# 1948–49 Iraq FA Kirkuk League

The 1948–49 Iraq FA Kirkuk League was the first season of the Iraq FA Kirkuk Premier League (the top division of football in Kirkuk from 1948 to 1973) organised by the Kirkuk branch of the Iraq Football Association. It started in November 1948 and finished in March 1949.
In the last round of the competition, Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad defeated Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya to effectively seal the title, since it meant Al-Athoreen needed to defeat Armenian Relief Corps by an unrealistic scoreline to overtake them on goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). Al-Athoreen drew their game meaning that Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad were crowned inaugural Iraq FA Kirkuk League champions.

## League table

The last two results of the season (Al-Nahl IPC v. Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya and Ittihad Kirkuk v. Al-Madaris) are not available.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 6.833 | 18 | League Champions |
| 2 | Al-Athoreen | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 14 | 3.571 | 17 | |
| 3 | Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 1.600 | 14 | |
| 4 | Armenian Relief Corps | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 2.250 | 11 | |
| 5 | Al-Nahl IPC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 30 | 1.033 | 10 | |
| 6 | Al-Dababir IPC | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 1.000 | 10 | |
| 7 | Al-Madaris | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.706 | 8 | |
| 8 | Al-Qamar Al-Ahmar | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 0.613 | 8 | |
| 9 | Armenian Shant | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0.550 | 6 | Relegated to Iraq FA Kirkuk Second Division |
| 10 | Al-Anakib | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 0.276 | 4 | Relegated to Iraq FA Kirkuk Second Division |
| 11 | Ittihad Kirkuk | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 0.169 | 0 | Relegated to Iraq FA Kirkuk Second Division |
| 12 | Nusoor Al-Athori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 13 | Wimpey's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
* ↑ Nusoor Al-Athori withdrew after 10 games (3 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses, 14 goals scored, 31 goals conceded, 7 points) and their results were annulled after they failed to turn up for a game against Al-Madaris.
* ↑ Wimpey's withdrew after 7 games (0 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses, 2 goals scored, 68 goals conceded, 0 points) and their results were annulled.

## Known results

| Home \ Away | ANK | ATH | DAB | DHA | FTN | MAD | NHL | QAM | ARC | ASH | ITT | NSR | WIM |
| Al-Anakib | | | 1–3 | | | | | 1–3 | | | 4–1 | | – |
| Al-Athoreen | 5–0 | | | 0–3 | 7–1 | | | | 1–1 | | | – | |
| Al-Dababir IPC | | | | 1–0 | 2–3 | – | | 4–3 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | – | – |
| Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | 9–1 | – | |
| Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya | | | | 1–4 | | | | | | | | – | – |
| Al-Madaris | 2–0 | | | 1–3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Nahl IPC | 3–1 | 3–6 | | 1–9 | | | | 4–4 | | – | | | |
| Al-Qamar Al-Ahmar | | | | | 0–5 | | | | 2–1 | 0–0 | | – | |
| Armenian Relief Corps | | | | | – | 1–5 | | | | | 4–0 | | |
| Armenian Shant | 0–1 | | | | | 2–1 | | | | | 5–1 | – | |
| Ittihad Kirkuk | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nusoor Al-Athori | – | | | | | – | – | | | | – | | |
| Wimpey's | | | | – | | – | | | – | | | – | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wimpey's' results against Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad (12–0 loss), Al-Dababir IPC (5–2 loss), Nusoor Al-Athori (5–0 loss), Al-Anakib (9–0 loss), Armenian Relief Corps (11–0 loss), Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya (11–0 loss) and Al-Madaris (15–0 loss) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Nusoor Al-Athori's results against Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad (4–0 loss), Al-Nahl IPC (4–2 loss), Al-Anakib (3–2 win), Ittihad Kirkuk (4–0 win), Al-Qamar Al-Ahmar (2–0 win), Armenian Shant (3–1 loss), Al-Dababir IPC (2–2 draw), Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya (4–0 loss), Al-Athoreen (12–0 loss) and Al-Madaris (counted as a loss due to not turning up for the game) were annulled after their withdrawal from the league.
* ↑ The Al-Dababir IPC–Al-Madaris match was counted as a win for Al-Madaris and a loss for Al-Dababir IPC as Al-Dababir IPC did not turn up for the game.
* ↑ The Al-Nahl IPC–Armenian Shant match ended in a draw.
* ↑ The Armenian Relief Corps–Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya match was counted as a win for Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya and a loss for Armenian Relief Corps as Armenian Relief Corps did not turn up for the game.