2008–09_Iraqi_Premier_League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2008–09
Champions	Erbil; (3rd title)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Salah; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Najaf 6–1 Maysan; (22 May 2009)
Biggest away win	Al-Kahrabaa 0–6 Erbil; (5 June 2009)
Highest scoring	Al-Najaf 6–1 Maysan; (22 May 2009)
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2008–09 Iraqi Premier League

Football league season

The 2008–09 Iraqi Premier League was the 35th edition of the competition. It started on 1 November 2008 and ended on 16 July 2009. 27 teams from all over the country competed for the title. Erbil won the title by defeating Al-Najaf in the final via penalty shootout after a goalless draw. It was Erbil's third league title in a row. The two teams would have qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup, but were disqualified due to FIFA's suspension of the Iraq Football Association.

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The 2008–09 season is the only season in history where none of the four Baghdad Derby clubs (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa) finished in the top four.^[1]

Group stage

Group 1

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 2

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Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league.

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[table_note_1_DYL_SHR0.33908935838337-2] The Diyala–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta after Diyala's players left the field during the first half while losing 1–0.

[table_note_1_DUH_ERB0.33908935838337-3] The Duhok–Erbil match was ended early with the score at 3–0 to Duhok.

[table_note_1_PER_ERB0.33908935838337-4] The Peris–Erbil match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Erbil after the game was abandoned with the score at 1–1.

[table_note_1_NAS_BRD0.15767261672657-5] The Al-Nasiriya–Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Nasiriya after Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed's players left the field while losing 2–0.

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"Iraqi League 2008–2009". Goalzz.com.

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"Iraqi Premier League 2008/2009 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Erbil	26	20	4	2	55	17	+38	64	Qualified to the Final
2	Duhok	26	18	7	1	47	11	+36	61	Qualified to Third place match
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	26	12	6	8	36	25	+11	42
4	Al-Naft	26	11	6	9	23	26	−3	39
5	Peris	26	9	10	7	27	26	+1	37
6	Al-Ramadi	26	10	7	9	29	30	−1	37
7	Samarra	26	9	7	10	27	23	+4	34
8	Al-Shorta	26	8	10	8	29	29	0	34
9	Salahaddin	26	8	9	9	24	27	−3	33
10	Al-Kahrabaa	26	7	9	10	22	34	−12	30
11	Kirkuk	26	6	9	11	18	25	−7	27
12	Sulaymaniya	26	6	9	11	26	34	−8	27
13	Al-Hudood	26	4	7	15	15	33	−18	19
14	Diyala	26	1	6	19	9	47	−38	9

Home \ Away	HUD	KAH	NFT	QWJ	RAM	SHR	ERB	DYL	DUH	KRK	PER	SAL	SMR	SUL
Al-Hudood		0–1	0–3	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–4	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Al-Kahrabaa	1–0		0–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Al-Naft	1–0	1–0		1–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	2–1	2–2		1–1	4–1	0–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Al-Ramadi	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0		2–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
Al-Shorta	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0		1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–1
Erbil	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0		2–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–2
Diyala	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–2		0–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1
Duhok	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	3–0^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Kirkuk	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–1		2–0	2–3	0–1	1–0
Peris	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–3^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4–1	2–2	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–1
Salahaddin	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0		0–0	1–3
Samarra	2–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2		2–0
Sulaymaniya	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Najaf	24	15	7	2	39	12	+27	52	Qualified to the Final
2	Al-Amana	24	13	11	0	37	15	+22	50	Qualified to Third place match
3	Al-Talaba	24	14	5	5	32	15	+17	47
4	Al-Zawraa	24	9	9	6	30	24	+6	36
5	Naft Al-Junoob	24	9	9	6	27	23	+4	36
6	Al-Minaa	24	10	6	8	20	24	−4	36
7	Al-Kufa	24	7	11	6	24	24	0	32
8	Al-Sinaa	24	4	15	5	17	18	−1	27
9	Al-Nasiriya	24	6	7	11	23	28	−5	25
10	Al-Samawa	24	5	9	10	15	25	−10	24
11	Karbala	24	5	5	14	18	30	−12	20
12	Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed	24	3	6	15	11	30	−19	15
13	Maysan	24	2	8	14	20	45	−25	14

Home \ Away	AMN	BRD	KUF	MIN	NJF	NAS	SMA	SIN	TLB	ZWR	KRB	MAY	NFJ
Al-Amana		1–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–2
Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed	0–1		0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–0
Al-Kufa	2–2	1–0		1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1
Al-Minaa	1–1	1–0	2–2		0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Al-Najaf	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	6–1	2–1
Al-Nasiriya	0–1	3–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–0	0–1	1–2		1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0
Al-Samawa	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0
Al-Sinaa	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Al-Talaba	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1		0–2	2–0	4–1	3–2
Al-Zawraa	0–2	3–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1		0–0	1–1	1–3
Karbala	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–1		2–1	1–0
Maysan	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–0		0–0
Naft Al-Junoob	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Third place match
Al-Amana	0–1	Duhok
Final
Al-Najaf	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p.)	Erbil

2008–09_Iraqi_Premier_League

2008–09 Iraqi Premier League

Name changes

Group stage

Group 1

Results

Group 2

Results

Championship play-off

Third place match

Final

Season statistics

Top four positions

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

References

External links

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Al-Najaf	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Erbil

Penalties
Mohsen Sahib Naeem Faleh Sadir Sultan	2–3	Mubarak Abdul-Wahed Mohammed Mansoor Al-Deen Raad

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Erbil	27	65	80.2%	2010 AFC Cup (disqualified)
2	Al-Najaf	25	53	70.7%	2010 AFC Cup (disqualified)
3	Duhok	27	64	79.0%
4	Al-Amana	25	50	66.7%

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmed Salah	Erbil	15
2	Luay Salah	Erbil	11
3	Nasser Tallaa	Naft Al-Junoob	9
	Sahib Abbas	Karbala
	Hussein Karim	Al-Najaf

Player^[2]	For	Against	Result	Date
Ahmed Jadiea	Al-Amana	Karbala	3–0	14 November 2008
Sahib Abbas	Karbala	Al-Samawa	4–0	12 December 2008
Ahmed Hanoon	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Naft	3–1	20 March 2009
Zaid Abdul-Hamza	Al-Kufa	Al-Nasiriya	3–1	9 May 2009
Ahmed Salah	Erbil	Al-Kahrabaa	6–0	5 June 2009