Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi Premier League
Founded 18 August 1974
Country  Iraq
Confederation AFC
Number of teams 20 (from 2014–15)
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Iraq Division One
Domestic cup(s) Iraq FA Cup
Iraqi Super Cup
International cup(s) AFC Cup
Arab Club Championship
Current champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (6th title)
(2016–17)
Most championships Al-Zawraa
(13 titles)
TV partners Al-Iraqiya Sports Channel
Al-Kass Sports Channel
beIN Sports
2017–18 Iraqi Premier League

The Iraqi Premier League (Arabic: دوري الممتاز العراقي, Dawri Al-Mumtaz) is the highest league in the league system of Iraqi football and currently contains the top 20 Iraqi football clubs. It was founded in 1974 and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association. The Iraqi Premier League is the top tier of an extensive pyramid-like structure, operating on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraq Division One in which two teams get relegated and two teams get promoted each season.[1]

Seasons start in September with the 20 teams playing 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season.[2] The league was formed in 1974 when the Iraq Football Association (IFA) replaced the League of the Institutes (a league including institutes teams as well as clubs) with the Iraqi Premier League (the first nationwide clubs-only league in Iraq).

Of the 73 teams to have competed since the inception of the league in 1974, 11 have won the title: Al-Zawraa (13), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (6), Al-Shorta (5), Al-Talaba (5), Erbil (4), Al-Rasheed (3), Naft Al-Wasat (1), Duhok (1), Al-Jaish (1), Salahaddin (1) and Al-Minaa (1). The current champions are Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who won the title in 2016–17.[3]

History

Origins

The logo of the League of the Institutes, the top division of Iraqi football before the foundation of the Iraqi Premier League.

The Iraq Football Association was founded in 1948, and soon after the foundation of the IFA, a national championship was founded which would become known as the League of the Institutes. The teams that competed in the league were a mixture of football clubs and institute teams (such as Police and Army representative teams). During its 19 seasons of existence, Al-Shorta won five titles, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won five titles, Amanat Baghdad won five titles, Al-Jaish won one title, Al-Athori won one title, Sharikat Naft Al-Basra won one title and one season was abandoned midway through.[4]

Foundation

The 1973–74 season of the League of the Institutes included teams from all around the country, rather than just Baghdad-based teams. After the success of that season, the IFA made a decision that changed the course of Iraqi club football. During a meeting on 18 August 1974, the IFA decided to abandon the League of the Institutes and replace it with a nationwide league of clubs: the Iraqi National League, as it was known then. This decision was initially met with strong opposition but was accepted over time as the IFA refused to return to the old League of the Institutes.

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 in a 1–1 draw with Al-Sinaa. The ten inaugural members of the new league were Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Naqil, Al-Samawa, Al-Jaish, Babil, Amanat Baghdad, Al-Rafidain, Al-Sinaa and Al-Minaa, and the league was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.[5]

Development

The format of the Iraqi Premier League has changed multiple times throughout its existence. Below are some of the notable changes to the league's format that have happened over the years:

Trophy

The Iraqi Premier League shield that was awarded to 2012–13 champions Al-Shorta.

The Iraqi Premier League trophy was designed by Iraq Football Association member Zuhair Nadhum and the design was 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 gold and mirrored pieces, with a gold map of Iraq in the centre of the ball. Inside the golden map reads the word Iraq in Arabic, with the words Premier League Shield underneath (also in Arabic) completed with the season. Surrounding the golden 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 provinces of Iraq (not including Halabja). Connecting the two halves of the outer ring on both sides is the logo of the Iraq Football Association. In seasons where the league is sponsored, these two Iraq FA logos are replaced by the logo of the league's sponsor(s).[8]

This shield was first used as the Iraqi Premier League's trophy in the 2009–10 season. Prior to that, the trophy had been frequently changed. During the 1990s, the trophy was a golden shield with a photograph of Saddam Hussein in the centre,[9] while the trophy was a flat silver shield in the 2001–02 season,[10] a silver trophy in the 2004–05 season[11] and a golden trophy up until the 2009–10 campaign.[12]

