2011–12 Iraqi Elite League

The 2011–12 Iraqi Elite League (known officially as the Asiacell Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier Division to Iraqi Elite League. The season began on 29 October 2011. Erbil won their fourth league title, losing just one match all season.[1]

Iraqi Premier League

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 played	380
Top goalscorer	Hammadi Ahmad (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Erbil 5–0 Al-Taji (22 February 2012) Duhok 5–0 Al-Shirqat (2 March 2012)
Biggest away win	Al-Hudood 0–6 Al-Zawraa (7 April 2012)
Highest scoring	Al-Zawraa 5–2 Al-Taji (14 March 2012)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Name changes

• Al-Masafi renamed to Masafi Al-Wasat.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Erbil (C)	38	23	14	1	65	22	+43	83	2013 AFC Cup
2	Duhok	38	21	13	4	57	21	+36	76
3	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	38	21	11	6	61	23	+38	74	2012–13 UAFA 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	Karbalaa	38	10	14	14	38	44	−6	44
16	Masafi Al-Wasat	38	9	12	17	24	44	−20	39
17	Al-Karkh	38	8	10	20	32	49	−17	34	Relegated to Iraq Division One
18	Al-Taji	38	6	16	16	37	66	−29	34
19	Al-Shirqat	38	7	5	26	24	67	−43	26
20	Al-Hudood	38	1	7	30	26	82	−56	10

Source: Goalzz
(C) Champion.

Results

Home \ Away	HUD	KAH	KAR	MAS	MIN	NFT	QWJ	SHQ	SHR	SIN	TAJ	TLB	ZWR	ERB	BAG	DUH	KRB	KRK	NJF	ZAK
Al-Hudood		1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–1	4–4	0–2	0–6	1–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–2
Al-Kahrabaa	2–1		4–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3
Al-Karkh	1–0	1–1		1–2	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–1
Masafi Al-Wasat	1–0	0–3	0–1		2–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–3
Al-Minaa	3–0	2–3	2–0	0–1		0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–3	1–1	0–0
Al-Naft	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–1	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	3–0		5–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	4–0	3–0	3–0
Al-Shirqat	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2		0–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–6	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–2
Al-Shorta	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–5	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0
Al-Sinaa	4–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		1–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Al-Taji	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0		1–2	1–6	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1
Al-Talaba	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–0[lower-alpha 1]	2–1	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1
Al-Zawraa	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	5–2	0–1		0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–2
Erbil	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–0		3–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1
Baghdad	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2
Duhok	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Karbalaa	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–3[lower-alpha 2]	1–0	1–0	1–1		3–0	1–2	1–1
Kirkuk	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1		1–1	2–1
Al-Najaf	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2		0–0
Zakho	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–1

Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The Al-Talaba–Al-Shirqat match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Talaba, as Al-Shirqat did not turn up for the game.
2. The Karbalaa–Al-Zawraa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Zawraa, as Karbalaa did not turn up for the game.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Hammadi Ahmad	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

Hat-tricks

Player name[2]	Scored for	Scored against	Goals	Result	Date of match
Hammadi Ahmad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Karkh	4	4–0	2 February 2012
Amjad Radhi	Erbil	Al-Minaa	3	4–1	12 February 2012
Haider Abdulelah	Al-Najaf	Al-Taji	3	4–1	2 June 2012
Marwan Hussein	Al-Zawraa	Al-Taji	3	6–1	17 August 2012

References

1. "Iraqi League 2011–2012". Goalzz.
2. "Iraqi Premier League 2011/2012 All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

External links

• Iraqi Football Website