13]
Amana      3-0 Jaish      
[Mar 17]
Sinaa      0-2 Zawraa 
Babil      0-1 Hilla   
Salahaddin 2-0 Iktisad 
[Mar 21]
Tayaran    2-2 Minaa  
[Mar 24]
Shurta     0-0 Thawra   

Round 13
[Mar 24]
Jaish      2-0 Jami'a 
Ittihad    1-2 Zawraa   
Hilla      0-2 Amana    
[Mar 27]
Sinaa      0-0 Iktisad  
Babil      0-2 Tayaran  
[Mar 31]
Salahaddin 1-0 Thawra  
Minaa      1-0 Shurta   

Final Table:

 1.Al-Minaa (Basra)            13   8  5  0  27-10  21  Champions
 2.Al-Zawraa (Baghdad)         13   9  1  3  31- 9  19
 3.Al-Sinaa (Baghdad)          13   8  3  2  18- 7  19
 4.Al-Jaish (Baghdad)          13   9  0  4  16-12  18
 5.Al-Amana (Baghdad)          13   7  3  3  14- 6  17
 6.Al-Shurta (Baghdad)         13   5  7  1  11- 5  17
 7.Al-Tayaran (Baghdad)        13   5  4  4  19-11  14
 8.Al-Jami'a (Baghdad)         13   4  6  3   8-10  14
 9.Al-Iktisad (Bagdad)         13   3  4  6  11-17  10
10.Al-Thawra (Kirkuk)          13   3  4  6   9-16  10
11.Salahaddin (Tikrit)         13   2  5  6  10-15   9
12.Al-Ittihad (Basra)          13   3  3  7  11-17   9
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13.Hilla (Hilla)               13   1  2 10   4-29   4  Relegated
14.Babil (Hilla)               13   0  1 12   3-28   1  Relegated

NB: Al-Amana (Nadi Amana Al-Riyadhi) were founded as a merger of
    Nadi Al-Baladiyat Al-Riyadhi (at top level 1976/77) and
    Amana Al-Asama (founded 1957).

NB: Al-Jami'a were renamed Al-Talaba for 1978/79;
    Al-Iktisad were renamed Al-Tijara for 1978/79

Promoted: Al-Shabab

Topscorers:

 1.Jalil Hanoon (Al-Minaa)     11
 2.Falah Hassan (Al-Zawraa)    10
 3.Salim Mallakh (Al-Tayaran)   8
 4.Hassan Sadawi (Al-Jaish)     7
 5.Hazim Jassam (Al-Zawraa)     6
 6.Thamir Yosif (Al-Zawraa)     5
   Hanoon Mashkur (Al-Tayaran)  5
   Saad Abdulla (Al-Iktisad)    5
 9.Ali Kadim (Al-Zawraa)        4

Iraqi Cup 1977/78

NB: played by 32 teams from 1st and 2nd level.

Round 1
[Sep 9]
Tayaran B (Baghdad)   1-0 Jaish (Baghdad) 
Diyala (Bakuba)       2-5 Zawraa (Baghdad) 
Babil (Hila)          bt  Rafidain (Baghdad) 
[Sep 10]
Shabab (Baghdad)      lt  Bahri (Basra)
Minaa (Basra)         bt  Umal
Najaf (Najaf)         lt  Amana (Baghdad) 
Mosul (Mosul)         0-2 Tayaran (Baghdad) 
Kufa (Kufa)           lt  Ittihad (Basra)
Thawra (Kirkuk)       3-0 Zawraa B (Baghdad) 
Salahaddin (Tikrit)   lt  Amana B (Baghdad) 
Arbil (Arbil)         lt  Shurta (Baghdad) 
Hurriya (Umara)       bt  Hila (Hila)
Jazair (Nasiria)      bt  Sinaa (Baghdad) 
Faluja (Faluja)       lt  Iktisad (Baghdad) 
Thagir (Basra)        lt  Jami'a (Baghdad) 
Samawa (Samawa)       bt  Diwaniya (Diwaniya)

Round 2
[Sep 16]
Zawraa (Baghdad)      3-0 Tayaran B (Baghdad) 
Bahri (Basra)         bt  Babil (Hila)
Amana (Baghdad)       bt  Minaa (Basra)
[Sep 17]
Tayaran (Baghdad)     1-0 Ittihad (Basra)
Thawra (Kirkuk)       bt  Amana B (Baghdad) 
Shurta (Baghdad)      bt  Hurriya (Umara)
Iktisad (Baghdad)     bt  Jazair (Nasiria)
[Sep 18]
Jami'a (Baghdad)      bt  Samawa (Samawa)

Quarterfinals [Nov 24]
Bahri (Basra)         2-1 Zawraa (Baghdad) 
Tayaran (Baghdad)     2-1 Amana (Baghdad) 
Thawra (Kirkuk)       2-3 Shurta (Baghdad) 
Iktisad (Baghdad)     drw Jami'a (Baghdad)      [Iktisad on pen]

Semifinals [Apr 3]
Tayaran (Baghdad)     awd Bahri (Basra)         [awarded 3-0, Bahri dns]
Iktisad (Baghdad)     0-1 Shurta (Baghdad) 

Final [Apr 7]
Tayaran (Baghdad)     1-1 Shurta (Baghdad)      [aet, 5-3 pen]
  [Najah Fadhil 20; Hussein Liabi 10]
  [penalties: Saadi Toma          1-0, Douglas Aziz         1-1;
              Salim Malakh        2-1, Saad Dawud           2-2;
              Qusai Qasim         3-2, Hussein Liabi        3-3;
              Hussein Ali Thijeel 4-3, Riyadhi Nouri (miss) 4-3;
              Nadhim Shaker       5-3]
  [Al-Tayaran: Razzaq Dakhil; Sabah Nouri, Qusai Qasim, Nadhim Shaker, 
     Saadi Toma; Sabah Abdul-Razzaq, Hussein Ali Thijeel, Husham Mustafa;
     Hanoon Maskhour, Salim Malakh, Najah Fadhil; 
     coach: Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan;
   Al-Shurta: Raad Hammoudi, Tariq Abdul-Amir, Adnan Jafar, Douglas Aziz,
     Essam Khalil; Riyadhi Nouri, Hadi Hussein Al-Janabi, Muataz Hussein;
     Hussein Liabi, Jabar Hamed, Saad Dawud;
     coach: Abdul-Kader Zeinal]


1976/77

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