1998–99 Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	1998–99
Champions	Al-Zawraa; (8th title)
Relegated	Al-Sulaikh
2000–01 Asian Club Championship	Al-Zawraa
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Al-Talaba
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Khudhair; Hashim Ridha; (19 goals each)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000; (Iraqi First Division League) →

The 1998–99 Iraqi Premier League was the 25th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the eighth time in their history. Had Al-Talaba beaten Al-Naft on the last day of the season, they would have won the league title instead, but the match finished goalless and Al-Zawraa's 3–1 win over Al-Karkh saw them claim the trophy. Al-Zawraa also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the double.^[1]^[2]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Zawraa (C)	30	24	4	2	73	22	+51	76	2000–01 Asian Club Championship
2	Al-Talaba	30	24	3	3	71	25	+46	75	2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	30	21	5	4	87	27	+60	68
4	Al-Minaa	30	14	8	8	35	29	+6	50
5	Al-Shorta	30	13	10	7	55	40	+15	49
6	Al-Karkh	30	11	12	7	42	32	+10	45
7	Diyala	30	10	12	8	37	39	−2	42
8	Al-Najaf	30	9	10	11	45	43	+2	37
9	Duhok	30	8	13	9	31	33	−2	37
10	Al-Naft	30	9	9	12	37	40	−3	36
11	Samarra	30	9	8	13	28	51	−23	35
12	Al-Jaish	30	9	4	17	25	43	−18	31
13	Al-Kadhimiya	30	7	8	15	42	62	−20	29
14	Maysan	30	6	4	20	25	63	−38	22
15	Salahaddin	30	6	3	21	27	67	−40	21
16	Al-Sulaikh (R)	30	2	3	25	17	61	−44	9	Relegation to the Iraqi Second Division League

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Al-Talaba qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup, won by Al-Zawraa.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	JSH	KDH	KAR	MIN	NFT	NJF	QWJ	SHR	SLK	TLB	ZWR	DYL	DHK	MYS	SAL	SMR
Al-Jaish		4–1	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–9	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–2
Al-Kadhimiya	1–0		0–0	3–3	1–2	3–2	3–6	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–1
Al-Karkh	1–0	1–1		2–2	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	6–2	4–0	1–1
Al-Minaa	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0
Al-Naft	0–2	2–3	0–0	0–2		2–2	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–0
Al-Najaf	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–0		0–3	1–1	1–0	3–4	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	4–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	5–1	3–2	6–0	2–1	3–1		1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	6–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	9–0
Al-Shorta	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	5–2	4–4	2–2		2–0	1–3	1–5	1–2	1–1	4–2	3–1	2–1
Al-Sulaikh	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–4		1–5	0–0	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2
Al-Talaba	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	5–2		1–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	6–1	3–0
Al-Zawraa	1–0	2–0	4–1	4–0	2–1	3–2	0–4	1–1	1–0	1–0		4–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–1
Diyala	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–4	1–3		1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0
Duhok	0–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0		1–0	6–1	1–0
Maysan	0–4	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–4	1–2	4–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1		1–0	1–2
Salahaddin	0–1	6–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2		3–1
Samarra	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–6	0–5	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Ahmed Khudhair	19	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1	Hashim Ridha	19	Al-Shorta
3	Husham Mohammed	17	Al-Zawraa
3	Abbas Rahim	17	Al-Karkh
5	Hussein Abdullah	16	Diyala

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result	Date
Karim Shaker	Al-Jaish	Al-Kadhimiya	4–1	16 October 1998
Mohanad Mahdi	Duhok	Salahaddin	6–1	6 November 1998
Razzaq Farhan⁵	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Samarra	9–0	6 November 1998
Razzaq Farhan	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Najaf	3–1	19 November 1998
Abbas Rahim	Al-Karkh	Al-Sulaikh	3–1	19 February 1999
Qahtan Chathir	Al-Talaba	Diyala	4–1	5 March 1999
Abbas Rahim⁴	Al-Karkh	Maysan	6–2	5 March 1999
Waleed Dhahid	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Najaf	3–0	19 March 1999
Hashim Ridha	Al-Shorta	Al-Sulaikh	4–0	31 March 1999

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ 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)

External links[edit]

Iraq Football Association

[table_note_res_ACWC0.21698125881002-3] Al-Talaba qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup, won by Al-Zawraa.

[sabti-1] 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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