The 1953–54 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division League was the sixth 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.
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(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 fifth consecutive league title.
One of the tournament's matches came in January 1954, when the Civil Cantonment (C.C.) select team from
Habbaniya defeated
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 2–1 at Al-Kashafa Stadium with goals from
Ammo Baba and
Youra Eshaya.
The C.C. team then went on to face
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malakiya the following month at the same stadium. Ammo Baba gave C.C. the lead after four minutes before Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malakiya scored the next three goals through Rahoomi Jassim (ninth minute), Rashid Jedaya and Taha (20th minute). Jamil Jowahar brought a goal back for C.C. before Ammo Baba scored again in the 75th minute and then made it a hat-trick moments later to win the match 4–3 for C.C.
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Iraq
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