2014–15 Iraqi Premier League

Football league season

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2014–15
Dates	30 September 2014 – 11 July 2015
Champions	Naft Al-Wasat (1st title)
AFC Cup	Naft Al-Wasat Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Matches played	188
Goals scored	385 (2.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marwan Hussein (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Talaba 5–0 Al-Najaf (24 December 2014)
Biggest away win	Al-Zawraa 0–4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (28 November 2014)
Highest scoring	Masafi Al-Wasat 4–2 Al-Zawraa (5 October 2014) Masafi Al-Wasat 2–4 Al-Karkh (10 October 2014)
Longest winning run	5 games Al-Shorta Al-Zawraa Naft Al-Junoob
Longest unbeaten run	18 games Al-Shorta
Longest winless run	10 games Masafi Al-Wasat
Longest losing run	4 games Al-Talaba
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League was the 41st season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 30 September 2014 and ended on 11 July 2015. The league was played in a group stage format for the first time since the 2010–11 season.

Newly-promoted side Naft Al-Wasat won the league in their first ever season in the top-flight, defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the final 6–5 on penalties after a 0–0 draw.^[1]

Name changes

Baghdad renamed to Amanat Baghdad.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	18	9	6	3	20	10	+10	33	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Al-Zawraa	18	10	3	5	21	16	+5	33
3	Naft Al-Junoob	18	9	3	6	20	17	+3	30
4	Naft Al-Wasat	18	8	4	6	16	12	+4	28
5	Al-Karkh	18	7	5	6	20	18	+2	26
6	Erbil	18	5	10	3	21	17	+4	25
7	Zakho	18	5	5	8	14	22	−8	20
8	Karbala	18	4	7	7	12	18	−6	19
9	Al-Kahrabaa	18	4	4	10	18	23	−5	16
10	Masafi Al-Wasat	18	3	5	10	16	25	−9	14	Relegated to Iraqi First Division League

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	KAH	KAR	QWJ	ZWR	ERB	KRB	MAS	NFJ	NFW	ZAK
Al-Kahrabaa		2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1
Al-Karkh	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–3^[a]	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0
Al-Zawraa	1–0	1–0	0–4		1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0
Erbil	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–1		0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–1
Karbala	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2		2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Masafi Al-Wasat	1–1	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–0		1–2	2–1	1–0
Naft Al-Junoob	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–4	2–1	1–0	2–1		0–1	0–1
Naft Al-Wasat	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–0
Zakho	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0

^ The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Kahrabaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Kahrabaa after the game was stopped at 86 minutes due to crowd trouble with the score at 1–1.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Shorta	16	12	4	0	32	7	+25	40	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Al-Minaa	16	7	4	5	22	18	+4	25
3	Amanat Baghdad	16	6	6	4	19	16	+3	24
4	Duhok	16	5	6	5	18	21	−3	21
5	Al-Talaba	16	4	5	7	18	18	0	17
6	Naft Maysan	16	3	8	5	14	20	−6	17
7	Al-Hudood	16	3	7	6	14	21	−7	16
8	Al-Naft	16	3	6	7	15	21	−6	15
9	Al-Najaf	16	3	6	7	10	20	−10	15
10	Sulaymaniya^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to Iraqi First Division League

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league after four matches, with their results being annulled.

Results

Home \ Away	HUD	MIN	NFT	NJF	SHR	TLB	AMN	DUH	NFM	SUL
Al-Hudood		0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	–^[a]
Al-Minaa	2–3		2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1
Al-Naft	1–1	2–1		2–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–2
Al-Najaf	1–0	2–3	1–0		0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Al-Shorta	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–0	2–1	3–0^[b]	3–0
Al-Talaba	2–1	0–2	2–3	5–0	1–2		1–1	0–0	2–1	–^[a]
Amanat Baghdad	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1		1–1	3–1
Duhok	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1		1–1
Naft Maysan	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–2
Sulaymaniya^[c]			–^[a]					–^[a]

Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sulaymaniya's results against Al-Talaba (1–0 loss), Duhok (1–0 loss), Al-Hudood (2–0 loss) and Al-Naft (awarded as a 3–0 loss after the game was stopped at 87 minutes with the score at 2–1 to Sulaymaniya due to crowd trouble) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
^ The Al-Shorta–Duhok match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Duhok did not turn up for the game.
^ Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league after four matches, with their results being annulled.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NFW	SHR	AMN	ZWR
1	Naft Al-Wasat	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	14	Qualified to the Final		1–0	1–0	2–1
2	Al-Shorta	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10	Qualified to Third place match	0–2		0–0	4–1
3	Amanat Baghdad	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6		1–1	0–1		1–0
4	Al-Zawraa	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2		1–1	1–4	1–1

