| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Erbil (4th title) |
| Relegated | Al-Karkh Al-Taji Al-Shirqat Al-Hudood |
| AFC Cup | Erbil Duhok |
| UAFA Club Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 839 (2.21 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hammadi Ahmed (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Erbil 5–0Al-Taji (22 February 2012) Duhok 5–0Al-Shirqat (2 March 2012) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5–0Al-Shirqat (19 June 2012) |
| Biggest away win | Al-Hudood 0–6Al-Zawraa (7 April 2012) Al-Shirqat 0–6Duhok (10 August 2012) |
| Highest scoring | Al-Hudood 4–4Al-Taji (25 April 2012) |
| Longest winning run | 7 games Erbil |
| Longest unbeaten run | 30 games Erbil |
| Longest winless run | 26 games Al-Hudood |
| Longest losing run | 9 games Al-Hudood |
2012–13 → | |
The2011–12 Iraqi Elite League (known as theAsiacell Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The season began on 29 October 2011 and ended on 20 August 2012. It was played in a home-and-awayround-robin format for the first time since the2002–03 season.
Erbil won their fourth league title, earning 83 points from 38 games and losing just one match.Duhok finished as runners-up withAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya in third place.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erbil(C) | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 83 | Qualification for theAFC Cup |
| 2 | Duhok | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 76 | |
| 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 61 | 23 | +38 | 74 | Qualification for theUAFA Club Cup |
| 4 | Al-Talaba | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 68 | |
| 5 | Zakho | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 61 | |
| 6 | Baghdad | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 60 | |
| 7 | Al-Shorta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 59 | |
| 8 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 56 | |
| 9 | Al-Najaf | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 52 | |
| 10 | Al-Naft | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 51 | |
| 11 | Al-Minaa | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 50 | |
| 12 | Kirkuk | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 49 | |
| 13 | Al-Sinaa | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 47 | |
| 14 | Al-Kahrabaa | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 46 | |
| 15 | Karbala | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 44 | |
| 16 | Masafi Al-Wasat | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 39 | |
| 17 | Al-Karkh(R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 34 | Relegation to theIraqi First Division League |
| 18 | Al-Taji(R) | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 34 | |
| 19 | Al-Shirqat(R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 67 | −43 | 26 | |
| 20 | Al-Hudood(R) | 38 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 82 | −56 | 10 |
| Home \ Away | HUD | KAH | KAR | MIN | NFT | NJF | QWJ | SHQ | SHR | SIN | TAJ | TLB | ZWR | BGD | ERB | DUH | KRB | KRK | MAS | ZAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hudood | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Minaa | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Naft | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Najaf | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Al-Shirqat | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Al-Shorta | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Al-Sinaa | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Taji | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Talaba | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0[a] | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Al-Zawraa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Baghdad | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Erbil | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Duhok | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Karbala | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3[b] | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Kirkuk | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Masafi Al-Wasat | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
| Zakho | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hammadi Ahmed | 27 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
2 | Amjad Radhi | 23 | Erbil |
| 3 | Saeed Mohsen | 12 | Zakho |
| Hussein Karim | Duhok | ||
| 5 | Luay Salah | 11 | Erbil |
| Amjad Kalaf | Al-Shorta | ||
| Husham Mohammed | Al-Zawraa | ||
| Mohannad Abdul-Raheem | Al-Karkh /Duhok |
| Player[2] | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Karkh | 4–0 | 2 February 2012 | |
| Erbil | Al-Minaa | 4–1 | 12 February 2012 | |
| Al-Najaf | Al-Taji | 4–1 | 2 June 2012 | |
| Al-Zawraa | Al-Taji | 6–1 | 17 August 2012 |
4 Player scored 4 goals