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.
Group stage North Group
Results
Euphrates Group
Results
Central Group
Results
South Group
Results
Elite stage Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Golden stage
Semi-finals
Al-Minaa won 1–0 on aggregate
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 3–2 on aggregate
Third place match
GK 1 Ahmad AliDF 2 Haidar Mahmoud (c)DF 5 Haidar Abdul-Qadir DF 25 Hussein Abdul-WahedDF 4 Haidar Abdul-AmirMF 23 Mohammed AliMF 9 Ahmad Abdul-Jabar MF 24 Wissam Zaki MF 16 Mohannad NassirFW 7 Muslim MubarakFW 19 Abbas Hassan Substitutions:FW 11 Alaa Abdul-Sattar MF 18 Haitham Kadhim MF 10 Haidar Sabah Manager: Mohammed Hussein Nasrallah
GK 20 Noor SabriDF 12 Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (c)DF 24 Azhar TahirDF 17 Ali Noaman MF 14 Alaa NayrouzMF 7 Ali AbbasMF 29 Abbas Jafar MF 18 Mahdi Karim FW 11 Yassir Abdul-RazzaqFW 9 Mohammed Nasser ShakrounFW 32 Ahmed SalahSubstitutions:MF 29 Bassim Abdul-Hassan FW 18 Alaa Kadhim Manager: Thair Ahmed
Match officials Assistant referees: Aziz Jassim Amjad Shaker
Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shootout if scores still level.
Final
GK 1 Saddam SalmanDF 4 Emad Aoda (c)DF 15 Sattar Jabbar DF 13 Alaa Abdul-Hussein DF 21 Sajjad Abdul-KadhimMF 17 Qais EssaMF 7 Ghazi Fahad MF 14 Nawaf SalalMF 25 Nawaf Falah FW 30 Osama Shayyal FW 9 Nasser TallaaSubstitutions:FW 8 Mukhlas Abdul-Sattar MF 12 Ahmed Hassan FW 10 Ammar Hussein Manager: Abdul-Karim Jassim
GK 1 Wissam GassidDF 3 Mukhlad AliDF 5 Ali RehemaDF 6 Haidar RahimDF 4 Fareed Majeed MF 11 Ali KhudhairMF 8 Hussein Saddam MF 20 Ghanim Khudhair MF 10 Hawar Mulla Mohammed FW 7 Luay SalahFW 9 Waleed Dhahid (c)Substitutions:MF 17 Alaa Abdul-Wahid MF 13 Humam Saleh MF 34 Mohanad Mohammed Ali Manager: Sabah Abdul-Jalil
Match officials Assistant referees: Mohammed Arab Luay Subhi
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level.
Season statistics Top four positions TeamQualification1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya23138231112006 AFC Champions League2Al-Minaa21133531112006 AFC Champions League3Al-Talaba23108532172005–06 Arab Champions League4Al-Zawraa23148153132005–06 Arab Champions League
Top scorers PosScorerGoalsTeamMustafa KarimAl-Kahrabaa 2Ali Mohammed 12Al-Najaf 3Mohammed Kalaf 10Al-NaftAbbas Hassan 10Al-Zawraa 5Khalid Harbi 9Al-Nasiriya
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Karbala Al-Shuala 3–1 Al-Talaba Balad 4–2 Erbil Sulaymaniya 5–0 Al-Sinaa Al-Shuala 3–0 4Al-Kahrabaa Salahaddin 6–0 Al-Najaf Babil 4–0 Al-Nasiriya Al-Basra 4–2 Al-Naft Balad 5–1 5Al-Kahrabaa Salahaddin 7–2 Duhok Erbil 3–0 Balad Salahaddin 5–0 Karbala Duhok 4–1
Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals 5 Player scored 5 goals
References
External links Iraq Football Association