List of champions

No. Season Champion
1 1974–75 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2 1975–76 Al-Zawraa
3 1976–77 Al-Zawraa
4 1977–78 Al-Minaa
5 1978–79 Al-Zawraa
6 1979–80 Al-Shorta
7 1980–81 Al-Talaba
8 1981–82 Al-Talaba
9 1982–83 Salahaddin
10 1983–84 Al-Jaish
11 1984–85 Abandoned
12 1985–86 Al-Talaba
13 1986–87 Al-Rasheed
14 1987–88 Al-Rasheed
15 1988–89 Al-Rasheed
No. Season Champion
16 1989–90 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
17 1990–91 Al-Zawraa
18 1991–92 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
19 1992–93 Al-Talaba
20 1993–94 Al-Zawraa
21 1994–95 Al-Zawraa
22 1995–96 Al-Zawraa
23 1996–97 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
24 1997–98 Al-Shorta
25 1998–99 Al-Zawraa
26 1999–2000 Al-Zawraa
27 2000–01 Al-Zawraa
28 2001–02 Al-Talaba
29 2002–03 Al-Shorta
30 2003–04 Abandoned
No. Season Champion
31 2004–05 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
32 2005–06 Al-Zawraa
33 2006–07 Erbil
34 2007–08 Erbil
35 2008–09 Erbil
36 2009–10 Duhok
37 2010–11 Al-Zawraa
38 2011–12 Erbil
39 2012–13 Al-Shorta
40 2013–14 Al-Shorta
41 2014–15 Naft Al-Wasat
42 2015–16 Al-Zawraa
43 2016–17 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
44 2017–18 TBD

Most successful clubs

# Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
1 Al-Zawraa 13 6 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
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 10 1974–75, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2016–17
3 Al-Talaba 5 8 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1992–93, 2001–02
4 Al-Shorta 5 2 1979–80, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2012–13, 2013–14
5 Erbil 4 3 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12
6 Al-Rasheed 3 2 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
7 Al-Jaish 1 2 1983–84
8 Naft Al-Wasat 1 1 2014–15
Duhok 2009–10
Al-Minaa 1977–78
11 Salahaddin 1 0 1982–83

"Baghdad's Big Four" dominance

'Big Four' during the 1990s and early 2000s
Season Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa
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
2002–03 5 1 2 4
Top four
finishes 		11 9 11 14
out of 14

Ever since the Iraqi Premier League began, it has been dominated by the four biggest clubs in Baghdad: Al-Shorta, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa and Al-Talaba.

Of the four teams, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya have earned more top-four finishes (32) than any other side over the 41 completed seasons, meanwhile Al-Zawraa have won the league title 13 times, far more than any of the other sides, and Al-Shorta have retained the league more recently than any of the other three teams having been crowned champions in both the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.

From the 1989–90 season until the 2005–06 season, the league was won by one of the four Baghdad teams every single time and this was the greatest period of dominance that the four clubs enjoyed. Even before and after this period, the league title was usually won by one the clubs.

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 in order to escape the danger of the capital city. This led to a shift in the structure of the "Big Four" and Erbil won the league three times in a row between 2007 and 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 ever happened in the history of the league; the top four spots were occupied by Erbil, Al-Najaf, Duhok and Amanat Baghdad.[13]

In total, Baghdad's Big Four clubs have won 29 of the 41 Iraqi Premier League titles in history.

Competition format

Competition

There are 20 clubs in the Iraqi Premier League. During the course of a season (from September to May) 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 at the big games). 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. The two lowest-placed teams are relegated into the Iraq Division One, and the top two teams from the Iraq Division One are promoted in their place.[14] Each club is allowed a maximum of three 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).

Qualification for international competitions

The winners of the Iraqi Premier League are admitted into the AFC Cup (along with the winners of the Iraq FA Cup). The runners-up of the league are admitted into the Arab Club Championship.

International performance

Collectively, Iraqi clubs have reached eleven finals of major continental club competitions, and have won five of them. Al-Shorta were the first team to reach a final when they reached the AFC Champions League final in 1971, but they withdrew from the final against Maccabi Tel-Aviv for political reasons, therefore being handed an automatic 2–0 defeat, although the Iraqi media consider Al-Shorta to be the winners of the tournament. Eleven years later, Al-Shorta won the 1980–82 Arab Club Championship by defeating Al-Nejmeh 4–2 on aggregate in the final.

