| Champions | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
|---|---|
| Relegated | Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab Shortat Sulaymaniya |
| Top goalscorer | Zahrawi Jaber Ammo Yousif (13 goals each) |
The1973–74 Iraqi National First Division League was a football tournament organised by theIraq Football Association (IFA) in the 1973–74 season, which was formed as the first top-tier national league in Iraq to replace theIraq Central FA Premier League and the leagues in other provinces such asBasra,Kirkuk and Mosul. The tournament began on 11 October 1973.
Matches that ended in a draw were settled via penalty shootout (with no extra time), with the winner of the shootout earning one point.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the league title with a total of 23 points, and they also won the regionalIraq FA Baghdad Cup knockout tournament in the same season, led by coachAbdelilah Mohammed Hassan.
From the1974–75 season, the competition was replaced by theIraqi National Clubs League which was only open to clubs and not institute-representative teams.[1][2]
To decide which six teams from other provinces would participate alongside the eight teams from the1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division, 14 teams were split into three groups with the top two in each group qualifying for the final league competition. The qualifying matches were played from 24–31 August 1973 in the cities ofErbil,Babil andBasra. The six teams that qualified wereAl-Minaa,Al-Samawa,Babil,Shortat Erbil, Shortat Sulaymaniya andAl-Rafidain.[3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 23 | League Champions |
| 2 | Aliyat Al-Shorta | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 20 | |
| 3 | Al-Minaa | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 19 | |
| 4 | Quwat Al-Nasr | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 18 | |
| 5 | Kahrabaa Al-Wusta | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 17 | |
| 6 | Quwat Salahaddin | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 17 | |
| 7 | Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 16 | |
| 8 | Shortat Al-Najda | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 16 | |
| 9 | Al-Bareed wal-Barq | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 13 | |
| 10 | Al-Samawa | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 12 | |
| 11 | Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 7 | Relegated toIraqi National Second Division[a] |
| 12 | Shortat Sulaymaniya | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 4 | |
| 13 | Babil | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 31 | −21 | 4 | |
| 14 | Shortat Erbil | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 3 | |
| 15 | Al-Rafidain | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 42 | −35 | 2 |
| Home \ Away | BAR | ASH | KAH | MIN | QWJ | RAF | SMA | SIK | BAB | MAS | QWN | QSD | SHN | SHS | SHE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Bareed wal-Barq | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0[a] | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Aliyat Al-Shorta | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2[b] | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Kahrabaa Al-Wusta | 1–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0[c] | 3–1 | ||||||||
| Al-Minaa | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0[d] | ||||||||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–0 | 4–5 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0[e] | ||||||||
| Al-Rafidain | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–8 | 3–6 | 0–1[f] | ||||||||
| Al-Samawa | 1–1[g] | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1[h] | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0[i] | ||||||||
| Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed | 3–0 | 0–0[j] | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 4–2 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| Babil | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab | 0–1 | 1–1[k] | 1–0[l] | 1–2 | 1–1[m] | 1–3 | 1–1[n] | ||||||||
| Quwat Al-Nasr | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0[o] | 2–0 | 1–1[p] | 2–0 | ||||||||
| Quwat Salahaddin | 3–1 | 0–0[q] | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0[r] | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| Shortat Al-Najda | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1[s] | 2–0 | 1–0[t] | 0–0[u] | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Shortat Sulaymaniya | 0–1[v] | 0–3 | 0–1[w] | 0–1[x] | 1–1[y] | 0–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Shortat Erbil | 1–2 | 1–1[z] | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1[aa] | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zahrawi Jaber | 13 | Shortat Al-Najda |
| Ammo Yousif | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
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