Iraq Super League 2004-05

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The Iraq Super League of 2004-2005 kicked off on October 20, 2004. Due to the War in Iraq, many games were suspended during duration, postponed, or canceled.

The 35 teams were split into four groups. At the end of the group stage, the top 3 teams from each group (a total of 12 teams), advanced to the second round, while the bottom 3 in each group were demoted to Iraq's second division league. In the end, 11 teams were relegated.

In the second round, the 12 teams were split into four groups of 3, with teams playing a home and away against each team in its group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups moved on into the playoffs. The four remaining teams played its opponent a home and an away match to determine who plays for the championship game; a one match event held in Baghdad.

Contents 1 Group Stage 1.1 North Division 1.2 Central Division A 1.3 Central Division B 1.4 South Division 2 Second Round 2.1 Group 1 2.2 Group 2 2.3 Group 3 2.4 Group 4 3 Final Stage 3.1 Semifinals 3.2 3rd Place 3.3 Final 4 Notes

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] North Division

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	16	8	7	1	+11	31
2	Duhok	16	8	5	3	+11	29
3	Arbil	16	6	6	4	+6	24
4	Zakho	16	6	6	4	-1	24
5	Kirkuk	16	5	5	6	0	20
6	Sirwan (N)	16	4	7	5	-3	19
7	Pers	16	4	6	6	-1	18
8	Sulaymaniyah	16	3	6	7	-12	15
9	Mousel	16	2	4	10	-11	10

[edit] Central Division A

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Talaba	16	8	4	4	+13	28
2	Al-Naft	16	7	6	3	+9	27
3	Al-Karkh	16	8	3	5	+9	27
4	Al-Kahraba (N)	16	8	2	6	+18	26
5	Diyala	16	6	7	3	+2	25
6	Samaraa	16	6	5	5	-4	23
7	Balad (N)	16	6	3	7	-4	21
8	Al-Ramadi (N)	16	4	4	8	-8	16
9	Saladin	16	0	4	12	-35	4

[edit] Central Division B

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa	16	12	4	0	+37	40
2	Najaf	16	11	4	1	+26	37
3	Karbalaa	16	8	4	4	+6	28
4	Al-Sinaa	16	7	3	6	+3	24
5	Al-Jaish	16	5	3	8	-4	18
6	Al-Kadhimiyah (N)	16	3	7	6	-9	16
7	Al-Estiqlal	16	4	4	8	-12	16
8	Al-Shuala (N)	16	3	1	12	-23	10
9	Babil (N)	16	2	4	10	-24	10

[edit] South Division

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Minaa	14	9	2	3	+17	29
2	Al-Kut (N)	14	8	2	4	+1	26
3	Al-Shorta	14	7	3	4	+14	24
4	Al-Samawa	14	6	3	5	+7	21
5	Maysan (N)	14	4	8	2	+3	20
6	Naft Al Junoob (N)	14	4	4	6	-10	16
7	Al-Nasariya	14	2	3	9	-12	9
8	Al-Basra	14	1	5	8	-19	8

[edit] Second Round

The 12 advanced teams were split into four groups of 3. Each team played a home and away match against each of its opponent in the group. Top team from each group advanced to the next round.

[edit] Group 1

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al Minaa	4	3	0	1	+4	9
2	Karbalaa FC	4	1	1	2	-2	4
3	Duhok	4	1	1	2	-2	4

[edit] Group 2

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al Talaba	4	2	2	0	+3	8
2	Al Naft	4	2	1	1	1	7
3	Al Karkh	4	0	1	2	-4	1

[edit] Group 3

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al Zawraa	4	2	2	0	+4	8
2	Najaf FC	4	2	2	0	+3	8
3	Al-Shorta	4	0	0	4	-7	0

[edit] Group 4

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	3	0	1	+6	9
2	Arbil FC	3	2	0	1	1	6
3	Al-Kut (N)	3	0	0	3	-7	0

[edit] Final Stage

[edit] Semifinals

6 July 2005	Al Zawraa	0 - 1	Al Minaa

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7 July 2005	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	1 - 0	Al Talaba

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11 July 2005	Al Minaa	0 - 0	Al Zawraa

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11 July 2005	Al Talaba	2 - 2	Al Quwa Al Jawiya

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[edit] 3rd Place

14 July 2005	Al-Zawraa	1 - 1 (2-4)	Al Talaba

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[edit] Final

15 July 2005	Al Minaa	0 - 2	Al Quwa Al Jawiya

Iraq Super League 2004 - 2005 Champion
Al Quwa Al Jawiya 5th title

[edit] Notes

Al Quwa Al Jawiya and Al Minaa advance to the AFC Champions League 2006, while Al Talaba advanced to the Arab Champions League.

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