# 1974–75 Iraqi National League

The 1974–75 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the first edition of the competition since the Iraq Football Association (IFA) founded it as the country's first nationwide league of clubs, replacing the Iraqi National First Division that had been established one year prior for clubs and institutions. Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) won the title.

## Changes from previous season

Iraq's 16 top division teams were reduced to 10 clubs (names highlighted in bold) for the 1974–75 season.
| # | Team | Region | 1973–74 pos | Changes |
| 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad | 1st | Renamed to Al-Tayaran SC |
| 2 | Aliyat Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 2nd | Replaced by Al-Shorta SC as a single team in Baghdad |
| 2 | Shortat Al-Najda | Baghdad | 8th | Replaced by Al-Shorta SC as a single team in Baghdad |
| 2 | Shortat Erbil | Erbil | 14th | Replaced by Al-Shorta SC as a single team in Baghdad |
| 2 | Kuliyat Al-Shorta | Baghdad | Promoted | Replaced by Al-Shorta SC as a single team in Baghdad |
| 3 | Al-Minaa | Basra | 3rd | Merged to form Al-Muwasalat SC |
| 3 | Al-Bareed wal-Barq | Baghdad | 9th | Merged to form Al-Muwasalat SC |
| 4 | Quwat Al-Nasr | Baghdad | 4th | Replaced by Al-Jaish SC as a single team in Baghdad |
| 4 | Quwat Salahaddin | Habbaniya | 6th | Replaced by Al-Jaish SC as a single team in Baghdad |
| 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Bahriya | Basra | Promoted | Replaced by Al-Jaish SC as a single team in Baghdad |
| 5 | Kahrabaa Al-Wusta | Baghdad | 5th | Renamed to Al-Sinaa SC |
| 6 | Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed | Baghdad | 7th | Renamed to Al-Naqil SC |
| 7 | Al-Samawa SC | Samawa | 10th | No change |
| 8 | Babil SC | Hilla | 13th | No change |
| 9 | Al-Rafidain SC | Diwaniya | 15th | No change |
| 10 | Isalat Al-Mai | Baghdad | Promoted | Merged with Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab to form Al-Baladiyat SC |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Tayaran | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 30 | League Champions |
| 2 | Al-Naqil | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 11 | +36 | 29 | |
| 3 | Al-Muwasalat | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 27 | |
| 4 | Al-Sinaa | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 25 | |
| 5 | Al-Shorta | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 19 | |
| 6 | Al-Samawa | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | Al-Baladiyat | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 15 | |
| 8 | Al-Jaish | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 30 | −17 | 10 | |
| 9 | Babil | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 38 | −29 | 6 | |
| 10 | Al-Rafidain | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 41 | −34 | 3 | Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division |
* ↑ Al-Naqil were dissolved after the end of the season.
* ↑ Al-Muwasalat were dissolved after the end of the season, and Al-Minaa were reinstated in their place.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BLD | JSH | MUW | NAQ | RFD | SMW | SHR | SIN | TAY | BBL |
| Al-Baladiyat | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Al-Jaish | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Al-Muwasalat | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Naqil | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 11–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Rafidain | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–7 | | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Al-Samawa | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Sinaa | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Tayaran | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 |
| Babil | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Thamer Yousif | 12 | Al-Naqil |
| 2 | Kadhim Waal | 9 | Al-Muwasalat |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Thamer Yousif$^5$ | Al-Naqil | Al-Shorta | 11–0 | 12 October 1974 |
| Ali Hussein Mahmoud | Al-Shorta | Al-Jaish | 3–1 | 17 October 1974 |
| Salah Obeid | Al-Tayaran | Al-Jaish | 4–0 | 17 November 1974 |
| Kadhim Luaibi | Al-Naqil | Al-Rafidain | 7–1 | 25 January 1975 |
| Thamer Yousif | Al-Naqil | Al-Rafidain | 7–1 | 25 January 1975 |
| Ali Kadhim | Al-Naqil | Al-Muwasalat | 3–0 | 14 March 1975 |

#### Notes

$^5$ Player scored 5 goals