The 2022–23 Iraqi Third Division League was the 49th season of what is now called the Iraqi Second Division League, the fourth tier of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have varied throughout history for various reasons; 120 clubs participated in this year's edition. The top 38 teams in the league were promoted directly to Iraqi Second Division League. There is no general date for the start of the league, but each subsidiary football association chooses the best time to start the league in their region.
Teams A total of 120 teams are competing for the league after some teams withdrew for financial reasons. The teams are originally promoted to the Iraqi Second Division League based on the rule of one qualified team out of every five participating teams. The number of teams that will be promoted to the Second Division League will be 38 teams.
Overview The 120 clubs are supposed to be divided into 18 groups by location (some of these groups play in subgroups as well), and each group represents the province to which these clubs belong and lies within its borders. But there are 5 provinces that do not have clubs that play in this level.
No.GovernoratesTeamsPromotion to the Iraqi Second Division League1Dohuk2NinevehAl-Ayadhiyah Bazwaya Hamidat Narkal Qalat Tel Afar Salam Tel Afar Shabab Al-Qayyara Shabab Sinjar Sinjar Talsquf Tarmi3Erbil4KirkukAl-Ekhaa Al-Nujoom Al-Turkman Altun Kupri Baba Gurgur Ittihad Kirkuk Khak Teseen5Sulaymaniyah6SaladinAl-Dhuluiya Al-Jarnaf Al-Malwiya Saad Salahaddin TikritAl-Dhuluiya Salahaddin7Al AnbarA'ali Al-Furat Abu Risha Al-Dawar Al-Fosfat Al-Nassaf Al-Qaeim Al-Rutba Al-Saqlawiya Al-Siddiqiya Al-Wihda Barwana Haditha Ittihad Al-Jazira RawaAl-Dawar Ittihad Al-Jazira8BaghdadAl-Ain Al-Atheer Al-Baiyaa Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Al-Majd Al-Mawared Al-Maiya Al-Nahdha Al-Radd Al-Sariea Al-Shabab Al-Sinaat Al-Harbiya Al-Tarmiya Al-Tatweer Bismaya Biladi Junoob Baghdad Shabab Al-Adil Shabab Al-Khairat Tayaran Al-JaishAl-Difaa Al-Jawi Al-Radd Al-Sariea Al-Shabab Al-Sinaat Al-Harbiya9DiyalaAl-Mansouriya Al-Miqdadiya Al-Sudour Al-Yarmouk Al-Wand Bani Saad Baquba Buhriz Hibhib Jalawla Khanaqin Mandali Shamal Al-MiqdadiyaAl-Mansouriya Al-Sudour Buhriz10KarbalaAl-Ebdaa Al-Jamahir Al-Nidhal Al-Taff Al-Tufoof Ain Al-Tamur Imam Al-Muttaqeen Shabab Al-Hussein Al-Ebdaa11BabilAl-Hashimiya Al-Midhatiya Al-Neel Al-Sadda Al-ShomaliAl-Hashimiya12Wasit Al-Ahrar Al-Dujaila Al-Falahiya Al-Karimiya Al-Khajiya Al-Muntadher Al-Nahrain Al-Sharqiya Al-Shuhadaa Al-Wafaa Al-Wydad WasitAl-Falahiya Al-Wydad Wasit13Najaf14Al-QādisiyyahAl-Yaqdha GhammasGhammas15MaysanAhrar Maysan Ahly Maysan Al-Amara Al-Shaheed Saad Ali Al-Gharbi Kumayt Salam Maysan16Muthanna17Dhi QarAl-Amir Al-Bathaa Al-Dawaya Al-Dhifaf Al-Fohoud Al-Fajr Al-Nassr Baladiyat Al-Nasiriyah Dhi Qar Maysaloon Qalat Sukar TeshrinTeshrin18BasraAl-Faw Al-Midaina Shatt Al-Arab Umm QasrAl-Faw
League tables
1- Dohuk Group There are no teams in Dohuk that play in this division.
2- Nineveh Group TBD
3- Erbil Group There are no teams in Erbil that play in this division.
4- Kirkuk Group Group 1
Group 2
5- Sulaymaniyah Group There are no teams in Sulaymaniyah that play in this division.
6- Saladin Group
Group 1
Group 2
7- Al-Anbar Group
Group 1
Group 2
8- Baghdad Groups Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
9- Diyala Group
Group 1
Group 2
10- Karbalaa Group
Group 1
Group 2
11- Babil Group
12- Wasit Groups Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
13- Al-Najaf Group There are no teams in Al-Najaf that play in this division.
14- Al-Qādisiyyah Group
15- Maysan Group Group 1
Group 1
16- Al-Muthanna Group There are no teams in Al-Muthanna that play in this division.
17- Dhi Qar Group
Group 1
Group 2
18- Basra Group
References
External links Iraq Football Association