2021–22 Iraq Division One

The 2021–22 Iraq Division One will be the 48th 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 Iraqi Premier League, while the bottom 4 teams in each group 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 ended on midnight on September 19.[1]

Iraq Division One
Season2021–22
Dates12 October 2021 – 19 April 2022
ChampionsAl-Hudood
PromotedAl-Hudood
Karbalaa
RelegatedMasafi Al-Junoob
Al-Hussein
Al-Muroor
Al-Shirqat
Ghaz Al-Shamal
Suq Al-Shuyukh
Babil
Al-Alam
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 19 April 2022.

Al-Hudood won the title by beating Karbalaa 1–0 in the final at Al-Shaab Stadium, with both teams securing promotion.

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 relegated 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 7,000
Al-Difaa Al-Madani Mahdi Kadhim Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Hussein Kadhim Yousef Baghdad, Sadr City Five Thousand 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-Junoob Nasser Talla Dahilan Basra, Shaibah Masafi Al-Junoob Stadium 5,000
Maysan Ahmed Zuhair Maysan Maysan Stadium 25,000
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya 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 Abbas Attiya Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Adel Nima Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium 5,000
Al-Samawa 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 Al-Hudood (P) 21 11 8 2 32 12 +20 41 Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League
2 Duhok 21 9 7 5 25 19 +6 34
3 Al-Kufa 21 9 6 6 28 23 +5 33[lower-alpha 1]
4 Al-Ramadi 21 7 12 2 30 20 +10 33[lower-alpha 1]
5 Afak 21 9 4 8 33 26 +7 31
6 Maysan 21 8 6 7 32 26 +6 30
7 Al-Difaa Al-Madani 21 8 5 8 23 28 −5 29
8 Al-Sulaikh 21 6 10 5 26 23 +3 28[lower-alpha 2]
9 Masafi Al-Junoob (R) 21 8 4 9 33 28 +5 28[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Iraq Division Two
10 Al-Muroor (R) 21 7 5 9 22 28 −6 26
11 Suq Al-Shuyukh (R) 21 1 8 12 16 44 −28 11
12 Al-Alam[lower-alpha 3] (R) 11 0 1 10 5 28 −23 1
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2022. Source: IFA official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Al-Kufa finished ahead of Al-Ramadi on head-to-head points: Al-Kufa 1–0 Al-Ramadi, Al-Ramadi 1–1 Al-Kufa.
  2. Al-Sulaikh finished ahead of Masafi Al-Junoob on head-to-head points: Al-Sulaikh 2–1 Masafi Al-Junoob, Masafi Al-Junoob 1–2 Al-Sulaikh.
  3. Al-Alam withdrew from the league after 16 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.

Results
Home \ Away AFK ALM DFM HUD KUF MUR RAM SUL DUH MSJ MAY SUQ
Afak — — 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 7–2
Al-Alam[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 — 0–1 — 0–2 –[lower-alpha 2] 1–5 — 1–2 — –[lower-alpha 2] –[lower-alpha 2]
Al-Difaa Al-Madani 1–4 –[lower-alpha 2] — 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1
Al-Hudood 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 3] 0–1 — 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0
Al-Kufa 1–0 –[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 0–3 — 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1
Al-Muroor 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 — 3–5 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Al-Ramadi 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0
Al-Sulaikh 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0
Duhok 2–0 — 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 3–1
Masafi Al-Junoob 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–3 4–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 — 0–0 1–0
Maysan 4–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 — 3–0
Suq Al-Shuyukh 1–1 2–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2022. Source: IFA official website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Al-Alam withdrew from the league after 16 matches, with their results from the second round-robin being annulled.
  2. Al-Alam's results home to Maysan (1–1 draw), away to Al-Difaa Al-Madani (3–1 loss), home to Suq Al-Shuyukh (1–0 win), away to Al-Kufa (1–0 win) and home to Al-Muroor (3–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
  3. The Al-Hudood – Al-Alam match was awarded a 3–0 win for Al-Hudood, as Al-Alam did not turn up for the game.

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Karbalaa (P) 22 13 8 1 33 13 +20 47 Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League
2 Al-Nasiriya 22 12 7 3 28 16 +12 43[lower-alpha 1]
3 Peshmerga Sulaymaniya 22 12 7 3 36 13 +23 43[lower-alpha 1]
4 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 22 7 10 5 24 17 +7 31[lower-alpha 2]
5 Diyala 22 8 7 7 24 27 −3 31[lower-alpha 2]
6 Al-Bahri 22 6 11 5 24 24 0 29
7 Al-Samawa 22 6 9 7 18 23 −5 27
8 Al-Jinsiya 22 5 9 8 27 29 −2 24
9 Al-Hussein (R) 22 5 7 10 21 24 −3 22 Relegation to Iraq Division Two
10 Al-Shirqat (R) 22 4 9 9 23 30 −7 21
11 Ghaz Al-Shamal (R) 22 2 13 7 13 26 −13 19
12 Babil (R) 22 3 1 18 9 38 −29 10
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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Al-Nasiriya finished ahead of Peshmerga Sulaymaniya on head-to-head points: Al-Nasiriya 2–1 Peshmerga Sulaymaniya, Peshmerga Sulaymaniya 1–1 Al-Nasiriya.
  2. Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya finished ahead of Diyala on head-to-head points: Diyala 0–1 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya, Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 1–1 Diyala.

Results
Home \ Away BAH JIN HUS NAS SMA SNK SRQ BAB DIY GSH KRB PES
Al-Bahri — 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Al-Jinsiya 2–2 — 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–1
Al-Hussein 0–1 1–2 — 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1
Al-Nasiriya 2–1 1–1 1–0 — 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1
Al-Samawa 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 — 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 — 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2
Al-Shirqat 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 — 2–1 3–4 3–3 0–0 0–0
Babil 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 — 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1
Diyala 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 — 3–1 0–0 1–2
Ghaz Al-Shamal 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 0–3 2–2
Karbalaa 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 — 0–0
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 3] 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2022. Source: IFA official website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Jinsiya – Babil match was awarded a 3–0 win for Al-Jinsiya, as Babil did not turn up for the game.
  2. The Al-Hussein – Babil match was awarded a 3–0 win for Al-Hussein, as Babil did not turn up for the game.
  3. The Peshmerga Sulaymaniya – Al-Shirqat match was awarded a 3–0 win for Peshmerga Sulaymaniya, as Al-Shirqat did not turn up for the game.

Final
Al-Hudood1–0Karbalaa
Yassin 13'

References
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  2. "اعتماد تصنيف وآلية وموعد انطلاق دوري الدرجة الأولى". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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