1999–2000 Iraqi First Division

The 1999–2000 Iraqi First Division was the 26th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier League to Iraqi First Division, and the season kicked off on 1 October 1999. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the second season in a row and the ninth time in their history.

Iraqi Premier League
Season1999–2000
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(9th title)
2001–02 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Zawraa
2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goalscorerHaidar Ayed
(28 goals)

They also won the Iraq FA Cup, the Iraqi Elite Cup and the Iraqi Super Cup in this season, completing only the second domestic quadruple in Iraqi football history after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya achieved it in the 1996–97 season.[1][2]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 50 34 12 4 112 35 +77 114 2001–02 Asian Club Championship
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 50 32 14 4 99 30 +69 110 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
3 Al-Shorta 50 33 11 6 97 34 +63 110
4 Al-Talaba 50 30 10 10 116 56 +60 100
5 Duhok 50 28 14 8 80 44 +36 98
6 Al-Karkh 50 25 14 11 96 41 +55 89
7 Salahaddin 50 22 19 9 61 39 +22 85
8 Al-Minaa 50 20 24 6 56 28 +28 84
9 Al-Najaf 50 23 14 13 64 44 +20 83
10 Erbil 50 20 10 20 69 66 +3 70
11 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 50 19 13 18 58 57 +1 70
12 Al-Ramadi 50 17 16 17 55 60 −5 67
13 Al-Jaish 50 18 11 21 56 50 +6 65
14 Diyala 50 17 14 19 56 63 −7 65
15 Samarra 50 17 12 21 49 67 −18 63
16 Al-Mosul 50 16 13 21 45 72 −27 61
17 Al-Naft 50 15 14 21 56 60 −4 59
18 Al-Nasiriya 50 14 10 26 62 81 −19 52
19 Al-Diwaniya 50 11 18 21 41 60 −19 51
20 Al-Samawa 50 13 11 26 56 90 −34 50
21 Al-Kadhimiya 50 13 11 26 47 84 −37 50
22 Al-Kut 50 11 15 24 45 78 −33 48
23 Karbalaa 50 10 15 25 44 91 −47 45
24 Maysan 50 8 14 28 34 83 −49 38
25 Kirkuk 50 6 12 32 39 93 −54 30
26 Haifa 50 3 9 38 27 114 −87 18
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup, won by Al-Zawraa.

Results
Home \ Away DIF DIW JSH KAD KAR KUT MIN MSL NFT NJF NAS QWJ RAM SMA SHR TLB ZWR DIY DUH ERB HAI KRB KIR MAY SAL SMR
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 5–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 0–0 3–0
Al-Diwaniya 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 0–4 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 6–1 0–0 0–2 1–1
Al-Jaish 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–3 4–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0
Al-Kadhimiya 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2
Al-Karkh 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 7–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 6–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 6–0 0–1 9–0 0–2 7–0
Al-Kut 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–3 1–1
Al-Minaa 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 5–1 5–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Al-Mosul 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–3 4–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0
Al-Naft 0–1 1–0 1–2 5–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–5 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 1–0 4–0
Al-Najaf 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 8–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
Al-Nasiriya 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 4–3 0–1 2–3 2–0 3–2 6–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 9–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 4–1 4–1 6–2 6–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1
Al-Ramadi 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Samawa 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–3 0–2 4–2 3–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–0
Al-Shorta 1–0 3–1 1–2 6–3 1–2 4–1 0–0 4–0 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 6–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 6–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Al-Talaba 1–0 2–1 1–0 6–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–2 4–2 2–0 5–0 6–0 7–1 2–2 6–1
Al-Zawraa 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 5–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 7–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 7–1 0–0 2–1
Diyala 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Duhok 0–0 4–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 6–1 2–2 4–2
Erbil 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 6–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 6–1 4–0 1–6 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 0–0 4–0
Haifa 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–6 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–4 1–3 3–3 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1
Karbalaa 0–3[lower-alpha 3] 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–4
Kirkuk 1–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–2
Maysan 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1
Salahaddin 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Samarra 2–4 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Naft–Kirkuk match originally ended 1–1 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Naft due to Kirkuk fielding the ineligible player Fadhil Jalil.
  2. The Al-Shorta–Al-Naft match originally ended in a 2–0 win for Al-Naft but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Shorta due to Al-Naft fielding the ineligible player Nizar Ali.
  3. The Karbalaa–Al-Difaa Al-Jawi match originally ended in a 3–1 win for Karbalaa but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Difaa Al-Jawi due to Karbalaa fielding the ineligible player Mohammed Ridha.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Haidar Ayed 28 Al-Nasiriya
2 Qahtan Chathir 27 Al-Karkh
3 Mufeed Assem 25 Al-Shorta

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraqi Premier League hat-tricks
Player[1]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Abbas Rahim Al-ZawraaMaysan7–11 October 1999
Iraq Qahtan Chathir5 Al-KarkhAl-Kut7–01 October 1999
Iraq Alaa Kadhim Al-TalabaAl-Ramadi4–215 October 1999
Iraq Mushtaq Kadhim Al-NaftKarbalaa5–015 October 1999
Iraq Majid Abbas5 Al-NajafAl-Samawa8–218 October 1999
Iraq Qahtan Chathir Al-KarkhMaysan9–025 October 1999
Iraq Ammar Abdul-Hussein Al-KarkhMaysan9–025 October 1999
Iraq Ziad Mahmoud ErbilAl-Naft6–125 October 1999
Iraq Ahmed Abdul-Jabar Al-ZawraaErbil5–130 October 1999
Iraq Ammar Ahmed Al-ZawraaAl-Kut5–05 November 1999
Iraq Salah Hadi Al-DiwaniyaKirkuk6–110 November 1999
Iraq Akram Emmanuel Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Mosul9–117 November 1999
Iraq Saddam Aziz KarbalaaSamarra4–017 November 1999
Iraq Essam Hamad Al-ZawraaAl-Nasiriya7–122 November 1999
Iraq Shakhwan Omar ErbilKirkuk7–029 November 1999
Iraq Ehab Ibrahim MaysanDuhok3–013 December 1999
Iraq Majid Awda Al-NasiriyaAl-Talaba4–37 January 2000
Iraq Abbas Hassan Al-KarkhAl-Kut4–07 January 2000
Iraq Ahmed Khudhair Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaErbil6–27 February 2000
Iraq Mufeed Assem4 Al-ShortaAl-Kut4–114 February 2000
Iraq Mohammed Kadhim ErbilAl-Ramadi6–114 February 2000
Iraq Nabeel Anthil KirkukAl-Kut3–321 February 2000
Iraq Hashim Ridha4 Al-ShortaKarbalaa6–224 February 2000
Iraq Mohammed Kadhim ErbilSamarra4–04 May 2000
Iraq Mohammed Yousif DuhokAl-Nasiriya5–115 May 2000
Iraq Ahmed Jadiea4 DuhokMaysan6–125 May 2000
Iraq Qahtan Chathir Al-KarkhHaifa4–02 June 2000
Iraq Emad Mohammed Al-ZawraaAl-Diwaniya4–08 June 2000
Iraq Ahmed Sabri Al-ShortaDiyala6–28 June 2000
Iraq Qahtan Chathir Al-KarkhSamarra7–08 June 2000
Iraq Haidar Ayed Al-NasiriyaHaifa6–115 June 2000
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals

Awards

References
  1. Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.
  2. Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.
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