2015–16 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season 2015–16
Champions Al-Zawraa
13th Premier League title
13th Iraqi title
Relegated Duhok
Al-Sinaa
AFC Cup Al-Zawraa
Naft Al-Wasat
Top goalscorer Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Hammadi Ahmed
(12 goals)
Highest scoring Al-Karkh 4–4
Al-Talaba
Longest winning run 5 games
Al-Mina'a
Longest unbeaten run 24 games
Al-Zawra'a
Longest winless run 13 games
Al-Sina'a
Longest losing run 5 games
Al-Kahraba

All statistics correct as of 22 May 2016.

The 2015–2016 Iraqi Premier League (also known as the Fuchs Iraqi Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 42nd season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2015 and concluded on 22 May 2016. Al-Zawraa won a record 13th Iraqi Premier League title, finishing one point ahead of defending champions Naft Al-Wasat. Al-Zawraa went through all 24 matches without a single defeat: the eighth time that a team has won the league undefeated since the league's inception in 1974.

Promoted teams

Teams promoted from 2014–15 Iraq Division 1

Teams relegated to 2015–16 Iraq Division 1

Teams

Source:[1]

Al-Zawra'a | Al Talaba | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | Al Shorta | Naft | Al Minaa Basra | Al Karkh | Baghdad | Duhok | Al Hudod | Karbala | Al Simawa | Naft Al-Janoob | Naft Maysan | Al Najaf | Zakho | Naft Al-Wasat | Al Kahrabaa | Al Sinaah | Erbil

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Al-Talaba Iraq Saleh Radi Resigned 28 May 2015 Iraq Ayoub Odisho 6 June 2015
Zakho Iraq Ali Hadi End of contract 15 June 2015 Romania Ilie Stan 15 June 2015
Al-Zawraa Iraq Emad Mohammed Sacked 24 June 2015 Iraq Basim Qasim 21 July 2015
Naft Maysan Iraq Hassan Ahmed End of contract 30 June 2015 Iraq Abbas Obeid 13 July 2015
Al-Shorta Iraq Thair Jassam End of contract 7 July 2015 Iraq Hakim Shaker 13 July 2015
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Abbas Attiya Sacked 12 July 2015 Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil 9 August 2015
Naft Al-Wasat Iraq Abdul Ghani Shahad Resigned 10 August 2015 Egypt Hamza Gamal 19 August 2015
Erbil Iraq Ahmad Salah End of contract 1 September 2015 Iraq Thair Ahmed 1 September 2015
Al-Shorta Iraq Hakim Shaker Resigned 20 October 2015 Iraq Qahtan Chathir 20 October 2015
Al-Karkh Iraq Essam Hamad Resigned 20 October 2015 Iraq Abbas Attiya 20 October 2015
Najaf Iraq Ali Wahab Resigned 27 October 2015 Iraq Emad Mohammed 29 October 2015
Naft Maysan Iraq Abbas Obeid Resigned 7 November 2015 TBD TBD
Duhok Iraq Thair Jassam Resigned 7 November 2015 TBD TBD
Zakho Romania Ilie Stan Mutual consent 25 December 2015 Romania Marin Ion 26 December 2015
Al-Kahraba Iraq Ali Hadi Resigned 3 February 2016 TBD TBD
Al-Shorta Iraq Qahtan Chathir Resigned 7 March 2016 Iraq Radhi Shenaishil 8 March 2016
Naft Al-Wasat Egypt Hamza Gamal Sacked 15 March 2016 Iraq Thair Ahmed 17 March 2016
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil Sacked 2 April 2016 Iraq Ali Hadi 3 April 2016
Al-Shorta Iraq Radhi Shenaishil Resigned 8 May 2016 Iraq Hashim Ridha 8 May 2016

First Stage

Group 1 Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa 17 11 6 0 24 10 +14 39Qualified to the elite stage
2 Naft Al-Wasat 17 10 5 2 24 14 +10 35Qualified to the elite stage
3 Al-Naft 17 9 5 3 21 10 +11 32Qualified to the elite stage
4 Al-Talaba 17 7 6 4 20 14 +6 27Qualified to the elite stage
5 Naft Maysan 17 6 6 5 16 16 0 24
6 Al-Kahraba 17 3 7 7 9 17 −8 16
7 Naft Al-Janoob 17 3 6 8 15 20 −5 15
8 Al-Karkh 17 2 6 9 11 20 −9 12
9 Al-Samawa 17 2 4 11 14 26 −12 10
10 Duhokn1 9 2 1 6 8 15 −7 7 Relegation to Iraq Division 1

Updated to games played on 3 March 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group 1 Results

Home ╲ Away KAR TLB KAHNFTSMAZWRDUHNFJNFWNFM
Al-Karkh 4–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1
Al-Talaba 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Al-Kahraba 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Naft 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0
Al-Samawa 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–2
Al-Zawra'a 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Duhokn1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–3
Naft Al-Janoob 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–1
Naft Al-Wasat 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Naft Maysan 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2

Source: Goalzz.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

note 1 Duhok withdrew from the league after 12 games. They lost all 3 of their second round-robin matches; these 3 results were annulled but their 9 matches from the first round-robin remained.

