1979–80 Iraqi National League

Iraqi Premier League
Season	1979–80
Champions	Al-Shorta 1st Premier League title 6th Iraqi title
Relegated	Al-Bahri
Arab Club Champions Cup	Al-Shorta
Top goalscorer	Ali Hussein Mahmoud (18 goals)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Iraqi National League was the 6th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Shorta won their first league title of the Premier League era and sixth in total. This qualified them for the inaugural edition of the Arab Club Champions Cup which they went on to win to become the first Iraqi team to win a major continental club competition.

The race for the title went to the very last matchday; Al-Shorta beat Al-Minaa 3–1 in their last game on 2 May to go top of the league but Al-Zawraa would win the league if they managed to beat Al-Shabab two days later. Al-Zawraa could only muster a 1–1 draw though, therefore failing to overtake Al-Shorta and handing them the title on goal difference.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Shorta (C)	22	14	7	1	41	15	+26	35	1980–82 Arab Club Champions Cup
2	Al-Zawraa	22	15	5	2	36	13	+23	35
3	Al-Talaba	22	11	5	6	27	13	+14	27
4	Al-Shabab	22	10	6	6	26	19	+7	26
5	Al-Jaish	22	6	10	6	22	23	–1	22
6	Al-Tijara	22	7	8	7	14	18	–4	22
7	Al-Sinaa	22	6	10	6	16	27	–11	22
8	Al-Amana	22	6	8	8	25	24	+1	20
9	Al-Tayaran	22	7	6	9	20	21	–1	20
10	Al-Minaa	22	7	6	9	26	29	–3	20
11	Salahaddin	22	2	7	13	8	27	–19	11
12	Al-Bahri	22	0	4	18	13	45	–32	4	Relegated to Iraq Division 1

Top goalscorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Ali Hussein Mahmoud	18	Al-Shorta
2	Jalil Hanoon	13	Al-Minaa
3	Thamer Yousif	12	Al-Zawraa

References

Iraq - List of final tables (RSSSF)

External links

Iraqi Football Website

Iraqi Premier League

2016–17 clubs

Seasons

1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17

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