2023–24 Iraq Stars League

The 2023–24 Iraq Stars League is the 50th season of the highest tier football league in Iraq since its establishment in 1974, and the first season since launching as a professional league under the name Iraq Stars League. The season started on 26 October 2023.[1]

Iraq Stars League
Season2023–24
Dates26 October 2023 – present
Top goalscorerAymen Hussein
(26 goals)
← 2022–23
(Iraqi Premier League)

Overview

20 teams are competing in the Iraq Stars League: the 18 teams from the 2022–23 Iraqi Premier League, as well as Al-Minaa and Amanat Baghdad who were promoted from the 2022–23 Iraqi First Division League and are both returning to the top tier after a one-year absence.[2][3]

Teams

Locations of the 2023–24 Iraq Stars League teams

Clubs and locations
Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity
Al-Hudood Adel Nima Baghdad Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium 5,150
Al-Kahrabaa Luay Salah Baghdad Al-Zawraa Stadium 15,443
Al-Karkh Haitham Shaaban Baghdad Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium 5,150
Al-Minaa Hassan Ahmed Basra Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium 30,000
Al-Naft Basim Qasim Baghdad Al-Madina Stadium 32,000
Al-Najaf Abdul-Ghani Shahad Najaf Al-Najaf International Stadium 30,000
Al-Qasim Ayman Hakeem Babil Karbala International Stadium 30,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Razzaq Farhan Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 35,700
Al-Shorta Moamen Soliman Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 35,700
Al-Talaba Ahmed Salah Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium 35,700
Al-Zawraa Essam Hamad Baghdad Al-Zawraa Stadium 15,443
Amanat Baghdad Abbas Obeid Baghdad Al-Madina Stadium 32,000
Duhok Ahmed Khalaf Duhok Duhok Stadium 22,800
Erbil Samir Babo Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium 25,000
Karbala Chasib Sultan Karbala Karbala International Stadium 30,000
Naft Al-Basra Haitham Al-Shaboul Basra Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium 30,000
Naft Al-Wasat Emad Aoda Najaf Al-Najaf International Stadium 30,000
Naft Maysan Ali Abdul-Jabbar Maysan Maysan Olympic Stadium 25,000
Newroz Nizar Mahrous Sulaymaniya Sulaymaniya Stadium 15,000
Zakho Talal Al-Bloushi Duhok Zakho International Stadium 20,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta 35 24 8 3 71 34 +37 80 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 35 22 9 4 62 28 +34 75
3 Al-Zawraa 35 20 12 3 51 19 +32 72
4 Al-Najaf 35 18 9 8 41 25 +16 63
5 Zakho 35 16 14 5 33 17 +16 62
6 Duhok 34 14 13 7 35 26 +9 55
7 Newroz 35 14 9 12 53 44 +9 51
8 Al-Talaba 34 13 10 11 38 36 +2 49
9 Al-Hudood 35 12 9 14 34 44 −10 45
10 Al-Naft 33 10 13 10 34 38 −4 43
11 Naft Maysan 35 9 15 11 36 36 0 42
12 Al-Kahrabaa 35 9 14 12 46 47 −1 41
13 Al-Minaa 35 10 9 16 33 53 −20 39
14 Erbil 35 8 13 14 38 44 −6 37
15 Karbala 35 8 12 15 36 53 −17 36
16 Al-Karkh 35 6 17 12 32 41 −9 35
17 Al-Qasim 35 8 11 16 39 50 −11 32[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the play-out round
18 Naft Al-Basra 35 6 10 19 26 45 −19 28
19 Amanat Baghdad 35 4 12 19 27 50 −23 24 Relegation to the Iraqi Premier Division League
20 Naft Al-Wasat (R) 35 1 13 21 21 56 −35 16
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2024. Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Al-Qasim were deducted three points for withdrawing from their match away to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya during the first half.[4]

