1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League

The 1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League was the 26th season of the top-tier Iraqi national football league since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier League to Iraqi First Division League, and the season kicked off on 1 October 1999. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the second season in a row and the ninth time in their history.

Iraqi First Division League
Season1999–2000
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(9th title)
2001–02 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Zawraa
2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goalscorerHaidar Ayed
(28 goals)
1998–99
(Iraqi Premier League)
2000–01
(Iraqi Elite League)

They also won the Iraq FA Cup, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship and the Iraqi Super Cup in this season, completing only the second domestic quadruple in Iraqi football history after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya achieved it in the 1996–97 season.[1][2]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 50 34 12 4 112 35 +77 114 2001–02 Asian Club Championship
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 50 32 14 4 99 30 +69 110 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[a]
3 Al-Shorta 50 33 11 6 97 34 +63 110
4 Al-Talaba 50 30 10 10 116 56 +60 100
5 Duhok 50 28 14 8 80 44 +36 98
6 Al-Karkh 50 25 14 11 96 41 +55 89
7 Salahaddin 50 22 19 9 61 39 +22 85
8 Al-Minaa 50 20 24 6 56 28 +28 84
9 Al-Najaf 50 23 14 13 64 44 +20 83
10 Erbil 50 20 10 20 69 66 +3 70
11 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 50 19 13 18 58 57 +1 70
12 Al-Ramadi 50 17 16 17 55 60 −5 67
13 Al-Jaish 50 18 11 21 56 50 +6 65
14 Diyala 50 17 14 19 56 63 −7 65
15 Samarra 50 17 12 21 49 67 −18 63
16 Al-Mosul 50 16 13 21 45 72 −27 61
17 Al-Naft 50 15 14 21 56 60 −4 59
18 Al-Nasiriya 50 14 10 26 62 81 −19 52
19 Al-Diwaniya 50 11 18 21 41 60 −19 51
20 Al-Samawa 50 13 11 26 56 90 −34 50
21 Al-Kadhimiya 50 13 11 26 47 84 −37 50
22 Al-Kut 50 11 15 24 45 78 −33 48
23 Karbala 50 10 15 25 44 91 −47 45
24 Maysan 50 8 14 28 34 83 −49 38
25 Kirkuk 50 6 12 32 39 93 −54 30
26 Haifa 50 3 9 38 27 114 −87 18
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 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 DIF DIW JSH KAD KAR KUT MIN MSL NFT NJF NAS QWJ RAM SMA SHR TLB ZWR DIY DUH ERB HAI KRB KIR MAY SAL SMR
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 5–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 0–0 3–0
Al-Diwaniya 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 0–4 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 6–1 0–0 0–2 1–1
Al-Jaish 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–3 4–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0
Al-Kadhimiya 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2
Al-Karkh 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 7–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 6–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 6–0 0–1 9–0 0–2 7–0
Al-Kut 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–3 1–1
Al-Minaa 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 5–1 5–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Al-Mosul 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–3 4–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0
Al-Naft 0–1 1–0 1–2 5–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–5 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 3–0[a] 1–0 1–0 4–0
Al-Najaf 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 8–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
Al-Nasiriya 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 4–3 0–1 2–3 2–0 3–2 6–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 9–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 4–1 4–1 6–2 6–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1
Al-Ramadi 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Samawa 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–3 0–2 4–2 3–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–0
Al-Shorta 1–0 3–1 1–2 6–3 1–2 4–1 0–0 4–0 3–0[b] 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 6–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 6–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Al-Talaba 1–0 2–1 1–0 6–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–2 4–2 2–0 5–0 6–0 7–1 2–2 6–1
Al-Zawraa 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 5–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 7–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 7–1 0–0 2–1
Diyala 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Duhok 0–0 4–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 6–1 2–2 4–2
Erbil 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 6–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 6–1 4–0 1–6 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 0–0 4–0
Haifa 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–6 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–4 1–3 3–3 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1
Karbala 0–3[c] 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–4
Kirkuk 1–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–2
Maysan 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1
Salahaddin 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Samarra 2–4 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Naft–Kirkuk match originally ended 1–1 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Naft due to Kirkuk fielding the ineligible player Fadhil Jalil.
  2. ^ The Al-Shorta–Al-Naft match originally ended in a 2–0 win for Al-Naft but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Shorta due to Al-Naft fielding the ineligible player Nizar Ali.
  3. ^ The Karbala–Al-Difaa Al-Jawi match originally ended in a 3–1 win for Karbala but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Difaa Al-Jawi due to Karbala fielding the ineligible player Mohammed Ridha.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Haidar Ayed 28 Al-Nasiriya
2 Qahtan Chathir 27 Al-Karkh
3 Mufeed Assem 25 Al-Shorta

Hat-tricks

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Player[1] For Against Result Date
  Abbas Rahim Al-Zawraa Maysan 7–1 1 October 1999
  Qahtan Chathir5 Al-Karkh Al-Kut 7–0 1 October 1999
  Alaa Kadhim Al-Talaba Al-Ramadi 4–2 15 October 1999
  Mushtaq Kadhim Al-Naft Karbala 5–0 15 October 1999
  Majid Abbas5 Al-Najaf Al-Samawa 8–2 18 October 1999
  Qahtan Chathir Al-Karkh Maysan 9–0 25 October 1999
  Ammar Abdul-Hussein Al-Karkh Maysan 9–0 25 October 1999
  Ziad Mahmoud Erbil Al-Naft 6–1 25 October 1999
  Ahmed Abdul-Jabar Al-Zawraa Erbil 5–1 30 October 1999
  Ammar Ahmed Al-Zawraa Al-Kut 5–0 5 November 1999
  Salah Hadi Al-Diwaniya Kirkuk 6–1 10 November 1999
  Akram Emmanuel Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Mosul 9–1 17 November 1999
  Saddam Aziz Karbala Samarra 4–0 17 November 1999
  Essam Hamad Al-Zawraa Al-Nasiriya 7–1 22 November 1999
  Shakhwan Omar Erbil Kirkuk 7–0 29 November 1999
  Ehab Ibrahim Maysan Duhok 3–0 13 December 1999
  Majid Awda Al-Nasiriya Al-Talaba 4–3 7 January 2000
  Abbas Hassan Al-Karkh Al-Kut 4–0 7 January 2000
  Ahmed Khudhair Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Erbil 6–2 7 February 2000
  Mufeed Assem4 Al-Shorta Al-Kut 4–1 14 February 2000
  Mohammed Kadhim Erbil Al-Ramadi 6–1 14 February 2000
  Nabeel Anthil Kirkuk Al-Kut 3–3 21 February 2000
  Hashim Ridha4 Al-Shorta Karbala 6–2 24 February 2000
  Mohammed Kadhim Erbil Samarra 4–0 4 May 2000
  Mohammed Yousif Duhok Al-Nasiriya 5–1 15 May 2000
  Ahmed Jadiea4 Duhok Maysan 6–1 25 May 2000
  Qahtan Chathir Al-Karkh Haifa 4–0 2 June 2000
  Emad Mohammed Al-Zawraa Al-Diwaniya 4–0 8 June 2000
  Ahmed Sabri Al-Shorta Diyala 6–2 8 June 2000
  Qahtan Chathir Al-Karkh Samarra 7–0 8 June 2000
  Haidar Ayed Al-Nasiriya Haifa 6–1 15 June 2000
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals

Awards

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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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