Iraq 1977/78

Final Table:

 1.Minaa (Basra)            13  8  5  0  27-10  21  Champions
 2.Zawraa (Baghdad)         13  9  1  3  31- 9  19
 3.Sinaa (Baghdad)          13  8  3  2  18- 7  19
 4.Jaish (Baghdad)          13  9  0  4  16-12  18
 5.Amana (Baghdad)          13  7  3  3  14- 6  17
 6.Shurta (Baghdad)         13  5  7  1  11- 5  17
 7.Tayaran (Baghdad)        13  5  4  4  19-11  14
 8.Jamia (Baghdad)          13  4  6  3   8-10  14
 9.Iktisad (Bagdad)         13  3  4  6  11-17  10
10.Thawra (Karkuk)          13  3  4  6   9-16  10
11.Salad Aldeen (Tikrit)    13  2  5  6  10-15   9
12.Itihad (Basra)           13  3  3  7  11-17   9  
13.Hila (Hila)              13  1  2 10   4-29   4  Relegated
14.Babel (Hila)             13  0  1 12   3-28   1  Relegated

NB: Amana (Nadi Amana Al-Riyadhi) were founded as a merger
    of Nadi Al-Baladiyat Al-Riyadhi (at top level 1976/77)
    and Amana Al-Asama (languishing in the lower divisions;
    founded 1957).

Round 1 
[Oct 1]
Zarwaa    3-0 Jamia
Minaa     2-2 S Aldeen
[Oct 2]
Jaish     1-0 Hila
[Oct 3]
Iktisad   1-2 Itihad
[Oct 4]
Amana     2-0 Tayaran
[Oct 5]
Sinaa     3-0 Thawra
[Oct 6]
Shurta    1-0 Babel

Round 2
[Oct 7]
Hila      0-1 Jamia                 
[Oct 8]
Zawraa    6-2 Iktisad           
[Oct 10]
Jaish     1-0 Tayaran          
Thawra    2-1 Itihad            
[Oct 11]
Amana     0-0 Shurta         
Minaa     1-1 Sinaa               
Babel     0-0 S Aldeen        

Round 3
[Oct 14]
Iktisad   1-0 Jamia              
[Oct 15]
Tayaran   5-0 Hila         
[Oct 16]
Thawra    5-0 Zawraa           
Jaish     0-2 Shurta          
Itihad    0-1 Minaa           
S Aldeen  0-1 Amana           
Babel     0-1 Sinaa           

Round 4
[Oct 21]
Tayaran   1-1 Jamia         
[Oct 22]
Iktisad   0-0 Thawra        
[Oct 24]
Hila      0-1 Shurta        
Zawraa    2-3 Minaa         
[Oct 25]
Jaish     3-1 S Aldeen       
Itihad    2-1 Babel         
[Oct 289
Amana     0-1 Sinaa         

Round 5
[Oct 31]
Thawra    0-2 Jamia           
Tayaran   0-0 Shurta       
Minaa     1-0 Iktisad     
S Aldeen  0-0 Hila        
[Nov 3]
Zawraa    4-0 Babel         
[Nov 4]
Jaish     1-0 Sinaa         
[Nov 7]
Amana     2-0 Itihad     

Round 6
[Nov 11]
Shurta    1-1 Jamia       
Thawra    1-1 Minaa       
[Nov 14]
Tayaran   4-2 S Aldeen   
Babel     0-1 Iktisad     
[Nov 17]
Sinaa     4-0 Hila     
[Nov 18]
Zawraa    0-1 Amana     
Itihad    2-3 Jaish    

Round 7
[Jan 13]
Jamia     1-1 Minaa      
S Aldeen  0-1 Shurta     
Thawra    3-1 Babel      
[Nov 15] 
Tayaran   1-2 Sinaa     
[Nov 16] 
Iktisad   1-1 Amana        
Hila      1-1 Itihad     
[Jan 19]
Zawraa    0-1 Jaish     

Round 8
[Jan 27]
Jamia     0-0 S Aldeen  
Babel     0-6 Minaa      
Shurta    1-1 Sinaa      
Thawra    0-1 Amana      
Hila      0-4 Zawraa    
[Jan 30] 
Itihad    1-0 Tayaran     
[Feb 1]
Iktisad   2-0 Jaish       

Round 9
[Feb 3]
Jamia     1-0 Babel    
[Feb 6]
S Aldeen  1-2 Sinaa     
Minaa     2-0 Amana      
Shurta    2-0 Itihad     
[Feb 9]
Jaish     1-0 Thawra     
Iktisad   2-1 Hila       
[Feb 11]
Tayaran   1-2 Zawraa    

Round 10
[Feb 13]
Sinaa     2-0 Jamia     
[Feb 15]
Amana     3-0 Babel     
Itihad    1-1 S Aldeen  
[Feb 17]
Jaish     0-1 Minaa            
[Feb 20]
Shurta    0-0 Zawraa   
Hila      0-3 Thawra    
[Feb 22]
Tayaran   1-0 Iktisad  

Round 11
[Feb 24]
Amana     0-0 Jamia    
Babel     1-3 Jaish     
[Feb 27]
Sinaa     1-0 Itihad   
Minaa     5-1 Hila      
[Mar 1]
Zawraa    1-0 S Aldeen  
[Mar 3] 
Shurta    2-2 Iktisad   
Thawra    0-0 Tayaran 

Round 12
[Mar 10]
Itihad    0-0 Jamia   
[Mar 13]
Amana     3-0 Jaish     
[Mar 17]
Sinaa     0-2 Zawraa 
Babel     0-1 Hila    
S Aldeen  2-0 Iktisad 
[Mar 21]
Tayaran   2-2 Minaa  
[Mar 24]
Shurta    0-0 Thawra   

Round 13
[Mar 24]
Jaish     2-0 Jamia 
Itihad    1-2 Zawraa   
Hila      0-2 Amana    
[Mar 27]
Sinaa     0-0 Iktisad  
Babel     0-2 Tayaran  
[Mar 31]
S Aldeen  1-0 Thawra  
Minaa     1-0 Shurta   

Final Table:

 1.Minaa (Basra)            13  8  5  0  27-10  21  Champions
 2.Zawraa (Baghdad)         13  9  1  3  31- 9  19
 3.Sinaa (Baghdad)          13  8  3  2  18- 7  19
 4.Jaish (Baghdad)          13  9  0  4  16-12  18
 5.Amana (Baghdad)          13  7  3  3  14- 6  17
 6.Shurta (Baghdad)         13  5  7  1  11- 5  17
 7.Tayaran (Baghdad)        13  5  4  4  19-11  14
 8.Jamia (Baghdad)          13  4  6  3   8-10  14
 9.Iktisad (Bagdad)         13  3  4  6  11-17  10
10.Thawra (Karkuk)          13  3  4  6   9-16  10
11.Salad Aldeen (Tikrit)    13  2  5  6  10-15   9
12.Itihad (Basra)           13  3  3  7  11-17   9  
13.Hila (Hila)              13  1  2 10   4-29   4  Relegated
14.Babel (Hila)             13  0  1 12   3-28   1  Relegated

NB: Amana (Nadi Amana Al-Riyadhi) were founded as a merger
    of Nadi Al-Baladiyat Al-Riyadhi (at top level 1976/77)
    and Amana Al-Asama (languishing in the lower divisions;
    founded 1957).

NB: Jamia were replaced by Talaba;
    Iktisad by Tijara;
    promoted: Shabab

Topscorers:

 1.Jalil Hanoon (Minaa)     11
 2.Falah Hassan (Zawraa)    10
 3.Salim Mallakh (Tayaran)   8
 4.Hassan Sadawi (Jaish)     7
 5.Hazim Jassam (Zawraa)     6
 6.Thamir Yosif (Zawraa)     5
   Hanoon Mashkur (Tayaran)  5
   Saad Abdulla (Iktisad)    5
 9.Ali Kadim (Zawraa)        4


Iraqi Cup 1977/78

NB: played by 32 teams from 1st and 2nd level.

