Iraqi National League
Season1979–80
ChampionsAl-Shorta
(1st title)
RelegatedAl-Bahri
Arab Club Champions CupAl-Shorta
Top goalscorerAli Hussein Mahmoud
(18 goals)

The 1979–80 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 6th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Shorta won their first Premier League title, qualifying them for the inaugural edition of the Arab Club Champions Cup which they went on to win.

The race for the title went to the last matchday; Al-Shorta beat Al-Minaa 3–1 in their last game to go top of the league but Al-Zawraa would win the league if they managed to beat Al-Shabab. Al-Zawraa drew their match 1–1, therefore Al-Shorta were crowned champions, winning the title on goal difference.[1][2]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta (C) 22 14 7 1 41 15 +26 35 1981–82 Arab Club Champions Cup
2 Al-Zawraa 22 15 5 2 36 13 +23 35
3 Al-Talaba 22 11 5 6 28 14 +14 27
4 Al-Shabab 22 10 6 6 26 19 +7 26
5 Al-Jaish 22 6 10 6 22 23 −1 22 FA Cup Winners
6 Al-Tijara 22 7 8 7 14 18 −4 22
7 Al-Sinaa 22 7 8 7 16 27 −11 22
8 Al-Amana 22 6 8 8 25 24 +1 20
9 Al-Tayaran 22 7 6 9 20 21 −1 20
10 Al-Minaa 22 7 6 9 26 29 −3 20
11 Salahaddin 22 2 7 13 8 27 −19 11
12 Al-Bahri 22 0 4 18 14 46 −32 4 Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away AMN BAH JSH MIN SHB SHR SIN TLB TAY TJR ZWR SAL
Al-Amana 3–1 1–4 4–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0
Al-Bahri 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–1
Al-Jaish 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1
Al-Minaa 3–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 4–2 1–0 1–2 0–0
Al-Shabab 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Al-Shorta 0–0 4–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Al-Sinaa 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Al-Talaba 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–1
Al-Tayaran 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 5–3 1–1 1–0
Al-Tijara 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Al-Zawraa 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Salahaddin 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–3
Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos Scorer Goals Team
1 Ali Hussein Mahmoud 18 Al-Shorta
2 Jalil Hanoon 13 Al-Minaa
3 Thamer Yousif 12 Al-Zawraa

Hat-tricks

Player[1]ForAgainstResultDate
Iraq Hussein Saeed Al-TalabaSalahaddin4–110 October 1979
Iraq Jalil Hanoon4 Al-MinaaAl-Tayaran4–220 November 1979
Iraq Ghazi Hashim Al-AmanaAl-Minaa4–03 January 1980
Iraq Ara Hamparsum Al-TayaranAl-Tijara5–316 January 1980
Iraq Adel Khudhair Al-ZawraaAl-Bahri3–227 January 1980
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

References

  1. 1 2 Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.