1951–52 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division
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The 1951–52 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division League was the fourth season of the
Iraq Central FA Premier League The Iraq Central FA Premier League, also known as the Iraq Central FA First Division and previously named the Iraq FA Baghdad First Division (), was the top-level division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973. ...
(the top division of football in
Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...
and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973).
Al-Haras Al-Malaki Al-Haras Al-Malaki () was an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad. They participated in the first ever national cup tournament held in Iraq: the 1948–49 Iraq FA Cup. They also won seven Iraq Central FA Premier League titles in a row (the top- ...
won their third consecutive league title. Al-Amir withdrew from the competition before the start of the season. For the first time, the Civil Cantonment (CC) select team from Habbaniya participated in the competition. In January 1952, they defeated Al-Haras Al-Malaki 5–2 at Al-Kashafa Stadium with a hat-trick from
Aram Karam Aram Karam (; 1 July 1929 – 2 April 2023) was an Iraqi footballer, who earned a reputation for scoring goals from apparently impossible long-range situations. He was an ethnic Assyrian and Christian. Karam was a son of a Levy soldier from H ...
. They later played Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malakiya with the match ending in a draw after extra time. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malakiya won the replay 5–2.


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Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...