| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 September 2016 – 10 August 2017 |
| Champions | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (6th title) |
| Relegated | Al-Karkh Erbil |
| AFC Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Zawraa |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Naft |
| Matches | 342 |
| Goals | 725 (2.12 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alaa Abdul-Zahra (23 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Al-Zawraa 6–0Karbala (16 October 2016) Al-Naft 6–0Zakho (17 May 2017) |
| Highest scoring | Al-Bahri 3–7Al-Shorta (5 March 2017) Al-Zawraa 6–4Al-Hussein (16 May 2017) |
| Longest winning run | 6 games Al-Naft Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| Longest unbeaten run | 33 games Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| Longest winless run | 27 games Al-Samawa |
| Longest losing run | 6 games Al-Bahri Al-Hussein |
2017–18 → | |
The2016–17 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic:الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2016–17) was the 43rd season of theIraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2016,[1] and ended on 10 August 2017.[2]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their sixth Premier League title, finishing four points ahead of second-placedAl-Naft and losing just one game throughout the campaign. It was the club's first league title since the2004–05 season, and their managerBasim Qasim became the first manager to win titles in two consecutive seasons with two different teams.[3][4]
Twenty teams were to compete in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from theFirst Division League. However,Erbil withdrew from the league after 12 rounds, so nineteen teams completed the season.
Al-Hussein were promoted as the leaders of the final stage after drawing 1–1 againstBrayati on 19 July 2016, atAl-Shaab Stadium, to appear for the first time in their history in the Iraqi Premier League.Al-Bahri were promoted, to appear for the seventh time in the Iraqi Premier League (the first since1990–91), as the runners-up after drawing withAl-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 2–2 on the same day atAl-Karkh Stadium.[5] They replaceDuhok, who withdrew from the last season,[6] andAl-Sinaa.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Bahri | Basra | Al-Zubair Stadium | 5,000 |
| Al-Hudood | Baghdad | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium | 6,000 |
| Al-Hussein | Baghdad | Five Thousand Stadium | 5,000 |
| Al-Kahrabaa | Baghdad | Al-Kahrabaa Stadium | 2,000 |
| Al-Karkh | Baghdad | Al-Karkh Stadium | 5,150 |
| Al-Minaa | Basra | Basra International Stadium | 65,227 |
| Al-Naft | Baghdad | Al-Naft Stadium | 3,000 |
| Al-Najaf | Najaf | Al-Najaf Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium | 6,000 |
| Al-Samawa | Samawa | Al-Samawa Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al-Shorta | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
| Al-Talaba | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
| Al-Zawraa | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
| Amanat Baghdad | Baghdad | Amanat Baghdad Stadium | 5,000 |
| Erbil | Erbil | Franso Hariri Stadium | 25,000 |
| Karbala | Karbala | Karbala International Stadium | 30,000 |
| Naft Al-Junoob | Basra | Al-Zubair Stadium | 5,000 |
| Naft Al-Wasat | Najaf | Naft Al-Wasat Stadium | 5,000 |
| Naft Maysan | Amara | Al-Maimouna Stadium | 3,000 |
| Zakho | Zakho | Zakho International Stadium | 20,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya(C) | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 81 | Qualification for theAFC Cup group stage andArab Club Champions Cup first round |
| 2 | Al-Naft | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 61 | 17 | +44 | 77 | Qualification for theArab Club Champions Cup first round |
| 3 | Al-Shorta | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 75 | |
| 4 | Al-Zawraa | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 72 | Qualification for theAFC Cup group stage[a] |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 68 | |
| 6 | Al-Minaa | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 66 | |
| 7 | Al-Talaba | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 54 | |
| 8 | Amanat Baghdad | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 51 | |
| 9 | Al-Najaf | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 49 | |
| 10 | Naft Al-Junoob | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 39 | |
| 11 | Naft Maysan | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 39 | |
| 12 | Al-Hudood | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 38 | |
| 13 | Al-Kahrabaa | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 38 | |
| 14 | Al-Bahri | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 35 | |
| 15 | Karbala | 36 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 33 | |
| 16 | Zakho | 36 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 24 | |
| 17 | Al-Hussein | 36 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 23 | |
| 18 | Al-Samawa | 36 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 22 | |
| 19 | Al-Karkh(R) | 36 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 20 | Relegation to theIraqi First Division League |
| 20 | Erbil[b](R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Home \ Away | BAH | HUD | HUS | KAH | KAR | MIN | NFT | NJF | QWJ | SMA | SHR | TLB | ZWR | AMN | ERB | KRB | NFJ | NFW | NFM | ZAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Bahri | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–7 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | ||
| Al-Hudood | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
| Al-Hussein | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| Al-Kahrabaa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
| Al-Karkh | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | –[a] | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Minaa | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
| Al-Naft | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | ||
| Al-Najaf | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | –[a] | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | –[a] | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Samawa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||
| Al-Shorta | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| Al-Talaba | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | –[a] | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |
| Al-Zawraa | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | –[a] | 6–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| Amanat Baghdad | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
| Erbil[b] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | |||||||||||||||
| Karbala | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| Naft Al-Junoob | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | –[a] | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
| Naft Maysan | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| Zakho | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3[c] | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | –[a] | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 23 | |
| 2 | Naft Al-Junoob | 18 | |
| 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 17 | |
| 4 | Al-Shorta | 15 | |
| 5 | Al-Naft | 14 | |
| Al-Talaba | |||
| Al-Karkh /Al-Naft |
| Player[8] | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Shorta | Al-Hudood | 3–2 | 26 November 2016 | |
| Al-Talaba | Al-Karkh | 3–0 | 20 December 2016 | |
| Al-Kahrabaa | Al-Karkh | 5–3 | 4 January 2017 | |
| Zakho | Al-Talaba | 3–4 | 11 January 2017 | |
| Al-Talaba | Zakho | 4–3 | 11 January 2017 | |
| Naft Al-Junoob | Al-Samawa | 3–1 | 21 January 2017 | |
| Al-Zawraa | Al-Hussein | 6–4 | 16 May 2017 | |
| Al-Naft | Zakho | 6–0 | 17 May 2017 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
| Award | Winner[9] | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season | Al-Zawraa |