Iraqi First Division League
Season2021–22
Dates12 October 2021 – 19 April 2022
ChampionsAl-Hudood
(1st title)
PromotedAl-Hudood
Karbalaa
Duhok
RelegatedGhaz Al-Shamal
Suq Al-Shuyukh
Babil
Al-Alam

The 2021–22 Iraqi First Division League was the 48th season of what is now called the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have varied throughout history for various reasons; in this season the number of clubs has been reduced from 28 teams to 24. The top two teams are directly promoted to the Iraqi Premier League, while the bottom 4 teams in each group are directly relegated to the Iraqi Second Division League. The season started on 12 October 2021 and ended 19 April 2022, while the summer transfer window began on August 1 and ended on midnight on September 19.[1]

Al-Hudood won the title by beating Karbalaa 1–0 in the final at Al-Shaab Stadium, with both teams securing promotion.

Overview

Changes

In November 2020, The Iraq FA announced that the number of teams will decrease from 28 to 24 in total starting from 2021-2022 season. To make these changes possible, the Iraq FA announced that in 2020–21 season, The top teams in each group are directly promoted to the Premier League, while 8 teams in total are directly relegated to Second Division League.[2]

Teams

A total of 24 teams are contesting the league, including 21 sides from the 2020-2021 season and the 3 relegated sides from the Iraqi Premier League. There are no promoted teams participating in this season because of the recent changes necessary to adjustment to having 24 teams possible this season.

2021–22 season

Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity
Afak Iraq Haider Hussein Al-Qādisiyyah, Diwaniya Al-Kifl Stadium 10,000
Al-Alam Iraq Ali Jawad Saladin Al-Alam Stadium 10,000
Al-Bahri Iraq Asaad Abdul Razzaq Basra, Al-Jubaila Al-Bahri Stadium 7,000
Al-Difaa Al-Madani Iraq Mahdi Kadhim Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Hussein Iraq Kadhim Yousef Baghdad, Sadr City Five Thousand Stadium 5,000
Al-Jinsiya Iraq Karim Qumbil Baghdad Al-Jinsiya Stadium 5,000
Al-Kufa Iraq Adel Ali Al-Aasam Najaf, Kufa Najaf Stadium 30,000
Al-Muroor Iraq Adel Ajer Baghdad, Sadr City Al-Walaa Stadium 5,000
Al-Nasiriya Iraq Ali Wahaib Dhi Qar, Nasiriya An Nasiriya Stadium 10,000
Al-Ramadi Iraq Khamis Hammoud Anbar, Ramadi Al Ramadi Stadium 15,000
Al-Shirqat Iraq Mohammed Attiya Saladin, Shirqat Shirqat Stadium 5,000
Al-Sulaikh Iraq Rashid Sultan Baghdad, Suleikh Al Sulaikh Stadium 5,000
Babylon Iraq Fouad Jawad Babylon Al Kifl Stadium 10,000
Diyala Iraq Ali Abdullah Diyala, Baquba Ba'quba Stadium 10,000
Duhok Iraq Adel Nasser Duhok Duhok Stadium 20,000
Ghaz Al-Shamal Iraq Walid Mohammed Qader Kirkuk Kirkuk Olympic Stadium 20,000
Karbalaa Iraq Ali Wahab Karbala Karbala Sports City 30,000
Masafi Al-Junoob Iraq Nasser Talla Dahilan Basra, Shaibah Masafi Al-Junoob Stadium 5,000
Maysan Iraq Ahmed Zuhair Maysan Maysan Stadium 25,000
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya Iraq Arsalan Jalal Sulaymaniyah Peshmerga Stadium 10,000
Suq Al-Shuyukh Iraq Moayad Tomeh Dhi Qar, Suq Al-Shuyukh Souk Al-Shuyukh Stadium 5,000
Al-Hudood Iraq Abbas Attiya Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Iraq Adel Nima Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 5,000
Al-Samawa Iraq Aqeel Ghani Al-Samawa Al-Samawah Stadium 15,000

League table

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Hudood (C, P) 21 11 8 2 32 12 +20 41 Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League
2 Duhok (O, P) 21 9 7 5 25 19 +6 34 Qualification for the Third place play-off
3 Al-Kufa 21 9 6 6 28 23 +5 33[lower-alpha 1]
4 Al-Ramadi 21 7 12 2 30 20 +10 33[lower-alpha 1]
5 Afak 21 9 4 8 33 26 +7 31
6 Maysan 21 8 6 7 32 26 +6 30
7 Al-Difaa Al-Madani 21 8 5 8 23 28 −5 29
8 Al-Sulaikh 21 6 10 5 26 23 +3 28[lower-alpha 2]
9 Masafi Al-Junoob 21 8 4 9 33 28 +5 28[lower-alpha 2]
10 Al-Muroor 21 7 5 9 22 28 −6 26
11 Suq Al-Shuyukh (R) 21 1 8 12 16 44 −28 11 Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League
12 Al-Alam[lower-alpha 3] (R) 11 0 1 10 5 28 −23 1
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2022. Source: IFA official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Al-Kufa finished ahead of Al-Ramadi on head-to-head points: Al-Kufa 1–0 Al-Ramadi, Al-Ramadi 1–1 Al-Kufa.
  2. 1 2 Al-Sulaikh finished ahead of Masafi Al-Junoob on head-to-head points: Al-Sulaikh 2–1 Masafi Al-Junoob, Masafi Al-Junoob 1–2 Al-Sulaikh.
  3. ↑ Al-Alam withdrew from the league after 16 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.

