Iraqi Premier League |
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File:Current sport.svg 2010–11 |
Founded |
1974 |
Nation |
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Relegation To |
Iraq division 1 |
Number of Teams |
36 |
Asian Qualification |
AFC Cup |
Arabian Qualification |
Arab Champions League |
Current Champions (2009–10) |
Dohuk FC |
Most Successful Club |
Al-Zawraa (11) |
Website |
www.iraq-football.net |
Iraqi Premier League[1] (Arabic: دوري النخبة العراقي, Dawri Al-Nokhba) is the highest league in the league system of Iraqi football and currently contains the top 29 Iraqi football clubs. It is translated into English as "The Premier League". It was founded in 1974 and is controlled by the Iraq Football Federation.
League of the Institutes[]
- Main article: League of the Institutes
Prior to 1974, the league contained only Baghdad based teams. The league was named League of the Institutes and began its first season in 1962. During its 11 years, the Baghdad league was dominated by the Al-Shorta club as it won over half of the championships.
Clubs 2010/11[]
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Group A (North)[]
- Al-Jaish
- Al-Kahrabaa
- Al-Karkh
- Al-Naft
- Al-Shorta
- Al-Sinaa
- Arbil FC
- Diyala FC
- Dohuk FC
- Mosul FC
- Peshmarga FC
- Ramadi FC
- Samarra FC
- Zakho FC
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Group B (South)[]
- Al-Diwaniya FC
- Al-Hassanin
- Al-Hindiya FC
- Al-Masafi FC
- Al-Minaa
- Al-Najaf FC
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
- Al-Talaba
- Al-Zawraa
- Baghdad FC
- Karbalaa FC
- Naft Al-Janoob
- Naft Maysan
- Nasiriya FC
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Current competition[]
Since the toppling of the Saddam Hussein regime, the Iraqi league has made some dramatic changes. The league now starts in October and ends in July. Unlike the upper division of most countries' football leagues, Iraq's first league are split into 3 groups as planned in the beginning of the season. But by February 15, 2007, the league split the Baghdad group into two groups since teams could not coordinate games due to violence in the capital. In the first postwar year, the league split 28 teams into 4 groups of seven, based on region: North, South, and 2 Baghdad groups. In the 2006 - 2007 season, the league shrunk to 4 groups with a total of 23 teams.
The top 4 teams from each group moves on to the next round, while the last team of each group is relegated to the Iraq's 2nd division league (in the 2004-05 season, each group was forced to relegate 3 teams because the league had too many teams (35)). The 12 advancing teams are then split into 4 groups of 3, where each team plays the other twice, once home and once away. The first team in each of the 4 groups advances to the next round (the semi-finals.) Each of the 4 remaining teams is then paired with another team, where they will play a home and away match. The 2 winners advance to the championship for a single Baghdad venue match, while the two losing teams play for 3rd place.
The two finalist teams also advance to play in the AFC Cup, while the third place team qualifies to the Arab Champions League.
Iraqi Premier League Winners[]
Year | Team | Top Goal Scorer |
1974-75 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya - Al Tayran | Thamir Yosif (13) |
1975-76 | Al Zawraa | Thamir Yosif (13) |
1976-77 | Al Zawraa | Zahrawi Jabir (6) |
1977-78 | Al Minaa | Jalil Hanoon (11) |
1978-79 | Al Zawraa | Falah Hassan (7) |
1979-80 | Al Shurta | Ali Husain Mahmud (18) |
1980-81 | Al Talaba | Husain Saeed (11) |
1981-82 | Al Talaba | Thamir Yosif (14) |
1982-83 | Salahaddin FC | Husain Saeed (17) |
1983-84 | Al Jaish | Raheem Hameed (11) |
1984-85 | Abandoned due to Iran–Iraq War | |
1985-86 | Al Talaba | Husain Saeed, Ahmed Radhi and Raheem Hameed (9) |
1986-87 | Al Rasheed -Al Karkh | Raheem Hameed (14) |
1987-88 | Al Rasheed -Al Karkh | Raheem Hameed (14) |
1988-89 | Al Rasheed -Al Karkh | Kareem Saddam (22) |
1989-90 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | Kareem Saddam and Majeed Abdul Rida (13) |
1990-91 | Al Zawraa | Kareem Saddam (20) |
1991-92 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | Ahmed Radhi (34) |
1992-93 | Al Talaba | Kareem Saddam (33) |
1993-94 | Al Zawraa | Younis Abid-Ali (36) |
1994-95 | Al Zawraa | Muyad Joodi (30) |
1995-96 | Al Zawraa | Hussam Fawzi and Ali Hasan (11) |
1997-98 | Al Shurta | Mahmoud Majid (22) |
1996-97 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | Ali Hashim (19) |
1997-98 | Al Shurta | Mahmoud Majid (22) |
1998-99 | Al Zawraa | Hashim Ridha (19) |
1999-00 | Al Zawraa | Haidar Ayad (28) |
2000-01 | Al Zawraa | Hussein Abdullah (22) |
2001-02 | Al Talaba | Hashim Ridha (32) |
2002-03 | Abandoned due to 2003 invasion of Iraq | |
2003-04 | Abandoned due to 2003 invasion of Iraq | |
2004-05 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | Mostafa Karim (16) |
2005-06 | Al Zawraa | Sahib Abbas (17) |
2006-07 | Arbil FC | Ahmad Salah (11) |
2007-08 | Arbil FC | Asaad Abdul-Nabi (14) |
2008-09 | Arbil FC | Ahmad Salah (15) |
2009-10 | Dohuk FC | Amjad Radhi (33) |
Performance by club[]
Club | Titles |
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Al Zawraa | 11 |
Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 5 |
Al Talaba | 5 |
Arbil FC | 3 |
Al Karkh | 3 |
Al Shurta | 2 |
Al Jaish | 1 |
Al Minaa | 1 |
Salahaddin FC | 1 |
Dohuk FC | 1 |
See also[]
- Iraqi Clubs in the AFC Champions League
References[]
External links[]
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