2004–05 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2004–05
Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; (5th title)
Relegated	Balad; Peris; Al-Estiqlal; Al-Nasiriya; Al-Ramadi; Sulaymaniya; Al-Shuala; Al-Basra; Al-Mosul; Babil; Salahaddin; Al-Diwaniya
AFC Champions League	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya; Al-Minaa
Arab Champions League	Al-Talaba; Al-Zawraa
Top goalscorer	Mustafa Karim; (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Zawraa 6–0 Al-Estiqlal; (30 December 2004); Al-Kahrabaa 6–0 Salahaddin; (18 January 2005); Al-Zawraa 6–0 Babil; (28 February 2005)
Biggest away win	Al-Shuala 0–7 Al-Zawraa; (17 January 2005)
Highest scoring	Salahaddin 2–7 Al-Kahrabaa; (15 April 2005)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 20, 2004. The 36 teams were split into four groups. At the end of the group stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams) advanced to the Elite Stage, while the bottom three in each group were demoted to the lower division.

In the Elite Stage, the 12 teams were split into four groups of three, with teams playing home and away against each team in their group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups moved on to the two-legged semi-finals which determined who played for the championship game; a single match held in Baghdad. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their fifth Premier League title with a 2–0 victory over Al-Minaa.^[1]

Group stage[edit]

North Group[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	16	8	7	1	18	7	+11	31	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Duhok	16	8	5	3	20	9	+11	29
3	Erbil	16	6	6	4	24	18	+6	24
4	Zakho	16	6	6	4	14	15	−1	24
5	Kirkuk	16	5	5	6	19	19	0	20
6	Sirwan	16	4	7	5	13	16	−3	19
7	Peris	16	4	6	6	15	16	−1	18	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8	Sulaymaniya	16	3	6	7	12	24	−12	15
9	Al-Mosul	16	2	4	10	13	24	−11	10

Source: Goalzz

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	PRS	MSL	QWJ	DUH	ERB	KIR	SRW	SUL	ZAK
Peris		3–0^[a]	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Al-Mosul	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
Duhok	3–1	2–1	0–1		3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0
Erbil	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2		0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1
Kirkuk	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–3	1–2		0–0	5–2	3–1
Sirwan	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–4	1–1		0–0	3–0
Sulaymaniya	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0		1–1
Zakho	0–0	5–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1

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

^ The Peris–Al-Mosul match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Peris, as Al-Mosul did not turn up for the game.

Euphrates Group[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Zawraa	16	12	4	0	46	9	+37	40	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Al-Najaf	16	11	4	1	33	7	+26	37
3	Karbala	16	8	4	4	24	18	+6	28
4	Al-Sinaa	16	7	3	6	23	20	+3	24
5	Al-Jaish	16	5	3	8	20	24	−4	18
6	Al-Kadhimiya	16	3	7	6	15	24	−9	16
7	Al-Estiqlal	16	4	4	8	13	25	−12	16	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8	Al-Shuala	16	3	1	12	14	37	−23	10
9	Babil	16	2	4	10	13	37	−24	10

Source: Goalzz

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	EST	JSH	KDH	NJF	SHL	SIN	ZWR	BBL	KRB
Al-Estiqlal		1–2	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0
Al-Jaish	0–3		1–1	2–1	5–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	0–2
Al-Kadhimiya	2–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–3
Al-Najaf	2–0	1–1	4–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	4–0
Al-Shuala	3–0^[a]	1–2	1–4	0–3		0–4	0–7	3–0	1–3
Al-Sinaa	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–0		0–2	2–1	1–4
Al-Zawraa	6–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	4–1		6–0	3–1
Babil	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–4	1–2		1–1
Karbala	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0

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

^ The Al-Shuala–Al-Estiqlal match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shuala due to Al-Estiqlal's players leaving the field on 83 minutes while losing 2–1.

Central Group[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Talaba	16	8	4	4	26	13	+13	28	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Al-Naft	16	7	6	3	23	14	+9	27
3	Al-Karkh	16	8	3	5	20	11	+9	27
4	Al-Kahrabaa	16	8	2	6	35	17	+18	26
5	Diyala	16	6	7	3	18	16	+2	25
6	Samarra	16	6	5	5	8	12	−4	23
7	Balad	16	6	3	7	14	18	−4	21	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8	Al-Ramadi	16	4	4	8	15	23	−8	16
9	Salahaddin	16	0	4	12	6	41	−35	4

Source: Goalzz

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	KAH	KKH	NFT	RAM	TLB	BLD	DIY	SAL	SMR
Al-Kahrabaa		2–3	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	6–0	4–0
Al-Karkh	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0
Al-Naft	1–0	0–2		3–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	2–1	0–0
Al-Ramadi	2–1	1–1	0–2		1–0	1–0	2–3	5–2	0–1
Al-Talaba	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–0		4–2	2–2	4–0	1–1
Balad	0–3^[a]	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2		2–1	5–0	1–0
Diyala	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–1
Salahaddin	2–7	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0		0–0
Samarra	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0

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

^ The Balad–Al-Kahrabaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Kahrabaa due to security guards calling off the match on 88 minutes while Al-Kahrabaa were winning 2–0.

South Group[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Minaa	14	9	2	3	22	5	+17	29	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Al-Kut	14	8	2	4	18	17	+1	26
3	Al-Shorta	14	7	3	4	25	11	+14	24
4	Al-Samawa	14	6	3	5	19	12	+7	21
5	Maysan	14	4	8	2	14	12	+2	20
6	Naft Al-Junoob	14	4	4	6	14	24	−10	16
7	Al-Nasiriya	14	2	3	9	15	27	−12	9	Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8	Al-Basra	14	1	5	8	11	30	−19	8
9	Al-Diwaniya^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Goalzz
Notes:

^ Al-Diwaniya withdrew from the league after eight matches, with their results being annulled.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	BSR	DIW	KUT	MIN	NAS	SMA	SHR	MSN	NFJ
Al-Basra			1–3	1–2	2–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Al-Diwaniya^[a]	–^[b]						–^[b]		–^[b]
Al-Kut	2–0	–^[b]		1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0
Al-Minaa	4–0	–^[b]	4–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–1
Al-Nasiriya	1–1	–^[b]	1–2	0–2		0–1	1–0^[c]	1–1	2–3
Al-Samawa	5–0	–^[b]	3–1	0–1	2–2		3–0^[d]	1–0	1–2
Al-Shorta	4–0		4–0	1–0	3–0^[e]	2–0		5–1	1–1
Maysan	2–0	–^[b]	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–0		2–2
Naft Al-Junoob	0–3		1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–5	0–0

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

^ Al-Diwaniya withdrew from the league after eight matches, with their results being annulled.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Al-Diwaniya's results against Al-Minaa (2–0 loss), Maysan (1–0 loss), Al-Basra (0–0 draw), Al-Samawa (2–1 loss), Naft Al-Junoob (3–0 loss), Al-Kut (2–2 draw), Al-Shorta (2–1 loss) and Al-Nasiriya (3–2 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
^ The Al-Nasiriya–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Nasiriya, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.
^ The Al-Samawa–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Samawa, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.
^ The Al-Shorta–Al-Nasiriya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Nasiriya did not turn up for the game.

Elite stage[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIN	KRB	DUH
1	Al-Minaa	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9	Qualified to Semi-finals		4–1	1–0
2	Karbala	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4		0–2		1–1
3	Duhok	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4		3–1	1–4

Source: Goalzz

Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TLB	NFT	KKH
1	Al-Talaba	4	2	2	0	3	0	+3	8	Qualified to Semi-finals		0–0	2–0
2	Al-Naft	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7		0–1		3–2
3	Al-Karkh	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	1		0–0	0–1

Source: Goalzz

Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZWR	NJF	SHR
1	Al-Zawraa	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8	Qualified to Semi-finals		1–1	2–0
2	Al-Najaf	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	8		0–0		2–0
3	Al-Shorta	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7	0		1–3	0–1

