2001–02 Al-Talaba SC season
The 2001–02 season, covering the period from 22 September 2001 to 17 May 2002, was Al-Talaba Sport Club's 27th consecutive season in the Iraqi Elite League, top-flight of Iraqi football. Having finished in 4th place in the previous season, Al-Talaba competed in the Iraqi Elite League, the Iraq FA Cup and the Iraqi Elite Cup.
2001–02 season | ||||
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Manager | Thair Ahmed | |||
Stadium | Al Karkh Stadium Al-Sinaa Stadium Al Shorta Stadium Al-Shaab Stadium | |||
Iraqi Elite League | 1st | |||
Iraq FA Cup | Winners | |||
Iraqi Elite Cup | Runners-up | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Sahib Abbas (18) All: Younis Mahmoud (23) | |||
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Throughout their league season, Al-Talaba were consistent in their results having won 29 matches, drawn four and lost five from the total 38 matches and scored 89 goals.[1] It was Al-Talaba's fifth league shield after a consecutive eight years since their last league title in 1992–93. In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Talaba reached the final after defeating the four teams that they faced to come up against Al-Shorta in the final where they won 1–0 after Qusay Hashim's 85th-minute goal, achieving their first double. In their third competition of the season, the 2001–02 Iraqi Elite Cup which was played in February 2002, Al-Talaba reached the final for the fourth time in their history where they lost to Al-Shorta with Mahir Habib's single goal in the 112nd minute of extra time.[2] They ended their season achieving two titles and as the runners-up of the other one.[3] They also won a friendly cup, the 2001 Baghdad Cup, with a win over Al-Zawra'a.
Players
Squad information
- As of 17 May 2002[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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1 | GK | Jameel Mahmoud | |
2 | DF | Muayad Khalid | |
3 | DF | Uday Jassim | |
4 | DF | Sadiq Saadoun | |
5 | DF | Hisham Ali | |
6 | DF | Bassim Abbas | |
7 | FW | Ahmed Salah Alwan | |
8 | MF | Habib Jafar (captain) | |
9 | FW | Abdul-Ameer Hassan | |
10 | FW | Alaa Kadhim (vice-captain) | |
11 | FW | Sabah Jeayer | |
12 | DF | Haidar Abdul-Razzaq | |
13 | DF | Bassim Abdul-Hassan | |
14 | MF | Alaa Neruz Areej | |
15 | MF | Hassan Turki Attiya | |
16 | MF | Ahmed Hassan |
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
---|---|---|---|
17 | DF | Arkan Najeeb | |
18 | FW | Ahmed Ibrahim | |
19 | FW | Sahib Abbas | |
20 | MF | Bahaa Kadhim | |
21 | GK | Saad Nassir | |
22 | MF | Fawzi Abdul-Sada | |
23 | DF | Ahmed Wali | |
25 | FW | Qusay Hashim | |
26 | MF | Mustafa Mahmoud | |
27 | GK | Akram Sabih | |
28 | FW | Younis Mahmoud | |
29 | MF | Talib Abdul-Latif | |
30 | DF | Hamza Hadi Muhsin | |
31 | FW | Muayad Joodi | |
33 | MF | Walid Ahmad |
Players In
N | Pos | Player | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
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14 | MF | Transfer | Summer | ||
19 | FW | Transfer | Summer | ||
25 | FW | Transfer | Summer | ||
26 | MF | Transfer | Summer | ||
28 | FW | Transfer | Summer | ||
22 | MF | Transfer | Winter |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Iraqi Elite League | 22 September 2001 | 17 May 2002 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 76.32 |
Iraq FA Cup | 22 October 2001 | 29 April 2002 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 77.78 |
Iraqi Elite Cup | 2 February 2002 | 10 February 2002 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 60.00 |
Total | 52 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 110 | 26 | +84 | 75.00 |
Iraqi Elite League
Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Al-Talaba (C) | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 91 | 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 86 | 29 | +57 | 85 | |
3 | Al-Shorta | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 80 | |
4 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 30 | +40 | 74 | |
5 | Al-Najaf | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 74 |
Results by round
Matches
22 September 2001 1 | Al-Talaba | 8–0 | Kirkuk | Baghdad |
Kadhim Mahomoud Jeayer |
Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium |
9 October 2001 3 | Al-Shorta | 2–1 | Al-Talaba | Baghdad |
Ridha |
Hassan |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
12 October 2001 4 | Al-Talaba | 3–0 | Diwaniya | Baghdad |
Turki |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
19 October 2001 5 | Al-Jaish | 0–3 | Al-Talaba | Baghdad |
Turki Neruz Mahmoud |
Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium |
25 October 2001 6 | Al-Talaba | 1–2 | Al-Difa'a Al-Jawi | Baghdad |
Mahmoud |
Mahmoud Khudhair |
Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium |
2 November 2001 7 | Al-Talaba | 2–1 | Erbil | Baghdad |
Abdul-Hassan Jeayer |
Nassir |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
14 November 2001 9 | Al-Zawra'a | 1–2 | Al-Talaba | Baghdad |
Mohammed |
Jeayer Mahmoud |
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium | ||
