# 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League

The 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League was the 48th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest tier football league in Iraq, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 20 September 2021 and ended on 3 July 2022, with the relegation play-off held on 10 September 2022.
Al-Shorta secured the title with seven rounds of the league remaining, setting a new record for the earliest title win in Iraq and finishing a record 21 points clear at the top of the table. Al-Shorta also became the first club to beat all other teams in a 20-team season and the first club to win all Baghdad derbies home and away in one season.
Al-Shorta forward Mahmoud Al-Mawas from Syria became the first non-Iraqi player to win the league's top scorer award, scoring 22 goals, and the club's Egyptian manager Moamen Soliman became the first manager from Africa to win the Iraqi Premier League.

## Teams
### Clubs and locations

| Team | Manager | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Al-Diwaniya | Haitham Al-Shaboul | Diwaniya | Al-Diwaniya Stadium | 5,000 |
| Al-Kahrabaa | Luay Salah | Baghdad | Al-Taji Stadium | 5,000 |
| Al-Karkh | Ahmed Abdul-Jabar | Baghdad | Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium | 5,150 |
| Al-Minaa | Ali Wahab | Basra | Al-Fayhaa Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al-Naft | Basim Qasim | Baghdad | Al-Naft Stadium | 3,000 |
| Al-Najaf | Hassan Ahmed | Najaf | Al-Najaf International Stadium | 30,000 |
| Al-Qasim | Chasib Sultan | Babil | Al-Kifl Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Qahtan Chathir | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
| Al-Shorta | Moamen Soliman | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
| Al-Sinaa | Sadeq Hanoon | Baghdad | Al-Sinaa Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al-Talaba | Anas Makhlouf | Baghdad | Al-Shaab Stadium | 34,200 |
| Al-Zawraa | Ayoub Odisho | Baghdad | Al-Zawraa Stadium | 15,443 |
| Amanat Baghdad | Wissam Talib | Baghdad | Amanat Baghdad Stadium | 5,000 |
| Erbil | Nizar Mahrous | Erbil | Franso Hariri Stadium | 25,000 |
| Naft Al-Basra | Asaad Abdul-Razzaq | Basra | Al-Fayhaa Stadium | 10,000 |
| Naft Al-Wasat | Abdul-Ghani Shahad | Najaf | Al-Najaf International Stadium | 30,000 |
| Naft Maysan | Ahmed Khalaf | Amara | Maysan Olympic Stadium | 25,000 |
| Newroz | Wali Kareem | Sulaymaniya | Sulaymaniya Stadium | 15,000 |
| Samarra | Muayad Taha | Samarra | Samarra Stadium | 4,000 |
| Zakho | Firas Al-Khatib | Zakho | Zakho International Stadium | 20,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Shorta (C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 91 | Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup group stage |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 70 | Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Al-Talaba | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 69 | |
| 4 | Al-Naft | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 64 | |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 64 | |
| 6 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 61 | |
| 7 | Al-Najaf | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 57 | |
| 8 | Newroz | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 51 | |
| 9 | Al-Kahrabaa | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 50 | |
| 10 | Zakho | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 48 | |
| 11 | Erbil | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 47 | |
| 12 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 46 | |
| 13 | Naft Al-Basra | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 46 | |
| 14 | Al-Karkh | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 43 | |
| 15 | Al-Qasim | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 41 | |
| 16 | Al-Sinaa | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 41 | |
| 17 | Al-Diwaniya | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 39 | |
| 18 | Amanat Baghdad (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 39 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
| 19 | Al-Minaa (R) | 38 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 30 | Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League |
| 20 | Samarra (R) | 38 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 20 | 70 | −50 | 12 | Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League |
* 1 2 Al-Naft finished ahead of Naft Al-Wasat on head-to-head points: Al-Naft 1–1 Naft Al-Wasat, Naft Al-Wasat 0–2 Al-Naft.
* 1 2 Naft Maysan finished ahead of Naft Al-Basra on head-to-head points: Naft Maysan 4–1 Naft Al-Basra, Naft Al-Basra 0–1 Naft Maysan.
* 1 2 Al-Qasim finished ahead of Al-Sinaa on head-to-head points: Al-Qasim 0–0 Al-Sinaa, Al-Sinaa 0–1 Al-Qasim.
* 1 2 Al-Diwaniya finished ahead of Amanat Baghdad on head-to-head points: Al-Diwaniya 2–0 Amanat Baghdad, Amanat Baghdad 0–1 Al-Diwaniya.

## Results

| Home \ Away | DIW | KAH | KAR | MIN | NFT | NJF | QSM | QWJ | SHR | SIN | TLB | ZWR | AMN | ERB | NFB | NFW | NFM | NRZ | SMR | ZAK |
| Al-Diwaniya | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–2 |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Minaa | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Najaf | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Qasim | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Al-Sinaa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Zawraa | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Amanat Baghdad | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Erbil | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Naft Al-Basra | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Naft Maysan | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Newroz | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Samarra | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 0–1 |
| Zakho | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
* ↑ The Al-Diwaniya–Al-Talaba match originally ended 1–1 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Talaba due to Al-Diwaniya fielding the ineligible player Omar Jabbar.
* ↑ The Al-Najaf–Al-Diwaniya match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Najaf as Al-Diwaniya were not allowed to play the match due to having not paid their outstanding financial payments to players as required by the league's licensing criteria.
* ↑ The Naft Maysan–Zakho match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Naft Maysan, as Zakho did not turn up for the game.
* ↑ The Newroz–Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya match was not played due to the entry of Newroz fans into the stadium which violated COVID-19 restrictions, and was later awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
* ↑ The Zakho–Samarra match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Zakho, as Samarra did not turn up for the game.

## Relegation play-off

Duhok are promoted to the Iraqi Premier League, while Amanat Baghdad are relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Al-Shorta | 22 |
| 2 | Aso Rostam | Newroz | 18 |
| 3 | Muhaimen Salim | Al-Kahrabaa | 13 |
| 4 | Hammadi Ahmed | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 12 |
| 4 | Mohannad Abdul-Raheem | Naft Al-Wasat | 12 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Farhan Shakor | Amanat Baghdad | Al-Qasim | 3–0 (H) | 20 April 2022 |

#### Notes

(H) – Home team

## Awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season | Alaa Abbas | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |