# 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League

The 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League kicked off on 22 September 2001 and ended on 17 May 2002. Al-Talaba won their fifth league title, finishing six points ahead of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and eleven ahead of Al-Shorta. They also won the Iraq FA Cup that season to complete the double, and reached the final of the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship.

## League table

| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 6 | Erbil | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 72 | |
| 7 | Duhok | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 70 | |
| 8 | Al-Karkh | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 54 | |
| 9 | Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 50 | |
| 10 | Al-Minaa | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 49 | |
| 11 | Al-Jaish | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 48 | |
| 12 | Al-Samawa | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 42 | |
| 13 | Al-Naft | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 37 | |
| 14 | Samarra | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 35 | |
| 15 | Al-Nasiriya | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 76 | −42 | 35 | |
| 16 | Al-Sinaa | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 32 | |
| 17 | Kirkuk | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 32 | |
| 18 | Al-Kadhimiya (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 30 | Relegation to the Iraqi Second Division League |
| 19 | Al-Ramadi (R) | 38 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 73 | −47 | 28 | Relegation to the Iraqi Second Division League |
| 20 | Al-Diwaniya (R) | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 80 | −49 | 26 | Relegation to the Iraqi Second Division League |
* ↑ 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

| Home \ Away | DIF | DIW | JSH | KAD | KAR | MIN | NFT | NJF | NAS | QWJ | RAM | SMA | SHR | SIN | TLB | ZWR | DUH | ERB | KIR | SMR |
| Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Al-Diwaniya | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Al-Jaish | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Al-Kadhimiya | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Al-Minaa | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Naft | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Najaf | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Al-Nasiriya | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | | 6–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Ramadi | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Samawa | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 0–0 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 7–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 3–0 |
| Al-Zawraa | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Duhok | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Erbil | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Kirkuk | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Samarra | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Hashim Ridha | 32 | Al-Shorta |
| 2 | Hussein Abdullah | 29 | Duhok |
| 3 | Ahmed Khudhair | 23 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 4 | Nasser Tallaa | 21 | Al-Minaa |
| 5 | Haidar Ayed | 20 | Al-Nasiriya |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Ahmed Khudhair | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Sinaa | 4–1 | 22 September 2001 |
| Younis Mahmoud | Al-Talaba | Kirkuk | 8–0 | 22 September 2001 |
| Sabah Jeayer | Al-Talaba | Kirkuk | 8–0 | 22 September 2001 |
| Hashim Ridha$^4$ | Al-Shorta | Samarra | 7–0 | 27 September 2001 |
| Hassan Turki | Al-Talaba | Al-Diwaniya | 3–0 | 12 October 2001 |
| Dhurgham Ali | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Kirkuk | 7–1 | 12 October 2001 |
| Hashim Ridha$^4$ | Al-Shorta | Al-Samawa | 4–0 | 29 October 2001 |
| Jumaa Khudhair | Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | Al-Sinaa | 5–1 | 16 November 2001 |
| Hussein Abdullah | Duhok | Al-Jaish | 5–0 | 21 December 2001 |
| Ahmed Khudhair | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Samawa | 4–1 | 3 January 2002 |
| Ali Raja | Al-Karkh | Samarra | 4–2 | 11 January 2002 |
| Arkan Mahmoud$^4$ | Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | Al-Diwaniya | 5–1 | 11 January 2002 |
| Majid Abbas | Al-Diwaniya | Al-Jaish | 3–1 | 18 January 2002 |
| Hussein Abdullah | Duhok | Samarra | 3–3 | 18 January 2002 |
| Hussam Fawzi | Al-Zawraa | Al-Ramadi | 6–0 | 16 February 2002 |
| Amer Mushraf | Al-Shorta | Al-Diwaniya | 8–1 | 11 March 2002 |
| Hashim Ridha | Al-Shorta | Al-Diwaniya | 8–1 | 11 March 2002 |
| Sahib Abbas | Al-Talaba | Al-Naft | 4–1 | 15 March 2002 |
| Hamid Qasim | Al-Jaish | Al-Ramadi | 3–1 | 29 March 2002 |
| Qusay Hashim | Al-Talaba | Al-Nasiriya | 6–1 | 1 April 2002 |
| Ihsan Hadi | Al-Minaa | Al-Ramadi | 5–1 | 12 April 2002 |
| Hussam Fawzi$^4$ | Al-Zawraa | Al-Samawa | 6–0 | 19 April 2002 |
| Aqil Mutaab | Al-Karkh | Al-Naft | 5–1 | 19 April 2002 |
| Faris Hameed | Al-Jaish | Al-Shorta | 3–3 | 3 May 2002 |
| Ahmed Owaid | Al-Najaf | Erbil | 5–0 | 3 May 2002 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals