The 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 August 2008. The season saw

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

crowned as champions for the second time in a row, beating

Al-Zawraa Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi footbal ...

1–0 after

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

in the final. For security reasons, the league was divided into three groups: South, North and Central. The top six clubs from the Central Group and the top four clubs from the North and South Groups qualified for the Elite Stage. The Elite Stage consisted of three groups, of which the winners and one runner-up qualified for the Golden Stage, a knockout contest. The Golden Stage matches were held at

Al-Shaab Stadium Al-Shaab International Stadium ( ar, ملعب الشعب الدولي, lit=The People's Stadium) is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. The 34,200-seater was the home stadium of the Iraq national football team, as well as the larg ...

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

. The champions and runners-up qualified for the

2009 AFC Cup The 2009 AFC Cup was the sixth season of the AFC Cup and is competed among clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. With the Asian Football Confederation reviewed the format of the AFC Champions League and made sig ...

, while third-placed

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ( ar, نادي القوة الجوية الرياضي, lit=Air Force Club) is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1931 ...

qualified for the 2008–09 Arab Champions League.

New rule

The

Iraq Football Association The Iraq Football Association (IFA) ( ar, الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi Premier League. The Iraqi Football Association was founded ...

introduced a new rule that allowed clubs to make four substitutions instead of three.

Group stage

North Group

Note: Al-Mosul withdrew from the league.

Results

Central Group

Results

South Group

Results

Elite stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Semi-final playoff

Golden stage

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Match officials *Assistant referees: **Hussein Turki **Mohammed Arab *Fourth official: **Kadhim Awda Match rules *90 minutes. *30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. *Penalty shootout if scores still level.

Final positions

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

;Notes ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Awards

* Top scorer: Asaad Abdul-Nabi (

Al-Kahrabaa Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الكهرباء الرياضي, lit=Electricity Club) is an Iraqi professional football club based in the Rusafa District, near the Tigris river, Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi Premier League. History Al-K ...

) * Best Player/MVP:

Ahmad Ayad Ahmed Ayad ( ar, احمد اياد ) (born 1 January 1986 in Baghdad, Iraq) nicknamed (Iraqi Messi) is an Iraqi footballer who has represented the Iraq national football team, He plays as winger and wingback. He played with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya i ...

(

) * Best Coach:

Radhi Shenaishil Radhi Shenaishil Swadi ( ar, راضي شنيشل سوادي; born 11 August 1969) is a former Iraqi footballer and former coach of the Iraq national football team, and currently manages Iraq U23. Playing career Radhi Shenaishil was born and ...

(

)

References

External links

Iraq Football Association
{{DEFAULTSORT:2007-08 Iraqi Premier League Iraqi Premier League seasons 1

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...