2015–16 Iraqi Premier League

Football league season

Iraqi Premier League
Season	2015–16
Dates	15 September 2015 – 22 May 2016
Champions	Al-Zawraa (13th title)
Relegated	Duhok Al-Sinaa
AFC Cup	Al-Zawraa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Arab Club Championship	Naft Al-Wasat
Matches played	198
Goals scored	410 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hammadi Ahmed Mohannad Abdul-Raheem (12 goals each)
Highest scoring	Al-Karkh 4–4 Al-Talaba (21 March 2015)
Longest winning run	5 games Al-Minaa
Longest unbeaten run	24 games Al-Zawraa
Longest winless run	13 games Al-Sinaa
Longest losing run	5 games Al-Kahrabaa
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League (known as the Fuchs Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 42nd season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2015 and concluded on 22 May 2016.

Al-Zawraa won a record 13th Iraqi Premier League title, finishing one point ahead of defending champions Naft Al-Wasat. Al-Zawraa went through all 24 matches without a single defeat: the seventh time that a team has won the league undefeated since the league's inception in 1974.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Zawraa	17	11	6	0	24	10	+14	39	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Naft Al-Wasat	17	10	5	2	24	14	+10	35
3	Al-Naft	17	9	5	3	21	10	+11	32
4	Al-Talaba	17	7	6	4	20	14	+6	27
5	Naft Maysan	17	6	6	5	16	16	0	24
6	Al-Kahrabaa	17	3	7	7	9	17	−8	16
7	Naft Al-Junoob	17	3	6	8	15	20	−5	15
8	Al-Karkh	17	2	6	9	11	20	−9	12
9	Al-Samawa	17	2	4	11	14	26	−12	10
10	Duhok	9	2	1	6	8	15	−7	7	Relegated to Iraqi First Division League

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

Duhok withdrew from the league after 11 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.

Results

Home \ Away	KAH	KAR	NFT	SMA	TLB	ZWR	DUH	NFJ	NFW	NFM
Al-Kahrabaa		0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Al-Karkh	1–0		0–0	1–1	4–4	0–2		2–1	0–1	1–1
Al-Naft	0–0	3–2		4–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
Al-Samawa	1–1	1–0	0–1		0–1	0–1	–	0–1	3–1	2–2
Al-Talaba	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–0		0–1		1–0	1–1	2–0
Al-Zawraa	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0		1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0
Duhok		1–0		3–2	1–1			1–2	1–3
Naft Al-Junoob	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	–		2–3	1–1
Naft Al-Wasat	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–1		2–1
Naft Maysan	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–2

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

^ Duhok's results away to Naft Al-Junoob (3–1 loss) and Al-Samawa (1–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
Duhok withdrew from the league after 11 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	17	10	3	4	22	11	+11	33	Qualified to Elite Stage
2	Al-Minaa	18	9	5	4	27	17	+10	32
3	Amanat Baghdad	18	9	3	6	22	17	+5	30
4	Al-Shorta	18	9	2	7	20	19	+1	29
5	Zakho	18	7	7	4	17	10	+7	28
6	Erbil	17	5	8	4	19	17	+2	23
7	Al-Najaf	18	7	2	9	13	22	−9	23
8	Karbala	18	5	7	6	17	16	+1	22
9	Al-Hudood	18	2	6	10	11	23	−12	12
10	Al-Sinaa	18	1	7	10	8	24	−16	10	Relegated to Iraqi First Division League

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

Results

Home \ Away	HUD	MIN	NJF	QWJ	SHR	SIN	AMN	ERB	KRB	ZAK
Al-Hudood		0–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0
Al-Minaa	1–1		3–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1
Al-Najaf	2–0	1–0		0–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	1–2	3–0		2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
Al-Shorta	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0
Al-Sinaa	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2		0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Amanat Baghdad	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–0		2–2	2–1	2–1
Erbil	1–1	3–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–1	2–0		0–0	0–0
Karbala	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1		1–0
Zakho	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1

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

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.
The Erbil–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was postponed due to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's involvement in the AFC Cup, and was later cancelled due to the result having no effect on qualification or relegation.

Elite stage

The Elite Stage started on 2 April and finished on 22 May. Each team played each other just once.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Zawraa (C)	7	4	3	0	13	5	+8	15	Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
2	Naft Al-Wasat	7	4	2	1	10	6	+4	14	Qualification for the Arab Club Championship play-off round
3	Al-Talaba	7	3	3	1	8	6	+2	12
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	7	3	0	4	11	7	+4	9	Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
5	Al-Naft	7	2	3	2	9	9	0	9
6	Al-Minaa	7	2	2	3	9	13	−4	8
7	Al-Shorta	7	1	2	4	6	12	−6	5
8	Amanat Baghdad	7	1	1	5	6	14	−8	4

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

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	MIN	NFT	QWJ	SHR	TLB	ZWR	AMN	NFW
Al-Minaa			1–0	2–2			1–0
Al-Naft	3–2			2–0	1–1		2–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		2–0		3–0	1–2			1–3
Al-Shorta					1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1
Al-Talaba	1–0					1–1	2–1
Al-Zawraa	5–1	1–1	1–0
Amanat Baghdad			0–4			0–2		1–2
Naft Al-Wasat	2–2	1–0			1–1	0–1

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

The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hammadi Ahmed	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	12
1	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem	Al-Zawraa	12
3	Omar Khribin	Al-Minaa	10
3	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Talaba	10
5	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Al-Zawraa	9

References

"Iraqi League 2015–2016". Goalzz.com.
Kooora.com

External links

Iraq Football Association

Iraq Stars League

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