Group 2 Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 17 10 3 4 22 11 +11 33Qualified to the elite stage
2 Al-Minaa 18 9 5 4 27 17 +10 32Qualified to the elite stage
3 Amanat Baghdad 18 9 3 6 22 17 +5 30Qualified to the elite stage
4 Al-Shorta 18 9 2 7 20 19 +1 29Qualified to the elite stage
5 Zakho 18 7 7 4 17 10 +7 28
6 Erbil 17 5 8 4 19 17 +2 23
7 Najaf 18 7 2 9 13 22 −9 23
8 Karbala 18 5 7 6 17 16 +1 22
9 Al-Hedood 18 2 6 10 11 23 −12 12
10 Al-Sinaa 18 1 7 10 8 24 −16 10 Relegation to Iraq Division 1

Updated to games played on 5 March 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group 2 Results

Home ╲ Away HED MIN QWJSHRSINAMNERBKRBNJFZAK
Al-Hedood 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Al-Mina'a 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–0n2 1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0
Al-Shorta 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0
Al-Sinaa 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Amanat Baghdad 1–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1
Erbil 1–1 3–1 n3 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Karbalaa 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Al-Najaf 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–0
Zakho 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0

Updated to games played on 5 March 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

note 2 Al-Minaa were awarded a 3–0 victory after Najaf did not turn up for the game.
note 3 The match was postponed due to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's involvement in the AFC Cup, and was later cancelled altogether due to the outcome of the match having no effect on qualification to the next round or relegation to the lower division.

Elite Stage

The elite stage started on 2 April and finished on 22 May. Each team played each other just once.

Elite Stage Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 15 2017 AFC Cup group stage
2 Naft Al-Wasat 7 4 2 1 10 6 +4 14 2016–17 Arab Club Championship
3 Al-Talaba 7 3 3 1 8 6 +2 12
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 3 0 4 11 7 +4 9
5 Al-Naft 7 2 3 2 9 9 0 9
6 Al-Minaa 7 2 2 3 9 13 −4 8
7 Al-Shorta 7 1 2 4 6 12 −6 5
8 Amanat Baghdad 7 1 1 5 6 14 −8 4

Updated to games played on 22 May 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Elite Stage Results

Home ╲ Away MIN NFT QWJSHRTLBZWRAMNNFW
Al-Mina'a 1–0 2–2 1–0
Al-Naft 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 3–0n4 1–2 1–3
Al-Shorta 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–1
Al-Talaba 1–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Zawra'a 5–1 1–1 1–0
Amanat Baghdad 0–4 0–2 1–2
Naft Al-Wasat 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1

Source: Goalzz.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

note 4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.

Final positions

Pos Team Pld Pts Eff
1Al-Zawraa 245475.0%
2Naft Al-Wasat 244968.1%
3Al-Talaba 243954.2%
4Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 244258.3%
5Al-Naft 244156.9%
6Al-Minaa 254053.3%
7Al-Shorta 253445.3%
8Amanat Baghdad 253445.3%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9Zakho 182851.9%
10Naft Maysan 172447.1%
11Erbil 172345.1%
12Al-Kahraba 171631.4%
13Najaf 182342.6%
14Naft Al-Janoob 171529.4%
15Karbala 182240.7%
16Al-Karkh 171223.5%
17Al-Hedood 181222.2%
18Al-Samawa 171019.6%
Relegated
19Al-Sinaa 181018.5%
20Duhok 9725.9%

Top scorers

As of 22 May 2016
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 12
Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Al-Zawraa
3 Iraq Abdul-Qadir Tariq Al-Talaba 10
Syria Omar Khribin Al-Minaa
4 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa 9

Awards

Annual awards

A committee of former players and managers including Younis Abid Ali, Abbas Obeid, Ali Wahaib, Abdul-Amir Naji, Safwan Abdul-Ghani and Bassam Raouf Hamed decided the award winners.[2]

Team of the Season

The Team of the Season was:

Young Player of the Season

The Young Player of the Season was awarded to Hussein Ali of Al-Zawraa.

Young Goalkeeper of the Season

The Young Goalkeeper of the Season was awarded to Ali Abdul-Hussein of Al-Talaba.

Manager of the Season

The Manager of the Season was awarded jointly to Basim Qasim of Al-Zawraa and Hassan Ahmed of Al-Naft.

Goalkeeping Coach of the Season

The Goalkeeping Coach of the Season was awarded to Jalil Zaidan of Al-Naft.

Team of the Season

The Team of the Season was awarded to Al-Naft.

Foreign Player of the Season

The Foreign Player of the Season was awarded to Alaa Al Shbli of Naft Al-Wasat.

Referee of the Season

The Referee of the Season was awarded to Muhannad Qasim.

Fourth Official of the Season

The Fourth Official of the Season was awarded to Wathiq Medlal.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Iraqi League". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Kooora Forums

External links

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