| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 September 2021 – 3 July 2022 |
| Champions | Al-Shorta (5th title) |
| Relegated | Amanat Baghdad Al-Minaa Samarra |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | Al-Shorta Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 766 (2.02 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mahmoud Al-Mawas (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Al-Diwaniya 7–0Samarra (19 May 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Al-Najaf 0–4Naft Al-Basra (20 October 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Al-Diwaniya 7–0Samarra (19 May 2022) |
| Longest winning run | 10 matches Al-Shorta |
| Longest unbeaten run | 25 matches Al-Shorta |
| Longest winless run | 22 matches Samarra |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Samarra |
2022–23 → | |
The2021–22 Iraqi Premier League was the 48th season of theIraqi Premier League, the highest tierfootball league inIraq, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 20 September 2021 and ended on 3 July 2022, with the relegation play-off held on 10 September 2022.[1]
Al-Shorta secured the title with seven rounds of the league remaining, setting a new record for the earliest title win in Iraq and finishing a record 21 points clear at the top of the table. Al-Shorta also became the first club to beat all other teams in a 20-team season and the first club to win allBaghdad derbies home and away in one season.
Al-Shorta forwardMahmoud Al-Mawas fromSyria became the first non-Iraqi player to win the league'stop scorer award, scoring 22 goals, and the club'sEgyptian managerMoamen Soliman became the first manager fromAfrica to win the Iraqi Premier League.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Shorta(C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 91 | Qualification for theArab Club Champions Cup group stage |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 70 | Qualification for theArab Club Champions Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Al-Talaba | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 69 | |
| 4 | Al-Naft | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 64[a] | |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 64[a] | |
| 6 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 61 | |
| 7 | Al-Najaf | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 57 | |
| 8 | Newroz | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 51 | |
| 9 | Al-Kahrabaa | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 50 | |
| 10 | Zakho | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 48 | |
| 11 | Erbil | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 47 | |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 46[b] | |
| 13 | Naft Al-Basra | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 46[b] | |
| 14 | Al-Karkh | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 43 | |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 41[c] | |
| 16 | Al-Sinaa | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 41[c] | |
| 17 | Al-Diwaniya | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 39[d] | |
| 18 | Amanat Baghdad(R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 39[d] | Qualification for therelegation play-off |
| 19 | Al-Minaa(R) | 38 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 30 | Relegation to theIraqi First Division League |
| 20 | Samarra(R) | 38 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 20 | 70 | −50 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | DIW | KAH | KAR | MIN | NFT | NJF | QSM | QWJ | SHR | SIN | TLB | ZWR | AMN | ERB | NFB | NFW | NFM | NRZ | SMR | ZAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Diwaniya | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3[a] | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–2 | |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Al-Minaa | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Najaf | 3–0[b] | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Qasim | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Shorta | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | |
| Al-Sinaa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Talaba | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Al-Zawraa | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Amanat Baghdad | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Erbil | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Naft Al-Basra | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Naft Maysan | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0[c] | |
| Newroz | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3[d] | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Samarra | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Zakho | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0[e] |
| Amanat Baghdad | 0–2 | Duhok |
|---|---|---|
| Agyemang Delli |
Duhok are promoted to the Iraqi Premier League, while Amanat Baghdad are relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Shorta | 22 | |
| 2 | Newroz | 18 | |
| 3 | Al-Kahrabaa | 13 | |
| 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 12 | |
| Naft Al-Wasat |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanat Baghdad | Al-Qasim | 3–0 (H)[4] | 20 April 2022 |
(H) – Home team
| Award | Winner[5] | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |