2019–20 Iraqi Premier League Explained

Competition:Iraqi Premier League
Season:2019–20
Winners:N/A (season cancelled)
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2019–20) was the 46th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 18 September 2019 in a double round-robin format, but was postponed after 23 October 2019 due to the 2019–2020 Iraqi protests with matches from the first four rounds having been played.[1]

On 25 January 2020, with the withdrawal of five of the 20 teams that started the season, the Iraq Football Association (IFA) decided to annul the results of all the matches that had been played so far and not to relegate any teams at the end of the season. The league was restarted on 16 February 2020 as a single round-robin tournament.[2]

Matches from the first five rounds of the restarted season were played, but the season was postponed after 10 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was officially cancelled on 3 June 2020.[3] The results of the 2018–19 season were used to determine the teams that qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League.[4]

Teams

TeamManagerLocationStadiumCapacity
Al-Hudood Mudhafar JabbarBaghdadAl-Taji Stadium5,000
Al-Kahrabaa Abbas AttiyaBaghdadAl-Taji Stadium5,000
Al-Minaa Valeriu TițaBasraAl-Fayhaa Stadium10,000
Al-Naft Yahya AlwanBaghdadAl-Naft Stadium3,000
Al-Najaf Hassan AhmedNajafAl-Najaf Stadium12,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Ayoub OdishoBaghdadAl-Shaab Stadium34,200
Al-Shorta Abdul-Ghani ShahadBaghdadAl-Shaab Stadium34,200
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Adel NimaBaghdadAl-Sinaa Stadium10,000
Al-Talaba Ahmed KhalafBaghdadAl-Shaab Stadium34,200
Al-Zawraa Basim QasimBaghdadAl-Shaab Stadium34,200
Amanat Baghdad Essam HamadBaghdadAmanat Baghdad Stadium5,000
Erbil Rodion GačaninErbilFranso Hariri Stadium25,000
Naft Al-Junoob Ammar HusseinBasraAl-Fayhaa Stadium10,000
Naft Al-Wasat Radhi ShenaishilNajafKarbala International Stadium30,000
Naft Maysan Ahmed DahamAmaraMaysan Olympic Stadium25,000
Withdrawn teams: Al-Diwaniya, Al-Karkh, Al-Qasim, Al-Samawa, Zakho

Original season

League table at abandonment

Results

Restarted season

League table at abandonment

Statistics

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks.

Player For !Against Result Date
3–0 (A)[5]
Notes(A) – Away team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Season dates. TheBaghdadPost. 15 July 2019.
  2. Web site: League draw. IQ-Pro. 27 January 2020.
  3. Web site: League cancelled. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603135845/https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/06/03/477638/. dead. June 3, 2020. Al-Maalomah. 3 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Vice-chairman of the Iraq FA normalisation committee Shamel Kamel in dialogue with Al-Mada Paper. Al-Mada Paper. 1 July 2020.
  5. Web site: Iraqi Premier League 2019/2020 All Fixtures. Goalzz. Kooora.com. 22 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons. Soccer Iraq. 29 June 2020. 30 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220730195155/https://socceriraq.net/domestic-seasons/. dead.