2019–20 Iraqi Premier League

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Iraqi Premier League
Season	2019–20
Champions	N/A (season cancelled)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2019–20) was the 46th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 18 September 2019 in a double round-robin format, but was postponed after 23 October 2019 due to the 2019–2020 Iraqi protests with matches from the first four rounds having been played.

On 25 January 2020, with the withdrawal of five of the 20 teams that started the season, the Iraq Football Association (IFA) decided to annul the results of all the matches that had been played so far and not to relegate any teams at the end of the season. The league was restarted on 16 February 2020 as a single round-robin tournament.

Matches from the first five rounds of the restarted season were played, but the season was postponed after 10 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was officially cancelled on 3 June 2020. The results of the 2018–19 season were used to determine the teams that qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League.

Teams

Baghdad

Al-Minaa
Naft Al-Junoob

~~Al-Qasim~~

Al-Najaf
Naft Al-Wasat

~~Al-Diwaniya~~

Erbil

Naft Maysan

~~Al-Samawa~~

~~Zakho~~Baghdad teams
Al-Hudood
Al-Kahrabaa
~~Al-Karkh~~
Al-Naft
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Shorta
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
Al-Talaba
Al-Zawraa
Amanat Baghdad class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2019–20 Iraqi Premier League teams.

Team	Manager	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Hudood	Mudhafar Jabbar	Baghdad	Al-Taji Stadium	5,000
Al-Kahrabaa	Abbas Attiya	Baghdad	Al-Taji Stadium	5,000
Al-Minaa	Valeriu Tița	Basra	Al-Fayhaa Stadium	10,000
Al-Naft	Yahya Alwan	Baghdad	Al-Naft Stadium	3,000
Al-Najaf	Hassan Ahmed	Najaf	Al-Najaf Stadium	12,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Ayoub Odisho	Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	34,200
Al-Shorta	Abdul-Ghani Shahad	Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	34,200
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	Adel Nima	Baghdad	Al-Sinaa Stadium	10,000
Al-Talaba	Ahmed Khalaf	Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	34,200
Al-Zawraa	Basim Qasim	Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	34,200
Amanat Baghdad	Essam Hamad	Baghdad	Amanat Baghdad Stadium	5,000
Erbil	Rodion Gačanin	Erbil	Franso Hariri Stadium	25,000
Naft Al-Junoob	Ammar Hussein	Basra	Al-Fayhaa Stadium	10,000
Naft Al-Wasat	Radhi Shenaishil	Najaf	Karbala International Stadium	30,000
Naft Maysan	Ahmed Daham	Amara	Maysan Olympic Stadium	25,000
Withdrawn teams: Al-Diwaniya, Al-Karkh, Al-Qasim, Al-Samawa, Zakho

Original season

League table at abandonment

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Minaa	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
3	Al-Naft	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
4	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
5	Naft Al-Wasat	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
6	Al-Zawraa	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
7	Al-Najaf	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
8	Naft Al-Junoob	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
9	Al-Kahrabaa	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
10	Amanat Baghdad	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
11	Erbil	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4
12	Al-Shorta	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
13	Al-Karkh	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
14	Al-Diwaniya	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	3
15	Al-Qasim	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
16	Al-Samawa	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
17	Al-Hudood	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2
18	Al-Talaba	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	1
19	Naft Maysan	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1
20	Zakho	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

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

Results

Home \ Away	DIW	HUD	KAH	MIN	NFT	NJF	QSM	QWJ	SMA	SHR	SNK	ZWR	AMN	ERB	NFJ	NFM	ZAK
Al-Diwaniya							2–0
Al-Hudood						0–0							0–0
Al-Kahrabaa								0–1						1–1
Al-Karkh									2–2		3–2		0–3
Al-Minaa		3–1															1–0
Al-Naft	3–1														1–0
Al-Najaf			2–2
Al-Qasim					1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya				0–0
Al-Samawa												0–0
Al-Shorta		2–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya							2–0									3–1
Al-Talaba															4–4
Al-Zawraa				2–2						2–0
Amanat Baghdad								0–2
Erbil					1–1										0–0		1–1
Naft Al-Junoob	2–1
Naft Al-Wasat	3–1								2–1
Naft Maysan										2–2
Zakho			1–2			0–1

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

Restarted season

League table at abandonment

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Naft	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	11
2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10
3	Naft Al-Wasat	5	3	0	2	3	2	+1	9
4	Al-Najaf	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	8
5	Al-Zawraa	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
6	Al-Talaba	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
7	Al-Minaa	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
8	Al-Hudood	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	6
9	Erbil	5	2	0	3	5	6	−1	6
10	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	5	2	0	3	6	11	−5	6
11	Al-Shorta	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
12	Naft Al-Junoob	5	1	1	3	1	4	−3	4
13	Amanat Baghdad	5	0	3	2	2	5	−3	3
14	Al-Kahrabaa	5	0	2	3	3	7	−4	2
15	Naft Maysan	4	0	0	4	2	7	−5	0

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

Results

Home \ Away	HUD	KAH	MIN	NFT	NJF	QWJ	SHR	SNK	TLB	ZWR	AMN	ERB	NFJ	NFW	NFM
Al-Hudood													2–0	1–0
Al-Kahrabaa				0–2		0–0	3–3
Al-Minaa				0–2									1–0
Al-Naft	1–0										1–1
Al-Najaf		1–0						3–0			0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya									2–1						2–1
Al-Shorta			1–1								3–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya						0–3									2–0
Al-Talaba					1–1			3–1							2–1
Al-Zawraa		1–0							1–0
Amanat Baghdad										0–0				0–1
Erbil	2–1							2–3
Naft Al-Junoob				0–0								1–0
Naft Al-Wasat			0–1									1–0	1–0
Naft Maysan												0–1

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

Statistics

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Aymen Hussein	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	3–0 (A)	22 February 2020

Notes

(A) – Away team

Awards

Award	Winner	Club
Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season	Saad Abdul-Amir	Al-Shorta

References

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"League draw". IQ-Pro. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
"League cancelled". Al-Maalomah. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
"Vice-chairman of the Iraq FA normalisation committee Shamel Kamel in dialogue with Al-Mada Paper". Al-Mada Paper. 1 July 2020.
"Iraqi Premier League 2019/2020 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
"Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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