1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National League

The 1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National Clubs First Division was the 15th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974 and the first that was played in a group stage format rather than a round-robin format. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi National Clubs First Division to Iraqi Pan-National Clubs First Division. Al-Rasheed won the title by defeating Al-Talaba on penalties in the final, to become the first team to win three Premier League titles in a row.

Iraqi Premier League
Season1988–89
ChampionsAl-Rasheed
(3rd title)
RelegatedAl-Minaa
Al-Nasr
Wahid Huzairan
Al-Tijara
Al-Mosul
Diyala
Al-Nasiriya
Salahaddin
Al-Jamahir
Al-Samawa
Duhok
Babil
Al-Hurriya
Sulaymaniya
Al-Diwaniya
Al-Numaniya
Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Rasheed
Arab Club Champions CupAl-Tayaran
Arab Cup Winners' CupAl-Rasheed
Top goalscorerKarim Saddam
(22 goals)

During the regional stage, if a match ended in a draw, it would go to extra time and then penalties if necessary. A team would earn three points if they won a game by two goals or more after normal time, two points if they won a game by one goal or in extra time, and one point if they won a penalty shootout.[1][2]

Regional stage

North Group
TeamResult
ErbilQualified to National Stage
Wahid Huzairan
Al-MosulRelegated to Iraq Division One
Salahaddin
Duhok
Sulaymaniya

Central Group
TeamResult
Al-NajafQualified to National Stage
Al-Nasr
DiyalaRelegated to Iraq Division One
Al-Jamahir
Babil
Al-Diwaniya

South Group
TeamResult
Al-BahriQualified to National Stage
Al-Minaa
Al-NasiriyaRelegated to Iraq Division One
Al-Samawa
Al-Hurriya
Al-Numaniya

Baghdad Group
Pos Team Pld W PW L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa 20 14 3 3 38 21 +17 8 39 Qualified to National Stage
2 Al-Rasheed 20 14 1 5 34 13 +21 8 37
3 Al-Tayaran 20 11 4 5 40 29 +11 5 31
4 Al-Talaba 20 11 2 7 30 21 +9 4 28
5 Al-Shorta 20 9 3 8 17 16 +1 0 21
6 Al-Jaish 20 8 1 11 29 26 +3 3 20
7 Al-Shabab 20 5 3 12 19 28 −9 2 15
8 Al-Sulaikh 20 2 6 12 16 28 −12 2 12
9 Al-Sinaa 20 5 0 15 12 23 −11 1 11
10 Al-Naft 20 5 0 15 18 30 −12 0 10
11 Al-Tijara 20 3 0 17 21 39 −18 1 7 Relegated to Iraq Division One
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Rules for classification: 1 bonus point was awarded for each game won by 2 or more goals in normal time.

Results
Home \ Away JSH NFT RSH SHB SHR SIN SUL TLB TAY TJR ZWR
Al-Jaish 2–2[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 4–4[lower-alpha 2] 0–0[lower-alpha 3] 1–0 1–2
Al-Naft 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0[lower-alpha 4] 1–0 1–1[lower-alpha 5] 0–4 1–2 3–2[lower-alpha 6] 0–2
Al-Rasheed 1–1[lower-alpha 7] 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1[lower-alpha 8]
Al-Shabab 0–1 2–1 1–1[lower-alpha 9] 0–1 0–0[lower-alpha 10] 1–0 2–0 2–3 3–2 0–1
Al-Shorta 1–2 1–1[lower-alpha 11] 1–0 1–0 1–0[lower-alpha 12] 0–0[lower-alpha 13] 1–0[lower-alpha 14] 1–0 1–0 2–2[lower-alpha 15]
Al-Sinaa 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1[lower-alpha 16] 1–0 2–0 1–1[lower-alpha 17] 1–2 1–0 0–2
Al-Sulaikh 1–1[lower-alpha 18] 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1[lower-alpha 19] 1–1[lower-alpha 20] 1–1[lower-alpha 21] 0–1 1–1[lower-alpha 22] 2–3
Al-Talaba 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–2[lower-alpha 23] 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1[lower-alpha 24]
Al-Tayaran 4–2 2–2[lower-alpha 25] 3–2 2–2[lower-alpha 26] 2–0 2–0 2–5 1–0 7–2 3–1
Al-Tijara 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1[lower-alpha 27] 3–4
Al-Zawraa 1–1[lower-alpha 28] 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–1
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Al-Jaish won 4–2 on penalties.
  2. 3–3 after normal time; 4–4 after extra time; Al-Talaba won 5–4 on penalties.
  3. Al-Tayaran won 3–2 on penalties.
  4. Al-Shorta won 6–5 on penalties.
  5. Al-Sulaikh won 4–3 on penalties.
  6. 2–2 after normal time; 3–2 to Al-Naft after extra time.
  7. Al-Rasheed won 5–3 on penalties.
  8. Al-Zawraa won 3–2 on penalties.
  9. Al-Shabab won 5–4 on penalties.
  10. Al-Shabab won 4–3 on penalties.
  11. Al-Shorta won 4–3 on penalties.
  12. 0–0 after normal time; 1–0 to Al-Shorta after extra time.
  13. Al-Sulaikh won 4–3 on penalties.
  14. 0–0 after normal time; 1–0 to Al-Shorta after extra time.
  15. Al-Zawraa won 4–2 on penalties.
  16. Al-Shabab won 3–1 on penalties.
  17. Al-Talaba won 4–3 on penalties.
  18. Al-Sulaikh won 6–5 on penalties.
  19. Al-Shorta won 4–3 on penalties.
  20. Al-Sulaikh won 3–1 on penalties.
  21. Al-Sulaikh won 5–4 on penalties.
  22. Al-Sulaikh won 3–2 on penalties.
  23. 2–2 after normal time; 3–2 to Al-Talaba after extra time.
  24. 1–1 after normal time; 2–1 to Al-Talaba after extra time.
  25. Al-Tayaran won 5–4 on penalties.
  26. Al-Tayaran won 6–5 on penalties.
  27. Al-Tayaran won 5–4 on penalties.
  28. Al-Zawraa won 7–6 on penalties.

