# 2010–11 Iraqi Elite League

The 2010–11 Iraqi Elite League (known as the Asiacell Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of the competition. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier League to Iraqi Elite League. The season began on 26 November 2010, and ended on 15 August 2011. Duhok were the defending champions.
The season's final was won by Al-Zawraa after defeating Erbil on penalties. This was their 12th title.

## Group stage
### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Erbil | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 56 | Qualified to the Final |
| 2 | Al-Sinaa | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 55 | Qualified to Third place match |
| 3 | Zakho | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 53 | |
| 4 | Al-Kahrabaa | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 43 | |
| 5 | Al-Karkh | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 41 | |
| 6 | Duhok | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 40 | |
| 7 | Al-Naft | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 39 | |
| 8 | Al-Shorta | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 35 | |
| 9 | Al-Mosul | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 35 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 10 | Al-Ramadi | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 11 | Peshmerga | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 22 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 12 | Diyala | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 19 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 13 | Samarra | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 18 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 14 | Al-Jaish | 26 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 47 | −35 | 9 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | JSH | KAH | KAR | MSL | NFT | RAM | SHR | SIN | DIY | DUH | ERB | PSH | SMR | ZAK |
| Al-Jaish | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Al-Mosul | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Al-Ramadi | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Diyala | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Duhok | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Erbil | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Peshmerga | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Samarra | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 |
| Zakho | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
* ↑ The Duhok–Diyala match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Duhok, as Diyala did not turn up for the game.

### South Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 15 | +30 | 62 | Qualified to the Final |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 13 | +34 | 60 | Qualified to Third place match |
| 3 | Baghdad | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 47 | |
| 4 | Al-Minaa | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 45 | |
| 5 | Karbala | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 45 | |
| 6 | Al-Najaf | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 42 | |
| 7 | Masafi Al-Wasat | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 41 | |
| 8 | Al-Talaba | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 38 | |
| 9 | Naft Al-Junoob | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 37 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 10 | Naft Maysan | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 25 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 11 | Al-Diwaniya | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 21 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 12 | Al-Nasiriya | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 14 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 13 | Al-Hasanain | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 39 | −32 | 13 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 14 | Al-Hindiya | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 10 | Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DIW | HAS | HIN | MAS | MIN | NJF | NAS | QWJ | TLB | ZWR | BGD | KRB | NFJ | NFM |
| Al-Diwaniya | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Hasanain | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Hindiya | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Masafi Al-Wasat | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Minaa | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Najaf | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Nasiriya | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Talaba | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Zawraa | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Baghdad | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Karbala | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Naft Al-Junoob | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 |
| Naft Maysan | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
* ↑ The Naft Maysan–Al-Nasiriya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Maysan, as Al-Nasiriya did not turn up for the game.

## Championship play-off

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Third place match |||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0–1 | Al-Sinaa |
| Final |||
| Al-Zawraa | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p.) | Erbil |

### Final

| Al-Zawraa | Erbil |
Ammar Ali :
| DF | 13 | Muayad Khalid |
| DF | 44 | Faris Hassan |
| DF | 28 | Sajjad Hussein |
| DF | 23 | Azhar Tahar |
| MF | 17 | Haidar Sabah |
| MF | 99 | Osama Ali | 111' |
| MF | 14 | Mohammed Ahmed | 28' |
| MF | 88 | Samer Saeed |
| FW | 10 | Ali Saad | 85' |
| FW | 8 | Husham Mohammed (c) |
| Substitutions: ||||
| MF | 60 | Mohammed Saad | 28' |
| FW | 18 | Ali Qasim | 85' |
| MF | 9 | Ahmad Abdul-Jabar | 111' |
| Manager: ||||
| Radhi Shenaishil ||||
Sarhang Muhsin (c) :
| DF | 2 | Saad Attiya |
| DF | 4 | Mohammed Ali Karim |
| DF | 14 | Haidar Abdul-Amir |
| DF | 26 | Ous Ibrahim |
| MF | 17 | Nabeel Sabah |
| MF | 25 | Saad Abdul-Amir | 77' |
| MF | 6 | Mahdi Karim |
| MF | 20 | Hussein Abdul-Wahed |
| FW | 10 | Muslim Mubarak |
| FW | 11 | Luay Salah | 120' |
| Substitutions: ||||
| MF | 18 | Haidar Qaraman | 77' |
| FW | 9 | Younis Shakor | 120' |
| Manager: ||||
| Ayoub Odisho ||||

## Season statistics
### Top four positions

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | Eff | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 27 | 63 | 77.8% | 2012 AFC Cup |
| 2 | Erbil | 27 | 57 | 70.4% | 2012 AFC Cup |
| 3 | Al-Sinaa | 27 | 58 | 71.6% |
| 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 27 | 60 | 74.1% |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Luay Salah | Erbil | 17 |
| 2 | Amjad Radhi | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 13 |
| 3 | Mahdi Karim | Erbil | 12 |
| 3 | Hussam Ibrahim | Al-Minaa | 12 |
| 3 | Hammadi Ahmed | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 12 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Mustafa Jawad | Al-Karkh | Duhok | 4–0 | 29 May 2011 |
| Ahmed Salah$^4$ | Duhok | Al-Jaish | 5–0 | 12 July 2011 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals