# 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League

The 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League (known as the Fuchs Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 42nd season of the Iraqi Premier League since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2015 and concluded on 22 May 2016.
Al-Zawraa won a record 13th Iraqi Premier League title, finishing one point ahead of defending champions Naft Al-Wasat. Al-Zawraa went through all 24 matches without a single defeat: the seventh time that a team has won the league undefeated since the league's inception in 1974.

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 39 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 2 | Naft Al-Wasat | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 35 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 3 | Al-Naft | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 32 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 4 | Al-Talaba | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 27 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Al-Kahrabaa | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 16 | |
| 7 | Naft Al-Junoob | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 15 | |
| 8 | Al-Karkh | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 12 | |
| 9 | Al-Samawa | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 10 | |
| 10 | Duhok | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 7 | Relegated to Iraqi First Division League |
* ↑ Duhok withdrew from the league after 11 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | KAH | KAR | NFT | SMA | TLB | ZWR | DUH | NFJ | NFW | NFM |
| Al-Kahrabaa | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Naft | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Samawa | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Talaba | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Al-Zawraa | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Duhok | | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Naft Al-Junoob | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Naft Maysan | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
* 1 2 Duhok's results away to Naft Al-Junoob (3–1 loss) and Al-Samawa (1–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
* ↑ Duhok withdrew from the league after 11 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 33 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 2 | Al-Minaa | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 32 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 3 | Amanat Baghdad | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 30 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 4 | Al-Shorta | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 29 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 5 | Zakho | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 28 | |
| 6 | Erbil | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 23 | |
| 7 | Al-Najaf | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 23 | |
| 8 | Karbala | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 22 | |
| 9 | Al-Hudood | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 12 | |
| 10 | Al-Sinaa | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 10 | Relegated to Iraqi First Division League |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | HUD | MIN | NJF | QWJ | SHR | SIN | AMN | ERB | KRB | ZAK |
| Al-Hudood | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Minaa | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Najaf | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Amanat Baghdad | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Erbil | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Karbala | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Zakho | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ The Al-Minaa–Al-Najaf match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Minaa, as Al-Najaf did not turn up for the game.
* ↑ The Erbil–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was postponed due to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's involvement in the AFC Cup, and was later cancelled due to the result having no effect on qualification or relegation.

## Elite stage

The Elite Stage started on 2 April and finished on 22 May. Each team played each other just once.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa (C) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Naft Al-Wasat | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 14 | Qualification for the Arab Club Championship play-off round |
| 3 | Al-Talaba | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | |
| 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 9 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Al-Naft | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| 6 | Al-Minaa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 8 | |
| 7 | Al-Shorta | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | |
| 8 | Amanat Baghdad | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | |
* ↑ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.

### Results

| Home \ Away | MIN | NFT | QWJ | SHR | TLB | ZWR | AMN | NFW |
| Al-Minaa | | | 1–0 | 2–2 | | | 1–0 | |
| Al-Naft | 3–2 | | | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | | | 1–3 |
| Al-Shorta | | | | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 1–0 | | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Al-Zawraa | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | | | |
| Amanat Baghdad | | | 0–4 | | | 0–2 | | 1–2 |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 2–2 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | |
* ↑ The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hammadi Ahmed | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 12 |
| 1 | Mohannad Abdul-Raheem | Al-Zawraa | 12 |
| 3 | Omar Khribin | Al-Minaa | 10 |
| 3 | Abdul-Qadir Tariq | Al-Talaba | 10 |
| 5 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | Al-Zawraa | 9 |