NB: the league consisted of 24 clubs, who played a triple round robin, meaning each club played 69 matches
and a total of 828 were fixtured; no player was allowed to appear in more than 46 matches, and those
selected for the national team were released by their clubs after 24 rounds, and did not play in any
further league matches;
after the second round robin, five clubs (the worst four Baghdad clubs and the worst from outside) were
replaced by five others for the third round robin
Final Table:
1.Al-Talaba 69 46 18 5 130- 34 110 Champions
2.Al-Zawraa 69 43 17 9 134- 40 103
3.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 69 43 15 11 114- 48 101
4.Al-Shurta 69 33 22 14 102- 51 88
5.Al-Jaish 69 29 29 11 83- 48 87
6.Al-Karkh 69 29 24 16 94- 64 82
7.Al-Naft 69 24 29 16 83- 73 77
8.Al-Sinaa 69 26 23 20 73- 59 75
9.Samarra 69 24 24 21 83- 81 72
10.Salahaddin 69 24 23 22 82- 68 71
11.Al-Minaa 69 21 28 20 58- 70 70
12.Al-Khutoot 69 23 22 24 59- 62 68
13.Al-Kut 69 22 23 24 85- 75 67
14.Mosul 69 21 25 23 69- 89 67
15.Najaf 69 20 26 23 78- 72 66
16.Al-Ramadi 69 21 24 24 72- 79 66
17.Diwaniya 69 18 27 24 62- 68 63
18.Al-Umal 69 16 27 26 55- 83 59 [includes record Al-Tijara]
19.Nasiriya 69 17 25 27 61- 94 59 [includes record Al-Amana]
20.Diyala 69 14 25 30 63- 96 53 [includes record Al-Shabab]
21.Karbala 69 11 24 34 36- 88 46 [includes record Al-Salam]
22.Arbil 69 11 21 37 69-122 43
23.Kirkuk 69 7 24 38 49-114 38
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24.Sulaymaniya 69 7 11 51 45-161 25 Relegated [includes record Al-Dawr Al-Ahli]
Cross-Table Rounds 1-46:
Tal Zaw Quw Shu Jai Kar Naf Sin Sam Slh Min Khu Kut Mos Naj Ram Diw Tij Ama Sha Slm Arb Kir Daw
Al-Talaba xxx 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-1 2-0 0-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 0-0 4-0 3-1 3-2 1-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 4-0 2-0 3-0 4-0
Al-Zawraa 1-1 xxx 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 4-0 2-1 5-2 1-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 4-0 4-1 2-1 3-0 4-2 3-0 2-2 5-0 3-2 4-0 2-0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-2 1-1 xxx 1-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 4-0 1-0 3-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 4-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 2-2 1-2 7-1 2-0 3-0
Al-Shurta 0-0 2-0 1-1 xxx 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 2-0 0-0 3-0 3-1 4-0 4-1 2-2 0-0 3-0 4-0 3-0
Al-Jaish 0-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 xxx 4-2 0-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 4-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 3-2
Al-Karkh 0-4 0-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 xxx 2-2 2-0 3-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 1-0 5-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 4-0 5-2 2-2 4-0
Al-Naft 0-1 0-3 1-3 0-0 1-1 3-0 xxx 1-1 2-2 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 3-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 3-2 2-0
Al-Sinaa 0-1 0-2 3-1 0-1 2-1 0-1 0-0 xxx 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 3-1 2-1 1-0 5-2 2-0 4-1
Samarra 1-0 0-0 0-4 2-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 xxx 1-1 0-0 2-0 6-0 4-1 1-0 3-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 3-1 2-1 0-0 3-2 6-1
Salahaddin 2-2 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-3 2-0 3-2 xxx 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-1 2-1 3-0 1-2 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-2 4-1 3-0
Al-Minaa 2-0 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 2-2 1-0 1-0 xxx 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 1-1
Al-Khutoot 0-1 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 0-0 xxx 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 3-1 2-0 0-0 2-0 3-0
Al-Kut 2-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-2 1-2 1-0 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-2 xxx 1-0 0-0 0-2 3a0 4-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0
Mosul 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 0-1 3-2 1-1 1-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 xxx 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 1-4 2-0 2-0 4-1 0-0 3-2
Najaf 0-0 1-0 1-2 2-0 0-1 3-2 0-0 3-1 1-1 1-3 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 xxx 4-1 0-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 6-1 2-2 1-0 6-0
Al-Ramadi 0-0 0-5 0-1 1-0 1-1 2-1 0-3 1-0 0-2 1-0 3-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 xxx 0-1 1-1 0-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-1 0-0
Diwaniya 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 xxx 1-1 1-1 3-0 2-1 4-1 1-1 1-0
Al-Tijara 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-3 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 2-2 0-2 2-0 xxx 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-2 3-2 1-0
Al-Amana 0-1 1-0 1-2 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-0 3-2 0-3 1-0 0-0 2-0 xxx 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 2-2
Al-Shabab 1-4 0-4 1-2 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-2 1-4 1-1 1-0 0-1 3-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 xxx 0-1 1-1 3-1 1-3
Al-Salam 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-2 2-1 0a3 1-1 1-0 xxx 0-0 2-0 0-0
Arbil 2-2 0-2 1-2 1-1 1-3 1-1 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-4 1-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 3-1 2-2 4-3 1-0 xxx 4-1 2-1
Kirkuk 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-2 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 3-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 xxx 4-1
Al-Dawr Al-Ahli 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-1 4-3 5-2 0-0 0-2 0-2 1-2 1-2 0a3 4-1 0-1 0-4 1-1 0-2 3-3 1-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 xxx
NB: 3a0 denotes match awarded 3-0; 0a3 denotes match awarded 0-3;
Kut-Diwaniya originally finished 1-0; Salam-Tijara originally finished 1-1
Table after round 46:
1.Al-Zawraa 46 30 10 6 87- 26 70
2.Al-Talaba 46 28 14 4 74- 22 70
3.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 46 30 9 7 77- 32 69
4.Al-Shurta 46 23 15 8 67- 28 61
5.Al-Jaish 46 22 17 7 56- 30 61
6.Al-Karkh 46 21 13 12 70- 50 55
7.Samarra 46 18 15 13 60- 51 51
