| Season | 2013–14 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 October 2013 – 15 June 2014 (Season ended prematurely) |
| Champions | Not awarded |
| AFC Cup | Al-Shorta Erbil |
| Matches | 177 |
| Goals | 400 (2.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ali Salah (14 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Al-Shorta 5–0Duhok (29 November 2013) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5–0Naft Maysan (4 June 2014) |
| Biggest away win | Al-Talaba 1–5Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (9 June 2014) |
| Highest scoring | Naft Al-Junoob 2–5Naft Maysan (7 February 2014) |
| Longest winning run | 5 games Al-Shorta |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 games Al-Shorta |
| Longest winless run | 11 games Al-Najaf |
| Longest losing run | 6 games Al-Najaf |
←2012–13 (Iraqi Elite League) 2014–15 → | |
The2013–14 Iraqi Premier League was the 40th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The name of the league was changed fromIraqi Elite League toIraqi Premier League, and the season began on 29 October 2013. The situation in Iraq caused by the war withISIS began to worsen towards the end of spring 2014, with increased unrest in the country causing travel difficulties and concerns over the feasibility of scheduling the remaining fixtures, particularly with the month ofRamadan approaching.
On 18 June 2014, after the end of round 23 of 30, theIraq Football Association (IFA) announced in an official statement that it had decided to end the league at its current stage and consider the league table as final, without relegating any teams.[1] First-placedAl-Shorta and second-placedErbil would not be crowned as champions and runners-up respectively,[2][3] but would be considered as such only for the purpose of enabling admission into theAFC Cup.[4][5]
Al-Shorta's club president Ayad Bunyan described the IFA's decision as "incomplete", stating that the IFA had not done his team justice.[6] Meanwhile, Erbil's club president Abdullah Majeed accepted the IFA's decision on the basis that Al-Shorta and Erbil would both be admitted to the same continental competition for the following season.[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Shorta | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for theAFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Erbil | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 15 | +14 | 42 | |
| 3 | Baghdad | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 40 | |
| 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 37 | |
| 5 | Naft Al-Junoob | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 36 | |
| 6 | Al-Zawraa | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 33 | |
| 7 | Duhok | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Al-Talaba | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 31 | |
| 9 | Al-Naft | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 30 | |
| 10 | Zakho | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 29 | |
| 11 | Al-Minaa | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 28 | |
| 12 | Al-Karkh | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 25 | |
| 13 | Naft Maysan | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 24 | |
| 14 | Karbala | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 16 | |
| 15 | Al-Najaf | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 16 | |
| 16 | Masafi Al-Wasat | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 14 |
| Home \ Away | KAR | MIN | NFT | NJF | QWJ | SHR | TLB | ZWR | BGD | DUH | ERB | KRB | MAS | NFJ | NFM | ZAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Karkh | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||
| Al-Minaa | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||||
| Al-Naft | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||
| Al-Najaf | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |||||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |||||
| Al-Shorta | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Al-Talaba | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |||||
| Al-Zawraa | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |||||
| Baghdad | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | ||||
| Duhok | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | ||||
| Erbil | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Karbala | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | ||||
| Masafi Al-Wasat | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Naft Al-Junoob | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 4–0 | |||||
| Naft Maysan | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Zakho | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Talaba | 14 | |
| 2 | Erbil | 11 | |
| 3 | Al-Zawraa | 10 | |
| 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 9 | |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 8 | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | |||
| Duhok |