2006–07 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League

Season	2006–07
Champions	Erbil (1st title)
Relegated	Diyala
AFC Champions League	Erbil Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Arab Champions League	Al-Najaf Al-Talaba
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Salah (11 goals)
Highest scoring	Al-Sinaa 2–4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (18 March 2007) Al-Najaf 5–1 Al-Shatra (19 May 2007) Duhok 2–4 Al-Zawraa (26 June 2007)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on December 22, 2006 and finished on July 6, 2007. Erbil were crowned champions for the first time in their history, defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 in the final, hosted at the Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil's home ground.

Group stage

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ERB	DHK	SRW	SLY	MSL	SMR	KRK
1	Erbil	12	8	3	1	21	8	+13	27	Qualified to Elite Stage			4–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1
2	Duhok	12	6	4	2	12	11	+1	22			2–1		1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
3	Sirwan	12	5	5	2	12	9	+3	20			1–1	2–1		1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0
4	Sulaymaniya	12	5	4	3	14	12	+2	19			1–2	0–1	1–1		2–1	3–2	1–0
5	Al-Mosul	12	1	5	6	7	12	−5	8			1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–1
6	Samarra	12	1	5	6	10	17	−7	8			1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2		1–2
7	Kirkuk	12	2	2	8	7	14	−7	8			1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2

Source: Goalzz

Central Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SHR	QWJ	SIN	JSH
1	Al-Shorta	6	6	0	0	12	1	+11	18	Qualified to Elite Stage			2–1	1–0	3–0
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	3	1	2	12	6	+6	10			0–1		0–0	4–1
3	Al-Sinaa	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5			0–2	2–4		0–0
4	Al-Jaish	6	0	1	5	1	14	−13	1			0–3	0–3	0–1

Source: Goalzz

Note: Diyala withdrew from the league and were relegated. Lower division side Al-Ramadi were chosen to replace them but they also withdrew.

Central Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZWR	TLB	NFT	KHR	ADL
1	Al-Zawraa	8	3	5	0	9	3	+6	14	Qualified to Elite Stage			0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
2	Al-Talaba	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13			0–0		2–1	0–2	0–0
3	Al-Naft	8	2	3	3	9	8	+1	9			1–1	1–2		3–1	0–1
4	Al-Kahrabaa	8	2	3	3	6	9	−3	9			1–1	1–3	0–0		0–0
5	Al-Adala	8	1	3	4	1	7	−6	6			0–2	0–0	0–2	0–1

Source: Goalzz

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NJF	MIN	KRB	NFJ	MYS	SHT	FRT
1	Al-Najaf	12	10	1	1	24	9	+15	31	Qualified to Elite Stage			1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	5–1	4–0
2	Al-Minaa	12	8	3	1	19	6	+13	27			3–0		1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0
3	Karbala	12	5	6	1	18	8	+10	21			0–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	2–0	3–0
4	Naft Al-Junoob	12	3	4	5	12	12	0	13			0–1	0–1	1–1		2–1	0–0	1–0
5	Maysan	12	2	3	7	10	20	−10	9			1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	1–1
6	Al-Shatra	12	2	2	8	10	19	−9	8			1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	4–0		1–0
7	Al-Furat	12	2	1	9	7	26	−19	7			1–2	0–1	0–4	2–1	1–3	2–1

Source: Goalzz
Notes:

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ERB	TLB	KRB	MIN	NFT	SHR
1	Erbil	5	4	0	1	10	3	+7	12	Qualified to Semi-finals			0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–0
2	Al-Talaba	5	2	2	1	3	2	+1	8					1–1		0–0
3	Karbala	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7							0–2	2–1
4	Al-Minaa	5	2	1	2	4	5	−1	7				1–0	1–3
5	Al-Naft	5	1	1	3	2	4	−2	4						0–1		0–1
6	Al-Shorta	5	1	1	3	2	7	−5	4				0–1		0–0

Source: Goalzz

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		QWJ	NJF	SIN	ZWR	DHK	SRW
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	5	4	1	0	8	4	+4	13	Qualified to Semi-finals			2–2				1–0
2	Al-Najaf	5	2	3	0	11	5	+6	9						2–1		5–0
3	Al-Sinaa	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8			0–1	1–1
4	Al-Zawraa	5	1	2	2	8	8	0	5			0–1		1–1
5	Duhok	5	0	2	3	6	10	−4	2			2–3	1–1	1–2	2–4		0–0
6	Sirwan	5	0	2	3	2	9	−7	2					0–1	2–2

Source: Goalzz

Golden stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 July 2007
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2
					6 July 2007
	Al-Talaba	0
					Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0
	4 July 2007
					Erbil	1
	Erbil	2
	Al-Najaf	0
					Third place
					6 July 2007
					Al-Talaba	1
					Al-Najaf	2

Semi-finals

4 July 2007

14:30 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	Al-Talaba
Mansoor 38' Rahim 54'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

4 July 2007

17:30 GMT

Erbil	2–0	Al-Najaf
Munir 15' Salah 22'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Third place match

6 July 2007

14:30 GMT

Al-Talaba	1–2	Al-Najaf
Abdul-Mohsen 52'		Abdul-Razzaq 7' Mohammed 18'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Final

6 July 2007

17:00 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–1	Erbil
		Salah 1'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil

Referee: Kadhim Awda

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Erbil

GK	1	Wissam Gassid
DF	4	Muayad Khalid	86'
DF	24	Fareed Majeed
DF	6	Haidar Rahim
DF	23	Azhar Tahar
MF	20	Hussein Abdul-Wahed
MF	18	Mohanad Yousif		54'
MF	19	Ahmad Ayad	15'  90+3'
MF	28	Ibrahim Kamil		79'
FW	10	Ali Khudhair		65'
FW	11	Ali Mansoor (c)	45+2'  90+4'
Substitutions:
MF	8	Hussein Saddam	74'  90+5'	54'
FW	16	Qusay Abdul-Wahid		65'
FW	29	Amjad Radhi		79'
Manager:
Radhi Shenaishil

GK	21	Sarhang Muhsin
DF	3	Yassir Raad
DF	4	Rafid Badr Al-Deen (c)
DF	5	Salah Al-Deen Siamand
MF	7	Muwafaq Younis
MF	18	Haidar Qaraman		27'
MF	24	Wissam Zaki
MF	90	Arkan Najib	90+3'
MF	91	Alaa Nayrouz	76'
FW	9	Mustafa Karim	90+2'	90+2'
FW	17	Ahmed Salah		83'
Substitutions:
MF	23	Shirzad Mohammed		27'
FW	10	Kayfi Abdul-Rahman		83'
DF	6	Mohammed Hamakhan		90+2'
Manager:
Akram Salman

Match officials

• Assistant referees:
  • Sabhan Ahmed
  • Ahmed Abdul-Hussein
• Fourth official:
  • Sabah Qasim

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	Erbil	19	45	78.9%	2008 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	13	26	66.7%	2008 AFC Champions League
3	Al-Najaf	19	43	75.4%	2007–08 Arab Champions League
4	Al-Talaba	15	21	46.7%	2007–08 Arab Champions League

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Ahmed Salah	11	Erbil
2	Sahib Abbas	9	Karbala
3	Halgurd Mulla Mohammed	8	Sulaymaniya
4	Mustafa Karim	7	Erbil
5	Khalid Mushir	6	Duhok
	Hussam Ibrahim		Al-Minaa
	Saeed Mohsen		Al-Najaf

External links

• Iraq Football Association