The 2009–10 Iraqi Premier League (known as the Zain Iraq League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of the competition. It was initially set to start in October 2009, but was later rescheduled for December as a 36-team league. The season saw Duhok crowned as champions for the first time.
Name changes Al-Amana renamed to Baghdad. Al-Etisalat wal-Bareed renamed to Al-Etisalat.
Group stage North Group
Note: Sulaymaniya withdrew from the league and were relegated.
Results
South Group
Results
Elite stage Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Ranking of second-placed teams
Golden stage
Semi-finals
Al-Talaba won 1–0 on aggregate
Duhok won 5–2 on aggregate
Third place match
Final
GK 12 Ali Mutashar DF 2 Ali JassimDF 13 Ayad KhalafDF 3 Majid Hameed DF 4 Ahmad Abdul-Majid MF 50 Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (c)MF 26 Thamir Fuad MF 20 Ihab Kadhim MF 24 Aqeel MohammedMF 14 Nawaf SalalFW 9 Mohammed Abid Jadaya Substitutions:MF 5 Haidar Abdul-Qadir FW 17 Karrar Tariq MF 23 Nadim Karim Manager: Yahya Alwan
GK 21 Oday TalebDF 8 Khalid Mushir (c)DF 18 Adnan AttiyaDF 5 Hassan Mohammed ZabounDF 20 Jassim Mohammed HajiMF 7 Ali Yousef MF 16 Mohannad NassirMF 34 Nasrat Al Jamal MF 13 Amjad Waleed FW 23 Amad Ismail FW 88 Ahmad MnajedSubstitutions:FW 11 Azad Ahmed FW Jassim Mohammed Suleiman MF 17 Zirvan Mohammed MF 12 Ahmed Mamoum Manager: Basim Qasim
Match officials Assistant referees: Jalil Saifi Maitham Khamat Fourth official: Samir Shabib
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level.
Season statistics Top six positions TeamQualification1Duhok42268871292011 AFC Cup2Al-Talaba432313753252011 AFC Cup3Al-Zawraa422471149334Erbil42296777222011 AFC Cup (invited)5Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya392410567226Al-Shorta40191475438
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Amjad RadhiAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya312 Hussein KarimAl-Shorta213 Ali MansoorBaghdad17 Ali JawadNaft Al-Junoob5 Mustafa AhmadAl-Zawraa16
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Masafi Al-Wasat Al-Ramadi 3–0 Samarra Salahaddin 3–3 4Naft Maysan Maysan 5–0 Al-Zawraa Samarra 5–0 Masafi Al-Wasat Al-Kahrabaa 3–2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Kahrabaa 4–1 Al-Diwaniya Al-Kufa 3–2 Al-Talaba Al-Samawa 5–1 Masafi Al-Wasat Kirkuk 4–3 4Al-Zawraa Al-Shirqat 4–1
Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals
References
External links Iraq Football Association