Domestic Seasons - Soccer Iraq

Summary:

Domestic football in Iraq has been going on for almost a century, with one of the earliest recorded tournaments being the Casuals Cup that started in the 1923/24 season. In 1948, the Iraq Football Association was founded, and regional leagues were established in Central Iraq, Basra, Kirkuk and Mosul. There was also a one-off national tournament called the Iraq FA Championship in 1949 which crowned Sharikat Naft Al-Basra as the first ever national champions of Iraq. For the 1973/74 campaign, a nationwide league of clubs and institutions was set up and was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, before the Iraq FA met on 18 August 1974 and decided to form a new nationwide league of clubs called the Iraqi National League. The Iraq FA Cup was introduced as the primary national cup competition a year later, before the Iraqi Super Cup was founded in 1986 and the short-lived Iraqi Elite Cup was established in 1991.

Season-by-Season Record:

Season	League Champions	FA Cup Winners	Elite Cup Winners	Super Cup Winners
1974/75	Al-Tayaran (now Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)	Not played	Not played	Not played
1975/76	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
1976/77	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played	Not played
1977/78	Al-Minaa	Al-Tayaran (now Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)	Not played	Not played
1978/79	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
1979/80	Al-Shorta	Al-Jaish	Not played	Not played
1980/81	Al-Talaba	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
1981/82	Al-Talaba	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
1982/83	Salahaddin	Al-Jaish	Not played	Not played
1983/84	Al-Jaish	Al-Sinaa	Not played	Not played
1984/85	Not finished	Not finished	Not played	Not played
1985/86	Al-Talaba	Not played	Not played	Al-Rasheed
1986/87	Al-Rasheed	Al-Rasheed	Not played	Not played
1987/88	Al-Rasheed	Al-Rasheed	Not played	Not played
1988/89	Al-Rasheed	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
1989/90	Al-Tayaran (now Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
1990/91	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
1991/92	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Zawraa	Not played
1992/93	Al-Talaba	Al-Zawraa	Al-Talaba	Not played
1993/94	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Al-Talaba	Not played
1994/95	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Not played
1995/96	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Al-Talaba	Not played
1996/97	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1997/98	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa	Al-Najaf	Al-Zawraa
1998/99	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Not played
1999/2000	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa	Al-Zawraa
2000/01	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa
2001/02	Al-Talaba	Al-Talaba	Al-Shorta	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2002/03	Al-Shorta	Al-Talaba	Al-Shorta	Al-Talaba
2003/04	Not finished	Not played	Al-Zawraa	Not played
2004/05	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Not played	Not played	Not played
2005/06	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played	Not played
2006/07	Erbil	Not played	Not played	Not played
2007/08	Erbil	Not played	Not played	Not played
2008/09	Erbil	Not played	Not played	Not played
2009/10	Duhok	Not played	Not played	Not played
2010/11	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played	Not played
2011/12	Erbil	Not played	Not played	Not played
2012/13	Al-Shorta	Not finished	Not played	Not played
2013/14	Al-Shorta	Not played	Not played	Not played
2014/15	Naft Al-Wasat	Not played	Not played	Not played
2015/16	Al-Zawraa	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Not played	Not played
2016/17	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
2017/18	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played	Al-Zawraa
2018/19	Al-Shorta	Al-Zawraa	Not played	Not played
2019/20	Not finished	Not finished	Not played	Al-Shorta

List of Winners:

Team	League Titles	FA Cup Titles	Elite Cup Titles	Super Cup Titles	OVERALL TITLES
Al-Zawraa	14	16	3	4	37
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	4	3	2	15
Al-Talaba	5	2	3	1	11
Al-Shorta	6	0	3	1	10
Al-Rasheed	3	2	0	1	6
Erbil	4	0	0	0	4
Al-Jaish	1	2	0	0	3
Naft Al-Wasat	1	0	0	0	1
Duhok	1	0	0	0	1
Salahaddin	1	0	0	0	1
Al-Minaa	1	0	0	0	1
Al-Sinaa	0	1	0	0	1
Al-Najaf	0	0	1	0	1

Iraqi Women’s Premier League:

The Iraqi Women’s Premier League’s first edition was in 2016, which was played in a group stage format. The third place playoff saw Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Ladies thrash Beladi Ladies 7-0, before Ghaz Al-Shamal Ladies defeated Zeravani Ladies 1-0 in the final to claim the first Iraqi women’s title.

Season	Champions	Score	Runners-up
2016	Ghaz Al-Shamal	1-0	Zeravani
2017	Not played
2018	Not played
2019	Not played

Goal of the Season:

This is the list of the Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season award winners, a competition launched in the 2016/17 season crowning the best goal of the Iraqi Premier League campaign.

Season	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Date
2016/17	Ali Raheem	Al-Zawraa	Al-Shorta	Al-Shaab Stadium	10 May 2017
2017/18	Ali Raheem	Al-Zawraa	Al-Hussein	Al-Shaab Stadium	30 May 2018
2018/19	Mohanad Ali	Al-Shorta	Al-Naft	Al-Shaab Stadium	4 March 2019
2019/20	Saad Abdul-Amir	Al-Shorta	Al-Minaa	Al-Shaab Stadium	7 March 2020