The 1973–74 Iraqi National First Division was a football tournament organised by 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 ...

(IFA) in the 1973–74 season, which was formed as the top-tier national league in Iraq to replace the

Iraq Central FA League The Iraq Central FA League, previously named the Iraq FA Baghdad League ( ar, دوري الاتحاد العراقي لمنطقة بغداد) and also known as the League of the Institutes ( ar, دوري المؤسسات, ''Dawri Al-Muassasat'') d ...

and the

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, Kirkuk and Mosul leagues. The tournament began on 11 October 1973. Matches that ended in a draw were settled via penalty shootout (with no extra time), with the winner of the shootout earning one point.

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won the league title with a total of 23 points, and they also won the regional

Iraq FA Baghdad Cup The Iraq FA Baghdad Cup was a regional knockout cup competition organised by the Iraq Central Football Association (IFA) in the 1973–74 season for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities. Only one edition was played because the IFA decid ...

knockout tournament in the same season, led by coach

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. From the 1974–75 season, the competition was replaced by the Iraqi National Clubs First Division which was only open to clubs and not institute-representative teams.

Name changes

*Al-Mushat renamed to Quwat Al-Nasr.

Regional qualifiers

To decide which six teams from other provinces would participate alongside the eight teams from the

1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division The 1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division was the 25th and last season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973); it began on 16 October 1972. The first half of the sea ...

, 14 teams were split into three groups with the top two in each group qualifying for the final league competition. The qualifying matches were played from 24–31 August 1973 in the cities of Erbil,

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and

. The six teams that qualified were Al-Minaa, Al-Samawa,

, Shortat Erbil, Shortat Sulaymaniya and Al-Rafidain.Iraq 1973/74 Qualifiers
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League table

Results

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Iraq Football Association
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iraqi National League (Institutions)

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