Final Table:
1.Al-Zawraa 12 7 5 0 22- 5 19 Champions
2.Al-Shurta 12 5 5 2 19-10 15
3.Al-Talaba 12 6 3 3 17-11 15
4.Al-Minaa 12 5 5 2 15- 9 15
5.Al-Tayaran 12 4 7 1 15- 9 15
6.Al-Jaish 12 5 3 4 10-10 13
7.Al-Sinaa 12 4 5 3 13-15 13
8.Al-Shabab 12 3 5 4 10-13 11
9.Al-Tijara 12 4 3 5 9-14 11
10.Al-Amana 12 4 3 5 13-19 11
11.Salahaddin 12 2 4 6 10-15 8
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12.Al-Ittihad 12 2 3 7 7-13 7 Relegated
13.Al-Thawra 12 1 1 10 12-29 3 Relegated
Round 1
Al-Zawraa 1-1 Al-Minaa
[opening match of the season, Oct 1, 1978; Al-Shaab Stadium]
[Ibrahim Ali 35; Hadi Jaber 26]
[Al-Zawraa: Jalal Abdul-Rahman; Salah Hadi, Alewi Hussein,
Samir Mohammed Ali, Ibrahim Ali, Hazim Jasam, Fattah Mohammed,
Abdelilah Abdul-Wahid (Talib Mutar), Ali Kadhim, Thamir Yousef,
Falah Hassan;
Al-Minaa: Samir Nouri, Sabih Hussein, Rahim Karim, Aziz Abdullah,
Walid Nassir, Alaa Ahmed, Mahir Ali (Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed),
Hadi Jaber, Waad Abdullah, Hassan Abdul-Hassan, Hadi Ahmed
(Khalil Ibrahim);
ref: Subhi Adeeb; Mohammed Hussein Abdul-Rasoul & Hassan Askar]
Al-Sinaa 2-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Jaish 1-0 Salahaddin
Al-Thawra 1-1 Al-Tayaran
Al-Shabab 1-1 Al-Amana
Al-Talaba 1-0 Al-Shurta
Al-Tijara bye
Round 2
Al-Minaa 2-1 Al-Jaish
Al-Tayaran 0-0 Al-Shabab
Salahaddin 1-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Tijara 2-1 Al-Thawra
Al-Shurta 0-0 Al-Sinaa
Al-Talaba 3-0 Al-Amana
Al-Zawraa bye
Round 3
Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Jaish
Al-Shabab 2-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Minaa 1-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Tayaran 3-0 Al-Talaba
Al-Shurta 1-0 Salahaddin
Al-Amana 2-0 Al-Sinaa
Al-Thawra bye
Round 4
Al-Minaa 1-1 Al-Shurta
Al-Thawra 3-2 Al-Shabab
Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Tijara 2-0 Al-Talaba
Al-Sinaa 1-1 Al-Tayaran
Al-Amana 3-2 Salahaddin
Al-Jaish bye
Round 5
Al-Zawraa 1-0 Al-Shurta
Al-Talaba 3-1 Al-Thawra
Al-Jaish 1-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Tayaran 4-2 Salahaddin
Al-Sinaa 1-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Amana 1-0 Al-Minaa
Al-Shabab bye
Round 6
Al-Minaa 3-0 Al-Tayaran [also reported 3-1]
Al-Zawraa 5-0 Al-Amana
Al-Tijara 0-0 Salahaddin
Al-Sinaa 2-0 Al-Thawra
Al-Shurta 3-0 Al-Jaish
Al-Talaba 3-0 Al-Shabab
Al-Ittihad bye
Round 7
Al-Zawraa 1-1 Al-Tayaran
Al-Jaish 2-1 Al-Amana
Salahaddin 2-1 Al-Thawra
Al-Sinaa 2-1 Al-Shabab
Al-Ittihad 1-1 Al-Shurta
Al-Minaa 0-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Talaba bye
Round 8
Al-Tayaran 0-0 Al-Jaish
Al-Minaa 3-1 Al-Thawra
Al-Shabab 1-0 Salahaddin
Al-Sinaa 1-1 Al-Talaba
Al-Ittihad 2-1 Al-Amana
Al-Zawraa 2-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Shurta bye
Round 9
Al-Tayaran 0-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Shabab 1-0 Al-Minaa
Al-Talaba 2-1 Salahaddin
Al-Tijara 2-1 Al-Jaish
Al-Amana 1-1 Al-Shurta
Al-Zawraa 2-0 Al-Thawra
Al-Sinaa bye
Round 10
Al-Tijara 1-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Minaa 1-0 Al-Talaba
Al-Sinaa 1-1 Salahaddin
Al-Zawraa 0-0 Al-Shabab
Al-Tayaran 1-1 Al-Shurta
Al-Jaish 3-1 Al-Thawra
Al-Amana bye
Round 11
Al-Shurta 5-2 Al-Tijara
Al-Zawraa 2-2 Al-Talaba
Al-Sinaa 2-2 Al-Minaa
Al-Shabab 0-0 Al-Jaish
Al-Tayaran 2-0 Al-Amana
Al-Ittihad 3-1 Al-Thawra
Salahaddin bye
Round 12
Al-Talaba 0-0 Al-Jaish
Al-Zawraa 6-1 Al-Sinaa
Al-Minaa 1-1 Salahaddin
Al-Shabab 1-1 Al-Ittihad
Al-Amana 0-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Shurta 3-1 Al-Thawra
Al-Tayaran bye
Round 13
Al-Talaba 2-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Jaish 1-0 Al-Sinaa
Al-Zawraa 0-0 Salahaddin
Al-Shurta 3-1 Al-Shabab
Al-Tayaran 2-0 Al-Tijara
Al-Amana 3-1 Al-Thawra
Al-Minaa bye
Final Table:
1.Al-Zawraa 12 7 5 0 22- 5 19 Champions
2.Al-Shurta 12 5 5 2 19-10 15
3.Al-Talaba 12 6 3 3 17-11 15
4.Al-Minaa 12 5 5 2 15- 9 15
5.Al-Tayaran 12 4 7 1 15- 9 15
6.Al-Jaish 12 5 3 4 10-10 13
7.Al-Sinaa 12 4 5 3 13-15 13
8.Al-Shabab 12 3 5 4 10-13 11
9.Al-Tijara 12 4 3 5 9-14 11
10.Al-Amana 12 4 3 5 13-19 11
11.Salahaddin 12 2 4 6 10-15 8
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12.Al-Ittihad 12 2 3 7 7-13 7 Relegated
13.Al-Thawra 12 1 1 10 12-29 3 Relegated
Topscorers:
1.Falah Hassan (Al-Zawraa) 7
2.Husain Saeed (Al-Talaba) 6
3.Haris Muhammad (Al-Talaba) 5
Promoted: Bahri (Basra)
NB: 33 participating teams Round 1 Al-Zawraa 7-0 Al-Hurriya Round 2 Al-Zawraa 3-1 Al-Ittihad Quarterfinals Al-Zawraa 4-0 Al-Shurta Al-Tayaran 2-0 Al-Minaa Semifinals [May 1] Al-Zawraa 6-0 Al-Shabab Al-Jaish 0-0 Al-Tayaran [5-4 pen] Final [May 3] Al-Zawraa 3-1 Al-Jaish [Hazem Jassam, Ibrahim Ali, Thamer Yousef; Sabah Ibrahim]
With thanks to Muhammed Ali and Hans Schöggl
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