Iraq 1985/86

League 1985/86

Cross-Table:
                         Tal Ras Tay Sha Jai Shu Sal Mos Zaw Sin Sul Ama Wah Min Naf Tij
Al-Talaba                xxx 1-0 3-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 5-1 3-0 3-1 2-0
Al-Rasheed                   xxx 2-1 2-2 2-0 2-0 0-1 4-0 0-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-0
Al-Tayaran                       xxx 3-2 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 4-1 0-0 3-2 2-0 3-1
Al-Shabab                            xxx 3-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0
Al-Jaish                                 xxx 0-1 0-0 2-0 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 4-0
Al-Shurta                                    xxx 3-3 1-2 3-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-1
Salahaddin                                       xxx 1-0 2-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 1-0 2-2 2-2 1-1
Mosul                                                xxx 1-1 1-0 1-1 3-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-0
Al-Zawraa                                                xxx 0-0 2-2 0-1 4-0 3-0 2-0 8-0
Al-Sinaa                                                     xxx 1-1 0-0 1-2 1-2 0-0 2-0
Al-Sulaikh                                                       xxx 0-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 3-0
Al-Amana                                                             xxx 3-3 1-2 1-1 3-2
Wahid Huzairan                                                           xxx 2-2 1-0 1-1
Al-Minaa                                                                     xxx 3-1 0-1
Al-Naft                                                                          xxx 1-0
Al-Tijara                                                                            xxx

Final Table:

 1.Al-Talaba (Baghdad)         15  11  3  1  26- 8  25  Champions
 2.Al-Rasheed (Baghdad)        15  11  1  3  24-10  23
 3.Al-Tayaran (Baghdad)        15   9  4  2  22-11  22
 4.Al-Shabab (Baghdad)         15   7  6  2  17-11  20
 5.Al-Jaish (Baghdad)          15   8  2  5  17-10  18
 6.Al-Shurta (Baghdad)         15   5  8  2  15-12  18  
 7.Salahaddin (Tikrit)         15   4  9  2  14-13  17
 8.Mosul (Mosul)               15   5  6  4  11-14  16
 9.Al-Zawraa (Baghdad)         15   5  3  7  25-15  13
10.Al-Sinaa (Baghdad)          15   3  7  5  11-11  13
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Al-Sulaikh (Baghdad)        15   3  6  6  13-14  12  Relegation Playoff
12.Al-Amana (Baghdad)          15   3  6  6  15-22  12  Relegation Playoff
13.Wahid Huzairan (Kirkuk)     15   2  7  6  12-23  11  Relegation Playoff
14.Al-Minaa (Basra)            15   3  3  9  13-22   9  Relegation Playoff
15.Al-Naft (Baghdad)           15   1  5  9   8-21   7  Relegation Playoff
16.Al-Tijara (Baghdad)         15   1  2 12   7-33   4  Relegation Playoff

Available results by round

Round 1 [Dec ?]
Mosul            0-0 Al-Minaa
Al-Tayaran       4-1 Al-Amana
Al-Zawraa        4-0 Wahid Huzairan
Al-Tijara        1-1 Salahaddin

Round 2 
[Dec ?]
Al-Sulaikh       1-1 Mosul
Al-Shurta        0-0 Wahid Huzairan
Al-Minaa         0-1 Al-Tijara
Salahaddin       0-2 Al-Sinaa
Al-Shabab        2-0 Al-Naft
[Dec ?]
Al-Rasheed       2-1 Al-Tayaran

Round 3 
[Dec 12]
Al-Talaba        3-1 Al-Tayaran
Salahaddin       1-1 Al-Amana
Mosul            1-0 Al-Naft
Al-Minaa         2-1 Al-Sinaa
Al-Tijara        0-3 Al-Sulaikh
[Nov 13]
Al-Rasheed       2-0 Al-Jaish
  [Haris Mohammed, Ahmed Radhi]
Al-Shurta        3-1 Al-Zawraa
Al-Shabab        1-0 Wahid Huzairan

Round 4 
[Dec 19]
Al-Rasheed       0-1 Salahaddin       
Al-Talaba        2-1 Al-Zawraa
Al-Tijara        0-1 Al-Naft
Al-Minaa         2-1 Al-Amana
Mosul            1-1 Wahid Huzairan
[Dec 20]
Al-Sulaikh       1-1 Al-Sinaa
Al-Jaish         0-1 Al-Tayaran
Al-Shurta        1-1 Al-Shabab

Round 5 [Dec 30]
Al-Rasheed       1-0 Al-Minaa
  [Ahmed Radhi]
Al-Talaba        1-0 Al-Jaish
Al-Zawraa        0-1 Al-Shabab
Al-Tayaran       1-0 Salahaddin       
Mosul            2-1 Al-Shurta
Al-Sulaikh       0-2 Al-Amana
Al-Sinaa         0-0 Al-Naft
Al-Tijara        1-1 Wahid Huzairan

