The 1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National Clubs First Division League was the 15th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974 and the first that was played in a group stage format rather than a round-robin format. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi National Clubs League to Iraqi Pan-National Clubs League. Al-Rasheed won the title by defeating Al-Talaba on penalties in the final, to become the first team to win three Premier League titles in a row.
During the regional stage, if a match ended in a draw, it would go to extra time and then penalties if necessary. A team would earn three points if they won a game by two goals or more after normal time, two points if they won a game by one goal or in extra time, and one point if they won a penalty shootout.
Regional stage North Group TeamResultErbilQualified to National StageWahid HuzairanAl-MosulRelegated to Iraqi National Second DivisionSalahaddinDuhokSulaymaniya
Central Group TeamResultAl-NajafQualified to National StageAl-NasrDiyalaRelegated to Iraqi National Second DivisionAl-JamahirBabilAl-Diwaniya
South Group TeamResultAl-BahriQualified to National StageAl-MinaaAl-NasiriyaRelegated to Iraqi National Second DivisionAl-SamawaAl-HurriyaAl-Numaniya
Baghdad Group
Results
National stage Group 1
Group 2
Ranking of fourth-placed teams The Iraq Football Association decided that the league for the 1989–90 season would consist of ten clubs from Baghdad and four clubs from outside Baghdad. Therefore, the three lowest-placed teams from outside Baghdad in the national stage were relegated.
Golden stage
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Qualification to AFC and UAFA competitions Team Qualification method Competition(s) qualified toAl-RasheedLeague champions1989–90 Asian Club Championship and 1989 Arab Cup Winners' CupAl-TayaranFA Cup runners-up1989 Arab Club Champions Cup
Season statistics Top scorers PosScorerGoalsTeam1Karim Saddam22Al-Zawraa2Natiq Hashim12Al-TayaranHussein SaeedAl-TalabaSaad Abdul-RaheemAl-Zawraa
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Al-Tayaran Al-Tijara 7–2 4Al-Tayaran Al-Jaish 4–2 Al-Zawraa Al-Sulaikh 3–2
Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals
References
External links Iraq Football Association