The 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 20, 2004. The 36 teams were split into four groups. At the end of the group stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams) advanced to the Elite Stage, while the bottom three in each group were demoted to the lower division.

In the Elite Stage, the 12 teams were split into four groups of three, with teams playing home and away against each team in their group respectively. The top team in each of the four groups moved on to the two-legged semi-finals which determined who played for the championship game; a single match held in Baghdad. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won their fifth Premier League title with a 2–0 victory over Al-Minaa.[1]

Group stage

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 16 8 7 1 18 7 +11 31 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Duhok 16 8 5 3 20 9 +11 29
3 Erbil 16 6 6 4 24 18 +6 24
4 Zakho 16 6 6 4 14 15 −1 24
5 Kirkuk 16 5 5 6 19 19 0 20
6 Sirwan 16 4 7 5 13 16 −3 19
7 Peris 16 4 6 6 15 16 −1 18 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8 Sulaymaniya 16 3 6 7 12 24 −12 15
9 Al-Mosul 16 2 4 10 13 24 −11 10
Source: Goalzz

Results

Home \ Away PRS MSL QWJ DUH ERB KIR SRW SUL ZAK
Peris 3–0[a] 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Mosul 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
Duhok 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Erbil 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–1
Kirkuk 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 5–2 3–1
Sirwan 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–1 0–0 3–0
Sulaymaniya 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1
Zakho 0–0 5–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Peris–Al-Mosul match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Peris, as Al-Mosul did not turn up for the game.

Euphrates Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa 16 12 4 0 46 9 +37 40 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Najaf 16 11 4 1 33 7 +26 37
3 Karbala 16 8 4 4 24 18 +6 28
4 Al-Sinaa 16 7 3 6 23 20 +3 24
5 Al-Jaish 16 5 3 8 20 24 −4 18
6 Al-Kadhimiya 16 3 7 6 15 24 −9 16
7 Al-Estiqlal 16 4 4 8 13 25 −12 16 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8 Al-Shuala 16 3 1 12 14 37 −23 10
9 Babil 16 2 4 10 13 37 −24 10
Source: Goalzz

Results

Home \ Away EST JSH KDH NJF SHL SIN ZWR BBL KRB
Al-Estiqlal 1–2 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0
Al-Jaish 0–3 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 0–2
Al-Kadhimiya 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–3
Al-Najaf 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 4–0
Al-Shuala 3–0[a] 1–2 1–4 0–3 0–4 0–7 3–0 1–3
Al-Sinaa 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–4
Al-Zawraa 6–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 6–0 3–1
Babil 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–4 1–2 1–1
Karbala 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Shuala–Al-Estiqlal match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shuala due to Al-Estiqlal's players leaving the field on 83 minutes while losing 2–1.

Central Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Talaba 16 8 4 4 26 13 +13 28 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Naft 16 7 6 3 23 14 +9 27
3 Al-Karkh 16 8 3 5 20 11 +9 27
4 Al-Kahrabaa 16 8 2 6 35 17 +18 26
5 Diyala 16 6 7 3 18 16 +2 25
6 Samarra 16 6 5 5 8 12 −4 23
7 Balad 16 6 3 7 14 18 −4 21 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8 Al-Ramadi 16 4 4 8 15 23 −8 16
9 Salahaddin 16 0 4 12 6 41 −35 4
Source: Goalzz

Results

Home \ Away KAH KKH NFT RAM TLB BLD DIY SAL SMR
Al-Kahrabaa 2–3 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 6–0 4–0
Al-Karkh 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–0
Al-Naft 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
Al-Ramadi 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 5–2 0–1
Al-Talaba 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 4–2 2–2 4–0 1–1
Balad 0–3[a] 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 5–0 1–0
Diyala 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
Salahaddin 2–7 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0
Samarra 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Balad–Al-Kahrabaa match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Kahrabaa due to security guards calling off the match on 88 minutes while Al-Kahrabaa were winning 2–0.

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Minaa 14 9 2 3 22 5 +17 29 Qualified to Elite Stage
2 Al-Kut 14 8 2 4 18 17 +1 26
3 Al-Shorta 14 7 3 4 25 11 +14 24
4 Al-Samawa 14 6 3 5 19 12 +7 21
5 Maysan 14 4 8 2 14 12 +2 20
6 Naft Al-Junoob 14 4 4 6 14 24 −10 16
7 Al-Nasiriya 14 2 3 9 15 27 −12 9 Relegated to the Iraqi First Division League
8 Al-Basra 14 1 5 8 11 30 −19 8
9 Al-Diwaniya[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Goalzz
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Diwaniya withdrew from the league after eight matches, with their results being annulled.

