2014–15 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2014–15
Dates	30 September 2014 – 11 July 2015
Champions	Naft Al-Wasat; (1st title)
AFC Cup	Naft Al-Wasat ; Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Matches played	188
Goals scored	385 (2.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marwan Hussein ; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Talaba 5–0 Al-Najaf; (24 December 2014)
Biggest away win	Al-Zawraa 0–4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; (28 November 2014)
Highest scoring	Masafi Al-Wasat 4–2 Al-Zawraa; (5 October 2014); Masafi Al-Wasat 2–4 Al-Karkh; (10 October 2014)
Longest winning run	5 games ; Al-Shorta ; Al-Zawraa ; Naft Al-Junoob
Longest unbeaten run	18 games; Al-Shorta
Longest winless run	10 games ; Masafi Al-Wasat
Longest losing run	4 games ; Al-Talaba
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League was the 41st season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 30 September 2014 and ended on 11 July 2015. The league was played in a group stage format for the first time since the 2010–11 season. Newly-promoted side Naft Al-Wasat won the league in their first season in the top-flight, defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the final 6–5 on penalties after a 0–0 draw.^[1]

Name changes

Baghdad renamed to Amanat Baghdad.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	18	9	6	3	20	10	+10	33	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Al-Zawraa	18	10	3	5	21	16	+5	33
3	Naft Al-Junoob	18	9	3	6	20	17	+3	30
4	Naft Al-Wasat	18	8	4	6	16	12	+4	28
5	Al-Karkh	18	7	5	6	20	18	+2	26
6	Erbil	18	5	10	3	21	17	+4	25
7	Zakho	18	5	5	8	14	22	−8	20
8	Karbala	18	4	7	7	12	18	−6	19
9	Al-Kahrabaa	18	4	4	10	18	23	−5	16
10	Masafi Al-Wasat	18	3	5	10	16	25	−9	14	Relegated to Iraqi First Division League

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	KAH	KAR	QWJ	ZWR	ERB	KRB	MAS	NFJ	NFW	ZAK
Al-Kahrabaa		2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1
Al-Karkh	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0
Al-Zawraa	1–0	1–0	0–4		1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0
Erbil	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–1		0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–1
Karbala	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2		2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Masafi Al-Wasat	1–1	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–0		1–2	2–1	1–0
Naft Al-Junoob	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–4	2–1	1–0	2–1		0–1	0–1
Naft Al-Wasat	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–0
Zakho	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0

Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

↑ The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Kahrabaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Kahrabaa after the game was stopped at 86 minutes due to crowd trouble with the score at 1–1.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Shorta	16	12	4	0	32	7	+25	40	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Al-Minaa	16	7	4	5	22	18	+4	25
3	Amanat Baghdad	16	6	6	4	19	16	+3	24
4	Duhok	16	5	6	5	18	21	−3	21
5	Al-Talaba	16	4	5	7	18	18	0	17
6	Naft Maysan	16	3	8	5	14	20	−6	17
7	Al-Hudood	16	3	7	6	14	21	−7	16
8	Al-Naft	16	3	6	7	15	21	−6	15
9	Al-Najaf	16	3	6	7	10	20	−10	15
10	Sulaymaniya^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to Iraqi First Division League

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league after four matches, with their results being annulled.

Results

Home \ Away	HUD	MIN	NFT	NJF	SHR	TLB	AMN	DUH	NFM	SUL
Al-Hudood		0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	–^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Al-Minaa	2–3		2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1
Al-Naft	1–1	2–1		2–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–2
Al-Najaf	1–0	2–3	1–0		0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Al-Shorta	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–0	2–1	3–0^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–0
Al-Talaba	2–1	0–2	2–3	5–0	1–2		1–1	0–0	2–1	–^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Amanat Baghdad	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1		1–1	3–1
Duhok	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1		1–1
Naft Maysan	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–2
Sulaymaniya^{[lower-alpha 3]}			–^{[lower-alpha 1]}					–^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Sulaymaniya's results against Al-Talaba (1–0 loss), Duhok (1–0 loss), Al-Hudood (2–0 loss) and Al-Naft (awarded as a 3–0 loss after the game was stopped at 87 minutes with the score at 2–1 to Sulaymaniya due to crowd trouble) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
↑ The Al-Shorta–Duhok match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Duhok did not turn up for the game.
↑ Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league after four matches, with their results being annulled.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NFW	SHR	AMN	ZWR
1	Naft Al-Wasat	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	14	Qualified to the Final		1–0	1–0	2–1
2	Al-Shorta	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Qualified to Third place match	0–2		0–0	4–1
3	Amanat Baghdad	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6		1–1	0–1		1–0
4	Al-Zawraa	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2		1–1	1–4	1–1

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	QWJ	MIN	NFJ	DUH
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	2	4	0	4	1	+3	10	Qualified to the Final		0–0	1–0	2–0
2	Al-Minaa	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	10	Qualified to Third place match	0–0		1–0	3–2
3	Naft Al-Junoob	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5		1–1	1–1		1–0
4	Duhok	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5		0–0	1–1	1–0

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Third place match
Al-Minaa	0–3 (w/o)	Al-Shorta
Final
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p.)	Naft Al-Wasat

Third place match

10 July 2015

19:00 GMT

Al-Minaa	0–3 (w/o)	Al-Shorta

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Salam Amer

Al-Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory as Al-Minaa did not turn up for the game.

