List of Iraqi football champions

The Iraqi football champions are the winners of the highest league in Iraqi football, which since the 2003–04 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. The Iraq FA Cup Championship was established in 1956 which was a knockout competition with different divisions; despite being a knockout competition, it was considered as the national championship. In 1961, a proper league was established for clubs and football teams owned by the institutes in Baghdad, but despite being a league, it retained the name of Iraq FA Cup Championship until 1963 when it became the Iraq FA League Championship.^[1] In the 1973–74 season, teams from all around Iraq were allowed to compete in the competition, rather than just Baghdad-based teams.^[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-Tayaran 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-Zawra'a who succeeded in achieving the league title in their first season participating.^[5]

The four "Popular Teams" of Baghdad (Al-Zawra'a, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta and Al-Talaba), have dominated the now-called Iraqi Premier League over the years, achieving 28 titles out of a possible 40 since the 1974–75 season. Two of these teams appeared in the 1973–74 season, with those two being Al-Tayaran (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) and Al-Shorta (who were represented by two teams, Aliyat Al-Shorta and Shorta Al-Najda, who later merged with other Police teams to form Al-Shorta prior to the 1974–75 season). Al-Zawra'a and Al-Talaba (known as Al-Jameea at the time) made their first appearance in the Iraqi National League in 1975–76.^[3]^[5]

Eight of the clubs which have been crowned champions of Iraq are currently competing in the Iraqi Premier League, while four of them are competing in the lower divisions and two of them have since dissolved. Al-Zawra'a have won 13 titles, the most of any club.^[6] Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Shorta are in joint-second with ten national titles overall, and Al-Talaba and Amanat Baghdad share third place having both won five national titles. Erbil, the only club outside of Baghdad to achieve more than one title, have won four titles.

List

Bold indicates Double winners – i.e. League and FA Cup winners OR League and Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup winners

Bold Italic indicates Treble winners – i.e. League, FA Cup and Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup winners OR League, FA Cup and Arab World Club Cup winners

League of the Institutes

Iraq FA Championship (1948–1949)

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

Iraq FA Cup Championship (1956–1963)

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

Iraq FA 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

Iraq FA Premier League (1965–1971)

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place
1965–66	Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Unknown
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-Tayaran^[2]	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab
1969–70	Aliyat Al-Shorta (4)	Al-Kahraba^[8]	Sikak Al-Hadeed
1970–71	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukkab (5)	Aliyat Al-Shorta	Sikak Al-Hadeed

Iraq FA First Division League (1971–1974)

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place
1971–72	Aliyat Al-Shorta (5)	Al-Mushat^[7]	Al-Kahraba
1972–73	Al-Tayaran (4)	Aliyat Al-Shorta	Al-Mushat
1973–74	Al-Tayaran (5)	Aliyat Al-Shorta	Al-Mina'a

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]	Thamer Yousif (Al-Naqil)	13
1975–76	Al-Zawra'a	Al-Tayaran	Al-Shorta	Thamer Yousif (Al-Zawra'a)	13
1976–77	Al-Zawra'a (2)	Al-Jameea^[3]	Al-Shorta	Zahrawi Jaber (Al-Shorta)	6
1977–78	Al-Mina'a	Al-Zawra'a	Al-Sina'a	Jalil Hanoon (Al-Mina'a)	11
1978–79	Al-Zawra'a (3)	Al-Shorta	Al-Talaba	Falah Hassan (Al-Zawra'a)	7
1979–80	Al-Shorta (6)	Al-Zawra'a	Al-Talaba	Ali Hussein Mahmoud (Al-Shorta)	18
1980–81	Al-Talaba	Al-Shorta	Al-Tayaran	Hussein Saeed (Al-Talaba)	11
1981–82	Al-Talaba (2)	Al-Tayaran	Al-Sina'a	Thamer Yousif (Al-Zawra'a)	14
1982–83	Salahaddin	Al-Talaba	Al-Tayaran	Hussein Saeed (Al-Talaba)	17
1983–84	Al-Jaish (2)	Al-Talaba	Al-Tayaran	Rahim Hameed (Al-Jaish)	11
1984–85	Abandoned – No champions declared
1985–86	Al-Talaba (3)	Al-Rasheed	Al-Tayaran	Hussein Saeed (Al-Talaba) Ahmed Radhi (Al-Rasheed) Rahim Hameed (Al-Jaish)	9
1986–87	Al-Rasheed	Al-Jaish	Al-Shabab	Rahim Hameed (Al-Jaish)	14
1987–88	Al-Rasheed (2)	Al-Jaish	Al-Tayaran	Rahim Hameed (Al-Jaish)	14
1988–89	Al-Rasheed (3)	Al-Talaba	Al-Tayaran	Karim Saddam (Al-Zawra'a)	22
1989–90	Al-Tayaran^[4] (7)	Al-Rasheed	Al-Shorta	Karim Saddam (Al-Zawra'a) Majid Abdul-Ridha (Al-Shabab)	13
1990–91	Al-Zawra'a (4)	Al-Talaba	Al-Shorta	Karim Saddam (Al-Zawra'a)	20
1991–92	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (8)	Al-Zawra'a	Al-Karkh	Ahmed Radhi (Al-Zawra'a)	34
1992–93	Al-Talaba (4)	Al-Zawra'a	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Karim Saddam (Al-Zawra'a)	35
1993–94	Al-Zawra'a (5)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Talaba	Younis Abid Ali (Al-Shorta)	36
1994–95	Al-Zawra'a (6)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Najaf	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-Zawra'a (7)	Al-Najaf	Al-Shorta	Hussam Fawzi (Al-Zawra'a) 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-Zawra'a	Al-Talaba	Ali Hashim (Al-Najaf)	19
1997–98	Al-Shorta (7)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Zawra'a	Mahmoud Majid (Al-Shorta)	22
1998–99	Al-Zawra'a (8)	Al-Talaba	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Ahmed Khudhair (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) Hashim Ridha (Al-Shorta)	19

