# 1979–80 Iraqi National League

The 1979–80 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 6th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Shorta won their first Premier League title, qualifying them for the inaugural edition of the Arab Club Champions Cup which they went on to win.
The race for the title went to the last matchday; Al-Shorta beat Al-Minaa 3–1 in their last game to go top of the league but Al-Zawraa would win the league if they managed to beat Al-Shabab. Al-Zawraa drew their match 1–1, therefore Al-Shorta were crowned champions, winning the title on goal difference.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Shorta (C) | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 15 | +26 | 35 | 1981–82 Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 2 | Al-Zawraa | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 13 | +23 | 35 | |
| 3 | Al-Talaba | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 27 | |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 26 | |
| 5 | Al-Jaish | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 22 | FA Cup Winners |
| 6 | Al-Tijara | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 22 | |
| 7 | Al-Sinaa | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 22 | |
| 8 | Al-Amana | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 20 | |
| 9 | Al-Tayaran | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 20 | |
| 10 | Al-Minaa | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 20 | |
| 11 | Salahaddin | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 11 | |
| 12 | Al-Bahri | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 46 | −32 | 4 | Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMN | BAH | JSH | MIN | SHB | SHR | SIN | TLB | TAY | TJR | ZWR | SAL |
| Al-Amana | | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Al-Bahri | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Al-Jaish | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Minaa | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Al-Shabab | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Shorta | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Talaba | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Al-Tayaran | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Tijara | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Zawraa | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Salahaddin | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Ali Hussein Mahmoud | 18 | Al-Shorta |
| 2 | Jalil Hanoon | 13 | Al-Minaa |
| 3 | Thamer Yousif | 12 | Al-Zawraa |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Hussein Saeed | Al-Talaba | Salahaddin | 4–1 | 10 October 1979 |
| Jalil Hanoon$^4$ | Al-Minaa | Al-Tayaran | 4–2 | 20 November 1979 |
| Ghazi Hashim | Al-Amana | Al-Minaa | 4–0 | 3 January 1980 |
| Ara Hamparsum | Al-Tayaran | Al-Tijara | 5–3 | 16 January 1980 |
| Adel Khudhair | Al-Zawraa | Al-Bahri | 3–2 | 27 January 1980 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals