# 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League

The 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 20, 2004. The 36 teams were split into four groups. At the end of the group stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams) advanced to the Elite Stage, while the bottom three in each group were demoted to the lower division.
In the Elite Stage, the 12 teams were split into four groups of three, with teams playing home and away against each team in their group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups moved on to the two-legged semi-finals which determined who played for the championship game; a single match held in Baghdad. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their fifth Premier League title with a 2–0 victory over Al-Minaa.

## Group stage
### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 31 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 2 | Duhok | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 29 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 3 | Erbil | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 24 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 4 | Zakho | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 24 | |
| 5 | Kirkuk | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 20 | |
| 6 | Sirwan | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 19 | |
| 7 | Peris | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 18 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 8 | Sulaymaniya | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 15 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 9 | Al-Mosul | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 10 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | PRS | MSL | QWJ | DUH | ERB | KIR | SRW | SUL | ZAK |
| Peris | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Mosul | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Duhok | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Erbil | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Kirkuk | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 |
| Sirwan | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Sulaymaniya | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Zakho | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
* ↑ The Peris–Al-Mosul match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Peris, as Al-Mosul did not turn up for the game.

### Euphrates Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 9 | +37 | 40 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 2 | Al-Najaf | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 7 | +26 | 37 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 3 | Karbala | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 28 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 4 | Al-Sinaa | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 24 | |
| 5 | Al-Jaish | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 18 | |
| 6 | Al-Kadhimiya | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 16 | |
| 7 | Al-Estiqlal | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 16 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 8 | Al-Shuala | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 37 | −23 | 10 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 9 | Babil | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 37 | −24 | 10 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | EST | JSH | KDH | NJF | SHL | SIN | ZWR | BBL | KRB |
| Al-Estiqlal | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Al-Jaish | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Kadhimiya | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Al-Najaf | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Al-Shuala | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | | 0–4 | 0–7 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Al-Sinaa | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Al-Zawraa | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 6–0 | 3–1 |
| Babil | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 1–1 |
| Karbala | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
* ↑ The Al-Shuala–Al-Estiqlal match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shuala due to Al-Estiqlal's players leaving the field on 83 minutes while losing 2–1.

### Central Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Talaba | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 28 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 2 | Al-Naft | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 27 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 3 | Al-Karkh | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 27 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 4 | Al-Kahrabaa | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 26 | |
| 5 | Diyala | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 25 | |
| 6 | Samarra | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 23 | |
| 7 | Balad | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 21 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 8 | Al-Ramadi | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 16 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 9 | Salahaddin | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 41 | −35 | 4 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | KAH | KKH | NFT | RAM | TLB | BLD | DIY | SAL | SMR |
| Al-Kahrabaa | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| Al-Karkh | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Ramadi | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Balad | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Diyala | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Salahaddin | 2–7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| Samarra | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
* ↑ The Balad–Al-Kahrabaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Kahrabaa due to security guards calling off the match on 88 minutes while Al-Kahrabaa were winning 2–0.

### South Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Minaa | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 29 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 2 | Al-Kut | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 26 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 3 | Al-Shorta | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 24 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 4 | Al-Samawa | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 21 | |
| 5 | Maysan | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 20 | |
| 6 | Naft Al-Junoob | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 16 | |
| 7 | Al-Nasiriya | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 9 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 8 | Al-Basra | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 8 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 9 | Al-Diwaniya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
* ↑ Al-Diwaniya withdrew from the league after eight matches, with their results being annulled.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BSR | DIW | KUT | MIN | NAS | SMA | SHR | MSN | NFJ |
| Al-Basra | | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Diwaniya | – | | | | | | – | | – |
| Al-Kut | 2–0 | – | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Al-Minaa | 4–0 | – | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Al-Nasiriya | 1–1 | – | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Al-Samawa | 5–0 | – | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Shorta | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Maysan | 2–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 |
| Naft Al-Junoob | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | |
* ↑ Al-Diwaniya withdrew from the league after eight matches, with their results being annulled.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Al-Diwaniya's results against Al-Minaa (2–0 loss), Maysan (1–0 loss), Al-Basra (0–0 draw), Al-Samawa (2–1 loss), Naft Al-Junoob (3–0 loss), Al-Kut (2–2 draw), Al-Shorta (2–1 loss) and Al-Nasiriya (3–2 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
* ↑ The Al-Nasiriya–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Nasiriya, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.
* ↑ The Al-Samawa–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Samawa, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.
* ↑ The Al-Shorta–Al-Nasiriya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Nasiriya did not turn up for the game.

## Elite stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIN | KRB | DUH |
| 1 | Al-Minaa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Qualified to Semi-finals | | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Karbala | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | | 0–2 | | 1–1 |
| 3 | Duhok | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | | 3–1 | 1–4 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TLB | NFT | KKH |
| 1 | Al-Talaba | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 8 | Qualified to Semi-finals | | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Al-Naft | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | | 0–1 | | 3–2 |
| 3 | Al-Karkh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZWR | NJF | SHR |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Qualified to Semi-finals | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Al-Najaf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 | | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| 3 | Al-Shorta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | QWJ | ERB | KUT |
| 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Qualified to Semi-finals | | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Erbil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | | 1–0 | | 4–0 |
| 3 | Al-Kut | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | |

## Golden stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Al-Zawraa | Al-Zawraa | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Al-Minaa | Al-Minaa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Al-Minaa | Al-Minaa | 1 | 0 | 1 | Al-Minaa | Al-Minaa | 0 |
| | | | | | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1 | 2 | 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2 |
| Al-Talaba | Al-Talaba | 0 | 2 | 2 | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | | | | Al-Zawraa | Al-Zawraa | 1 (1) |
| | | | | | Al-Talaba (p) | Al-Talaba (p) | 1 (4) |