Results

Home \ Away BSR DIW KUT MIN NAS SMA SHR MSN NFJ
Al-Basra 1–3 1–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Al-Diwaniya[a] –[b] –[b] –[b]
Al-Kut 2–0 –[b] 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0
Al-Minaa 4–0 –[b] 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–1
Al-Nasiriya 1–1 –[b] 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0[c] 1–1 2–3
Al-Samawa 5–0 –[b] 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–0[d] 1–0 1–2
Al-Shorta 4–0 4–0 1–0 3–0[e] 2–0 5–1 1–1
Maysan 2–0 –[b] 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–2
Naft Al-Junoob 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–5 0–0
Source: Goalzz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Diwaniya withdrew from the league after eight matches, with their results being annulled.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Al-Diwaniya's results against Al-Minaa (2–0 loss), Maysan (1–0 loss), Al-Basra (0–0 draw), Al-Samawa (2–1 loss), Naft Al-Junoob (3–0 loss), Al-Kut (2–2 draw), Al-Shorta (2–1 loss) and Al-Nasiriya (3–2 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
  3. ^ The Al-Nasiriya–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Nasiriya, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.
  4. ^ The Al-Samawa–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Samawa, as Al-Shorta did not turn up for the game.
  5. ^ The Al-Shorta–Al-Nasiriya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Nasiriya did not turn up for the game.

Elite stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIN KRB DUH
1 Al-Minaa 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9 Qualified to Semi-finals 4–1 1–0
2 Karbala 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4 0–2 1–1
3 Duhok 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 3–1 1–4
Source: Goalzz

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TLB NFT KKH
1 Al-Talaba 4 2 2 0 3 0 +3 8 Qualified to Semi-finals 0–0 2–0
2 Al-Naft 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 0–1 3–2
3 Al-Karkh 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1 0–0 0–1
Source: Goalzz

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZWR NJF SHR
1 Al-Zawraa 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8 Qualified to Semi-finals 1–1 2–0
2 Al-Najaf 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 8 0–0 2–0
3 Al-Shorta 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0 1–3 0–1
Source: Goalzz

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification QWJ ERB KUT
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 9 Qualified to Semi-finals 4–0 3–1
2 Erbil 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9 1–0 4–0
3 Al-Kut 4 0 0 4 2 11 −9 0 0–1 1–3
Source: Goalzz

Golden stage

Semi-finals Final
        
Al-Zawraa 0 0 0
Al-Minaa 1 0 1
Al-Minaa 0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 2 3
Al-Talaba 0 2 2 Third place match
Al-Zawraa 1 (1)
Al-Talaba (p) 1 (4)

Semi-finals

First legs

Al-Zawraa0–1Al-Minaa
Abdul-Kadhim 28' (pen.)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1–0Al-Talaba
Saddam 24'

Second legs

Al-Minaa0–0Al-Zawraa

Al-Minaa won 1–0 on aggregate

Al-Talaba2–2Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Turki Red card 46'
Nasser 67'
Abbas 69'		 Mohammed 7'
Khudhair 63'

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 3–2 on aggregate

Third place match

Al-Zawraa1–1Al-Talaba
Abdul-Jabar 65' Karim 57'
Penalties
Abdul-Jabar soccer ball with red X
Abdul-Sattar soccer ball with red X
Nassir soccer ball with check mark		 1–4 soccer ball with check mark Abdul-Hassan
soccer ball with check mark Nasser
soccer ball with check mark Nayrouz
soccer ball with check mark Salah
Referee: Sabah Qasim
Al-Zawraa
Al-Talaba

Final

Al-Minaa0–2Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Salah 58'
Essa 67' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir
Al-Minaa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Season statistics

Top four positions

Pos Team Pld Pts Eff Qualification
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 23 47 68.1% 2006 AFC Champions League
2 Al-Minaa 21 42 66.7% 2006 AFC Champions League
3 Al-Talaba 23 38 55.1% 2005–06 Arab Champions League
4 Al-Zawraa 23 50 72.5% 2005–06 Arab Champions League

Top scorers

Pos Scorer Goals Team
1
 		Mustafa Karim
16
 		Al-Kahrabaa
2 Ali Mohammed 12 Al-Najaf
3 Mohammed Kalaf 10 Al-Naft
Abbas Hassan 10 Al-Zawraa
5 Khalid Harbi 9 Al-Nasiriya

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[2] For Against Result Date
Iraq Sahib Abbas Karbala Al-Shuala 3–1 21 October 2004
Iraq Alaa Kadhim Al-Talaba Balad 4–2 29 October 2004
Iraq Samer Saeed Erbil Sulaymaniya 5–0 27 December 2004
Iraq Ayad Shaalan Al-Sinaa Al-Shuala 3–0 13 January 2005
Iraq Mustafa Karim4 Al-Kahrabaa Salahaddin 6–0 18 January 2005
Iraq Ali Mohammed Al-Najaf Babil 4–0 21 January 2005
Iraq Khalid Harbi Al-Nasiriya Al-Basra 4–2 17 February 2005
Iraq Mushtaq Kadhim Al-Naft Balad 5–1 18 February 2005
Iraq Mustafa Karim5 Al-Kahrabaa Salahaddin 7–2 15 April 2005
Iraq Ihssan Hadi Duhok Erbil 3–0 18 April 2005
Iraq Waleed Jawad Balad Salahaddin 5–0 1 May 2005
Iraq Hussein Ridha Karbala Duhok 4–1 2 July 2005
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals

References

  1. ^ "Iraqi League 2004–2005". Goalzz.com.
  2. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2004/2005 Group Stage All Fixtures". Goalzz. Kooora.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Iraqi_Premier_League
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