The 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League was the 48th season of the Iraqi Premier League, the highest tier football league in Iraq, since its establishment in 1974. The season started on 20 September 2021 and ended on 3 July 2022, with the relegation play-off held on 10 September 2022.
Al-Shorta secured the title with seven rounds of the league remaining, setting a new record for the earliest title win in Iraq and finishing a record 21 points clear at the top of the table. Al-Shorta also became the first club to beat all other teams in a 20-team season and the first club to win all Baghdad derbies home and away in one season.
Al-Shorta forward Mahmoud Al-Mawas from Syria became the first non-Iraqi player to win the league's top scorer award, scoring 22 goals, and the club's Egyptian manager Moamen Soliman became the first manager from Africa to win the Iraqi Premier League.
Teams
Clubs and locations Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity Al-Diwaniya Haitham Al-Shboul Diwaniya Al-Diwaniya Stadium5,000 Al-Kahrabaa Luay Salah Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium5,000 Al-Karkh Ahmed Abdul-Jabar Baghdad Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium 5,150 Al-Minaa Ali Wahab Basra Al-Fayhaa Stadium10,000 Al-Naft Basim Qasim Baghdad Al-Naft Stadium3,000 Al-Najaf Hassan Ahmed Najaf Al-Najaf International Stadium30,000 Al-Qasim Chasib Sultan Babil Al-Kifl Stadium10,000 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Qahtan Chathir Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium34,200 Al-Shorta Moamen Soliman Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium34,200 Al-Sinaa Sadeq Hanoon Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium10,000 Al-Talaba Anas Makhlouf Baghdad Al-Shaab Stadium34,200 Al-Zawraa Ayoub Odisho Baghdad Al-Zawraa Stadium15,443 Amanat Baghdad Wissam Talib Baghdad Amanat Baghdad Stadium5,000 Erbil Nizar Mahrous Erbil Franso Hariri Stadium25,000 Naft Al-Basra Asaad Abdul-Razzaq Basra Al-Fayhaa Stadium10,000 Naft Al-Wasat Abdul-Ghani Shahad Najaf Al-Najaf International Stadium30,000 Naft Maysan Ahmed Khalaf Amara Maysan Olympic Stadium25,000 Newroz Wali Kareem Sulaymaniya Sulaymaniya Stadium15,000 Samarra Muayad Taha Samarra Samarra Stadium4,000 Zakho Firas Al-Khatib Zakho Zakho International Stadium20,000
League table
Results
Relegation play-off
Duhok are promoted to the Iraqi Premier League, while Amanat Baghdad are relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mahmoud Al-MawasAl-Shorta222 Aso RostamNewroz183 Muhaimen SalimAl-Kahrabaa134 Hammadi AhmedAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya12 Mohannad Abdul-RaheemNaft Al-Wasat
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Farhan Shakor Amanat Baghdad Al-Qasim 3–0 (H)
Notes (H) – Home team
Awards Award Winner Club Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season Alaa Abbas Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
References
External links Official website Iraq Football Association