# 1987–88 Iraqi National League

The 1987–88 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 14th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Rasheed won their second league title in a row, and also won the 1987–88 Iraq FA Cup to complete their second consecutive double.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Rasheed (C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 15 | +47 | 47 | Asian Club Championship qualifying round and Arab Club Champions Cup group stage |
| 2 | Al-Jaish | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 43 | |
| 3 | Al-Tayaran | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 41 | |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 37 | Arab Club Champions Cup preliminary round |
| 5 | Al-Zawraa | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 36 | |
| 6 | Al-Sinaa | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 34 | |
| 7 | Al-Naft | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 31 | |
| 8 | Al-Talaba | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 30 | |
| 9 | Al-Shorta | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 29 | |
| 10 | Al-Tijara | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 28 | |
| 11 | Al-Bahri | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 26 | |
| 12 | Al-Minaa | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 23 | |
| 13 | Salahaddin | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 22 | |
| 14 | Al-Mosul | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 20 | |
| 15 | Erbil | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 20 | |
| 16 | Al-Najaf | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 47 | −32 | 13 | |
* ↑ As holders, Al-Rasheed automatically qualified for the Arab Club Champions Cup meaning Iraq were given another slot in the competition. Although Al-Jaish were runners-up of the league and Al-Zawraa were runners-up of the FA Cup (both won by Al-Rasheed), the IFA decided to give the slot to the league's fourth-placed team Al-Shabab.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAH | JSH | MIN | MSL | NFT | NJF | RSH | SHB | SHR | SIN | TLB | TAY | TIJ | ZWR | ERB | SAL |
| Al-Bahri | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Al-Jaish | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Minaa | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Mosul | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Naft | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Al-Najaf | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Al-Rasheed | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Shabab | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Shorta | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Sinaa | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Talaba | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Tayaran | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Tijara | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Al-Zawraa | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Erbil | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 |
| Salahaddin | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Rahim Hameed | 15 | Al-Jaish |
| 2 | Tariq Abdul-Rahman | 12 | Erbil |
| 3 | Karim Hadi | 11 | Al-Shabab |
| 4 | Younis Abid Ali | 10 | Al-Rasheed |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Tariq Abdul-Rahman | Erbil | Al-Naft | 3–3 | 13 April 1988 |