1969–70 Iraq Central FA Premier League

Iraq Central FA Premier League

Season	1969–70
Champions	Aliyat Al-Shorta (3rd title)
Relegated	Al-Bareed wal-Barq Al-Firqa Al-Khamisa Al-Omma Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya
Asian Champion Club Tournament	Aliyat Al-Shorta
Top goalscorer	Kadhim Abboud (8 goals)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Iraq Central FA Premier League was the 22nd season of the Iraq Central FA Premier League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973). Eleven teams competed in the tournament, which was played in a single round-robin format rather than a double round-robin format, so each team only played each other once, and Aliyat Al-Shorta won the league title for the third time.

At an Iraqi Olympic Committee meeting on 4 February 1971, it was decided that champions Aliyat Al-Shorta would be Iraq's representative at the 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament, thus becoming the first Iraqi team to participate in a major continental club competition.[1] Al-Bareed wal-Barq's Kadhim Abboud was top scorer with eight goals.[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aliyat Al-Shorta (C)	10	6	4	0	21	6	3.500	16	1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament
2	Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha	10	5	4	1	14	10	1.400	14
3	Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed	10	5	3	2	16	12	1.333	13
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	10	5	1	4	10	11	0.909	11
5	Al-Quwa Al-Siyara	10	4	2	4	16	13	1.231	10
6	Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab	10	3	4	3	10	9	1.111	10
7	Kahrabaa Al-Wusta	10	3	4	3	?	?	—	10
8	Al-Bareed wal-Barq	10	2	5	3	?	?	—	9	Relegated to Iraq Central FA First Division
9	Al-Firqa Al-Khamisa	10	2	3	5	?	?	—	7
10	Al-Omma	10	2	2	6	?	?	—	6
11	Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya	10	0	4	6	6	20	0.300	4

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	FKH	FTH	ASH	KAH	KUL	OMM	QWJ	QWS	SIK	MAS
Al-Bareed wal-Barq		4–1		2–2	–[a]		4–1		2–2
Al-Firqa Al-Khamisa			1–1			2–0		1–2		0–1	2–1
Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha	1–0			0–3	2–0		2–2		1–0
Aliyat Al-Shorta		2–0			2–0		3–1		2–1		0–0
Kahrabaa Al-Wusta		2–2				3–1		3–1		1–1	1–2
Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya	1–1		0–0	1–6			0–1		0–3
Al-Omma		–[a]			1–2			1–0		2–3	1–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0		1–3	0–0		2–1			0–1
Al-Quwa Al-Siyara		4–3			1–1		3–0			1–2	0–2
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed	3–1		1–2	1–1		2–2		1–2
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab	1–1		2–2			0–0		0–1		0–1

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match ended in a draw.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Kadhim Abboud	8	Al-Bareed wal-Barq
2	Hazem Jassam	3	Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
	Aram Aram		Kahrabaa Al-Wusta
	Bashar Rashid		Aliyat Al-Shorta
	Adel Ibrahim		Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab
	Munaim Hussein		Aliyat Al-Shorta
	Shaker Ismail		Aliyat Al-Shorta

References

1. Mubarak, Hassanin (24 October 2019). "Aliyat Al-Shurta: Iraq's once great Football Club". The Asian Game.
2. Al-Sabti, Ali. Iraqi League History 1956-1974. Iraq.

External links

• Iraqi Football Website^[usurped]