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1996–97 Iraqi Premier League

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The 1996–97 Iraqi Premier League was the 23rd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Advanced League to Iraqi Premier League. The league title was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya for the fourth time. They also won the Iraq FA Cup, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship and the Iraqi Perseverance Cup in this season, completing the first ever domestic quadruple in Iraqi football history.[1][2]

Season1996–97
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(4th title)
RelegatedAl-Karkh
Al-Kadhimiya
Al-Ramadi
1998–99 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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Iraqi Premier League
Season1996–97
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(4th title)
RelegatedAl-Karkh
Al-Kadhimiya
Al-Ramadi
1998–99 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Talaba
Top goalscorerAli Hashim
(19 goals)
← 1995–96
(Iraqi Advanced League)
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (C) 30 22 3 5 63 24 +39 69 1998–99 Asian Club Championship
2 Al-Zawraa 30 20 7 3 76 24 +52 67
3 Al-Talaba 30 17 9 4 58 17 +41 60 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[a]
4 Al-Najaf 30 18 5 7 52 26 +26 59
5 Al-Shorta 30 12 10 8 48 33 +15 46
6 Al-Mosul 30 12 7 11 38 48 −10 43
7 Samarra 30 10 9 11 36 45 −9 39
8 Al-Minaa 30 9 10 11 22 32 −10 37
9 Al-Naft 30 9 9 12 33 34 −1 36
10 Salahaddin 30 8 10 12 27 39 −12 34
11 Al-Kut 30 8 7 15 34 43 −9 31
12 Al-Sinaa 30 7 8 15 21 42 −21 29
13 Al-Sulaikh 30 7 7 16 26 45 −19 28
14 Al-Karkh (R) 30 6 9 15 24 51 −27 27 Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
15 Al-Kadhimiya (R) 30 6 8 16 20 35 −15 26
16 Al-Ramadi (R) 30 5 10 15 19 59 −40 25
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Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Although Al-Shorta were runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup (won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), the IFA decided to give the Cup Winners' Cup slot to the league's third-placed team Al-Talaba.

Results

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Home \ Away KDH KAR KUT MIN MSL NFT NJF QWJ RMA SHR SIN SLK TLB ZWR SAL SMR
Al-Kadhimiya 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1
Al-Karkh 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–4 0–2 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–6 1–0 1–1
Al-Kut 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Al-Minaa 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3[a]
Al-Mosul 2–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–3 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 3–2 3–2 2–1
Al-Naft 3–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–2 0–4 2–2 2–5
Al-Najaf 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–2 3–3 4–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0
Al-Ramadi 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–4 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–1
Al-Shorta 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 3–1 0–0 3–2 0–2 5–1 5–0
Al-Sinaa 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–5 0–3 0–1 0–2
Al-Sulaikh 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0
Al-Talaba 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 3–0 5–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–2
Al-Zawraa 4–1 6–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 5–3 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 6–0
Salahaddin 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2
Samarra 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–2
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Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    The Al-Minaa–Samarra match originally ended as a 1–0 win for Al-Minaa but was changed to a 3–0 win for Samarra due to Al-Minaa fielding the ineligible player Ali Al-Diwan.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Ali Hashim 19 Al-Najaf
2 Sahib Abbas 17 Al-Zawraa
3 Sabah Jeayer 12 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
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Player[1]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Sahib Abbas6 Al-ZawraaAl-Karkh6–018 October 1996
Iraq Naeem Saddam Al-ZawraaSamarra6–01 November 1996
Iraq Hussam Fawzi Al-ZawraaAl-Sulaikh3–115 November 1996
Iraq Haidar Najim Al-NajafSamarra3–014 December 1996
Iraq Sahib Abbas Al-ZawraaAl-Sinaa3–027 December 1996
Iraq Alaa Kadhim Al-TalabaAl-Ramadi5–01 February 1997
Iraq Alaa Kadhim Al-TalabaAl-Karkh4–08 March 1997
Iraq Mahmoud Karim Al-TalabaAl-Sinaa5–011 April 1997
Iraq Ahmed Jadiea Al-KarkhAl-Ramadi5–016 April 1997
Iraq Muayad Judi Al-ZawraaAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya5–39 May 1997
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6 Player scored 6 goals

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