Iraq 2015/16 - Elite League (Dawr Al-Nokhba) - Match Details


2015/16 overview


Final Table:

 1.Al-Zawra'a (Baghdad)             7   4  3  0  13- 5  15  Champions
 2.Nafit Al-Wasat (Najaf)           7   4  2  1  10- 6  14  [C]
 3.Al-Talaba (Baghdad)              7   3  3  1   8- 6  12
 4.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Baghdad)      7   3  0  4  11- 7   9
 5.Al-Nafit (Baghdad)               7   2  3  2   9- 9   9
 6.Al-Mina'a (Basra)                7   2  2  3   9-13   8
 7.Al-Shurta (Baghdad)              7   1  2  4   6-12   5
 8.Nadi Baghdad Al-Riyadhi          7   1  1  5   6-14   4

April 2, 2016

Naft Al-Wasat 1-0 Al-Naft [at Al-Najaf Stadium]
Salih Sadir 6'
NAFT AL-WASAT: 25 Nour Sabri; 2 Alaa Al-Shbli, 32 Nadim Sabbagh, 5 Nabil Abbas [c], 
 15 Essam Yasin, 14 Ayad Khalaf, 13 Amjad Walid, 10 Halgurd Mulla Mohammed
 (24 Mustafa Karim 84'), 7 Salih Sadir (27 Mohammed Nassir Noumi 81'), 11 Thamir Bargash
 (9 Amir Sabah 56'), 20 Jassim Mohammed.
COACH: Thair Ahmed
AL-NAFT: 21 Mustafa Saadoun; 2 Ashraf Abdul-Karim, 26 Ammar Kadhim, 22 Hussam Kadhim, 
 6 Ahmed Abdul-Majeed [c];25 Bashar Saadoun (30 Ali Rahim 72'), 18 Ali Qasim
 (7 Sajad Raad 56'), 24 Qasim Zaidan, 27 Walid Karim, 14 Mazin Fayadh, 11 Mustafa Jowda
 (17 Dhulfiqar Ayed 64').
COACH: Hassan Ahmed
Referee: Zaid Thamir
Linesmen: Jalil Saifi &Loay Subhi
Fourth Official: Mohammed Salman
Cautions: Halgurd Mulla Mohammed 38', Alaa Al-Shbli 45' (+1), Salih Sadir 72', 
 Mustafa Karim 90'(+1), Amjad Walid 90 (+4).
Note: Thair Ahmed’s first game in charge after the resignation of Hamza Gamal.

Al-Minaa 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [at Basra Sports City Stadium]
Mohammed Jabar Shukan 81'
AL-MINAA: 20 Karrar Ibrahim [c]; 24 Faisal Jassim, 6 Ali Bahjat, 4 Saad Attiya, 
 4 Omar “Amro” Medani, 28 Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam”, 14 Ali Qasim, 
 5 Ahmed Muhsin “Abu Kreisha” (25 Ahmed Jabar 85'), 9 Ammar Abdul-Hussein
 (10 Mohammed Jabar Shukan 68'), 11 Jawad Kadhim, 7 Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire
 (3 Hamza Adnan 75')
COACH: Hossam Al-Sayed (Syria)
AL-QUWA AL-JAWIYA: 1 Fahad Talib;2 Samal Saeed, 3 Ali Abdul-Jabar [c], 4 Saad Natiq, 
 6 Samih Saeed, 33 Moayad Al-Ajan(19 Hussein Ali Wahid 87); 18 Akwetey Mensah, 
 15 Osama Ali (30 Hamed Medo 70'), 11 Humam Tariq, 13 Bashar Resan (9 Emad Muhsin 78');
 10 Hamadi Ahmed. 
COACH: Sabah Abdul-Jalil
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
Linesmen: Hussein Turki & Wathiq Madalal
Fourth Official: Wathiq Mohammed
Cautions: Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire 29', Ali Abdul-Jabar 29', 
 Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam” 60', Osama Ali 66'.
Note: Sabah Abdul-Jalil resigned after the defeat. 

Al-Shurta 1-0 Al-Talaba [at Al-Shaab]
Amjad Kelaf 87'
AL-SHURTA: 12 Jalal Hassan; 23 Walid Salim, 18 Seifeddine Chammari, 2 Ahmed Al-Salih, 
  5 Ali Faiz, 11 Amjad Atwan (29 Amir Sabah 84'), 17 Nabil Sabah, 19 Ahmed Ayad,
 35 Ahmed Fadhil [c] (20 Hassan Wasswa 8'; 14 Amjad Kelaf 65'), 9 Mahdi Kamil, 
 10 Marwan Hussein. 
COACH: Radhi Shanaishel
AL-TALABA: 35 Ali Abdul-Hussein;37 Mustafa Mohammed, 2 Saad Hassan Ahmed,
 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra, 13 Thair Sami Kroma, 39 Ahmed Nadhim; 24 Mohammed Ridha
 (5 Muthanna Khalid 64'), 18 Mahdi Karim [c], 16 Yassir Abdul-Muhsin, 17 Ehab Kadhim
 (10 Abdul-Qadir Tariq 70'), 38 James Kwame Aban (9 Younis Mahmoud 57').
COACH: Ayoub Odisho
Referee: Sabah Abid
Linesmen: Jihad Attiya &Muayad Mohammed Ali
Fourth Official: Mohammed Ghani
Cautions: Walid Salim 13', Mohammed Abdul-Zahra 45' (+1).

