1996–97 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	1996–97
Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; (4th title)
Relegated	Al-Karkh; Al-Kadhimiya; Al-Ramadi
1998–99 Asian Club Championship	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Al-Talaba
Top goalscorer	Ali Hashim; (19 goals)
	← 1995–96; (Iraqi Advanced League) 1997–98 →

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 Super Cup in this season, completing the first ever domestic quadruple in Iraqi football history.^[1]^[2]

League table

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

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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

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

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ 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

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

Hat-tricks

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result	Date
Sahib Abbas⁶	Al-Zawraa	Al-Karkh	6–0	18 October 1996
Naeem Saddam	Al-Zawraa	Samarra	6–0	1 November 1996
Hussam Fawzi	Al-Zawraa	Al-Sulaikh	3–1	15 November 1996
Haidar Najim	Al-Najaf	Samarra	3–0	14 December 1996
Sahib Abbas	Al-Zawraa	Al-Sinaa	3–0	27 December 1996
Alaa Kadhim	Al-Talaba	Al-Ramadi	5–0	1 February 1997
Alaa Kadhim	Al-Talaba	Al-Karkh	4–0	8 March 1997
Mahmoud Karim	Al-Talaba	Al-Sinaa	5–0	11 April 1997
Ahmed Jadiea	Al-Karkh	Al-Ramadi	5–0	16 April 1997
Muayad Judi	Al-Zawraa	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	5–3	9 May 1997

Notes

⁶ Player scored 6 goals

References

^ ^a ^b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

Iraq Football Association

[table_note_res_ACWC0.70795192835291-3] 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.

[table_note_1_MIN_SMR0.7000615530182-4] 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.

[sabti-1] Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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