2010–11 Iraqi Elite League

The 2010–11 Iraqi Elite League (known as the Asiacell Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of the competition. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier League to Iraqi Elite League. The season began on 26 November 2010, and ended on 15 August 2011. Duhok were the defending champions.

Iraqi Elite League
Season2010–11
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(12th title)
RelegatedNaft Al-Junoob
Al-Mosul
Al-Ramadi
Naft Maysan
Peshmerga
Al-Diwaniya
Diyala
Al-Nasiriya
Samarra
Al-Hasanain
Al-Hindiya
Al-Jaish
AFC CupAl-Zawraa
Erbil
Matches played366
Goals scored785 (2.14 per match)
Top goalscorerLuay Salah
(17 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Talaba 6–0 Al-Hasanain
(21 May 2011)
Biggest away winAl-Jaish 0–5 Duhok
(12 July 2011)
Longest winning run6 matches
Erbil
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Zawraa
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Al-Zawraa
Longest winless run22 matches
Al-Hindiya
Longest losing run11 matches
Al-Hindiya
Al-Hasanain
2009–10
(Iraqi Premier League)

The season's final was won by Al-Zawraa after defeating Erbil on penalties. This was their 12th title.[1]

Group stage

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North Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Erbil 26 17 5 4 54 21 +33 56 Qualified to the Final
2 Al-Sinaa 26 16 7 3 31 17 +14 55 Qualified to Third place match
3 Zakho 26 16 5 5 38 21 +17 53
4 Al-Kahrabaa 26 12 7 7 32 22 +10 43
5 Al-Karkh 26 10 11 5 35 27 +8 41
6 Duhok 26 12 4 10 36 28 +8 40
7 Al-Naft 26 10 9 7 25 23 +2 39
8 Al-Shorta 26 8 11 7 28 23 +5 35
9 Al-Mosul 26 8 11 7 29 29 0 35 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
10 Al-Ramadi 26 7 7 12 28 40 −12 28
11 Peshmerga 26 5 7 14 19 31 −12 22
12 Diyala 26 3 10 13 15 33 −18 19
13 Samarra 26 4 6 16 24 44 −20 18
14 Al-Jaish 26 1 6 19 12 47 −35 9
Source: Goalzz

Results

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Home \ Away JSH KAH KAR MSL NFT RAM SHR SIN DIY DUH ERB PSH SMR ZAK
Al-Jaish 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–5 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–2
Al-Kahrabaa 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 4–1 3–2 1–2
Al-Karkh 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 4–2
Al-Mosul 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–2
Al-Naft 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–0
Al-Ramadi 5–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–5 1–0 1–1 1–0
Al-Shorta 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–0
Al-Sinaa 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0
Diyala 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Duhok 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 3–0[a] 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1
Erbil 5–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1
Peshmerga 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–3
Samarra 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2
Zakho 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Duhok–Diyala match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Duhok, as Diyala did not turn up for the game.

South Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa 26 19 5 2 45 15 +30 62 Qualified to the Final
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 26 19 3 4 47 13 +34 60 Qualified to Third place match
3 Baghdad 26 13 8 5 32 17 +15 47
4 Al-Minaa 26 12 9 5 33 21 +12 45
5 Karbala 26 13 6 7 23 17 +6 45
6 Al-Najaf 26 11 9 6 34 20 +14 42
7 Masafi Al-Wasat 26 12 5 9 22 28 −6 41
8 Al-Talaba 26 9 11 6 33 25 +8 38
9 Naft Al-Junoob 26 9 10 7 28 24 +4 37 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
10 Naft Maysan 26 6 7 13 20 29 −9 25
11 Al-Diwaniya 26 5 6 15 25 45 −20 21
12 Al-Nasiriya 26 3 5 18 13 38 −25 14
13 Al-Hasanain 26 3 4 19 7 39 −32 13
14 Al-Hindiya 26 2 4 20 16 47 −31 10
Source: Goalzz

Results

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Home \ Away DIW HAS HIN MAS MIN NJF NAS QWJ TLB ZWR BGD KRB NFJ NFM
Al-Diwaniya 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 1–0
Al-Hasanain 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–0
Al-Hindiya 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1
Masafi Al-Wasat 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–5 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Al-Minaa 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1
Al-Najaf 4–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Nasiriya 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Al-Talaba 1–1 6–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2
Al-Zawraa 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 4–2 0–0
Baghdad 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
Karbala 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–1 0–0
Naft Al-Junoob 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–1
Naft Maysan 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–0[a] 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Naft Maysan–Al-Nasiriya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Maysan, as Al-Nasiriya did not turn up for the game.

Championship play-off

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Third place match
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–1 Al-Sinaa
Final
Al-Zawraa 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p.)
Erbil

Third place match

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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–1Al-Sinaa
Shaalan   79'

Final

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Al-Zawraa0–0 (a.e.t.)Erbil
Penalties
Saeed  
Saad  
Khalid  
Hussein  
H. Sabah  
5–4   Karim
  Ibrahim
  N. Sabah
  Qaraman
  Shakor
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Kadhim Awda
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Zawraa
 
 
 
 
 
 
Erbil

Season statistics

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Top four positions

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Pos Team Pld Pts Eff Qualification
1 Al-Zawraa 27 63 77.8% 2012 AFC Cup
2 Erbil 27 57 70.4% 2012 AFC Cup
3 Al-Sinaa 27 58 71.6%
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 27 60 74.1%

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Luay Salah Erbil 17
2   Amjad Radhi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 13
3   Mahdi Karim Erbil 12
  Hussam Ibrahim Al-Minaa
  Hammadi Ahmed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Hat-tricks

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Player[2] For Against Result Date
  Mustafa Jawad Al-Karkh Duhok 4–0 29 May 2011
  Ahmed Salah4 Duhok Al-Jaish 5–0 12 July 2011
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

Awards

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Muthana Khalid of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya was chosen as the Player of the Season. Mohammed Saad of Al-Zawraa came in second place and Mahdi Karim of Erbil came in third.

References

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  1. ^ "Iraqi League 2010–2011". Goalzz.com.
  2. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2010/2011 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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