1975–76 Iraqi National League

The 1975–76 Iraqi National League was the 2nd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Newly-promoted club Al-Zawraa, founded in 1969, won the league title and also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the first national double in Iraqi football. Al-Zawraa's success was helped by the fact that Al-Naqil, the club that finished as runners-up of the 1974–75 season, folded due to financial difficulties and their players moved to Al-Zawraa meaning they had many of Iraq's top players in their squad.[1][2]

Iraqi Premier League
Season1975–76
ChampionsAl-Zawraa
(1st title)
Top goalscorerThamer Yousif
(13 goals)

Name changes
  • Al-Muwasalat were dissolved and Al-Minaa returned to being a single club.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Zawraa 24 18 4 2 48 17 +31 40 League Champions and FA Cup Winners
2 Al-Tayaran 24 15 5 4 37 17 +20 35
3 Al-Shorta 24 14 5 5 41 16 +25 33
4 Al-Minaa 24 12 7 5 29 18 +11 31
5 Al-Baladiyat 24 9 8 7 29 23 +6 26
6 Al-Jaish 24 9 7 8 26 20 +6 25
7 Al-Iktisad 24 8 7 9 24 28 −4 23
8 Al-Jamea 24 6 8 10 16 23 −7 20
9 Al-Sinaa 24 5 9 10 15 29 −14 19
10 Al-Hilla 24 5 7 12 20 30 −10 17
11 Babil 24 5 7 12 17 36 −19 17
12 Diyala 24 4 7 13 18 38 −20 15 Relegated to Iraq Division One
13 Al-Samawa 24 3 5 16 17 42 −25 11
Source: Al-Shameri Archive

Results
Home \ Away BLD HLL IKT JSH JAM MIN SMW SHR SIN TAY ZWR BBL DYL
Al-Baladiyat 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0
Al-Hilla 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0
Al-Iktisad 1–3 4–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–0
Al-Jaish 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0
Al-Jamea 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0
Al-Minaa 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–2
Al-Samawa 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–5 0–0 0–4 0–2 3–1 1–2
Al-Shorta 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 1–1
Al-Sinaa 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0
Al-Tayaran 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Al-Zawraa 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 4–1
Babil 2–3 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–0
Diyala 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1
Source: Al-Shameri Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Pos Scorer Goals Team
1
 Thamer Yousif
13
 Al-Zawraa
2
 Zahrawi Jaber
12
 Al-Shorta
3
 Falah Hassan
11
 Al-Zawraa
Kadhim Waal Al-Tayaran

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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