Al-Zawraa 2-0 Amana Baghdad [at Al-Shaab]
Hussein Ali 6', Hussein Al-Juwaid 89' pen
AL-ZAWRAA: 12 Mohammed Kasid;14 Haidar Abdul-Amir [c], 5 Ali Latif, 6 Karrar Mohammed,
 3 Hussein Al-Juwaid, 15 Alaa Mahawi (25 Ali Rahim 79'), 13 Hussein Ali, Zaher Medani,
 7 Hussein Abdul-Wahid, 8 Mohanad Abdul-Rahim (33 Haidar Hussein 90' [+2]), 11 Loay Salah. 
COACH: Basim Qasim
AMANA BAGHDAD: 21 Mohanad Qasim; 5 Ikechukwu Okorie, 29 Ridha Nasrallah, 4 Milad Falah,
 36 Jassim Mohammed (25 Ahmed Muhsin “Omega” 68'), 7 Sattar Jabar [c], 30 Amissah Assan,
 35 Safaa Hadi, 9 Sajad Hussein (10 Marwan Abbas 59'), 8 Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha,
 16 Yahaya Adamu (23 Mustafa Ahmed 80').
COACH: Ahmed Khalaf
Referee: Ali Sabah
Linesmen: Amir Dawud & Maitham Khamat
Fourth Official: Haitham Mohammed Ali
Cautions: Ali Latif 2', Alaa Mahawi 3', Loay Salah 27', Ikechukwu Okorie 62',
 Ikechukwu Okorie 87'.
Sending Off: Ikechukwu Okorie 87'.

April 6, 2016 

Amana Baghdad 1-2 Naft Al-Wasat [at Al-Shaab]
Marwan Abbas 87'; Abdullah Abdul-Amir (o.g.) 1', Nabil Abbas 42'
AMANA BAGHDAD: 21 Mohanad Qasim; 29 Ridha Nasrallah, 24 Abdullah Abdul-Amir,
 4 Milad Falah (11 Nazar Hakim 55'), 30 Amissah Assan, 35 Safaa Hadi, 36 Jassim Mohammed,
 7 Sattar Jabar, 23 Mustafa Ahmed [c] (27 Amer Sahib 61'), 8 Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha,
 16 Yahaya Adamu (10 Marwan Abbas 76')  
COACH: Ahmed Khalaf
NAFT AL-WASAT: 25 Nour Sabri; 2 Alaa Al-Shbli, 32 Nadim Sabbagh
 (27 Mohammed Nassir Noumi 65'), 5 Nabil Abbas [c], 15 Essam Yasin, 14 Ayad Khalaf,
 10 Halgurd Mulla Mohammed, 7 Salih Sadir (17 Karim Deli 54'), 9 Amir Sabah,
 11 Thamir Bargash (3 Ali Jassim 73'), 20 Jassim Mohammed. 
COACH: Thair Ahmed
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali
Linesmen: Muayad Mohammed Ali & Hussein Turki
Fourth Official: Sabah Abid
Cautions: Nadim Sabbagh 62'.
Note: Abdullah Abdul-Amir scored an own goal after 24 seconds. Ridha Nasrallah had his
 93rd minute penalty saved by Nour Sabri. 

April 7, 2016

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-2 Al-Talaba (at Al-Shaab)
Bashar Resan 33'; Abdul-Qadir Tariq 71', Ahmed Nadhim 80'
AL-QUWA AL-JAWIYA: 1 Fahad Talib; 33 Moayad Al-Ajan, 2 Samal Saeed, 4 Saad Natiq,
 6 Samih Saeed, 30 Hamed Mido (8 Ali Yousef 90'), 18 Akwetey Mensah, 11 Humam Tariq,
 13 Bashar Resan (19 Hussein Ali Wahid 81'), 9 Emad Muhsin (15 Osama Ali 55'),
 10 Hamadi Ahmed [c].
COACH: Ali Hadi
AL-TALABA: 35 Ali Abdul-Hussein; 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra, 2 Saad Hassan Ahmed,
 39 Ahmed Nadhim, 37 Mustafa Mohammed (22 Samar Saeed 34'); 18 Mahdi Karim,
 16 Yassir Abdul-Muhsin (38 James Kwame Aban 69'), 13 Thair Sami Kroma, 8 Mustafa Al-Amin,
 17 Ehab Kadhim (Abdul-Qadir Tariq 48'), 9 Younis Mahmoud [c]. 
COACH: Ayoub Odisho
Referee: Ali Sabah
Linesmen: Loay Subhi & Amir Dawud
Fourth Official: Zaid Thamir
Cautions: Saad Natiq 27', Ahmed Nadhim 30', Ehab Kadhim 37', Samar Saeed 38',
 Samal Saeed 60', Mustafa Al-Amin 86', Humam Tariq 89', Ahmed Nadhim 90',
 Abdul-Qadir Tariq 90' (+6)
Sending Off: Ahmed Nadhim 90'.

April 8, 2016
Al-Shurta 2-2 Al-Zawraa [at Al-Shaab]
Ali Faiz 5', Marwan Hussein 65'; Zaher Medani 20', Alaa Abdul-Zahra 45'
AL-SHURTA: 1 Ahmed Basil; 23 Walid Salim [c], 2 Ahmed Al-Saleh, 18Seifeddine Chammari,
 17 Nabil Sabah, 5 Ali Faiz, 20 Hassan Wasswa (29 Amir Sabah 64'), 19 Ahmed Ayad,
 11 Amjad Atwan (14 Amjad Kelaf 75'), 9 Mahdi Kamil (28 Faris Hassoun 81'),
 10 Marwan Hussein. 
COACH: Radhi Shanaishel
AL-ZAWRAA: 12 Mohammed Kasid; 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir [c], 5 Ali Latif, 6 Karrar Mohammed,
 3 Hussein Al-Juwaid, 7 Hussein Abdul-Wahid, 16Zaher Medani, 13 Hussein Ali,
 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 11 Loay Salah (30 Uday Abdul-Jaffal 78'), 8 Mohanad Abdul-Rahim
 (15 Alaa Mahawi 40')
COACH: Basim Qasim
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
Linesmen: Wathiq Madalal & Mahmoud Khalaf
Fourth Official: Yousef Saeed
Cautions: Amjad Atwan 14', Mahdi Kamil 49', Hassan Wasswa59', Loay Salah 63',
 Hussein Abdul-Wahid 88'.

