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1977–78 Iraqi National League
The 1977–78 Iraqi National Clubs First Division was the 4th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Minaa won their first national league title, winning the competition without defeat and becoming the first team from outside Baghdad to win the Premier League. Name changes * Al-Baladiyat merged with Amanat Al-Asima to form Al-Amana. League table Results Season statistics Top scorers Hat-tricks ;Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals References External links Iraq Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:1977-78 Iraqi League Iraqi Premier League seasons Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ... 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Premier League
The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraq Division One. The league was formed by the IFA in 1974 as the Iraqi National Clubs First Division, the first nationwide league of clubs in Iraq. The current format sees 20 teams playing 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season. Of the 80 teams to have competed since the inception of the league in 1974, eleven have won the title. Al-Zawraa are the most successful club with 14 titles, followed by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Talaba and Al-Shorta, who together contest the Baghdad derbies. The current champions are Al-Shorta, who won the title in 2021–22. History Origins Up until 1973, leagues in Iraq were played at a regional level. The Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salahaddin FC
Salahaddin SC ( ar, نادي صلاح الدين) is an Iraqi football team based in Tikrit. Honours Major *Iraqi Premier League **Champions (1): Iraqi League 1982-83, 1982–83 Minor *Al-Wehdat Championship **Winners (1): 1983 *Rovers Cup **Winners (1): 1982 Notable head coaches * Wathik Naji * Douglas Aziz * Basim Qasim References External links Club page on Goalzz 1975 establishments in Iraq Association football clubs established in 1975 Football clubs in Saladin {{Iraq-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Premier League Seasons
Iraqi or Iraqis (in plural) means from Iraq, a country in the Middle East, and may refer to: * Iraqi people or Iraqis, people from Iraq or of Iraqi descent * A citizen of Iraq, see demographics of Iraq * Iraqi or Araghi ( fa, عراقی), someone or something of, from, or related to Persian Iraq, an old name for a region in Central Iran * Iraqi Arabic, the colloquial form of Arabic spoken in Iraq * Iraqi cuisine * Iraqi culture *The Iraqis (party), a political party in Iraq *Iraqi List, a political party in Iraq *Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi. See also * List of Iraqis * Iraqi diaspora * Languages of Iraq There are a number of languages spoken in Iraq, but Mesopotamian Arabic (Iraqi Arabic) is by far the most widely spoken in the country. Arabic and Kurdish are both official languages in Iraq. Contemporary languages The most widely spoken languag ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Minaa SC
Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the most popular clubs in Iraq, particularly in the south, and became the first club outside Baghdad to win the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Minaa was founded on November 22, 1931, in Al-Maqal. In 1974, the club was merged with another team called Al-Bareed to form a single club called Al-Muwasalat, and it was a strange situation because the Al-Bareed team were based in Baghdad while Al-Minaa were based in Basra and the two teams met in Baghdad on the day of the match only, so after just one season the club was dissolved and Al-Minaa returned in their place. In 1978, the team won the national league title for the first time. After a lean period in the post-war years, the team finished second in the league in the 2004–05 season, and therefore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Zawraa SC
Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Al-Zawraa are the most decorated club in Iraq having won 14 Premier League titles, 16 Iraq FA Cups and 5 Iraqi Super Cups, all national records. Al-Zawraa also won the Iraqi Elite Cup a joint-record 3 times. Al-Zawraa have won the domestic double a record eight times and became only the second Iraqi team to win the domestic quadruple in the 1999–2000 season. The club's most recent trophy came in 2021 with a 1–0 win over rivals Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the Super Cup. In 2022, Al-Zawraa opened the new all-seater Al-Zawraa Stadium which replaced the club's old stadium at the same site. Al-Zawraa finished fourth at the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship and were also runners-up of the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. Al-Zawraa have comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salahaddin SC
Salahaddin SC ( ar, نادي صلاح الدين) is an Iraqi football team based in Tikrit. Honours Major *Iraqi Premier League **Champions (1): 1982–83 Minor *Al-Wehdat Championship **Winners (1): 1983 *Rovers Cup **Winners (1): 1982 Notable head coaches * Wathik Naji * Douglas Aziz * Basim Qasim Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid ( ar, باسم قاسم; born 22 March 1963) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who last coached Al-Naft. He was a defender in his playing days, also capable of playing in midfield, and he played for Ir ... References External links Club page on Goalzz 1975 establishments in Iraq Association football clubs established in 1975 Football clubs in Saladin {{Iraq-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Jaish SC (Iraq)
