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2007–08 Iraqi Premier League

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The 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 August 2008. The season saw Erbil crowned as champions for the second time in a row, beating Al-Zawraa 1–0 after extra time in the final.

Season2007–08
ChampionsErbil
(2nd title)
RelegatedAl-Furat
Sirwan
Al-Jaish
Al-Shuala
Al-Adala
Al-Shatra
Zakho
AFC CupErbil
Al-Zawraa
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Iraqi Premier League
Season2007–08
ChampionsErbil
(2nd title)
RelegatedAl-Furat
Sirwan
Al-Jaish
Al-Shuala
Al-Adala
Al-Shatra
Zakho
AFC CupErbil
Al-Zawraa
Arab Champions LeagueAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goalscorerAsaad Abdul-Nabi
(14 goals)
Biggest home winKarbala 5–0 Al-Furat
(7 December 2007)
Biggest away winAl-Jaish 1–8 Al-Kahrabaa
(15 December 2007)
Al-Shuala 0–7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(18 December 2007)
Highest scoringAl-Ramadi 2–7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(8 December 2007)
Al-Jaish 1–8 Al-Kahrabaa
(15 December 2007)
Al-Shuala 0–7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(18 December 2007)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6–3 Kirkuk
(17 July 2008)
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For security reasons, the league was divided into three groups: South, North and Central. The top six clubs from the Central Group and the top four clubs from the North and South Groups qualified for the Elite Stage. The Elite Stage consisted of three groups, of which the winners and one runner-up qualified for the Golden Stage, a knockout contest. The Golden Stage matches were held at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.

The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup, while third-placed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2008–09 Arab Champions League.[1]

New rule

The Iraq Football Association introduced a new rule that allowed clubs to make four substitutions instead of three.

Group stage

North Group

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Erbil 14 9 4 1 21 5 +16 31 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Duhok 14 9 3 2 16 6 +10 30
3 Pires 14 6 4 4 20 16 +4 22
4 Kirkuk 14 6 3 5 18 17 +1 21
5 Sulaymaniya 14 4 7 3 16 17 −1 19
6 Samarra 14 3 5 6 10 16 −6 14
7 Sirwan 14 2 4 8 9 14 −5 10 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8 Zakho 14 0 4 10 5 24 −19 4
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Source: Goalzz

Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ERB ...
Home \ Away ERB DUH KRK PIR SMR SIR SUL ZKO
Erbil 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 0–0
Duhok 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Kirkuk 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0
Pires 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–3 3–0[a]
Samarra 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–2
Sirwan 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–0
Sulaymaniya 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–0
Zakho 0–2 0–3[a] 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0
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Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Zakho's matches with Pires (1–1) and Duhok (0–0) were both awarded as 3–0 defeats for Zakho as a penalty for using an ineligible player.

Central Group

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta 22 13 8 1 40 14 +26 47 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 22 14 4 4 42 13 +29 46
3 Al-Kahrabaa 22 10 8 4 30 10 +20 38
4 Al-Zawraa 22 10 7 5 24 12 +12 37
5 Al-Talaba 22 9 9 4 25 17 +8 36
6 Al-Sinaa 22 9 8 5 24 16 +8 35
7 Al-Bareed 22 8 6 8 25 29 −4 30
8 Al-Naft 22 6 9 7 18 24 −6 27
9 Al-Ramadi 22 5 6 11 26 42 −16 21
10 Al-Jaish 22 3 6 13 14 39 −25 15 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
11 Al-Shuala 22 3 4 15 14 44 −30 13
12 Al-Adala 22 3 3 16 11 33 −22 12
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Source: Goalzz

Results

More information Home \ Away, ADL ...
Home \ Away ADL BRD JSH KAH NFT JAW RAM SHO SHL SIN TAL ZAW
Al-Adala 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 1–1
Al-Bareed 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–3 1–4 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–2
Al-Jaish 1–0 0–1 1–8 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2
Al-Kahrabaa 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0
Al-Naft 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–0[a] 2–0 1–1 1–0
Al-Ramadi 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–4 2–2 2–7 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0
Al-Shorta 3–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Al-Shuala 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–7 2–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 0–5
Al-Sinaa 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0
Al-Talaba 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Zawraa 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
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Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Shuala match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Al-Shuala did not turn up for the game.

