Iraq Central FA Premier League

Iraq Central FA Premier League
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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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 League.^[3]

List of champions

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^[a]
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

^ Renamed to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in 1958.

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

Season	Nationality	Winning manager^[4]	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