Source: Goalzz

Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	QWJ	ERB	KUT
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	3	1	8	2	+6	9	Qualified to Semi-finals		4–0	3–1
2	Erbil	4	3	1	8	5	+3	9		1–0		4–0
3	Al-Kut	4	0	4	2	11	−9	0		0–1	1–3

Source: Goalzz

Golden stage[edit]

Semi-finals				Final

Al-Zawraa	0	0	0

Al-Minaa	1	0	1
				Al-Minaa	0

				Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1	2	3

Al-Talaba	0	2	2	Third place match


				Al-Zawraa	1 (1)

				Al-Talaba (p)	1 (4)

Semi-finals[edit]

First legs[edit]

6 July 2005

14:00 GMT

Al-Zawraa	0–1	Al-Minaa
		Abdul-Kadhim 28' (pen.)

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

7 July 2005

14:00 GMT

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	Al-Talaba
Saddam 24'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Second legs[edit]

11 July 2005

13:05 GMT

Al-Minaa	0–0	Al-Zawraa

Al-Minaa Stadium, Basra

Al-Minaa won 1–0 on aggregate

11 July 2005

14:00 GMT

Al-Talaba	2–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Turki 46' Nasser 67' Abbas 69'		Mohammed 7' Khudhair 63'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 3–2 on aggregate

Third place match[edit]

14 July 2005

14:00 GMT

Al-Zawraa	1–1	Al-Talaba
Abdul-Jabar 65'		Karim 57'
Penalties
Abdul-Jabar Abdul-Sattar Nassir	1–4	Abdul-Hassan Nasser Nayrouz Salah

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Sabah Qasim

Al-Zawraa

Al-Talaba



GK	1	Ahmad Ali
DF	2	Haidar Mahmoud (c)
DF	5	Haidar Abdul-Qadir		82'
DF	25	Hussein Abdul-Wahed
DF	4	Haidar Abdul-Amir
MF	23	Mohammed Ali
MF	9	Ahmad Abdul-Jabar	25'
MF	24	Wissam Zaki		90'
MF	16	Mohannad Nassir
FW	7	Muslim Mubarak
FW	19	Abbas Hassan		73'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Alaa Abdul-Sattar		73'
MF	18	Haitham Kadhim		82'
MF	10	Haidar Sabah		90'
Manager:
Mohammed Hussein Nasrallah



GK	20	Noor Sabri
DF	12	Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (c)
DF	24	Azhar Tahar
DF	17	Ali Noaman	60'
MF	14	Alaa Nayrouz
MF	7	Ali Abbas
MF	29	Abbas Jafar		72'
MF	18	Mahdi Karim		74'
FW	11	Yassir Abdul-Razzaq
FW	9	Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
FW	32	Ahmed Salah
Substitutions:
MF	29	Bassim Abdul-Hassan		72'
FW	18	Alaa Kadhim		74'
Manager:
Thair Ahmed

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Aziz Jassim
- Amjad Shaker

Match rules

90 minutes.
Penalty shootout if scores still level.

Final[edit]

15 July 2005

14:00 GMT

Al-Minaa	0–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
		Salah 58' Essa 67' (o.g.)

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

Al-Minaa

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya



GK	1	Saddam Salman
DF	4	Emad Aoda (c)
DF	15	Sattar Jabbar	27'
DF	13	Alaa Abdul-Hussein	74'
DF	21	Sajjad Abdul-Kadhim
MF	17	Qais Essa
MF	7	Ghazi Fahad	37'	73'
MF	14	Nawaf Salal
MF	25	Nawaf Falah		77'
FW	30	Osama Shayyal		70'
FW	9	Nasser Tallaa
Substitutions:
FW	8	Mukhlas Abdul-Sattar		70'
MF	12	Ahmed Hassan		73'
FW	10	Ammar Hussein	82'	77'
Manager:
Abdul-Karim Jassim



