# 2004–05 Iraqi First Division League

The 2004–05 Iraqi First Division League was the 31st 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 four teams in second round (winner of each group) are promoted to the Iraqi Premier League.
The season began on Friday 18 March 2005. In the second stage, Al-Amana, Al-Shatra, Al-Sulaikh and Ararat managed to lead the groups and promote to the Premier League.

## First round
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Ararat (Q) | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 21 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Brusk (Q) | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Brayati | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 18 | |
| 4 | Aso | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| 5 | Aala (R) | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 9 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 6 | Khak (R) | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 2 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Akre (Q) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 16 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Azady (Q) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 13 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Newroz | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 15 | |
| 4 | Peshmerga | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | |
| 5 | Al-Thawra (R) | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 6 | Mateen (R) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 8 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Ishaqi (Q) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 21 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Abu Ghraib (Q) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 21 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Al-Taji | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Al-Etisalat | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 16 | |
| 5 | Al Tarmiya (R) | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 4 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 6 | Abu Jaafar Al-Mansour (R) | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 2 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Sulaikh (Q) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 16 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Al-Shabab (Q) | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 14 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Al-Nahdha | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 13 | |
| 4 | Al-Umal | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 | |
| 5 | Al-Hasanain (R) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 6 | Al-Adala (R) | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Hussein (Q) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 20 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Al-Amana (Q) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 17 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Al-Suwaira | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Al-Miqdadiya | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 14 | |
| 5 | Haifa (R) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 8 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 6 | Al-Siyaha (R) | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 6 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Kufa (Q) | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 26 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Al-Qasim (Q) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 23 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Al-Jamahir | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 22 | |
| 4 | Al-Midhatiya | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 21 | |
| 5 | Al-Meshkhab | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 12 | |
| 6 | Al-Khawarnaq (R) | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 7 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 7 | Shabab Al-Hussein (R) | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 5 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Shatra (Q) | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 25 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Al-Hay (Q) | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 15 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Al-Muthanna | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 22 | |
| 4 | Wasit | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 20 | |
| 5 | Al Bdeir | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 | |
| 6 | Al-Numaniya | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 17 | |
| 7 | Ali Al-Gharbi (R) | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 16 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 8 | Al-Shamiya (R) | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 15 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Furat (Q) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 30 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 2 | Ghaz Al-Junoob (Q) | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 28 | Qualification to the Second round |
| 3 | Al-Kahlaa | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 25 | |
| 4 | Al-Qurna | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 21 | |
| 5 | Al-Zubair | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 14 | |
| 6 | Kahrabaa Al-Hartha | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 11 | |
| 7 | Al-Amara (R) | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 10 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |
| 8 | Al-Bahri (R) | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 7 | Relegation to Iraqi Second Division League |

## Second round
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Ararat (P) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League |
| 2 | Brusk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 11 | |
| 3 | Akre | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Azady | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Sulaikh (P) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 15 | Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League |
| 2 | Abu Ghraib | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Al-Ishaqi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Amana (P) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League |
| 2 | Al-Kufa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | Al-Hussein | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Al-Qasim | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Al-Shatra (P) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 9 | Promotion to the Iraqi Premier League |
| 2 | Ghaz Al-Junoob | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Al-Furat | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Al-Hay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

## Semi-finals

The two semi-finals winners play in the final match to determine the league champion. The two matches were scheduled to take place on July 26, 2005, but the Football Association decided to postpone them to an unknown time.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ararat | v | Al-Amana |
| Al-Sulaikh | v | Al-Shatra |