1984–85 Iraqi National League

The 1984–85 Iraqi National League was the 11th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. For the first time in Iraqi football history, three points were awarded for a win (this was changed back to two for the following season).

Iraqi Premier League
Season1984–85
ChampionsNone
Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Rasheed
Arab Club Champions CupAl-Rasheed

The tournament was abandoned after 18 rounds, with several postponed games from previous rounds, and the league was declared null and void. The reason for the abandonment was because the league schedule was conflicting with the national team's crucial World Cup qualifiers, which the fans and the Iraq Football Association considered to be the priority. At the time of abandonment, Al-Talaba's Hussein Saeed was leading the goalscoring charts with 14 goals.

Al-Rasheed had lost one match (against Salahaddin), drawn three matches (against Salahaddin, Al-Shorta and Al-Amana) and won all their other matches before the league was voided, after which they set up a tournament called the Al-Rasheed Cup containing all of the Premier League teams (except for Al-Minaa and Wahid Huzairan) as well as four lower division teams (Al-Najaf, Al-Naft, Erbil and Al-Sulaikh). Al-Rasheed won that tournament by beating Al-Zawraa 3–0 in the final.[1][2]

Name changes
  • Quwat Al-Emen Al-Dakhili renamed to Al-Shorta.

League table after round 16

Further matches were played up to and including round 18 before the league was abandoned.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Rasheed[lower-alpha 1] 15 13 2 0 30 5 +25 41
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2 Al-Jaish 15 8 4 3 23 13 +10 28
3 Al-Talaba 15 6 3 6 20 10 +10 21
4 Al-Minaa 16 5 6 5 17 16 +1 21
5 Al-Tayaran 15 5 5 5 14 15 −1 20
5 Salahaddin 16 4 8 4 14 15 −1 20
7 Al-Tijara 15 5 5 5 11 13 −2 20
8 Al-Zawraa 13 5 4 4 19 17 +2 19
9 Al-Shorta 14 5 4 5 19 18 +1 19
10 Al-Shabab 15 5 4 6 20 21 −1 19
11 Al-Sinaa 12 5 3 4 11 10 +1 18
12 Al-Mosul 16 4 4 8 15 25 −10 16
13 Wahid Huzairan 16 2 3 11 8 25 −17 9
14 Al-Amana 15 1 3 11 10 28 −18 6
Source: Al-Zubaidi Archive
Notes:
  1. The Iraq Football Association decided to admit Al-Rasheed, the league leaders before the league was voided, into both of the major continental competitions.
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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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