2021–22 Iraq Division One

The 2021–22 Iraq Division One will be the 47th season of the Iraq Division One, the second 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 has been reduced from 28 teams to 24. The top two teams are directly promoted to the Iraq Premier League, while the bottom 4 teams are directly relegated to the Iraq Division Two. The season is scheduled to start on 12 October 2021, while the summer transfer window began on August 1 and will end on midnight on September 19.[1]

Iraq Division One
Season2021–22
Dates12 October 2021 –
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 1 August 2021.

Overview

Changes

In November 2020, The Iraq FA announced that the number of teams will decrease from 28 to 24 in total starting from 2021-2022 season. To make these changes possible, the Iraq FA announced that in 2020–21 season, The top teams in each group are directly promoted to the Premier League, while 8 teams in total are directly regelated to Division Two.[2]

Teams

A total of 24 teams are contesting the league, including 21 sides from the 2020-2021 season and the 3 relegated sides from the Iraqi Premier League. There are no promoted teams participating in this season because of the recent changes necessary to adjustment to having 24 teams possible this season.

2021–22 season
Locations of the 2021–22 Iraq Division One teams
Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity
Afak Haider Hussein Al-Qādisiyyah, Diwaniya Al-Kifl Stadium 10,000
Al-Alam Ali Jawad Saladin Al-Alam Stadium 10,000
Al-Bahri Asaad Abdul Razzaq Basra, Al-Jubaila Al-Bahri Stadium 10,000
Al-Difaa Al-Madani Mahdi Kadhim Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Hussein Kadhim Yousef Baghdad, Sadr City Al-Hussein Stadium 5,000
Al-Jinsiya Karim Qumbil Baghdad Al-Jinsiya Stadium 5,000
Al-Kufa Adel Ali Al-Aasam Najaf, Kufa Najaf Stadium 30,000
Al-Muroor Adel Ajer Baghdad, Sadr City Al-Walaa Stadium 5,000
Al-Nasiriya Ali Wahaib Dhi Qar, Nasiriya An Nasiriya Stadium 10,000
Al-Ramadi Khamis Hammoud Anbar, Ramadi Al Ramadi Stadium 15,000
Al-Shirqat Mohammed Attiya Saladin, Shirqat Shirqat Stadium 5,000
Al-Sulaikh Rashid Sultan Baghdad, Suleikh Al Sulaikh Stadium 5,000
Babylon Fouad Jawad Babylon Al Kifl Stadium 10,000
Diyala Ali Abdullah Diyala, Baquba Ba'quba Stadium 10,000
Duhok Adel Nasser Duhok Duhok Stadium 20,000
Ghaz Al-Shamal Walid Mohammed Qader Kirkuk Kirkuk Olympic Stadium 20,000
Karbalaa Ali Wahab Karbala Karbala Sports City 30,000
Masafi Al-Janoob Nasser Talla Dahilan Basra, Shaibah Masafi Al-Janoob Stadium 5,000
Maysan Ahmed Zuhair Maysan Maysan Stadium 25,000
Peshmerga Arsalan Jalal Sulaymaniyah Peshmerga Stadium 10,000
Suq Al-Shuyukh Moayad Tomeh Dhi Qar, Suq Al-Shuyukh Souk Al-Shuyukh Stadium 5,000
Al-Hudood SC Abbas Attiya Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Adel Nima Baghdad Al-Sinaat Stadium 5,000
Al-Samawa FC Aqeel Ghani Al-Samawa Al-Samawah Stadium 15,000

League table

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Duhok 9 6 2 1 14 5 +9 20 Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League
2 Al-Hudood 9 5 4 0 17 8 +9 19
3 Al-Sulaikh 9 4 3 2 14 9 +5 15
4 Al-Kufa 9 4 3 2 9 5 +4 15
5 Masafi Al-Janoob 9 4 2 3 15 10 +5 14
6 Maysan 9 3 3 3 13 11 +2 12
7 Al-Difaa Al-Madani 9 3 3 3 9 13 −4 12
8 Al-Ramadi 9 2 5 2 13 9 +4 11
9 Al-Muroor 9 2 3 4 9 13 −4 9 Relegation to Iraq Division Two
10 Afak 9 2 3 4 8 13 −5 9
11 Suq Al-Shuyukh 9 1 4 4 5 12 −7 7
12 Al-Alam 9 0 1 8 5 23 −18 1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2021. Source: IFA official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Results
Home \ Away AFK ALM DFM HUD KUF MUR RAM SUL DUH MSJ MAY SUQ
Afak — 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Al-Alam — 0–1 0–2 1–5 1–2
Al-Difaa Al-Madani — 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–2
Al-Hudood — 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1
Al-Kufa — 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2
Al-Muroor 1–2 — 3–5 2–1 1–1
Al-Ramadi 1–1 — 1–1 0–0
Al-Sulaikh 4–0 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 2–0
Duhok 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–0
Masafi Al-Janoob 5–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 — 1–0
Maysan 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 —
Suq Al-Shuyukh 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2021. Source: IFA official website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Karbalaa 9 6 3 0 15 6 +9 21 Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League
2 Peshmerga 9 6 2 1 17 5 +12 20
3 Al-Nasiriya 9 4 4 1 9 6 +3 16
4 Al-Bahri 9 3 5 1 12 9 +3 14
5 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 9 3 4 2 7 5 +2 13
6 Diyala 9 3 3 3 11 10 +1 12
7 Al-Jinsiya 9 1 5 3 11 13 −2 8
8 Al-Samawa 8 1 5 2 11 13 −2 8
9 Babil 9 2 1 6 4 12 −8 7 Relegation to Iraq Division Two
10 Al-Shirqat 8 1 3 4 9 13 −4 6
11 Al-Hussein 9 1 3 5 8 14 −6 6
12 Ghaz Al-Shamal 9 0 6 3 7 13 −6 6
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2021. Source: IFA official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away BAH JIN HUS NAS SMA SNK SRQ BAB DIY GSH KRB PES
Al-Bahri — 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0
Al-Jinsiya — 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3
Al-Hussein 0–1 — 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–2
Al-Nasiriya 1–1 1–0 — 2–1
Al-Samawa 3–2 1–2 — 0–0 0–0 2–2
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 1–2 0–0 — 2–0 1–1
Al-Shirqat 0–0 — 3–3
Babil 0–2 0–1 1–0 — 0–1 0–1
Diyala 2–1 0–1 3–1 — 3–1 1–2
Ghaz Al-Shamal 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 — 0–3
Karbalaa 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 — 0–0
Peshmerga 2–2 3–0 4–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2021. Source: IFA official website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Peshmerga – Al-Shirqat match Peshmerga was awarded a 3–0 win, as Peshmerga did not turn up for the game.

Season statistics
As of 7 November 2021

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Murtaja Adel Duhok 3

References
  1. "المسابقات تعلن مواعيد منهاجها الكروي للموسم المقبل". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. "اعتماد تصنيف وآلية وموعد انطلاق دوري الدرجة الأولى". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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