# 2001–02 Al-Talaba SC season

The 2001–02 season, covering the period from 22 September 2001 to 17 May 2002, was Al-Talaba Sport Club's 27th consecutive season in the Iraqi Elite League, top-flight of Iraqi football. Having finished in 4th place in the previous season, Al-Talaba competed in the Iraqi Elite League, the Iraq FA Cup and the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship.
Throughout their league season, Al-Talaba were consistent in their results having won 29 matches, drawn four and lost five from the total 38 matches and scored 89 goals. It was Al-Talaba's fifth league shield after nine years since their last league title in 1992–93. In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Talaba reached the final after defeating the four teams that they faced to come up against Al-Shorta in the final where they won 1–0 after Qusay Hashim's 85th-minute goal, achieving their first double. In their third competition of the season, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship which was played in February 2002, Al-Talaba reached the final for the fourth time in their history where they lost to Al-Shorta with Mahir Habib's single goal in the 112th minute of extra time. They ended their season achieving two titles and as the runners-up of the other one. They were also awarded the Baghdad Day Cup title for their 2–1 league win over Al-Zawra'a which was played on Baghdad Day (14 November).

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 17 May 2002
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Jameel Mahmoud |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Muayad Khalid |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Uday Jassim |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Sadiq Saadoun |
| 5 | DF | IRQ | Hisham Ali |
| 6 | DF | IRQ | Bassim Abbas |
| 7 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Salah Alwan |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Habib Jafar (captain) |
| 9 | FW | IRQ | Abdul-Ameer Hassan |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Alaa Kadhim (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | IRQ | Sabah Jeayer |
| 12 | DF | IRQ | Haidar Abdul-Razzaq |
| 13 | DF | IRQ | Bassim Abdul-Hassan |
| 14 | MF | IRQ | Alaa Neruz Areej |
| 15 | MF | IRQ | Hassan Turki Attiya |
| 16 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Hassan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | IRQ | Arkan Najeeb |
| 18 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Ibrahim |
| 19 | FW | IRQ | Sahib Abbas |
| 20 | MF | IRQ | Bahaa Kadhim |
| 21 | GK | IRQ | Saad Nasser |
| 22 | MF | IRQ | Fawzi Abdul-Sada |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Wali |
| 25 | FW | IRQ | Qusay Hashim |
| 26 | MF | IRQ | Mustafa Mahmoud |
| 27 | GK | IRQ | Akram Sabih |
| 28 | FW | IRQ | Younis Mahmoud |
| 29 | MF | IRQ | Talib Abdul-Latif |
| 30 | DF | IRQ | Hamza Hadi Muhsin |
| 31 | FW | IRQ | Muayad Joodi |
| 33 | MF | IRQ | Walid Ahmad |

### Players In

| N | Pos | Player | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| 14 | MF | Alaa Neruz Areej | Al-Mina'a | Transfer | Summer |
| 19 | FW | Sahib Abbas Hassan | Nejmeh | Transfer | Summer |
| 25 | FW | Qusay Hashim | Al-Shaab Ibb | Transfer | Summer |
| 26 | MF | Mustafa Mahmoud | Al-Jaish | Transfer | Summer |
| 28 | FW | Younis Mahmoud | Kirkuk | Transfer | Summer |
| 22 | MF | Fawzi Abdul-Sada | Al-Sinaa | Transfer | Winter |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Iraqi Elite League | 22 September 2001 | 17 May 2002 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 076.32 |
| Iraq FA Cup | 22 October 2001 | 29 April 2002 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 077.78 |
| Umm al-Ma'arik Championship | 2 February 2002 | 10 February 2002 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 52 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 110 | 26 | +84 | 075.00 |

### Iraqi Elite League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Talaba (C) | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 18 | +71 | 91 | 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 86 | 29 | +57 | 85 | |
| 3 | Al-Shorta | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 86 | 36 | +50 | 80 | |
| 4 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 30 | +40 | 74 | |
| 5 | Al-Najaf | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 74 | |
* ↑ Al-Zawraa had earned continental qualification by winning the previous season's league title, so with Iraq being given two slots for the AFC Champions League, Al-Zawraa were admitted to the qualifying round and Al-Talaba (who also won the Iraq FA Cup) entered the group stage.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W |

##### Matches

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

### Iraq FA Cup
#### Final

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and Kooora Forums

### Umm al-Ma'arik Championship
#### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Al-Talaba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to semifinals |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to semifinals |
| Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| Al-Najaf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |

#### Final

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation