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1997–98 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season1997–98
ChampionsAl-Shorta
(2nd title)
RelegatedAl-Mosul
Al-Kut
Al-Sinaa
1999–2000 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Shorta
1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Zawraa
Top goalscorerMahmoud Majeed
(22 goals)

The 1997–98 Iraqi Premier League was the 24th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. For the first time in the competition's history, there were three teams in contention for the title on the last day of the season: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were playing Al-Zawraa on the final day (22 May) at the same time as Al-Shorta played Al-Sulaikh. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya needed a win to guarantee the title, whereas Al-Shorta needed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya to lose or draw and needed to win their game in order to win the league. For Al-Zawraa to win the league, they needed to beat Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and needed Al-Shorta to draw or lose their match.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya drew 1–1 with Al-Zawraa, while Al-Shorta were losing 2–1 against Al-Sulaikh before an 84th-minute goal and a 91st-minute penalty kick saw them win 3–2 and clinch the title. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players and fans thought that Al-Shorta had drawn their game and celebrated on the pitch thinking they had won the league, with manager Ayoub Odisho being interviewed on live television. Midway through the interview, the stadium announcer announced that Al-Shorta had won 3–2 and had therefore won the league, causing Odisho to stop talking and stand still with a shocked expression.[1]

Al-Shorta set a new league record of eleven consecutive wins on their way to the title, and also scored in all 30 of their matches.[2]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta (C) 30 23 4 3 71 30 +41 73 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 30 22 5 3 67 21 +46 71
3 Al-Zawraa 30 21 7 2 70 22 +48 70 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[a]
4 Al-Najaf 30 18 8 4 58 22 +36 62
5 Al-Talaba 30 18 7 5 67 28 +39 61
6 Al-Jaish 30 12 8 10 37 36 +1 44
7 Al-Minaa 30 12 3 15 29 41 −12 39
8 Al-Naft 30 9 11 10 37 34 +3 38
9 Maysan 30 9 8 13 26 40 −14 35
10 Diyala 30 8 10 12 38 47 −9 34
11 Al-Sulaikh 30 8 8 14 23 36 −13 32
12 Salahaddin 30 7 7 16 26 40 −14 28
13 Samarra 30 6 8 16 27 55 −28 26
14 Al-Mosul (R) 30 4 9 17 28 72 −44 21 Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
15 Al-Kut (R) 30 3 8 19 24 65 −41 17
16 Al-Sinaa (R) 30 1 7 22 19 58 −39 10
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Zawraa qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup by winning the Iraq FA Cup.

Results

Home \ Away JSH KUT MIN MSL NFT NJF QWJ SHR SIN SLK TLB ZWR DYL MYS SAL SMR
Al-Jaish 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Al-Kut 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–6 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–4 0–6 2–3 1–2 2–2 2–0
Al-Minaa 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–3 0–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Al-Mosul 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–5 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–4 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1
Al-Naft 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0
Al-Najaf 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 5–0 2–0 5–1 3–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–3 5–1 0–0 1–0 6–0
Al-Shorta 2–0 2–0 3–2 6–2 3–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 4–0
Al-Sinaa 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–4 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–1
Al-Sulaikh 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Al-Talaba 2–2 9–1 7–0 7–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Al-Zawraa 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 6–1 4–0 5–1
Diyala 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0
Maysan 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1
Salahaddin 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–0
Samarra 1–0 5–1 1–0 3–3 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–5 1–1 2–1 2–1
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Mahmoud Majeed 22 Al-Shorta
2 Alaa Kadhim 18 Al-Talaba
3 Hussam Fawzi 17 Al-Zawraa

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[1] For Against Result Date
Iraq Salman Hussein Al-Najaf Al-Sulaikh 4–1 30 October 1997
Iraq Mustafa Qasim4 Samarra Al-Kut 5–1 30 October 1997
Iraq Bahaa Hussein Al-Kut Al-Sinaa 3–0 14 November 1997
Iraq Hussam Fawzi Al-Zawraa Al-Mosul 5–0 12 December 1997
Iraq Ahmed Radhi Al-Zawraa Samarra 5–0 19 December 1997
Iraq Qahtan Chathir Al-Talaba Al-Minaa 7–0 19 December 1997
Iraq Ahmed Zuhair Maysan Diyala 3–0 19 December 1997
Iraq Alaa Kadhim6 Al-Talaba Al-Mosul 7–1 9 January 1998
Iraq Hussein Abdullah Diyala Samarra 3–0 16 February 1998
Iraq Sahib Abbas Al-Zawraa Salahaddin 3–2 19 March 1998
Iraq Sahib Abbas Al-Zawraa Maysan 6–1 27 March 1998
Iraq Qahtan Chathir4 Al-Talaba Al-Kut 9–1 17 April 1998
Iraq Ali Hussein Awda4 Al-Najaf Al-Kut 6–0 22 May 1998
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
6 Player scored 6 goals

References

  1. ^ a b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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