Results
Home \ Away HUD KAH KKH MIN NFT NJF QSM QWJ SHR TLB ZWR AMN DHK ERB KRB NFB NFW NFM NEW ZAK
Al-Hudood 2–1 1–2 0–3 3–3 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0
Al-Kahrabaa 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–3
Al-Karkh 0–1 3–3 4–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Al-Minaa 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 4–2 3–0 1–4 0–2
Al-Naft 0–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0
Al-Najaf 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Al-Qasim 1–0 3–3 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 2–2 0–3 0–1 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–2 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 3] 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Al-Shorta 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–4 2–0
Al-Talaba 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–4 1–0
Al-Zawraa 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 a 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 5–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1
Amanat Baghdad 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0
Duhok 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0
Erbil 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–4 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2
Karbala 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–5 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–4 0–1
Naft Al-Basra 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2
Naft Al-Wasat 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–4
Naft Maysan 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–4 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0
Newroz 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–3 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–3 0–0 0–2
Zakho 0–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2024. Source: IPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Minaa–Al-Shorta match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Minaa started the game with only seven players and had their player Mohammed Khudhair go off injured in the eighth minute while Al-Shorta were leading 1–0.[5]
  2. The Al-Qasim–Naft Al-Basra match originally ended 0–0 but was changed to a 3–0 win for Al-Qasim due to Naft Al-Basra involving the player Qasim Mohammed, who had not been included in the squad list submitted for the match.[6]
  3. The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al-Qasim match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, after Al-Qasim withdrew from the game in protest at the referee awarding a penalty to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 32nd minute while the score was 0–0.[7]

Relegation play-offs

Play-out round

The 17th and 18th-placed teams will compete in a play-off, with the winner remaining in the Stars League and the loser advancing to the relegation play-off.

TBDvTBD

Relegation play-off

The loser of the play-out round will compete in a play-off with the 3rd-placed team from the Premier Division League for a place in next season's Stars League.

TBDvTBD

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Aymen Hussein Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 26
2 Mahmoud Al-Mawas Al-Shorta 19
3 Alaa Al Dali Naft Maysan 18
4 Mohanad Ali Al-Shorta 16
Ibrahim Ghazi Al-Hudood

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Alaa Al DaliNaft MaysanAl-Talaba4–0 (A)[8]4 November 2023
Alaa Al DaliNaft MaysanAl-Minaa3–0 (H)[9]1 December 2023
Aymen HusseinAl-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Minaa4–2 (H)[10]10 February 2024
Okiki AfolabiAl-NaftNaft Al-Wasat4–0 (A)[11]17 February 2024
Mohammed Qasim NassifErbilKarbala5–3 (A)[12]19 February 2024
Aymen HusseinAl-Quwa Al-JawiyaAl-Naft4–1 (A)[13]4 March 2024
Marwan HusseinNewrozAl-Minaa4–1 (A)[14]25 April 2024
Ibrahim TomiwaNewrozAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya4–2 (H)[15]31 May 2024
William Jebor4Al-MinaaNaft Al-Wasat4–2 (H)[16]18 June 2024
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

References
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  2. "Dirjal reveals undisclosed details about the Iraqi Pro League" (in Arabic). Winwin. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. "Iraq signs 2 contracts with Spanish La Liga to develop Iraqi football". Xinhua. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. "القاسم يرد رسميا على قرارات لجنة الانضباط". kooora.com (in Arabic). 24 February 2024.
  5. "إنهاء مباراة الشرطة والميناء بعد 11 دقيقة فقط!". kooora.com (in Arabic). 3 November 2023.
  6. "خطأ إداري يكلف نفط البصرة الخسارة أمام القاسم". kooora.com (in Arabic). 28 November 2023.
  7. "أزمة التحكيم تتفاقم.. انسحاب القاسم من مواجهة القوة الجوية". kooora.com (in Arabic). 23 February 2024.
  8. "هاتريك الدالي يقود نفط ميسان لانتصار تاريخي على الطلبة" (in Arabic). Kooora. 4 November 2023.
  9. "هاتريك الدالي يقود نفط ميسان لتجاوز الميناء" (in Arabic). Kooora. 1 December 2023.
  10. ""هاتريك لأيمن حسين".. الجوية يكرم وفادة الميناء برباعية في دوري نجوم العراق" (in Arabic). Shafaq. 10 February 2024.
  11. "النفط يقسو على نفط الوسط برباعية نظيفة" (in Arabic). Almaalomah. 17 February 2024.
  12. ""القلعة الصفراء" يخطف 3 نقاط من "العميد" في دوري نجوم العراق" (in Arabic). Shafaq. 19 February 2024.
  13. "القوة الجوية يقسو على النفط ويعزز صدارته للدوري العراقي" (in Arabic). Kooora. 4 March 2024.
  14. "بالصور.. نوروز يعطل الميناء في الدوري العراقي" (in Arabic). Kooora. 25 April 2024.
  15. "بالصور.. نوروز يعطل الميناء في الدوري العراقي" (in Arabic). Kooora. 25 April 2024.
  16. "سوبر جيبور ينصر الميناء على نفط الوسط" (in Arabic). Kooora. 18 June 2024.
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