South Group

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Karbala 16 12 2 2 27 12 +15 38 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Najaf 16 9 5 2 23 9 +14 32
3 Al-Minaa 16 8 6 2 19 10 +9 30
4 Naft Al-Junoob 16 5 6 5 16 14 +2 21
5 Maysan 16 4 7 5 16 17 −1 19
6 Al-Kufa 16 4 5 7 13 15 −2 17
7 Al-Samawa 16 3 7 6 11 18 −7 16
8 Al-Furat 16 4 2 10 17 33 −16 14 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
9 Al-Shatra 16 2 2 12 12 26 −14 8
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Source: Goalzz

Results

More information Home \ Away, FUR ...
Home \ Away FUR KUF MIN NJF SAM SHT KRB MAY NFJ
Al-Furat 1–4 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–4 1–3 0–2
Al-Kufa 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–0
Al-Minaa 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–3
Al-Najaf 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0
Al-Samawa 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Al-Shatra 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1
Karbala 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Maysan 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Naft Al-Junoob 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0
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Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Elite stage

Group 1

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ERB JAW KRK MIN SIN
1 Erbil 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14 Qualified to Semi-finals 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 8 4 1 3 10 8 +2 13 Qualified to Semi-final playoff 2–1 6–3 1–0 1–0
3 Kirkuk 8 3 1 4 8 9 −1 10 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
4 Al-Minaa 8 2 3 3 6 8 −2 9 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
5 Al-Sinaa 8 2 3 3 4 7 −3 9 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1
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Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUH KRB TAL NFJ KAH
1 Duhok 8 5 3 0 12 3 +9 18 Qualified to Semi-finals 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2
2 Karbala 8 4 4 0 9 4 +5 16 Qualified to Semi-final playoff 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
3 Al-Talaba 8 1 4 3 4 7 −3 7 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2
4 Naft Al-Junoob 8 2 1 5 6 11 −5 7 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1
5 Al-Kahrabaa 8 1 2 5 10 16 −6 5 0–4 1–2 0–1 3–1
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Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAW NJF SHO PIR
1 Al-Zawraa 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Qualified to Semi-finals 0–1 1–1 2–0
2 Al-Najaf 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 Qualified to Semi-final playoff 2–3 3–1 0–0
3 Al-Shorta 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5 1–3 0–1 2–1
4 Pires 6 0 3 3 1 6 −5 3 0–2 0–0 0–0
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Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-final playoff

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAW NJF KRB
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 Qualified to Semi-finals 0–1
2 Al-Najaf 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 2–3 (a.e.t.)[a]
3 Karbala 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0–1
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Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    2–1 to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after normal time; 3–2 to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after extra time; Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 8–7 on penalties.

Golden stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 August 2008
 
 
 Al-Zawraa 1
 
24 August 2008
 
 Duhok 0
 
 Al-Zawraa 0
 
21 August 2008
 
 Erbil (a.e.t.) 1
 
 Erbil 2
 
 
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0
 
Third place
 
 
23 August 2008
 
 
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3
 
 
 Duhok 0

Semi-finals

More information Al-Zawraa, 1–0 ...
Al-Zawraa1–0Duhok
Abboud 75' (pen.)
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More information Erbil, 2–0 ...
Erbil2–0Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
L. Salah 28'
A. Salah 53'
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Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

Third place match

More information Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, 3–0 ...
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–0Duhok
Radhi 5'
Khalid 42'
Zwaid 82'
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Final

More information Al-Zawraa, 0–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Al-Zawraa0–1 (a.e.t.)Erbil
A. Salah 99'
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Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sabah Abid
Al-Zawraa
Erbil

Season statistics

Top six positions

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Qualification
1Erbil 24156333102009 AFC Cup
2Al-Zawraa 30158736182009 AFC Cup
3Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 34205958262008–09 Arab Champions League
4Duhok 2414642813
5Al-Najaf 2413743316
6Karbala 2617633717
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Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Asaad Abdul-Nabi Al-Kahrabaa 14
2 Iraq Taiseer Abdul-Hussein Al-Shorta 12
Iraq Hussam Saeed Al-Bareed / Al-Zawraa
4 Iraq Yassir Abdul-Mohsen Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 11
Iraq Abdul-Salam Abboud Al-Zawraa
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
Player[2]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Akram Hashim Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Shuala7–018 December 2007
Iraq Yassir Abdul-Mohsen Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Shuala7–018 December 2007
Iraq Ali Mansoor4 Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaKirkuk6–317 July 2008
Iraq Younis Shakor KirkukAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–617 July 2008
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Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

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