1994–95 Iraqi National League

The 1994–95 Iraqi National League was the 21st season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the second time in a row, and they also won the Iraq FA Cup for the third consecutive time. Half of the league's competing teams were relegated in order to result in a 12-team league for the next campaign. In this season, three points were given for a win instead of two points, and four points were given for a win by three goals or more.[1][2]

Iraqi Premier League
Season1994–95
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(6th title)
RelegatedDiyala
Al-Kut
Al-Mosul
Karbalaa
Babil
Al-Nasiriya
Salahaddin
Al-Umal
Al-Amara
Erbil
Al-Diwaniya
Kirkuk
1996–97 Asian Club ChampionshipAl-Zawraa
1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' CupAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goalscorerMuayad Joudi
(30 goals)

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 46 31 11 4 113 31 +82 16 120 1996–97 Asian Club Championship
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 46 28 12 6 109 45 +64 11 107 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
3 Al-Najaf 46 28 9 9 84 29 +55 14 107
4 Al-Talaba 46 28 14 4 80 29 +51 8 106
5 Al-Naft 46 28 9 9 88 43 +45 11 104
6 Al-Shorta 46 26 12 8 91 49 +42 8 98
7 Al-Karkh 46 25 12 9 98 53 +45 6 93
8 Al-Jaish 46 20 12 14 81 63 +18 8 80
9 Al-Sinaa 46 20 9 17 89 66 +23 9 78
10 Samaraa 46 17 17 12 70 55 +15 5 73
11 Al-Minaa 46 16 21 9 54 42 +12 3 72
12 Al-Ramadi 46 15 20 11 75 44 +31 6 71
13 Diyala 46 17 10 19 50 64 −14 3 64 Relegated to Iraq Division One
14 Al-Kut 46 16 11 19 45 55 −10 4 63
15 Karbalaa 46 13 11 22 71 84 −13 5 55
16 Al-Mosul 46 14 11 21 44 66 −22 2 55
17 Babil 46 13 7 26 51 75 −24 5 51
18 Al-Nasiriya 46 10 14 22 38 77 −39 3 47
19 Salahaddin 46 11 12 23 45 75 −30 1 46
20 Al-Umal 46 9 11 26 38 75 −37 4 42
21 Al-Amara 46 10 11 25 29 68 −39 0 41
22 Erbil 46 4 14 28 42 126 −84 0 26
23 Al-Diwaniya 46 4 10 32 24 83 −59 0 22
24 Kirkuk 46 4 10 32 30 142 −112 0 22
Source: Al-Shameri Archive
Rules for classification: 1 bonus point was awarded for each game won by 3 or more goals.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. As Al-Zawraa won both the league and the FA Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup slot went to league runners-up Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

Results
Home \ Away AMR DIW JSH KKH KUT MIN MSL NFT NJF NAS QWJ RMA SHR SIN TLB UML ZWR BBL DYL ERB KRB KRK SAL SMR
Al-Amara 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2
Al-Diwaniya 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–2 3–5 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–2
Al-Jaish 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 8–1 4–1 7–1 3–2 1–3
Al-Karkh 5–0 2–0 2–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 6–0 4–1 5–0 6–0 1–0 1–1
Al-Kut 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 5–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0
Al-Minaa 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 6–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
Al-Mosul 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–4 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–1
Al-Naft 1–0 1–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–0 2–4 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 4–0 1–0
Al-Najaf 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 5–1 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–0
Al-Nasiriya 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–4 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 5–2 3–0 1–1 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4–1 2–0 7–1 3–3 0–0 4–5 3–2 1–2 0–2 5–0 1–0 2–2 4–2 0–2 4–0 0–2 4–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–1
Al-Ramadi 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 11–0 5–0 3–1
Al-Shorta 2–1 6–1 1–1 6–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 6–0 2–2 4–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0
Al-Sinaa 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 5–2 1–2 4–1 5–0 7–2 5–2 1–2
Al-Talaba 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–1 3–0 4–2 4–0 2–1 1–1
Al-Umal 2–1 4–1 0–5 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–7 1–1 0–1 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 5–0 0–0 1–2
Al-Zawraa 5–0 3–0 9–0 1–0 0–1 6–0 7–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–1
Babil 0–1 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 3] 3–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–5 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 5–0 1–0 4–1
Diyala 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–2
Erbil 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–7 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–6 0–3 3–3 1–4 0–0 0–2 0–5 0–5 1–1 1–5 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2
Karbalaa 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 5–0 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–2 6–0 1–1 2–2
Kirkuk 0–0 3–1 0–6 1–3 2–3 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–5 1–3 2–2 1–3 0–3 1–4 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1
Salahaddin 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–4 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–3 3–0 1–1
Samaraa 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 5–1 6–0 2–0
Source: Al-Shameri Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Karkh–Al-Kut match originally ended as a 2–0 win for Al-Kut but was changed to a 3–0 win due to Al-Karkh violating the rules regarding substitutions.
  2. The Al-Umal–Al-Sinaa match originally ended as a 1–0 win for Al-Umal but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Sinaa due to Al-Umal fielding an ineligible player.
  3. The Babil–Al-Jaish match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Jaish after the game had originally ended in a 1–0 win for Babil.

Top goalscorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Muayad Joudi 30 Al-Karkh
2 Sahib Abbas 27 Al-Zawraa
Shakir Mohammed Sabbar Al-Ramadi

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