1979–80 Iraqi National League

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.

Iraqi National League

Season	1979–80
Champions	Al-Shorta (1st title)
Relegated	Al-Bahri
Arab Club Champions Cup	Al-Shorta
Top goalscorer	Ali Hussein Mahmoud (18 goals)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

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

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result	Date
Hussein Saeed	Al-Talaba	Salahaddin	4–1	10 October 1979
Jalil Hanoon^4	Al-Minaa	Al-Tayaran	4–2	20 November 1979
Ghazi Hashim	Al-Amana	Al-Minaa	4–0	3 January 1980
Ara Hamparsum	Al-Tayaran	Al-Tijara	5–3	16 January 1980
Adel Khudhair	Al-Zawraa	Al-Bahri	3–2	27 January 1980

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References

1. 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)

External links

• Iraq Football Association