The 2020–21 Iraqi Premier League was the 47th season of the

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 ...

since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 25 October 2020 and ended on 28 July 2021, with the relegation play-off held on 30 July 2021.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 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 ...

sealed their seventh Premier League title with three matches to spare, finishing ahead of

Al-Zawraa 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 footbal ...

and Al-Najaf. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya also won the

Iraq FA Cup The Iraq FA Cup, known as the Iraq Cup ( ar, كأس العراق) in Arabic, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Iraqi football. First held in the 1948–49 season for clubs and institutions before returning in 1975–76 ...

to become the first Iraqi club since the 2001–02 season to win the

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. Their manager

Ayoub Odisho Ayoub Odisho Barjam ( ar, أيوب اوديشو; born 15 December 1960), is an Iraqi Assyrian people, Assyrian former football player and coach of Al-Zawraa SC, Al Zawraa in the Iraqi Premier League. Playing career Ayoub was a tough tackling f ...

became the most successful coach in Premier League history with four titles.

New rules

For the first time in the

, the

Iraq Football Association The Iraq Football Association (IFA) ( ar, الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi Premier League. The Iraqi Football Association was founded ...

decided to use head-to-head points as the first tiebreaker for teams level on points, followed by head-to-head goal difference, total goal difference, total number of wins and total goals scored. Also, the maximum number of substitutions in a game for each team was increased from four to five.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top eighteen teams from the 2018–19 season and the two promoted teams from the 2018–19 Iraq Division One.

Clubs and locations

;Notes

League table

Results

Relegation play-off

''Samarra are promoted to the Iraqi Premier League, while Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya are relegated to the Iraq Division One.''

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

;Notes (H) – Home team

Awards

Number of teams by region

Match ball

On 23 October 2020,

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announced their official partnership with

to manufacture the official match ball for the

. The official match ball is named Neo Toba. The design was conceived in such a way as to reflect the colours of the Iraqi flag and the patterns represent symbols of ancient Mesopotamian civilization. The term ''Toba'' is taken from the Iraqi dialect ( ar, طوبة) which means "ball" in common parlance.

References

External links

Official website

Iraq Football Association
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