2010–11 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2010-11
Champions	Al Zawraa
Relegated	Al-Diwaniya FC Al-Hasanain Al-Hindiya Al-Jaish Diyala FC Mosul FC Naft Al Janoob Naft Maysan Nassriya FC Peshmerga FC Ramadi FC Samarra FC
2012 AFC Cup	Al Zawraa Arbil FC
Arab Champions League	Al-Sinaa
Matches played	365
Goals scored	784 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Louay Salah (17)
Biggest home win	Al Talaba 6-0 Al-Hasanain (21 May 2011)
Biggest away win	Al-Jaish 0-5 Dohuk FC (12 July 2011)
Highest scoring	Ramadi FC 2-5 Arbil FC (7 August 2011)
Longest winning run	6 games Arbil FC (13 February 2011 - 19 March 2011)
Longest unbeaten run	9 games Zakho FC (10 December 2010 - 5 February 2011)
Longest losing run	11 games Al-Hindiya (26 November 2010 - 11 February 2011)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010-11 season was the 37th edition of the Iraqi Premier League. The season began on 26 November 2010, and ended on 15 August 2011. Dohuk FC were the defending champions.

On 15 August 2011 the seasons final was won by Al Zawraa after defeating Arbil FC on penalties. This was their 12th title.

Changes from 2009–10

League's Format

The league is to have 28 teams divided into two groups (North and South) of 14 teams.

Overview

Stadia

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	Notes
Several	Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	40,000	Some matches
Al-Diwaniya FC	Diwaniya	Al Diwaniya Stadium	5,000
Al-Hassanin	Baghdad
Al-Hindiya	Karbala
Al-Jaish	Baghdad	Al Jaish Stadium	6,000
Al-Kahraba	Baghdad
Al-Karkh	Baghdad	Al Karkh Stadium	6,000
Al-Masafi	Baghdad	Al-Masafi Stadium
Al-Minaa	Basra	Al Mina'a Stadium	10,000
Al-Naft	Baghdad	Al Naft Stadium	3,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium	6,000
Al-Shorta	Baghdad	Al Shorta Stadium	7,000
Al-Sinaa	Baghdad	Al Sina'a Stadium	6,000
Al-Talaba	Baghdad	Al Karkh Stadium	6,000
Al-Zawraa	Baghdad	Al Zawraa Stadium	15,000
Arbil FC	Arbil	Franso Hariri Stadium	28,000
Baghdad FC	Baghdad	Baghdad Stadium	3,000
Diyala FC	Baqubah	Al Ba'quba Stadium	7,000
Dohuk FC	Dohuk	Duhok Stadium	20,000
Karbalaa FC	Karbalaa	Karbala Stadium	5,000
Mosul FC	Mosul	Al Mosul University Stadium	7,000
Naft Al-Janoob	Basra	An Nasiriyah Stadium, Naft Al Janoob Stadium	10,000, 5,000
Naft Maysan	Amarah	Maysan Stadium	20,000
Najaf FC	Najaf	An Najaf Stadium	10,000
Nassriya FC	Nasiriya	An Nasiriyah Stadium	10,000
Peshmerga FC	As Sulaimaniyah	Silemany Stadium	15,000
Ramadi FC	Ramadi	Al Ramadi Stadium	10,000
Samarra FC	Samarra	Samarra Stadium	10,000
Zakho FC	Zakho	Zakho Stadium	6,000

Al-Karkh

Baghdad FC

Al-Jaish

Al-Kahraba

Al-Naft

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Al-Shorta

Al-Hassasin

Al-Masafi

Al-Talaba

Al-Zawraa

Al-Sinaa

Diyala

Diwaniya

Al-Ramadi

Duhok

Harzhin

Zaxo

Arbil

Mosul

Samarra

Al-Hindiya

Karbalaa

Najaf

Maysan

Nassriya FC

Al-Minaa

Naft Al-Janoob

Peshmarga

League Tables

North Group

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arbil FC	26	17	5	4	54	21	+33	56	2012 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Al-Sinaa	26	16	7	3	31	17	+14	55	3rd place match
3	Zakho FC	26	16	5	5	38	21	+17	53
4	Al-Kahraba	26	12	7	7	32	22	+10	43
5	Al-Karkh SC	26	10	11	5	35	27	+8	41
6	Duhok FC	26	12	4	10	36	28	+8	40
7	Al-Naft	26	10	9	7	25	23	+2	39
8	Al-Shorta	26	8	11	7	28	23	+5	35
9	Mosul FC	26	8	11	7	29	29	0	35	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
10	Ramadi FC	26	7	7	12	28	40	-12	28	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
11	Peshmerga FC	26	5	7	14	19	31	-12	22	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
12	Diyala FC	26	3	10	13	15	33	-18	19	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
13	Samarra FC	26	4	6	16	24	44	-20	18	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
14	Al-Jaish	26	1	6	19	12	47	-35	9	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

