Iraq 1996/97

League 1996/97

Final Table:

 1.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya    30  22  3  5  63-24  69  Champions
 2.Al-Zawraa            30  20  7  3  76-24  67
 3.Al-Talaba            30  17  9  4  58-17  60
 4.Najaf                30  18  5  7  52-26  59
 5.Al-Shurta            30  12 10  8  48-33  46
 6.Mosul                30  12  7 11  38-48  43
 7.Samarra              30  10  9 11  36-45  39
 8.Al-Minaa             30   9 10 11  22-32  37
 9.Al-Naft              30   9  9 12  33-34  36
10.Salahaddin           30   8 10 12  27-39  34
11.Al-Kut               30   8  7 15  34-43  31
12.Al-Sinaa             30   7  8 15  21-42  29
13.Al-Sulaikh           30   7  7 16  26-45  28
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14.Al-Karkh             30   6  9 15  24-51  27  Relegated 
15.Al-Kadhimiya         30   6  8 16  20-35  26  Relegated 
16.Al-Ramadi            30   5 10 15  19-59  25  Relegated 

Cross-Table:
                         Quw Zaw Tal Naj Shu Mos Sam Min Naf Sal Kut Sin Sul Kar Kad Ram
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya        xxx 1-0 1-2 2-1 1-2 4-1 1-0 3-0 2-0 0-1 3-0 3-3 4-1 2-0 2-1 5-0
Al-Zawraa                5-3 xxx 1-0 2-2 1-0 3-0 6-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 3-1 4-1 3-1 6-0 4-1 2-0
Al-Talaba                1-1 1-1 xxx 2-1 3-0 3-0 4-2 3-0 1-1 3-0 1-1 5-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 5-0
Najaf                    2-1 2-2 1-0 xxx 1-2 4-0 3-0 3-1 1-1 3-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 2-1
Al-Shurta                1-2 0-2 3-2 3-2 xxx 1-1 5-0 1-0 1-1 5-1 2-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 4-0
Mosul                    0-3 3-2 0-3 0-2 1-0 xxx 2-1 2-2 2-1 3-2 3-2 1-0 2-1 4-1 2-1 4-0
Samarra                  0-3 1-0 0-0 1-1 2-2 1-0 xxx 1-1 0-0 4-2 3-2 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 2-1
Al-Minaa                 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 2-0 0a3 xxx 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0
Al-Naft                  0-0 0-4 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 2-5 0-0 xxx 2-2 1-1 1-2 3-0 3-3 3-0 3-1
Salahaddin               0-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 0-2 xxx 1-1 2-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 3-1
Al-Kut                   1-2 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 xxx 0-0 4-3 1-0 2-0 0-1
Al-Sinaa                 1-2 0-3 0-5 1-0 2-1 1-1 0-2 0-1 1-0 0-1 3-1 xxx 1-3 2-0 1-0 0-0
Al-Sulaikh               1-3 1-2 0-1 1-3 2-1 0-0 1-0 2-1 0-3 0-1 2-1 0-0 xxx 1-2 1-0 1-1
Al-Karkh                 0-2 0-6 0-2 1-4 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 xxx 0-2 5-0
Al-Kadhimiya             0-2 1-3 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 xxx 1-1
Al-Ramadi                0-3 0-4 1-0 1-1 0-4 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-2 2-1 2-1 xxx
NB: 0a3 denotes match awarded 0-3; Minaa-Samarra originally finished 1-0

Available roundwise results:

Round 19 [Feb 21]
Samarra         1-0 Zawraa
Naft            0-0 Quwa Jawiya     
Minaa           1-1 Talaba          
Karkh           2-1 Sulaikh
Shurta          1-1 Kut             
Sinaa           1-0 Kadhimiya  
Mosul           3-2 Salaheddin
Ramadi          1-1 Najaf           

Round 23
Quwa Jawiya     2-1 Najaf           
Zawraa          1-0 Naft 
Talaba          1-0 Sulaikh
Minaa           2-0 Mosul 
Kut             2-1 Karkh           
Samarra         1-0 Sinaa 
Shurta          4-0 Ramadi 
Kadhimiya       1-0 Salaheddin 

Round 27
Quwa Jawiya     3-0 Ramadi
Talaba          5-0 Sinaa
Najaf           3-0 Sulaikh
Shurta          1-0 Minaa           
Mosul           2-1 Samarra         
Karkh           1-0 Salaheddin
Kut             1-0 Naft
Zawraa          3-1 Kadhimiya       

Round 28
Quwa Jawiya     2-0 Kadhimiya       
Zawraa          1-1 Minaa           
Najaf           1-0 Talaba          
Shurta          1-1 Karkh           
Mosul           1-0 Naft
Salaheddin      1-0 Sulaikh
Kut             0-0 Sinaa
Samarra         1-1 Ramadi

Postponed Match
Zawraa          1-1 Salaheddin

Round 29
Quwa Jawiya     1-0 Minaa           
  [J.Omran]
Kut             1-2 Zawraa
  [M.Mahdi; H.Ali, N.Saddem (pen)]
Talaba          3-0 Mosul
  [M.Louis (2), M.Kareem]
Sinaa           1-0 Najaf           
  [J.Saleh]
Shurta          2-0 Samarra         
  [S.Sabbar, A.Ali]
Naft            2-2 Salaheddin
  [M.Jsam, H.Kamal; A.Hussein, B.Bahman]
Sulaikh         1-1 Ramadi
  [A.Hameed; J.Farhan]
Karkh           0-0 Kadhimiya       

