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2020–21 Iraqi First Division League
The 2020–21 Iraqi First Division League was the 47th season of what is now called the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have changed throughout history due to several factors, most recently in this season when the number of clubs increased from 12 to 28 in total. The top team from each group is directly promoted to the Premier League, while a third club can be promoted through play-offs, on the other hand, two clubs from each group are directly relegated to the Second Division League. Al-Sinaa won the title and were promoted alongside runners-up Newroz Newroz or Nawroz ( ku, نەورۆز, Newroz) is the Kurdish celebration of Nowruz; the arrival of spring and new year in Kurdish culture. The lighting of the fires at the beginning of the evening of March 21 is the main symbol of Newroz among the .... Format Teams from all over Iraq participated in preliminary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Premier Division League
The Iraqi Premier Division League ( ar, دوري الدرجة الممتازة العراقي) is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Iraq Stars League. The league is contested by 22 clubs and is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). It will be governed by the Iraqi Pro League Association from the 2024–25 season. Each season, the two top-finishing teams in the Premier Division League are automatically promoted to the Stars League. The four lowest-finishing teams are relegated to Iraqi First Division League, First Division League. The number of clubs in the league have changed throughout history, most recently in the 2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League, 2023–24 season, when the number of clubs decreased from 24 to 22 and the competition's name was changed from First Division League to Premier Division League. In the 2022–23 Iraqi First Division League, 2022–23 season, Al-Minaa SC, Al-Minaa won the title and were promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Football League System
The Iraqi football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in Iraq. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, allowing even the smallest club the theoretical possibility of ultimately rising to the very top of the system. There are 5 individual levels, containing 26 leagues. It is run by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). History Up until 1973, leagues in Iraq were played at a regional level. The Central FA League, the Basra League and the Kirkuk League were all founded in 1948, while the Mosul League was founded in 1950. The first nationwide league to be held in the country was in the 1973–74 season when the National First Division was formed, with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya being crowned champions. The IFA then decided to replace the competition with a new National Clubs First Division which would only be open to clubs and not instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Nasiriya FC
Al-Nasiriya Sports Club ( ar, الناصرية), often simply known as Al-Nasiriya SC, is an Iraqi football team based in An Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar Governorate. The club plays in the Iraq Division One and was founded on 21 October 1961. An Nasiriyah FC is nicknamed Sons of Sumer ( ar, احفاد سومر). The An Nasiriyah Stadium is where Al-Nasiriya SC play their home games. It is a multi-use stadium in An Nasiriyah, Iraq and has a maximum capacity of around 10,000. Sponsors Current technical staff {, class="toccolours" !bgcolor=silver, Position !bgcolor=silver, Name !bgcolor=silver, Nationality , - bgcolor=#eeeeee , Manager:, , Ali Wahaib, , , -bgcolor=#eeeeee , Assistant Manager:, , Aziz Abdul-Nabi, , , - , Assistant Manager:, , Jaleel Ibrahim, , , -bgcolor=#eeeeee , Team supervisor:, , Majid Awada, , , - , U-19 Manager:, , Abbas Fadl, , , - Managerial history * Ahmed Daham * Murtadha Ali * Ali Jawad * Ali Wahaib Ali Wahaib Shnaiyn (born 24 December 1975) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ettefaq SC
Al-Ettifaq Sport Club ( ar, نادي الاتفاق الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Al Diwaniyah Al Diwaniyah ( ar, ٱلدِّيوَانِيَّة ''ad-Dīwānīyah''), also spelt Diwaniya, is the capital city of Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate. In 2002 the population was estimated at 440,927. Overview The area around Al Diwaniyah, which i .... Managerial history * Ahmed Nima * Abdul-Zahra Odeh See also * 2021–22 Iraq Division Two References External links Al-Ettefaq SCon Goalzz.com {{Iraq-footyclub-stub 2004 establishments in Iraq Association football clubs established in 2004 Football clubs in Al-Qādisiyyah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afak FC
Afak Sports Club ( ar, نادي عفك), is an Iraqi football club based in Afak, Al-Qādisiyyah. The team competes in the Iraq Division One. History Afak Club was established in 1991 by some athletes in Al Diwaniyah Governorate, and after reaching the Iraq Division One, it participated seven times in the final rounds of qualifying for the Premier League, but did not qualify. In the 2020–21 season, the team managed to reach the third-place match after playing 13 matches without losing, but they lost in the match to determine the third place against Samarra 1-0, from a penalty kick, and for the eighth time, they were close to qualifying, without qualifying to play in the Premier League. Stadium On May 31, 2016, Afak Stadium was opened in the presence of sports and government figures. The stadium accommodate 5,000 spectators. Managerial history * Haider Hussein * Saeed Mohsen Saeed Mohsen Ali ( ar, سعيد محسن علي) (Born 22 January 1982) is an Iraqi football p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Kufa FC