April 9, 2016
Al-Naft 3–2 Al-Minaa [at Al-Shaab]
Mustafa Jowda 49', Hussam Kadhim 70', Dhufiqar Ayed 84'; Ali Bahjat 17', Ziyad Ahmed 86'
AL-NAFT: 31 Ali Yasin; 2 Ashraf Abdul-Karim, 22 Hussam Kadhim, 26 Ammar Kadhim,
 6 Ahmed Abdul-Majeed [c], 24 Qasim Zaidan, 15 Laith Tahsin (30 Ali Rahim 46'),
 18 Ali Qasim (7 Sajad Raad 81'), 14 Mazin Fayadh, 27 Walid Karim, 11 Mustafa Jowda
 (17 Dhufiqar Ayed 63').
COACH: Hassan Ahmed
AL-MINAA: 20 Karrar Ibrahim [c]; 24 Faisal Jassim, 6 Ali Bahjat
 (10 Mohammed Jabar Shukan 67'), 4 Saad Attiya, 4 Omar “Amro” Medani,
 28 Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam”, 14 Ali Qasim (18 Ziyad Ahmed 80'),
 5 Ahmed Muhsin “Abu Kreisha”, 9 Ammar Abdul-Hussein (3 Hamza Adnan 58'),
 11 Jawad Kadhim,
 7 Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire.   
COACH: Hossam Al-Sayed (Syria)
Referee: Wathiq Mohammed
Linesmen: Jihad Attiya & Maitham Khamat
Fourth Official: Mustafa Abdul-Karim
Cautions: Ahmed Abdul-Majeed 31', Laith Tahsin 43', Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam” 66',
 Hamza Adnan 69', Saad Attiya 75', Ali Yasin 89', Sajad Raad 90'.

April 15, 2016
Al-Minaa 1–0 Amana Baghdad [at Basra Sports City Stadium]
Mohammed Jabar Shukan 3'
AL-MINAA: 20 Karrar Ibrahim [c]; 2 Saad Attiya, 3 Hamza Adnan, 4 Omar “Amro” Medani,
 24 Faisal Jassim; 5 Ahmed Muhsin “Abu Kreisha” (18 Ali Qasim 70'), 11 Jawad Kadhim
 (9 Ammar Abdul-Hussein 54'), 21 Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam”, 21 Ahmed Abbas
 (25 Ahmed Jabar 80'), 10 Mohammed Jabar Shukan, 18 Ziyad Ahmed. 
COACH: Hossam Al-Sayed (Syria)
AMANA BAGHDAD: 21 Mohanad Qasim, 29 Ridha Nasarallah, 5 Ikechukwu Okorie, 4 Milad Falah,
 7 Sattar Jabar, 25 Ahmed Muhsin “Omega”, 35 Safaa Hadi (36 Jassim Mohammed 69'),
 30 Amissah Assan, 8 Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha (9 Sajad Hussein 61'), 16 Yahaya Adamu
 (27 Amer Sahib 77'), 10 Marwan Abbas [c].  
COACH: Ahmed Khalaf
Referee: Salim Amer
Linesmen: Jalil Saifi &Akram Ali
Fourth Official: Ammar Mousa
Cautions: Ridha Nasarallah 55', Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam” 56', Ziyad Ahmed 69'.

16 April 2016
Al-Talaba 1-1 Al-Zawraa [at Al-Shaab]
Mustafa Al-Amin 23'; Hussein Al-Juwaid 17' pen
AL-TALABA: 35 Ali Abdul-Hussein; 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra, 2 Saad Hassan Ahmed,
 3 Saad Jassim, 18 Mahdi Karim (10 Abdul-Qadir Tariq 45'), 17 Ehab Kadhim,
 13 Thair Sami Kroma, 8 Mustafa Al-Amin, 22 Samar Saeed (5 Muthanna Khalid 64'),
 16 Yassir Abdul-Muhsin (36 James Kwame Aban 77'), 9 Younis Mahmoud [c]. 
COACH: Ayoub Odisho
AL-ZAWRAA: 12 Mohammed Kasid; 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir [c], 3 Hussein Al-Juwaid, 5 Ali Latif,
 6 Karrar Mohammed, 7 Hussein Abdul-Wahid (11 Loay Salah 74'), 16 Zaher Medani,
 13 Hussein Ali (17 Haidar Sabah 79'), 30 Uday Abdul-Jaffal (15 Alaa Mahawi 67'),
 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 8 Mohanad Abdul-Rahim. 
COACH: Basim Qasim
Referee: Zaid Thamir
Linesmen: Mohanad Attiya & Maitham Khamat
Fourth Official: Haitham Mohammed
Cautions: Zaher Medani 33', Samar Saeed 19', Ali Latif 61', Ehab Kadhim 66',
 Hussein Abdul-Wahid 73'.

