Season 2016–17 Location Iraq | Start date September 15, 2016 | |
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Top goalscorer Ayman Hussein(12 goals) Biggest home win Al-Zawraa 6–0 Karbala(16 October 2016) Highest scoring Zakho 3–4 Al-Talaba(11 January 2017) | ||
The 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز 2016–17) will be the 43rd season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest division for Iraqi association football clubs, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 15 September 2016, and is due to end on 17 July 2017.
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Al-Zawraa are the defending champions, having won their 13th title last season. Al-Hussein and Al-Bahri have entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Iraq Division One.
Teams
Twenty teams will compete in the league – the top eighteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the Iraq Division One.
Al-Hussein were promoted as the leaders of the final stage after drawing 1–1 against Brayati on 19 July 2016, at Al-Shaab Stadium, to appear for the first time in their history in the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Bahri were promoted, to appear for the seventh time in the Iraqi Premier League (the first since 1990–91), as the runners-up after drawing with Al-Sina'at Al-Kahrabaiya 2–2 on the same day at Al Karkh Stadium. They replace Duhok, who withdrew from the last season, and Al-Sina'a.
Stadia and locations
Note 1: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Note 2: Bold indicates that a stadium is temporary.
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to three per team with only two of them on the pitch.
Note: Al-Bahri, Al-Hedood, Al-Hussein, Al-Kahraba, Al-Karkh, Al-Naft, Naft Al-Janoob and Naft Maysan don't have foreign players in their squad.
Results table
Updated to games played on 25 February 2017.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.