Meanwhile, Al-Rasheed won the Arab Club Championship three times in a row in 1985, 1986 and 1987. Al-Rasheed also became the second Iraqi team to reach the final of the AFC Champions League 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 the AFC Cup twice, in 2012 and 2014 but lost both times (to Al-Kuwait and Al-Qadsia respectively), but Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya became the third Iraqi team to win a major continental club competition when they edged past Indian club Bengaluru FC 1–0 in the 2016 AFC Cup Final.

Sponsorship

The Iraqi Premier League has been sponsored by two different companies: Asia Cell and Fuchs Petrolub.

Period Sponsor Name
1974–1995No sponsor National League
1995–1996Advanced League[lower-alpha 1]
1996–1999Premier League
1999–2000First Division
2000–2002Elite League
2002–2003First Division
2003–2011Premier League
2011–2012Asia Cell Asia Cell Premier League
2012–2015No sponsor Premier League
2015–2016Fuchs Petrolub Fuchs Premier League
2016–presentNo sponsor Premier League
  1. ↑ The league was also referred to as the Premier League during this period.

Clubs

Seasons in Iraqi Premier League

73 teams have taken part in the Iraqi Premier League since its first season in 1974–75 up until the 2016–17 season. The teams in bold competed in the Iraqi Premier League in the 2016–17 season. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Shorta are the only teams to have played in every single one of the 43 Iraqi Premier League seasons.

  1. ↑ The Iraq Youth Team played the second half of the 1990–91 season after the withdrawals of Al-Jaish, Al-Bahri and Erbil. They also played the first half of the 1993–94 season but were then replaced by Babil who adopted the youth team's record.

Clubs for 2016–17 season

The following 19 clubs competed in the Iraqi Premier League during the 2016–17 season (Erbil withdrew from the competition).

Club Position
in 2015–16[n1]		 First season in
Premier
League		 Seasons
in Premier
League		 First season of
current spell in
Premier
League		 Premier
League
titles		 Last Premier
League title
Al-Bahri 2nd in Iraq Division One 1979–80 7 2016–17 0 n/a
Al-Hedood 17th 2008–09 6 2014–15 0 n/a
Al-Husseinb 1st in Iraq Division One 2016–17 1 2016–17 0 n/a
Al-Kahraba 12th 2004–05 12 2014–15 0 n/a
Al-Karkh 16th 1990–91 22 2013–14 0 n/a
Al-Minaaa 6th 1974–75 41 1990–91 1 1977–78
Al-Naftb 5th 1985–86 32 1985–86 0 n/a
Al-Najafb 13th 1987–88 30 1987–88 0 n/a
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiyaa, b 4th 1974–75 43 1974–75 6 2016–17
Al-Samawaa 18th 1974–75 14 2015–16 0 n/a
Al-Shortaa, b 7th 1974–75 43 1974–75 5 2013–14
Al-Talabab 3rd 1975–76 42 1975–76 5 2001–02
Al-Zawraab 1st 1975–76 42 1975–76 13 2015–16
Amanat Baghdada 8th 1974–75 23[n2] 2008–09 0 n/a
Karbalaa 15th 1992–93 19 2003–04 0 n/a
Naft Al-Janoob 14th 2004–05 12 2012–13 0 n/a
Naft Al-Wasatb 2nd 2014–15 3 2014–15 1 2014–15
Naft Maysan 10th 2009–10 6 2013–14 0 n/a
Zakho 9th 2002–03 13 2009–10 0 n/a

a: Founding member of the Iraqi Premier League
b: Never been relegated from the Iraqi Premier League

note 1 Overall positions approximated based on positions in the groups.
note 2 Not including the 1992–93 season when the club withdrew from the league after the first half of the season and had their results adopted by Al-Nasiriya who played the second half of the season.

