1974–75 Iraqi National League

The 1974–75 Iraqi National League of Clubs, or simply the 1974–75 Iraqi National League, was the 1st 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 League of Clubs and Institutions that had been established one year prior. Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) won the title.[1][2]

Iraqi Premier League

Season	1974–75
Champions	Al-Tayaran (1st title)
Relegated	Al-Rafidain
Top goalscorer	Thamer Yousif (12 goals)
← 1973–74 Institutions League 1975–76 →

Changes from previous season

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

#	Team	1973–74 pos	Changes
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1st	Renamed to Al-Tayaran
2	Aliyat Al-Shorta	2nd	IFA licences revoked; three slots merged into one slot; Al-Shorta inaugurated as single sports club to inherit this slot
	Shorta Al-Najda	8th
	Kuliya Al-Shorta	Promoted
3	Al-Minaa	3rd	Merged to form Al-Muwasalat
	Al-Bareed	9th
4	Quwat Al-Nasr	4th	IFA licences revoked; two slots merged into one slot; Al-Jaish inaugurated as single sports club to inherit this slot
	Quwat Salahaddin	5th
5	Al-Kahrabaa	6th	Renamed to Al-Sinaa
6	Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed	7th	Renamed to Al-Naqil
7	Al-Samawa	10th	No change
8	Babil	13th	No change
–	Shorta Erbil	14th	IFA licence revoked
9	Al-Rafidain	15th	No change
10	Esalet Al-Mai	Promoted	Merged with Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab to form Al-Baladiyat
–	Al-Quwa Al-Bahriya	Promoted	IFA licence revoked

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	18	13	3	2	47	11	+36	29	Disbanded
3	Al-Muwasalat	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	33	−4	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	13	30	−17	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: Al-Shameri Archive

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	3–1	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: Al-Shameri Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

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.

External links

• Iraqi Football Website