List of Iraqi football champions

The Iraqi football champions are the winners of the highest league in Iraqi football, which since the 2013–14 season has been called the Iraqi Premier League.

Following the establishment of the Iraq Football Association in 1948, the Iraq FA Championship was played in the 1948–49 season and was won by Sharikat Naft Al-Basra. From 1956 to 1974, regional leagues were held in Baghdad, Basra, Mosul and Kirkuk, but the Baghdad league (called the Iraqi Central League) was considered by fans and the media to be the primary league in Iraq, with the FA selecting the Central League winners to participate in the Asian Club Championship rather than the winners of the other regional leagues.[1][2] The first nationwide league of clubs in Iraq was established in 1974, by the name of the Iraqi National League, with many of the institutes teams merging together to form sports clubs. The first season saw Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya achieving the league.[3][4] The first team to get relegated was Al-Rafidain, and the first ever promoted teams consisted of five clubs including Al-Zawraa who succeeded in achieving the league title in their first season participating.[5]

The four "Popular Teams" of Baghdad (Al-Zawraa, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta and Al-Talaba), have dominated the now-called Iraqi Premier League over the years, achieving 30 titles out of a possible 42 since the 1974–75 season. Two of these teams have appeared in every single season since 1974, with those two being Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Shorta, while Al-Zawraa and Al-Talaba (known as Al-Jameea at the time) made their first appearance in the Iraqi National League in 1975–76.[3][5] Seven of the clubs which have been crowned Iraqi champions are currently competing in the Iraqi Premier League, while five of them are competing in the lower divisions and two of them have since dissolved. Al-Zawraa have won 14 titles, the most of any club.[6] Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are in second with eleven titles overall, with Al-Shorta in third at ten titles. Erbil are the only club outside of Baghdad to achieve more than one title, having won four titles, all in the 21st century.

List

Bold indicates Double winners – i.e. League and FA Cup winners OR League and Elite Cup winners OR League and AFC Cup winners OR Central League and Central FA Cup winners

Bold Italic indicates Treble winners – i.e. League, FA Cup and Elite Cup winners OR League, FA Cup and Arab Club Champions Cup winners

Iraq FA Championship (1948–1949)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up
1948–49 Sharikat Naft Al-Basra Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya

Iraqi Central League

Iraqi Central Cup Championship (1956–1963)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up
1956–57 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab[6] Unknown
1957–58 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya[9] Montakhab Al-Shorta
1958–59 Amanat Al-Asima[6] (2) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1959–60 Al-Athori Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1960–61 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab (3) Unknown
Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place
1961–62 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (2) Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Unknown
1962–63 Madrasa Al-Shorta[4] Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha[7]

Iraqi Central League Championship (1963–1965)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place
1963–64 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3) Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha Aliyat Al-Shorta[4]
1964–65 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab (4) Aliyat Al-Shorta Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha

Iraqi Central Premier League (1965–1971)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place
1965–66 Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha Unknown Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1966–67 Abandoned – No champions declared
1967–68 Aliyat Al-Shorta (2) Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1968–69 Aliyat Al-Shorta (3) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab
1969–70 Aliyat Al-Shorta (4) Al-Kahrabaa[8] Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed[10]
1970–71 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab (5) Aliyat Al-Shorta Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed

Iraqi Central First Division (1971–1974)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place
1971–72 Aliyat Al-Shorta (5) Al-Mushat[7] Al-Kahrabaa
1972–73 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (4) Aliyat Al-Shorta Al-Mushat
1973–74 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (5) Aliyat Al-Shorta Al-Minaa

Iraqi Premier League

Iraqi National League (1974–1995)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Top goalscorer (club) Goals
1974–75 Al-Tayaran[2] (6) Al-Naqil Al-Muwasalat[5] Iraq Thamer Yousif (Al-Naqil) 13
1975–76 Al-Zawraa Al-Tayaran Al-Shorta Iraq Thamer Yousif (Al-Zawraa) 13
1976–77 Al-Zawraa (2) Al-Jameea[3] Al-Shorta Iraq Abdul-Zahra Jaber (Al-Shorta) 6
1977–78 Al-Minaa Al-Zawraa Al-Sinaa Iraq Jalil Hanoon (Al-Minaa) 11
1978–79 Al-Zawraa (3) Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Iraq Falah Hassan (Al-Zawraa) 7
1979–80 Al-Shorta (6) Al-Zawraa Al-Talaba Iraq Ali Hussein Mahmoud (Al-Shorta) 18
1980–81 Al-Talaba Al-Shorta Al-Tayaran Iraq Hussein Saeed (Al-Talaba) 11
1981–82 Al-Talaba (2) Al-Tayaran Al-Sinaa Iraq Thamer Yousif (Al-Zawraa) 14
1982–83 Salahaddin Al-Talaba Al-Tayaran Iraq Hussein Saeed (Al-Talaba) 17
1983–84 Al-Jaish (2) Al-Talaba Al-Tayaran Iraq Rahim Hameed (Al-Jaish) 11
1984–85 Abandoned – No champions declared
1985–86 Al-Talaba (3) Al-Rasheed Al-Tayaran Iraq Hussein Saeed (Al-Talaba)
Iraq Ahmed Radhi (Al-Rasheed)
Iraq Rahim Hameed (Al-Jaish)		 9
1986–87 Al-Rasheed Al-Jaish Al-Shabab Iraq Rahim Hameed (Al-Jaish) 14
1987–88 Al-Rasheed (2) Al-Jaish Al-Tayaran Iraq Rahim Hameed (Al-Jaish) 14
1988–89 Al-Rasheed (3) Al-Talaba Al-Tayaran Iraq Karim Saddam (Al-Zawraa) 22
1989–90 Al-Tayaran (7) Al-Rasheed Al-Shorta Iraq Karim Saddam (Al-Zawraa)
Iraq Majid Abdul-Ridha (Al-Shabab)		 13
1990–91 Al-Zawraa (4) Al-Talaba Al-Shorta Iraq Karim Saddam (Al-Zawraa) 20
1991–92 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (8) Al-Zawraa Al-Karkh Iraq Ahmed Radhi (Al-Zawraa) 34
1992–93 Al-Talaba (4) Al-Zawraa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Karim Saddam (Al-Zawraa) 35
1993–94 Al-Zawraa (5) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Talaba Iraq Younis Abid Ali (Al-Shorta) 36
1994–95 Al-Zawraa (6) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Najaf Iraq Moayad Joudi (Al-Karkh) 30

Iraqi Advanced League (1995–1996)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1995–96 Al-Zawraa (7) Al-Najaf Al-Shorta Iraq Hussam Fawzi (Al-Zawraa)
Iraq Ali Hassan (Al-Karkh)		 11

Iraqi Premier League (1996–1999)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1996–97 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya[1] (9) Al-Zawraa Al-Talaba Iraq Ali Hashim (Al-Najaf) 19
1997–98 Al-Shorta (7) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Zawraa Iraq Mahmoud Majid (Al-Shorta) 22
1998–99 Al-Zawraa (8) Al-Talaba Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Ahmed Khudhair (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Iraq Hashim Ridha (Al-Shorta)		 19

Iraqi First Division (1999–2000)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1999–2000 Al-Zawraa[1] (9) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Shorta Iraq Haider Ayad (Al-Nasiriya) 28

Iraqi Elite League (2000–2002)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2000–01 Al-Zawraa[1] (10) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Shorta Iraq Hussein Abdullah (Duhok) 21
2001–02 Al-Talaba (5) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Shorta Iraq Hashim Ridha (Al-Shorta) 32

Iraqi First Division (2002–2003)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2002–03 Al-Shorta (8) Al-Talaba Al-Najaf Iraq Ahmad Mnajed (Al-Shorta) 15

Iraqi Premier League (2003–2008)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2003–04 Abandoned – No champions declared
2004–05 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (10) Al-Minaa Al-Talaba Iraq Mustafa Karim (Al-Kahrabaa) 16
2005–06 Al-Zawraa (11) Al-Najaf Erbil Iraq Sahib Abbas (Karbalaa) 17
2006–07 Erbil Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Najaf Iraq Ahmad Salah (Erbil) 11
2007–08 Erbil (2) Al-Zawraa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Asaad Abdul-Nabi (Al-Kahrabaa) 14

Iraqi Premier Division (2008–2011)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2008–09 Erbil (3) Al-Najaf Duhok Iraq Ahmad Salah (Erbil) 15
2009–10 Duhok Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa Iraq Amjad Radhi (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) 31
2010–11 Al-Zawraa (12) Erbil Al-Sinaa Iraq Luay Salah (Erbil) 17

Iraqi Elite League (2011–2013)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2011–12 Erbil (4) Duhok Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Hammadi Ahmad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) 27
2012–13 Al-Shorta (9) Erbil Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq Amjad Radhi (Erbil) 25

Iraqi Premier League (2013–)