Iraqi First Division League (1999–2000)

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1999–2000	Al-Zawra'a^[1] (9)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Shorta	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-Zawra'a^[1] (10)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Shorta	Hussein Abdullah (Duhok)	21
2001–02	Al-Talaba (5)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Shorta	Hashim Ridha (Al-Shorta)	32

Iraqi First Division League (2002–2003)

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

Iraqi Premier League (2003–)

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-Mina'a	Al-Talaba	Mustafa Karim (Al-Kahraba)	16
2005–06	Al-Zawra'a (11)	Al-Najaf	Erbil	Sahib Abbas (Karbalaa)	17
2006–07	Erbil	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Najaf	Ahmad Salah (Erbil)	11
2007–08	Erbil (2)	Al-Zawra'a	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Asa'ad Abdul-Nabi (Al-Kahraba)	14
2008–09	Erbil (3)	Al-Najaf	Duhok	Ahmad Salah (Erbil)	15
2009–10	Duhok	Al-Talaba	Al-Zawra'a	Amjad Radhi (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)	31
2010–11	Al-Zawra'a (12)	Erbil	Al-Sina'a	Luay Salah (Erbil)	17
2011–12	Erbil (4)	Duhok	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Hammadi Ahmad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)	27
2012–13	Al-Shorta (9)	Erbil	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Amjad Radhi (Erbil)	25
2013–14	Al-Shorta (10)	Erbil	Amanat Baghdad	Ali Salah (Al-Talaba)	14
2014–15	Naft Al-Wasat	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Shorta	Marwan Hussein (Al-Shorta)	15
2015–16	Al-Zawra'a (13)	Naft Al-Wasat	Al-Talaba	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem (Al-Zawra'a) Hammadi Ahmad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)	12

Total titles won

Teams in bold compete in the Premier League as of the 2016–17 season.

Club	Winners	Known runners-up	Winning seasons
Al-Zawra'a	13	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
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	10	15	1957–58, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2004–05
Al-Shorta	10	6	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-Mina'a	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	32	Al-Zawra'a (13), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (5), Al-Talaba (5), Al-Shorta (5), Al-Rasheed (3), Al-Jaish (1)
Kurdistan	5	Erbil (4), Duhok (1)
South	1	Al-Mina'a (1)
Middle	1	Salahaddin (1)
Middle Euphrates	1	Naft Al-Wasat (1)

By city

City	Championships	Clubs
Baghdad	32	Al-Zawra'a (13), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (5), Al-Talaba (5), Al-Shorta (5), Al-Rasheed (3), Al-Jaish (1)
Erbil	4	Erbil (4)
Basra	1	Al-Mina'a (1)
Duhok	1	Duhok (1)
Najaf	1	Naft Al-Wasat (1)
Tikrit	1	Salahaddin (1)

Notes

^a ^b ^c Also won the Al-Muthabara Cup.
^a ^b Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were known as Al-Tayaran from 1968 until 1991.
^a Al-Talaba were known as Al-Jameea until 1977.
^a ^b Aliyat Al-Shorta merged with the other Police teams (including Madrasat Al-Shorta) to form Al-Shorta in 1974.
^a Al-Muwasalat were formed in 1974 by the merger of Al-Bareed and Al-Mina'a, but folded in 1975 and Al-Mina'a were brought back.
^a ^b 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 later renamed to Amanat Baghdad.
^a ^b Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha were renamed Salahaddin in 1973 and merged with Al-Mushat and other Army teams to form Al-Jaish in 1974.
^a Al-Kahraba were merged with other Industry teams to form Al-Sina'a in 1974.

References

General

"Iraqi Premier League". Kooora.
Fujioka, Atsushi. "Iraq - List of Champions". RSSSF.
Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq - List of Topscorers". RSSSF.

Specific

↑ "Story of the Iraqi Football League". Kooora Forums (in Arabic). Abu Baqer Al-Ahmed. 11 February 2007.
↑ "All the Story - Iraqi League". Iraqi Football Archive (in Arabic).
1 2 Hashim, Refel. "Iraq 1973/74". RSSSF.
↑ Hashim, Refel. "Iraq 1974/75". RSSSF.
1 2 Hashim, Refel. "Iraq 1975/76". RSSSF.
↑ 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).

External links

Iraqi Football Website

Iraqi Premier League

2016–17 clubs	Al-Bahri Al-Hedood Al-Hussein Al-Kahraba Al-Karkh Al-Minaa Al-Naft Al-Najaf Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Samawa Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa Amanat Baghdad Erbil Karbalaa Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Wasat Naft Maysan Zakho

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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