Iraq 1996/97

Round 19 [Feb 21] Samurra 1-0 Al Zawra Air Force 0-0 Al Naft Al Mina 1-1 Al Talaba Al Karkh 2-1 Al Sleikh Al Shorta 1-1 Al Koot Al Sinaa 1-0 Al Kazmia Al Mosul 3-2 Salaheddine Al Ramadi 1-1 Al Najaf Round 23 Air Force 2-1 Al Najaf Al Zawra 1-0 Al Naft Al Talaba 1-0 Al Sleikh Al Mina 2-0 Al Mosul Al Koot 2-1 Al Karkh Samurra 1-0 Al Sinaa Al Shorta 4-0 Al Ramadi Al Kazmia 1-0 Salaheddine Round 27 Air Force 3-0 Al Ramadi Al Talaba 5-0 Al Sinaa Al Najaf 3-0 Al Sleikh Al Shorta 1-0 Al Mina Al Mosul 2-1 Samurra Al Karkh 1-0 Salaheddine Al Koot 1-0 Al Naft Al Zawra 3-1 Al Kazmia Round 28 Air Force 2-0 Al Kazmia Al Zawra 1-1 Al Mina Al Najaf 1-0 Al Talaba Al Shorta 1-1 Al Karkh Al Mosul 1-0 Al Naft Salaheddine 1-0 Al Sleikh Al Koot 0-0 Al Sinaa Samurra 1-1 Al Ramadi Postponed Match Al Zawra 1-1 Salaheddine Round 29 Air Force 1-0 Al Mina [J.Omran] Al Koot 1-2 Al Zawra [M.Mahdi; H.Ali, N.Saddem (pen)] Al Talaba 3-0 Al Mosul [M.Louis (2), M.Kareem] Al Sinaa 1-0 Al Najaf [J.Saleh] Al Shorta 2-0 Samurra [S.Sabbar, A.Ali] Al Naft 2-2 Salaheddine [M.Jsam, H.Kamal; A.Hussein, B.Bahman] Al Sleikh 1-1 Al Ramadi [A.Hameed; J.Farhan] Al Karkh 0-0 Al Kazmia Round 30 Al Zawra 5-3 Air Force [Al Mohamed (3), M.Joodi, A.Ra'oof (og); A.Emanual (2), H.Kazern] Al Najaf 1-0 Al Koot [H.Jawad] Al Mosul 2-1 Al Sinaa [S.Adelhakim, A.Hamee; A.Khudeir] Al Sleikh 2-1 Al Shorta Al Talaba 1-1 Salaheddine [M.Louis; A.Hussein] Al Karkh 1-1 Al Mina Al Ramadi 0-2 Al Naft Al Kazmia 2-1 Samurra Table 1.Al Quwa Al Jawia 30 22 3 5 63-24 69 Champions 2.Al Zawra 30 20 7 3 78-26 67 3.Al Talaba 30 17 9 4 58-16 60 [cup winners 1994] 4.Al Najaf 30 18 5 7 52-26 59 5.Al Shorta 30 12 10 8 48-33 46 [aka Police] 6.Al Mosul 30 12 7 11 40-48 43 7.Samurra 30 10 9 11 35-45 39 8.Al Mina 30 9 10 11 22-32 37 [aka Port] 9.Al Naft 30 9 9 12 33-35 36 [aka Petrol] 10.Al Sinaa 30 8 8 14 22-42 32 [aka Industry] 11.Al Koot 30 8 7 15 34-43 31 12.Salaheddine 30 7 10 13 26-40 31 13.Al Sleikh 30 7 7 16 27-46 28 14.Al Karkh 30 6 9 15 24-51 27 Relegated 15.Al Kazmia 30 6 8 16 20-35 26 Relegated 16.Al Ramadi 30 5 10 15 19-59 25 Relegated [+] Zawra's goal difference reported as 78-24 but that doesn't add up. Promoted: Port, Diyala, Maysan, Army (Al-Jaish) Topscorers: 1.Ali Hashim (Najaf) 19 2.Sahib Abbas (Zawraa) 14 3.Sabah Ijair (Quwa Jawia) 12 Iraq Cup 1996/97 74 teams started the competition. Round of 32 Al Zawra 7-0 Karkook (div.2) Qualifiers for round of 16: Al Zawra, Air Force, Al Shorta, Al Talaba, Al Karkh, Army Club, Al Salam, Al Ommal, Al Ramadi, Al Kook, Al Moosel, Al Najaf, Al Bazra, Al Anbar, Samurra, Salaheddine. Semi-Final: Air Force v Al-Zawra 0-0, 1-1 (Air Force won on away goals rule) Al-Koot v Al-Shorta 1-1, 0-1 CUP FINAL [April 28, Baghdad, Al-Shaab stadium, att: 50000] Air Force v Al-Shorta 1-1 (Air Force won 8-7 on penalties) [Al-Shorta are also known as Police] [Fifth Cup win for Air Force=Al Quwa Al Jawia.] Super Cup [May 16, 1997] Zawraa 1-3 Air Force [Muhammed Jasim; Ahmed Daham (2); Razak Farhan] 6th Umm Al-Maarik Cup Held 10-20 September 1996 Group 1 Al-Zawraa 4-1 Talaba Al-Zawraa 1-1 Al-Karkh [?; Ahmad Abdul-Jabar] Al-Zawraa 3-1 Al-Shurta Al-Shurta 5-2 Al-Karkh [?; Abbas Rahim, Ziyad Tariq] Al-Shurta 2-2 Talaba Al-Karkh 1-1 Talaba [Salim Kanjar; ?] Al-Zawraa 3 2 1 0 8 3 7 Al-Shurta 3 1 1 1 8 7 4 Talaba 3 0 2 1 4 7 2 Al-Karkh 3 0 2 1 4 7 2 Group 2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3-1 Nafat Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4-1 Ramadi Najaf 2-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Nafat 1-1 Najaf Nafat 3-0 Ramadi Ramadi 3-3 Najaf Al-Q.Al-Jawiya 3 2 0 1 7 4 6 Najaf 3 1 2 0 6 4 5 Nafat 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 Ramadi 3 0 1 2 4 10 1 Semifinals Al-Zawraa 0-0 Najaf Al-Zawraa win 4-3 on penalties Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3-0 Al-Shurta Third Place Match Najaf 1-0 Al-Shurta Final Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-0 Al-Zawraa [Mazin Abdul-Sattar o.g.]

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1997/98

list of champions

list of cup winners

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Prepared and maintained by Mohammed Qayed for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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Last updated: 19 Jun 2003