2005–06 Iraqi Premier League

The 2005–06 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 28, 2005. The 28 teams were split into four groups of seven. At the end of the group stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams) advanced to the Elite Stage. In the Elite Stage, these 12 teams were split into four groups of three, with teams playing home and away against each team in their group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups moved on to the semi-finals, followed by a third place match and the final. Al-Zawraa won the league without losing a match.^[1]

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2005–06
Champions	Al-Zawraa (11th title)
Relegated	Al-Karkh Ararat Al-Samawa Al-Kadhimiya Zakho Al-Kut Al-Sulaikh Al-Amana
AFC Champions League	Al-Zawraa Al-Najaf
Arab Champions League	Erbil
Top goalscorer	Sahib Abbas (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Talaba 6–0 Ararat (4 March 2006)
Biggest away win	Al-Amana 0–5 Al-Najaf (9 December 2005) Al-Kut 0–5 Karbala (3 March 2006)
Highest scoring	Karbala 4–2 Al-Kut (9 December 2005) Al-Talaba 6–0 Ararat (4 March 2006) Al-Talaba 4–2 Maysan (26 March 2006)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Group stage

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		TLB	DHK	ERB	SRW	KRK	ARR	ZKH
1	Al-Talaba	12	7	3	2	22	5	+17	24	Qualified to Elite Stage			2–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	6–0	4–0
2	Duhok	12	5	5	2	10	5	+5	20			1–0		0–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–0
3	Erbil	12	4	5	3	10	7	+3	17			0–0	0–1		4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
4	Sirwan	12	4	5	3	11	13	−2	17			0–0	1–1	0–0		2–1	3–0	1–0
5	Kirkuk	12	4	1	7	10	15	−5	13			2–3	0–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	0–2
6	Ararat	12	2	5	5	6	18	−12	11	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League		0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–0
7	Zakho	12	2	4	6	6	12	−6	10			0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1

Source: Goalzz

Central Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ZWR	SMR	NJF	NFT	KHR	KDH	AMN
1	Al-Zawraa	12	9	3	0	29	9	+20	30	Qualified to Elite Stage			5–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0
2	Samarra	12	5	4	3	12	15	−3	19			1–4		3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0
3	Al-Najaf	12	5	3	4	19	10	+9	18			1–1	1–0		4–1	0–1	4–0	1–0
4	Al-Naft	12	4	6	2	14	15	−1	18			1–4	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–1
5	Al-Kahrabaa	12	3	6	3	14	12	+2	15			1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	2–0
6	Al-Kadhimiya	12	0	7	5	6	15	−9	7	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2		2–2
7	Al-Amana	12	0	3	9	3	21	−18	3			0–2	0–1	0–5	0–1	0–3	0–0

Source: Goalzz

Central Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		SHR	QWJ	JSH	SIN	DYL	KKH	SLK
1	Al-Shorta	12	9	3	0	21	4	+17	30	Qualified to Elite Stage			0–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	12	6	4	2	19	10	+9	22			1–1		2–2	1–1	1–0	5–2	4–1
3	Al-Jaish	12	5	3	4	12	10	+2	18			0–1	1–0		0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1
4	Al-Sinaa	12	3	5	4	7	10	−3	14			0–1	0–1	2–0		1–1	0–1	1–1
5	Diyala	12	3	4	5	5	9	−4	13			0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1		0–0	0–0
6	Al-Karkh	12	3	3	6	9	14	−5	12	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League		0–3	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–0		0–0
7	Al-Sulaikh	12	0	4	8	5	21	−16	4			0–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2

Source: Goalzz

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		MIN	KRB	MYS	NFJ	SHT	SMW	KUT
1	Al-Minaa	12	8	3	1	22	9	+13	27	Qualified to Elite Stage			4–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–0
2	Karbala	12	8	2	2	27	15	+12	26			2–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2
3	Maysan	12	4	5	3	12	10	+2	17			0–0	3–1		2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
4	Naft Al-Junoob	12	4	2	6	11	13	−2	14			1–3	1–1	2–1		0–1	1–0	3–0[a]
5	Al-Shatra	12	3	5	4	9	15	−6	14			1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0		1–1	3–2
6	Al-Samawa	12	1	6	5	11	13	−2	9	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League		1–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–0		2–2
7	Al-Kut	12	1	3	8	8	25	−17	6			0–0	0–5	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0

Source: Goalzz
Notes:

1. The Naft Al-Junoob–Al-Kut match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Al-Junoob after Al-Kut's players left the field during the match.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ERB	SMR	MIN
1	Erbil	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7	Qualified to Semi-finals			1–0	3–0
2	Samarra	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6			2–1		1–0
3	Al-Minaa	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4			2–2	2–1

Source: Goalzz

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZWR	DHK	JSH
1	Al-Zawraa	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	10	Qualified to Semi-finals			3–0[a]	2–0
2	Duhok	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4			0–0		2–0
3	Al-Jaish	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	3			0–3	2–1

Source: Goalzz
Notes:

