# 1986–87 Iraqi National League

The 1986–87 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 13th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Rasheed won their first league title, and also won the 1986–87 Iraq FA Cup to complete the double. The league was played in a quadruple round-robin format for the only time in history.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Rasheed (C) | 44 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 62 | Asian Club Championship qualifying round and Arab Club Champions Cup group stage |
| 2 | Al-Jaish | 44 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 59 | Arab Club Champions Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Al-Shabab | 44 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 52 | |
| 4 | Al-Tayaran | 44 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 51 | |
| 5 | Al-Shorta | 44 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 49 | |
| 6 | Al-Talaba | 44 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 45 | |
| 7 | Al-Zawraa | 44 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 44 | |
| 8 | Al-Bahri | 44 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 37 | |
| 9 | Salahaddin | 44 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 37 | |
| 10 | Al-Sinaa | 44 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 35 | |
| 11 | Al-Naft | 44 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 32 | |
| 12 | Al-Mosul | 44 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 63 | −40 | 25 | |
* ↑ As holders, Al-Rasheed automatically qualified for the Arab Club Champions Cup meaning Iraq were given another slot in the competition. This slot was given to Al-Jaish, runners-up of the league and the FA Cup (both won by Al-Rasheed).

## Results
### Rounds 1–22

| Home \ Away | BHR | JSH | MSL | NFT | RSH | SHB | SHR | SIN | TLB | TAY | ZWR | SAL |
| Al-Bahri | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Al-Jaish | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Al-Mosul | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Rasheed | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Shabab | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Al-Tayaran | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Al-Zawraa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| Salahaddin | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ The Al-Tayaran–Salahaddin match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Salahaddin after the game had originally ended in a 0–0 draw.

### Rounds 23–44

| Home \ Away | BHR | JSH | MSL | NFT | RSH | SHB | SHR | SIN | TLB | TAY | ZWR | SAL |
| Al-Bahri | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Jaish | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Al-Mosul | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Rasheed | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Al-Shabab | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Sinaa | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Tayaran | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Zawraa | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–2 | | 1–0 |
| Salahaddin | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Rahim Hameed | 14 | Al-Jaish |
| 2 | Ali Hussein Mahmoud | 12 | Al-Jaish |
| 3 | Karim Hadi | 10 | Al-Shabab |
| 3 | Hassan Saddawi | 10 | Al-Tayaran |
| 3 | Jassim Ibrahim | 10 | Al-Tayaran |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result |
| Jassim Ibrahim | Al-Tayaran | Al-Mosul | 4–0 |