# 2011–12 Iraqi First Division League

The 2011–12 Iraqi First Division League was the 38th season of what is now called the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have varied throughout history for various reasons. The top two teams in Final round (winner of each group) are promoted to the Iraqi Premier League.
The season began on Sunday 22 January 2012. In the final round, Naft Al-Janoob won the group 1 after facing Al-Mosul, while Sulaymaniya won the group 2 after facing Naft Maysan. Both teams were promoted to the Premier League, and qualified for the final match during which the champion is determined. The final match was scheduled for August 14, 2012 at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad.
In the final match, Sulaymaniya managed to defeat Naft Al-Janoob 2–1 and win the First Division League title.

## First round
### Group 1 (Northern)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Mosul (Q) | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 25 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Sulaymaniya (Q) | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 19 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Ghaz Al-Shamal (Q) | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 19 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 4 | Peshmerga Sulaymaniya | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 19 | |
| 5 | Tuz (R) | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 15 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 6 | Salahaddin (R) | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 12 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 7 | Al-Thawra (R) | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 8 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 2 (Western and Northeast)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Samarra (Q) | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 28 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Al-Anbar (Q) | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 23 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Al-Ramadi (Q) | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 22 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 4 | Diyala | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 22 | |
| 5 | Umal Nineveh | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Jalawla (R) | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 11 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 7 | Nineveh (R) | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 8 | Al-Falluja (R) | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 5 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 3 (Baghdad)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Jaish (Q) | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 39 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Abu Ghraib (Q) | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 38 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Al-Khutoot (Q) | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 36 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 4 | Al Najda | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 34 | |
| 5 | Al Kadhimiya | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 32 | |
| 6 | Al Adalah | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 29 | |
| 7 | Al-Sinaat | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 28 | |
| 8 | Biladi (R) | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 28 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 9 | Bareed (R) | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 25 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 10 | Al-Hussein (R) | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 23 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 11 | Al-Shuala (R) | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 22 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 12 | Al-Sulaikh (R) | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 12 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 4 (Middle Euphrates)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Samawa (Q) | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 34 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Al-Hindiya (Q) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 34 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat (Q) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 30 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 4 | Al-Kufa | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 29 | |
| 5 | Al-Diwaniya | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 26 | |
| 6 | Al Madhatyia | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 25 | |
| 7 | Babil | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 21 | |
| 8 | Al-Ettifaq (R) | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 20 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 9 | Al-Rawdhatain (R) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 14 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 10 | Al-Sadda (R) | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 12 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
* ↑ 1 bonus point?

### Group 5 (Southern)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Naft Al-Janoob (Q) | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 9 | +45 | 47 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Naft Maysan (Q) | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 37 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Masafi Al-Janoob (Q) | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 31 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 4 | Al-Amara | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 27 | |
| 5 | Al-Nasiriya | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 24 | |
| 6 | Al-Bahri | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 24 | |
| 7 | Maysan (R) | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 20 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 8 | Al-Hay (R) | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 20 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 9 | Al-Nahrain (R) | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 36 | −20 | 17 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 10 | Al-Qurna (R) | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 46 | −41 | 4 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

## Second round
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Sulaymaniya (Q) | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 16 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 2 | Al-Mosul (Q) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 14 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 3 | Samarra | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 14 | |
| 4 | Ghaz Al-Shamal | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Al-Anbar | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 4 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Naft Al-Janoob (Q) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 22 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 2 | Naft Maysan (Q) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 15 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 3 | Naft Al-Wasat | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 12 | |
| 4 | Al-Samawa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 8 | |
| 5 | Masafi Al-Janoob | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 1 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Jaish (Q) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 2 | Al-Ramadi (Q) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 13 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 3 | Al-Hindiya | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | |
| 4 | Al-Khutoot | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 4 | |
| 5 | Abu Ghraib | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |

## Final round
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Naft Al-Janoob (P) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League |
| 2 | Al-Jaish | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Mosul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sulaymaniya (C, P) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League |
| 2 | Naft Maysan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 3 | |
| 3 | Al-Ramadi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | |