Iraqi Premier League
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| Organising body | Iraq Football Association |
|---|---|
| Founded | 18 August 1974 |
| Country | Iraq |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Iraq Division One |
| Domestic cup(s) | Iraq FA Cup Iraqi Super Cup |
| International cup(s) | AFC Champions League AFC Cup Arab Club Champions Cup |
| Current champions | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (7th title) (2020–21) |
| Most championships | Al-Zawraa (14 titles) |
| Top goalscorer | Sahib Abbas (177) |
| TV partners | Shabab Sport Al-Rabiaa Sports Kurdistan 24 |
| Website | iraqileague.com |
| Current: 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League | |
The Iraqi Premier Football League (Arabic: الدوري العراقي الممتاز), is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraq Division One.
The league was formed by the IFA in 1974 as the Iraqi National League of Clubs, the first nationwide league of clubs in Iraq. The current format sees 20 teams playing 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season.
Of the 77 teams to have competed since the inception of the league in 1974, 11 have won the title: Al-Zawraa (14), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (7), Al-Talaba (5), Erbil (4), Al-Shorta (4)[a], Al-Rasheed (3), Al-Minaa (1), Salahaddin (1), Al-Jaish (1), Duhok (1) and Naft Al-Wasat (1). The current champions are Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who won the title in 2020–21.
History[]
Origins[]
Up until 1973, leagues in Iraq were played at a regional level. The Central FA League, the Basra League and the Kirkuk League were all founded in 1948,[1] while the Mosul League was founded in 1950.[2] The first nationwide league to be held in the country was in the 1973–74 season when the National League was formed, with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya being crowned champions.[3] The IFA then decided to replace the competition with a new National League of Clubs which would only be open to formally registered clubs and not institute-representative teams.[4]
Foundation[]
The league held its first season in 1974–75 and was originally composed of ten clubs. The first ever Iraqi Premier League goal was scored by Falah Hassan of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (who had been renamed to Al-Tayaran) in a 1–1 draw with Al-Sinaa.[5] Al-Tayaran were crowned champions of the inaugural season which featured the following teams:[6]
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"Baghdad's Big Four" dominance[]
| Season | QWJ | SHR | TLB | ZWR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 1990–91 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1991–92 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 1992–93 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 1993–94 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1994–95 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 1995–96 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1996–97 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1997–98 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 1998–99 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1999–2000 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2000–01 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2001–02 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Top four | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| out of 13 | ||||
| League champions | ||||
Ever since the Iraqi Premier League began, it has been dominated by the four biggest clubs in Baghdad: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa, who together contest the Baghdad derbies. Of the four teams, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya have earned more top-four finishes (35) than any other side, meanwhile Al-Zawraa have won the league title the most times (14). From the 1989–90 season until the 2005–06 season, the league was won by one of the four Baghdad teams every time.
After the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, players started to leave the Baghdad-based clubs and join clubs in the North such as Erbil and Duhok due to the poor security situation in the capital city. This led to a shift in the dominance of the "Big Four" as Erbil won three consecutive league titles from 2007 to 2009 with Duhok winning the league in 2010. In the 2008–09 season, none of Baghdad's Big Four clubs finished in the top four and this is the only time that this has happened in the history of the league; the top four spots were occupied by Erbil, Al-Najaf, Duhok and Al-Amana.[7] Baghdad's Big Four have returned to dominating the league in recent seasons though, winning six out of the last seven league titles.
Corporate structure[]
The Premier League is operated by the Iraq Football Association, which is directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the Premier League and has full control over new rules adopted by the league.
Competition format[]
Competition[]
There are currently 20 clubs in the Iraqi Premier League, although this will be reduced to 18 teams for the 2022–23 season and to 16 teams from the 2023–24 season. During the course of a season each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games (however, all matches between Baghdad's Big Four clubs are played at the neutral venue of Al-Shaab Stadium to accommodate more spectators). Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank. Each club is allowed a maximum of four foreign players in their squad. The winners of the league qualify for the Iraqi Super Cup, a match played against the winners of the Iraq FA Cup (if the league winners also win the Iraq FA Cup, they play the league runners-up instead).
Promotion and relegation[]
On 15 December 2021, the IFA announced its plans to reduce the number of teams in the league to 16 teams within the next two seasons. In the 2021–22 season, four teams will be relegated to the Iraq Division One, while the top two teams in that division will be promoted. The same will occur for the following season (2022–23), however the 15th-placed team in the Premier League and the third-placed team in Division One will play a play-off game with the winner earning a Premier League place.
Clubs[]
Champions[]
| Club | Titles | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Zawraa | 14 | 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2017–18 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 7 | 1974–75, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2016–17, 2020–21 |
| Al-Talaba | 5 | 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985���86, 1992–93, 2001–02 |
| Erbil | 4 | 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12 |
| Al-Shorta | 4[a] | 1979–80, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2018–19 |
| Al-Rasheed | 3 | 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 |
| Al-Minaa | 1 | 1977–78 |
| Salahaddin | 1 | 1982–83 |
| Al-Jaish | 1 | 1983–84 |
| Duhok | 1 | 2009–10 |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 1 | 2014–15 |
2021–22 season[]
Twenty clubs compete in the 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League, including three promoted from the Division One:
| 2021–22 Club |
2020–21 Position |
First season in Premier League |
Seasons in Premier League |
First season of current spell in top division |
Premier League titles |
Most recent Premier League title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Diwaniya | 16th | 1988–89 | 14 | 2017–18 | 0 | – |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 14th | 2004–05 | 17 | 2014–15 | 0 | – |
| Al-Karkh | 10th | 1990–91 | 26 | 2018–19 | 0 | – |
| Al-Minaaa | 8th | 1974–75 | 46 | 1990–91 | 1 | 1977–78 |
| Al-Naftb | 6th | 1985–86 | 37 | 1985–86 | 0 | – |
| Al-Najafb | 3rd | 1987–88 | 35 | 1987–88 | 0 | – |
| Al-Qasimb | 15th | 2019–20 | 3 | 2019–20 | 0 | – |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiyaa, b | 1st | 1974–75 | 48 | 1974–75 | 7 | 2020–21 |
| Al-Shortaa, b | 4th | 1974–75 | 48 | 1974–75 | 4[a] | |
| Al-Sinaaa | 1st (Division One) | 1974–75 | 38 | 2021–22 | 0 | – |
| Al-Talabab | 17th | 1975–76 | 47 | 1975–76 | 5 | 2001–02 |
| Al-Zawraab | 2nd | 1975–76 | 47 | 1975–76 | 14 | 2017–18 |
| Amanat Baghdada | 7th | 1974–75 | 29 | 2008–09 | 0 | – |
| Erbil | 12th | 1987–88 | 30 | 2018–19 | 4 | 2011–12 |
| Naft Al-Basra | 11th | 2004–05 | 17 | 2012–13 | 0 | – |
| Naft Al-Wasatb | 5th | 2014–15 | 8 | 2014–15 | 1 | 2014–15 |
| Naft Maysan | 13th | 2009–10 | 11 | 2013–14 | 0 | – |
| Newrozb | 2nd (Division One) | 2021–22 | 1 | 2021–22 | 0 | – |
| Samarra | 3rd (Division One) | 1989–90 | 23 | 2021–22 | 0 | – |
| Zakho | 9th | 2002–03 | 17 | 2019–20 | 0 | – |
a: Founding member of the Iraqi Premier League
b: Never been relegated from the Iraqi Premier League
Al-Kahrabaa
Al-Karkh
Al-Naft
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Shorta
Al-Sinaa
Al-Talaba
Al-Zawraa
Amanat Baghdad
Seasons in Premier League[]
77 teams have taken part in at least a single round of the Iraqi Premier League since its first season in 1974–75 up until the 2021–22 season (not counting the qualifying rounds of the 2000–01 season). The teams in bold are competing in the Iraqi Premier League in the 2021–22 season. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Shorta are the only teams to have played in every single one of the 48 Iraqi Premier League seasons.