Round 6 [Jan 3]
Al-Minaa         2-2 Salahaddin       
Al-Amana         1-1 Al-Shurta
Al-Talaba        0-0 Mosul
Al-Tijara        0-1 Al-Shabab
Al-Sulaikh       1-2 Al-Jaish
Al-Sinaa         0-0 Al-Zawraa
Al-Naft          0-2 Al-Tayaran
Al-Rasheed       2-1 Wahid Huzairan
  [Ahmed Radhi 2]

Round 7 
[Jan 6]
Al-Rasheed       0-1 Al-Zawraa
  [Adnan Hamad]
Al-Shurta        0-0 Al-Tayaran
Al-Talaba        2-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Sulaikh       1-0 Al-Minaa
Mosul            1-0 Al-Sinaa
Al-Naft          2-2 Salahaddin       
Al-Amana         0-0 Al-Shabab
[Jan 7]
Al-Jaish         0-0 Wahid Huzairan

Round 9 [Jan 20]
Al-Zawraa        0-1 Al-Amana
Al-Talaba        3-0 Al-Minaa
Mosul            1-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Sulaikh       0-0 Salahaddin       
Al-Shabab        1-1 Al-Sinaa
Al-Jaish         1-0 Al-Naft
Al-Tayaran       0-0 Wahid Huzairan
Al-Rasheed       2-0 Al-Shurta

Round 10 
[Jan 24]
Al-Jaish         4-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Talaba        5-1 Wahid Huzairan
  [Hussein Saeed 4]
Al-Rasheed       2-0 Al-Amana
Mosul            0-1 Salahaddin       
Al-Shurta        0-0 Al-Naft
Al-Tayaran       0-0 Al-Sinaa
[Jan 25]
Al-Shabab        1-0 Al-Minaa
Al-Zawraa        2-2 Al-Sulaikh

Round 11 
[Feb 8]
Al-Sulaikh       0-1 Al-Talaba        
Al-Sinaa         2-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Naft          1-3 Al-Minaa
Al-Amana         1-3 Mosul
Salahaddin       1-0 Wahid Huzairan
Al-Shurta        1-0 Al-Jaish
  [Saad Qais]
Al-Tayaran       1-0 Al-Zawraa
[Feb 10]
Al-Rasheed       2-2 Al-Shabab

Final Table:

 1.Al-Talaba (Baghdad)         15  11  3  1  26- 8  25  Champions
 2.Al-Rasheed (Baghdad)        15  11  1  3  24-10  23
 3.Al-Tayaran (Baghdad)        15   9  4  2  22-11  22
 4.Al-Shabab (Baghdad)         15   7  6  2  17-11  20
 5.Al-Jaish (Baghdad)          15   8  2  5  17-10  18
 6.Al-Shurta (Baghdad)         15   5  8  2  15-12  18  
 7.Salahaddin (Tikrit)         15   4  9  2  14-13  17
 8.Mosul (Mosul)               15   5  6  4  11-14  16
 9.Al-Zawraa (Baghdad)         15   5  3  7  25-15  13
10.Al-Sinaa (Baghdad)          15   3  7  5  11-11  13
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11.Al-Sulaikh (Baghdad)        15   3  6  6  13-14  12  Relegation Playoff
12.Al-Amana (Baghdad)          15   3  6  6  15-22  12  Relegation Playoff
13.Wahid Huzairan (Kirkuk)     15   2  7  6  12-23  11  Relegation Playoff
14.Al-Minaa (Basra)            15   3  3  9  13-22   9  Relegation Playoff
15.Al-Naft (Baghdad)           15   1  5  9   8-21   7  Relegation Playoff
16.Al-Tijara (Baghdad)         15   1  2 12   7-33   4  Relegation Playoff

Topscorers:

 1.Husain Saeed (Talaba)         9
   Ahmed Radi (Rasheed)          9
   Raheem Hameed (Jaish)         9

Relegation Playoff

NB: bottom-6 played off with top-4 from second level (Arbil, Al-Bahri,
    Al-Nasr ane one unknown team)

Available results:
Al-Naft          4-2 Al-Nasr
Al-Naft          1-0 Arbil
Al-Naft          drw Al-Amana         [4-2 pen]

Final
Al-Naft          1-1 Al-Bahri         [4-3 pen]

NB: both finalists qualified for top level 1986/87

Perseverance Cup 1985/86

Final [Feb 27]
Al-Talaba        1-2 Al-Rasheed       
  [Hussein Saeed; Anad Abid, Natiq Hashim]

Al-Rasheed Tournament 1986

NB: second ever edition, with international participants;
    full results see Saddam International Tournament (Baghdad) 1986

Semifinals
[Aug 26]
Baghdad XI       4–1 Al-Zawraa        
  [Rahim Hamid, Ahmad Radi, Basil Korkis, Ismail Muhammad; ?]
[Aug 27]
Al-Rasheed       2-1 Américano        [aet]

Third Place Match [Aug 29]
Américano        2-0 Al-Zawraa        

Final [Aug 29]
Al-Rasheed       2-1 Baghdad XI 
  [Habib Jaafar 1, Qassem Hassan Farhaud 57; Hussein Saeed 78pen]


1984/85

1986/87

list of champions

list of cup winners


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