2021–22 Iraqi Second Division League

Football league season

Iraqi Second Division LeagueSeason| 2021–22

|

Dates| 10 September 2021 – 22 June 2022
Champions| Al-Etisalat
Promoted| Al-Etisalat
Al-Hawija
Al-Jolan
Masafi Al-Wasat
Relegated| Al-Ahrar
Al-Amara
Al-Anbar
Al-Hamza
Al-Husseiniyah
Al-Khairat
Al-Fosfat
Al-Madhatyia
Al-Mohandessin
Al-Sadda
Al-Taliea
Al-Zaeem
Baladiyat Al-Nasiriyah
Bilad Al-Rafidain
Daquq
Ghaz Al-Janoob
Jalawla
Kahrabaa Al-Hartha
Khallat
New Sirwan
Peshwa
Salahaddin
Sarchinar
Shabab Al-Adil
Tarmi
Umm Qasr

← 2020–21

2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Iraqi Second Division League was the 48th season of what is now called the Iraqi First Division League, the third tier of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have varied throughout history for various reasons; in this season the number of clubs was 112. The top four teams in the Final Qualifiers were promoted directly to the Iraqi First Division League, while the last eighteen teams in the Qualifiers within the Governorates were relegated directly to the Iraqi Third Division League. The season started on 10 November 2021.[1][2]

Al-Etisalat won the championship title after defeating Al-Hawija in the final match, with a big score of 5–0.[3]

## Teams

[edit]

The Iraqi Second Division League starts with 126 clubs and ends with four qualified clubs according to three rounds:

Round  | Stage  | Main date  | Clubs participating  | Clubs remaining  | Qualify for

|
|
|
|
|

1st | Qualifiers within the Governorates | 10 November 2021 | 112 | 27 | Qualifiers within the Territories
2nd | Qualifiers within the Territories | 18 January 2022 | 27 | 8 | Final Qualifiers
3rd | Final Qualifiers | 9 May 2022 | 8 | 4 | Promotion to the Iraqi FirstDivision League

## Qualifiers within the Governorates

[edit]

The 112 clubs are divided into 16 groups depending on the location, except for the groups of Dohuk and Erbil, each group representing the governorate to which these clubs belong and is located within its borders.

No.  | Governorate  | Clubs participating  | Club(s) remaining

|
|
|

1  | Dohuk |
2  | Nineveh |

* Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli
* Al-Mustaqbal Al-Mushriq
* Al-Shoura
* Baladiyat Al-Mosul
* Mosul
* Omal Nineveh
* Rabia
* Sahl Nineveh
* Tarmi

* Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli
* Mosul

3  | Erbil |
4  | Kirkuk |

* Al-Hawija
* Al-Shorija
* Daquq
* Dibis
* Musalla
* Peshwa
* Tuz

* Al-Hawija
* Tuz

5  | Sulaymaniyah |

* Baban
* Khallat
* New Sirwan
* Penjwen
* Sarchinar
* Sulaymaniya

* Baban

6  | Saladin |

* Al-Dujail
* Baiji
* Balad
* Salahaddin
* Shabab Al-Dawr

* Al-Dujail

7  | Al Anbar |

* Al-Anbar
* Al-Fahad
* Al-Fosfat
* Al-Habbaniya
* Al-Jolan
* Al-Nasr
* Al-Raed
* Al-Sufiya
* Hit

* Al-Jolan
* Al-Sufiya

8  | Baghdad[4] |

* Al-Adala
* Al-Etisalat
* Al-Jaish
* Al-Jamiea
* Al-Kadhimiya
* Al-Khutoot
* Al-Mahmoudiyah
* Al-Mohandessin
* Al-Najda
* Al-Shuala
* Al-Sikak
* Al-Taji
* Al-Taliea
* Al-Zafaraniyah
* Haifa
* Masafi Al-Wasat
* Shabab Al-Adil

* Al-Etisalat
* Al-Kadhimiya
* Al-Khutoot
* Al-Sikak
* Al-Zafaraniyah
* Masafi Al-Wasat

9  | Diyala |

* Al-Khalis
* Balad Ruz
* Bilad Al-Rafidain
* Jadidat Al-Shatt
* Jalawla
* Qazaniya
* Shahraban

