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| winners = [[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]]<br />(1st title)
| relegated = Al-Maliki<br />[[Al-Shorta SC|Montakhab Al-Shorta]]<br />Kuliya Al-Huqooq
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The '''1948–49 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division''' was the first season of the [[Iraq Central FA League]] (the top division of football in [[Baghdad]] and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973). The competition started on 5 November 1948,<ref>{{cite web|title=Football leagues set up in Iraq's main centres|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481016-01.1.8|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=16 October 1948}}</ref><ref name="start">{{cite web|title=Baghdad Football League is off to enthusiastic start|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481111-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=11 November 1948}}</ref> after the fixture list had been drawn up at a meeting between club representatives held at the Al-Maliki club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baghdad Football League games start on Friday|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481102-01.1.5|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=2 November 1948}}</ref>
The '''1948–49 Iraq Central FA First Division''' was the 1st season of the [[Iraq Central FA League]] (the top division of football in central [[Iraq]], including the capital city of [[Baghdad]], from 1948 to 1974). The competition started on 5 November 1948, and [[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]] won the title,<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iraqhist.html Iraq 1962/63-1972/73]</ref><ref>[http://forum.kooora.com/?t=3490664 History of Iraqi Domestic Football]</ref><ref>[http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=12870579 History of the League of the Institutes]</ref><ref>[https://ahdaaf.me/2015/07/21/people-must-know-their-history-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-iraqi-elites-football-teams/ PEOPLE MUST KNOW THEIR HISTORY: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE IRAQI ELITE’S FOOTBALL TEAMS]</ref> becoming the first ever champions of central Iraq. But they were not able to win the one-off national championship held that year as [[Sharikat Naft Al-Basra]] won the [[1949 Iraq FA Championship]].<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iraq49.html Iraq 1948/49]</ref>

The [[Iraq Football Association|Iraq Central Football Association]] (IFA) intended to hold the league in a double round-robin format but this was changed to a single round-robin after several games had to be postponed due to rainy weather.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baghdad Football League|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481231-01.1.5|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=31 December 1948}}</ref> The IFA also set a rule that players who had already played for one club in a league game could not play for another team without prior permission from the League Committee, however [[Al-Shorta SC|Montakhab Al-Shorta]] and Wizarat Al-Maarif were found to have broken this rule.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baghdad Football League is going "on the air"|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481202-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=2 December 1948}}</ref>

The title-deciding match between [[Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya]] and [[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]] was played on 16 April 1949 at 16:00 [[UTC+03:00]] at Al-Kashafa Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|title=League deciding match on Saturday|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19490414-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=14 April 1949}}</ref> Al-Haris Al-Maliki needed to win outright in order to overtake their opponents and win the title, but the game ended 3–3 and therefore Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya were crowned inaugural league champions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Military College win Iraq Times Cup|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19490421-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=21 April 1949}}</ref>

==Overview==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!'''Team'''<ref>{{cite web|title="Incidents" prompt League Committee inquiry|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481211-01.1.8|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=11 December 1948}}</ref>||'''Result'''
|-
|style="text-align: left"|[[Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya]]||bgcolor=gold|Champions
|-
|style="text-align: left"|[[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]]||bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Al-Ahli
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Wizarat Al-Maarif
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Casuals
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Ittihad Al-Karkh
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Al-Maliki||bgcolor=FFBBBB rowspan=3|Relegated
|-
|style="text-align: left"|[[Al-Shorta SC|Montakhab Al-Shorta]]
|-
|style="text-align: left"|Kuliya Al-Huqooq (withdrew)
|}
<small>'''Note:''' [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya|Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya]] did not participate in the tournament owing to unforeseen circumstances.<ref name="start"/></small>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 00:20, 3 December 2020

Not to be confused with 1949 Iraq FA Championship.
Iraq Central FA League
Season1948–49
ChampionsAl-Haris Al-Maliki
(1st title)

The 1948–49 Iraq Central FA First Division was the 1st season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in central Iraq, including the capital city of Baghdad, from 1948 to 1974). The competition started on 5 November 1948, and Al-Haris Al-Maliki won the title,[1][2][3][4] becoming the first ever champions of central Iraq. But they were not able to win the one-off national championship held that year as Sharikat Naft Al-Basra won the 1949 Iraq FA Championship.[5]

References

  1. ^ Iraq 1962/63-1972/73
  2. ^ History of Iraqi Domestic Football
  3. ^ History of the League of the Institutes
  4. ^ PEOPLE MUST KNOW THEIR HISTORY: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE IRAQI ELITE’S FOOTBALL TEAMS
  5. ^ Iraq 1948/49
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