1974–75 Iraqi National League

Iraqi National League
Season1974–75
ChampionsAl-Tayaran
(1st title)
RelegatedAl-Rafidain
Top goalscorerThamer Yousif
(12 goals)

The 1974–75 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the first edition of the competition since the Iraq Football Association (IFA) founded it as the country's first nationwide league of clubs, replacing the Iraqi National First Division that had been established one year prior for clubs and institutions. Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) won the title.[1][2]

Changes from previous season

Iraq's 16 top division teams were reduced to 10 clubs (names highlighted in bold) for the 1974–75 season.

# Team Region 1973–74 pos Changes
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad 1st Renamed to Al-Tayaran SC
2 Aliyat Al-Shorta Baghdad 2nd Replaced by Al-Shorta SC as a single team in Baghdad
Shortat Al-Najda Baghdad 8th
Shortat Erbil Erbil 14th
Kuliyat Al-Shorta Baghdad Promoted
3 Al-Minaa Basra 3rd Merged to form Al-Muwasalat SC
Al-Bareed wal-Barq Baghdad 9th
4 Quwat Al-Nasr Baghdad 4th Replaced by Al-Jaish SC as a single team in Baghdad
Quwat Salahaddin Habbaniya 6th
Al-Quwa Al-Bahriya Basra Promoted
5 Kahrabaa Al-Wusta Baghdad 5th Renamed to Al-Sinaa SC
6 Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed Baghdad 7th Renamed to Al-Naqil SC
7 Al-Samawa SC Samawa 10th No change
8 Babil SC Hilla 13th No change
9 Al-Rafidain SC Diwaniya 15th No change
10 Isalat Al-Mai Baghdad Promoted Merged with Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab to form Al-Baladiyat SC

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Tayaran 18 13 4 1 36 11 +25 30 League Champions
2 Al-Naqil[a] 18 13 3 2 47 11 +36 29
3 Al-Muwasalat[b] 18 12 3 3 29 13 +16 27
4 Al-Sinaa 18 10 5 3 36 16 +20 25
5 Al-Shorta 18 8 3 7 29 33 −4 19
6 Al-Samawa 18 5 6 7 22 23 −1 16
7 Al-Baladiyat 18 5 5 8 15 27 −12 15
8 Al-Jaish 18 3 4 11 13 30 −17 10
9 Babil 18 2 2 14 9 38 −29 6
10 Al-Rafidain 18 0 3 15 7 41 −34 3 Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Naqil were dissolved after the end of the season.
  2. ^ Al-Muwasalat were dissolved after the end of the season, and Al-Minaa were reinstated in their place.

Results

Home \ Away BLD JSH MUW NAQ RFD SMW SHR SIN TAY BBL
Al-Baladiyat 0–0 0–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0
Al-Jaish 4–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–3 1–0
Al-Muwasalat 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Al-Naqil 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 11–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Al-Rafidain 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–7 1–2 0–5 1–2 0–3 0–1
Al-Samawa 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–4 1–2 0–0
Al-Shorta 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
Al-Sinaa 4–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1
Al-Tayaran 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0
Babil 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–5 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–6 0–3
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos Scorer Goals Team
1
 Thamer Yousif
12
 Al-Naqil
2
 Kadhim Waal
9
 Al-Muwasalat

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
Player[1] For Against Result Date
Iraq Thamer Yousif5 Al-Naqil Al-Shorta 11–0 12 October 1974
Iraq Ali Hussein Mahmoud Al-Shorta Al-Jaish 3–1 17 October 1974
Iraq Salah Obeid Al-Tayaran Al-Jaish 4–0 17 November 1974
Iraq Kadhim Luaibi Al-Naqil Al-Rafidain 7–1 25 January 1975
Iraq Thamer Yousif Al-Naqil Al-Rafidain 7–1 25 January 1975
Iraq Ali Kadhim Al-Naqil Al-Muwasalat 3–0 14 March 1975
Notes

5 Player scored 5 goals

References

  1. ^ a b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)