Iraq Division One

Iraq Division One
Founded	1974
Country	Iraq
Number of teams	24
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Iraqi Premier League
Relegation to	Iraq Division Two
Domestic cup(s)	Iraq FA Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Cup; (via Iraq FA Cup)
Current champions	Al-Hudood; (2021–22)
TV partners	Al-Iraqiya Sports
Website	Official website
	Current: 2022–23 Iraq Division One

The Iraq Division One is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Premier League. The league is contested by 24 clubs. It is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two top-finishing teams in the Division One are automatically promoted to the Premier League. The four lowest-finishing teams in the Division One are relegated to Division Two.

The number of clubs in the league have changed throughout history, most recently in the 2021–22 season when the number of clubs decreased from 28 to 24.

It has previously been called the Division Two but has been known as the Division One since 2003. In the 2021–22 season, Al-Hudood won the title and were promoted alongside runners-up Karbalaa.

List of champions

No.	Season	Champion
1	1974–75	Al-Zawraa
2	1975–76	Al-Ittihad
3	1976–77	?
4	1977–78	Al-Shabab
5	1978–79	Al-Bahri
6	1979–80	Al-Adhamiya
7	1980–81	Al-Ittihad
8	1981–82	Al-Mosul
9	1982–83	Wahid Huzairan[lower-alpha 1]
10	1983–84	Al-Rasheed
11	1984–85	?
12	1985–86	Al-Bahri
13	1986–87	Al-Minaa
14	1987–88	?
15	1988–89	Samarra
16	1989–90	Al-Minaa
17	1990–91	Al-Amana[lower-alpha 2]

No.	Season	Champion
18	1991–92	Saad
19	1992–93	?
20	1993–94	?
21	1994–95	?
22	1995–96	?
23	1996–97	?
24	1997–98	Duhok
25	1998–99	Erbil
26	1999–2000	?
27	2000–01	Kirkuk
28	2001–02	Al-Mosul
29	2002–03	Multiple groups
30	2003–04	Abandoned
31	2004–05	Multiple groups
32	2005–06	Multiple groups
33	2006–07	Multiple groups
34	2007–08	Multiple groups

No.	Season	Champion
35	2008–09	Multiple groups
36	2009–10	Peshmerga[lower-alpha 3]
37	2010–11	Al-Shirqat
38	2011–12	Sulaymaniya
39	2012–13	Al-Karkh
40	2013–14	Multiple groups
41	2014–15	Al-Samawa
42	2015–16	Al-Hussein
43	2016–17	Al-Diwaniya
44	2017–18	Al-Karkh
45	2018–19	Al-Qasim
46	2019–20	Abandoned
47	2020–21	Al-Sinaa
48	2021–22	Al-Hudood
49	2022–23	TBD

Now known as Kirkuk.
Now known as Amanat Baghdad.
Now known as Peshmerga Sulaymaniya.

League structure

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 Division Two.[1]

Current members

2021–22 season

Baghdad

Baghdad teams
Al-Difaa Al-Madani
Al-Hussein
Al-Jinsiya
Al-Muroor
Al-Sulaikh
Al-Hudood
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

Locations of the 2021–22 Iraq Division One teams

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

References

"اعتماد تصنيف وآلية وموعد انطلاق دوري الدرجة الأولى". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-10.

External links

Iraq Football Association

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[fn1-1] Now known as Kirkuk.

[fn2-2] Now known as Amanat Baghdad.

[fn3-3] Now known as Peshmerga Sulaymaniya.

[4] "اعتماد تصنيف وآلية وموعد انطلاق دوري الدرجة الأولى". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-10.

Iraq Division One
2022–23 clubs	Afak Al-Bahri Al-Difaa Al-Madani Al-Etisalat Al-Hawija Al-Hussein Al-Jinsiya Al-Jolan Al-Kufa Al-Minaa Al-Muroor Al-Nasiriya Al-Ramadi Al-Samawa Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Al-Shirqat Al-Sulaikh Amanat Baghdad Diyala Masafi Al-Junoob Masafi Al-Wasat Maysan Peshmerga Sulaymaniya Samarra
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23