8.Al-Sinaa 46 17 16 13 52- 42 50
9.Al-Naft 46 14 22 10 54- 49 50
10.Al-Minaa 46 15 19 12 37- 39 49
11.Salahaddin 46 14 20 12 51- 39 48
12.Najaf 46 14 19 13 56- 47 47
13.Al-Khutoot 46 15 15 16 38- 40 45
14.Al-Kut 46 13 18 15 44- 43 44
15.Mosul 46 13 16 17 46- 65 42
16.Diwaniya 46 10 19 17 38- 47 39
17.Al-Ramadi 46 12 14 20 46- 60 38
18.Al-Tijara 46 10 18 18 39- 55 38 Replaced
19.Al-Amana 46 9 20 17 37- 59 38 Replaced
20.Arbil 46 10 16 20 56- 83 36
21.Al-Salam 46 6 18 22 20- 59 30 Replaced
22.Kirkuk 46 5 18 23 31- 69 28
23.Al-Shabab 46 4 16 26 34- 75 24 Replaced
24.Al-Dawr Al-Ahli 46 6 9 31 37- 97 21 Replaced
NB: after 46 rounds the four worst clubs from Baghdad (Al-Tijara, Al-Amana, Al-Salam and Al-Shabab) and
the worst club from outside the capital (Al-Dawr Al-Ahli) were replaced by five other clubs who took
over their records: Al-Umal (for Al-Tijara), Nasiriya (for Al-Amana), Diyala (for Al-Shabab), Karbala
(for Al-Salam) and Sulaymaniya (for Al-Dawr Al-Ahli); all except Al-Umal were from outside Baghdad
Cross-Table Rounds 47-69:
Tal Zaw Quw Shu Jai Kkh Naf Sin Sam Slh Min Khu Kut Mos Naj Ram Diw Uma Nas Diy Krb Arb Kir Sul
Al-Talaba xxx 1-1 3-1 2-1 3-0 1-1 4-0 3-1 5-2 1-0 7-0 0-1 4-2 3-0 3-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 3-1
Al-Zawraa xxx 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-2 1-0 5-0 1-2 3-1 5-0 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 7-1 2-1 3-0 4-0 3-0 3a0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya xxx 2-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-2 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 3-0 1-0 2-0 7-0
Al-Shurta xxx 1-0 2-2 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 3-2 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-2 0-2 2-2 1-1 2-0 3-0 1-1 4-2 3a0
Al-Jaish xxx 1-0 1-1 0-0 3a0 1-1 1-1 2-2 2-2 0-0 1-1 2-1 0-1 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 5-0
Al-Karkh xxx 2-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 3a0
Al-Naft xxx 0-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 2-2 0-1 2-3 1-1 2-1 3-0 3-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 3a0
Al-Sinaa xxx 0-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 3-1 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 3a0
Samarra xxx 3-2 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-2 2-0 0-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 3-0
Salahaddin xxx 3-4 0-0 1-2 2-2 1-0 0-1 2-0 0-1 3-2 0-1 1-2 3-1 2-1 2-0
Al-Minaa xxx 0-2 1-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0
Al-Khutoot xxx 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-0 3-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 3a0 2-3
Al-Kut xxx 2-1 1-2 1-3 1-3 5-0 4-0 2-3 1-0 4-2 4-0 2-0
Mosul xxx 0-1 3-1 3-2 1-1 2-1 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-0
Najaf xxx 0-0 0-1 0-1 4-1 0-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 5-1
Al-Ramadi xxx 1-1 1-0 2-1 1-2 1-0 2-0 3-2 3a0
Diwaniya xxx 0-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 2-2 1-0 4-1
Al-Umal xxx 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-0 2-1 0-0
Nasiriya xxx 1-2 2-1 2-0 1-1 3a0
Diyala xxx 2-1 2-0 2-2 3a0
