2010–11 Iraqi Premier League
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The 2010-11 season was the 37th edition of the Iraqi Premier League. The season began on 26 November 2010, and ended on 15 August 2011. Dohuk FC were the defending champions.
On 15 August 2011 the seasons final was won by Al Zawraa after defeating Arbil FC on penalties. This was their 12th title.
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was chosen as the best player in Iraqi Primer league 2010/2011.Mohammed Saad came in second place and Mahdi Karim
came in third. The ranking was based on how effective the player is with his team along side of how responsible the player is.
On 15 August 2011 the seasons final was won by Al Zawraa after defeating Arbil FC on penalties. This was their 12th title.
League's Format
The league is to have 28 teams divided into two groups (North and South) of 14 teams.Overview
Stadia| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | Notes |
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| Several | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al-Shaab Stadium | 40,000 | Some matches |
| Al-Diwaniya FC Al-Diwaniya FC Al-Diwaniya is a football club based in Diwaniya.... |
Diwaniya | Al Diwaniya Stadium | 5,000 | |
| Al-Hassanin | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
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| Al-Hindiya | Karbala Karbala Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people .... |
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| Al-Jaish | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al Jaish Stadium Al Jaish Stadium Al Jaish Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al Jaish. The stadium holds 6,000 people.... |
6,000 | |
| Al-Kahraba | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
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| Al-Karkh | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al Karkh Stadium Al Karkh Stadium Al Karkh Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al-Karkh. The stadium holds 6,000 people.File:Al Karkh Stadium 1 .JPG|Skybox-External links:*... |
6,000 | |
| Al-Masafi Al-Masafi Al-Masafi is a football team from Iraq. As of the 2010-11 season they play in the Iraqi Premier League.-Current squad:Source: goalzz... |
Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al-Masafi Stadium Al-Masafi Stadium Al-Masafi Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al-Masafi. The stadium holds 5,000 people.... |
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| Al-Minaa | Basra Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... |
Al Mina'a Stadium Al Mina'a Stadium Al Mina'a Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Basra, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al Minaa. The stadium holds 10,000 people. It will be replaced by a new stadium with a capacity of 65,000 in 2013.... |
10,000 | |
| Al-Naft | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al Naft Stadium Al Naft Stadium Al Naft Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al Naft. The stadium holds 3,000 people.... |
3,000 | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Air Force Club or Nadi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya is a football club based in Baghdad, Iraq. "Al Quwa Al Jawiya" is Arabic for "Air Force". It was the first club to be found in Iraq on July 4, 1931 under the name of "Gipsy Moth," by a group of Iraqi flight policemen from the RAF Base of Hinaidi... |
Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium | 6,000 | |
| Al-Shorta Al-Shorta Al-Shorta is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. They are widely regarded as Iraq's best team, as they are only one of two Iraqi teams to ever win any competition outside of Iraq -History:Al Shorta have won 14 trophies... |
Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al Shorta Stadium Al Shorta Stadium Al Shorta Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al-Shorta. The stadium holds 7,000 people.... |
7,000 | |
| Al-Sinaa | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al Sina'a Stadium Al Sina'a Stadium Al Sina'a Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al Sinaa. The stadium holds 10,000 people.... |
6,000 | |
| Al-Talaba | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al Karkh Stadium Al Karkh Stadium Al Karkh Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al-Karkh. The stadium holds 6,000 people.File:Al Karkh Stadium 1 .JPG|Skybox-External links:*... |
6,000 | |
| Al-Zawraa Al-Zawraa Al-Zawra'a Sport Club is an Iraqi football club based in Karkh, Baghdad. Al-Zawraa is considered to be one of the best Iraqi football clubs in history, as it has won 12 national titles... |
Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Al Zawraa Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Arbil FC | Arbil Arbil Arbil / Hewlêr is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul... |
Franso Hariri Stadium Franso Hariri Stadium Franso Hariri Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Arbil, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and also has facilities for athletics. The stadium holds 28,000, making it the second largest in Iraq after the Al Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. The stadium was built on an old airfield in... |
28,000 | |
| Baghdad FC | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... |
Baghdad Stadium | 3,000 | |
| Diyala FC | Baqubah Baqubah Baqubah is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 467,900 people.... |