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International competitions[]
Qualification for Asian competitions[]
Qualification criteria for 2022[]
From the 2021–22 season, the champions of the Premier League qualify for the subsequent season's AFC Champions League group stage, while the league runners-up qualify for the AFC Cup group stage alongside the winner of the Iraq FA Cup. If the same team wins the league and the cup, the third-placed team in the league qualifies for the AFC Cup group stage. The winners of the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup may earn an additional qualification for the subsequent season's AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs if they are not in the top two.
The number of places allocated to Iraqi clubs in AFC competitions is dependent upon the position the country holds in the AFC Club Competitions Ranking, which is calculated based upon the performance of teams in AFC competitions in the previous four years.
| Ranking | Member Association | Club Points | 100% | ACL 2023 (GS+PO) |
AFC Cup 2023 (GS+PO) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | Mvmt | Region | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total | ||||
| 1 | 3 |  +2 |
1 (W) |  Saudi Arabia
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10.000 | 26.350 | 0.000 | 18.450 | 54.800 | 100.000 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | +4 |
1 (E) |  South Korea
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18.350 | 13.600 | 0.000 | 21.875 | 53.825 | 98.221 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 |  –1 |
2 (E) |  Japan
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13.850 | 21.800 | 0.000 | 17.875 | 53.525 | 97.673 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | +1 |
2 (W) |  Iran
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18.850 | 11.500 | 0.000 | 14.225 | 44.575 | 81.341 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | –1 |
3 (W) |  Qatar
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19.850 | 15.900 | 0.000 | 7.300 | 43.050 | 78.558 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | +4 |
4 (W) |  Uzbekistan
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9.400 | 9.000 | 0.000 | 16.743 | 35.143 | 64.130 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | –6 |
3 (E) |  China
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16.200 | 17.350 | 0.000 | 0.800 | 34.350 | 62.682 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 |  — |
5 (W) |  United Arab Emirates
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8.100 | 7.633 | 0.000 | 14.400 | 30.133 | 54.987 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | –2 |
4 (E) |  Thailand
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16.200 | 5.050 | 0.000 | 8.500 | 29.750 | 54.288 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | +2 |
6 (W) |  Jordan
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7.633 | 7.967 | 0.000 | 10.833 | 26.433 | 48.235 | 1+1 | 1+0 |
| 11 | 25 | +14 |
5 (E) |  Hong Kong
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3.300 | 3.650 | 0.000 | 16.500 | 23.450 | 42.792 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | +1 |
7 (W) |  Tajikistan
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4.433 | 3.000 | 0.000 | 13.952 | 21.386 | 39.026 | 1+0 | 1+1 |
| 13 | 9 | –4 |
8 (W) |  Iraq
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8.633 | 8.300 | 0.000 | 3.250 | 20.183 | 36.830 | 1+0 | 2+0 |
Previous performance[]
Collectively, Iraqi teams have reached nine finals of Asian club competitions. Aliyat Al-Shorta were the first team to do so when they reached the Asian Club Championship final in 1971, defeating holders Taj Tehran 2–0 in the semis. They were set to face Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final but refused to play the game in protest at the Israeli occupation of Palestine, therefore taking the runner-up spot. They were referred to as champions by the Iraqi media and were greeted with a heroes' reception upon their return to Baghdad, holding an open top bus parade.