* Al-Khalis
* Balad Ruz

10  | Karbala |

* Al-Ghadhriya
* Al-Hindiya
* Al-Hurr
* Al-Husseiniyah
* Al-Khairat

* Al-Ghadhriya

11  | Babil[5] |

* Al-Kifl
* Al-Madhatyia
* Al-Mashroua
* Al-Musayyab
* Al-Sadda

* Al-Kifl

12  | Wasit[6] |

* Al-Ahrar
* Al-Hay
* Al-Jihad
* Al-Kut
* Al-Muwafaqiya
* Al-Numaniya
* Al-Suwaira
* Al-Zaaiem

* Al-Numaniya
* Al-Suwaira

13  | Najaf |

* Al-Izdihar
* Al-Khawarnaq
* Al-Meshkhab
* Al-Tadamon

* Al-Meshkhab

14  | Al-Qādisiyyah |

* Al Bdeir
* Al-Ettefaq
* Al-Hamza
* Al-Najma
* Al-Shamiya

* Al Bdeir

15  | Maysan |

* Al-Amara
* Al-Maimouna
* Al-Sukar
* Dijla
* Qalat Saleh

* Al-Sukar

16  | Muthanna |

* Al-Khidhir
* Al-Muthanna
* Al-Rumaitha
* Al-Salman
* Thawrat Al-Eshreen
* Uruk

* Al-Khidhir

17  | Dhi Qar |

* Akkad
* Al-Forat
* Al-Rifai
* Al-Shatra
* Baladiyat Al-Nasiriyah

* Al-Forat

18  | Basra |

* Al-Basra
* Al-Fayhaa
* Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi
* Al-Qurna
* Al-Sadeq
* Al-Zubair
* Ghaz Al-Janoob
* Kahrabaa Al-Hartha
* Safwan
* Umm Qasr

* Al-Qurna[7]
* Al-Zubair

## Qualifiers within the Territories

[edit]

The 27 qualified teams are divided into five groups according to the location, from each group, the first and second teams qualify directly to the final stage, with the exception of the seconds teams from the Northern, Western and Central Euphrates Groups, where they play among themselves so that one of the three teams qualifies for the final stage. For a total of eight qualified teams.

Baghdad

Al-Qurna

Al-Zubair

Al-Sukar

Al-Forat

Al-Numaniya

Al-Suwaira

Al-Khidhir

Al-Kifl

Al-Meshkhab

Al-Ghadhriya

Al Bdeir

Al-Khalis

Al-Jolan

Al-Sufiya

Al-Dujail

Balad Ruz

Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli

Mosul

Al-Hawija

Tuz

Baban

Baghdad teams
Al-Etisalat
Al-Kadhimiya
Al-Khutoot
Al-Sikak
Al-Zafaraniyah
Masafi Al-Wasat

class=notpageimage|

Locations of the 2021–22 Iraqi Second Division League teams in the Qualifiers within the Territories

Territories  | Clubs participating  | Club(s) remaining

|
|

Northern Group  |

* Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli
* Al-Hawija
* Baban[a]
* Mosul
* Tuz[a]

* Al-Hawija

Western Group[8] |

* Al-Dujail[a]
* Al-Jolan
* Al-Khalis
* Al-Sufiya
* Balad Ruz

* Al-Jolan
* Al-Sufiya

Baghdad Group  |

* Al-Etisalat
* Al-Kadhimiya
* Al-Khutoot
* Al-Sikak
* Al-Zafaraniyah
* Masafi Al-Wasat

* Al-Etisalat
* Masafi Al-Wasat

Central Euphrates Group  |

* Al Bdeir
* Al-Ghadhriya
* Al-Khidhir
* Al-Kifl
* Al-Meshkhab

* Al-Khidhir

Southern Group  |

* Al-Forat
* Al-Numaniya
* Al-Qurna
* Al-Sukar
* Al-Suwaira
* Al-Zubair

* Al-Sukar
* Al-Suwaira

[a] Baban, Tuz and Al-Dujail withdrew from the league at this stage.

