Iraqi National League of Clubs and Institutions

The 1973–74 Iraqi National League, known as the Iraqi National League of Clubs and Institutions, was a football tournament organised by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) 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
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
RelegatedMaslahat Naqil Al-Rukab
Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya
Top goalscorerZahrawi 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. 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 which was only open to formally registered clubs and not institute-representative teams.[1][2]

Name changes

Regional 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 table
Pos Team Pld W PW L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 14 11 1 2 35 15 +20 23 League Champions
2 Aliyat Al-Shorta 14 10 0 4 23 16 +7 20
3 Al-Minaa 14 8 3 3 27 9 +18 19
4 Quwat Al-Nasr 14 7 4 3 27 14 +13 18
5 Quwat Salahaddin 14 7 3 4 18 8 +10 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 19 15 +4 13
10 Al-Samawa 14 5 2 7 14 14 0 12
11 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 14 2 3 9 11 19 −8 7 Relegated to Iraq Division One[lower-alpha 1]
12 Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya 14 2 0 12 4 18 −14 4
13 Babil 14 2 0 12 10 31 −21 4
14 Shorta Erbil 14 1 1 12 8 26 −18 3
15 Al-Rafidain 14 1 0 13 7 42 −35 2
Source: Iraqi League History 1956-1974
Notes:
  1. The IFA decided to relegate one team from Baghdad (Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab as the lowest-placed Baghdad team) and one team from outside Baghdad (Shorta Al-Sulaymaniya due to their withdrawal from several matches). Three teams were to be promoted in their place (Kuliya Al-Shorta, Esalet Al-Mai and Al-Quwa Al-Bahriya) to form a 16-team league for the following season. However, the IFA later decided to form a new league of clubs which led to several changes in the make-up of the participating teams; see here.

Results
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. 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.
  3. Iraq 1973/74 Qualifiers
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