1998–99 Iraqi Premier 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]

Iraqi Premier League
Season1998–99
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(8th title)
RelegatedAl-Sulaikh
2000–01 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Zawraa
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Talaba
Top goalscorerAhmed Khudhair
Hashim Ridha
(19 goals each)
1999–2000
(Iraqi First Division League)

League table

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

Results

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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

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Top scorers

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

Hat-tricks

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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

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  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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