## Final Qualifiers

[edit]

The eight qualified teams have been divided into two groups, and the first two teams from each group will be promoted to Iraqi FirstDivision League.[9][10]

### Group 1

[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion  |  | ETI | JOL | KHI | SUK

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | Al-Etisalat | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 14  | 8  | +6  | 13  | Promotion to the Iraqi First Division League |  |  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 6–2
2  | Al-Jolan | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 15  | 10  | +5  | 10  |  | 2–2  |  | 3–0  | 2–1
3  | Al-Khidhir | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 10  | 14  | −4  | 9  |  |  | 3–2  | 4–2  |  | 2–1
4  | Al-Sukar | 6  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 10  | 17  | −7  | 3  |  | 0–1  | 2–6  | 4–0  |

Source: ISDLiraq
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.

### Group 2

[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion  |  | HAW | MWT | SUF | SUW

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | Al-Hawija | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 10  | 4  | +6  | 13  | Promotion to the Iraqi First Division League |  |  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 2–0
2  | Masafi Al-Wasat | 6  | 2  | 4  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 10  |  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 3–0
3  | Al-Sufiya | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 8  |  |  | 0–1  | 0–0  |  | 1–0
4  | Al-Suwaira | 6  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 1  | 12  | −11  | 1  |  | 0–3[a] | 0–0  | 1–3  |

Source: ISDLiraq
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. ^ The Al-Suwaira–Al-Hawija match was awarded as a 0–3 win to Al-Hawija, as Al-Suwaira did not turn up for the game.

## Final

[edit]

20 June 2022

15:00 GMT

Al-Etisalat| 5 – 0| Al-Hawija

|
|

Hussein Ahmed  37'
Haider Ahmed  70'
Moamal Jawad  79'
Ali Jalal  83'
Ali Faez  89' | Report |

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "المسابقات تعلن مواعيد منهاجها الكروي للموسم المقبل". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
2. ^ "لجنة المسابقات تحدد موعد انطلاق دوري الدرجة الثانية". nasnews.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-10-26.
3. ^ "الاتصالات بطلاً لدوري الدرجة الثانية بكرة القدم بعد انتصاره على فريق الحويجة في المباراة النهائية". ipoa.me (in Arabic). June 21, 2022.
4. ^ "ينطلق في 12 تشرين الثاني.. دوري الدرجة الثانية بمجموعتين تضم 17 فريقا". shafaq.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
5. ^ "انطلاق دوري الدرجة الثانية في بابل". alsabaah.iq (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
6. ^ "إجراء قرعة دوري الدرجة الثانية لكرة واسط". alsabaah.iq (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
7. ^ "القرنة يتوج بطلا لدوري أندية البصرة للدرجة الثانية". almirbad.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
8. ^ "إجراء قرعة دوري الدرجة الثانية لتأهيلي المنطقة الغربية". alarabiya24news.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-01-31.
9. ^ "اجراء قرعة التأهل من دوري الدرجة الثانية إلى الدرجة الأولى لكرة القدم". rasediraqi.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
10. ^ "قطار الدرجة الثانية يصل محطته الأخيرة لحسم التأهل إلى الأولى". azzaman.com (in Arabic). April 24, 2022.

## External links

[edit]

* Iraq Football Association

* v
* t
* e

Iraqi First Division League

Seasons|

* 1974–75
* 1975–76
* 1976–77
* 1977–78
* 1978–79
* 1979–80
* 1980–81
* 1981–82
* 1982–83
* 1983–84
* 1984–85
* 1985–86
* 1986–87
* 1987–88
* 1988–89
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

2023–24 clubs|

* Al-Alam
* Al-Amwaj Al-Mosuli
* Al Bdeir
* Al-Furat
* Al-Hawija
* Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi
* Al-Jawhara
* Al-Kadhimiya
* Al-Khalis
* Al-Khidhir
* Al-Khutoot Al-Jawiya
* Al-Kifl
* Al-Kut
* Al-Mosul
* Al-Numaniya
* Al-Qurna
* Al-Sadeq
* Al-Samawa
* Al-Sufiya
* Al-Sulaikh
* Al-Suwaira
* Al-Taji
* Ararat
* Baladiyat Al-Mosul
* Jadidat Al-Shatt
* Naft Al-Shamal

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template