Iraqi National League of Clubs and Institutions

The Iraqi National League of Clubs and Institutions was a football tournament organised by the Iraq Football Association in the 1973–74 season, which was formed as a national league to replace the Iraq Central FA League and the Basra, Kirkuk and Mosul leagues. The tournament began on 11 October 1973.

Iraqi National League of Clubs and Institutions

Champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goalscorer	Zahrawi Jaber Ammo Yousif (13 goals each)

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the league title with a total of 23 points. The top scorer award was shared between Shorta Al-Najda's Zahrawi Jaber and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's Ammo Yousif who each scored 13 goals. Matches that ended in a draw were settled via penalty shootout (with no extra time), with the winner of the shootout earning one point.[1] Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya also won the regional Iraq Central FA Cup knockout tournament in the same season.

From the 1974–75 season, the Iraqi National League of Clubs and Institutions was replaced by the Iraqi National League of Clubs (or the Iraqi National League for short) which was only open to clubs and not institute-representative teams.[2]

Name changes

• Al-Mushat renamed to Quwat Al-Nasr.

Qualifiers

To decide which six teams from other provinces would be allowed to participate alongside the eight teams from the 1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division, 14 teams were split into three groups with the top two in each group qualifying for the final league competition. The qualifying matches were played from 24–31 August 1973 in the cities of Erbil, Babil and Basra. The six teams that qualified were Al-Minaa, Al-Samawa, Babil, Shorta Erbil, Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya and Al-Rafidain.[3]

League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (C)	14	11	1	2	35	15	+20	23
2	Aliyat Al-Shorta	14	10	0	4	23	16	+7	20
3	Al-Minaa	14	8	3	3	28	10	+18	19
4	Quwat Al-Nasr	14	7	4	3	25	12	+13	18
5	Quwat Salahaddin	14	7	3	4	18	7	+11	17
6	Al-Kahrabaa	14	8	1	5	31	21	+10	17
7	Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed	14	8	0	6	30	22	+8	16
8	Shorta Al-Najda	14	8	0	6	25	19	+6	16
9	Al-Bareed	14	6	1	7	18	14	+4	13
10	Al-Samawa	14	5	2	7	14	14	0	12
11	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab	14	2	3	9	8	16	−8	7
12	Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya	14	2	0	12	4	18	−14	4
13	Babil	14	2	0	12	8	29	−21	4
14	Shorta Erbil	14	1	1	12	5	24	−19	3
15	Al-Rafidain	14	1	0	13	5	42	−37	2

Source: Iraqi League History 1956-1974
(C) Champion.

Results

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

Home \ Away	BAR	ASH	KAH	MIN	QWJ	RAF	SMA	SIK	BAB	MAS	QWN	QSD	SHN	SHS	SHE
Al-Bareed		1–2		0–1		4–0		2–3		3–1		0–0[lower-alpha 1]		1–0
Aliyat Al-Shorta			0–2		5–2		1–0		1–0		2–2[lower-alpha 2]		2–0		1–0
Al-Kahrabaa	1–2			1–3		5–1		4–3		1–0		0–0[lower-alpha 3]		3–1
Al-Minaa		2–3			0–2		2–1		5–0		3–1		2–0		0–0[lower-alpha 4]
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0		4–5			4–0		3–1		2–1		2–0		1–0[lower-alpha 5]
Al-Rafidain		1–3		0–5			0–1		1–2		0–8		3–6		0–1[lower-alpha 6]
Al-Samawa	1–1[lower-alpha 7]		4–1		0–1			1–1[lower-alpha 8]		2–0		0–3		1–0[lower-alpha 9]
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed		3–0		0–0[lower-alpha 10]		1–0			3–2		3–5		4–2		4–0
Babil	1–2		0–4		1–4		2–1			1–2		0–3		0–1
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab		0–1		1–1[lower-alpha 11]		1–0[lower-alpha 12]		1–2			1–1[lower-alpha 13]		1–3		1–1[lower-alpha 14]
Quwat Al-Nasr	1–0		1–0		1–3		0–0[lower-alpha 15]		2–0			1–1[lower-alpha 16]		2–0
Quwat Salahaddin		3–1		0–0[lower-alpha 17]		1–0		2–1		0–0[lower-alpha 18]			1–2		2–1
Shorta Al-Najda	2–1		1–3		1–1[lower-alpha 19]		2–0		1–0[lower-alpha 20]		0–0[lower-alpha 21]			1–0
Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya		0–1[lower-alpha 22]		0–3		0–1[lower-alpha 23]		0–1[lower-alpha 24]		1–1[lower-alpha 25]		0–2			1–0
Shorta Erbil	1–2		1–1[lower-alpha 26]		0–5		0–2		1–1[lower-alpha 27]		1–2		1–4

Source: Iraqi League History 1956-1974
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Al-Bareed won 7–6 on penalties.
2. Quwat Al-Nasr won 5–4 on penalties.
3. Quwat Salahaddin won 5–4 on penalties.
4. Al-Minaa won 4–2 on penalties.
5. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were awarded a 1–0 win due to the withdrawal of Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya.
6. The match originally finished as a 2–0 win for Al-Rafidain, but was awarded as a 1–0 win for Shorta Erbil due to Al-Rafidain violating tournament rules.
7. Al-Samawa won 5–4 on penalties.
8. Al-Samawa won 5–4 on penalties.
9. Al-Samawa were awarded a 1–0 win due to the withdrawal of Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya.
10. Al-Minaa won 5–4 on penalties.
11. Al-Minaa won 4–3 on penalties.
12. The match originally finished as a 2–2 draw with Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab winning 5–3 on penalties, but was awarded as a 1–0 win for Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab due to Al-Rafidain violating tournament rules.
13. Quwat Al-Nasr won 5–4 on penalties.
14. Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won 4–3 on penalties.
15. Quwat Al-Nasr won 4–2 on penalties.
16. Quwat Salahaddin won 5–4 on penalties.
17. Quwat Salahaddin won 4–3 on penalties.
18. Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won 5–4 on penalties.
19. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 5–3 on penalties.
20. The match originally finished as a 1–1 draw with Babil winning 4–2 on penalties, but was awarded as a 1–0 win for Shorta Al-Najda due to Babil violating tournament rules.
21. Quwat Al-Nasr won 5–4 on penalties.
22. Aliyat Al-Shorta were awarded a 1–0 win due to the withdrawal of Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya.
23. The match originally finished as a 1–0 win for Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya, but was awarded as a 1–0 win for Al-Rafidain due to Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya withdrawing from several previous matches in the league.
24. Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed were awarded a 1–0 win due to the withdrawal of Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya.
25. Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won 5–4 on penalties.
26. Al-Kahrabaa won 5–4 on penalties.
27. Shorta Erbil won 5–4 on penalties.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Zahrawi Jaber	13	Shorta Al-Najda
	Ammo Yousif		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

References

1. Iraq 1973/74
2. Iraq 1974/75
3. Iraq 1973/74 Qualifiers

External links

• Iraqi Football Website