National stage

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ZWR TLB ERB MIN NSR
1 Al-Zawraa 4 4 0 0 11 3 +8 8 Qualified to Semi-finals 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–0
2 Al-Talaba 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 6 3–0 3–0
3 Erbil 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 3 1–0
4 Al-Minaa 4 1 0 3 4 6 −2 2 Relegated to Iraq Division One 1–2 2–1
5 Al-Nasr 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7 1 0–0
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation TAY RSH BHR NJF WHZ
1 Al-Tayaran 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 8 Qualified to Semi-finals 2–0 3–0 3–1
2 Al-Rasheed 4 2 1 1 10 3 +7 5 1–2 4–0 5–1 0–0
3 Al-Bahri 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 3 1–1 4–0
4 Al-Najaf 4 1 1 2 3 9 −6 3 1–0
5 Wahid Huzairan 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7 1 Relegated to Iraq Division One
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive

Golden stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 April 1989
 
 
 Al-Zawraa 1 (2)
 
28 April 1989
 
 Al-Rasheed (p) 1 (4)
 
 Al-Rasheed (p) 1 (5)
 
26 April 1989
 
 Al-Talaba 1 (4)
 
 Al-Tayaran 1 (5)
 
 
 Al-Talaba (p) 1 (6)
 
Third place
 
 
27 April 1989
 
 
 Al-Tayaran 4
 
 
 Al-Zawraa 1

Semi-finals
Al-Zawraa1–1 (a.e.t.)Al-Rasheed
Hamza Radhi
Penalties
K. Saddam soccer ball with check mark
Hamza soccer ball with check mark
Naji soccer ball with red X
Abid Nader soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with red X Hashim
soccer ball with check mark L. Hussein
soccer ball with check mark Karim Allawi
soccer ball with check mark Qais
soccer ball with check mark N. Saddam
Al-Tayaran1–1 (a.e.t.)Al-Talaba
Abdul-Kadhim Saeed
Penalties
Khalil Allawi soccer ball with check mark
Kareem soccer ball with check mark
Mahdi Jassim soccer ball with check mark
E. Jassim soccer ball with check mark
Mohammed Jassim soccer ball with check mark
Hadi soccer ball with red X
Abdul-Kadhim soccer ball with red X		 5–6 soccer ball with check mark Saeed
soccer ball with check mark Mutashar
soccer ball with check mark Makki
soccer ball with check mark Resan
soccer ball with check mark Mohammed
soccer ball with red X Jeayer
soccer ball with check mark Yaseen
Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Third place match
Al-Tayaran4–1Al-Zawraa
H. Ibrahim
Khalil Allawi
M. Ibrahim 		Khalil

Final
Al-Rasheed1–1 (a.e.t.)Al-Talaba
Abdul-Abbas A. Hussein
Penalties
N. Saddam soccer ball with red X
Karim Allawi soccer ball with check mark
Qais soccer ball with check mark
L. Hussein soccer ball with check mark
Hashim soccer ball with check mark
Abdul-Abbas soccer ball with red X
Jabbar soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Mohammed
soccer ball with check mark Mutashar
soccer ball with check mark Makki
soccer ball with check mark Resan
soccer ball with red X Saeed
soccer ball with red X Salih
soccer ball with red X Saber

Qualification to continental competitions
Team Qualification method Competition(s) qualified to
Al-Rasheed League champions 1989–90 Asian Club Championship and 1989 Arab Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
Al-Tayaran FA Cup runners-up[lower-alpha 2] 1989 Arab Club Champions Cup
  1. With the Iraq FA Cup serving as a qualifier for the Arab Club Champions Cup, the IFA decided to admit league champions Al-Rasheed into the Arab Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. As Iraq FA Cup winners Al-Zawraa were to participate in the 1989 Arab Cooperation Council Championship, runners-up Al-Tayaran were chosen to participate in the Arab Club Champions Cup.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Karim Saddam 22 Al-Zawraa
2 Natiq Hashim 12 Al-Tayaran
Hussein Saeed Al-Talaba
Saad Abdul-Raheem Al-Zawraa

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraqi Premier League hat-tricks
Player[1]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Mohammed Jassim Al-TayaranAl-Tijara7–211 October 1988
Iraq Natiq Hashim4 Al-TayaranAl-Jaish4–27 November 1988
Iraq Saad Abdul-Raheem Al-ZawraaAl-Sulaikh3–22 March 1989
Notes

4 Player scored 4 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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