The 2005–06 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 28, 2005. The 28 teams were split into four groups of seven. At the end of the group stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams) advanced to the Elite Stage. In the Elite Stage, these 12 teams were split into four groups of three, with teams playing home and away against each team in their group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups moved on to the semi-finals, followed by a third place match and the final. Al-Zawraa won the league without losing a match.
Group stage North Group
Central Group 1
Central Group 2
South Group
Elite stage Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Golden stage
Semi-finals
Al-Najaf won 5–2 on aggregate
Al-Zawraa won 3–1 on aggregate
Third place match
Final
GK 30 Sarmad RasheedDF 2 Haidar Mahmoud (c)DF 3 Yassir RaadDF 28 Khaldoun Ibrahim DF 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir MF 18 Haitham KadhimMF 16 Mohannad Nassir MF 13 Haidar Sabah MF 24 Wissam Zaki FW 12 Alaa Abdul-Zahra FW 8 Husham MohammedSubstitutions:FW 15 Hussam Fawzi MF 5 Ahmed Abid Ali FW 10 Muslim Mubarak Manager: Salih Radhi
GK 21 Jassim Mohammed HamadDF 3 Uday OmranDF 4 Haidar AboodiDF 5 Nabeel AbbasDF 7 Chasib SultanMF 25 Hatim Sahib MF 18 Dhia Faleh MF 6 Karrar Jassim MF 22 Saeed MohsenFW 13 Falah Hassan (c)FW 17 Yassir Abdul-Razzaq Substitutions:FW 29 Ali Mohammed DF 12 Qais Essa DF 18 Zaman Jawad Manager: Abdul-Ghani Shahad
Match officials Assistant referees: Sabhan Ahmed Ali Zaidan
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level.
Season statistics Top four positions TeamQualification1Al-Zawraa19136040102007 AFC Champions League2Al-Najaf1986529142007 AFC Champions League3Erbil1977522162006–07 Arab Champions League4Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya198652719
Top scorers PosScorerGoalsTeam1Sahib Abbas17Karbala2Mustafa Karim14Al-Shorta3Husham Mohammed9Al-Zawraa4Ahmed Ali Kareem7Al-SamawaAlaa KalafAl-TalabaYassir Abdul-RazzaqAl-NajafAlaa KadhimAl-TalabaNawaf FalahAl-MinaaQusay Abdul-WahidErbil
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Al-Talaba Kirkuk 3–0 Al-Talaba Zakho 4–0 Karbala Al-Kut 4–2 Karbala Al-Kut 5–0 Al-Talaba Ararat 6–0 Al-Najaf Karbala 3–1
References
External links Iraq Football Association