# 2011–12 Iraqi Elite League

The 2011–12 Iraqi Elite League (known as the Asiacell Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th season of the competition since its establishment in 1974. The season began on 29 October 2011 and ended on 20 August 2012. It was played in a home-and-away round-robin format for the first time since the 2002–03 season.
Erbil won their fourth league title, earning 83 points from 38 games and losing just one match. Duhok finished as runners-up with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in third place.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Erbil (C) | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 83 | Qualification for the AFC Cup |
| 2 | Duhok | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 76 | Qualification for the AFC Cup |
| 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 61 | 23 | +38 | 74 | Qualification for the UAFA Club Cup |
| 4 | Al-Talaba | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 68 | |
| 5 | Zakho | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 61 | |
| 6 | Baghdad | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 60 | |
| 7 | Al-Shorta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 59 | |
| 8 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 56 | |
| 9 | Al-Najaf | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 52 | |
| 10 | Al-Naft | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 51 | |
| 11 | Al-Minaa | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 50 | |
| 12 | Kirkuk | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 49 | |
| 13 | Al-Sinaa | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 47 | |
| 14 | Al-Kahrabaa | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 46 | |
| 15 | Karbala | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 44 | |
| 16 | Masafi Al-Wasat | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 39 | |
| 17 | Al-Karkh (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 34 | Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 18 | Al-Taji (R) | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 34 | Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 19 | Al-Shirqat (R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 67 | −43 | 26 | Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 20 | Al-Hudood (R) | 38 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 82 | −56 | 10 | Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | HUD | KAH | KAR | MIN | NFT | NJF | QWJ | SHQ | SHR | SIN | TAJ | TLB | ZWR | BGD | ERB | DUH | KRB | KRK | MAS | ZAK |
| Al-Hudood | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Minaa | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Naft | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Najaf | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Al-Shirqat | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Al-Shorta | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Taji | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Al-Zawraa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Baghdad | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Erbil | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Duhok | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Karbala | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Kirkuk | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Masafi Al-Wasat | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–3 |
| Zakho | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
* ↑ The Al-Talaba–Al-Shirqat match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Talaba, as Al-Shirqat did not turn up for the game.
* ↑ The Karbala–Al-Zawraa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Zawraa, as Karbala did not turn up for the game.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Hammadi Ahmed | 27 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 2 | Amjad Radhi | 23 | Erbil |
| 3 | Saeed Mohsen | 12 | Zakho |
| 3 | Hussein Karim | 12 | Duhok |
| 5 | Luay Salah | 11 | Erbil |
| 5 | Amjad Kalaf | 11 | Al-Shorta |
| 5 | Husham Mohammed | 11 | Al-Zawraa |
| 5 | Mohannad Abdul-Raheem | 11 | Al-Karkh / Duhok |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Hammadi Ahmed$^4$ | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Karkh | 4–0 | 2 February 2012 |
| Amjad Radhi | Erbil | Al-Minaa | 4–1 | 12 February 2012 |
| Haider Abdulelah | Al-Najaf | Al-Taji | 4–1 | 2 June 2012 |
| Marwan Hussein | Al-Zawraa | Al-Taji | 6–1 | 17 August 2012 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals