Iraq 1997/98

1.Police 30 23 4 3 71-30 73 Champions 2.Air Force 30 22 5 3 67-21 71 3.Al-Zawra 30 21 7 2 70-22 70 4.Najaf 30 18 8 4 58-22 62 5.Al-Talaba 30 18 7 5 67-28 61 6.Army 30 12 8 10 37-37 44 7.Port 30 12 3 15 29-40 39 8.Petrol 30 9 11 10 37-33 38 9.Maysan 30 9 8 13 26-40 35 10.Selaikh 30 9 7 14 23-35 34 11.Diyala 30 7 10 13 38-48 31 12.Salaheddin 30 7 7 16 26-40 28 13.Samarra 30 6 7 17 26-55 25 14.Mosul 30 4 9 17 27-72 21 Relegated 15.Kut 30 3 8 19 25-65 18 Relegated 16.Industry 30 1 7 22 19-58 10 Relegated NB: Police=Al-Shorta Air Force=Al-Qowa Al-Jawia Army=Al-Jaish Port=Al-Mina Petrol=Naft Industry=Al-Sinaa Promoted: Dohuk, Karkh, Kazemeya Topscorers: 1.Mahmud Majeed (Shurta) 22 2.Alaa Kadim (Talaba 18 3.Husam Fauzi (Zawraa) 17 Cup 1997/98 Quarterfinals [Dec 29, Jan 12] Police 3-0 3-2 Talaba Dohuk 0-1 0-3 Zwara Air Force 2-1 1-0 Army Maysan 0-0 0-1 Salaheddin Semifinals [Apr 6, Apr 13] Police 0-1 1-2 Zawra Air Force 2-1 Salaheddin Cup Final [Apr 28] Zawra 1-1 Air Force [aet, 4-3 pen] Super Cup [May 25, 1998] Zawra 1-0 Police [Ahmed Abdul Jabar] 7th Umm Al-Maarik Cup Held September 1997 Group 1 Al-Zawraa 3-1 Al-Minaa Al-Zawraa 2-1 Mosul Al-Zawraa 0-0 Najaf Najaf 3-0 Mosul Najaf 2-0 Al-Minaa Al-Minaa 2-2 Mosul Najaf 3 2 1 0 5 0 7 Al-Zawraa 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 Al-Minaa 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 Mosul 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 Group 2 Talaba 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Talaba 3-3 Al-Shurta Talaba 2-1 Samarra Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4-1 Samarra Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4-7 Al-Shurta Al-Shurta 4-0 Samarra Al-Shurta 3 2 1 0 14 7 7 Talaba 3 2 1 0 6 4 7 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 1 0 2 8 9 3 Samarra 3 0 0 3 2 10 0 Semifinals Talaba 1-1 Najaf Najaf win 3-1 on penalties Al-Shurta 1-1 Al-Zawraa Al-Shurta win 3-1 on penalties Third Place Match Al-Zawraa 7-0 Talaba [Essam Hamad, Mohammed Jassim, Ahmad Abdul-Jabar, Ahmad Hussein Adan, Sahib Abbas, Amer Qasim.] Final Najaf 4-0 Al-Shurta [Falah Hassan Khadim, Haidar Najim, Salman Hussein 2]

1996/97

1998/99

list of champions

list of cup winners

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Prepared and maintained by Mohammed Qayed for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Mohammed Qayed (mhqayed@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 30 Aug 2002