Al Ba'quba Stadium Al Ba'quba Stadium Al Ba'quba Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Diyala, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Diyala football club. The stadium holds 10,000 people.... |
7,000 | |
| Dohuk FC | Dohuk | Duhok Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Karbalaa FC | Karbalaa | Karbala Stadium Karbala Stadium Karbala Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Karbala, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Karbalaa FC. The stadium holds 5,000 people.... |
5,000 | |
| Mosul FC Mosul FC Mosul football club is an Iraqi football club based in Mosul. The club only signs players from Mosul.-Iraqi Premier League Withdrawal:In the Iraqi Premier League 2007–08 season, Mosul FC withdrew for security reasons. Hence they came back to the Iraqi Premier League without playing in the lower... |
Mosul Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... |
Al Mosul University Stadium Al Mosul University Stadium Al Mosul University Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Mosul, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Mosul FC. The stadium holds 20,000 people.... |
7,000 | |
| Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Janoob , is an Iraqi football club based in Basra.-First-team squad:-External links:* *... |
Basra Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... |
An Nasiriyah Stadium An Nasiriyah Stadium An Nasiriyah Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in An Nasiriyah, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of An Nasiriyah FC. The stadium holds 10,000 people.-References:... , Naft Al Janoob Stadium |
10,000, 5,000 | |
| Naft Maysan | Amara Amara Amara, the sun beetles, are a large genus of carabid beetles, mostly holarctic, but a few species are neotropical or occurring in eastern Asia.These ground beetles are mostly black or bronze-coloured... |
Maysan Stadium Maysan Stadium Maysan Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Maysan, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Maysan football club. The stadium holds 25,000 people and was opened in 1987.... |
20,000 | |
| Najaf FC | Najaf Najaf Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate... |
An Najaf Stadium An Najaf Stadium An Najaf Stadium , is a multi-use stadium in Najaf, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Najaf football club. The stadium holds 12,000 people.... |
10,000 | |
| Nassriya FC Nassriya FC Nassriya FC , is an Iraqi football team based in Nassriya, Dhi Qar Governorate.... |
Nasiriya | An Nasiriyah Stadium An Nasiriyah Stadium An Nasiriyah Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in An Nasiriyah, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of An Nasiriyah FC. The stadium holds 10,000 people.-References:... |
10,000 | |
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| Ramadi FC | Ramadi Ramadi Ramadi is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad. It is the capital of Al Anbar Governorate.-History:Ramadi is located in a fertile, irrigated, alluvial plain.The Ottoman Empire founded Ramadi in 1869... |
Al Ramadi Stadium Al Ramadi Stadium Al Ramadi Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al Ramadi FC. The stadium holds 15,000 people.... |
10,000 | |
| Samarra FC | Samarra Samarra Sāmarrā is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700.... |
Samaraa Stadium Samaraa Stadium Samaraa Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Samarra, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Samaraa FC. The stadium holds 10,000 people.-References:... |
10,000 | |
| Zakho FC | Zakho Zakho Zakho is a district and a town in Northern Iraq located a few kilometers from the Iraqi-Turkish border.Zakho is a province of the Dohuk Governorate. The city has 200,000 inhabitants. It may have originally begun on a small island in the Little Khabur which currently flows through the city... |
Zakho Stadium | 6,000 |
North Group
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1 | Arbil FC | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 21 | 56 | 2012 AFC Cup Group stage | |
| 2 | Al-Sinaa | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 55 | 3rd place match | |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 53 | ||||
| 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 22 | 43 | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 41 | ||||
| 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 28 | 40 | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 39 | ||||
| 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 35 | ||||
| 9 | Mosul FC Mosul FC Mosul football club is an Iraqi football club based in Mosul. The club only signs players from Mosul.-Iraqi Premier League Withdrawal:In the Iraqi Premier League 2007–08 season, Mosul FC withdrew for security reasons. Hence they came back to the Iraqi Premier League without playing in the lower... |
26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 35 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
| 10 | Ramadi FC | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 40 | |||
| 28 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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| 11 | Peshmerga FC | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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| 12 | Diyala FC | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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| 13 | Samaraa FC | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 44 | |||