18 April 2016

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 Al-Naft [at Al-Shaab]
Hamadi Ahmed 45'(+2), Hussein Ali Wahid 90' (+1)
AL-QUWA AL-JAWIYA: 1 Fahad Talib; 33 Muayad Al-Ajan, 2 Samal Saeed, 3 Ali Abdul-Jabar [c]
 (4 Saad Natiq 47'), 6 Samih Saeed, 13 Bashar Resan, 18 Akwetey Mensah, 30 Hamed Mido
 (25 Bassam Qabil 81'), 11 Humam Tariq, 9 Emad Muhsin (19 Hussein Ali Wahid 75'),
 10 Hamadi Ahmed.
COACH: Ali Hadi
AL-NAFT: 21 Mustafa Saadoun; 2 Ashraf Abdul-Karim, 22 Hussam Kadhim, 26 Ammar Kadhim,
 6 Ahmed Abdul-Majeed [c], 24 Qasim Zaidan, 30 Ali Rahim (25 Bashar Saadoun 58'),
 18 Ali Qasim (17 Dhufiqar Ayed 68'), 27 Walid Karim, 14 Mazin Fayadh, 11 Mustafa Jowda. 
COACH: Hassan Ahmed
Referee: Salam Jumaa
Linesmen: Wathiq Madalal & Hussein Turki
Fourth Official: Baqir Mahmoud
Cautions: Ali Abdul-Jabar 28', Mustafa Jowda 28', Mustafa Jowda 33', Samal Saeed 60',
 Humam Tariq 76', Fahad Talib 90' (+4)
Sending Off: Mustafa Jowda 33'.

Al-Shurta 0–1 Naft Al-Wasat [at Al-Shaab]
Alaa Al-Shbli 57'
AL-SHURTA: 12 Jalal Hassan; 2 Ahmed Al-Saleh, 18 Seifeddine Chammari, 23 Walid Salim [c]
 (22 Hussein Karim 78'), 17 Nabil Sabah; 5 Ali Faiz, 20 Hassan Wasswa (35 Ahmed Fadhil 65'),
 19 Ahmed Ayad, 11 Amjad Atwan (14 Amjad Kelaf 53'), 9 Mahdi Kamil, 10 Marwan Hussein. 
COACH: Radhi Shanaishel
Al-NAFT AL-WASAT: 25 Nour Sabri; 32 Nadim Sabbagh, 15 Essam Yasin, 5 Nabil Abbas [c],
 2 Alaa Al-Shbli, 10 Hulgard Mulla Mohammed (17 Karim Deli 71'), 14 Ayad Khalaf,
 9 Amir Sabah, 24 Mustafa Karim (33 Thamir Al-Haj Mohammed 66), 11 Thamir Bargash
 (13 Amjad Walid 46'), 20 Jassim Mohammed. 
COACH: Thair Ahmed
Referee: Sabah Abid 
Linesmen: Mahmoud Khalaf & Loay Subhi
Fourth Official: Ahmed Kadhim
Cautions: Marwan Hussein 28', Ahmed Al-Saleh 30', Amir Sabah 35', Thamir Bargash 44',
 Ahmed Ayad 61', Jassim Mohammed73', Ahmed Fadhil 79', Nadim Sabbagh 84',
 Ahmed Fadhil 90' (+1), Amjad Walid 90' (+4)
Sending Off: Ahmed Fadhil 90' (+1).

April 22, 2016

Naft Al-Wasat 1–0 Al-Talaba [at Al-Najaf]
Essam Yasin 52;James Kwame Aban 90 (+3)
NAFT AL-WASAT: 25 Nour Sabri, 2 Alaa Al-Shbli, 15 Essam Yasin, 5 Nabil Abbas [c],
 32 Nadim Sabbagh, 14 Ayad Khalaf, 33 Thamir Al-Haj Mohammed, 11 Thamir Bargash
 (21 Mohammed Salih 77'), 7 Salih Sadir (17 Karim Deli 61'), 13 Amjad Walid
 (9 Amir Sabah 54'), 20 Jassim Mohammed. 
COACH: Thair Ahmed
AL-TALABA: 35 Ali Abdul-Hussein;2 Saad Hassan Ahmed, 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra,
 39 Ahmed Nadhim, 37 Mustafa Mohammed, 8 Mustafa Al-Amin, 13 Thair Sami Kroma
 (6 Mohammed Faisal 75'), 17 Ehab Kadhim (16 Yassir Abdul-Muhsin 65'), 22 Samar Saeed,
 10 Abdul-Qadir Tariq (38 James Kwame Aban 67'), 9 Younis Mahmoud [c]
COACH: Ayoub Odisho
Referee: Zaid Thamir 
Linesmen: Jalil Saifi & Hussein Turki
Fourth Official: Sabah Abid
Cautions: Mustafa Al-Amin 25', Younis Mahmoud 45' (+1), Mustafa Amin 46', Amjad Walid 49',
 Ayad Khalaf 58', Karim Deli 87'.
Sending Off: Mustafa Al-Amin 46'. 

April 23, 2016

Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya [at Al-Shaab]
Alaa Mahawi 60'
AL-ZAWRAA: 12 Mohammed Kasid; 15 Alaa Mahawi, 3 Hussein Al-Juwaid, 16 Zaher Medani,
 6 Karrar Mohammed; 7 Hussein Abdul-Wahid, 30 Uday Abdul-Jaffal (17 Haidar Sabah 62'),
 13 Hussein Ali, 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 11 Loay Salah [c] (18 Hatim Zaidan 54'),
 8 Mohanad Abdul-Rahim (25 Ali Rahim 81').
COACH: Basim Qasim
AL-QUWA AL-JAWIYA: 1 Fahad Talib; 6 Samih Saeed, 30 Muayad Al-Ajan, 3 Ali Abdul-Jabar [c],
 2 Samal Saeed; 30 Hamed Mido (19 Hussein Ali Wahid 78'), 15 Osama Ali (8 Ali Yousef 91'),
 13 Bashar Resan (25 Bassam Qabil 50'), 11 Humam Tariq, 10 Hamadi Ahmed, 9 Emad Muhsin. 
COACH: Ali Hadi
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
Linesmen: Maitham Khamat & Muayad Mohammed Ali
Fourth Official: Wathiq Mohammed
Cautions: Karrar Mohammed 9', Osama Ali 27', Hussein Abdul-Wahid 70', Alaa Mahawi 61',
 Samal Saeed 64', Alaa Abdul-Zahra 90', Hussein Ali Wahid 90' (+4).

April 24, 2016

Amana Baghdad 2–2 Al-Naft [at Al-Shaab]
Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha 57' pen, Marwan Abbas 66'; Dhulfiqar Ayed 22' pen, 45' (+2)
AMANA BAGHDAD: 21 Mohanad Qasim;11 Nazar Hakim, 24 Abdullah Abdul-Amir, 5 Ikechukwu Okorie,
 30 Amissah Assan, 7 Sattar Jabar, 27 Amer Sahib (18 Ayman Arzeij 65'),
 25 Ahmed Muhsin “Omega”, 35 Safaa Hadi (16 Yahaya Adamu 54'), 8 Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha,
 10 Marwan Abbas [c] (9 Sajad Hussein 79')
COACH: Ahmed Khalaf
AL-NAFT: 21 Mustafa Saadoun; 6 Ahmed Abdul-Majeed [c], 5 Mohammed Maan, 22 Hussam Kadhim,
 26 Ammar Kadhim, 24 Qasim Zaidan 25 Bashar Saadoun (7 Sajad Raad 70'), 14 Mazin Fayadh,
 18 Ali Qasim (29 Ali Obaid 77'), 27 Walid Karim, 17 Dhulfiqar Ayed (30 Ali Rahim 58').
COACH: Hassan Ahmed
Referee: Yousef Saeed 
Linesmen: Mahmoud Khalaf & Omar Khalaf
Fourth Official: Haitham Mohammed Ali
Cautions: Abdullah Abdul-Amir 21', Ikechukwu Okorie 26', Mustafa Saadoun 56',
 Ahmed Muhsin “Omega” 65'.

April 25, 2016

Al-Minaa 2–2 Al-Shurta [at Basra Sports City Stadium]
Mohammed Jabar Shukan 45' (+2), 48'; Mahdi Kamil 21', Ali Faiz 58' pen
AL-MINAA: 20 Karrar Ibrahim [c]; 24 Faisal Jassim, 6 Ali Bahjat, 2 Saad Attiya,
 4 Omar “Amro” Medani; 14 Ali Qasim (25 Ahmed Jabar 61'), 21 Ahmed Abbas
 (7 Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire 86'), 11 Jawad Kadhim, 9 Ammar Abdul-Hussein,
 10 Mohammed Jabar Shukan, 18 Ziyad Ahmed (5 Ahmed Muhsin “Abu Kreisha” 61')
COACH: Hossam Al-Sayed (Syria)
AL-SHURTA: 12 Jalal Hassan; 23 Walid Salim (32 Ahmed Mohammed 75'), 5 Ali Faiz,
 18 Seifeddine Chammari, 17 Nabil Sabah, 19 Ahmed Ayad, 20 Hassan Wasswa, 11 Amjad Atwan,
 9 Mahdi Kamil, 14 Amjad Kelaf [c] (15 Walid Bahr 66'), 10 Marwan Hussein
 (8 Hassan Ali Kadhim 88').
COACH: Radhi Shanaishel
Referee: Ali Sabah
Linesmen: Loay Subhi & Wathiq Madalal
Fourth Official: Tahsin Ali
Cautions: Amjad Atwan 39', Seifeddine Chammari 45' (+1), Walid Salim 45' (+1),
 Omar “Amro” Medani57', Ahmed Muhsin “Abu Kreisha” 74'.

May 5, 2016

Naft Al-Wasat 0–1 Al-Zawraa [at Al-Najaf]
Mohanad Abdul-Rahim 88'
NAFT AL-WASAT: 25 Nour Sabri; 32 Nadim Sabbagh, 2  Alaa Al-Shbli, 5 Nabil Abbas [c],
 15 Essam Yasin, 14 Ayad Khalaf, 33 Thamir Haj Mohammed, 11 Thamir Bargash
 (6 Karrar Jassim 64'), 7 Salih Sadir (24 Mustafa Karim 79'), 9 Amir Sabah,
 20 Jassim Mohammed.  
COACH: Thair Ahmed
AL-ZAWRAA: 12 Mohammed Kasid; 3 Hussein Al-Juwaid, 6 Karrar Mohammed (2 Najim Shiwan 76'),
 15 Alaa Mahawi, 5 Ali Latif; 25 Ali Rahim (17 Haidar Sabah 66'), 16 Zaher Medani,
 13 Hussein Ali, 30 Uday Abdul-Jaffal (18 Hatim Zaidan 46'), 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra [c],
 8 Mohanad Abdul-Rahim. 
COACH: Basim Qasim
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
Linesmen: Wathiq Madallal & Muayad Mohammed Ali
Fourth Official: Sabah Abid
Cautions: Alaa Mahawi 37', Thamir Haj Mohammed 37', Zaher Medani 39', Thamir Bargash 56',
 Alaa Al-Shbli 67', Jassim Mohamed 80', Jassim Mohammed 85', Ayad Khalaf 86',
 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 90' (+2), Mohammed Kasid 90' (+3).
Sending Off: Jassim Mohammed 85'.

