2014–15 Iraqi Premier League

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.

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2014–15
Dates	30 September 2014 – 11 July 2015
Champions	Naft Al-Wasat (1st title)
Relegated	Masafi Al-Wasat Sulaymaniya
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 →

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[a]	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:

1. 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[a]	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:

1. 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	–[a]
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[b]	3–0
Al-Talaba	2–1	0–2	2–3	5–0	1–2		1–1	0–0	2–1	–[a]
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[c]			–[a]					–[a]

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

1. 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.
2. The Al-Shorta–Duhok match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Duhok did not turn up for the game.
3. 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.

Al-Minaa

Al-Shorta

GK 21 Ahmed Basil RB 18 Mahdi Karim CB 31 Salam Shakir CB 6 Karrar Mohammed LB 4 Hamdi Al-Masri CM 5 Hussein Abdul-Wahed (c) CM 25 Murtadha Hudaib RW 19 Ahmad Ayad AM 9 Mahdi Kamel LW 8 Ammar Abdul-Hussein CF 10 Marwan Hussein Manager: 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
Abdul-Jabbar Karim Kadhim Ahmed Khribin Ajan Natiq Midani	5–6	Mohsen Noumi Khalaf Mohammed Abbas Jassim Sabri Haj

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Naft Al-Wasat

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

GK 25 Noor Sabri RB 2 Alaa Al Shbli  119' CB 15 Essam Yassin CB 5 Nabeel Abbas (c) LB 19 Mohammed Noumi RM 7 Ameer Sabah  82' CM 6 Faris Hassoun  70' CM 30 Oday Jafal  98' CM 33 Tamer Haj LM 11 Amjad Attwan ST 20 Jassim Mohammed  60' Substitutions: MF 21 Saeed Mohsen  70' DF 14 Ayad Khalaf  82' DF 12 Ali Kadhim  98' DF 3 Ali Jassim  119' Manager: 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	Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	15
2	Hussein Ali Wahid	Al-Minaa	10
3	Ali Salah	Al-Talaba	8
	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Karkh
	Dhurgham Ismail	Al-Shorta

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks

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

See also

• Tournament for the Iraqi Armed Forces