Cross-Table:
Shu Quw Zaw Naj Tal Jai Min Naf May Diy Sul Sal Sam Mos Kut Sin
Al-Shurta xxx 3-2 2-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 3-2 3-2 1-2 3-1 2-0 3-0 4-0 6-2 2-0 1-0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2-3 xxx 1-3 0-0 2-2 2-1 2-0 3-1 0-0 5-1 2-0 1-0 6-0 5-1 5-0 2-0
Al-Zawraa 1-1 1-1 xxx 2-0 2-1 1-2 2-1 1-0 6-1 1-1 3-1 4-0 5-1 5-0 1-0 2-0
Najaf 2-1 1-1 0-0 xxx 2-1 2-0 1-0 4-0 3-0 2-0 4-1 3-0 1-0 5-0 1-1 2-1
Al-Talaba 0-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 xxx 2-2 7-0 1-0 1-1 3-0 2-0 3-1 1-0 7-1 9-1 1-1
Al-Jaish 1-4 0-2 1-2 1-1 1-2 xxx 1-0 2-2 1-0 3-1 3-0 1-0 0-1 2-2 1-1 1-0
Al-Minaa 3-2 0-1 0-3 0-3 2-1 0-2 xxx 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 4-1 1-0 3-0
Al-Naft 1-2 1-2 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-1 0-0 xxx 1-1 3-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-1
Maysan 0-4 1-4 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 2-2 xxx 3-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 1-0
Diyala 1-2 0-1 1-2 2-2 1-2 2-2 3-0 0-0 2-0 xxx 1-1 2-0 3-0 1-1 3-2 1-1
Al-Sulaikh 2-3 0-2 1-2 0-1 0-1 3-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 xxx 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-0
Salahaddin 1-2 1-2 2-3 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 1-0 xxx 0-0 1-1 2-0 3-0
Samarra 1-1 0-1 0-5 2-2 1-2 1-0 1-0 0-3 2-1 1-1 1-2 2-1 xxx 3-3 5-1 1-1
Mosul 1-2 0-3 0-0 1-1 2-4 0-1 2-0 0-5 1-0 2-2 1-2 0-1 2-1 xxx 2-1 1-1
Al-Kut 0-2 0-1 0-6 0-6 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-2 2-3 0-0 2-2 2-0 3-0 xxx 3-0
Al-Sinaa 0-2 0-4 2-3 0-4 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-2 1-2 1-3 1-1 3-1 1-1 xxx
Final Table:
1.Al-Shurta 30 23 4 3 71-30 73 Champions
2.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 30 22 5 3 67-21 71
3.Al-Zawraa 30 21 7 2 70-22 70
4.Najaf 30 18 8 4 58-22 62
5.Al-Talaba 30 18 7 5 67-28 61
6.Al-Jaish 30 12 8 10 37-36 44
7.Al-Minaa 30 12 3 15 29-41 39
8.Al-Naft 30 9 11 10 37-34 38
9.Maysan 30 9 8 13 26-40 35
10.Diyala 30 8 10 12 38-47 34
11.Al-Sulaikh 30 8 8 14 23-36 32
12.Salahaddin 30 7 7 16 26-40 28
13.Samarra 30 6 8 16 27-55 26
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14.Mosul 30 4 9 17 28-72 21 Relegated
15.Al-Kut 30 3 8 19 24-65 17 Relegated
16.Al-Sinaa 30 1 7 22 19-58 10 Relegated
Promoted: Duhok, Al-Karkh, Al-Kadhimiya
Topscorers:
1.Mahmud Majeed (Shurta) 22
2.Alaa Kadim (Talaba 18
3.Husam Fauzi (Zawraa) 17
Round of 32 [Nov 1 - Nov ?] Tijara 1-0 1-3 Najaf Umal 1-2 - Duhok Nahdha 0-1 - Qassim Zawraa 5-0 1-0 Karkh Shurta 3-1 - Kadhimiya Sinaa 0-1 - Sulaikh Khawarnaq 0-1 - Nasiriya Talaba 2-0 - Al-Hilla Naft 0-1 - Maysan Samarra 3-0 - Majer Al-Kabir Salahaddin 4-2 - Khutoot Bahri 0-2 0-3 Jaish Minaa 4-1 2-1 Mosul Arbil 2-0 0-1 Diyala Quwa Jawiya 5-1 - Amana Kut bye? 1/8 Finals [Nov 24-Dec 1] Najaf 1-0 0-2 Duhok Qassim 0-6 0-11 Zawraa Shurta 1-0 3-0 Sulaikh Nasiriya 1-2 0-6 Talaba Kut 3-3 1-1 Maysan Samarra 1-0 1-3 Salahaddin Jaish 2-0 1-0 Minaa Arbil 1-2 0-5 Quwa Jawiya Quarterfinals [Dec 29, Jan 12] Shurta 3-0 3-2 Talaba Duhok 0-1 0-3 Zawraa Quwa Jawiya 2-1 1-0 Jaish Maysan 0-0 0-1 Salahaddin Semifinals [Apr 6, Apr 13] Shurta 0-1 1-2 Zawraa Quwa Jawiya 2-1 Salahaddin Cup Final [Apr 28] Zawraa 1-1 Quwa Jawiya [aet, 4-3 pen] [Essam Hamad 90+7pen; Razzaq Farhan 0-1]
[May 25, 1998] Zawraa 1-0 Shurta [Ahmad Abdul Jabar 88]
Played by top-8 of league 1996/97, organised by Iraqi FA. Held September 1997 Group 1 Zawraa 3-1 Minaa Zawraa 2-1 Mosul Zawraa 0-0 Najaf Najaf 3-0 Mosul Najaf 2-0 Minaa Minaa 2-2 Mosul 1.Najaf 3 2 1 0 5- 0 7 2.Al-Zawraa 3 2 1 0 5- 2 7 3.Al-Minaa 3 0 1 2 3- 7 1 Mosul 3 0 1 2 3- 7 1 Group 2 Talaba 1-0 Quwa Jawiya Talaba 3-3 Shurta Talaba 2-1 Samarra Quwa Jawiya 4-1 Samarra Quwa Jawiya 4-7 Shurta Shurta 4-0 Samarra 1.Al-Shurta 3 2 1 0 14- 7 7 2.Al-Talaba 3 2 1 0 6- 4 7 3.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 1 0 2 8- 9 3 4.Samarra 3 0 0 3 2-10 0 Semifinals Talaba 1-1 Najaf [1-3 pen] Shurta 1-1 Zawraa [3-1 pen] Third Place Match Zawraa 7-0 Talaba [Essam Hamad, Mohammed Jassim, Ahmad Abdul-Jabar, Ahmad Hussein Adan, Sahib Abbas, Amer Qasim] Final Najaf 4-0 Shurta [Falah Hassan Kadhim 60, Salman Hussein 65, 72, Haidar Najim 75]
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