2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League

Football league season

Iraqi Premier Division LeagueSeason| 2023–24

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Dates| 1 December 2023 – June 2024

← 2022–23
(Iraqi First Division League)

The 2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League is the 50th season of the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of the Iraqi football league system since its establishment in 1974, and the first under its new name.

22 teams are split into two groups in the first round, where the top four teams in each group qualify for the second round, and the bottom two teams in each group are directly relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.

In the second round, the eight teams are split into two groups, with each team playing the other teams in their group home and away. The two group winners qualify for the final and gain promotion to the Iraq Stars League, while the two group runners-up compete in a third place match, with the winner entering a promotion play-off.[1]

## Team changes[edit]

The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season:

### To Iraqi Premier Division League[edit]

Promoted from Iraqi First Division League

* Al-Fahad
* Al-Gharraf
* Al-Karma
* Ghaz Al-Shamal

Relegated from the Iraq Stars League

* Al-Diwaniya
* Al-Sinaa

### From Iraqi Premier Division League[edit]

Promoted to the Iraq Stars League

* Al-Minaa
* Amanat Baghdad

Relegated to Iraqi First Division League

* Al-Hawija
* Al-Jinsiya
* Al-Samawa
* Al-Sulaikh

Withdrawn teams

* Al-Difaa Al-Madani
* Al-Muroor

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## Teams[edit]

A total of 22 teams are contesting the league, including 16 sides from the 2022–23 season[2] and the 2 relegated sides from the Iraq Stars League and the 4 promoted sides from the Iraqi First Division League, because of the recent changes necessary to adjustment to having 22 teams possible this season. Indeed, Al-Sinaa and Al-Diwaniya were relegated from the Stars League (known as the Premier League in the previous season),[3][4][5] and the four teams Al-Karma, Ghaz Al-Shamal, Al-Gharraf and Al-Fahad were promoted from the First Division League (known as the Second Division League in the previous season).[6][7] Al-Difaa Al-Madani and Al-Muroor were also considered to have withdrawn from the league after the Ministry of Interior officially dissolved them.[8]

The teams were divided into two groups, and the draw was held on November 19, 2023,[9] and it was decided that the championship will start on December 1, 2023.[10]

### 2023–24 season[edit]

Baghdad

Al-Anbar

Al-Shirqat

Ghaz Al-Shamal

Peshmerga Sulaymaniya

Diyala

Al-Kufa

Afak

Al-Diwaniya

Maysan

Al-Nasiriya

Al-Gharraf

Al-Bahri

Masafi Al-Junoob

Samarra

Baghdad teams
Al-Etisalat
Al-Hussein
Al-Sinaa
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
Masafi Al-Wasat

Al-Anbar teams
Al-Fahad
Al-Jolan
Al-Karma
Al-Ramadi

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Locations of the 2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League teams

Team  | Manager  | Location  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Afak |  Adel Acher  | Al-Qādisiyyah (Afak) | Al-Kifl Stadium | 8,000
Al-Bahri |  Qusay Hashim | Basra (Al-Jubaila) | Al-Bahri Stadium | 7,000
Al-Diwaniya |  Haider Abu Ajjah  | Al-Qādisiyyah (Al-Diwaniyah) | Al-Kut Olympic Stadium | 20,000
Al-Etisalat |  Rashid Sultan  | Baghdad (Al-Mansour) | Al-Taji Stadium  | 5,000
Al-Fahad |  Anmar Salam  | Al-Anbar (Al-Khalidiya) | Al-Ramadi Stadium | 15,000
Al-Gharraf |  Moayad Tauma  | Dhi Qar (Al-Gharraf) | Al-Shatra Stadium | 7,500
Al-Hussein |  Haider Abdul-Zahra  | Baghdad (Sadr City) | Five Thousand Stadium | 5,000
Al-Jolan |  Jumaa Jedaya  | Al-Anbar (Al-Fallujah) | Al-Fallujah Stadium | 7,000
Al-Karma |  Haidar Mahmoud | Al-Anbar (Al-Karmah) | Al-Fallujah Stadium | 7,000
Al-Kufa |  Maitham Jaber  | Najaf | Najaf Stadium | 30,000
Al-Nasiriya |  Haider Obeid | Dhi Qar (Nasiriyah) | An Nasiriya Stadium | 10,000
Al-Ramadi |  Mahmoud Majeed  | Al-Anbar (Al-Ramadi) | Al Ramadi Stadium | 15,000
Al-Sinaa |  Safwan Abdul-Ghani | Baghdad (Al-Habibiya) | Al-Sinaa Stadium | 10,000
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya |  Khalid Mohammed Sabbar | Baghdad (Al-Wazireya) | Al-Sinaa Stadium | 5,000
Al-Shirqat |  Farhan Hamad  | Saladin (Al-Shirqat) | Al-Shirqat Stadium  | 5,000
Diyala |  Sadeq Hanoon  | Diyala | Diyala Stadium  | 350,000
Ghaz Al-Shamal |  Mustafa Karim | Kirkuk | Ghaz Al-Shamal Stadium  | 5,000
Masafi Al-Junoob |  Uday Ismail  | Basra (Shaibah) | Masafi Al-Junoob Stadium  | 5,000
Masafi Al-Wasat |  Ali Wahab  | Baghdad (Al-Dura) | Al-Masafi Stadium | 5,000
Maysan |  Mizher Rahim  | Maysan | Maysan Stadium | 25,000
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya |  Ammar Hussein  | Sulaymaniyah | Peshmerga Stadium  | 10,000
Samarra |  Ayoub Younes  | Saladin (Samarra) | Samarra Stadium | 10,000

