Iraq Central FA Premier League

Iraq Central FA First Division

Founded	1948
Folded	1973
Country	Iraq
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Iraq Central FA Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	Iraq FA Cup Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup
International cup(s)	Asian Champion Club Tournament
Last champions	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (4th title)
Most championships	Al-Haris Al-Maliki (7 titles)

The Iraq Central FA League, previously named the Iraq FA Baghdad League (Template:Lang-ar) and also known as the League of the Institutes (Template:Lang-ar) due to containing a number of teams representing different Iraqi institutes, was the top-level division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973.

It was controlled by the Iraq Central Football Association and was played under a variety of different formats including a double-elimination format, a round-robin format and a double round-robin format. It was one of four regional league championships played in Iraq at the time, with the others being in Basra, Kirkuk and Mosul. The last champions of the competition were Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who won the title in the 1972–73 season.

The regional leagues folded in 1973 and were replaced by the Iraqi National First Division.

List of champions

Al-Athori players with the trophy in the 1959–60 season.

No. Season Champion 1 1948–49 Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya 2 1949–50 Al-Haris Al-Maliki 3 1950–51 Al-Haris Al-Maliki 4 1951–52 Al-Haris Al-Maliki 5 1952–53 Al-Haris Al-Maliki 6 1953–54 Al-Haris Al-Maliki 7 1954–55 Al-Haris Al-Maliki 8 1955–56 Al-Haris Al-Maliki 9 1956–57 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 10 1957–58 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya 11 1958–59 Amanat Al-Asima 12 1959–60 Al-Athori 13 1960–61 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab

No. Season Champion 14 1961–62 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 15 1962–63 Montakhab Al-Shorta 16 1963–64 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 17 1964–65 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 18 1965–66 Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha 19 1966–67 N/A (season cancelled due to war) 20 1967–68 Aliyat Al-Shorta 21 1968–69 Aliyat Al-Shorta 22 1969–70 Aliyat Al-Shorta 23 1970–71 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 24 1971–72 Aliyat Al-Shorta 25 1972–73 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Most successful teams

#	Club	Titles	Winning seasons
1	Al-Haris Al-Maliki	7	1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56
2	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab	4	1956–57, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1970–71
	Aliyat Al-Shorta		1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		1957–58, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1972–73
5	Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya	1	1948–49
	Amanat Al-Asima		1958–59
	Al-Athori		1959–60
	Montakhab Al-Shorta		1962–63
	Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha		1965–66

Winning managers

Mohammed Najeeb Kaban receives the trophy in the 1969–70 season.

Season	Nationality	Winning manager	Team
1948–49	Iraq	Hamid Qadir Al-Samarrai	Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya
1949–50	Iraq	Nadhim Al-Tabaqchali	Al-Haris Al-Maliki
1950–51	Iraq	Nadhim Al-Tabaqchali	Al-Haris Al-Maliki
1951–52	Iraq	Nadhim Al-Tabaqchali	Al-Haris Al-Maliki
1952–53	Iraq	Nadhim Al-Tabaqchali	Al-Haris Al-Maliki
1953–54	Iraq	Ahmed Abdul-Razzaq	Al-Haris Al-Maliki
1954–55	Palestine	Dennis Nasrawi	Al-Haris Al-Maliki
1955–56	Palestine	Dennis Nasrawi	Al-Haris Al-Maliki
1956–57	Iraq	Ismail Mohammed	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab
1957–58	Iraq	Aziz Jassim Al-Hajia	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya
1958–59	Iraq	Nassir Yousef	Amanat Al-Asima
1959–60	Iraq	Ammo Baba	Al-Athori
1960–61	Iraq	Salman Jassim	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab
1961–62	Iraq	Salih Faraj	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1962–63	Iraq	Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi	Montakhab Al-Shorta
1963–64	Iraq	Shawqi Aboud	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1964–65	Iraq	Ismail Mohammed	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab
1965–66	Iraq	Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan	Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha
1967–68	Iraq	Mohammed Najeeb Kaban	Aliyat Al-Shorta
1968–69	Iraq	Mohammed Najeeb Kaban	Aliyat Al-Shorta
1969–70	Iraq	Mohammed Najeeb Kaban	Aliyat Al-Shorta
1970–71	Iraq	Mohammed Thamir	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab
1971–72	Iraq	Mohammed Najeeb Kaban	Aliyat Al-Shorta
1972–73	Iraq	Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

See also

• Iraq FA Basra League
• Iraq FA Kirkuk League
• Iraqi National First Division
• Iraqi Premier League
• Iraqi Women's Football League

External links

• Iraqi Football Website