1977–78 Iraqi National League

Iraqi National League
Season	1977–78
Champions	Al-Minaa (1st title)
Relegated	Al-Hilla Babil
Top goalscorer	Jalil Hanoon (11 goals)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 4th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Minaa won their first national league title, winning the competition without defeat and becoming the first team from outside Baghdad to win the national league.^[1]^[2]

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Name changes

Al-Baladiyat merged with Amanat Al-Asima to form Al-Amana.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Minaa	13	8	5	0	27	10	+17	21	League Champions
2	Al-Zawraa	13	9	1	3	31	9	+22	19
3	Al-Sinaa	13	8	3	2	18	7	+11	19
4	Al-Jaish	13	9	0	4	16	12	+4	18
5	Al-Amana	13	7	3	3	14	6	+8	17
6	Al-Shorta	13	5	7	1	11	5	+6	17
7	Al-Tayaran	13	5	4	4	19	11	+8	14	FA Cup Winners
8	Al-Jamiea	13	4	6	3	8	10	−2	14
9	Al-Iktisad	13	4	3	6	13	17	−4	11
10	Salahaddin	13	2	5	6	10	15	−5	9
11	Al-Ittihad	13	3	3	7	11	17	−6	9
12	Al-Thawra	13	3	3	7	9	17	−8	9
13	Al-Hilla	13	1	2	10	4	30	−26	4	Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division
14	Babil	13	0	1	12	3	28	−25	1	Relegated to Iraqi National Second Division

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive

Results

Home \ Away	AMN	HLL	IKT	ITT	JSH	MIN	SHR	SIN	TLB	TAY	THW	ZWR	BBL	SAL
Al-Amana		2–0		2–0	3–0			0–1					3–0	1–0
Al-Hilla								0–4					1–0
Al-Iktisad	1–1	3–1									1–0		1–0
Al-Ittihad		1–1	2–1										2–1
Al-Jaish		1–0	0–2	3–2		0–1		1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0		3–1	3–1
Al-Minaa	2–0	5–1	1–0	1–0			1–0	1–1			1–1	3–2	6–0	2–2
Al-Shorta	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0			1–1	1–1		0–0		1–0	1–0
Al-Sinaa			0–0	1–0					2–0	2–1	3–0		1–0	2–1
Al-Jamiea	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–1					2–0		1–0	0–0
Al-Tayaran	2–0	5–0	1–0	0–1		2–2	0–0		1–1		0–0			4–2
Al-Thawra	0–1	3–0		2–1
Al-Zawraa	0–1	4–0	6–2	2–1	0–1		0–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	5–0		4–0	1–0
Babil										0–2	1–3			0–0
Salahaddin		0–0	2–0	1–1							1–0

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Jalil Hanoon	11	Al-Minaa
2	Falah Hassan	10	Al-Zawraa
3	Salim Malakh	8	Al-Tayaran
4	Hassan Saddawi	7	Al-Jaish
5	Hazem Jassam	6	Al-Zawraa

Hat-tricks

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result	Date
Hassan Saddawi	Al-Jaish	Salahaddin	3–1	25 October 1977
Mahdi Jassim	Al-Zawraa	Babil	4–0	3 November 1977
Salim Malakh	Al-Tayaran	Salahaddin	4–2	14 November 1977
Jalil Hanoon⁴	Al-Minaa	Babil	6–0	27 January 1978
Falah Hassan	Al-Zawraa	Al-Hilla	4–0	27 January 1978

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References

^ ^a ^b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

Iraq Football Association

Iraq Stars League

Seasons

1970s	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24