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
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[lower-alpha 1]
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
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

Top scorers
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
Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[3]ForAgainstResultDate
Ahmed Khudhair Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Sinaa4–122 September 2001
Younis Mahmoud Al-TalabaKirkuk8–022 September 2001
Sabah Jeayer Al-TalabaKirkuk8–022 September 2001
Hashim Ridha4 Al-ShortaSamarra7–027 September 2001
Hassan Turki Al-TalabaAl-Diwaniya3–012 October 2001
Dhurgham Ali Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaKirkuk7–112 October 2001
Hashim Ridha4 Al-ShortaAl-Samawa4–029 October 2001
Jumaa Khudhair Al-Difaa Al-JawiAl-Sinaa5–116 November 2001
Hussein Abdullah DuhokAl-Jaish5–021 December 2001
Ahmed Khudhair Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Samawa4–13 January 2002
Ali Raja Al-KarkhSamarra4–211 January 2002
Arkan Mahmoud4 Al-Difaa Al-JawiAl-Diwaniya5–111 January 2002
Majid Abbas Al-DiwaniyaAl-Jaish3–118 January 2002
Hussein Abdullah DuhokSamarra3–318 January 2002
Hussam Fawzi Al-ZawraaAl-Ramadi6–016 February 2002
Amer Mushraf Al-ShortaAl-Diwaniya8–111 March 2002
Hashim Ridha Al-ShortaAl-Diwaniya8–111 March 2002
Sahib Abbas Al-TalabaAl-Naft4–115 March 2002
Hamid Qasim Al-JaishAl-Ramadi3–129 March 2002
Qusay Hashim Al-TalabaAl-Nasiriya6–11 April 2002
Ihsan Hadi Al-MinaaAl-Ramadi5–112 April 2002
Hussam Fawzi4 Al-ZawraaAl-Samawa6–019 April 2002
Aqil Mutaab Al-KarkhAl-Naft5–119 April 2002
Faris Hameed Al-JaishAl-Shorta3–33 May 2002
Ahmed Owaid Al-NajafErbil5–03 May 2002
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

References
  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)
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