Note: This match also functioned as 2001 Baghdad Cup Final. |
4 December 2001 10 | Al-Talaba | 3–0 | Samarra | Baghdad |
Turki Jeayer Ibrahim |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
7 December 2001 12 | An Nasiriyah | 0–1 | Al-Talaba | Nasiriyah |
Jeayer |
Stadium: An Nasiriyah Stadium |
31 December 2001 11 | Al-Talaba | 4–0 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad |
Abbas Jeayer Ibrahim |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
3 January 2002 16 | Al-Ramadi | 1–0 | Al-Talaba | Ar-Ramadi |
Hamad |
Stadium: Al Ramadi Stadium |
7 January 2002 14 | Al-Talaba | 2–0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad |
Kadhim Salah |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
18 January 2002 18 | Al-Talaba | 1–0 | Al-Karkh | Baghdad |
Abbas |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
25 January 2002 19 | Duhok | 0–0 | Al-Talaba | Duhok |
Stadium: Duhok Stadium |
13 February 2002 20 | Kirkuk | 0–2 | Al-Talaba | Kirkuk |
Najib Abbas |
Stadium: Kirkuk Olympic Stadium |
16 February 2002 21 | Najaf | 0–1 | Al-Talaba | Najaf |
Kadhim |
Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium |
19 February 2002 22 | Al-Shorta | 1–3 | Al-Talaba | Baghdad |
Ahmad |
Kadhim Abbas |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
22 February 2002 23 | Al-Talaba | 4–1 | Diwaniya | Baghdad |
Kadhim Abbas Joodi Neruz |
Salih |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
25 February 2002 13 | Al-Talaba | 2–0 | Samawa | Baghdad |
Abbas Joodi |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
1 March 2002 24 | Al-Talaba | 4–0 | Al-Difa'a Al-Jawi | Baghdad |
Abbas Najib Jafar Hadi |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
4 March 2002 25 | Al-Talaba | 3–2 | Al-Jaish | Baghdad |
Kadhim Salah Hadi |
Jahid Qasim |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
8 March 2002 26 | Erbil | 0–0 | Al-Talaba | Arbil |
Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium |
15 March 2002 27 | Al-Naft | 1–4 | Al-Talaba | Baghdad |
Kadhim |
Mahmoud Abbas |
Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium |
29 March 2002 30 | Al-Talaba | 2–0 | Al-Zawra'a | Baghdad |
Jafar Kadhim |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
1 April 2002 31 | Al-Talaba | 6–1 | An Nasiriyah | Baghdad |
Abbas Hashim Abdul-Sada |
Hussein |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
4 April 2002 32 | Samawa | 0–1 | Al-Talaba | Samawa |
Abbas |
Stadium: As Samawah Stadium |
12 April 2002 33 | Al-Talaba | 1–3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad |
Ibrahim |
Dhahid Jamal |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
25 April 2002 35 | Al-Talaba | 3–0 | Ramadi | Baghdad |
Mahmoud Abbas |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
5 May 2002 17 | Al-Talaba | 5–0 | Al-Sinaa | Baghdad |
Mahmoud Jafar Turki |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
10 May 2002 37 | Al-Talaba | 2–0 | Al-Karkh | Baghdad |
Mahmoud |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
Iraq FA Cup
Round 1
November 2001 Second leg | Al-Talaba | 3–1 | Basra | Baghdad |
Abbas Mahmoud Wali |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
Round 2
November 2001 First leg | Al-Talaba | 3–1 | Salahaddin | Baghdad |
Jeayer Mahmoud Kadhim |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
November 2001 Second leg | Salahaddin | 1–2 | Al-Talaba | Tikrit |
Kadhim Jeayer |
Stadium: Tikrit Stadium |
Quarterfinal
28 January 2002 Second leg | Al-Talaba | 1–0 | Al-Difa'a Al-Jawi | Baghdad |
Mahmoud |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
Semifinal
15 April 2002 Second leg | Al-Talaba | 2–0 | Najaf | Baghdad |
Mahmoud Abbas |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
Final
29 April 2002 Final | Al-Talaba | 1–0 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
Hashim |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and Kooora Forums
Iraqi Elite Cup
Group stage
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Al-Talaba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to semifinals |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
Al-Najaf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
Matches
2 February 2002 1 | Al-Talaba | 4–2 | Al-Difa'a Al-Jawi | Baghdad |
Mahmoud Abbas |
Khudhair Nafi' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Hazim Hussein |
4 February 2002 2 | Al-Talaba | 0–0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Abdul-Hali Khudhair |
6 February 2002 3 | Al-Talaba | 1–0 | Najaf | Baghdad |
Mahmoud |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Najim Abboud |
Semifinal
8 February 2002 Semifinal | Al-Talaba | 1–0 | Al-Karkh | Baghdad |
Kadhim |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohammed Sahib |
Final
10 February 2002 Final | Al-Talaba | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
Habib |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen |
References
- "League 01-02". Iraqi Football Archive (in Arabic).
- "Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup 2001". Iraqi Football Archive (in Arabic).
- Mubarak, Hassanin (October 17, 2006). "Iraq 2001/02". RSSSF.