Al-Jaish Sports Club ( ar, نادي الجيش الرياضي, lit=''Army Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Baghdad. The football team has won the Iraqi Premier League once in its history, back in 1984. For the 2008/09 season Al Jaish will play in the Iraq Division One as they were relegated from the Iraqi Premier League the season before. Honours Major *Iraqi Premier League **Winners (1): 1983–84 **''Runners-up (2):'' 1986–87, 1987–88 *Iraq FA Cup **Winners (2): 1979–80, 1982–83 **''Runners-up (4):'' 1978–79, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1994–95 Minor *Al-Qadisiya Championship **Winners (2): 1983, 1984 *Marah Halim Cup **Winners (1): 1984 **''Runners-up (1):'' 1983 *Rovers Cup **Winners (1): 1983 *Military Friendship Championship **Winners (1): 1980 Famous head coaches * Munzir Al-Waaiz * Hakeem Shaker Hakeem Shaker ( ar, حكيم شاكر; born 7 January 1963 in Baghdad, Iraq), is a former Iraqi football player and manager. At some point bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazem Jassam
Hazem Jassam (born 1 July 1949) is an Iraqi professional football player and manager who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup. Career In 1970s he played for the Iraq national football team. He was a former captain of Al-Zawra'a SC in the Seventies. He played on position in centre midfield also played on the right wing. In 1994, he coached Qatar SC. He coached the Yemen national football team The Yemen national football team ( ar, منتخب اليمن الوطني لكرة القدم), is the national team of Yemen and is controlled by the Yemen Football Association. When the nation was split into North Yemen and South Yemen befo ... for a brief period in 1997. He had a second spell as coach the same year, this time managing the team until 1999. From 2002 to 2003 he again worked as a head coach of Yemen team. In the 2009–2010 season he led Al-Zawraa. Career statistics International goals ''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.'' References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Tayaran
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ( ar, نادي القوة الجوية الرياضي, lit=Air Force Club) is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1931, it is the oldest existing club in Iraq. Its football team is one of the most successful in Iraq having won seven Iraqi Premier League titles, most recently in the 2020–21 season, which it won alongside its fifth Iraq FA Cup title. The club also won a joint-record three Iraqi Elite Cups, and in 1996–97 it became the first of only two clubs to win all four major national trophies ( League, FA Cup, Elite Cup, Super Cup) in the same season. On the continental level, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are joint-record winners of the AFC Cup having become the first club to win three consecutive titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The Falcons have participated in the group stage of the AFC Champions League five times since its foundation in 2002, and have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falah Hassan
Falah Hassan ( ar, فلاح حسن, born 1 July 1951) is a former Iraqi international football player, and current president of Al-Zawraa Sport Club in Baghdad. Early life Falah Hassan was born in 1951 in the village of Mimouna, in a district of Qal'at Saleh. His father was a farmer and after the 1958 Revolution, his family moved to Al-Thawra (now Al-Sadr) in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, taking advantage of the new government’s initiative in building low cost housing for families wanting to move to Baghdad, it was there he first played the game on the streets of the city. During the 1970s, Falah Hassan was seen as one of the greatest players in Asia, and was offered lucrative contracts to play professionally abroad, in 1978 he received two offers one from Belgium and the other from the Emirates. Al-Shaab from the UAE reportedly offered Falah and teammate Ali Kadhim a contract to play for them in 1978, while after the arrival of Belgium’s army team in Baghdad, the delegation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baghdad Derbies
The Baghdad derbies are a series of derby matches between four Baghdad-based football clubs: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa, collectively known as the 'Popular Teams'. They are the four most successful teams in the history of Iraqi football, and league games between the clubs are played at the neutral venue of Al-Shaab Stadium to accommodate more spectators. The match between Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Zawraa is often referred to as the Iraqi El Clásico. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were the first to be founded in 1931, and Montakhab Al-Shorta were founded in 1932, with these two sides developing a strong rivalry during the Iraq Central FA League era. Al-Zawraa were founded in 1969, while Al-Talaba were founded in 1977 and merged with Al-Jamiea less than a year later. With the foundation of the Iraqi Premier League, a four-way rivalry soon developed in the capital city. None of the four teams have ever been relegated from the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Shorta won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq Division One
The Iraq Division One is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Premier League. The league is contested by 24 clubs. It is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two top-finishing teams in the Division One are automatically promoted to the Premier League. The four lowest-finishing teams in the Division One are relegated to Division Two. The number of clubs in the league have changed throughout history, most recently in the 2021–22 season when the number of clubs decreased from 28 to 24. It has previously been called the Division Two but has been known as the Division One since 2003. In the 2021–22 season, Al-Hudood won the title and were promoted alongside runners-up Karbalaa. List of champions League structure In November 2020, The Iraq FA announced that the number of teams will decrease from 28 to 24 in total starting from 2021-2022 season. To make these changes possible, the Iraq FA announced that in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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