Year Champions
(number of titles)		 Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2013–14 Al-Shorta (10) Erbil Baghdad[6] Iraq Ali Salah (Al-Talaba) 14
2014–15 Naft Al-Wasat Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Shorta Iraq Marwan Hussein (Al-Shorta) 15
2015–16 Al-Zawraa (13) Naft Al-Wasat Al-Talaba Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem (Al-Zawraa)
Iraq Hammadi Ahmad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)		 12
2016–17 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (11) Al-Naft Al-Shorta Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra (Al-Zawraa) 23
2017–18 Al-Zawraa[1] (14) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Naft Iraq Wissam Saadoun (Naft Maysan) 24

Total titles won

Teams in bold compete in the Premier League as of the 2017–18 season.

Club Winners Known runners-up Winning seasons
Al-Zawraa
14
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, 2017–18
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
11
15
 1957–58, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2016–17
Al-Shorta
10
7
 1962–63, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2012–13, 2013–14
Al-Talaba
5
8
 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1992–93, 2001–02
Amanat Baghdad
5
1
 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1970–71
Erbil
4
3
 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12
Al-Rasheed
3
2
 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
Al-Jaish
2
4
 1965–66, 1983–84
Naft Al-Wasat
1
1
 2014–15
Duhok
1
1
 2009–10
Al-Minaa
1
1
 1977–78
Salahaddin
1
0
 1982–83
Al-Athori
1
0
 1959–60
Sharikat Naft Al-Basra
1
0
 1948–49

Total titles won by region since 1974–75

Region Number of titles Clubs
Baghdad
34
 Al-Zawraa (14), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (6), Al-Talaba (5), Al-Shorta (5), Al-Rasheed (3), Al-Jaish (1)
Kurdistan
5
 Erbil (4), Duhok (1)
South
1
 Al-Minaa (1)
Middle
1
 Salahaddin (1)
Middle Euphrates
1
 Naft Al-Wasat (1)

By city

City Championships Clubs
Baghdad
34
 Al-Zawraa (14), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (6), Al-Talaba (5), Al-Shorta (5), Al-Rasheed (3), Al-Jaish (1)
Erbil
4
 Erbil (4)
Basra
1
 Al-Minaa (1)
Duhok
1
 Duhok (1)
Najaf
1
 Naft Al-Wasat (1)
Tikrit
1
 Salahaddin (1)

See also

Notes

  1. a b c d Also won the Iraqi Super Cup.
  2. a Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were known as Al-Tayaran from 1974 until 1991.
  3. a Al-Talaba were known as Al-Jameea until 1977.
  4. a b Madrasa Al-Shorta was the name of Al-Shorta's senior team from 1962 to 1964, and Aliyat Al-Shorta was the name of Al-Shorta's senior team from 1964 to 1974. In 1974, Aliyat Al-Shorta merged with their reserve teams Kuliya Al-Shorta and Shorta Al-Najda to form the sports club Al-Shorta.
  5. a Al-Muwasalat were formed in 1974 by the merger of Al-Bareed and Al-Minaa, but folded in 1975 and Al-Minaa were brought back.
  6. a b c Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab merged with Esalet Al-Mai to form Al-Baladiyat, who later merged with Amanat Al-Asima to form Al-Amana, who were renamed to Baghdad in 2009, and then renamed to Amanat Baghdad in 2014.
  7. a b Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha were renamed Quwat Salahaddin in 1973 and merged with Al-Mushat and other Army teams to form Al-Jaish in 1974.
  8. a Al-Kahrabaa were merged with other Industry teams to form Al-Sinaa in 1974.
  9. a Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya until 1958 when they dropped the 'Al-Malikiya' from their name.
  10. a Al-Naqil were known as Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed until 1974.

References

General
  • "Iraqi Premier League". Kooora.
  • Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq - List of Topscorers". RSSSF.
Specific
  1. ↑ "Story of the Iraqi Football League". Kooora Forums (in Arabic). Abu Baqer Al-Ahmed. 11 February 2007.
  2. ↑ "All the Story - Iraqi League". Iraqi Football Archive (in Arabic).
  3. 1 2 Hashim, Refel. "Iraq 1973/74". RSSSF.
  4. ↑ Hashim, Refel. "Iraq 1974/75". RSSSF.
  5. 1 2 Hashim, Refel. "Iraq 1975/76". RSSSF.
  6. ↑ Al-Nasser, Falah (22 May 2016). "Al-Zawra'a Are the Champions of the Premier League for the 13th Time in Their History". As-Sabah Al-Jadeed (in Arabic).
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