1975–76 Iraqi National League

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

The 1975–76 Iraqi National League was the 2nd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Newly-promoted club Al-Zawraa, founded in 1969, won the league title and also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the first national double in Iraqi football. Al-Zawraa's success was helped by the fact that Al-Naqil, the club that finished as runners-up of the 1974–75 season, folded due to financial difficulties and their players moved to Al-Zawraa meaning they had many of Iraq's top players in their squad.^[1]^[2]

Name changes

Al-Muwasalat were dissolved and Al-Minaa returned to being a single club.

League table

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-Jamea	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 Iraq Division One
13	Al-Samawa	24	3	5	16	17	42	−25	11	Relegated to Iraq Division One

Source: Al-Shameri Archive

Results

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

Top goalscorers

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

References

^ 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

Iraqi Football Website

[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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