2007–08 Iraqi Premier League
The 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League season started on 26 November 2007 and ended on 24 August 2008. The season saw Erbil crowned as champions for the second time in a row, beating Al-Zawraa 1–0 after extra time 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 in Baghdad. The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup, while third-placed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2008–09 Arab Champions League. New rule The Iraq Football Association 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iraqi Premier League
The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraq Division One. The league was formed by the IFA in 1974 as the Iraqi National Clubs First Division, the first nationwide league of clubs in Iraq. The current format sees 20 teams playing 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season. Of the 80 teams to have competed since the inception of the league in 1974, eleven have won the title. Al-Zawraa SC, Al-Zawraa are the most successful club with 14 titles, followed by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Talaba SC, Al-Talaba and Al-Shorta SC, Al-Shorta, who together contest the Baghdad derbies. The current champions are Al-Shorta, who won the title in 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League, 2021–22. History Origins Up un ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Al-Ramadi SC
Al Ramadi Sport Club ( ar, نادي الرمادي), is an Iraqi football club based in Ramadi, in Anbar province, that plays in Iraq Division one. History Al-Ramadi Club played in the Iraqi Premier League. In the 1995–96 season they won the Al-Nasr wal-Salam Cup, beating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 with a goal by Zuhair Abdul-Ridha, beating Al-Shorta 5–4 on penalties and then beating Al-Naft 3–0 in the final. Al Ramadi Sired many players who represented Iraq team since its inception, but because of financial matters and matters of Anbar after 2003 led to the deterioration of the possibilities of the club. Managerial history * Ahmed Daham * Khamis Hammoud * Haider Jabbar * Khalid Mohammed Sabbar * Thair Jassam See also * 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup * 2022–23 Iraq FA Cup The 2022–23 Iraq FA Cup is the 33rd edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a clubs-only competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football, featuring clubs from the top three tiers of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zaxo FC
Zakho Sport Club, also spelled as Zaxo Sport Club ( ku-2, یانا زاخو یا وهرزشی / ''Yana Zaxo ya Werzişî'') is a sports club based in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan. Zakho SC's biggest rivals are also their neighbours Duhok SC, with whom they contest the Bahdinan Derby. History Football in Zakho was played unofficially from the early 1920s with many local amateur games as well as school competitions regularly being held in Zakho or nearby districts. This eventually led to the formation of the first ever football team in Zakho in 1948. This was made up of local workers and young men. Beginnings In 1986 the management team of the Zakho Youth Sporting Center which consisted of president Yousef Dawad Jabo as well as members: Ali Omran, Bashar Rahmallah, Khaled Hussein, Neshan Kerob, Khalat Ramadan and Khwaste Furman came up with the idea of starting Zakho Football Club to replace the Sporting Center or to be a part of it. According to the National Olympic Committee of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Samarra FC
Samarra Sport Club ( ar, نادي سامراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi football club based in Samarra. It was founded in 1973, that plays in Iraq Division One. History In the Iraqi Premier League Samarra played in the Iraqi Premier League for 22 consecutive seasons, starting from the 1989–90 season, where they played for the first time, until the 2010–11 season, when they relegated to the Iraq Division One. 2020–21 Season After qualifying for the preliminary round, Samarra in the 2020–21 Iraq Division One played 13 matches, winning 8, drawing 3, losing 2 and gaining 27 points to occupy second place behind the leaders Al-Sinaa in Group 2, and qualified for the third place match. In the match to determine the third place, Samarra played against Afak , settlement_type = Town , pushpin_map = Iraq , pushpin_label_position = , pushpin_map_caption = , pushpin_mapsize = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sulaymaniyah SC
Sulaymaniya Sport club also written ( ar, نادي السليمانية, ku, یانهی وهرزشی سلێمانی ) is a sports club based in Sulaymaniya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. They currently play in the Iraq Division Two. Club honours *Iraq Division One ::Winners: 2011–12 Individual honours 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup :The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Sulaymaniya : :* 2009 – Dara Mohammed Dara Mohammed Habib ( ar, دارا محمد حبيب ) (born June 25, 1987) is an Iraqi football player of Kurdish ethnicity, who played at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cu ... :* 2009 – Halgurd Mulla Mohammed References External links Official website(Kurdish) 1956 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Sulaymaniyah {{Iraq-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kirkuk FC Kirkuk Sports Club ( ar, نادي كركوك) is a football club based in Kirkuk, Iraq. The team plays in Iraq Division Three. Kirkuk participated in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in 1983–84, but was relegated for several seasons to the lower divisions, before returning to the top-flight seasons later. They won the Iraq Division One in 2000–01. History Kikruk Sports Club was founded as Wahid Huzairan in 1977. In 1991 the club changed its name to Kirkuk. Honours *Iraq Division One The Iraq Division One is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Premier League. The league is contested by 24 clubs. It is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two top-finishing teams ... **Winners (2): 1982–83, 2000–01 References External links Club's page on Goalzz.com Kirkuk 1947 establishments in Iraq 1977 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Kirkuk {{Iraq-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   |