# 1978–79 Iraqi National League

The 1978–79 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 5th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Zawraa won their third league title in four seasons, doing so without losing a game, and also won the 1978–79 Iraq FA Cup to secure the double for the second time.

## Name changes

* Al-Iktisad renamed to Al-Tijara.
* Al-Jamiea became known as Al-Talaba after merging with a new club of the same name.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Zawraa | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 19 | League Champions and FA Cup Winners |
| 2 | Al-Shorta | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 15 | |
| 3 | Al-Talaba | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 15 | |
| 4 | Al-Minaa | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 15 | |
| 5 | Al-Tayaran | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 15 | |
| 6 | Al-Jaish | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 | |
| 7 | Al-Sinaa | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 13 | |
| 8 | Al-Shabab | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 11 | |
| 9 | Al-Tijara | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 11 | |
| 10 | Al-Amana | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 11 | |
| 11 | Salahaddin | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 8 | |
| 12 | Al-Ittihad | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 7 | Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division |
| 13 | Al-Thawra | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 3 | Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division |
* 1 2 3 Al-Talaba ranked ahead of Al-Minaa, and Al-Minaa ranked ahead of Al-Tayaran, both by number of wins due to equal points and goal difference.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMN | ITT | JSH | MIN | SHB | SHR | SIN | TLB | TAY | THW | TJR | ZWR | SAL |
| Al-Amana | | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | | | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 |
| Al-Ittihad | 2–1 | | | | | 1–1 | | | | 3–1 | | | |
| Al-Jaish | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | | | 1–0 | | | 3–1 | | | 1–0 |
| Al-Minaa | | 1–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Shabab | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | | | | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Al-Shorta | | | 3–0 | | 3–1 | | 0–0 | | | 3–1 | 5–2 | | 1–0 |
| Al-Sinaa | | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Al-Talaba | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | | | | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Al-Tayaran | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | | | 2–0 | | 4–2 |
| Al-Thawra | | | | | 3–2 | | | | 1–1 | | | | |
| Al-Tijara | | 1–0 | 2–1 | | | | | 2–0 | | 2–1 | | | 0–0 |
| Al-Zawraa | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 |
| Salahaddin | | 1–0 | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | | |
* 1 2 3 4 Al-Thawra fans assaulted referee Hamid Mousa in their match with Al-Sinaa, forcing him to withdraw from the match. As a result, the IFA punished Al-Thawra by awarding 3–1 wins to the opponents of their last four matches (Al-Jaish, Al-Ittihad, Al-Shorta and Al-Amana). The result of 3–1 was chosen as this was the scoreline of Al-Thawra's heaviest defeat in the competition up to that point.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Pos | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Falah Hassan | 7 | Al-Zawraa |
| 2 | Hussein Saeed | 6 | Al-Talaba |
| 3 | Haris Mohammed | 5 | Al-Talaba |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result |
| Ali Hussein Mahmoud | Al-Shorta | Al-Tijara | 5–2 |