1974–75 Iraqi National League

The 1974–75 Iraqi National Clubs First Division was the first edition of the competition since the Iraq Football Association (IFA) founded it as the country's first nationwide league of clubs, replacing the Iraqi National First Division that had been established one year prior for clubs and institutions. Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) won the title.[1][2]

Iraqi Premier League
Season1974–75
ChampionsAl-Tayaran
(1st title)
RelegatedAl-Rafidain
Top goalscorerThamer Yousif
(12 goals)

Changes from previous season

Iraq's 16 top division teams were reduced to 10 clubs (names highlighted in bold) for the 1974–75 season.

#TeamRegion1973–74 posChanges
1 Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaBaghdad1stRenamed to Al-Tayaran
2 Aliyat Al-ShortaBaghdad2ndReplaced by Al-Shorta as a single club in Baghdad
Shortat Al-NajdaBaghdad8th
Shortat ErbilErbil14th
Kuliyat Al-ShortaBaghdadPromoted
3 Al-MinaaBasra3rdMerged to form Al-Muwasalat
Al-Bareed wal-BarqBaghdad9th
4 Quwat Al-NasrBaghdad4thReplaced by Al-Jaish as a single club in Baghdad
Quwat SalahaddinHabbaniya6th
Al-Quwa Al-BahriyaBasraPromoted
5 Kahrabaa Al-WustaBaghdad5thRenamed to Al-Sinaa
6 Al-Sikak Al-HadeedBaghdad7thRenamed to Al-Naqil
7 Al-SamawaSamawa10thNo change
8 BabilHilla13thNo change
9 Al-RafidainDiwaniya15thNo change
10 Isalat Al-MaiBaghdadPromotedMerged with Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab to form Al-Baladiyat

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Tayaran 18 13 4 1 36 11 +25 30 League Champions
2 Al-Naqil[lower-alpha 1] 18 13 3 2 47 11 +36 29
3 Al-Muwasalat[lower-alpha 2] 18 12 3 3 29 13 +16 27
4 Al-Sinaa 18 10 5 3 36 16 +20 25
5 Al-Shorta 18 8 3 7 29 32 −3 19
6 Al-Samawa 18 5 6 7 22 23 −1 16
7 Al-Baladiyat 18 5 5 8 15 27 −12 15
8 Al-Jaish 18 3 4 11 12 30 −18 10
9 Babil 18 2 2 14 9 38 −29 6
10 Al-Rafidain 18 0 3 15 7 41 −34 3 Relegated to Iraq Division One
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Notes:
  1. Al-Naqil were dissolved after the end of the season.
  2. Al-Muwasalat were dissolved after the end of the season, and Al-Minaa were reinstated in their place.

Results
Home \ Away BLD JSH MUW NAQ RFD SMW SHR SIN TAY BBL
Al-Baladiyat 0–0 0–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0
Al-Jaish 4–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–3 1–0
Al-Muwasalat 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Al-Naqil 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 11–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Al-Rafidain 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–7 1–2 0–5 1–2 0–3 0–1
Al-Samawa 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–4 1–2 0–0
Al-Shorta 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
Al-Sinaa 4–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1
Al-Tayaran 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0
Babil 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–5 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–6 0–3
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1
 Thamer Yousif
12
 Al-Naqil
2
 Kadhim Waal
9
 Al-Muwasalat

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraqi Premier League hat-tricks
Player[1]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Thamer Yousif5 Al-NaqilAl-Shorta11–012 October 1974
Iraq Ali Hussein Mahmoud Al-ShortaAl-Jaish3–117 October 1974
Iraq Salah Obeid Al-TayaranAl-Jaish4–017 November 1974
Iraq Kadhim Luaibi Al-NaqilAl-Rafidain7–125 January 1975
Iraq Thamer Yousif Al-NaqilAl-Rafidain7–125 January 1975
Iraq Ali Kadhim Al-NaqilAl-Muwasalat3–014 March 1975
Notes

5 Player scored 5 goals

References
  1. Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.
  2. Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.
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