Al-Kufa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الكوفة الرياضي), is an Iraqi football team based in Kufa, Al-Najaf, that plays in 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 .... Managerial history * Adel Ali Al-Aasam * Salman Hussein * Maitham Jaber See also * 2019–20 Iraq FA Cup * 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup * 2022–23 Iraq FA Cup References External links Al-Kufa SCon Goalzz.com {{Iraq Division 1 Football clubs in Najaf Kufa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karbalaa FC
Karbala Sport Club is an Iraqi football club based in Karbala that plays in the Iraqi Premier League, the top tier of Iraqi football. SWAT Incident On June 23, 2013, after a match against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, seven football players of Karbala FC and their coach were beaten by the anti-terror police. They used sticks and batons against the coach and his players. Five of them were in critical condition, and on the 30th of June, Mohammed Al-Jaboury, coach of Karbala FC has died in hospital. Stadium Karbala International Stadium is a purpose built football stadium being constructed in Karbala, Iraq. It was opened in 2016 in which it has the capacity to hold 30,000 people and become the new home of the club. Current squad First-team squad Honours *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 Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babylon SC
Babil Sport Club ( ar, نادي بابل الرياضي), is an Iraqi football club based in Babil, that plays in Iraq Division One. History Babil Sport Club was founded in 1960. The team has played in the Iraqi Premier League since the start of the tournament in 1974, and They had played for four seasons, and in all of them it had been struggling to stay away from relegation. In the end, they were relegated to the Iraq Division One in the 1978 season. The team returned after eleven seasons, but quickly relegated at the end of the season again. In the 1993–94 season, originally, the Iraq Youth Team participated in the league. Their record was 25 games, 8 wins, 8 draws, 9 losses, 33 goals scored, 29 goals conceded and 24 points. At the halfway stage of the season, they were replaced by Babil, and Babil adopted the Youth Team's record at that point. In the end, Babil finished before last and survived from relegation, but finally relegated the following season. After ten seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masafi Al-Janoob
Masafi Al-Junoob Sport Club ( ar, نادي مصافي الجنوب الرياضي), is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Shaibah, Basra, that plays in Iraq Division one. History in Premier League Masafi Al-Junoob played in the Iraqi Premier League in 2009–10 season, but relegated to the Iraq Division One after finished the season in 18th place in the Group Stage. Managerial history * Hussein Hamad * Asaad Abdul-Razzaq * Nasser Talla Dahilan * Abdul-Yemma Warwar * Sattar Jabbar See also * 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup * 2022–23 Iraq FA Cup Other games Beach soccer Masafi Al-Junoob beach soccer team won the 2016–17 Iraqi Beach Soccer League title, and transferred trophy of the championship to Basra for the first time. References External links Masafi Al-Junoob SCon Goalzz on RSSSF The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Bahri SC
Al-Bahri Sport Club ( ar, نادي البحري الرياضي, lit=''Navy Club'') is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Jubaila, Basra, arrived twice to the semi-final in Iraq FA Cup. In 1990, the Iraqi Defense Ministry dissolved the club within its decision to dissolve all Iraqi military clubs, the club was playing in the Iraqi Premier League, then it was reconstituted. History Al-Bahri were founded in 1976, and in only their second season in existence, they reached the semifinals of the 1977–78 Iraq FA Cup, beating the reigning champions at the time ( Al-Zawra'a) on the way, however they withdrew from the semifinal and handed their opponents Al-Tayaran a 3–0 victory. The following season, they won the Iraq Division One and were promoted into the 1979–80 Iraqi National League. However, they failed to win a single match, drawing four games and losing a huge 18 matches, finishing bottom of the league and being relegated back into the lower division. They returned to the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghaz Al-Shamal
Ghaz Al-Shamal ( ar, نادي غاز الشمال) is an Iraqi football team based in Kirkuk, that plays in Iraq Division one. Managerial history * Waleed Mohammed Qader * Karim Qambel * Mohammed Qasim * Jumaa Jodaya * Natiq Haddad Honours Women's team *Iraqi Women's Football League **Winners (1): 2015–16 See also * 2012–13 Iraq FA Cup * 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup * 2020–21 Iraq FA Cup The 2020–21 Iraq FA Cup was the 31st edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a clubs-only competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football, featuring 126 teams (20 from the Iraqi Premier League and 106 from the Iraq Division One and I ... References External links Team's profile on Goalzz.com {{Iraq Division 1 2004 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Kirkuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshmerga SC
Sulaymani Peshmarga Sport Club ( ku-2, یانهی وهرزشی پێشمهرگهی سلێمانی) is a sports club based in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. They currently play in the Kurdistan Premier League and Iraq Division One. The club was founded in 1999. History Division One champions Peshmarga team played in the Iraq Division One season 2009–10, and managed to top its group and be promoted to play in the Premier League. The top team in each group played in the final match to determine the league champion, where Peshmarga and Al-Jaish met at Al-Karkh Stadium in Baghdad, and Peshmarga was able to defeat Al-Jaish with a score (3–0) and win the championship. in Premier League Peshmarga team played in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 2010–11 season, and played in the Northern Group, and the team was not good enough, and despite the change of coach, the team continued to lose its matches, and eventually relegated to the Iraq Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |