1978–79 Iraqi National League

Iraqi National League
Season	1978–79
Champions	Al-Zawraa; (3rd title)
Relegated	Al-Ittihad; Al-Thawra
Top goalscorer	Falah Hassan; (7 goals)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

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The 1978–79 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 5th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Zawraa won their third league title in four seasons, doing so without losing a game, and also won the 1978–79 Iraq FA Cup to secure the double for the second time.^[1]^[2]

Name changes

Al-Iktisad renamed to Al-Tijara.
Al-Jamiea became known as Al-Talaba after merging with a new club of the same name.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Zawraa	12	7	5	0	22	5	+17	19	League Champions and FA Cup Winners
2	Al-Shorta	12	5	5	2	19	10	+9	15
3	Al-Talaba	12	6	3	3	17	11	+6	15^[a]
4	Al-Minaa	12	5	5	2	15	9	+6	15^[a]
5	Al-Tayaran	12	4	7	1	15	9	+6	15^[a]
6	Al-Jaish	12	5	3	4	10	10	0	13
7	Al-Sinaa	12	4	5	3	13	15	−2	13
8	Al-Shabab	12	3	5	4	10	13	−3	11
9	Al-Tijara	12	4	3	5	9	14	−5	11
10	Al-Amana	12	4	3	5	13	19	−6	11
11	Salahaddin	12	2	4	6	10	15	−5	8
12	Al-Ittihad	12	2	3	7	7	13	−6	7	Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division
13	Al-Thawra	12	1	1	10	12	29	−17	3	Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Al-Talaba ranked ahead of Al-Minaa, and Al-Minaa ranked ahead of Al-Tayaran, both by number of wins due to equal points and goal difference.

Results

Home \ Away	AMN	ITT	JSH	MIN	SHB	SHR	SIN	TLB	TAY	THW	TJR	ZWR	SAL
Al-Amana				1–0		1–1	2–0			3–1^[a]	0–0		3–2
Al-Ittihad	2–1					1–1				3–1^[a]
Al-Jaish	2–1	1–0					1–0			3–1^[a]			1–0
Al-Minaa		1–0	2–1			1–1		1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Al-Shabab	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0							2–0		1–0
Al-Shorta			3–0		3–1		0–0			3–1^[a]	5–2		1–0
Al-Sinaa		2–0		2–2	2–1			1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0		1–1
Al-Talaba	3–0	2–0	0–0		3–0	1–0				3–1		2–2	2–1
Al-Tayaran	2–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	1–1		3–0			2–0		4–2
Al-Thawra					3–2				1–1
Al-Tijara		1–0	2–1					2–0		2–1			0–0
Al-Zawraa	5–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	6–1		1–1	2–0	2–0		0–0
Salahaddin		1–0								2–1

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Al-Thawra fans assaulted referee Hamid Mousa in their match with Al-Sinaa, forcing him to withdraw from the match. As a result, the IFA punished Al-Thawra by awarding 3–1 wins to the opponents of their last four matches (Al-Jaish, Al-Ittihad, Al-Shorta and Al-Amana). The result of 3–1 was chosen as this was the scoreline of Al-Thawra's heaviest defeat in the competition up to that point.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Falah Hassan	7	Al-Zawraa
2	Hussein Saeed	6	Al-Talaba
3	Haris Mohammed	5	Al-Talaba

Hat-tricks

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result
Ali Hussein Mahmoud	Al-Shorta	Al-Tijara	5–2

References

^ ^a ^b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ 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

[table_hth_TLB0.75468556850901-3] Al-Talaba ranked ahead of Al-Minaa, and Al-Minaa ranked ahead of Al-Tayaran, both by number of wins due to equal points and goal difference.

[table_note_1_AMN_THW0.32756114626655-4] Al-Thawra fans assaulted referee Hamid Mousa in their match with Al-Sinaa, forcing him to withdraw from the match. As a result, the IFA punished Al-Thawra by awarding 3–1 wins to the opponents of their last four matches (Al-Jaish, Al-Ittihad, Al-Shorta and Al-Amana). The result of 3–1 was chosen as this was the scoreline of Al-Thawra's heaviest defeat in the competition up to that point.

[sabti-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)

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