# 1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League

The 1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League was the 26th season of the top-tier Iraqi national football league since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Premier League to Iraqi First Division League, and the season kicked off on 1 October 1999. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the second season in a row and the ninth time in their history.
They also won the Iraq FA Cup, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship and the Iraqi Super Cup in this season, completing only the second domestic quadruple in Iraqi football history after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya achieved it in the 1996–97 season.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa (C) | 50 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 112 | 35 | +77 | 114 | 2001–02 Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 50 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 99 | 30 | +69 | 110 | 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Al-Shorta | 50 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 97 | 34 | +63 | 110 | |
| 4 | Al-Talaba | 50 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 116 | 56 | +60 | 100 | |
| 5 | Duhok | 50 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 80 | 44 | +36 | 98 | |
| 6 | Al-Karkh | 50 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 96 | 41 | +55 | 89 | |
| 7 | Salahaddin | 50 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 85 | |
| 8 | Al-Minaa | 50 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 84 | |
| 9 | Al-Najaf | 50 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 83 | |
| 10 | Erbil | 50 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 70 | |
| 11 | Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | 50 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 70 | |
| 12 | Al-Ramadi | 50 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 67 | |
| 13 | Al-Jaish | 50 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 65 | |
| 14 | Diyala | 50 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 65 | |
| 15 | Samarra | 50 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 63 | |
| 16 | Al-Mosul | 50 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 45 | 72 | −27 | 61 | |
| 17 | Al-Naft | 50 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 59 | |
| 18 | Al-Nasiriya | 50 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 62 | 81 | −19 | 52 | |
| 19 | Al-Diwaniya | 50 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 51 | |
| 20 | Al-Samawa | 50 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 56 | 90 | −34 | 50 | |
| 21 | Al-Kadhimiya | 50 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 84 | −37 | 50 | |
| 22 | Al-Kut | 50 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 48 | |
| 23 | Karbala | 50 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 44 | 91 | −47 | 45 | |
| 24 | Maysan | 50 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 83 | −49 | 38 | |
| 25 | Kirkuk | 50 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 93 | −54 | 30 | |
| 26 | Haifa | 50 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 27 | 114 | −87 | 18 | |
* ↑ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup, won by Al-Zawraa.

## Results

| Home \ Away | DIF | DIW | JSH | KAD | KAR | KUT | MIN | MSL | NFT | NJF | NAS | QWJ | RAM | SMA | SHR | TLB | ZWR | DIY | DUH | ERB | HAI | KRB | KIR | MAY | SAL | SMR |
| Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Al-Diwaniya | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Jaish | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Kadhimiya | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Al-Karkh | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 9–0 | 0–2 | 7–0 |
| Al-Kut | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Al-Minaa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Mosul | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Naft | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Al-Najaf | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 8–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Al-Nasiriya | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Ramadi | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Samawa | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Talaba | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 |
| Al-Zawraa | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Diyala | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Duhok | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Erbil | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Haifa | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Karbala | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 |
| Kirkuk | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Maysan | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Salahaddin | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Samarra | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ The Al-Naft–Kirkuk match originally ended 1–1 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Naft due to Kirkuk fielding the ineligible player Fadhil Jalil.
* ↑ The Al-Shorta–Al-Naft match originally ended in a 2–0 win for Al-Naft but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Shorta due to Al-Naft fielding the ineligible player Nizar Ali.
* ↑ The Karbala–Al-Difaa Al-Jawi match originally ended in a 3–1 win for Karbala but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Difaa Al-Jawi due to Karbala fielding the ineligible player Mohammed Ridha.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Haidar Ayed | 28 | Al-Nasiriya |
| 2 | Qahtan Chathir | 27 | Al-Karkh |
| 3 | Mufeed Assem | 25 | Al-Shorta |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Abbas Rahim | Al-Zawraa | Maysan | 7–1 | 1 October 1999 |
| Qahtan Chathir$^5$ | Al-Karkh | Al-Kut | 7–0 | 1 October 1999 |
| Alaa Kadhim | Al-Talaba | Al-Ramadi | 4–2 | 15 October 1999 |
| Mushtaq Kadhim | Al-Naft | Karbala | 5–0 | 15 October 1999 |
| Majid Abbas$^5$ | Al-Najaf | Al-Samawa | 8–2 | 18 October 1999 |
| Qahtan Chathir | Al-Karkh | Maysan | 9–0 | 25 October 1999 |
| Ammar Abdul-Hussein | Al-Karkh | Maysan | 9–0 | 25 October 1999 |
| Ziad Mahmoud | Erbil | Al-Naft | 6–1 | 25 October 1999 |
| Ahmed Abdul-Jabar | Al-Zawraa | Erbil | 5–1 | 30 October 1999 |
| Ammar Ahmed | Al-Zawraa | Al-Kut | 5–0 | 5 November 1999 |
| Salah Hadi | Al-Diwaniya | Kirkuk | 6–1 | 10 November 1999 |
| Akram Emmanuel | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Mosul | 9–1 | 17 November 1999 |
| Saddam Aziz | Karbala | Samarra | 4–0 | 17 November 1999 |
| Essam Hamad | Al-Zawraa | Al-Nasiriya | 7–1 | 22 November 1999 |
| Shakhwan Omar | Erbil | Kirkuk | 7–0 | 29 November 1999 |
| Ehab Ibrahim | Maysan | Duhok | 3–0 | 13 December 1999 |
| Majid Awda | Al-Nasiriya | Al-Talaba | 4–3 | 7 January 2000 |
| Abbas Hassan | Al-Karkh | Al-Kut | 4–0 | 7 January 2000 |
| Ahmed Khudhair | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Erbil | 6–2 | 7 February 2000 |
| Mufeed Assem$^4$ | Al-Shorta | Al-Kut | 4–1 | 14 February 2000 |
| Mohammed Kadhim | Erbil | Al-Ramadi | 6–1 | 14 February 2000 |
| Nabeel Anthil | Kirkuk | Al-Kut | 3–3 | 21 February 2000 |
| Hashim Ridha$^4$ | Al-Shorta | Karbala | 6–2 | 24 February 2000 |
| Mohammed Kadhim | Erbil | Samarra | 4–0 | 4 May 2000 |
| Mohammed Yousif | Duhok | Al-Nasiriya | 5–1 | 15 May 2000 |
| Ahmed Jadiea$^4$ | Duhok | Maysan | 6–1 | 25 May 2000 |
| Qahtan Chathir | Al-Karkh | Haifa | 4–0 | 2 June 2000 |
| Emad Mohammed | Al-Zawraa | Al-Diwaniya | 4–0 | 8 June 2000 |
| Ahmed Sabri | Al-Shorta | Diyala | 6–2 | 8 June 2000 |
| Qahtan Chathir | Al-Karkh | Samarra | 7–0 | 8 June 2000 |
| Haidar Ayed | Al-Nasiriya | Haifa | 6–1 | 15 June 2000 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals $^5$ Player scored 5 goals