Iraq Super League 2006-07

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The Iraq Super League of 2006-2007 kicked off on December 22, 2006. In the beginning, teams only in the north and in the south were able to hold their games, while Baghdad based clubs were unable to begin the season on time due to the War in Iraq. During the season, the league had to go through some dramatic changes in order to move on with the league. At the beginning of the season, the teams were split into 3 groups, a North division, a South division, and a Baghdad division. Months into the season and the Baghdad based teams were unable to go forth with their games, thus the league had to change group and the system.

The 24 teams were split into four groups. The South and North divisions each have 7 teams, with one Baghdad division consisting of 4 teams and the other of 6 teams. At the end of the regular season, the top 3 teams from each group, a total of 12 teams, will advance to the next round. In the second round, these 12 teams will be splite into two groups of 6, with teams playing a single game with each opponent in the group. The top two team in each of the two groups advanced to the next round creating a 4 team playoff being played in Arbil. It was the first time in Iraqi history to have the championship game played outside of Baghdad. Baghdad based teams Al-Shorta, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al- Talaba and Al-Zawraa opposed the decision of the IFA holding the championship game in Arbil and threaten to withdraw from the tournament.^[1] Non of the teams withdrew and the playoffs went on.

Contents 1 Original Groups 2 Group Stage 2.1 Baghdad Division A 2.2 Baghdad Division B 2.3 South Division 2.4 North Division 2.5 Final Stage 2.5.1 Group A 2.5.2 Group B 2.6 Semifinals 2.7 Third Place Match 2.8 Finals 3 Top Goal Scores 4 Sources 5 References

[edit] Original Groups

The following was the group in the beginning of the season. The groups would eventually have to be modified later on during the season because of security problems.

North division
Arbil Duhok Kirkuk Mousel Samaraa Sirwan Sulimaniya

South division
Al-Forat Al-Minaa Ash Shatra Karbalaa Maysan Najaf Naft Al Junoob

Baghdad division
Al-Adala Al-Jaish Al Kahraba Al Naft Al Quwa Al Jawiya Al-Ramadi Al Sinaa Al Shorta Al Talaba Al Zawraa

By January, the Baghdad division was behind in getting their games underway. Ramadi FC widthrew due to economic reasons, thus the league finally split the group into 2 Baghdad divisions.

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Baghdad Division A

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Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Shorta	6	6	0	0	+11	18
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	3	1	2	+6	10
3	Al-Sinaa	6	1	2	3	−4	5
4	Al-Jaish	6	0	1	5	−13	1

[edit] Baghdad Division B

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa (C)	8	3	6	0	+6	15
2	Al-Talaba	8	3	5	1	+2	14
3	Al-Naft	8	2	3	3	+1	9
4	Al-Kahraba	8	2	3	3	−3	9
5	Al-Adala (N)	8	1	3	4	−6	6

[edit] South Division

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Najaf	12	10	1	1	+15	31
2	Al-Minaa	12	8	3	1	+13	24
3	Karbalaa	12	5	6	1	+10	21
4	Naft Al Junoob	12	3	4	5	0	13
5	Maysan	12	2	3	7	−7	9
6	Ash Shatra	12	2	2	8	−9	8
7	Al-Forat (N)	12	2	1	9	−19	7

[edit] North Division

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Arbil	12	8	3	1	+13	27
2	Duhok	12	6	4	2	+1	22
3	Sirwan	12	5	5	2	+3	20
4	Sulaymaniyah (N)	12	5	4	3	+2	19
5	Mousel (N)	12	1	5	6	−5	8
6	Samaraa	12	1	5	6	−7	8
7	Kirkuk	12	2	2	8	−7	8

[edit] Final Stage

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[edit] Group A

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Arbil	5	4	0	1	+7	12
2	Al-Talaba	5	2	2	1	+1	8
3	Karbala	5	2	1	2	0	7
4	Al-Minaa	5	2	1	2	-1	7
5	Al-Naft	5	1	1	3	−2	4
6	Al-Shorta	5	1	1	3	−5	4

[edit] Group B

Rank	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	5	4	1	0	+4	13
2	Najaf	5	2	3	0	+6	9
3	Al-Sinaa	5	2	2	1	+1	8
4	Al-Zawra	5	1	1	2	0	4
5	Dohuk	5	0	2	3	−4	2
6	Sirwan	5	0	2	3	−7	2

[edit] Semifinals

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July 4, 2007	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2 – 0	Al-Talaba	Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil
	38' Ali Mansoor 54' Haidar Raheem

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July 4, 2007	Arbil FC	2–0	Najaf FC	Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil
	15' Qusay Munir 22' Ahmad Salah Alwan

[edit] Third Place Match

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July 6, 2007	Najaf FC	2–1	Al-Talaba	Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil
	7' Yassir Abdul-Razzaq 18' Ali Mohammed		52' Yassir Abdul-Muhsen

[edit] Finals

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July 6, 2007	Arbil FC	1–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil
	1' Ahmad Salah Alwan

Iraq Super League 2006 - 2007 Champion
Arbil FC 1st Title

[edit] Top Goal Scores

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Ahmad Salah Alwan	11	Arbil FC
2	Sahib Abbas	9	Karbala FC
3	Halkurd Mulla Mohammed	8	Sulaymaniyah FC
4	Mostafa Karim	7	Arbil FC
5	Saeed Muhsen	6	Duhok FC
5	Hussam Ibrahim	6	Al-Minaa
5	Khalid Musheer	5	Duhok FC

[edit] Sources

• Goalzz.com

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[edit] References

1. ^ Iraq Football Confederation won’t take back its decision of holding final round games outside Baghdad | Sports News | Alsumaria Iraqi Satellite TV Network