2020–21 Iraqi Premier League
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 25 October 2020 – 28 July 2021 |
Champions | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (7th title) |
Relegated | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Al-Hudood Al-Samawa |
AFC Champions League | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Zawraa |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 773 (2.03 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Aymen Hussein (22 goals) |
Biggest home win | Al-Shorta 7–0 Al-Samawa (2 April 2021) |
Biggest away win | Naft Maysan 0–4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (16 May 2021) |
Highest scoring | Al-Shorta 7–0 Al-Samawa (2 April 2021) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–4 Al-Najaf (12 May 2021) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Longest winless run | 20 matches Al-Hudood |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Al-Talaba |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
The 2020–21 Iraqi Premier League was the 47th season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 25 October 2020 and ended on 28 July 2021, with the relegation play-off held on 30 July 2021.[1]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya sealed their seventh Premier League title with three matches to spare, finishing ahead of Al-Zawraa and Al-Najaf. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya also won the Iraq FA Cup to become the first Iraqi club since the 2001–02 season to win the double. Their manager Ayoub Odisho became the most successful coach in Premier League history with four titles.[2][3][4]
New rules
[edit]For the first time in the Iraqi Premier League, the Iraq Football Association decided to use head-to-head points as the first tiebreaker for teams level on points, followed by head-to-head goal difference, total goal difference, total number of wins and total goals scored. Also, the maximum number of substitutions in a game for each team was increased from four to five.[5]
Teams
[edit]Twenty teams competed in the league – the top eighteen teams from the 2018–19 season and the two promoted teams from the 2018–19 Iraqi First Division League.
Clubs and locations
[edit]- Notes
- ^ On 23 October 2020, Naft Al-Junoob officially changed its name to Naft Al-Basra.
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (C) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 83 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 75 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round |
3 | Al-Najaf[a] | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 74 | |
4 | Al-Shorta | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 72 | |
5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 63 | |
6 | Al-Naft | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 53 | |
7 | Amanat Baghdad | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 50 | |
8 | Al-Minaa | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 49 | |
9 | Zakho | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 46 | |
10 | Al-Karkh | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 45 | |
11 | Naft Al-Basra | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 44[b] | |
12 | Erbil | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 44[b] | |
13 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 43 | |
14 | Al-Kahrabaa | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 41[c] | |
15 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 41[c] | |
16 | Al-Diwaniya | 38 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 41[c] | |
17 | Al-Talaba | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 39 | |
18 | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya (R) | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 37 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
19 | Al-Hudood (R) | 38 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League |
20 | Al-Samawa (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 58 | −36 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Iraq FA Cup, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, also qualified for the AFC Champions League based on league position, the second AFC Champions League play-off round spot was passed to the third-placed team. However, Al-Najaf failed to obtain an AFC license. The fourth-placed team, Al-Shorta, declined to participate in place of Al-Najaf, therefore Iraq's second AFC Champions League play-off round spot was annulled.
- ^ a b Naft Al-Basra finished ahead of Erbil on head-to-head points: Erbil 0–1 Naft Al-Basra, Naft Al-Basra 1–0 Erbil.
- ^ a b c Al-Kahrabaa finished ahead of Al-Qasim and Al-Diwaniya on head-to-head points: Al-Kahrabaa 8, Al-Qasim 3, Al-Diwaniya 3. Al-Qasim finished ahead of Al-Diwaniya on goal difference: Al-Qasim –11, Al-Diwaniya –14.
Results
[edit]Relegation play-off
[edit]Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | 1–1 | Samarra |
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Penalties | ||
2–4 |
Samarra are promoted to the Iraqi Premier League, while Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya are relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.
Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6] |
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1 | ![]() |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 22 |
2 | ![]() |
Al-Hudood | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Al-Talaba | 14 |
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Al-Najaf | ||
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Al-Naft | Al-Samawa | 3–1 (H)[7] | 12 December 2020 |
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Naft | 4–1 (H)[8] | 31 January 2021 |
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Al-Talaba | Al-Minaa | 4–2 (H)[9] | 4 July 2021 |
- Notes
(H) – Home team
Awards
[edit]Award | Winner[10] | Club |
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Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season | ![]() |
Al-Hudood |
Match ball
[edit]On 23 October 2020, Umbro announced their official partnership with Iraq Football Association to manufacture the official match ball for the Iraqi Premier League.[11][12] The official match ball is named Neo Toba.[13] The design was conceived in such a way as to reflect the colours of the Iraqi flag and the patterns represent symbols of ancient Mesopotamian civilization.[14] The term Toba is taken from the Iraqi dialect (Arabic: طوبة) which means "ball" in common parlance.[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Season dates". Eurosport. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "الشرطة يفوز بلقب الدوري العراقي".
- ^ "صعود القاسم وزاخو".
- ^ "فوز الصقور والحدود والنفط وهبوط البحري وفريق الحسين لدوري الدرجة الأولى".
- ^ "نظام المسابقات في الدوري العراقي موسم ۲۰۲٠ - ۲۰۲١" (PDF). Iraq Football Association. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2020-2021 – Scorers". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "موسى عدنان يسجل الهاتريك الأول في دورينا".
- ^ "هداف الدوري العراقي يواصل خطف الأنظار بـ"هاتريك" قياسي".
- ^ "الطلبة يدك شباك الميناء".
- ^ "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons". Soccer Iraq. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Umbro announce partnership with Iraq Football Association".
- ^ "Umbro Announces Partnership With Iraq Football Association As Official kit sponsor".
- ^ "Neo Toba, official match ball of the Iraq Premier League".
- ^ "Neo Toba Ball".
- ^ "نيو طوبة للدوري الكروي الممتاز".
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Arabic)
- Iraq Football Association