# 2006–07 Iraqi Premier League

The 2006–07 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on December 22, 2006 and finished on July 6, 2007. Erbil were crowned champions for the first time in their history, defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 in the final, hosted at the Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil's home ground.

## Group stage
### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ERB | DHK | SRW | SLY | MSL | SMR | KRK |
| 1 | Erbil | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 27 | Qualified to Elite Stage | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Duhok | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 22 | Qualified to Elite Stage | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sirwan | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 20 | Qualified to Elite Stage | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Sulaymaniya | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 19 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Al-Mosul | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 8 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 6 | Samarra | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 8 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 |
| 7 | Kirkuk | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 8 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |

### Central Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHR | QWJ | SIN | JSH |
| 1 | Al-Shorta | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 18 | Qualified to Elite Stage | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Qualified to Elite Stage | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Al-Sinaa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 5 | Qualified to Elite Stage | 0–2 | 2–4 | | 0–0 |
| 4 | Al-Jaish | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
Note: Diyala withdrew from the league and were relegated. Lower division side Al-Ramadi were chosen to replace them but they also withdrew.

### Central Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZWR | TLB | NFT | KHR | ADL |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 14 | Qualified to Elite Stage | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Al-Talaba | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 13 | Qualified to Elite Stage | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Al-Naft | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Qualified to Elite Stage | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 4 | Al-Kahrabaa | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 9 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| 5 | Al-Adala | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |

### South Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NJF | MIN | KRB | NFJ | MYS | SHT | FRT |
| 1 | Al-Najaf | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 31 | Qualified to Elite Stage | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Al-Minaa | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 27 | Qualified to Elite Stage | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Karbala | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 21 | Qualified to Elite Stage | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Naft Al-Junoob | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 13 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Maysan | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 9 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 6 | Al-Shatra | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 8 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | | 1–0 |
| 7 | Al-Furat | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 7 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
* ↑ 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 Al-Shatra–Naft Al-Junoob match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Al-Junoob after the game had originally ended in a 1–0 win for Al-Shatra.

## Elite stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TLB | KRB | MIN | NFT | SHR |
| 1 | Erbil | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | Qualified to Semi-finals | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Al-Talaba | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 8 | Qualified to Semi-finals | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | |
| 3 | Karbala | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | | | | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Minaa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | | | |
| 5 | Al-Naft | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | | | | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| 6 | Al-Shorta | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | | 0–1 | | 0–0 | | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | QWJ | NJF | SIN | ZWR | SRW |
| 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 13 | Qualified to Semi-finals | | 2–2 | | | 1–0 |
| 2 | Al-Najaf | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Qualified to Semi-finals | | | | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Al-Sinaa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | | |
| 4 | Al-Zawraa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | |
| 5 | Duhok | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| 6 | Sirwan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 | | | | 0–1 | 2–2 | |

## Golden stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 4 July 2007 | 4 July 2007 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2 | 6 July 2007 | 6 July 2007 |
| Al-Talaba | 0 | 6 July 2007 | 6 July 2007 |
| Al-Talaba | 0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 |
| 4 July 2007 | 4 July 2007 | | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 |
| 4 July 2007 | 4 July 2007 | Erbil | 1 |
| Erbil | 2 | Erbil | 1 |
| Al-Najaf | 0 | | |
| Al-Najaf | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 6 July 2007 | 6 July 2007 |
| | | Al-Talaba | 1 |
| | | Al-Najaf | 2 |

### Final

| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Erbil |
Wissam Gassid :
| DF | 4 | Muayad Khalid | 86' |
| DF | 24 | Fareed Majeed |
| DF | 6 | Haidar Rahim |
| DF | 23 | Azhar Tahar |
| MF | 20 | Hussein Abdul-Wahed |
| MF | 18 | Mohanad Yousif | | 54' |
| MF | 19 | Ahmad Ayad | 15' 90+3' |
| MF | 28 | Ibrahim Kamil | | 79' |
| FW | 10 | Ali Khudhair | | 65' |
| FW | 11 | Ali Mansoor (c) | 45+2' 90+4' |
| Substitutions: ||||
| MF | 8 | Hussein Saddam | 74' 90+5' | 54' |
| FW | 16 | Qusay Abdul-Wahid | | 65' |
| FW | 29 | Amjad Radhi | | 79' |
| Manager: ||||
| Radhi Shenaishil ||||
Sarhang Muhsin :
| DF | 3 | Yassir Raad |
| DF | 4 | Rafid Badr Al-Deen (c) |
| DF | 5 | Salah Al-Deen Siamand |
| MF | 7 | Muwafaq Younis |
| MF | 18 | Haidar Qaraman | | 27' |
| MF | 24 | Wissam Zaki |
| MF | 90 | Arkan Najib | 90+3' |
| MF | 91 | Alaa Nayrouz | 76' |
| FW | 9 | Mustafa Karim | 90+2' | 90+2' |
| FW | 17 | Ahmed Salah | | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||||
| MF | 23 | Shirzad Mohammed | | 27' |
| FW | 10 | Kayfi Abdul-Rahman | | 83' |
| DF | 6 | Mohammed Hamakhan | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||||
| Akram Salman ||||

## Season statistics
### Top four positions

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | Eff | Qualification |
| 1 | Erbil | 19 | 45 | 78.9% | 2008 AFC Champions League |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 13 | 26 | 66.7% | 2008 AFC Champions League |
| 3 | Al-Najaf | 19 | 43 | 75.4% | 2007–08 Arab Champions League |
| 4 | Al-Talaba | 15 | 21 | 46.7% | 2007–08 Arab Champions League |

### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Ahmed Salah | 11 | Erbil |
| 2 | Sahib Abbas | 9 | Karbala |
| 3 | Halgurd Mulla Mohammed | 8 | Sulaymaniya |
| 4 | Mustafa Karim | 7 | Erbil |
| 5 | Khalid Mushir | 6 | Duhok |
| 5 | Hussam Ibrahim | 6 | Al-Minaa |
| 5 | Saeed Mohsen | 6 | Al-Najaf |