2013–14 Iraqi Premier League Explained

Season:2013–14
Competition:Iraqi Premier League
Dates:
(Season ended prematurely)
Winners:Not awarded
Continentalcup1:AFC Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Al-Shorta
Erbil
League Topscorer:Ali Salah
(14 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Al-Shorta 5–0 Duhok
(29 November 2013)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 5–0 Naft Maysan
(4 June 2014)
Biggest Away Win:Al-Talaba 1–5 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
(9 June 2014)
Highest Scoring:Naft Al-Junoob 2–5 Naft Maysan
(7 February 2014)
Longest Wins:5 games
Al-Shorta
Longest Unbeaten:13 games
Al-Shorta
Longest Winless:11 games
Al-Najaf
Longest Losses:6 games
Al-Najaf
Matches:177
Total Goals:400
Update:complete
Prevseason:2012–13
(Iraqi Elite League)
Nextseason:2014–15

The 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League was the 40th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Elite League to Iraqi Premier League, and the season began on 29 October 2013. The situation in Iraq caused by the war with ISIS 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 of Ramadan approaching.

On 18 June 2014, after the end of round 23 of 30, the Iraq 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-placed Al-Shorta and second-placed Erbil 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 the AFC Cup.[4] [5]

League table

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ali SalahAl-Talaba14
2 Amjad RadhiErbil11
3 Marwan HusseinAl-Zawraa10
4 Hammadi AhmedAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya9
5 Khodor SalameNaft Maysan8
Omar KhribinAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Mohannad Abdul-RaheemDuhok

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: اتحاد الكرة ينهي رسميا مسابقة الدوري الممتاز بكرة القدم . Buratha News Agency . 18 June 2014.
  2. Web site: اتحاد الكرة : اعلان انتهاء الدوري لايعني اعلان الشرطة بطلا له . Iraq FPG . 18 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140622065845/http://www.iraqfpg.com:80/Docs.ArabicViewer/efac38cc-ccd1-4835-b708-04e6abf56fcc/Default.aspx . 22 June 2014 . dead.
  3. Web site: رئيس اتحاد الكرة: الشرطة ليس بطلا للدوري الممتاز . Karbala News . 18 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211220202857/http://fromkarbalanews.com/4923-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%20%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9:%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A9%20%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%20%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%20%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2.html . 20 December 2021 .
  4. Web site: الاتحاد الكروي يكتفي بتسمية نادي الشرطة بطلا للدوري الممتاز على المستوى الخارجي فقط . Al-Forat News . 18 June 2014.
  5. Web site: AFC Cup 2015: The contenders... . . 11 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160521122959/http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2014/afc-cup-2015-the-contenders . 21 May 2016 . dead.