The 2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League is the 50th season of the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of the Iraqi football league system since its establishment in 1974, and the first under its new name.
22 teams are split into two groups in the first round, where the top four teams in each group qualify for the second round, and the bottom two teams in each group are directly relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.
In the second round, the eight teams are split into two groups, with each team playing the other teams in their group home and away. The two group winners qualify for the final and gain promotion to the Iraq Stars League, while the two group runners-up compete in a third place match, with the winner entering a promotion play-off.
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season:
To Iraqi Premier Division League
Promoted from Iraqi First Division League Al-Fahad Al-Gharraf Al-Karma Ghaz Al-Shamal
Relegated from the Iraq Stars League Al-Diwaniya Al-Sinaa
From Iraqi Premier Division League
Promoted to the Iraq Stars League Al-Minaa Amanat Baghdad
Relegated to Iraqi First Division League Al-Hawija Al-Jinsiya Al-Samawa Al-Sulaikh
Withdrawn teams Al-Difaa Al-Madani Al-Muroor
Teams A total of 22 teams are contesting the league, including 16 sides from the 2022–23 season and the 2 relegated sides from the Iraq Stars League and the 4 promoted sides from the Iraqi First Division League, because of the recent changes necessary to adjustment to having 22 teams possible this season. Indeed, Al-Sinaa and Al-Diwaniya were relegated from the Stars League (known as the Premier League in the previous season), and the four teams Al-Karma, Ghaz Al-Shamal, Al-Gharraf and Al-Fahad were promoted from the First Division League (known as the Second Division League in the previous season). Al-Difaa Al-Madani and Al-Muroor were also considered to have withdrawn from the league after the Ministry of Interior officially dissolved them.
The teams were divided into two groups, and the draw was held on November 19, 2023, and it was decided that the championship will start on December 1, 2023.
2023–24 season
TeamManagerLocationStadiumCapacityAfak Adel AcherAl-Qādisiyyah Al-Kifl Stadium8,000 Al-Bahri Qusay HashimBasra Al-Bahri Stadium7,000Al-Diwaniya Haider Abu Ajjah Al-Qādisiyyah Al-Kut Olympic Stadium20,000Al-Etisalat Rashid Sultan Baghdad Al-Taji Stadium5,000Al-Fahad Anmar SalamAl-Anbar Al-Ramadi Stadium10,000Al-Gharraf Moayad TaumaDhi Qar Al-Shatra Stadium7,500 Al-Hussein Haider Abdul-ZahraBaghdad Five Thousand Stadium5,000Al-Jolan Jumaa JedayaAl-Anbar Al-Fallujah Stadium7,000Al-Karma Haidar MahmoudAl-Anbar Al-Fallujah Stadium7,000Al-Kufa Maitham JaberNajaf Najaf Stadium12,000Al-Nasiriya Haider ObeidDhi Qar An Nasiriya Stadium10,000Al-Ramadi Mahmoud MajeedAl-Anbar Al Ramadi Stadium10,000 Al-Sinaa Safwan Abdul-Ghani Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium10,000Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Khalid Mohammed Sabbar Baghdad Al-Sinaa Stadium10,000Al-Shirqat Farhan HamadSaladin Al-Shirqat Stadium5,000Diyala Sadeq HanoonDiyala Diyala Stadium10,000Ghaz Al-Shamal Mustafa KarimKirkuk Ghaz Al-Shamal Stadium5,000Masafi Al-Junoob Uday IsmailBasra Masafi Al-Junoob Stadium5,000Masafi Al-Wasat Ali Wahab Baghdad Al-Masafi Stadium5,000Maysan Mizher RahimMaysanMaysan Stadium25,000Peshmerga Sulaymaniya Ammar Hussein SulaymaniyahPeshmerga Stadium10,000Samarra Ayoub YounesSaladin Samarra Stadium10,000
First round Group 1
Group 2
Second round Group 1
Group 2
Promotion play-offs Play-out round The second-placed teams in both groups of second round will compete in a play-off, with the loser remaining in Premier Division League and the winner advancing to the promotion play-off.
Promotion play-off The winner of the play-out round will compete in a play-off with the loser from the play-out round of 17th and 18th-placed teams of the Iraq Stars League for a place in next season's Stars League.
Final
References
External links Iraq Football Association Iraqi Premier Division League 2023/2024