May 6, 2016

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4–0Amana Baghdad [at Al-Shaab]
Hamadi Ahmed 52', 59', Saad Natiq 79', Humam Tariq 90'
AL-QUWA AL-JAWIYA: 1 Fahad Talib; 33 Muayad Al-Ajan (31 Majid Jawad 82'),
 3 Ali Abdul-Jabar [c], 4 Saad Natiq, 5 Mohammed Ali Karim (6 Samih Saeed 47'),
 18 Akwetey Mensah, 20 Mohammed Hassan(9 Emad Muhsin 60'), 30 Hamid Mido, 11 Humam Tariq,
 19 Hussein Ali Wahid, 10 Hamadi Ahmed. 
COACH: Ali Hadi
AMANA BAGHDAD: 21 Mohanad Qasim; 4 Milad Falah, 11 Nazar Hakim, 5 Ikechukwu Okorie,
 29 Ridha Nasrallah; 7 Sattar Jabar (24 Abdullah Abdul-Amir 78'), 30 Amissah,
 25 Ahmed Muhsin “Omega”, 36 Jassim Mohammed (16 Yahaya Adamu 55'), 8 Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha,
 10 Marwan Abbas [c] (9 Sajad Hussein 67')
COACH: Ahmed Khalaf
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali
Linesmen: Karrar Ahmed & Ali Raja
Fourth Official: Murtada Muayad
Cautions: Mohammed Ali Karim 19', Muayad Al-Ajan 27', Ridha Nasrallah 62',
 Ridha Nasrallah 74', Amissah Assan 81'
Sending Off: Ridha Nasrallah 74'.

May 7, 2016

Al-Shurta 0–2 Al-Naft [at Al-Shaab]
Walid Karim 73', Mazin Fayadh 82'
AL-SHURTA: 12 Jalal Hassan; 23 Walid Salim, 2 Ahmed Al-Salih, 5 Ali Faiz, 17 Nabil Sabah
 (35 Ahmed Fadhil 40'); 19 Ahmed Ayad (22 Hussein Karim 72'), 20 Hassan Wasswa,
 11 Amjad Atwan, 14 Amjad Kelaf [c]; 9 Mahdi Kamil, 10 Marwan Hussein
 (8 Hassan Ali Kadhim 46').
COACH: Radhi Shanaishel
AL-NAFT: 31 Ali Yasin; 2 Ashraf Abdul-Karim, 6 Ahmed Abdul-Majid [c], 26 Ammar Kadhim,
 22 Hussam Kadhim; 18 Ali Qasim(5 Mohammed Maan83'), 24 Qasim Zaidan, 25 Bashar Saadoun
 (15 Laith Tahsin 88'), 27 Walid Karim (7 Sajad Raad 90'), 14 Mazin Fayadh,
 11 Mustafa Jowda. 
COACH: Hassan Ahmed
Referee: Wathiq Mohammed
Linesmen: Loay Subhi& Jihad Attiya
Fourth Official: Zaid Thamir
Cautions: Qasim Zaidan 31', Walid Karim 74', Ahmed Fadhil 80', Mazin Fayadh 83',
 Walid Salim 84', Ali Yasin 90' (+2).

May 8, 2016

Al-Talaba 1–0 Al-Minaa [at Al-Shaab]
Yassir Abdul-Muhsin 87'
AL-TALABA: 35 Ali Abdul-Hussein; 2 Saad Hassan Ahmed, 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra,
 37 Mustafa Mohammed (18 Mahdi Karim 65'), 39 Ahmed Nadhim; 24 Mohammed Ridha
 (6 Mohammed Faisal 59'), 5 Muthanna Khalid (38 James Kwame Aban 77'), 13 Thair Sami Kroma,
 22 Samar Saeed, 16 Yassir Abdul-Muhsin, 9 Younis Mahmoud [c].
COACH: Ayoub Odisho
AL-MINAA: 20 Karrar Ibrahim [c]; 2 Saad Attiya, 6 Ali Bahjat, 3 Hamza Adnan,
 24 Faisal Jassim, 21 Ahmed Abbas, 28 Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam”, 11 Jawad Kadhim,
 8 Ali Husni (5 Ahmed Muhsin “Abu Kreisha” 78'), 10 Mohammed Jabar Shukan, 18 Ziyad Ahmed
 (9 Ammar Abdul-Hussein 62') 
COACH: Hossam Al-Sayed (Syria)
Referee: Mohammed Sadiq 
Linesmen: Hussein Turki &Amir Dawud 
Fourth Official: Taher Tariq
Cautions: Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam” 39', Mohammed Jabar Shukan 69'Ahmed Abbas 69',
 Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam” 82', Yassir Abdul-Muhsin 88', Ali Abdul-Hussein 89',
 Hamza Adnan 90' (+1), Samar Saeed 90' (+2)
Sending Off: Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam” 82'.

May 14, 2016

Al-Shurta 1-2 Amana Baghdad [at Al-Shaab]
Ali Faiz 25' pen; Sajad Hussein 8', Marwan Abbas 67'
AL-SHURTA: 12 Jalal Hassan; 32 Ahmed Mohammed, 18 Seifeddine Chammari, 2 Ahmed Al-Salih,
 23 Walid Salim; 5 Ali Faiz, 19 Ahmed Ayad (10 Marwan Hussein 85'), 29 Amir Sabah
 (20 Hassan Wasswa 64'), 9 Mahdi Kamil, 14 Amjad Kelaf [c](8 Hassan Ali Kadhim 70'),
 22 Hussein Karim. 
COACH: Hashim Ridha
AMANA BAGHDAD: 21 Mohanad Qasim; 18 Ayman Arzeij, 5 Ikechukwu Okorie,
 24 Abdullah Abdul-Amir, 4 Milad Falah; 35 Safaa Hadi, 30 Amissah Assan,
 25 Ahmed Muhsin “Omega” (27 Amer Sahib 62'); 9 Sajad Hussein (36 Jassim Mohammed 53'),
 10 Marwan Abbas [c]8 Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha 80'), 16 Yahaya Adamu.
COACH: Ahmed Khalaf
Referee: Sabah Abid 
Linesmen: Mahmoud Khalaf & Ali Zaghir
Fourth Official: Mohanad Qasim
Cautions: Ahmed Al-Salih 18', Abdullah Abdul-Amir 24', Safaa Hadi 44', Hussein Karim 70'.