u=12 August 2011

North Group Results

Home ╲ Away

SHO

JAI

KAH

KAR

NFT

SIN

ERB

DYL

DUH

MOS

PES

RAM

SMR

ZAK

Al-Shorta

2–1

0–3

0–0

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

2–0

4–0

3–1

0–0

Al-Jaish

2–2

1–3

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–3

2–2

0–5

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

Al-Kahraba

0–2

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

2–2

2–0

0–2

2–1

4–1

2–1

3–2

1–2

Al-Karkh

0–0

1–0

2–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

4–0

0–0

2–2

1–0

3–0

4–2

Al-Naft

2–0

1–0

0–1

0–0

0–0

0–2

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

1–0

Al-Sinaa

0–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

3–2

2–1

2–1

1–0

3–1

1–0

Erbil

2–0

5–0

1–0

3–1

3–0

3–1

4–0

2–1

4–0

1–1

2–1

2–0

2–1

Diyala

1–1

2–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

0–0

0–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

0–1

Duhok

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–2

0–1

1–0

3–0

2–1

3–2

4–0

2–0

1–1

Mosul

0–0

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–1

0–1

2–2

1–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

3–1

2–2

Peshmerga

2–1

3–0

0–0

1–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

1–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–3

Ramadi

2–1

5–1

0–0

1–2

3–2

1–0

2–5

1–1

0–0

1–3

1–0

1–1

1–0

Samarra

0–0

1–1

0–2

3–1

1–1

1–2

0–2

2–1

1–2

2–3

2–1

2–2

1–2

Zakho

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

3–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–0

Source: Goalzz.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

South Group

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Zawraa	26	19	5	2	45	15	+30	62	2012 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	26	19	3	4	47	13	+34	60	3rd place match
3	Baghdad FC	26	13	8	5	32	17	+15	47
4	Al-Minaa	26	12	9	5	33	21	+12	45
5	Karbalaa FC	26	13	6	7	23	17	+6	45
6	Najaf FC	26	11	9	6	34	20	+14	42
7	Al-Masafi	26	12	5	9	22	28	-6	41
8	Al-Talaba	26	9	11	6	33	25	+8	38
9	Naft Al-Janoob	26	9	10	7	28	24	+4	37	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
10	Naft Maysan	26	6	7	13	20	29	-9	25	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
11	Al-Diwaniya FC	26	5	6	15	25	45	-20	21	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
12	Nassriya FC	26	3	5	18	13	38	-25	14	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
13	Al-Hassanin	26	3	4	19	7	39	-32	13	Relegated to Iraq Division 1
14	Al-Hindiya	26	2	4	20	16	47	-31	10	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

u=12 August 2011

Championship play-off

The group winners will play-off for the championship, while the group runners-up will play for third- and fourth-place.

3rd Place Match

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Al-Sinaa

13 August 2011 18:00 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0-1	Al-Sinaa
		Ayad Shaalan  79'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

The Final

Al-Zawraa v Arbil FC

15 August 2011 18:00 GMT

Al-Zawraa	0 – 0	Arbil FC
	Penalties
	5-4

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Champions

Champions
Al Zawraa 12th Title

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luay Salah	Erbil	17
2	Amjad Radhi	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	13
3	Mahdi Karim	Erbil	12
	Hammadi Ahmad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	12
	Hussam Ibrahim	Al-Minaa	12
4	Ali Jawad	Naft Al Janoob	11
5	Hussein Karim	Najaf	10
	Amjad Kalaf	Al-Shorta	10

Best Player

Muthana Khalid was chosen as the best player in Iraqi Primer league 2010/2011.Mohammed Saad came in second place and Mahdi Karim came in third. The ranking was based on how effective the player is with his team along with how responsible the player is.

References

• Goalzz.com