1. The Al-Zawraa–Duhok match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Zawraa, as Duhok turned up late to the game.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NJF	KRB	SHR
1	Al-Najaf	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	7	Qualified to Semi-finals			3–1	2–0
2	Karbala	4	2	0	2	5	8	−3	6			1–0		1–4
3	Al-Shorta	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4			0–0	1–2

Source: Goalzz

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		QWJ	TLB	MYS
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	Qualified to Semi-finals			0–1	3–0
2	Al-Talaba	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7			1–3		4–2
3	Maysan	4	0	2	2	4	9	−5	2			1–1	1–1

Source: Goalzz

Golden stage

	Semi-finals							Final
	Al-Najaf		4	1	5
	Erbil		1	1	2
								Al-Zawraa (p)		0 (4)
								Al-Najaf		0 (3)
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		1	0	1
	Al-Zawraa		1	2	3			Third place match
								Erbil (w/o)		3
								Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		0

Semi-finals

First legs

Al-Najaf	4–1	Erbil
Mohsen 3' Abdul-Razzaq 12', 82' Abbas 32'		Abdul-Wahid 90' (pen.)

21 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Al-Najaf Stadium, Najaf

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1	Al-Zawraa
Mansoor 50'		Mohammed 3'

23 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Second legs

Erbil	1–0 at 60'	Al-Najaf
Al-Deen 60' (pen.)

26 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Match abandoned due to crowd trouble
Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Erbil	1–1	Al-Najaf
Younis 89'		Falih 80'

31 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Replay behind closed doors
Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Al-Najaf won 5–2 on aggregate

Al-Zawraa	2–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Abdul-Zahra 59' Fawzi 82'

26 May 2006

12:30 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players walked off the field at 90+3' due to crowd trouble
Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Zawraa won 3–1 on aggregate

Third place match

Erbil	3–0 (w/o)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Match awarded as 3–0 win to Erbil as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were disqualified for the events that occurred during their semi-final second leg

Final

Al-Zawraa	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Najaf
Penalties
Fawzi Kadhim Abdul-Amir Sabah Mubarak	4–3	Sultan Mohsen Jawad Omran Jassim

24 June 2006

13:30 GMT

Sulaymaniya Stadium, Sulaymaniya

Referee: Kadhim Awda

Al-Zawraa

Al-Najaf

GK 30 Sarmad Rasheed DF 2 Haidar Mahmoud (c) DF 3 Yassir Raad DF 28 Khaldoun Ibrahim  87' DF 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir  71' MF 18 Haitham Kadhim MF 16 Mohannad Nassir  49'  72' MF 13 Haidar Sabah  53' MF 24 Wissam Zaki  100' FW 12 Alaa Abdul-Zahra  67' FW 8 Husham Mohammed Substitutions: FW 15 Hussam Fawzi  67' MF 5 Ahmed Abid Ali  72' FW 10 Muslim Mubarak  100' Manager: Salih Radhi

GK 21 Jassim Mohammed Hamad DF 3 Uday Omran DF 4 Haidar Aboodi DF 5 Nabeel Abbas DF 7 Chasib Sultan MF 25 Hatim Sahib  78' MF 18 Dhia Faleh  43' MF 6 Karrar Jassim  69' MF 22 Saeed Mohsen FW 13 Falah Hassan (c) FW 17 Yassir Abdul-Razzaq  95' Substitutions: FW 29 Ali Mohammed  78'  118' DF 12 Qais Essa  95' DF 18 Zaman Jawad  119'  118' Manager: Abdul-Ghani Shahad

Match officials Assistant referees: Sabhan Ahmed Ali Zaidan

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level.

Season statistics

Top four positions

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Al-Zawraa	19	45	78.9%	2007 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Najaf	19	30	52.6%	2007 AFC Champions League
3	Erbil	19	28	49.1%	2006–07 Arab Champions League
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	19	30	52.6%

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Sahib Abbas	17	Karbala
2	Mustafa Karim	14	Al-Shorta
3	Husham Mohammed	9	Al-Zawraa
4	Ahmed Ali Kareem	7	Al-Samawa
	Alaa Kalaf		Al-Talaba
	Yassir Abdul-Razzaq		Al-Najaf
	Alaa Kadhim		Al-Talaba
	Nawaf Falah		Al-Minaa
	Qusay Abdul-Wahid		Erbil

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks

Player[2]	For	Against	Result	Date
Ahmed Salah	Al-Talaba	Kirkuk	3–0	1 November 2005
Alaa Kadhim	Al-Talaba	Zakho	4–0	15 November 2005
Sahib Abbas	Karbala	Al-Kut	4–2	9 December 2005
Sahib Abbas	Karbala	Al-Kut	5–0	3 March 2006
Alaa Kalaf	Al-Talaba	Ararat	6–0	4 March 2006
Karrar Jassim	Al-Najaf	Karbala	3–1	21 April 2006

References

1. "Iraqi League 2005–2006". Goalzz.com.
2. "Iraqi Premier League 2005/2006 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

• Iraq Football Association