2006–07 Iraqi Premier League

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.^[1]

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 →

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^[a]		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^[b]	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:

1. The Al-Minaa–Al-Najaf match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Minaa, as Al-Najaf did not turn up for the game.
2. The Al-Shatra–Naft Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Al-Junoob after the game had originally ended in a 1–0 win for Al-Shatra.

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

References

1. "Iraqi League 2006–2007". Goalzz.com.

External links

• Iraq Football Association