Domestic Seasons - Soccer Iraq

Summary:

Domestic football in Iraq has been going on for the past century, with the earliest recorded league tournaments being played in Baghdad and Basra in the 1920/21 season. In 1948, the Iraq Football Association was founded, and regional league systems were established in Baghdad, Basra, Kirkuk and Mosul. A nationwide league of clubs and institutions was held for the first time in 1973/74 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, which had started with a single edition in 1948/49, returned as the primary national cup competition in 1975/76 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
1948/49	Regional	Sharikat Naft Al-Basra	Not played	Not played
1949-73	Regional	Not played	Not played	Regional
1973/74	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Regional	Not played	Not played
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	Not finished	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	No champions crowned	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
2020/21	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Not played	Not played
2021/22	Al-Shorta	To be determined	Not played	Al-Zawraa

List of Winners:

Team	League Titles	FA Cup Titles	Elite Cup Titles	Super Cup Titles	OVERALL TITLES
Al-Zawraa	14	16	3	5	38
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	8	5	3	2	18
Al-Talaba	5	2	3	1	11
Al-Shorta	5	0	3	1	9
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
Sharikat Naft Al-Basra	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 thrash Beladi 7-0, before Ghaz Al-Shamal defeated Zeravani 1-0 in the final to claim the first Iraqi women’s title.

Season	Champions	Runners-up
2015/16	Ghaz Al-Shamal	Zeravani
2016-20	Not played
2020/21	Naft Al-Shamal	Nineveh Girls
2021/22	To be determined

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
2020/21	Joseph Nathaniel	Al-Hudood	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Shaab Stadium	13 February 2021