1980–81 Iraqi National League

The 1980–81 Iraqi National League was the 7th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The competition was originally meant to be held as a double round-robin format, but was later changed to a single round-robin tournament due to the Iran–Iraq War. Al-Talaba won the league title for the first time in their history.

Iraqi Premier League
Season1980–81
ChampionsAl-Talaba
(1st title)
RelegatedAl-Adhamiya
Top goalscorerHussein Saeed
(11 goals)

Holders Al-Shorta defeated Al-Zawraa 3–0 on the final day of the season on 19 May to move on equal points and equal goal difference with Al-Talaba. Al-Shorta had scored two more goals than Al-Talaba but the Iraq Football Association decided that for this season, teams who were equal on points and goal difference would instead be separated by number of wins and therefore Al-Talaba were crowned champions.[1][2]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Al-Talaba (C) 11 8 1 2 19 5 +14 17[lower-alpha 1]
2 Al-Shorta 11 6 5 0 21 7 +14 17[lower-alpha 1]
3 Al-Tayaran 11 6 4 1 17 7 +10 16
4 Al-Shabab 11 5 3 3 13 9 +4 13
5 Al-Tijara 11 5 3 3 10 9 +1 13
6 Al-Jaish 11 3 6 2 10 8 +2 12
7 Al-Zawraa 11 3 4 4 14 17 −3 10
8 Al-Minaa 11 3 4 4 8 14 −6 10
9 Al-Sinaa 11 1 6 4 8 12 −4 8
9 Salahaddin 11 1 6 4 8 12 −4 8
11 Al-Amana 11 1 5 5 13 15 −2 7
12 Al-Adhamiya 11 0 1 10 3 29 −26 1 Relegated to Iraq Division One
Source: Al-Zubaidi Archive
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Al-Talaba ranked ahead of Al-Shorta by number of wins, due to equal points and goal difference.

Results

Home and away status of matches not reflected in the table below.

Home \ Away ADH AMN JSH MIN SHB SHR SIN TLB TAY TJR ZWR SAL
Al-Adhamiya
Al-Amana 4–0
Al-Jaish 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Al-Minaa 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Al-Shabab 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 4–1
Al-Shorta 4–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1
Al-Sinaa 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
Al-Talaba 6–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Al-Tayaran 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Al-Tijara 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Al-Zawraa 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1
Salahaddin 2–0 2–2
Source: Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Hussein Saeed 11 Al-Talaba
2 Ali Hussein Mahmoud 9 Al-Shorta
3 Faisal Aziz 5 Al-Shorta
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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)
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