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Iraqi Premier Division League

FieldValue
nameIraqi Premier Division League
imageDawri Al-Mumtaz logo (2023).png
pixels150px
countryIraq
founded
teams20
promotionIraq Stars League
relegationIraqi First Division League
levels2
domest_cupIraq FA Cup
confed_cupAFC Champions League Two
(via Iraq FA Cup)
championsAl-Mosul (3rd title)
most_champsAl-Minaa
Al-Mosul
(3 titles each)
season2024–25
tvAl-Iraqiya Sports
current2025–26 Iraqi Premier Division League

(via Iraq FA Cup) Al-Mosul (3 titles each)

The Iraqi Premier Division League () is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Iraq Stars League. The league is contested by 20 clubs and is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). The current format sees 20 teams playing 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season.{{Cite web|title=اعتماد تصنيف وآلية وموعد انطلاق دوري الدرجة الأولى

Each season, the two top-finishing teams in the Premier Division League are automatically promoted to the Stars League. The third and fourth-placed teams compete in a play-off match, with the winner qualifying for the promotion play-off match against the 18th-placed team from the Stars League. The two lowest-finishing teams are relegated to the First Division League, while the 18th-placed team enters a relegation play-off with the third-placed team from the First Division League.

From the 2023–24 season, the competition's name was changed from First Division League to Premier Division League. In the 2024–25 season, Al-Mosul won the title and was promoted alongside runners-up Al-Gharraf. Al-Minaa and Al-Mosul are the record holders in the tournament having won three titles each.

Competition name

PeriodName
1974–1995National Clubs Second Division League
1995–1999First Division League
1999–2000Second Division League
2000–2002First Division League
2002–2003Second Division League
2003–2023First Division League
2023–presentPremier Division League

In the media

Iraqi Premier Division League is called in the media by the name of Dawri Al-Madhaleem (Oppressed League), because the media, the Football Association, and the Referees Committee do not care about it, and the teams that play in it suffer from poor financing, and their stadiums are in a bad shape. However, the league includes very talented players, and the competition in it is so strong that it exceeds the competition in the Stars League.{{Cite web|title=دوري الدرجة الاولى دوري مظاليم بإمتياز

List of champions

No.SeasonChampion
11974–75Al-Zawraa
21975–76Al-Ittihad
31976–77Multiple groups
41977–78Al-Shabab
51978–79Al-Bahri
61979–80Al-Adhamiya
71980–81Al-Ittihad
81981–82Al-Mosul
91982–83Wahid Huzairan
101983–84Al-Rasheed
111984–85Multiple groups
121985–86Al-Bahri
131986–87Al-Minaa
141987–88Multiple groups
151988–89Samarra
161989–90Al-Minaa
171990–91Al-Amana
No.SeasonChampion
181991–92Saad
191992–93Multiple groups
201993–94No promotion
211994–95No promotion
221995–96Al-Sulaikh
231996–97Diyala
241997–98Duhok
251998–99Erbil
261999–2000No promotion
272000–01Kirkuk
282001–02Al-Mosul
292002–03Multiple groups
302003–04Abandoned
312004–05Multiple groups
322005–06Multiple groups
332006–07Multiple groups
342007–08Multiple groups
No.SeasonChampion
352008–09Multiple groups
362009–10Peshmerga
372010–11Al-Shirqat
382011–12Sulaymaniya
392012–13Al-Karkh
402013–14Multiple groups
412014–15Al-Samawa
422015–16Al-Hussein
432016–17Al-Diwaniya
442017–18Al-Karkh
452018–19Al-Qasim
462019–20Abandoned
472020–21Al-Sinaa
482021–22Al-Hudood
492022–23Al-Minaa
502023–24Diyala
512024–25Al-Mosul

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Most successful clubs

ClubTitlesWinning seasons
Al-Minaa31986–87, 1989–90, 2022–23
Al-Mosul31981–82, 2001–02, 2024–25
Al-Ittihad21975–76, 1980–81
Al-Bahri21978–79, 1985–86
Kirkuk21982–83, 2000–01
Al-Karkh22012–13, 2017–18
Diyala21996–97, 2023–24
Al-Zawraa11974–75
Al-Shabab11977–78
Al-Adhamiya11979–80
Al-Rasheed11983–84
Samarra11988–89
Amanat Baghdad11990–91
Saad11991–92
Al-Sulaikh11995–96
Duhok11997–98
Erbil11998–99
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya12009–10
Al-Shirqat12010–11
Sulaymaniya12011–12
Al-Samawa12014–15
Al-Hussein12015–16
Al-Diwaniya12016–17
Al-Qasim12018–19
Al-Sinaa12020–21
Al-Hudood12021–22

References

References

  1. (23 December 2023). "في دوري الدرجة الممتازة تعادل فريق ديالى مع غاز لشمال من دون أهداف". Al-Rabiaa Sports.
  2. (8 April 2023). "تغيير في آلية التأهل والهبوط بالدرجة الاولى".
  3. (8 April 2023). "بالوثيقة.. تغيير آلية الصعود والهبوط في الدوريين الممتاز والأول".
  4. (2 June 2023). "الميناء بطلا لدوري الدرجة الأولى بعد فوزه على الامانة".
  5. (2 June 2023). "بالصور.. الميناء يتوج بلقب دوري الدرجة الأولى على حساب بغداد".
  6. (2 June 2023). "الميناء يحرز لقب دوري الدرجة الاولى للموسم 2022/ 2023".
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