Round 1
[Sep 9]
Tayaran B (Baghdad)   1-0 Jaish (Baghdad) 
Diala (Bakuba)        2-5 Zawraa (Baghdad) 
Babel (Hila)          bt  Rafidain
[Sep 10]
Shabab (Baghdad)      lt  Bahri (Basra)
Minaa (Basra)         bt  Umal
Najaf (Najaf)         lt  Amana (Baghdad) 
Mosil (Mosil)         0-2 Tayaran (Baghdad) 
Kufa (Kufa)           lt  Itihad (Basra)
Thawra (Karkuk)       3-0 Zawraa B (Baghdad) 
Salad Aldeen (Tikrit) lt  Amana B (Baghdad) 
Arbeel (Arbeel)       lt  Shurta (Baghdad) 
Hurria (Umara)        bt  Hila (Hila)
Jazair (Nasiria)      bt  Sinaa (Baghdad) 
Faluja (Faluja)       lt  Iktisad (Baghdad) 
Thagir (Basra)        lt  Jamia (Baghdad) 
Samawa (Samawa)       bt  Diwania (Diwania)

Round 2
[Sep 16]
Zawraa (Baghdad)      3-0 Tayaran B (Baghdad) 
Bahri (Basra)         bt  Babel (Hila)
Amana (Baghdad)       bt  Minaa (Basra)
[Sep 17]
Tayaran (Baghdad)     1-0 Itihad (Basra)
Thawra (Karkuk)       bt  Amana B (Baghdad) 
Shurta (Baghdad)      bt  Hurria (Umara)
Iktisad (Baghdad)     bt  Jazair (Nasiria)
[Sep 18]
Jamia (Baghdad)       bt  Samawa (Samawa)

Quarterfinals [Nov 24]
Bahri (Basra)         2-1 Zawraa (Baghdad) 
Tayaran (Baghdad)     2-1 Amana (Baghdad) 
Thawra (Karkuk)       2-3 Shurta (Baghdad) 
Iktisad (Baghdad)     drw Jamia (Baghdad)         [Iktisad on pen]

Semifinals [Apr 3]
Tayaran (Baghdad)     awd Bahri (Basra)           [awarded 3-0, Bahri dns]
Iktisad (Baghdad)     0-1 Shurta (Baghdad) 

Final [Apr 7]
Tayaran (Baghdad)     1-1 Shurta (Baghdad)        [aet, 5-3 pen]
  [Najah Fadhil 20; Hussein Liabi 10]
  [penalties: Saadi Toma          1-0, Douglas Aziz         1-1;
              Salim Malakh        2-1, Saad Dawud           2-2;
              Qusai Qasim         3-2, Hussein Liabi        3-3;
              Hussein Ali Thijeel 4-3, Riyadhi Nouri (miss) 4-3;
              Nadhim Shaker       5-3]
  [Al-Tayaran: Razzaq Dakhil; Sabah Nouri, Qusai Qasim, Nadhim Shaker, 
     Saadi Toma; Sabah Abdul-Razzaq, Hussein Ali Thijeel, Husham Mustafa;
     Hanoon Maskhour, Salim Malakh, Najah Fadhil; 
     coach: Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan;
   Al-Shurta: Raad Hammoudi, Tariq Abdul-Amir, Adnan Jafar, Douglas Aziz,
     Essam Khalil; Riyadhi Nouri, Hadi Hussein Al-Janabi, Muataz Hussein;
     Hussein Liabi, Jabar Hamed, Saad Dawud;
     coach: Abdul-Kader Zeinal]


1976/77

1978/79

list of champions

list of cup winners


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