Karbala xxx 1-0 3-2 2-0
Arbil xxx 1-2 1-1
Kirkuk xxx 2-1
Sulaymaniya xxx
NB: 3a0 denotes match awarded 3-0; Zawraa-Sulaymaniya originally finished 1-2;
Jaish-Samarra originally finished 1-2; Khutoot-Kirkuk originally finished 0-1
Table rounds 47-69:
1.Al-Talaba 23 18 4 1 56- 12 40
2.Al-Zawraa 23 13 7 3 47- 14 33
3.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 23 13 6 4 37- 16 32
4.Diyala 23 10 9 4 29- 21 29
5.Al-Ramadi 23 9 10 4 26- 19 28
6.Al-Shurta 23 10 7 6 35- 23 27
7.Al-Karkh 23 8 11 4 24- 14 27
8.Al-Naft 23 10 7 6 29- 24 27
9.Al-Jaish 23 7 12 4 27- 18 26
10.Al-Sinaa 23 9 7 7 21- 17 25
11.Mosul 23 8 9 6 23- 24 25
12.Diwaniya 23 8 8 7 24- 21 24
13.Al-Kut 23 9 5 9 41- 32 23
14.Salahaddin 23 10 3 10 31- 29 23
15.Al-Khutoot 23 8 7 8 21- 22 23
16.Samarra 23 6 9 8 23- 30 21
17.Al-Minaa 23 6 9 8 21- 31 21
18.Nasiriya 23 8 5 10 24- 35 21
19.Al-Umal 23 6 9 8 16- 28 21
20.Najaf 23 6 7 10 22- 25 19
21.Karbala 23 5 6 12 16- 29 16
22.Kirkuk 23 2 6 15 18- 45 10
23.Arbil 23 1 5 17 13- 39 7
24.Sulaymaniya 23 1 2 20 8- 64 4
Final Table:
1.Al-Talaba 69 46 18 5 130- 34 110 Champions
2.Al-Zawraa 69 43 17 9 134- 40 103
3.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 69 43 15 11 114- 48 101
4.Al-Shurta 69 33 22 14 102- 51 88
5.Al-Jaish 69 29 29 11 83- 48 87
6.Al-Karkh 69 29 24 16 94- 64 82
7.Al-Naft 69 24 29 16 83- 73 77
8.Al-Sinaa 69 26 23 20 73- 59 75
9.Samarra 69 24 24 21 83- 81 72
10.Salahaddin 69 24 23 22 82- 68 71
11.Al-Minaa 69 21 28 20 58- 70 70
12.Al-Khutoot 69 23 22 24 59- 62 68
13.Al-Kut 69 22 23 24 85- 75 67
14.Mosul 69 21 25 23 69- 89 67
15.Najaf 69 20 26 23 78- 72 66
16.Al-Ramadi 69 21 24 24 72- 79 66
17.Diwaniya 69 18 27 24 62- 68 63
18.Al-Umal 69 16 27 26 55- 83 59 [includes record Al-Tijara]
19.Nasiriya 69 17 25 27 61- 94 59 [includes record Al-Amana]
20.Diyala 69 14 25 30 63- 96 53 [includes record Al-Shabab]
21.Karbala 69 11 24 34 36- 88 46 [includes record Al-Salam]
22.Arbil 69 11 21 37 69-122 43
23.Kirkuk 69 7 24 38 49-114 38
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24.Sulaymaniya 69 7 11 51 45-161 25 Relegated [includes record Al-Dawr Al-Ahli]
Promoted: Al-Amarah, Babil, Al-Shabab
Topscorers:
1.Kareem Saddam (Al-Zawraa) 35
2.Adnan Hamad (Samarra) 31
3.Ahmed Radi (Al-Zawraa) 25
4.Natak Hashim (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) 24
Round 1
[Sep 3]
Jaish awd Bahri [awarded 3-0, Bahri dns]
Diwaniya 3-2 Itihad
Zawraa 1-0 Diyala
[Talib Fraih]
Amana 1-2 Khutoot
Rumaila 0-4 Ramadi
Najaf 2-0 Adamiya
Nasiriya 2-1 Sulaymaniya
Al-Dawr Al-Ahli 6-0 Shabab Al-Dawr
Thawra 0-1 Suaira
Karkh 3-1 Kufa
Shurta 1-2 Tijara
Minaa 3-1 Brayati
Faluja 0-2 Yakda
Samarra 1-0 Numaniya
Naft 1-0 Shabab
[Sep 4]
Quwa Jawia 1-0 Sinaa
[Natik Hashim]
byes: Kirkuk, Sulaikh, Imsaid, Mosul, Kut, Zakho, Hudood, Futwa, Talaba,
Haifa, Salahaddin, Arbil, Umal, Shheed Adnan, Salam, Karbala
Round 2
[Sep 7]
Kirkuk 1-0 Sulaikh
Imsaib 0-5 Mosul
[Saad Ali 3, 49, Rakan Ahmed 22, 72, 78]
Kut drw Zakho [7-8 pen]
Hudood 3-0 Futwa
Talaba 3-0 Haifa
[Ahmed Khalaf 55, 85, Wali Kareem 87]
Salahaddin 3-1 Arbil
Karkh drw Ramadi [4-1 pen]
Zawraa 2-1 Diwaniya [aet]
[Talib Fraih 87, Kareem Saddam 91; ?]
