2021–22 Iraqi Premier League

The 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League is the 48th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest tier football league in Iraq, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 20 September 2021 and will end on 29 May 2022.[1]

Iraqi Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates20 September 2021 – 29 May 2022
2022–23 →

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are the defending champions after winning their seventh title last season.[2] Al-Sinaa, Newroz and Samarra join as the three promoted clubs from the 2020–21 Iraq Division One.[3] They replace Al-Hudood, Al-Samawa and Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya who were relegated to the 2021–22 Iraq Division One.

Teams

Locations of the 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League teams

Clubs and locations
Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity
Al-Diwaniya Haidar Karim Diwaniya Al-Diwaniya Stadium 5,000
Al-Kahrabaa Luay Salah Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Karkh Razzaq Farhan Baghdad Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium 5,000
Al-Minaa Ihsan Hadi Basra Al-Fayhaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Naft Basim Qasim Baghdad Al-Naft Stadium 3,000
Al-Najaf Haidar Aboodi Najaf Al-Najaf International Stadium 30,000
Al-Qasim Jaseb Sultan Babil Al-Kifl Stadium 10,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Ahmed Khalef Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Shorta Moamen Soliman Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Sinaa Sadeq Hanoon Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Talaba Qahtan Chathir Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Al-Zawraa Essam Hamad Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 34,200
Amanat Baghdad Jamal Ali Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium 5,000
Erbil Tarek Jarraya Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium 25,000
Naft Al-Basra Emad Aoda Basra Al-Fayhaa Stadium 10,000
Naft Al-Wasat Abdul-Ghani Shahad Najaf Al-Najaf International Stadium 30,000
Naft Maysan Thair Jassam Amara Maysan Olympic Stadium 25,000
Newroz Wali Kareem Sulaymaniya Al-Sulaymaniya Stadium 15,000
Samarra Sami Bahat Samarra Samarra Stadium 10,000
Zakho Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Zakho Zakho International Stadium 20,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta 13 11 2 0 25 7 +18 35 Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2 Naft Al-Wasat 13 9 2 2 20 8 +12 29 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
3 Al-Zawraa 12 9 2 1 17 6 +11 29
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 13 9 1 3 18 7 +11 28
5 Al-Talaba 13 7 3 3 22 13 +9 24
6 Al-Najaf 13 7 2 4 12 7 +5 23
7 Naft Al-Basra 13 5 6 2 18 12 +6 21
8 Zakho 13 5 5 3 13 9 +4 20
9 Amanat Baghdad 13 4 5 4 11 12 −1 17
10 Al-Sinaa 13 4 4 5 9 12 −3 16
11 Al-Kahrabaa 13 3 6 4 12 13 −1 15
12 Al-Naft 13 2 8 3 5 7 −2 14
13 Naft Maysan 13 3 4 6 7 15 −8 13
14 Al-Qasim 13 1 9 3 10 14 −4 12
15 Newroz 13 2 4 7 12 19 −7 10
16 Al-Karkh 13 0 9 4 7 11 −4 9
17 Al-Minaa 13 0 8 5 9 17 −8 8 Relegation to the Iraq Division One
18 Erbil 13 1 5 7 7 16 −9 8
19 Al-Diwaniya 12 1 3 8 8 22 −14 6
20 Samarra 13 0 4 9 5 20 −15 4
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2021. Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away DIW KAH KAR MIN NFT NJF QSM QWJ SHR SIN TLB ZWR AMN ERB NFB NFW NFM NRZ SMR ZAK
Al-Diwaniya — 1–1 1–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–2 2–2
Al-Kahrabaa 2–0 — 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–0
Al-Karkh — 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1
Al-Minaa — 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 a 1–2 0–2
Al-Naft 1–0 0–1 0–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Al-Najaf 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 0–4 2–0
Al-Qasim 2–2 1–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 — a a a 2–1 2–0
Al-Shorta 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 a 2–2 3–0 2–0 3–2
Al-Sinaa 1–0 0–2 0–1 — 0–1 1–0 1–0
Al-Talaba 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 a — 2–0 3–2
Al-Zawraa 2–1 2–1 3–0 a a 1–0 a — 1–0 2–1
Amanat Baghdad 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 2–0
Erbil 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–2 0–1
Naft Al-Basra 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–0 — 1–1 0–0
Naft Al-Wasat 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 — 2–0 1–0
Naft Maysan 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 — 2–1
Newroz 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–3[lower-alpha 3] 2–3 0–0 —
Samarra 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–3 —
Zakho 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2021. Source: IPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Diwaniya–Al-Talaba match originally ended 1–1 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Talaba due to Al-Diwaniya fielding the ineligible player Omar Jabbar.
  2. The Al-Najaf–Al-Diwaniya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Najaf as Al-Diwaniya were not allowed to play the match due to having not paid their outstanding financial payments to players as required by the league's licensing criteria.
  3. The Newroz–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was not played due to the entry of Newroz fans into the stadium which violated COVID-19 restrictions, and was later awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 18 December 2021
Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Lahouari Touil Al-Zawraa 8
2

Mohaimn salim

 Al-Kahrabaa 8
3 Mahmoud Al-Mawas Al-Shorta 7
4

Mohannad Abdul-Raheem

 Naft Al-Wasat 7
5

Haider Abdul-Raheem

 Naft Al-Basra 5

Top assists
As of 18 December 2021
Rank Player Club assists[4]
1 Stephen Bavour Al-Talaba 2
2 Ziad Ahmed Al-Talaba 2
3 Mahdi Kamil Al-Zawraa 1

Number of teams by region
Region Number Teams
Baghdad9Al-Kahrabaa, Al-Karkh, Al-Naft, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Sinaa, Al-Talaba, Al-Zawraa and Amanat Baghdad
Kurdistan Region3Erbil, Newroz and Zakho
Basra2Al-Minaa and Naft Al-Basra
NajafAl-Najaf and Naft Al-Wasat
Al-Qadisiya1Al-Diwaniya
MaysanNaft Maysan
BabilAl-Qasim
SalahaddinSamarra

References
  1. "التطبيعية تحدد مواعيد انطلاق منافسات الموسم الكروي الجديد". Iraqi Football Association. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. "Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya claim seventh Iraqi Premier League title".
  3. "الدوري العراقي : سامراء إلى الممتاز وهبوط الصناعات الكهربائية".
  4. "Premier League Player Stats - Goals". Iraqi Premier League. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.