1993–94 Iraqi National League

The 1993–94 Iraqi National League was the 20th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the fifth time in their history, and they also won the Iraq FA Cup to secure the double. The top scorer, Younis Abid Ali, set a record for the most goals scored in one Iraqi Premier League season (36) which still stands today.

Iraqi Premier League
Season1993–94
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(5th title)
RelegatedAl-Shabab
Al-Khutoot
1995 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Zawraa
1995 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Talaba
Top goalscorerYounis Abid Ali
(36 goals)

Al-Zawraa lost only one match out of 50, and were unbeaten for their last 38 matches consecutively. They went one more game unbeaten at the start of the 1994–95 season, completing a record 39-match unbeaten streak in the league; this record was equalled by Al-Shorta in 2019.[1][2]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 50 36 13 1 93 20 +73 85 1995 Asian Club Championship
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 50 33 11 6 91 28 +63 77
3 Al-Talaba 50 30 15 5 88 42 +46 75 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4 Al-Najaf 50 26 20 4 83 26 +57 72
5 Al-Shorta 50 30 11 9 87 33 +54 71
6 Al-Naft 50 24 13 13 78 45 +33 61
7 Salahaddin 50 19 18 13 57 49 +8 56
8 Al-Jaish 50 20 15 15 67 44 +23 55
9 Al-Ramadi 50 18 17 15 69 54 +15 53
10 Al-Kut 50 22 9 19 70 62 +8 53
11 Al-Diwaniya 50 17 17 16 50 60 −10 51
12 Al-Sinaa 50 14 21 15 55 64 −9 49
13 Al-Nasiriya 50 18 12 20 66 83 −17 48
14 Al-Karkh 50 13 21 16 63 66 −3 47
15 Diyala 50 17 13 20 56 65 −9 47
16 Al-Mosul 50 14 18 18 41 55 −14 46
17 Al-Minaa 50 12 21 17 42 58 −16 45
18 Samaraa 50 14 15 21 50 64 −14 43
19 Karbalaa 50 10 21 19 44 65 −21 41
20 Al-Umal 50 10 18 22 48 71 −23 38
21 Al-Amara 50 10 16 24 45 70 −25 36
22 Erbil 50 9 17 24 51 88 −37 35
23 Al-Shabab[lower-alpha 2] 50 10 10 30 49 87 −38 30 Relegated to Iraq Division One
24 Kirkuk 50 7 16 27 44 101 −57 30
25 Babil[lower-alpha 3] 50 9 10 31 44 85 −41 28
26 Al-Khutoot 50 6 16 28 28 74 −46 28 Relegated to Iraq Division One
Source: Al-Shameri Archive
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Al-Talaba qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup, won by Al-Zawraa.
  2. The two lowest-placed teams from Baghdad (Al-Shabab and Al-Khutoot) were relegated to ensure that each province in Iraq would continue to be represented by at least one club in the league.
  3. Originally, the Iraq Youth Team participated in the league. Their record was 25 games, 8 wins, 8 draws, 9 losses, 33 goals scored, 29 goals conceded and 24 points. At the halfway stage of the season, they were replaced by Babil, and Babil adopted the Youth Team's record at that point.

Results
Home \ Away AMR DIW JSH KAR KHT KUT MIN MSL NFT NJF NAS QWJ RAM SHB SHR SIN TLB UML ZWR BBL DIY ERB KRB KIR SAL SMR
Al-Amara 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–1
Al-Diwaniya 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–2[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Al-Jaish 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 5–1 0–3 1–1[lower-alpha 1] 3–2 0–1 0–0 6–0 0–0 0–1
Al-Karkh 1–0 2–2 2–4 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–3 1–0 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 5–2 0–2 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 5–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–1
Al-Khutoot 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–5 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Al-Kut 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–2[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 3–0
Al-Minaa 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–5 2–2
Al-Mosul 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Naft 1–0 5–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 5–3
Al-Najaf 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 4–0 4–0 7–0 3–2 3–0
Al-Nasiriya 2–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–4 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 5–1
Al-Ramadi 1–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 6–3 1–1 1–0
Al-Shabab 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 3] 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–4 1–2
Al-Shorta 1–0 2–3 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 2–0
Al-Sinaa 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 5–1 0–4 0–0 0–3 0–4 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0
Al-Talaba 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 8–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–1
Al-Umal 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–4 0–4 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1
Al-Zawraa 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 4–1 1–0 6–0 7–0 0–0
Babil 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–4 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–3 0–2 0–4 2–4[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 2–2[lower-alpha 1] 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 2–2[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 1–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–2[lower-alpha 1] 4–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1[lower-alpha 1]
Diyala 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Erbil 4–3 0–1 3–3 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–3 2–3 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Karbalaa 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–1
Kirkuk 3–2 3–1 1–4 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
Salahaddin 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–6 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–3 1–1 0–0
Samaraa 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–1
Source: Neeskens Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. This match was played by the Iraq Youth Team rather than Babil.
  2. The Al-Ramadi–Al-Shabab match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Ramadi after the game had originally ended in a 3–1 win for the same side.
  3. The Al-Shabab–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya after the game had originally ended in a 2–0 win for the same side.

Top goalscorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Younis Abid Ali 36 Al-Shorta
2 Ali Hashim 34 Al-Najaf
3 Maad Ibrahim 24 Al-Naft
4 Hussein Mashhadi 23 Al-Kut
Akram Emmanuel Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

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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