1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League

The 1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League was the 22nd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi National Clubs League to Iraqi Advanced League. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the third consecutive time. They also won the Iraq FA Cup for the fourth consecutive time, meaning they won three doubles in a row. In this season, a win was worth three points and the bonus point system from the previous season was removed.^[1][2]

Iraqi Advanced League

Season	1995–96
Champions	Al-Zawraa (7th title)
Relegated	Al-Jaish
1997–98 Asian Club Championship	Al-Zawraa
1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Al-Shorta
Top goalscorer	Hussam Fawzi Ali Hassan (11 goals each)
← 1994–95 (Iraqi National League) 1996–97 (Iraqi Premier League) →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Zawraa (C)	22	17	4	1	47	12	+35	55	1997–98 Asian Club Championship
2	Al-Najaf	22	10	8	4	21	12	+9	38
3	Al-Shorta	22	11	4	7	26	17	+9	37	1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[a]
4	Al-Ramadi	22	9	7	6	28	24	+4	34
5	Al-Naft	22	8	8	6	29	23	+6	32
6	Al-Talaba	22	8	7	7	34	30	+4	31
7	Al-Karkh	22	6	10	6	21	26	−5	28
8	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	22	7	6	9	36	33	+3	27
9	Al-Minaa	22	4	11	7	18	23	−5	23
10	Samarra	22	6	5	11	21	35	−14	23
11	Al-Sinaa	22	3	5	14	20	38	−18	14
12	Al-Jaish (R)	22	2	7	13	10	38	−28	13	Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League

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

1. Al-Shorta qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup, won by Al-Zawraa.

Results

Home \ Away	JSH	KAR	MIN	NFT	NJF	QWJ	RAM	SHR	SIN	TLB	ZWR	SMR
Al-Jaish		0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–3	2–2
Al-Karkh	1–1		0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–0
Al-Minaa	2–0	1–1		2–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
Al-Naft	5–0	2–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–4	0–2	2–0
Al-Najaf	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1		3–1	1–3	2–0	5–1	1–5	5–0
Al-Ramadi	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–1
Al-Shorta	1–1	5–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2		0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Al-Sinaa	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	2–0	2–4	0–1		1–3	1–4	0–0
Al-Talaba	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	3–1	3–0		0–1	3–0
Al-Zawraa	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–0		2–0
Samarra	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–2

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Hussam Fawzi	11	Al-Zawraa
	Ali Hassan		Al-Karkh
3	Ahmed Daham	9	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks

Player[1]	For	Against	Result	Date
Karim Saddam	Al-Sinaa	Al-Jaish	3–0	1 November 1995
Maad Ibrahim	Al-Naft	Al-Jaish	5–0	5 January 1996
Ahmed Daham	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Talaba	5–1	18 April 1996