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Iraqi Premier Division League
The Iraqi Premier Division League () is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Iraq Stars League. The league is contested by 20 clubs and is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two top-finishing teams in the Premier Division League are automatically promoted to the Stars League, while the third-placed team enters a promotion play-off. The two lowest-finishing teams are relegated to the First Division League. From the 2023–24 season, the competition's name was changed from First Division League to Premier Division League. In the 2023–24 season, Diyala won the title and was promoted alongside runners-up Al-Karma. Al-Minaa are the record holders in the tournament having won three titles. League structure In November 2020, The Iraq FA announced that the number of teams will decrease from 28 to 24 in total starting from 2021 to 2022 season. To make these changes possible, the Iraq FA announced that in 2020� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the Iraq–Kuwait border, southeast, Jordan to Iraq–Jordan border, the southwest, and Syria to Iraq–Syria border, the west. The country covers an area of and has Demographics of Iraq, a population of over 46 million, making it the List of countries by area, 58th largest country by area and the List of countries by population, 31st most populous in the world. Baghdad, home to over 8 million people, is the capital city and the List of largest cities of Iraq, largest in the country. Starting in the 6th millennium BC, the fertile plains between Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers, referred to as Mesopotamia, fostered the rise of early cities, civilisations, and empires including Sumer, Akkadian Empire, Akkad, and Assyria. Known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974–75 Iraqi National Second Division
The 1974–75 Iraqi National Clubs Second Division was the first season of what is now called the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974. 18 teams participated in the tournament. The league started on October 31, 1974. Al-Zawraa won the league championship and was promoted to the First Division (now called the Stars League), along with the four teams that finished the tournament in the first five positions in the standings, namely; Al-Jamiea, Al-Iktisad, Al-Hilla and Diyala. The four teams that finished in the bottom positions in the standings table were relegated to the Third Division, which are Al-Diwaniya, Al-Mosul, Al-Warkaa and Sulaymaniya. Competition format 18 teams are selected to play from one stage only, the winner of the match gets 2 points, and in the draw gets 1 point. The first five teams at the top of the standings are promoted to the Premier League, and the four teams at the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mosul SC
Mosul Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional football club based in Mosul, that plays in the Iraqi First Division League. History In the Iraqi Premier League 2007–08 season, Al-Mosul FC withdrew for security reasons. Hence they came back to the Iraqi Premier League without playing in the lower division. In the Iraqi Premier League 2008–09 season, the club announced their withdrawal, this time due to financial problems. Honours * Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier) **Winners (2): 1981–82, 2001–02 *Iraqi First Division League The Iraqi First Division League is a Association football, football league that is the third tier of the Iraqi football league system, which was founded in 1974. The league consists of 20 teams split into two groups in the first stage. The top fou ... (third tier) **Winners: 2023–24 References External links Football clubs in Iraq Al-Mosul SC Mosul 1957 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Nineveh {{Iraq-footyclub-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980–81 Iraqi National Second Division
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Al-Adhamiya SC
Al-Adhamiya Sport Club () is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Adhamiyah, Baghdad. History Early years Al-Adhamiya was founded in 1951 and competed in the Iraq Central FA Premier League from 1957–58 until 1959–60 when they were relegated. Al-Jumhouriya Al-Olympi In 1967, Al-Adhamiya merged with Al-Jumhouriya Al-Olympi to form Markaz Al-Shabab Al-Adhamiya. Al-Jumhouriya Al-Olympi were a club founded in 1934 as Al-Olympi Al-Malaki, later renaming to Al-Malaki in 1943, Al-Jumhouriya in 1958 and Al-Jumhouriya Al-Olympi in 1959. Under the name Al-Malaki, the club had competed in the first edition of the Iraq Central FA Premier League and the first edition of the Iraq FA Cup. Al-Malaki (nicknamed the "Blue Boys") housed the first headquarters of the Iraq Football Association (IFA) in the late 1940s and early 1950s and helped organise the IFA competitions in Baghdad. In Premier League In 1974, the club returned to the name Al-Adhamiya. Al-Adhamiya team played in the Iraqi Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Bahri SC
Al-Bahri Sport Club () is an Iraqi professional football club based in Al-Jubaila, Basra. In 1990, the Iraqi Defense Ministry dissolved the club within its decision to dissolve all Iraqi military clubs, the club was playing in the Iraqi Premier League, then it was reconstituted. History Al-Bahri were founded in 1976, and in only their second season in existence, they reached the semifinals of the 1977–78 Iraq FA Cup, beating the reigning champions at the time ( Al-Zawra'a) on the way, however they withdrew from the semifinal and handed their opponents Al-Tayaran a 3–0 victory. The following season, they won the Iraqi First Division League and were promoted into the 1979–80 Iraqi National League. However, they failed to win a single match, drawing four games and losing a huge 18 matches, finishing bottom of the league and being relegated back into the lower division. They returned to the Iraqi Premier League in the 1986–87 season by finishing in the top two of a ten- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Shabab SC (Iraq)
Al-Shabab Sports Club (''Youth SC'', ) is an Iraqi football club that is based in Baghdad. It currently plays in the Iraqi Second Division League. Its home colours are a shirt with blue and black Inter Milan style stripes with black shorts and blue socks and its away colors are a white shirt with blue shoulders and blue on the sides with blue shorts and white socks. Honours Domestic *Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier) **Winners (1): 1977–78 *Iraq FA Cup **''Runners-up (3):'' 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90 International *Arab Club Champions Cup **''Third place (1):'' 1988 Friendly *Stafford Challenge Cup **Winners (1): 1980 Famous players :* Falah Hassan Falah Hassan Jassim (, born 1 July 1951) is an Iraqi former international football player, and current president of Al-Zawraa Sport Club in Baghdad. He played as a forward. Early life Falah Hassan was born in 1951 in the village of Mimouna, in ... :* Basil Gorgis References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |