2001–02 Iraqi Elite League

The 2001–02 Iraqi Elite League kicked off on 22 September 2001 and ended on 17 May 2002. Al-Talaba won their fifth league title, finishing six points ahead of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and eleven ahead of Al-Shorta. They also won the Iraq FA Cup that season to complete the double, and reached the final of the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship.[1][2]

Iraqi Elite League
Season2001–02
ChampionsAl-Talaba
(5th title)
RelegatedAl-Ramadi
Al-Diwaniya
Al-Kadhimiya
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Talaba
Top goalscorerHashim Ridha
(32 goals)
2002–03
(Iraqi First Division League)

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Talaba (C) 38 29 4 5 89 18 +71 91 2002–03 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 26 7 5 86 29 +57 85
3 Al-Shorta 38 24 8 6 86 36 +50 80
4 Al-Zawraa 38 22 8 8 70 30 +40 74
5 Al-Najaf 38 22 8 8 59 25 +34 74
6 Erbil 38 20 12 6 61 32 +29 72
7 Duhok 38 19 13 6 61 38 +23 70
8 Al-Karkh 38 15 9 14 52 42 +10 54
9 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 38 13 11 14 51 51 0 50
10 Al-Minaa 38 13 10 15 39 45 −6 49
11 Al-Jaish 38 13 9 16 47 60 −13 48
12 Al-Samawa 38 11 9 18 27 46 −19 42
13 Al-Naft 38 9 10 19 35 53 −18 37
14 Samarra 38 7 14 17 37 65 −28 35
15 Al-Nasiriya 38 8 11 19 34 76 −42 35
16 Al-Sinaa 38 6 14 18 29 53 −24 32
17 Kirkuk 38 7 11 20 27 60 −33 32
18 Al-Kadhimiya (R) 38 6 12 20 29 64 −35 30 Relegation to the Iraqi Second Division League
19 Al-Ramadi (R) 38 8 4 26 26 73 −47 28
20 Al-Diwaniya (R) 38 6 8 24 31 80 −49 26
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Zawraa had earned continental qualification by winning the previous season's league title, so with Iraq being given two slots for the AFC Champions League, Al-Zawraa were admitted to the qualifying round and Al-Talaba (who also won the Iraq FA Cup) entered the group stage.

Results

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Home \ Away DIF DIW JSH KAD KAR MIN NFT NJF NAS QWJ RAM SMA SHR SIN TLB ZWR DUH ERB KIR SMR
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 5–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–0
Al-Diwaniya 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–5 0–0 1–0 0–4 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0
Al-Jaish 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 3–3 4–2 0–3 2–1 2–4 0–2 0–0 3–1
Al-Kadhimiya 0–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–6 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–7 1–1 1–1
Al-Karkh 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 3–0 4–2
Al-Minaa 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Al-Naft 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–5 1–0 0–1 5–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Al-Najaf 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–1
Al-Nasiriya 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–0 6–1 3–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 6–0 6–2 4–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 7–1 1–0
Al-Ramadi 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–5 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–4 0–4 3–0 1–2
Al-Samawa 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Al-Shorta 0–0 8–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 4–2 0–2 5–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–5 2–1 1–2 4–0 7–0
Al-Sinaa 1–5 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1
Al-Talaba 1–2 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 6–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 6–0 2–1 8–0 3–0
Al-Zawraa 3–0 3–0 6–0 2–0 5–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 6–0 6–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1
Duhok 1–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–0
Erbil 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–2 2–1 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 4–2
Kirkuk 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1
Samarra 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–3 0–1 1–1
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Hashim Ridha 32 Al-Shorta
2 Hussein Abdullah 29 Duhok
3 Ahmed Khudhair 23 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
4 Nasser Tallaa 21 Al-Minaa
5 Haidar Ayed 20 Al-Nasiriya

Hat-tricks

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Player[3] For Against Result Date
  Ahmed Khudhair Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Sinaa 4–1 22 September 2001
  Younis Mahmoud Al-Talaba Kirkuk 8–0 22 September 2001
  Sabah Jeayer Al-Talaba Kirkuk 8–0 22 September 2001
  Hashim Ridha4 Al-Shorta Samarra 7–0 27 September 2001
  Hassan Turki Al-Talaba Al-Diwaniya 3–0 12 October 2001
  Dhurgham Ali Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Kirkuk 7–1 12 October 2001
  Hashim Ridha4 Al-Shorta Al-Samawa 4–0 29 October 2001
  Jumaa Khudhair Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Al-Sinaa 5–1 16 November 2001
  Hussein Abdullah Duhok Al-Jaish 5–0 21 December 2001
  Ahmed Khudhair Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Samawa 4–1 3 January 2002
  Ali Raja Al-Karkh Samarra 4–2 11 January 2002
  Arkan Mahmoud4 Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Al-Diwaniya 5–1 11 January 2002
  Majid Abbas Al-Diwaniya Al-Jaish 3–1 18 January 2002
  Hussein Abdullah Duhok Samarra 3–3 18 January 2002
  Hussam Fawzi Al-Zawraa Al-Ramadi 6–0 16 February 2002
  Amer Mushraf Al-Shorta Al-Diwaniya 8–1 11 March 2002
  Hashim Ridha Al-Shorta Al-Diwaniya 8–1 11 March 2002
  Sahib Abbas Al-Talaba Al-Naft 4–1 15 March 2002
  Hamid Qasim Al-Jaish Al-Ramadi 3–1 29 March 2002
  Qusay Hashim Al-Talaba Al-Nasiriya 6–1 1 April 2002
  Ihsan Hadi Al-Minaa Al-Ramadi 5–1 12 April 2002
  Hussam Fawzi4 Al-Zawraa Al-Samawa 6–0 19 April 2002
  Aqil Mutaab Al-Karkh Al-Naft 5–1 19 April 2002
  Faris Hameed Al-Jaish Al-Shorta 3–3 3 May 2002
  Ahmed Owaid Al-Najaf Erbil 5–0 3 May 2002
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

References

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  1. ^ Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Iraq 2001/02". RSSSF. 17 October 2006.
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