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	QWJ	MIN	NFJ	DUH
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	2	4	0	4	1	+3	10	Qualified to the Final		0–0	1–0	2–0
2	Al-Minaa	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	10	Qualified to Third place match	0–0		1–0	3–2
3	Naft Al-Junoob	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5		1–1	1–1		1–0
4	Duhok	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5		0–0	1–1	1–0

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Third place match
Al-Minaa	0–3 (w/o)	Al-Shorta
Final
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p.)	Naft Al-Wasat

Third place match

10 July 2015

19:00 GMT

Al-Minaa	0–3 (w/o)	Al-Shorta

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Salam Amer

Al-Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory as Al-Minaa did not turn up for the game.

Al-Minaa

Al-Shorta



GK	21	Ahmed Basil
RB	18	Mahdi Karim
CB	31	Salam Shakir
CB	6	Karrar Mohammed
LB	4	Hamdi Al-Masri
CM	5	Hussein Abdul-Wahed (c)
CM	25	Murtadha Hudaib
RW	19	Ahmad Ayad
AM	9	Mahdi Kamel
LW	8	Ammar Abdul-Hussein
CF	10	Marwan Hussein
Manager:
Thair Jassam

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Haider Abdul Hassan
- Ahmad Sabah Qasem
Fourth official: Ahmed Juma

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shootout if scores still level.

Final

11 July 2015

19:00 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Naft Al-Wasat

Penalties
Abdul-Jabbar Karim Kadhim Ahmed Khribin Ajan Natiq Midani	5–6	Mohsen Noumi Khalaf Mohammed Abbas Jassim Sabri Haj

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Ali Sabah Adday

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Naft Al-Wasat



GK	1	Fahad Talib
RB	24	Faisal Jassim		119'
CB	2	Samal Saeed
CB	4	Saad Natiq	15'
LB	17	Moayad Ajan
RM	8	Samer Saeed		95'
CM	16	Zaher Midani
CM	18	Akwetey Mensah		117'
LM	30	Omar Khribin
ST	10	Hammadi Ahmed (c)
ST	5	Mustafa Karim
Substitutions:
FW	23	Yassir Abdul-Mohsen		95'
DF	3	Ali Abdul-Jabbar		117'
MF	7	Haitham Kadhim		119'
Manager:
Abbas Attiya



GK	25	Noor Sabri
RB	2	Alaa Al Shbli		119'
CB	15	Essam Yassin
CB	5	Nabeel Abbas (c)
LB	19	Mohammed Noumi
RM	7	Ameer Sabah		82'
CM	6	Faris Hassoun		70'
CM	30	Oday Jafal		98'
CM	33	Tamer Haj
LM	11	Amjad Attwan
ST	20	Jassim Mohammed	60'
Substitutions:
MF	21	Saeed Mohsen		70'
DF	14	Ayad Khalaf		82'
DF	12	Ali Kadhim		98'
DF	3	Ali Jassim		119'
Manager:
Abdul-Ghani Shahad

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Muayad Mohammed Ali
- Wathik Mdallal Obaid Al-Swaiedi
Fourth official: Wathik Mohammed Al-Baag

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	Naft Al-Wasat	25	43	57.3%	2016 AFC Cup
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	25	44	58.7%	2016 AFC Cup
3	Al-Shorta	23	53	76.8%	2016 AFC Cup (did not enter)^[2]
4	Al-Minaa	23	35	50.7%

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	15
2	Hussein Ali Wahid	Al-Minaa	10
3	Ali Salah	Al-Talaba	8
	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Karkh
	Dhurgham Ismail	Al-Shorta

Hat-tricks

Player^[3]^[4]	For	Against	Result	Date
Ali Salah	Al-Talaba	Al-Najaf	5–0	24 December 2014
Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa	4–1	17 May 2015
Marwan Hussein	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa	4–1	21 June 2015

References

^ "Iraqi League 2014–2015". Goalzz.com.
^ "استبعاد الشرطة من المشاركة في بطولة كأس الاتحاد الاسيوي". Al-Taakhi.
^ "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^ "Iraqi Premier League 2014/2015 Elite Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

External links

Iraq Football Association

Iraq Stars League

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