May 15, 2016

Al-Zawraa 5-1 Al-Minaa [at Al-Shaab]
Hussein Ali 59', Loay Salah 61', Ali Fadhil (o.g.) 64', Uday Abdul-Jaffal 79',
 Mohanad Abdul-Rahim 84'; Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire 7'
AL-ZAWRAA: 12 Mohammed Kasid; 3 Hussein Al-Juwaid, 5 Ali Latif, 6 Karrar Mohammed,
 4 Mustafa Mohammed (14 Haidar Abdul-Amir 46'), 13 Hussein Ali (17 Haidar Sabah 86'),
 16 Zaher Medani, 7 Hussein Abdul-Wahid, 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 11 Loay Salah [c]
 (30 Uday Abdul-Jaffal76'), 8 Mohanad Abdul-Rahim.
COACH: Basim Qasim
AL-MINAA: 20 Karrar Ibrahim [c]; 2 Saad Attiya (11 Jawad Kadhim 73), 4 Omar “Amro” Medani,
 24 Faisal Jassim, 6 Ali Bahjat; 14 Ali Qasim (21 Ahmed Abbas 30'), 25 Ahmed Jabar,
 8 Ali Husni, 9 Ammar Abdul-Hussein, 10 Mohammed Jabar Shukan,
 7 Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire (3 Hamza Adnan 57')
COACH:Hossam Al-Sayed (Syria)
Referee: Mohammed Tariq Ahmed 
Linesmen: Muayad Mohammed Ali & Loay Subhi
Fourth Official: Haitham Mohammed Ali
Cautions: Ali Qasim 19', Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire 20', Saad Attiya 24',
 Ali Husni 38', Ali Bahjat 42', Omar “Amro” Medani46'.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-3 Naft Al-Wasat [at Al-Shaab]
Emad Muhsin 77'; Amir Sabah 35', 69', Amjad Walid 84' pen 
AL-QUWA AL-JAWIYA: 1 Fahad Talib; 3 Ali Abdul-Jabar [c], 4 Saad Natiq, 33 Muayad Al-Ajan,
 6 Samih Saeed, 13 Bashar Resan (2 Samal Saeed 46'), 18 Akwetey Mensah, 30 Hamed Mido
 (9 Emad Muhsin 46'), 11 Humam Tariq, 20 Mohammed Hassan (19 Hussein Ali Wahid 76'),
 10 Hamadi Ahmed. 
COACH: Ali Hadi
NAFT AL-WASAT: 25 Nour Sabri; 2 Alaa Al-Shbli, 32 Nadim Sabbagh 5 Nabil Abbas [c],
 15 Essam Yasin; 14 Ayad Khalaf, 13 Amjad Walid, 21 Mohammed Salih, 7 Salih Sadir 
 (11 Thamir Bargash 72'), 9 Amir Sabah (4 Mustafa Nadhim 89'), 24 Mustafa Karim
 (6 Karrar Jassim 79')
COACH: Thair Ahmed
Referee: Zaid Thamir
Linesmen: Jalil Saifi & Jihad Attiya
Fourth Official: Wathiq Mohammed
Cautions: Awketey Mensah 25', Amir Sabah 36', Amjad Walid 48', Hamadi Ahmed 66',
 Fahad Talib 82', Alaa Al-Shbli 87', Hussein Ali Wahid 90' (+4), Nour Sabri 90' (+4)

May 16, 2016

Al-Naft 1-1 Al-Talaba [at Al-Shaab]
Walid Karim 36'; James Kwame Aban 90' (+2)
AL-NAFT: 31 Ali Yasin; 2 Ashraf Abdul-Karim, 22 Hussam Kadhim, 26 Ammar Kadhim,
 6 Ahmed Abdul-Majeed [c], 24 Qasim Zaidan, 25 Bashar Saadoun (5 Mohammed Maan 68'),
 18 Ali Qasim, 27 Walid Karim, 14 Mazin Fayadh (30 Ali Rahim 56'), 11 Mustafa Jowda
 (17 Dhulfiqar Ayed 77'). 
COACH: Hassan Ahmed
AL-TALABA:35 Ali Abdul-Hussein; 2 Saad Hassan Ahmed, 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra,
 39 Ahmed Nadhim, 18 Mahdi Karim; 13 Thair Sami Kroma, 17 Ehab Kadhim
 (38 James Kwame Aban 76'), 5 Muthanna Khalid (6 Mohammed Faisal 61'),
 16 Yassir Abdul-Muhsin (8 Mustafa Al-Amin 70'), 9 Younis Mahmoud [c],
 10 Abdul-Qadir Tariq. 
COACH: Ayoub Odisho
Referee: Ali Sabah
Linesmen: Maitham Khamat & Amir Dawud
Fourth Official: Shamil Tahsin
Cautions: Bashar Saadoun 9', Muthanna Khalid 17', Abdul-Qadir Tariq 34', Hussam Kadhim 34',
 Mazin Fayadh 39', Mohammed Abdul-Zahra 51', Saad Hassan Ahmed 70', Ahmed Abdul-Majeed 72',
 Mohammed Maan 90', Ali Rahim 90', Younis Mahmoud 90' (+3), Younis Mahmoud 90' (+4)
Sending Off: Younis Mahmoud 90' (+4)
NOTE: The FA’s disciplinary committee fined Al-Talaba 10m Iraqi dinars ($8, 590 US) which
 was to pay for the damage caused to the car of referee Ali Sabah by Talaba fans after the
 match. Younis Mahmoud was suspended for three matches and Al-Talaba’s fans were banned
 from the next three league matches. The Talaba captain was shown two cards in the space
 of just 19 seconds!

May 20, 2016

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3-0 Al-Shurta
Note: Al-Shurta had withdrawn from the Elite Stage after the 2-1 defeat with Amana Baghdad. 

