1974–75 Iraqi National League

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

The 1974–75 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the first 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 First Division that had been established one year prior for clubs and institutions. Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) won the title.^[1]^[2]

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	Region	1973–74 pos	Changes
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad	1st	Renamed to Al-Tayaran SC
2	Aliyat Al-Shorta	Baghdad	2nd	Replaced by Al-Shorta SC as a single team in Baghdad
	Shortat Al-Najda	Baghdad	8th
	Shortat Erbil	Erbil	14th
	Kuliyat Al-Shorta	Baghdad	Promoted
3	Al-Minaa	Basra	3rd	Merged to form Al-Muwasalat SC
3	Al-Bareed wal-Barq	Baghdad	9th	Merged to form Al-Muwasalat SC
4	Quwat Al-Nasr	Baghdad	4th	Replaced by Al-Jaish SC as a single team in Baghdad
	Quwat Salahaddin	Habbaniya	6th
	Al-Quwa Al-Bahriya	Basra	Promoted
5	Kahrabaa Al-Wusta	Baghdad	5th	Renamed to Al-Sinaa SC
6	Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed	Baghdad	7th	Renamed to Al-Naqil SC
7	Al-Samawa SC	Samawa	10th	No change
8	Babil SC	Hilla	13th	No change
9	Al-Rafidain SC	Diwaniya	15th	No change
10	Isalat Al-Mai	Baghdad	Promoted	Merged with Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab to form Al-Baladiyat SC

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^[a]	18	13	3	2	47	11	+36	29
3	Al-Muwasalat^[b]	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 Iraqi National Second Division

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Notes:

^ Al-Naqil were dissolved after the end of the season.
^ Al-Muwasalat were dissolved after the end of the season, and Al-Minaa were reinstated in their place.

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

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

Hat-tricks

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result	Date
Thamer Yousif⁵	Al-Naqil	Al-Shorta	11–0	12 October 1974
Ali Hussein Mahmoud	Al-Shorta	Al-Jaish	3–1	17 October 1974
Salah Obeid	Al-Tayaran	Al-Jaish	4–0	17 November 1974
Kadhim Luaibi	Al-Naqil	Al-Rafidain	7–1	25 January 1975
Thamer Yousif	Al-Naqil	Al-Rafidain	7–1	25 January 1975
Ali Kadhim	Al-Naqil	Al-Muwasalat	3–0	14 March 1975

Notes

⁵ Player scored 5 goals

References

^ ^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)