## First round[edit]

### Group 1[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Al-Nasiriya | 11  | 7  | 3  | 1  | 15  | 6  | +9  | 24  | Qualification for the Second Round
2  | Peshmerga Sulaymaniya | 12  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 19  | 9  | +10  | 22
3  | Al-Karma | 12  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 18  | 12  | +6  | 21
4  | Masafi Al-Junoob | 12  | 3  | 9  | 0  | 11  | 7  | +4  | 18
5  | Maysan | 12  | 4  | 5  | 3  | 12  | 11  | +1  | 17  |
6  | Al-Etisalat | 12  | 4  | 5  | 3  | 13  | 14  | −1  | 17
7  | Al-Fahad | 12  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 10  | 14  | −4  | 13
8  | Al-Hussein | 11  | 2  | 5  | 4  | 7  | 14  | −7  | 11
9  | Afak | 12  | 3  | 2  | 7  | 14  | 17  | −3  | 11
10  | Samarra | 12  | 2  | 4  | 6  | 9  | 15  | −6  | 10  | Relegation to Iraqi First Division League
11  | Al-Shirqat | 12  | 2  | 2  | 8  | 11  | 20  | −9  | 8

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2024. Source: IFA official website
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.

#### Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | AFK | ETI | FAH | HUS | KAR | NAS | SRQ | MSJ | MAY | PES | SAM

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Afak | -- | 3–0  |  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–2  |  | 1–2  |
Al-Etisalat |  | -- | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–2  |  |  | 1–1  | 0–0  |  | 1–0
Al-Fahad | 3–1  |  | -- |  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  |  | 1–0  |
Al-Hussein | 1–0  |  | 1–1  | -- | 2–1  |  |  |  | 0–0  |  | 1–1
Al-Karma | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  |  | -- |  |  | 2–2  | 0–1  |  | 2–1
Al-Nasiriya |  | 2–0  |  | 1–0  | 1–2  | -- |  |  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–1
Al-Shirqat |  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 5–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | -- |  |  | 0–0  |
Masafi Al-Junoob | 2–1  | 1–1  |  | 0–0  |  | 0–0  | 2–1  | -- |  |  |
Maysan | 3–2  |  | 2–0  |  |  |  | 1–0  | 0–0  | -- | 0–2  | 1–2
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya |  | 2–1  |  | 2–0  | 2–2  |  | 4–0  |  | 3–3  | -- | 2–0
Samarra | 0–2  |  | 1–1  |  |  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  |  | --

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2024. Source: IFA official website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Group 2[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Diyala | 12  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 11  | 4  | +7  | 24  | Qualification for the Second Round
2  | Al-Sinaa | 12  | 4  | 8  | 0  | 9  | 4  | +5  | 20
3  | Al-Ramadi | 12  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 14  | 12  | +2  | 19
4  | Al-Bahri | 12  | 5  | 3  | 4  | 13  | 8  | +5  | 18
5  | Al-Jolan | 11  | 6  | 0  | 5  | 9  | 7  | +2  | 18  |
6  | Ghaz Al-Shamal | 11  | 3  | 7  | 1  | 13  | 9  | +4  | 16
7  | Masafi Al-Wasat | 12  | 4  | 3  | 5  | 13  | 14  | −1  | 15
8  | Al-Gharraf | 12  | 3  | 5  | 4  | 12  | 12  | 0  | 14
9  | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | 12  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 10  | 10  | 0  | 13
10  | Al-Kufa | 12  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 10  | 19  | −9  | 9  | Relegation to Iraqi First Division League
11  | Al-Diwaniya | 12  | 1  | 3  | 8  | 5  | 20  | −15  | 6

Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2024. Source: IFA official website
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.

#### Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | BAH | DIW | GRF | JOL | KUF | RAM | SIN | SNK | DIY | GZS | MSW

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Al-Bahri | -- |  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 0–0  | 0–1  |  |  | 4–1  |
Al-Diwaniya | 1–0  | -- | 0–2  |  | 1–2  | 1–1  |  | 0–2  | 1–1  |  |
Al-Gharraf |  |  | -- | 0–2  |  | 4–2  | 0–0  |  | 0–0  | 3–3  | 1–0
Al-Jolan |  | 1–0  |  | -- |  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  |  | 0–1  | 2–0
Al-Kufa | 0–2  |  | 1–1  | 0–1  | -- | 1–0  | 0–1  |  |  | 0–0  |
Al-Ramadi |  | 4–1  | 2–1  |  |  | -- | 0–0  | 2–0  |  | 0–4  | 2–0
Al-Sinaa |  | 2–0  |  |  | 1–1  |  | -- | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 4–0  |  |  | -- | 0–1  |  |
Diyala | 0–0  |  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 3–2  | 0–0  |  |  | -- |  | 2–0
Ghaz Al-Shamal | 0–0  | 2–0  |  |  |  |  |  | 1–1  | 0–0  | -- | 1–1
Masafi Al-Wasat | 1–0  | 3–0  |  |  | 2–1  |  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 0–1  |  | --

Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2024. Source: IFA official website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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## External links[edit]

* Iraq Football Association
* Iraqi Premier Division League 2023/2024

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