### Semi-finals
#### Second legs

Al-Minaa won 1–0 on aggregate
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 3–2 on aggregate

### Third place match

| Al-Zawraa | Al-Talaba |
Ahmad Ali :
| DF | 2 | Haidar Mahmoud (c) |
| DF | 5 | Haidar Abdul-Qadir | | 82' |
| DF | 25 | Hussein Abdul-Wahed |
| DF | 4 | Haidar Abdul-Amir |
| MF | 23 | Mohammed Ali |
| MF | 9 | Ahmad Abdul-Jabar | 25' |
| MF | 24 | Wissam Zaki | | 90' |
| MF | 16 | Mohannad Nassir |
| FW | 7 | Muslim Mubarak |
| FW | 19 | Abbas Hassan | | 73' |
| Substitutions: ||||
| FW | 11 | Alaa Abdul-Sattar | | 73' |
| MF | 18 | Haitham Kadhim | | 82' |
| MF | 10 | Haidar Sabah | | 90' |
| Manager: ||||
| Mohammed Hussein Nasrallah ||||
Noor Sabri :
| DF | 12 | Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (c) |
| DF | 24 | Azhar Tahar |
| DF | 17 | Ali Noaman | 60' |
| MF | 14 | Alaa Nayrouz |
| MF | 7 | Ali Abbas |
| MF | 29 | Abbas Jafar | | 72' |
| MF | 18 | Mahdi Karim | | 74' |
| FW | 11 | Yassir Abdul-Razzaq |
| FW | 9 | Mohammed Nasser Shakroun |
| FW | 32 | Ahmed Salah |
| Substitutions: ||||
| MF | 29 | Bassim Abdul-Hassan | | 72' |
| FW | 18 | Alaa Kadhim | | 74' |
| Manager: ||||
| Thair Ahmed ||||

### Final

| Al-Minaa | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Saddam Salman :
| DF | 4 | Emad Aoda (c) |
| DF | 15 | Sattar Jabbar | 27' |
| DF | 13 | Alaa Abdul-Hussein | 74' |
| DF | 21 | Sajjad Abdul-Kadhim |
| MF | 17 | Qais Essa |
| MF | 7 | Ghazi Fahad | 37' | 73' |
| MF | 14 | Nawaf Salal |
| MF | 25 | Nawaf Falah | | 77' |
| FW | 30 | Osama Shayyal | | 70' |
| FW | 9 | Nasser Tallaa |
| Substitutions: ||||
| FW | 8 | Mukhlas Abdul-Sattar | | 70' |
| MF | 12 | Ahmed Hassan | | 73' |
| FW | 10 | Ammar Hussein | 82' | 77' |
| Manager: ||||
| Abdul-Karim Jassim ||||
Wissam Gassid :
| DF | 3 | Mukhlad Ali |
| DF | 5 | Ali Rehema |
| DF | 6 | Haidar Rahim |
| DF | 4 | Fareed Majeed | 17' |
| MF | 11 | Ali Khudhair |
| MF | 8 | Hussein Saddam | | 88' |
| MF | 20 | Ghanim Khudhair | | 60' |
| MF | 10 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | | 80' |
| FW | 7 | Luay Salah |
| FW | 9 | Waleed Dhahid (c) |
| Substitutions: ||||
| MF | 17 | Alaa Abdul-Wahid | | 60' |
| MF | 13 | Humam Saleh | | 80' |
| MF | 34 | Mohanad Mohammed Ali | | 88' |
| Manager: ||||
| Sabah Abdul-Jalil ||||

## Season statistics
### Top four positions

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | Eff | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 23 | 47 | 68.1% | 2006 AFC Champions League |
| 2 | Al-Minaa | 21 | 42 | 66.7% | 2006 AFC Champions League |
| 3 | Al-Talaba | 23 | 38 | 55.1% | 2005–06 Arab Champions League |
| 4 | Al-Zawraa | 23 | 50 | 72.5% | 2005–06 Arab Champions League |

### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Mustafa Karim | 16 | Al-Kahrabaa |
| 2 | Ali Mohammed | 12 | Al-Najaf |
| 3 | Mohammed Kalaf | 10 | Al-Naft |
| 3 | Abbas Hassan | 10 | Al-Zawraa |
| 5 | Khalid Harbi | 9 | Al-Nasiriya |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Sahib Abbas | Karbala | Al-Shuala | 3–1 | 21 October 2004 |
| Alaa Kadhim | Al-Talaba | Balad | 4–2 | 29 October 2004 |
| Samer Saeed | Erbil | Sulaymaniya | 5–0 | 27 December 2004 |
| Ayad Shaalan | Al-Sinaa | Al-Shuala | 3–0 | 13 January 2005 |
| Mustafa Karim$^4$ | Al-Kahrabaa | Salahaddin | 6–0 | 18 January 2005 |
| Ali Mohammed | Al-Najaf | Babil | 4–0 | 21 January 2005 |
| Khalid Harbi | Al-Nasiriya | Al-Basra | 4–2 | 17 February 2005 |
| Mushtaq Kadhim | Al-Naft | Balad | 5–1 | 18 February 2005 |
| Mustafa Karim$^5$ | Al-Kahrabaa | Salahaddin | 7–2 | 15 April 2005 |
| Ihssan Hadi | Duhok | Erbil | 3–0 | 18 April 2005 |
| Waleed Jawad | Balad | Salahaddin | 5–0 | 1 May 2005 |
| Hussein Ridha | Karbala | Duhok | 4–1 | 2 July 2005 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals $^5$ Player scored 5 goals