# 1994–95 Iraqi National League

The 1994–95 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 21st season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the second time in a row, and they also won the Iraq FA Cup for the third consecutive time. Half of the league's competing teams were relegated in order to result in a 12-team league for the next campaign. In this season, three points were given for a win instead of two points, and four points were given for a win by three goals or more.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa (C) | 46 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 113 | 31 | +82 | 16 | 120 | 1996–97 Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 109 | 45 | +64 | 12 | 108 | 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Al-Najaf | 46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 84 | 29 | +55 | 14 | 107 | |
| 4 | Al-Talaba | 46 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 80 | 29 | +51 | 8 | 106 | |
| 5 | Al-Naft | 46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 11 | 104 | |
| 6 | Al-Shorta | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 91 | 49 | +42 | 8 | 98 | |
| 7 | Al-Karkh | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 98 | 53 | +45 | 6 | 93 | |
| 8 | Al-Jaish | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 81 | 63 | +18 | 8 | 80 | |
| 9 | Al-Sinaa | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 89 | 66 | +23 | 9 | 78 | |
| 10 | Samarra | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 5 | 73 | |
| 11 | Al-Minaa | 46 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 3 | 72 | |
| 12 | Al-Ramadi | 46 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 6 | 71 | |
| 13 | Diyala (R) | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 3 | 64 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 14 | Al-Kut (R) | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 4 | 63 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 15 | Karbala (R) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 71 | 84 | −13 | 5 | 55 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 16 | Al-Mosul (R) | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 2 | 55 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 17 | Babil (R) | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 51 | 75 | −24 | 5 | 51 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 18 | Al-Nasiriya (R) | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 77 | −39 | 3 | 47 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 19 | Salahaddin (R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 45 | 75 | −30 | 1 | 46 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 20 | Al-Umal (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 4 | 42 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 21 | Al-Amara (R) | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 68 | −39 | 0 | 41 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 22 | Erbil (R) | 46 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 126 | −84 | 0 | 26 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 23 | Al-Diwaniya (R) | 46 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 0 | 22 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
| 24 | Kirkuk (R) | 46 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 142 | −112 | 0 | 22 | Relegation to the Iraqi National Second Division |
* ↑ Although Al-Jaish were runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup (won by Al-Zawraa), the IFA decided to give the Cup Winners' Cup slot to league runners-up Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMR | DIW | JSH | KKH | KUT | MIN | MSL | NFT | NJF | NAS | QWJ | RMA | SHR | SIN | TLB | UML | ZWR | BBL | DYL | ERB | KRB | KRK | SAL | SMR |
| Al-Amara | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Diwaniya | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Al-Jaish | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Al-Karkh | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Kut | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Minaa | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Mosul | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Najaf | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Nasiriya | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 4–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Ramadi | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 11–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Al-Shorta | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 |
| Al-Talaba | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Umal | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Zawraa | 5–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Babil | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Diyala | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Erbil | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Karbala | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Kirkuk | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Salahaddin | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | | 1–1 |
| Samarra | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ The Al-Karkh–Al-Kut match originally ended as a 2–0 win for Al-Kut but was changed to a 3–0 win for the same team due to Al-Karkh making three substitutions, exceeding the limit of two.
* ↑ The Al-Umal–Al-Sinaa match originally ended as a 1–0 win for Al-Umal but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Sinaa due to Al-Umal fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ The Babil–Al-Jaish match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Jaish after the game had originally ended in a 1–0 win for Babil due to Babil fielding a player who avoided military service.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Muayad Judi | 30 | Al-Karkh |
| 2 | Sahib Abbas | 27 | Al-Zawraa |
| 2 | Shakir Mohammed Sabbar | 27 | Al-Ramadi |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Fareed Jafar | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Sinaa | 4–0 | 13 October 1994 |
| Saad Qais | Al-Shorta | Al-Karkh | 6–2 | 17 October 1994 |
| Mohanad Zaidan | Al-Talaba | Al-Nasiriya | 4–0 | 17 October 1994 |
| Saad Qais$^4$ | Al-Shorta | Al-Diwaniya | 6–1 | 27 October 1994 |
| Mufeed Assem$^5$ | Al-Zawraa | Al-Jaish | 9–0 | 27 October 1994 |
| Yassir Abdul-Latif | Al-Naft | Salahaddin | 4–1 | 3 November 1994 |
| Alaa Abdul-Jabbar | Al-Shorta | Al-Mosul | 4–0 | 24 November 1994 |
| Haidar Yahya$^4$ | Al-Talaba | Karbala | 4–2 | 1 December 1994 |
| Qahtan Chathir | Al-Sinaa | Kirkuk | 7–2 | 1 December 1994 |
| Qahtan Chathir | Al-Sinaa | Karbala | 5–0 | 12 December 1994 |
| Sattar Khalaf | Karbala | Al-Umal | 5–0 | 15 December 1994 |
| Adnan Mohammed | Al-Jaish | Kirkuk | 7–1 | 22 December 1994 |
| Jafar Yaseen | Kirkuk | Diyala | 3–3 | 26 December 1994 |
| Muayad Judi | Al-Karkh | Erbil | 7–2 | 9 February 1995 |
| Shakir Mohammed Sabbar | Al-Ramadi | Erbil | 5–0 | 23 February 1995 |
| Ali Raja | Al-Najaf | Samarra | 4–0 | 23 February 1995 |
| Maad Ibrahim | Al-Naft | Al-Shorta | 4–0 | 13 March 1995 |
| Fareed Jafar | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Jaish | 7–1 | 16 March 1995 |
| Haidar Hamil$^4$ | Al-Kut | Erbil | 5–0 | 23 March 1995 |
| Qahtan Chathir | Al-Sinaa | Kirkuk | 4–1 | 30 March 1995 |
| Adel Nasser | Al-Minaa | Al-Umal | 6–1 | 30 March 1995 |
| Muayad Judi | Al-Karkh | Diyala | 6–0 | 30 March 1995 |
| Younis Abid Ali | Al-Shorta | Erbil | 5–2 | 6 April 1995 |
| Adnan Mohammed | Al-Jaish | Kirkuk | 6–0 | 20 April 1995 |
| Sahib Abbas | Al-Zawraa | Erbil | 5–0 | 24 April 1995 |
| Rahim Saeed | Al-Kut | Al-Nasiriya | 4–1 | 4 May 1995 |
| Shakir Mohammed Sabbar$^6$ | Al-Ramadi | Kirkuk | 11–0 | 15 May 1995 |
| Ahmed Hameed | Diyala | Al-Kut | 3–0 | 15 May 1995 |
| Qasim Farhan | Al-Sinaa | Babil | 5–2 | 15 May 1995 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals $^5$ Player scored 5 goals $^6$ Player scored 6 goals