Controversies

Uncompleted seasons

Nashat Akram won two Iraqi Premier League titles with Al-Shorta, first in 2002–03 and then in 2012–13 as captain.
  • The 1976–77 season was halted midway through the second half of the season after scheduling difficulties. The Iraq Football Association decided to cancel the results from the second half of the season, and crowned Al-Zawraa the champions as they were top of the league at the halfway stage of the competition.
  • The 1984–85 season was abandoned even before all the first half of the season's games had been completed, so the IFA did not declare any team as the champion. It was abandoned to give the Iraq national team more time to prepare for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, after public interest in the league had declined following the national team's recent successes.
  • The 2002–03 season was halted midway through the second half of the season, as the 2003 US invasion of Iraq made it too difficult to play matches in the country. The IFA decided to cancel the results from the second half of the season, and crowned Al-Shorta the champions as they were top of the league at the halfway stage of the competition.
  • The 2003–04 season was abandoned midway through the first group stage round of the tournament, as the 2003 US invasion of Iraq made it too difficult to play matches in the country. The IFA decided to hold playoff games between the best performing teams (Al-Shorta, Al-Zawraa, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Naft) to decide which teams would qualify for the 2005 AFC Champions League, but did not declare a champion for the season.
  • The 2013–14 season was halted after more than two-thirds of the games had been completed, due to increased unrest in the country caused by ISIS. The IFA decided to "end the league at its current stage", as stated by IFA member Kamil Zaghir, and declared Al-Shorta (who were leading the table at the time) as the champions.[15][16][17]

Controversial title wins

  • In the 1980–81 season, Al-Shorta managed to defeat Al-Zawraa 3–0 in their final match, which was exactly the result they needed in order retain their title and be crowned champions for the second time. They finished the season on equal points and equal goal difference with Al-Talaba but more goals scored and therefore expected to be given the trophy. However, the Iraqi FA did not officially announce who the champion was until the next day when they announced that Al-Talaba were the champions due to having won more matches than Al-Shorta. This rule had never been used before and was never used again, and the decision astonished everybody. Many Al-Shorta fans claimed there was a conspiracy against their club.
  • In the 1982–83 season, the two half-brothers of Saddam Hussein (Barzan Ibrahim and Watban Ibrahim) took control of the Salahaddin club, who had never won the league or cup in its history at that point. They became title challengers that season and the Ibrahims were accused of using their influence to intimidate opposition teams and cause referees to make deliberately incorrect decisions which favoured Salahaddin, such as when they were awarded a goal against Al-Shorta despite the ball not crossing the line which allowed them to win 1–0. Salahaddin needed to draw their final match of the season in order to win the league title, so the match was moved to their home in Tikrit rather than being played in Baghdad as scheduled. Salahaddin's opponents had two goals disallowed by the referee that game. They finished the season as champions without a single loss in the league.
  • The following season, it is believed that Saddam Hussein's son-in-law, Hussein Kamel, instructed the president of the Iraqi FA to ensure that Al-Jaish (Army Club) would win their first league title, in order to boost the morale of the Iraqi Army. Players were reportedly blackmailed into joining Al-Jaish in order to increase the quality of the team. If Al-Jaish were losing at 90 minutes, referees would add on significant amounts of stoppage time to allow them to tie the game. In the final game of the season, their opponents were given two red cards which allowed Al-Jaish to win the match and therefore win the title. They also finished the season without a single loss in the league.
  • After this season, Uday Hussein, the son of Saddam Hussein, established a new club called Al-Rasheed and placed them straight into the second division and they were promoted to the top division in their first season. Uday forced nearly every single player from the national team into Al-Rasheed (against their will), with the exception of a few such as Raad Hammoudi and Hussein Saeed, leading to Al-Rasheed dominating Iraqi football in the late 1980s. They won three consecutive league titles in 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89. Uday also punished players who performed poorly, often by humiliating them or torturing them.
  • In the 1991–92 season, Al-Zawraa played against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya on the last day of the season. If Al-Zawraa won or drew the match, they would be champions, but if Jawiya won then they would be champions. Jawiya took an early 1–0 lead, and Al-Zawraa thought they had managed to get an equaliser in the second half. However, the linesman controversially disallowed the goal due to offside. Jawiya won 1–0 and were crowned champions, meaning that decision deprived Al-Zawraa of the league title.
  • The 1997–98 season saw one of the most exciting ends to a title race in history. Al-Shorta needed to win against Al-Sulaikh and needed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya not to beat Al-Zawraa in order to be crowned champions, otherwise Jawiya would win the league. Jawiya drew their game 1–1, but Al-Shorta were losing 2–1 with six minutes remaining. In the 84th minute they managed to get an equaliser through Mafeed Assem's goal, with the referee deeming that the ball had crossed the line despite the goalkeeper managing to parry it away. In what was a similar situation to that of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, the lack of a camera on the goalline meant that nobody could tell if the referee got the decision right, although the fact the Al-Sulaikh players barely protested would suggest that the referee was actually correct. Then, in the third minute of stoppage time, the referee awarded Al-Shorta a penalty, which they scored, and therefore they won the league.[18][19]

Records

League records

Titles
Wins
Losses
Draws
Attendances
Goals
Points

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
Goals
All-time top goalscorers
Player Period Club(s) Goals
1 Iraq Sahib Abbas 1991–2011 Salahaddin, Al-Zawraa, Al-Talaba, Karbalaa, Al-Sinaa, Al-Hindiya 175
2 Iraq Karim Saddam 1980–1996 Al-Sinaa, Al-Jaish, Al-Rasheed, Al-Zawraa, Al-Shorta 165
3 Iraq Ali Hashim 1987–2004 Al-Najaf, Al-Karkh 162
4 Iraq Younis Abid Ali 1983–2001 Al-Shorta, Al-Rasheed, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Difaa Al-Jawiya 153
5 Iraq Ahmed Radhi 1982–1999 Al-Zawraa, Al-Rasheed 136
6 Iraq Alaa Kadhim 1988–2007 Al-Sinaa, Al-Talaba 134
7 Iraq Amjad Radhi 2006–present Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Erbil 129[lower-alpha 1]
8 Iraq Hussein Saeed 1975–1990 Al-Talaba 122
9 Iraq Ahmed Khudhair 1994–2012 Al-Zawraa, Al-Jaish, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Duhok, Al-Talaba 115
10 Iraq Waleed Dhahid 1992–2006 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 112
Iraq Hashim Ridha 1998–2013 Karbalaa, Al-Shorta
  1. ↑ Amjad Radhi has scored three goals that have since been discounted. The first was against Al-Mosul on 4 May 2010; Radhi scored in a 2–1 win for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya but the match was later awarded as a 3–0 win instead. The second was against Karbalaa on 15 August 2010; Radhi scored for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya but the game was abandoned in the 50th minute with the scores at 1–1 due to crowd trouble and was later awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya due to Karbalaa not turning up for the replay four days later. The third was against Erbil on 26 October 2016; Radhi scored in a 3–1 win for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya but the match was later annulled after Erbil withdrew from the league.
Golden Boot award
Season Top scorer Club Goals
1974–75 Iraq Thamer Yousif Al-Naqil 13
1975–76 Iraq Thamer Yousif Al-Zawraa 13
1976–77 Iraq Zahrawi Jaber Al-Shorta 6
1977–78 Iraq Jalil Hanoon Al-Minaa 11
1978–79 Iraq Falah Hassan Al-Zawraa 7
1979–80 Iraq Ali Hussein Mahmoud Al-Shorta 18
1980–81 Iraq Hussein Saeed Al-Talaba 11
1981–82 Iraq Thamer Yousif Al-Zawraa 14
1982–83 Iraq Hussein Saeed Al-Talaba 17
1983–84 Iraq Ali Hussein Mahmoud Al-Jaish 18
1985–86 Iraq Ahmed Radhi Al-Rasheed 9
Iraq Hussein Saeed Al-Talaba
Iraq Rahim Hameed Al-Jaish
1986–87 Iraq Rahim Hameed Al-Jaish 14
1987–88 Iraq Rahim Hameed Al-Jaish 15
1988–89 Iraq Karim Saddam Al-Zawraa 22
1989–90 Iraq Majid Abdul-Ridha Al-Shabab 13
Iraq Karim Saddam Al-Zawraa
1990–91 Iraq Karim Saddam Al-Zawraa 20
1991–92 Iraq Ahmed Radhi Al-Zawraa 34
1992–93 Iraq Karim Saddam Al-Zawraa 33
1993–94 Iraq Younis Abid Ali Al-Shorta 36
1994–95 Iraq Muayed Joodi Al-Karkh 30
1995–96 Iraq Hussam Fawzi Al-Zawraa 11
Iraq Ali Hassan Al-Karkh
1996–97 Iraq Ali Hashim Al-Najaf 19
1997–98 Iraq Mahmoud Majid Al-Shorta 22
1998–99 Iraq Ahmed Khudhair Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 19
Iraq Hashim Ridha Al-Shorta
1999–2000 Iraq Haidar Ayad Nassriya 28
2000–01 Iraq Hussein Abdullah Duhok 22
2001–02 Iraq Hashim Ridha Al-Shorta 32
2002–03 Iraq Ahmad Mnajed Al-Shorta 15
2004–05 Iraq Mustafa Karim Al-Kahraba 16
2005–06 Iraq Sahib Abbas Karbalaa 17
2006–07 Iraq Ahmad Salah Erbil 11
2007–08 Iraq Asaad Abdul-Nabi Al-Kahraba 14
2008–09 Iraq Ahmad Salah Erbil 15
2009–10 Iraq Amjad Radhi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 31
2010–11 Iraq Luay Salah Erbil 17
2011–12 Iraq Hammadi Ahmad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 27
2012–13 Iraq Amjad Radhi Erbil 25
2013–14 Iraq Ali Salah Al-Talaba 14
2014–15 Iraq Marwan Hussein Al-Shorta 15
2015–16 Iraq Hammadi Ahmad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 12
Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Al-Zawraa
2016–17 Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa 23

Match records

Scorelines

Managerial records

Titles
List of winning managers
Season Nationality Winning manager Club
1974–75  Iraq Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1975–76  Iraq Saadi Salih Al-Zawraa
1976–77  Iraq Saadi Salih Al-Zawraa
1977–78  Iraq Jamil Hanoon Al-Minaa
1978–79  Iraq Anwar Jassam Al-Zawraa
1979–80  Iraq Douglas Aziz Al-Shorta
1980–81  Iraq Ammo Baba Al-Talaba
1981–82  Iraq Jamal Salih Al-Talaba
1982–83  Iraq Wathiq Naji Salahaddin
1983–84  Iraq Munthir Al-Waadh Al-Jaish
1985–86  Iraq Yahya Alwan Al-Talaba
1986–87  Iraq Nasrat Nassir Al-Rasheed
1987–88  Iraq Jamal Salih Al-Rasheed
1988–89  Iraq Jamal Salih Al-Rasheed
1989–90  Iraq Amer Jamil Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1990–91  Iraq Falah Hassan Al-Zawraa
1991–92  Iraq Adil Yousef Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1992–93  Iraq Ayoub Odisho Al-Talaba
1993–94  Iraq Ammo Baba Al-Zawraa
1994–95  Iraq Hadi Mutanish Al-Zawraa
1995–96  Iraq Adnan Hamad Al-Zawraa
1996–97  Iraq Ayoub Odisho Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1997–98  Iraq Abdelilah Abdul-Hamed Al-Shorta
1998–99  Iraq Amer Jamil Al-Zawraa
1999–2000  Iraq Adnan Hamad Al-Zawraa
2000–01  Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil Al-Zawraa
2001–02  Iraq Thair Ahmed Al-Talaba
2002–03  Iraq Abdelilah Abdul-Hamed Al-Shorta
2004–05  Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2005–06  Iraq Salih Radhi Al-Zawraa
2006–07  Iraq Akram Salman Erbil
2007–08  Iraq Thair Ahmed Erbil
2008–09  Iraq Thair Ahmed Erbil
2009–10  Iraq Basim Qasim Duhok
2010–11  Iraq Radhi Shenaishil Al-Zawraa
2011–12  Syria Nizar Mahrous Erbil
2012–13  Iraq Thair Jassam Al-Shorta
2013–14  Brazil Lorival Santos Al-Shorta
2014–15  Iraq Abdul Ghani Shahad Naft Al-Wasat
2015–16  Iraq Basim Qasim Al-Zawraa
2016–17  Iraq Basim Qasim Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

See also

References

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