GK	1	Wissam Gassid
DF	3	Mukhlad Ali
DF	5	Ali Rehema
DF	6	Haidar Rahim
DF	4	Fareed Majeed	17'
MF	11	Ali Khudhair
MF	8	Hussein Saddam		88'
MF	20	Ghanim Khudhair		60'
MF	10	Hawar Mulla Mohammed		80'
FW	7	Luay Salah
FW	9	Waleed Dhahid (c)
Substitutions:
MF	17	Alaa Abdul-Wahid		60'
MF	13	Humam Saleh		80'
MF	34	Mohanad Mohammed Ali		88'
Manager:
Sabah Abdul-Jalil

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Mohammed Arab
- Luay Subhi

Match rules

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

Season statistics[edit]

Top four positions[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Eff	Qualification
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	23	47	68.1%	2006 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Minaa	21	42	66.7%	2006 AFC Champions League
3	Al-Talaba	23	38	55.1%	2005–06 Arab Champions League
4	Al-Zawraa	23	50	72.5%	2005–06 Arab Champions League

Top scorers[edit]

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Mustafa Karim	16	Al-Kahrabaa
2	Ali Mohammed	12	Al-Najaf
3	Mohammed Kalaf	10	Al-Naft
3	Abbas Hassan	10	Al-Zawraa
5	Khalid Harbi	9	Al-Nasiriya

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player^[2]	For	Against	Result	Date
Sahib Abbas	Karbala	Al-Shuala	3–1	21 October 2004
Alaa Kadhim	Al-Talaba	Balad	4–2	29 October 2004
Samer Saeed	Erbil	Sulaymaniya	5–0	27 December 2004
Ayad Shaalan	Al-Sinaa	Al-Shuala	3–0	13 January 2005
Mustafa Karim⁴	Al-Kahrabaa	Salahaddin	6–0	18 January 2005
Ali Mohammed	Al-Najaf	Babil	4–0	21 January 2005
Khalid Harbi	Al-Nasiriya	Al-Basra	4–2	17 February 2005
Mushtaq Kadhim	Al-Naft	Balad	5–1	18 February 2005
Mustafa Karim⁵	Al-Kahrabaa	Salahaddin	7–2	15 April 2005
Ihssan Hadi	Duhok	Erbil	3–0	18 April 2005
Waleed Jawad	Balad	Salahaddin	5–0	1 May 2005
Hussein Ridha	Karbala	Duhok	4–1	2 July 2005

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals

References[edit]

^ "Iraqi League 2004–2005". Goalzz.com.
^ "Iraqi Premier League 2004/2005 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links[edit]

Iraq Football Association

[table_note_1_PRS_MSL0.31877147979977-2] The Peris–Al-Mosul match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Peris, as Al-Mosul did not turn up for the game.

[table_note_1_SHL_EST0.33076689454297-3] The Al-Shuala–Al-Estiqlal match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shuala due to Al-Estiqlal's players leaving the field on 83 minutes while losing 2–1.

[table_note_1_BLD_KAH0.60563783562073-4] The Balad–Al-Kahrabaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Kahrabaa due to security guards calling off the match on 88 minutes while Al-Kahrabaa were winning 2–0.

[table_note_DWN0.41451905640518-5] Al-Diwaniya withdrew from the league after eight matches, with their results being annulled.

[table_note_DIW0.76065894018889-6] Al-Diwaniya withdrew from the league after eight matches, with their results being annulled.

[table_note_1_DIW_BSR0.76065894018889-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Al-Diwaniya's results against Al-Minaa (2–0 loss), Maysan (1–0 loss), Al-Basra (0–0 draw), Al-Samawa (2–1 loss), Naft Al-Junoob (3–0 loss), Al-Kut (2–2 draw), Al-Shorta (2–1 loss) and Al-Nasiriya (3–2 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.

[table_note_1_NAS_SHR0.76065894018889-8] The Al-Nasiriya–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Nasiriya, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.

[table_note_1_SMA_SHR0.76065894018889-9] The Al-Samawa–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Samawa, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.

[table_note_1_SHR_NAS0.76065894018889-10] The Al-Shorta–Al-Nasiriya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Nasiriya did not turn up for the game.

[1] "Iraqi League 2004–2005". Goalzz.com.

[11] "Iraqi Premier League 2004/2005 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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