1975–76 Iraqi National League

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 first ever Iraq FA Cup to complete the first double ever in Iraqi football. The reason for Al-Zawraa's dominance is that Al-Naqil, the club that finished as runners-up of the 1974–75 season, folded due to financial difficulties, and their players joined newly-promoted Al-Zawraa meaning they had many of the best players in Iraq in their time from their first season in the top-flight.[1][2]

Iraqi Premier League

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

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	Relegation
1	Al-Zawraa (C)	24	18	4	2	48	17	+31	40
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	24	+5	26
6	Al-Jaish	24	9	7	8	27	21	+6	25
7	Al-Iktisad	24	8	7	9	24	28	−4	23
8	Al-Jamea	24	6	8	10	16	24	−8	20
9	Al-Sinaa	24	5	9	10	14	28	−14	19
10	Al-Hilla	24	5	7	12	21	32	−11	17
11	Babil	24	5	7	12	17	34	−17	17
12	Diyala	24	4	7	13	20	38	−18	15	Relegated to Iraq Division One
13	Al-Samawa	24	3	5	16	14	43	−29	11

Source: Al-Zubaidi Archive
(C) Champion.

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-Zubaidi 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
	Kadhim Waal		Al-Tayaran

References

1. Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Iraqi Football Website