Results

Home \ Away AFK ALM DFM HUD KUF MUR RAM SUL DUH MSJ MAY SUQ
Afak — — 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 7–2
Al-Alam[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 — 0–1 — 0–2 –[lower-alpha 2] 1–5 — 1–2 — –[lower-alpha 2] –[lower-alpha 2]
Al-Difaa Al-Madani 1–4 –[lower-alpha 2] — 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1
Al-Hudood 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 3] 0–1 — 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0
Al-Kufa 1–0 –[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 0–3 — 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1
Al-Muroor 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 — 3–5 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Al-Ramadi 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0
Al-Sulaikh 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0
Duhok 2–0 — 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 3–1
Masafi Al-Junoob 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–3 4–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 — 0–0 1–0
Maysan 4–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 — 3–0
Suq Al-Shuyukh 1–1 2–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2022. Source: IFA official website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Al-Alam withdrew from the league after 16 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Al-Alam's results home to Maysan (1–1 draw), away to Al-Difaa Al-Madani (3–1 loss), home to Suq Al-Shuyukh (1–0 win), away to Al-Kufa (1–0 win) and home to Al-Muroor (3–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
  3. ↑ The Al-Hudood – Al-Alam match was awarded a 3–0 win for Al-Hudood, as Al-Alam did not turn up for the game.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Karbalaa (P) 22 13 8 1 33 13 +20 47 Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League
2 Al-Nasiriya 22 12 7 3 28 16 +12 43[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Third place play-off
3 Peshmerga Sulaymaniya 22 12 7 3 36 13 +23 43[lower-alpha 1]
4 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 22 7 10 5 24 17 +7 31[lower-alpha 2]
5 Diyala 22 8 7 7 24 27 −3 31[lower-alpha 2]
6 Al-Bahri 22 6 11 5 24 24 0 29
7 Al-Samawa 22 6 9 7 18 23 −5 27
8 Al-Jinsiya 22 5 9 8 27 29 −2 24
9 Al-Hussein 22 5 7 10 21 24 −3 22
10 Al-Shirqat 22 4 9 9 23 30 −7 21
11 Ghaz Al-Shamal (R) 22 2 13 7 13 26 −13 19 Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League
12 Babil (R) 22 3 1 18 9 38 −29 10
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2022. Source: IFA official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Al-Nasiriya finished ahead of Peshmerga Sulaymaniya on head-to-head points: Al-Nasiriya 2–1 Peshmerga Sulaymaniya, Peshmerga Sulaymaniya 1–1 Al-Nasiriya.
  2. 1 2 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya finished ahead of Diyala on head-to-head points: Diyala 0–1 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya, Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 1–1 Diyala.

Results

Home \ Away BAH JIN HUS NAS SMA SNK SRQ BAB DIY GSH KRB PES
Al-Bahri — 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Al-Jinsiya 2–2 — 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–1
Al-Hussein 0–1 1–2 — 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1
Al-Nasiriya 2–1 1–1 1–0 — 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Samawa 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 — 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 — 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2
Al-Shirqat 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 — 2–1 3–4 3–3 0–0 0–0
Babil 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 — 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1
Diyala 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 — 3–1 0–0 1–2
Ghaz Al-Shamal 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 0–3 2–2
Karbalaa 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 — 0–0
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 3] 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2022. Source: IFA official website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ The Al-Jinsiya – Babil match was awarded a 3–0 win for Al-Jinsiya, as Babil did not turn up for the game.
  2. ↑ The Al-Hussein – Babil match was awarded a 3–0 win for Al-Hussein, as Babil did not turn up for the game.
  3. ↑ The Peshmerga Sulaymaniya – Al-Shirqat match was awarded a 3–0 win for Peshmerga Sulaymaniya, as Al-Shirqat did not turn up for the game.

Third place

Duhok2–2Al-Nasiriya
Salman 15'
Delli 22'		 Talib 25', 75'
Penalties
Zakri soccer ball with check mark
Adnan soccer ball with check mark
Agid soccer ball with check mark
Kawfand soccer ball with check mark
Saeed soccer ball with check mark		 5–3 soccer ball with check mark Sadeq
soccer ball with red X Ali
soccer ball with check mark Mohammed
soccer ball with check mark Basheer
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed

Final

Play-off

Amanat Baghdad0–2Duhok
Agyemang 15'
Delli 81'
Referee: Ahmed Kadhim

References

  1. ↑ "المسابقات تعلن مواعيد منهاجها الكروي للموسم المقبل". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ↑ "اعتماد تصنيف وآلية وموعد انطلاق دوري الدرجة الأولى". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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