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Al-Minaa

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Al-Shorta



GK	21	Iraq Ahmed Basil
RB	18	Iraq Mahdi Karim
CB	31	Iraq Salam Shakir
CB	6	Iraq Karrar Mohammed
LB	4	Syria Hamdi Al-Masri
CM	5	Iraq Hussein Abdul-Wahed (c)
CM	25	Iraq Murtadha Hudaib
RW	19	Iraq Ahmad Ayad
AM	9	Iraq Mahdi Kamel
LW	8	Iraq Ammar Abdul-Hussein
CF	10	Iraq Marwan Hussein
Manager:
Iraq Thair Jassam

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Haider Abdul Hassan
- Ahmad Sabah Qasem
Fourth official: Ahmed Juma

Match rules

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

Final

11 July 2015

19:00 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Naft Al-Wasat

Penalties
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Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday

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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

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Naft Al-Wasat



GK	1	Iraq Fahad Talib
RB	24	Iraq Faisal Jassim		downward-facing red arrow 119'
CB	2	Iraq Samal Saeed
CB	4	Iraq Saad Natiq	Yellow card 15'
LB	17	Syria Moayad Ajan
RM	8	Iraq Samer Saeed		downward-facing red arrow 95'
CM	16	Syria Zaher Midani
CM	18	Ghana Akwetey Mensah		downward-facing red arrow 117'
LM	30	Syria Omar Khribin
ST	10	Iraq Hammadi Ahmed (c)
ST	5	Iraq Mustafa Karim
Substitutions:
FW	23	Iraq Yassir Abdul-Mohsen		upward-facing green arrow 95'
DF	3	Iraq Ali Abdul-Jabbar		upward-facing green arrow 117'
MF	7	Iraq Haitham Kadhim		upward-facing green arrow 119'
Manager:
Iraq Abbas Attiya



GK	25	Iraq Noor Sabri
RB	2	Syria Alaa Al Shbli		downward-facing red arrow 119'
CB	15	Iraq Essam Yassin
CB	5	Iraq Nabeel Abbas (c)
LB	19	Iraq Mohammed Noumi
RM	7	Iraq Ameer Sabah		downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM	6	Iraq Faris Hassoun		downward-facing red arrow 70'
CM	30	Syria Oday Jafal		downward-facing red arrow 98'
CM	33	Syria Tamer Haj
LM	11	Iraq Amjad Attwan
ST	20	Iraq Jassim Mohammed	Yellow card 60'
Substitutions:
MF	21	Iraq Saeed Mohsen		upward-facing green arrow 70'
DF	14	Iraq Ayad Khalaf		upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF	12	Iraq Ali Kadhim		upward-facing green arrow 98'
DF	3	Iraq Ali Jassim		upward-facing green arrow 119'
Manager:
Iraq Abdul-Ghani Shahad

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Muayad Mohammed Ali
- Wathik Mdallal Obaid Al-Swaiedi
Fourth official: Wathik Mohammed Al-Baag

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	Naft Al-Wasat	25	43	57.3%	2016 AFC Cup
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	25	44	58.7%	2016 AFC Cup
3	Al-Shorta	23	53	76.8%	2016 AFC Cup (did not enter)^[2]
4	Al-Minaa	23	35	50.7%

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Iraq Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	15
2	Iraq Hussein Ali Wahid	Al-Minaa	10
3	Iraq Ali Salah	Al-Talaba	8
	Iraq Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Karkh
	Iraq Dhurgham Ismail	Al-Shorta

Hat-tricks

Player^[3]^[4]	For	Against	Result	Date
Iraq Ali Salah	Al-Talaba	Al-Najaf	5–0	24 December 2014
Iraq Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa	4–1	17 May 2015
Iraq Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa	4–1	21 June 2015

References

↑ "Iraqi League 2014–2015". Goalzz.com.
↑ "استبعاد الشرطة من المشاركة في بطولة كأس الاتحاد الاسيوي". Al-Taakhi.
↑ "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
↑ "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Elite Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

External links

Iraq Football Association

[table_note_1_QWJ_KAH0.29514110940282-2] The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Kahrabaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Kahrabaa after the game was stopped at 86 minutes due to crowd trouble with the score at 1–1.

[table_note_SUL0.14806989913251-3] Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league after four matches, with their results being annulled.

[table_note_1_TLB_SUL0.79345090258562-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Sulaymaniya's results against Al-Talaba (1–0 loss), Duhok (1–0 loss), Al-Hudood (2–0 loss) and Al-Naft (awarded as a 3–0 loss after the game was stopped at 87 minutes with the score at 2–1 to Sulaymaniya due to crowd trouble) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.

[table_note_1_SHR_DUH0.79345090258562-5] The Al-Shorta–Duhok match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Duhok did not turn up for the game.

[table_note_SUL0.79345090258562-6] Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league after four matches, with their results being annulled.

[1] "Iraqi League 2014–2015". Goalzz.com.

[7] "استبعاد الشرطة من المشاركة في بطولة كأس الاتحاد الاسيوي". Al-Taakhi.

[8] "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[9] "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Elite Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

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2014–15 Iraqi Premier League

Contents

Name changes

Group stage

Group 1

Results

Group 2

Results

Elite stage

Group 1

Group 2

Championship play-off

Third place match

Final

Season statistics

Top four positions

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

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