2011–12 Iraqi Elite League

The 2011–12 Iraqi Elite League (known as the Asiacell Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The season began on 29 October 2011 and ended on 20 August 2012. It was played in a home-and-away round-robin format for the first time since the 2002–03 season.

Iraqi Elite League
Season2011–12
ChampionsErbil
(4th title)
RelegatedAl-Karkh
Al-Taji
Al-Shirqat
Al-Hudood
AFC CupErbil
Duhok
UAFA Club CupAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Matches played380
Goals scored839 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerHammadi Ahmed
(27 goals)
Biggest home winErbil 5–0 Al-Taji
(22 February 2012)
Duhok 5–0 Al-Shirqat
(2 March 2012)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5–0 Al-Shirqat
(19 June 2012)
Biggest away winAl-Hudood 0–6 Al-Zawraa
(7 April 2012)
Al-Shirqat 0–6 Duhok
(10 August 2012)
Highest scoringAl-Hudood 4–4 Al-Taji
(25 April 2012)
Longest winning run7 games
Erbil
Longest unbeaten run30 games
Erbil
Longest winless run26 games
Al-Hudood
Longest losing run9 games
Al-Hudood

Erbil won their fourth league title, earning 83 points from 38 games and losing just one match. Duhok finished as runners-up with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in third place.[1]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Erbil (C)38231416522+4383Qualification for the AFC Cup
2Duhok38211345721+3676
3Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya38211166123+3874Qualification for the UAFA Club Cup
4Al-Talaba38191184529+1668
5Zakho38151675336+1761
6Baghdad381612104126+1560
7Al-Shorta381611114537+859
8Al-Zawraa381511125435+1956
9Al-Najaf381216104041−152
10Al-Naft381215113937+251
11Al-Minaa381311144044−450
12Kirkuk381310153847−949
13Al-Sinaa381017112933−447
14Al-Kahrabaa381210165156−546
15Karbala381014143844−644
16Masafi Al-Wasat38912172444−2039
17Al-Karkh (R)38810203249−1734Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
18Al-Taji (R)38616163766−2934
19Al-Shirqat (R)3875262467−4326
20Al-Hudood (R)3817302682−5610
Source: Goalzz
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Al-Hudood1–21–10–22–12–20–41–20–20–14–40–20–60–21–21–32–20–11–11–2
Al-Kahrabaa2–14–01–21–11–10–11–02–10–22–21–12–13–20–32–01–11–00–11–3
Al-Karkh1–01–11–10–10–20–41–00–02–32–00–13–10–11–11–23–00–11–21–1
Al-Minaa3–02–32–00–01–12–02–01–20–03–02–12–11–01–40–31–03–30–10–0
Al-Naft2–01–10–01–11–21–23–01–20–03–11–01–00–01–11–11–23–30–01–1
Al-Najaf0–02–12–11–10–10–03–10–00–04–13–11–02–10–41–02–11–20–10–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–12–14–22–13–03–05–02–01–01–00–21–11–00–00–13–24–03–03–0
Al-Shirqat2–01–21–21–10–11–10–20–21–02–10–20–01–10–10–63–12–10–00–2
Al-Shorta1–03–11–03–03–03–10–01–02–11–11–23–20–11–50–12–10–01–02–0
Al-Sinaa4–20–01–00–01–00–02–12–10–01–10–12–30–30–10–00–01–00–01–1
Al-Taji3–32–12–10–02–20–00–03–21–00–01–21–60–00–02–20–02–12–01–1
Al-Talaba2–03–20–21–20–10–00–03–0[a]2–11–01–12–10–31–10–00–02–02–22–1
Al-Zawraa1–02–12–12–11–01–11–12–02–11–05–20–11–00–00–00–04–00–01–2
Baghdad2–03–20–00–12–12–01–02–00–02–21–00–01–10–00–12–01–01–02–2
Erbil1–03–21–03–02–13–11–11–00–02–05–02–11–03–32–21–00–02–12–1
Duhok4–01–01–03–11–12–10–05–01–13–01–00–12–12–01–11–01–00–01–1
Karbala2–11–13–12–01–21–20–02–02–21–13–00–30–3[b]1–01–01–13–02–01–1
Kirkuk4–11–11–11–00–11–11–01–04–11–11–01–11–00–21–20–21–11–02–1
Masafi Al-Wasat1–00–30–12–01–31–12–32–10–00–12–00–11–10–00–41–00–01–31–3
Zakho2–04–11–11–00–02–11–11–23–22–23–10–00–01–00–01–23–02–03–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Season statistics

Top scorers

PosScorerGoalsTeam
1
Hammadi Ahmed
27
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2
Amjad Radhi
23
Erbil
3Saeed Mohsen12Zakho
Hussein KarimDuhok
5Luay Salah11Erbil
Amjad KalafAl-Shorta
Husham MohammedAl-Zawraa
Mohannad Abdul-RaheemAl-Karkh / Duhok

Hat-tricks

Player[2]ForAgainstResultDate
Hammadi Ahmed4Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Karkh4–02 February 2012
Amjad RadhiErbilAl-Minaa4–112 February 2012
Haider AbdulelahAl-NajafAl-Taji4–12 June 2012
Marwan HusseinAl-ZawraaAl-Taji6–117 August 2012
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

References