Al-Rasheed became the second Iraqi team to reach the final of the Asian Club Championship in 1989 but they lost a two-legged final on away goals to Al-Saad of Qatar. Al-Talaba reached the final of the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup but they lost it 2–1 to Bellmare Hiratsuka, and five years later, Al-Zawraa lost the final of the same competition 1–0 to Shimizu S-Pulse in 2000. Erbil reached the final of Asia's second-tier tournament, the AFC Cup, twice in 2012 and 2014 but lost both times to Al-Kuwait and Al-Qadsia respectively. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya managed to win the AFC Cup when they beat Indian club Bengaluru FC 1–0 in the 2016 final, and they won the competition for the second consecutive season in 2017 by beating FC Istiklol by the same scoreline. They earned a record third AFC Cup title in a row with a 2–0 defeat of Altyn Asyr in 2018.
Performance in Arab competitions[]
The Premier League champions also qualify for the Arab Club Champions Cup alongside the league runners-up, while the league's third-placed team is admitted into the Arab Club Champions Cup qualifying play-offs.
Al-Shorta won the Arab Club Champions Cup in 1982 by defeating Al-Nejmeh 4–2 on aggregate in the final, Meanwhile, Al-Rasheed won the Arab Club Champions Cup three times in a row in 1985, 1986 and 1987.
Sponsorship[]
The league was founded as the National League and has been renamed several times, with the current Premier League name remaining in place since 2013. The competition has had title sponsorship rights sold to two companies, which were Asiacell in the 2011–12 season and Fuchs Petrolub in the 2015–16 season.
| Period | Sponsor | Brand |
|---|---|---|
| 1974–1988 | No sponsor | National League |
| 1988–1989 | Pan-National League | |
| 1989–1995 | National League | |
| 1995–1996 | Advanced League | |
| 1996–1999 | Premier League | |
| 1999–2000 | First Division | |
| 2000–2002 | Elite League | |
| 2002–2003 | First Division | |
| 2003–2008 | Premier League | |
| 2008–2011 | Premier Division | |
| 2011–2012 | Asiacell | Asiacell Elite League |
| 2012–2013 | No sponsor | Elite League |
| 2013–2015 | Premier League | |
| 2015–2016 | Fuchs | Fuchs Premier League |
| 2016–present | No sponsor | Premier League |
Players[]
Top scorers[]
By season[]
All-time[]
- As of 22 December 2021.[4]
| Rank | Player | Goals | Years | Club (goals) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahib Abbas
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177 | 1988–1989, 1991–1998, 2001–2002, 2004–2007, 2008, 2008–2010, 2011–2012 | Salahaddin (42), Al-Zawraa (62), Al-Talaba (18), Karbalaa (50), Al-Sinaa (5) |
| 2 |  Karim Saddam
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170 | 1979–1986, 1987–1996 | Al-Sinaa (23), Al-Jaish (11), Al-Rasheed (4), Al-Zawraa (126), Al-Shorta (6) |
| 3 |  Ali Hashim
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169 | 1987–1998, 1999, 2000–2001, 2002–2004 | Al-Najaf (148), Al-Karkh (21) |
| 4 | Hussein Abdullah
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165 | 1991–2010 | Al-Sinaa (32), Al-Naft (16), Diyala (40), Duhok (56), Erbil (14), Kirkuk (2), Peris (5) |
| 5 | Amjad Radhi
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163 | 2006–2015, 2016–present | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (98), Erbil (61), Al-Najaf (4) |
| 6 | Younis Abid Ali
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157 | 1983–1993, 1993–2000 | Al-Shorta (135), Al-Rasheed (15), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3), Al-Difaa Al-Jawi (4) |
| 7 | Hammadi Ahmed
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154 | 2004–present | Samarra (19), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (135) |
| 8 | Ahmed Radhi
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146 | 1981–1993, 1997–1999 | Al-Zawraa (103), Al-Rasheed (43) |
| 9 | Alaa Kadhim
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143 | 1988–1993, 1996–1998, 1998–2007 | Al-Sinaa (8), Al-Talaba (135) |
| Alaa Abdul-Zahra
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143 | 2004–2006, 2012–2014, 2014–present | Al-Zawraa (54), Duhok (26), Al-Shorta (63) |
Italics denotes players still playing professional football,
Bold denotes players still playing in the Iraqi Premier League.
Awards[]
Trophy[]
The current Iraqi Premier League trophy has been in use since the 2009–10 season and was designed by Iraq Football Association member Zuhair Nadhum, with the design being implemented by Qahtan Salim. The materials used to make the trophy were imported from China.
The trophy is a flat shield, predominantly golden in colour. In the centre of the shield is a football made from golden and mirrored pieces, with a map of Iraq in the centre of the ball. Inside the map reads the word Iraq in Arabic, with the words Premier League Shield underneath (also in Arabic) completed with the season. Surrounding the football are the words Iraq Football Association written in Arabic at the top and in English at the bottom in silver text. Surrounding that text is another ring, the top half of which contains the Flag of Iraq and the bottom half of which contains 18 golden stars, representing the 18 historical provinces of Iraq. Connecting the two halves of the outer ring on both sides is the IFA's logo.[8]
Records[]
League records[]
- Titles
- Most titles: 14, Al-Zawraa
- Most consecutive title wins: 3 – joint record:
- Wins
- Most consecutive wins in a season: 11, Al-Shorta (13 March 1998 – 22 May 1998)
- Most consecutive wins from beginning of season: 9 – joint record:
- Erbil (2 November 2008 – 2 January 2009)
- Al-Zawraa (20 November 2017 – 16 January 2018)
- Losses
- Fewest losses in a season: 0 – joint record:
- Longest unbeaten run: 39 games – joint record:
- Al-Zawraa (25 November 1993 – 3 October 1994)
- Al-Shorta (21 May 2018 – 23 May 2019)
- Attendances
- Highest attendance, single game: 68,000, Al-Shorta v. Al-Zawraa (at Al-Shaab Stadium, 13 December 1991)
- Goals
- Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 14, Erbil (16 July 2009 – 20 March 2010)
- Fewest failures to score in a match in a season: 0 (scored in every game) – joint record:
Match records[]
- Scorelines
- Biggest win: joint record:
- Al-Naqil 11–0 Al-Shorta (12 October 1974)
- Al-Ramadi 11–0 Kirkuk (15 May 1995)
Player records[]
- Appearances
- Youngest player: Amjad Kalaf, 13 years and 101 days (for Al-Kut v. Al-Basra, 14 January 2005)
- First ever non-Iraqi players to play in the league: Ismaël Bangoura (Guinea) for Erbil, Yousef Saeed Meziyan (Palestine) for Zakho and Soualio Bakayoko (Benin) for Zakho (2 January 2010)
- Titles
- Most Premier League titles: 7 – joint record:
- Most Premier League titles as captain: 3 – joint record:
- Hazem Jassam (three with Al-Zawraa in 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1978–79)
- Ahmed Radhi (one with Al-Rasheed in 1988–89 and two with Al-Zawraa in 1990–91 and 1998–99)
- Rafid Badr Al-Deen (three with Erbil in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09)
- Goals
- First Premier League goal: Falah Hassan (for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v. Al-Sinaa, 4 October 1974)
- Most top scorer awards: 4, Karim Saddam (1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93)
- Most consecutive top scorer awards: 3 – joint record:
- Most consecutive Premier League matches scored in: 15, Ahmed Radhi (for Al-Zawraa, 1992–93)
- Most goals in a season: 36, Younis Abid Ali (1993–94, 50 rounds)
- Most goals in a single game: 6 – joint record:
- Shakir Mohammed Sabbar (for Al-Ramadi v. Kirkuk, 15 May 1995)
- Sahib Abbas (for Al-Zawraa v. Al-Karkh, 18 October 1996)
- Alaa Kadhim (for Al-Talaba v. Al-Mosul, 9 January 1998)
- Fastest goal: 7 seconds, Alaa Abdul-Sattar (for Al-Zawraa v. Al-Kadhimiya, 25 January 2002)
- First non-Iraqi player to score a hat-trick: Jean Michel N'Lend (for Al-Shorta v. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, 18 November 2012)
- First goalkeeper to score a goal: Raad Hammoudi (for Al-Shorta v. Al-Samawa, 1975–76)
- First goalkeeper to score a goal from open play: Ahmed Obaid (for Al-Karkh v. Al-Sulaikh, 21 February 1997)
Managerial records[]
- Titles
| Manager | Club(s) | Wins | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayoub Odisho
