1989–90 Iraqi National League

The 1989–90 Iraqi National Clubs First Division was the 16th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Pan-National Clubs First Division back to Iraqi National Clubs First Division and it was organised by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) achieved their second Premier League title, having previously won the inaugural title in the 1974–75 season.[1][2]

Iraqi Premier League
Season1989–90
ChampionsAl-Tayaran
(2nd title)
Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Rasheed
Arab Club Champions CupAl-Zawraa
Top goalscorerMajeed Abdul-Ridha
Karim Saddam
(13 goals each)

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Tayaran (C) 26 17 8 1 41 8 +33 42 League Champions
2 Al-Rasheed 26 14 10 2 44 16 +28 38 1990–91 Asian Club Championship[lower-alpha 1]
3 Al-Shorta 26 15 6 5 32 14 +18 36
4 Al-Zawraa 26 12 10 4 32 17 +15 34 1990 Arab Club Champions Cup[lower-alpha 2]
5 Al-Naft 26 12 9 5 24 16 +8 33
6 Al-Talaba 26 12 7 7 32 19 +13 31
7 Al-Jaish 26 9 10 7 22 23 −1 28
8 Al-Najaf 26 8 8 10 29 31 −2 24
9 Al-Sinaa 26 6 9 11 23 30 −7 21
10 Al-Shabab 26 5 9 12 28 39 −11 19
11 Al-Bahri 26 5 9 12 18 35 −17 19
12 Al-Sulaikh 26 4 9 13 18 34 −16 17
13 Samarra 26 4 6 16 17 39 −22 14
14 Erbil 26 2 4 20 11 50 −39 8
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Although Al-Tayaran were league champions, the IFA decided to admit league runners-up Al-Rasheed into the Asian Club Championship. Al-Karkh took Al-Rasheed's place in the top division after Al-Rasheed were dissolved on 18 August 1990.
  2. Al-Zawraa qualified for the Arab Club Champions Cup by winning the Iraq FA Cup.

Results
Home \ Away BAH JSH NFT NJF RSH SHB SHR SIN SUL TLB TAY ZWR ERB SMR
Al-Bahri 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2
Al-Jaish 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0
Al-Naft 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–0
Al-Najaf 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 4–1
Al-Rasheed 6–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0
Al-Shabab 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 4–0 4–0
Al-Shorta 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–2 6–0 0–0
Al-Sinaa 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–4 0–1 2–0 0–1
Al-Sulaikh 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–0
Al-Talaba 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0
Al-Tayaran 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–0
Al-Zawraa 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0
Erbil 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Samarra 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The original Al-Jaish–Al-Talaba match was abandoned at half-time with the score at 0–0 due to attendance exceeding capacity.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Majeed Abdul-Ridha 13 Al-Shabab
Karim Saddam Al-Zawraa
3 Natiq Hashim 12 Al-Tayaran
4 Hussein Saeed 10 Al-Talaba

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraqi Premier League hat-tricks
Player[1]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Ahmed Radhi Al-RasheedAl-Bahri6–124 November 1989
Iraq Jafar Omran Al-NaftSamarra3–118 January 1990

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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