Quwa Jawiya 1-2 Jaish
Tijara 1-0 Naft
[Hassan Hilal 88]
Najaf 3-5 Khutoot
Samara 4-0 Suaira
Umal 1-0 Shheed Adnan
Minaa 1-0 Nasiria
[Adel Nassir 10]
Al-Dawr Al-Ahli 3-0 Yakda
Salam 2-1 Karbala
Round 3 [Sep 11]
Zawraa 2-1 Karkh [at Shaab]
[Ahmed Radi (2); Kareem Alawi]
Jaish 1-2 Tijara [at Shurta]
Khutoot 1-0 Minaa [at Kashafa]
Hudood 0-1 Salam
Salahaddin drw Talaba [6-7 pen]
Mosul 6-1 Zakho
Kirkuk 2-1 Umal [at Bakuba]
Samarra 3-1 Al-Dawr Al-Ahli
Quarterfinals
[Sep 17]
Mosul 1-0 Kirkuk
[Saad Ali]
Samarra 3-2 Khutoot
Talaba 2-0 Salam [at Kashafa]
[Muhanad Zidane 18, Ali Husaian 83]
[Sep 18]
Zawraa 6-0 Tijara [at Kashafa]
[Ahmed Radi (4), Kareem Saddam, Abid Nadir]
Semifinals [Sep 26]
Talaba 3-0 Samarra [at Shaab]
[Wali Kareem, Alaa Kadim (2)]
Zawraa 5-1 Mosul [at Shaab]
[Ahmed Radi (3), Laith Husain, Salam Hasim; Saad Ali]
Final [Apr 28, at Al-Shaab]
Zawraa 2-1 Talaba
[Muhammed Jasim 1, 24; Hamza Hadi 86pen]
Played by top-8 of league 1991/92, organised by Iraqi FA. Group 1 [Jul 2, Kashafa] Naft 1-0 Khutoot [Nassir Husain] [Jul 2, Shaab] Zawraa 3-1 Shurta [Adel Ukla 12, Kareem Saddam ?pen, 74; Usama Nuri 76pen] [Jul 6, Shaab] Naft 2-0 Zawraa [Ahmed Khudair pen, Nassir Husain] [Jul 6, Kashafa] Shurta 1-0 Khutoot [Jul 9, Kashafa] Zawraa 1-0 Khutoot [Muhammed Jasim 31] [Jul 9, Shaab] Naft 2-0 Shurta [Nazar Naif 51, Nassir Husain] 1.Al-Naft 3 3 0 0 5- 0 6 2.Al-Zawraa 3 2 0 1 4- 3 4 3.Al-Shurta 3 1 0 2 2- 5 2 4.Al-Khutoot 3 0 0 3 0- 3 0 Group 2 [Jul 2, Shurta] Quwa Jawiya 1-0 Najaf [Sabah Abdul Hassan 80pen] [Jul 2, Shaab] Talaba 2-1 Karkh [Sami Bahit 88og, Wali Kareem 90; Yonis Ashoor 15] [Jul 6, Shurta] Talaba 1-1 Najaf [Muhanad Zidane; Haider Najim] [Jul 6, Shaab] Quwa Jawiya 0-0 Karkh [Jul 9, Shurta] Najaf 3-2 Karkh [Haider Najim 7, Saeed Nuri ?, 83; Ali Abdul Kadim 29, 40] [Jul 9, Shaab] Quwa Jawiya 1-1 Talaba [Shkir Tahir 76; Haitham Abdul Kadir 89pen] 1.Al-Talaba 3 1 2 0 4- 3 4 2.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4 3.Najaf 3 1 1 1 4- 4 3 4.Al-Karkh 3 0 1 2 3- 5 1 Semifinals [Jul 13, both at Shaab] Naft 0-1 Quwa Jawiya [Adel Nima 56og] Talaba 3-2 Zawraa [aet] [Wali Kareem 49, Muhanad Zidane 80, Raheem Uda 100; Abdul Ameer Naji 17, Kareem Saddam 71pen] Third Place Match [Jul 16, Shaab] Zawraa 4-0 Naft [Kareem Saddam 35, 66, 70, 80] Final [Jul 17, Shaab] Talaba 1-0 Quwa Jawiya [aet] [Alaa Kadim 104] Topscorer: Kareem Saddam (Al-Zawraa) 7 Best Player: Hashim Khamis (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) Al-Talaba: 1 Suheel Sabir 2 Mudafar Jabar 3 Hamza Hadi 4 Raheem Uda 5 Hisham Ali 6 Ahmed Khalaf 7 Majeed Abdul Rida 8 Habib Jaafar 9 Mahdi Kadim 10 Alaa Kadim 11 Muhanad Zidane 12 Haitham Abdul Kadir 13 Kadim Jabir 14 Haitham Kadim 16 Jalal Shakir 17 Wali Kareem 18 Ali Husain (cap) 19 Haider Muhammed 20 Haitham Khalil coach: Yahia Alwan
With thanks to Muhammed Ali
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