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Al-Talaba, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (2), Al-Zawraa | 4 | 1992–93, 1996–97, 2017–18, 2020–21 |
 Jamal Salih
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Al-Talaba, Al-Rasheed (2) | 3 | 1981–82, 1987–88, 1988–89 |
| Thair Ahmed
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Al-Talaba, Erbil (2) | 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09 | |
| Basim Qasim
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Duhok, Al-Zawraa, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17 | |
| Saadi Salih
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Al-Zawraa | 2 | 1975–76, 1976–77 |
| Ammo Baba
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Al-Talaba, Al-Zawraa | 1980–81, 1993–94 | |
| Amer Jameel
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa | 1989–90, 1998–99 | |
| Adnan Hamad
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Al-Zawraa | 1995–96, 1999–2000 | |
| Sabah Abdul-Jalil
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Al-Zawraa, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2000–01, 2004–05 | |
| Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1 | 1974–75 |
| Jamil Hanoon
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Al-Minaa | 1977–78 | |
| Anwar Jassam
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Al-Zawraa | 1978–79 | |
| Douglas Aziz
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Al-Shorta | 1979–80 | |
| Wathiq Naji
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Salahaddin | 1982–83 | |
| Munthir Al-Waadh
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Al-Jaish | 1983–84 | |
| Yahya Alwan
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Al-Talaba | 1985–86 | |
| Nasrat Nassir
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Al-Rasheed | 1986–87 | |
| Falah Hassan
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Al-Zawraa | 1990–91 | |
| Adil Yousef
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1991–92 | |
| Hadi Mutanish
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Al-Zawraa | 1994–95 | |
| Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed
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Al-Shorta | 1997–98 | |
| Salih Radhi
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Al-Zawraa | 2005–06 | |
| Akram Salman
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Erbil | 2006–07 | |
| Radhi Shenaishil
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Al-Zawraa | 2010–11 | |
 Nizar Mahrous
|
Erbil | 2011–12 | |
| Thair Jassam
|
Al-Shorta | 2012–13 | |
| Abdul-Ghani Shahad
|
Naft Al-Wasat | 2014–15 | |
 Nebojša Jovović
|
Al-Shorta | 2018–19 |
See also[]
- List of Iraqi football champions
- Iraqi clubs in the AFC Club Competitions
- Iraqi Women's Football League
Notes[]
- ^ a b c Al-Shorta also finished in first place in 2013–14 but were not crowned champions due to the season ending prematurely, and were only considered as champions for the purpose of enabling admission into the AFC Cup.
- ^ The Iraq Youth Team played the second half of the 1990–91 season to accommodate for the withdrawal of Erbil. They also played the first half of the 1993–94 season but were then replaced by Babil who adopted the Iraq Youth Team's record.
References[]
- ^ "Football leagues set up in Iraq's main centres". The Iraq Times. 16 October 1948.
- ^ "Mosul forms new football group". The Iraq Times. 11 December 1950.
- ^ Al-Sabti, Ali (2018). Iraqi League History 1956-1974. Iraq.
- ^ a b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.
- ^ "The story of Al-Tayaran winning the first Iraqi League championship". Kooora. 9 May 2009.
- ^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.
- ^ http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4070 Goalzz.com
- ^ "The Iraq Football Association reveals the league shield for the 2012–13 season with materials imported from China". Goal.com (in Arabic). September 3, 2013.
External links[]
- Official website (in Arabic)
- Iraq Football Association
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