2001–02 Al-Talaba SC season

Al-Talaba
2001–02 season
Manager Thair Ahmed
Stadium Al Karkh Stadium
Al-Sinaa Stadium
Al Shorta Stadium
Al-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League 1st
Iraq FA Cup Winners
Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League:
Sahib Abbas (19)
All:
Younis Mahmoud (23)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2001–02 season is Al-Talaba Sports Club's 2nd season in the Iraqi Premier League and their consecutive 27th season in the top-flight of Iraqi football. Having finished in 4th place in the previous season, Al-Talaba competed in the Iraqi Premier League, the Iraq FA Cup and the Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup.

Throughout their league season, Al-Talaba were consistent in their results having won 29 matches, drawn four and lost five from the total 38 matches and scored 89 goals.[1] Their losses mainly came from the Popular Teams of Baghdad. It was Al-Talaba's fifth league shield after a consecutive eight years since their last league title in 1992–93. In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Talaba reached the final after defeating the four teams that they faced to come up against Al-Shorta in the final where they won 1–0 after Qusay Hashim's 85th minute goal, achieving their first double. In their third competition of the season, the 2001–02 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup which was played in February 2002, Al-Talaba reached the final for the fourth time in their history where they lost to Al-Shorta with Mahir Habib's single goal in the 112nd minute of extra time.[2] They ended their season achieving two titles and as the runners-up of the other one.[3]

Players

Squad information

As of 17 May 2002[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Iraq GK Jameel Mahmoud
2 Iraq DF Muayad Khalid
3 Iraq DF Uday Jassim
4 Iraq DF Sadiq Saadoun
5 Iraq DF Hisham Ali
6 Iraq DF Bassim Abbas
7 Iraq FW Ahmed Salah Alwan
8 Iraq MF Habib Jafar (captain)
9 Iraq FW Abdul-Ameer Hassan
10 Iraq FW Alaa Kadhim (vice-captain)
11 Iraq FW Sabah Jeayer
12 Iraq DF Haidar Abdul-Razzaq
13 Iraq DF Bassim Abdul-Hassan
14 Iraq MF Alaa Neruz Areej
15 Iraq MF Hassan Turki Attiya
No. Position Player
16 Iraq MF Ahmed Hassan
17 Iraq DF Arkan Najeeb
18 Iraq FW Ahmed Ibrahim
19 Iraq FW Sahib Abbas
20 Iraq MF Bahaa Kadhim
21 Iraq GK Saad Nassir
22 Iraq MF Fawzi Abdul-Sada
23 Iraq DF Ahmed Wali
25 Iraq FW Qusay Hashim
26 Iraq MF Mustafa Mahmoud
27 Iraq GK Akram Sabih
28 Iraq FW Younis Mahmoud
29 Iraq MF Talib Abdul-Latif
30 Iraq DF Hamza Hadi Muhsin
31 Iraq FW Muayad Joodi

Players In

N Pos Player Moving from Type Transfer window
14 c MF Iraq Alaa Neruz Areej Iraq Al-Mina'a Transfer Summer
19 c FW Iraq Sahib Abbas Hassan Lebanon Nejmeh Transfer Summer
25 c FW Iraq Qusay Hashim Yemen Al-Shaab Ibb Transfer Summer
26 c MF Iraq Mustafa Mahmoud Iraq Al-Jaish Transfer Summer
28 c FW Iraq Younis Mahmoud Iraq Kirkuk Transfer Summer
22 c MF Iraq Fawzi Abdul-Sada Iraq Al-Sinaa Transfer Winter

Competitions

Al-Talaba also won a friendly cup, the Baghdad Cup, that season with a 2–1 win against Al-Zawra'a on 14 November 2001

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iraqi Premier League 22 September 2001 17 May 2002 38 29 4 5 89 18 +71 76.32
Iraq FA Cup 22 October 2001 29 April 2002 9 7 2 0 15 5 +10 77.78
Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup 2 February 2002 10 February 2002 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 60.00
Total 52 39 7 6 110 26 +84 75.00

Iraqi Premier League

Group stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Talaba 38 29 4 5 89 18 +71 912002–03 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 26 7 5 86 29 +57 85
3 Al-Shorta 38 24 8 6 87 37 +50 80
4 Al-Zawra'a 38 22 8 8 70 30 +40 742002–03 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round

Updated to games played on 17 May 2002.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results by round

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Result W W L W W L W W W W W W W W L L W W D W W W W W W D W D W W W W L D W W W W

Source: Kooora.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Cancelled

Last updated: 17 May 2002
Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Iraq FA Cup

Round 1

Round 2

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

Last updated: 29 April 2002
Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and Kooora Forums

Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup

Group stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Talaba (Q) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 72001–02 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup semifinals
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Q) 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3 Al-Difa'a Al-Jawi 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 3
4 Najaf 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 3

Updated to games played on 6 February 2002.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Semifinal

Final

Last updated: 10 February 2002
Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

References

  1. "League 01-02". Iraqi Football Archive (in Arabic).
  2. "Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup 2001". Iraqi Football Archive (in Arabic).
  3. 1 2 Mubarak, Hassanin (October 17, 2006). "Iraq 2001/02". RSSSF.
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