Naft Al-Wasat 2–2 Al-Minaa [at Al-Shaab]
Alaa Al-Shbli 17', Mustafa Karim 82' pen; Ali Husni 24', Mohammed Jabar Shukan 47'
NAFT AL-WASAT: 25 Nour Sabri; 2 Alaa Al-Shbli, 32 Nadim Sabbagh (6 Karrar Jassim 68'),
 15 Essam Yasin (14 Ayad Khalaf 39'), 5 Nabil Abbas [c], 33 Thamir Al-Haj Mohammed
 (7 Salih Sadir 49'), 21 Mohammed Salih, 13 Amjad Walid, 10 Hulgard Mulla Mohammed,
 9 Amir Sabah, 24 Mustafa Karim. 
COACH: Thair Ahmed
AL-MINAA: 22 Saqr Ajeel; 3 Hamza Adnan, 6 Ali Bahjat, 4 Omar “Amro” Medani,
 15 Hussein Falah; 5 Ahmed Muhsin “Abu Kreisha” (18 Ziyad Ahmed 88'),
 28 Abdulhadi Ibrahim “Hawaydi Zaqlam”, 25 Ahmed Jabar, 10 Mohammed Jabar Shukan
 (11 Jawad Kadhim 85'), 8 Ali Husni (9 Ammar Abdul-Hussein 48'),
 7 Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire.
COACH: 
Referee: Ahmed Dhari Hani
Linesmen: Mahmoud Khalaf& Wathiq Madallal
Fourth Official: Zaid Fadhil
Cautions: Essam Yasin 30', Amir Sabah 67', Gleisson Jorge de Souza Freire 73',
 Hamza Adnan 77', Omar “Amro” Medani 80', Hussein Falah 80', Ahmed Muhsin “Abu Kreisha” 87'.

May 21, 2016
Al-Talaba 2–1 Amana Baghdad [at Al-Shaab]
Thair Sami Kroma 26', Saad Hassan Ahmed 76'; Marwan Abbas 38'
AL-TALABA: 35 Ali Abdul-Hussein; 18 Mahdi Karim [c], 39 Ahmed Nadhim,
 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra, 2 Saad Hassan Ahmed; 5 Muthanna Khalid (38 James Kwame Aban 44'),
 8 Mustafa Al-Amin (6 Mohammed Faisal 60'), 13 Thair Sami Kroma, 16 Yassir Abdul-Muhsin,
 22 Samir Saeed (17 Ehab Kadhim 75'), 10 Abdul-Qadir Tariq. 
COACH: Ayoub Odisho
AMANA BAGHDAD: 21 Mohanad Qasim; 5 Ikechukwu Okorie, 18 Ayman Arzeij,
 24 Abdullah Abdul-Amir, 11 Nazar Hakim; 25 Ahmed Muhsin “Omega” (36 Jassim Mohammed 34'),
 35 Safaa Hadi, 30 Amissah Assan, 10 Marwan Abbas [c], 16 Yahaya Adamu
 (8 Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha 83'), 9 Sajad Hussein (7 Sattar Jabar 59'). 
COACH: Ahmed Khalaf
Referee: Dhia Jandel
Linesmen: Hussein Turki &Uday Chaloub
Fourth Official:Hamid Talib
Cautions: Sattar Jabar 61', Mahdi Karim 84', Ali Abdul-Hussein 90' (+4).

May 22, 2016
Al-Zawraa – Al-Naft [at Al-Shaab]
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 74; Ali Qasim 83
AL-ZAWRAA: 12 Mohammed Kasid; 3 Hussein Al-Juwaid, 15 Alaa Mahawi, 5 Ali Latif,
 16 Zaher Medani; 7 Hussein Abdul-Wahid, 13 Hussein Ali, 30 Uday Abdul-Jaffal
 (17 Haidar Sabah 70'); 11 Loay Salah [c] (14 Haidar Abdul-Amir 67'), 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra,
 8 Mohanad Abdul-Rahim. 
COACH: Basim Qasim
AL-NAFT: 31 Ali Yasin, 6 Ahmed Abdul-Majeed [c], 22 Hussam Kadhim, 2 Ashraf Abdul-Karim,
 26 Ammar Kadhim; 7 Sajad Raad (30 Ali Rahim 77'), 24 Qasim Zaidan, 25 Bashar Saadoun,
 18 Ali Qasim; 27 Walid Karim, 11 Mustafa Jowda. 
COACH: Hassan Ahmed
Referee: Wathiq Mohammed
Linesmen: Loay Subhi & Amir Dawud 
Fourth Official: Zaid Thamir
Cautions: Sajad Raad 61'.

Top Scorers (all season)

Mohanad Abdul-Rahim (Al-Zawraa)			12 goals
Hamadi Ahmed (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)		12 goals
Abdul-Qadir Tariq (Al-Talaba)			10 goals
Omar Khrebin-Syria (Al-Minaa)			10 goals
Alaa Abdul-Zahra (Al-Zawraa)			 9 goals
Amjad Walid (Naft Al-Wasat)			 6 goals
Ayman Hussein (Al-Naft)				 6 goals
Emad Muhsin (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)			 6 goals
Henri Jaudel Ambo -Cameroon (Hudoud)		 5 goals
Jabar Karim (Karbala)				 6 goals
Mohammed Jabar Shukan (Al-Minaa)		 6 goals
Mohammed Khalid Jaffal (Arbil)			 6 goals
Mazin Fayadh (Al-Naft)				 5 goals
Ali Faiz (Al-Shurta)				 5 goals
Amir Sabah (Naft Al-Wasat)			 5 goals
Hussam Malik (Naft Al-Janoub)			 5 goals



2015/16 overview


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