1948–49 Iraq FA Kirkuk League

The 1948–49 Iraq FA Kirkuk League was the first season of the Iraq FA Kirkuk League (the top division of football in Kirkuk from 1948 to 1973) organised by the Kirkuk branch of the Iraq Football Association. It started in November 1948 and finished in March 1949.

Iraq FA Kirkuk League
Season1948–49
ChampionsAl-Dhahab Al-Aswad
(1st title)
RelegatedShant Al-Armeni
Al-Anakib
Ittihad Kirkuk

In the last round of the competition, Al-Dhahab Al-Asmar defeated Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya to effectively seal the title, since it meant Al-Athori needed to defeat Faylaq Al-Aghatha Al-Armeni by 50 odd goals to nil to tie with them on goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). Al-Athori drew their game and thus Al-Dhahab Al-Asmar were crowned inaugural Iraq FA Kirkuk League champions.[1][2]

League table

The last two results of the season (Al-Nahl Sharikat Naft Al-Iraq v. Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya and Ittihad Kirkuk v. Al-Madaris) are not available.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad (C) 10 9 0 1 41 6 6.833 18
2 Al-Athori 10 8 1 1 50 14 3.571 17
3 Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya 9 7 0 2 24 15 1.600 14
4 Faylaq Al-Aghatha Al-Armeni 10 5 1 4 27 12 2.250 11
5 Al-Nahl Sharikat Naft Al-Iraq 9 4 2 3 31 30 1.033 10
6 Al-Dababir Sharikat Naft Al-Iraq 10 5 0 5 21 21 1.000 10
7 Al-Madaris 9 4 0 5 12 17 0.706 8
8 Al-Qamar Al-Ahmar 10 3 2 5 19 31 0.613 8
9 Shant Al-Armeni 10 2 2 6 11 20 0.550 6 Relegated to Iraq FA Kirkuk Second Division
10 Al-Anakib 10 2 0 8 8 29 0.276 4
11 Ittihad Kirkuk 9 0 0 9 10 59 0.169 0
12 Al-Nusoor Al-Athori[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
13 Wimpey's[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Source: The Iraq Times
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Al-Nusoor Al-Athori were withdrawn after 10 games (3 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses, 14 goals scored, 32 goals conceded, 7 points) and their results were annulled after they failed to turn up for a game against Al-Madaris.[3]
  2. Wimpey's were withdrawn after 7 games (0 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses, 2 goals scored, 68 goals conceded, 2 points) and their results were annulled.[4]
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References
  1. "Black Gold recover from lapse; win Kirkuk League". The Iraq Times. 10 March 1949.
  2. "Football leads at Kirkuk". The Iraq Times. 24 December 1949.
  3. "Two Kirkuk teams fail to turn up". The Iraq Times. 24 February 1949.
  4. "Kirkuk Football League". The Iraq Times. 28 January 1949.
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