2001–02 Iraqi Elite League

The 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League kicked off on 22 September 2001 and ended on 17 May 2002. Al-Talaba won their fifth league title, finishing six points ahead of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and eleven ahead of Al-Shorta. They also won the Iraq FA Cup that season to complete the double, and reached the final of the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship.^[1][2]

Iraqi Elite League

Season	2001–02
Champions	Al-Talaba (5th title)
Relegated	Al-Ramadi Al-Diwaniya Al-Kadhimiya
AFC Champions League	Al-Talaba
Top goalscorer	Hashim Ridha (32 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 (Iraqi First Division League) →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Talaba (C)	38	29	4	5	89	18	+71	91	2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	38	26	7	5	86	29	+57	85
3	Al-Shorta	38	24	8	6	86	36	+50	80
4	Al-Zawraa	38	22	8	8	70	30	+40	74
5	Al-Najaf	38	22	8	8	59	25	+34	74
6	Erbil	38	20	12	6	61	32	+29	72
7	Duhok	38	19	13	6	61	38	+23	70
8	Al-Karkh	38	15	9	14	52	42	+10	54
9	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	38	13	11	14	51	51	0	50
10	Al-Minaa	38	13	10	15	39	45	−6	49
11	Al-Jaish	38	13	9	16	47	60	−13	48
12	Al-Samawa	38	11	9	18	27	46	−19	42
13	Al-Naft	38	9	10	19	35	53	−18	37
14	Samarra	38	7	14	17	37	65	−28	35
15	Al-Nasiriya	38	8	11	19	34	76	−42	35
16	Al-Sinaa	38	6	14	18	29	53	−24	32
17	Kirkuk	38	7	11	20	27	60	−33	32
18	Al-Kadhimiya (R)	38	6	12	20	29	64	−35	30	Relegation to the Iraqi Second Division League
19	Al-Ramadi (R)	38	8	4	26	26	73	−47	28
20	Al-Diwaniya (R)	38	6	8	24	31	80	−49	26

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

1. Al-Zawraa had earned continental qualification by winning the previous season's league title, so with Iraq being given two slots for the AFC Champions League, Al-Zawraa were admitted to the qualifying round and Al-Talaba (who also won the Iraq FA Cup) entered the group stage.

Results

Home \ Away	DIF	DIW	JSH	KAD	KAR	MIN	NFT	NJF	NAS	QWJ	RAM	SMA	SHR	SIN	TLB	ZWR	DUH	ERB	KIR	SMR
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi		5–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0
Al-Diwaniya	2–1		3–1	3–1	2–5	0–0	1–0	0–4	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–4	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–0
Al-Jaish	2–1	4–0		3–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	3–3	4–2	0–3	2–1	2–4	0–2	0–0	3–1
Al-Kadhimiya	0–3	1–0	2–2		0–0	3–0	2–0	0–6	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–7	1–1	1–1
Al-Karkh	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0		4–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	3–0	4–2
Al-Minaa	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0		0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0
Al-Naft	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–5	1–0		0–1	5–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
Al-Najaf	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1		4–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	3–1
Al-Nasiriya	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–3		0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–0	6–1	3–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	6–0		6–2	4–1	2–2	4–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	7–1	1–0
Al-Ramadi	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–5	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2		1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–4	0–4	3–0	1–2
Al-Samawa	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0		0–3	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Al-Shorta	0–0	8–1	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	4–2	0–2	5–0	3–2	2–0	4–0		3–1	2–1	2–5	2–1	1–2	4–0	7–0
Al-Sinaa	1–5	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–1		0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1
Al-Talaba	1–2	3–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	6–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	5–0		2–0	6–0	2–1	8–0	3–0
Al-Zawraa	3–0	3–0	6–0	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	6–0	6–0	0–0	1–2	1–2		1–1	0–0	2–0	4–1
Duhok	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0		3–0	3–1	0–0
Erbil	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	4–2	2–1	2–2	5–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1		0–0	4–2
Kirkuk	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–1		1–1
Samarra	4–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–4	0–0	0–3	0–1	3–3	0–1	1–1

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	Hashim Ridha	32	Al-Shorta
2	Hussein Abdullah	29	Duhok
3	Ahmed Khudhair	23	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
4	Nasser Tallaa	21	Al-Minaa
5	Haidar Ayed	20	Al-Nasiriya

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks

Player[3]	For	Against	Result	Date
Ahmed Khudhair	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Sinaa	4–1	22 September 2001
Younis Mahmoud	Al-Talaba	Kirkuk	8–0	22 September 2001
Sabah Jeayer	Al-Talaba	Kirkuk	8–0	22 September 2001
Hashim Ridha4	Al-Shorta	Samarra	7–0	27 September 2001
Hassan Turki	Al-Talaba	Al-Diwaniya	3–0	12 October 2001
Dhurgham Ali	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Kirkuk	7–1	12 October 2001
Hashim Ridha4	Al-Shorta	Al-Samawa	4–0	29 October 2001
Jumaa Khudhair	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	Al-Sinaa	5–1	16 November 2001
Hussein Abdullah	Duhok	Al-Jaish	5–0	21 December 2001
Ahmed Khudhair	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Samawa	4–1	3 January 2002
Ali Raja	Al-Karkh	Samarra	4–2	11 January 2002
Arkan Mahmoud4	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi	Al-Diwaniya	5–1	11 January 2002
Majid Abbas	Al-Diwaniya	Al-Jaish	3–1	18 January 2002
Hussein Abdullah	Duhok	Samarra	3–3	18 January 2002
Hussam Fawzi	Al-Zawraa	Al-Ramadi	6–0	16 February 2002
Amer Mushraf	Al-Shorta	Al-Diwaniya	8–1	11 March 2002
Hashim Ridha	Al-Shorta	Al-Diwaniya	8–1	11 March 2002
Sahib Abbas	Al-Talaba	Al-Naft	4–1	15 March 2002
Hamid Qasim	Al-Jaish	Al-Ramadi	3–1	29 March 2002
Qusay Hashim	Al-Talaba	Al-Nasiriya	6–1	1 April 2002
Ihsan Hadi	Al-Minaa	Al-Ramadi	5–1	12 April 2002
Hussam Fawzi4	Al-Zawraa	Al-Samawa	6–0	19 April 2002
Aqil Mutaab	Al-Karkh	Al-Naft	5–1	19 April 2002
Faris Hameed	Al-Jaish	Al-Shorta	3–3	3 May 2002
Ahmed Owaid	Al-Najaf	Erbil	5–0	3 May 2002

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals