# 1990–91 Iraqi National League

The 1990–91 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 17th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The league title was won by Al-Zawraa for the first time since the 1978–79 season. They also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the double.
At the halfway stage of the season, the Ministry of Defence decided to dissolve its teams (including Al-Tayaran, Al-Jaish and Al-Bahri) as part of cutbacks following the Gulf War. After protests from supporters, Al-Tayaran were brought back within less than two weeks but under the new name of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (meaning Air Force), which was the name the club had used prior to 1974.
Also at the halfway stage of the season, Erbil withdrew from the competition due to the 1991 uprisings in Iraq, so the Iraq U19 team was brought in to play the remaining half of the season.

## Name changes

* Al-Tayaran renamed to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya halfway through the season.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 46 | League Champions and FA Cup Winners |
| 2 | Al-Talaba | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 41 | |
| 3 | Al-Shorta | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 39 | |
| 4 | Al-Karkh | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 38 | |
| 5 | Al-Naft | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 36 | |
| 6 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 32 | |
| 7 | Al-Najaf | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 26 | |
| 8 | Al-Minaa | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 23 | |
| 9 | Samarra | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 22 | |
| 10 | Al-Sulaikh | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 21 | |
| 11 | Al-Shabab | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 36 | −20 | 21 | |
| 12 | Al-Jaish | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 18 | Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division |
| 13 | Al-Tijara | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 17 | |
| 14 | Iraq U19 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 13 | |
| 15 | Al-Sinaa | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 13 | |
| 16 | Al-Bahri | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 9 | Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division |
| 17 | Erbil | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 35 | −26 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Al-Jaish and Al-Bahri were dissolved by the Ministry of Defence at the halfway point of the season, and their results were not annulled. Both teams were reconstituted for the following season but were demoted to the lower tier.
* ↑ The Iraq U19 team played the second half of the season to make up for Erbil's withdrawal; they did not feature in the following season.
* ↑ Erbil withdrew from the league at the halfway point of the season due to the 1991 uprisings in Iraq. Their results were not annulled.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BHR | JSH | KAR | MIN | NFT | NJF | QWJ | SHB | SHR | SIN | SLK | TLB | TJR | ZWR | ERB | IRQ | SMR |
| Al-Bahri | | | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | |
| Al-Jaish | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | | | 0–0 |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Minaa | | | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Naft | | | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | | 1–0 |
| Al-Najaf | | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | | 0–2 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–6 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Shabab | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | | 1–1 |
| Al-Sulaikh | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 5–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | | 4–0 |
| Al-Tijara | | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 2–2 |
| Al-Zawraa | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Erbil | | 1–4 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | | 0–3 | | | | | | 2–2 |
| Iraq U19 | | | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | | | | |
| Samarra | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | |
* 1 2 Al-Jaish and Al-Bahri were dissolved by the Ministry of Defence at the halfway point of the season, and their results were not annulled. Both teams were reconstituted for the following season but were demoted to the lower tier.
* ↑ Erbil withdrew from the league at the halfway point of the season due to the 1991 uprisings in Iraq. Their results were not annulled.
* 1 2 3 4 Erbil withdrew from their matches in rounds 12 to 15 due to the 1991 uprisings in Iraq. Their opponents (Al-Minaa, Al-Sulaikh, Al-Naft and Al-Shabab respectively) were all awarded 3–0 wins.
* ↑ The Iraq U19 team played the second half of the season to make up for Erbil's withdrawal; they did not feature in the following season.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Karim Saddam | 20 | Al-Zawraa |
| 2 | Ahmed Radhi | 19 | Al-Zawraa |
| 3 | Natiq Hashim | 17 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Abdul-Rahman Mahdi | Samarra | Al-Minaa | 4–0 | 23 November 1990 |
| Natiq Hashim | Al-Tayaran | Al-Shabab | 6–0 | 8 December 1990 |
| Sabah Jeayer | Al-Talaba | Al-Sinaa | 3–0 | 8 April 1991 |
| Karim Saddam | Al-Zawraa | Al-Sinaa | 4–0 | 20 April 1991 |
| Natiq Hashim | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Sulaikh | 4–1 | 10 June 1991 |