1975–76 Iraqi National League

Iraqi National League
Season	1975–76
Champions	Al-Zawraa; (1st title)
Relegated	Diyala; Al-Samawa
Top goalscorer	Thamer Yousif; (13 goals)
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 2nd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Newly-promoted club Al-Zawraa won the league title and also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the first national double in Iraqi football. Al-Zawraa's squad included many of the players that played for Al-Naqil in the 1974–75 season, a club that folded due to financial difficulties after finishing as league runners-up that campaign.^[1]^[2]

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Zawraa	24	18	4	2	48	17	+31	40	League Champions and FA Cup Winners
2	Al-Tayaran	24	15	5	4	37	17	+20	35
3	Al-Shorta	24	14	5	5	41	16	+25	33
4	Al-Minaa	24	12	7	5	29	18	+11	31
5	Al-Baladiyat	24	9	8	7	29	23	+6	26
6	Al-Jaish	24	9	7	8	26	20	+6	25
7	Al-Iktisad	24	8	7	9	24	28	−4	23
8	Al-Jamiea	24	6	8	10	16	23	−7	20
9	Al-Sinaa	24	5	9	10	15	29	−14	19
10	Al-Hilla	24	5	7	12	20	30	−10	17
11	Babil	24	5	7	12	17	36	−19	17
12	Diyala	24	4	7	13	18	38	−20	15	Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division
13	Al-Samawa	24	3	5	16	17	42	−25	11	Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive

Results edit

Home \ Away	BLD	HLL	IKT	JSH	JAM	MIN	SMW	SHR	SIN	TAY	ZWR	BBL	DYL
Al-Baladiyat		2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–0
Al-Hilla	0–0		1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0
Al-Iktisad	1–3	4–1		3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	3–0
Al-Jaish	2–0	3–0	0–0		0–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0
Al-Jamiea	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0		0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0
Al-Minaa	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Al-Samawa	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–5	0–0	0–4	0–2	3–1	1–2
Al-Shorta	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–0		1–0	2–1	1–2	5–0	1–1
Al-Sinaa	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–4		0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0
Al-Tayaran	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1		1–0	2–0	1–0
Al-Zawraa	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1		4–1	4–1
Babil	2–3	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–2		0–0
Diyala	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Thamer Yousif	13	Al-Zawraa
2	Zahrawi Jaber	12	Al-Shorta
3	Falah Hassan	11	Al-Zawraa
3	Kadhim Waal	11	Al-Tayaran

Hat-tricks edit

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result
Falah Hassan	Al-Zawraa	Al-Hilla	4–1
Zahrawi Jaber	Al-Shorta	Al-Samawa	5–0
Jassim Mohammed	Al-Hilla	Diyala	3–0

References edit

^ ^a ^b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links edit

Iraq Football Association

[sabti-1] Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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