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Iraqi Stars League

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2025-2026

Location

Iraq

Abbreviation

IRQ1

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Summary

The Iraqi Stars League (IRQ1) (previously the Iraqi Premier League) is the top football league in Iraq's football system. At the end of the 2025-2026 IRQ1 season, the IRQ1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026-2027 AFC Champions League Elite - League Stage:
- 1st place 2025-2026 IRQ1 team
2026-2027 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League - Group Stage:
- 2nd place 2025-2026 IRQ1 team

Leagues Pyramid - Iraq

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
IRQ1	Iraqi Stars League	20
IRQ2	Iraqi Premier Division League	20
IRQ3	Iraqi First Division League	20
IRQ4	Iraqi Second Division League	20

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
13 Sep 2025 - 28 May 2026			20: IRQ1 (17 minimum), IRQ2 (3 maximum)

Season Format

Each IRQ1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 19 IRQ1 teams for a total of 38 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) goal difference, (4) goals scored, then (5) wins.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 IRQ1 season, the 19th and 20th place teams will be relegated to the IRQ2. The 18th place team will play a Home/Away highest aggregate goals wins playoff against the 3rd place IRQ2 team.

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		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	17	11 -4-2	37	-	21	8	13	8	5 -2-1	17	10	6	4	9	6 -2-1	20	11	2	9
2	Al-Shorta SC	16	11 -2-3	35	-	29	11	18	8	8 -0-0	24	17	4	13	8	3 -2-3	11	12	7	5
3	Erbil SC	17	10 -5-2	35	-	23	13	10	9	7 -1-1	22	14	8	6	8	3 -4-1	13	9	5	4
4	Al-Karma SC	17	10 -4-3	34	-	22	9	13	10	6 -4-0	22	15	4	11	7	4 -0-3	12	7	5	2
5	Al Zawra'a SC	16	8 -7-1	31	-	21	10	11	8	5 -2-1	17	12	6	6	8	3 -5-0	14	9	4	5
6	Al-Talaba SC	17	9 -4-4	31	-	22	14	8	9	6 -2-1	20	13	6	7	8	3 -2-3	11	9	8	1
7	Al-Karkh SC	17	7 -7-3	28	-	24	18	6	9	4 -4-1	16	14	8	6	8	3 -3-2	12	10	10	0
8	Zakho SC	17	7 -6-4	27	-	23	15	8	8	4 -4-0	16	13	6	7	9	3 -2-4	11	10	9	1
9	Diyala SC	17	7 -6-4	27	-	22	15	7	7	3 -4-0	13	9	4	5	10	4 -2-4	14	13	11	2
10	Duhok SC	17	7 -5-5	26	-	19	14	5	8	4 -2-2	14	6	4	2	9	3 -3-3	12	13	10	3
11	Al-Gharraf SC	17	6 -5-6	23	-	17	14	3	9	4 -2-3	14	9	6	3	8	2 -3-3	9	8	8	0
12	Al-Naft SC	17	5 -6-6	21	-	18	16	2	8	4 -2-2	14	11	5	6	9	1 -4-4	7	7	11	-4
13	Newroz SC	17	6 -1-10	19	-	18	24	-6	9	3 -0-6	9	8	11	-3	8	3 -1-4	10	10	13	-3
14	Amanat Baghdad SC	17	5 -4-8	19	-	18	24	-6	10	3 -3-4	12	11	13	-2	7	2 -1-4	7	7	11	-4
15	Al Mina'a SC	17	4 -6-7	18	-	16	20	-4	8	2 -3-3	9	10	11	-1	9	2 -3-4	9	6	9	-3
16	Mosul SC	17	5 -3-9	18	-	16	26	-10	8	1 -1-6	4	5	16	-11	9	4 -2-3	14	11	10	1
17	Naft Maysan FC	17	3 -4-10	13	-	20	31	-11	8	0 -3-5	3	7	15	-8	9	3 -1-5	10	13	16	-3
18	Al-Kahrabaa FC	17	3 -3-11	12	-	13	26	-13	9	1 -2-6	5	5	11	-6	8	2 -1-5	7	8	15	-7
19	Al-Najaf SC	17	2 -2-13	8	-	12	31	-19	8	1 -2-5	5	5	13	-8	9	1 -0-8	3	7	18	-11
20	Al-Qasim SC	17	0 -2-15	2	-	5	40	-35	8	0 -0-8	0	3	25	-22	9	0 -2-7	2	2	15	-13
2026-2027 AFCCL 2026-2027 AGCFF Gulf Club CL Relegation Playoff Relegation to IRQ2