1996–97 Iraqi Premier League

The 1996–97 Iraqi Premier League was the 23rd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Advanced League to Iraqi Premier League. The league title was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya for the fourth time. They also won the Iraq FA Cup, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship and the Iraqi Super Cup in this season, completing the first ever domestic quadruple in Iraqi football history.[1][2]

Iraqi Premier League
Season1996–97
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(4th title)
RelegatedAl-Karkh
Al-Kadhimiya
Al-Ramadi
1998–99 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Talaba
Top goalscorerAli Hashim
(19 goals)
1995–96
(Iraqi Advanced League)

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (C)3022356324+39691998–99 Asian Club Championship
2Al-Zawraa3020737624+5267
3Al-Talaba3017945817+41601998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[a]
4Al-Najaf3018575226+2659
5Al-Shorta30121084833+1546
6Al-Mosul30127113848−1043
7Samarra30109113645−939
8Al-Minaa30910112232−1037
9Al-Naft3099123334−136
10Salahaddin30810122739−1234
11Al-Kut3087153443−931
12Al-Sinaa3078152142−2129
13Al-Sulaikh3077162645−1928
14Al-Karkh (R)3069152451−2727Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
15Al-Kadhimiya (R)3068162035−1526
16Al-Ramadi (R)30510151959−4025
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayKDHKARKUTMINMSLNFTNJFQWJRMASHRSINSLKTLBZWRSALSMR
Al-Kadhimiya0–03–00–02–10–10–20–21–11–10–01–01–11–31–02–1
Al-Karkh0–21–21–02–20–11–40–25–01–10–01–10–20–61–01–1
Al-Kut2–01–03–02–01–00–11–20–11–10–04–30–11–21–01–1
Al-Minaa1–01–12–12–00–12–10–11–00–01–01–01–11–11–00–3[a]
Al-Mosul2–14–13–22–22–10–20–34–01–01–02–10–33–23–22–1
Al-Naft3–03–31–10–00–10–10–03–11–21–23–00–20–42–22–5
Al-Najaf1–01–02–13–14–01–12–12–11–21–03–01–02–23–03–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2–12–03–03–04–12–02–15–01–23–34–11–21–00–11–0
Al-Ramadi2–12–11–11–01–10–21–10–30–40–02–21–00–40–01–1
Al-Shorta1–10–02–11–01–11–13–21–24–03–10–03–20–25–15–0
Al-Sinaa1–02–03–10–11–11–01–01–20–02–11–30–50–30–10–2
Al-Sulaikh1–01–22–12–10–00–31–31–31–12–10–00–11–20–11–0
Al-Talaba1–04–01–13–03–01–12–11–15–03–05–00–01–13–04–2
Al-Zawraa4–16–03–11–13–01–02–25–32–01–04–13–11–01–16–0
Salahaddin0–00–11–11–11–10–21–00–13–12–12–11–01–11–12–2
Samarra1–00–13–21–11–00–01–10–32–12–21–00–10–01–04–2
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Season statistics

Top scorers

PosScorerGoalsTeam
1Ali Hashim19Al-Najaf
2Sahib Abbas17Al-Zawraa
3Sabah Jeayer12Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Hat-tricks

Player[1]ForAgainstResultDate
Sahib Abbas6Al-ZawraaAl-Karkh6–018 October 1996
Naeem SaddamAl-ZawraaSamarra6–01 November 1996
Hussam FawziAl-ZawraaAl-Sulaikh3–115 November 1996
Haidar NajimAl-NajafSamarra3–014 December 1996
Sahib AbbasAl-ZawraaAl-Sinaa3–027 December 1996
Alaa KadhimAl-TalabaAl-Ramadi5–01 February 1997
Alaa KadhimAl-TalabaAl-Karkh4–08 March 1997
Mahmoud KarimAl-TalabaAl-Sinaa5–011 April 1997
Ahmed JadieaAl-KarkhAl-Ramadi5–016 April 1997
Muayad JudiAl-ZawraaAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya5–39 May 1997
Notes

6 Player scored 6 goals

References