| 18 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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| 14 | Al-Jaish Al-Jaish (Iraq) Al Jaish is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. The team has won the Iraqi Premier League once in its history, back in 1984. For the 2008/09 season Al Jaish will play in the Iraq First Division as they were relegated from the Iraqi Premier League the season before.-Honours:*Iraqi League:... |
26 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 47 | |||
| 9 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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South Group
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Al-Zawraa Al-Zawraa Al-Zawra'a Sport Club is an Iraqi football club based in Karkh, Baghdad. Al-Zawraa is considered to be one of the best Iraqi football clubs in history, as it has won 12 national titles... |
26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 62 | 2012 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Air Force Club or Nadi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya is a football club based in Baghdad, Iraq. "Al Quwa Al Jawiya" is Arabic for "Air Force". It was the first club to be found in Iraq on July 4, 1931 under the name of "Gipsy Moth," by a group of Iraqi flight policemen from the RAF Base of Hinaidi... |
26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 13 | 60 | 3rd place match |
| 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 47 | |||
| 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 45 | |||
| 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 45 | |||
| 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 42 | |||
| 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 28 | ||||
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| 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 9 | Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Janoob , is an Iraqi football club based in Basra.-First-team squad:-External links:* *... |
26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 37 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
| 10 | Naft Maysan | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 29 | ||
| 25 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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| 11 | Al-Diwaniya FC Al-Diwaniya FC Al-Diwaniya is a football club based in Diwaniya.... |
26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 45 | ||
| 21 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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| 12 | Nassriya FC Nassriya FC Nassriya FC , is an Iraqi football team based in Nassriya, Dhi Qar Governorate.... |
26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 38 | ||
| 14 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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| 13 | Al-Hassanin | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 39 | ||
| 13 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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| 14 | Al-Hindiya | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 47 | ||
| 10 | Relegated to Iraq Division 1 Iraq Division 1 The Iraq Division 1 is the second league in the Iraqi football system.-External links:*... |
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Championship play-off
The group winners will play-off for the championship, while the group runners-up will play for third- and fourth-place.3rd Place Match
The Final
Champions
| Champions |
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Al Zawraa 12th Title |
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 |  Louay Salah |
Arbil FC | 17 |
| 2 | Amjad Radhi Amjad Radhi Amjad Radhi Al-Janabi is an Iraqi professional footballer who currently plays for Arbil FC in the Iraqi Premier League. He has played in the Iraqi Premier League for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. and won the 2009–10 Iraqi Premier League top scorer award with 33 goals.... |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 13 |
| 3 | Mahdi Karim Mahdi Karim Mahdi Karim Ajeel is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays as a winger for Arbil FC in Iraq and the Iraq national football team.- Career :... |
Arbil FC | 12 |
| Hammadi Ahmed |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 12 | |
| Husam Ibrahim |
Al-Minaa | 12 | |
| 4 | Ali Jawad Ali Jawad Ali Jawad is a British Paralympic Powerlifter. He was born in Lebanon, and currently lives in Tottenham, London. Jawad is a British Junior Powerlifting champion, and has set junior British and European records. He is currently ranked number 2 in the World Under-23 Powerlifting category... |
Naft Al Janoob | 11 |
| 5 | Hussein Kareem |
Najaf FC | 10 |
| Amjad Kalaf Amjad Kalaf Amjad Kalaf Mansour is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays for Al Shorta in Iraq. His older brother is also a player and he plays for Peris FC.-Info:... |
Al-Shorta | 10 | |
Best Player
Muthana KhalidMuthana Khalid
Muthana Khalid Al-Masloukhi is an Iraqi midfielder. Muthana Khalid currently plays with Al Shorta in Iraq, and for the Iraq national football team.- National Team debut:...
was chosen as the best player in Iraqi Primer league 2010/2011.Mohammed Saad came in second place and Mahdi Karim
Mahdi Karim
Mahdi Karim Ajeel is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays as a winger for Arbil FC in Iraq and the Iraq national football team.- Career :...
came in third. The ranking was based on how effective the player is with his team along side of how responsible the player is.