Round 30
Zawraa          5-3 Quwa Jawiya     
  [Al Mohamed (3), M.Joodi, A.Ra'oof (og); A.Emanual (2), H.Kazern]
Najaf           1-0 Kut             
  [H.Jawad]
Mosul           2-1 Sinaa
  [S.Adelhakim, A.Hamee; A.Khudeir]
Sulaikh         2-1 Shurta          
Talaba          1-1 Salaheddin
  [M.Louis; A.Hussein]
Karkh           1-1 Minaa           
Ramadi          0-2 Naft
Kadhimiya       2-1 Samarra         

Final Table:

 1.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya    30  22  3  5  63-24  69  Champions
 2.Al-Zawraa            30  20  7  3  76-24  67
 3.Al-Talaba            30  17  9  4  58-17  60
 4.Najaf                30  18  5  7  52-26  59
 5.Al-Shurta            30  12 10  8  48-33  46
 6.Mosul                30  12  7 11  38-48  43
 7.Samarra              30  10  9 11  36-45  39
 8.Al-Minaa             30   9 10 11  22-32  37
 9.Al-Naft              30   9  9 12  33-34  36
10.Salahaddin           30   8 10 12  27-39  34
11.Al-Kut               30   8  7 15  34-43  31
12.Al-Sinaa             30   7  8 15  21-42  29
13.Al-Sulaikh           30   7  7 16  26-45  28
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14.Al-Karkh             30   6  9 15  24-51  27  Relegated 
15.Al-Kadhimiya         30   6  8 16  20-35  26  Relegated 
16.Al-Ramadi            30   5 10 15  19-59  25  Relegated 

Promoted: Diyala, Maysan, Al-Jaish

Topscorers: 

 1.Ali Hashim (Najaf)        19
 2.Sahib Abbas (Zawraa)      14
 3.Sabah Ijair (Quwa Jawiya) 12

Iraqi Cup 1996/97

74 teams started the competition.

Round of 32 [Sep 27]
Sulaikh         0-1 Najaf
Karkh           6-0 Rumaitha
Quwa Jawiya     2-1 Difaa Jawi      [aet]
Kadhimiya       0-1 Mosul
Talaba          4-0 Hudod
Zawraa          7-0 Kirkuk
Diyala          1-1 Kut             [8-9 pen]
Umal            0-3 Nasiriya     
Karbala         1-2 Ramadi
Salam           ?-? Khalis          [5-4 pen]
Naft            0-1 Shurta
Sinaa           0-1 Jaish

1/8 Finals [Oct 28-Nov 4]
Najaf           2-0 0-0 Karkh
Quwa Jawiya     1-0 1-0 Mosul
Basra           0-4 ?-? Talaba
Shabab Anbar    0-4 0-4 Zawraa
Samarra         0-2 ?-?-Kut
Nasiriya        2-1 0-2 Ramadi
Salam           1-3 ?-? Shurta
Jaish           1-1 0-1 Salahaddin

Quarterfinals [Mar 10-17]
Najaf           3-3 2-2 Quwa Jawiya
Talaba          2-1 2-0 Zawraa
Kut             3-1 0-0 Ramadi
Shurta          4-0 1-0 Salahaddin

NB: Zawraa awarded tie against Talaba, who had used an ineligibel player

Semifinals

First Legs [Mar 31]
Quwa Jawiya     0-0 Zawraa          
Kut             1-1 Shurta          

Second Legs [Apr 7]
Zawraa          1-1 Quwa Jawiya     
Shurta          1-0 Kut             
 
Final [Apr 28, Al-Shaab stadium, Baghdad; att: 50,000]
Quwa Jawiya     1-1 Shurta          [7-6 pen]
  [Akram Emmanuel 31; Abdul Hussein Jawad 51]

Al-Muthabara Cup (Super Cup) 1997

[May 16, 1997]
Zawraa          1-3 Quwa Jawiya     
  [Mohamed Jassim Mahdi; Ahmed Daham (2), Razzaq Farhan]

Umm Al-Maarik Cup 1996

Played by top-8 of league 1995/96, organised by Iraqi FA.

Held 10-20 September 1996

Group 1
Zawraa          4-1 Talaba          
Zawraa          1-1 Karkh           
  [?; Ahmad Abdul-Jabar]
Zawraa          3-1 Shurta          
Shurta          5-2 Karkh           
  [?; Abbas Rahim, Ziyad Tariq]
Shurta          2-2 Talaba          
Karkh           1-1 Talaba          
  [Salim Kanjar; ?]

 1.Al-Zawraa             3   2  1  0   8- 3   7
 2.Al-Shurta             3   1  1  1   8- 7   4
 3.Al-Karkh              3   0  2  1   4- 7   2
   Al-Talaba             3   0  2  1   4- 7   2

Group 2
Quwa Jawiya     3-1 Naft            
Quwa Jawiya     4-1 Ramadi          
Najaf           2-0 Quwa Jawiya     
Naft            1-1 Najaf           
Naft            3-0 Ramadi          
Ramadi          3-3 Najaf           

 1.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya     3   2  0  1   7- 4   6
 2.Najaf                 3   1  2  0   6- 4   5
 3.Al-Naft               3   1  1  1   5- 4   4
 4.Al-Ramadi             3   0  1  2   4-10   1

Semifinals
Zawraa          0-0 Najaf           [4-3 pen]
Quwa Jawiya     3-0 Shurta          

Third Place Match
Najaf           1-0 Shurta          

Final
Quwa Jawiya     1-0 Zawraa          [aet]
  [Mazen Abdul Sattar 113og]


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