2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League

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Iraqi Premier Division League
Season	2023–24
Dates	1 December 2023 – 20 July 2024
Champions	Diyala (2nd title)
Promoted	Diyala Al-Karma
Relegated	Samarra Al-Shirqat Al-Kufa Al-Diwaniya
← 2022–23 (Iraqi First Division League) 2024–25 →

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

Relegated from the Iraq Stars League

From Iraqi Premier Division League

Promoted to the Iraq Stars League

Relegated to Iraqi First Division League

Withdrawn teams

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 Al-Difaa Al-Madani and Al-Muroor were also considered to have withdrawn from the league after the Ministry of Interior officially dissolved them.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

Baghdad

Al-Anbar

Al-Shirqat

Ghaz Al-Shamal

Peshmerga Sulaymaniya

SamarraBaghdad teams
Al-Etisalat
Al-Hussein
Al-Sinaa
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
Masafi Al-Wasat
Al-Anbar teams
Al-Fahad
Al-Jolan
Al-Karma
Al-Ramadi
class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League teams

Team	Manager	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Afak	Adel Acher	Al-Qādisiyyah (Afak)	Al-Kifl Stadium	8,000
Al-Bahri	Qusay Hashim	Basra (Al-Jubaila)	Al-Bahri Stadium	7,000
Al-Diwaniya	Haider Abu Ajjah	Al-Qādisiyyah (Al-Diwaniyah)	Al-Kut Olympic Stadium	20,000
Al-Etisalat	Rashid Sultan	Baghdad (Al-Mansour)	Al-Taji Stadium	5,000
Al-Fahad	Anmar Salam	Al-Anbar (Al-Khalidiya)	Al-Ramadi Stadium	15,000
Al-Gharraf	Moayad Tauma	Dhi Qar (Al-Gharraf)	Al-Shatra Stadium	7,500
Al-Hussein	Haider Abdul-Zahra	Baghdad (Sadr City)	Five Thousand Stadium	5,000
Al-Jolan	Jumaa Jedaya	Al-Anbar (Al-Fallujah)	Al-Fallujah Stadium	7,000
Al-Karma	Haidar Mahmoud	Al-Anbar (Al-Karmah)	Al-Fallujah Stadium	7,000
Al-Kufa	Maitham Jaber	Najaf	Najaf Stadium	30,000
Al-Nasiriya	Haider Obeid	Dhi Qar (Nasiriyah)	An Nasiriya Stadium	10,000
Al-Ramadi	Mahmoud Majeed	Al-Anbar (Al-Ramadi)	Al Ramadi Stadium	15,000
Al-Sinaa	Safwan Abdul-Ghani	Baghdad (Al-Habibiya)	Al-Sinaa Stadium	10,000
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	Khalid Mohammed Sabbar	Baghdad (Al-Wazireya)	Al-Sinaa Stadium	5,000
Al-Shirqat	Farhan Hamad	Saladin (Al-Shirqat)	Al-Shirqat Stadium	5,000
Diyala	Sadeq Hanoon	Diyala	Diyala Stadium	350,000
Ghaz Al-Shamal	Mustafa Karim	Kirkuk	Ghaz Al-Shamal Stadium	5,000
Masafi Al-Junoob	Uday Ismail	Basra (Shaibah)	Masafi Al-Junoob Stadium	5,000
Masafi Al-Wasat	Ali Wahab	Baghdad (Al-Dura)	Al-Masafi Stadium	5,000
Maysan	Mizher Rahim	Maysan	Maysan Stadium	25,000
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya	Ammar Hussein	Sulaymaniyah	Peshmerga Stadium	10,000
Samarra	Ayoub Younes	Saladin (Samarra)	Samarra Stadium	10,000

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Karma	20	11	4	5	36	17	+19	37	Qualification for the Second Round
2	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya	20	9	9	2	30	16	+14	36
3	Al-Nasiriya	20	8	8	4	26	18	+8	32
4	Al-Etisalat	20	7	9	4	29	26	+3	30
5	Masafi Al-Junoob	20	6	11	3	19	17	+2	29
6	Al-Hussein	20	6	8	6	20	24	−4	26
7	Maysan	20	6	8	6	17	21	−4	26
8	Afak	20	6	6	8	28	26	+2	24
9	Al-Fahad	20	6	6	8	28	29	−1	24
10	Samarra	20	3	6	11	17	31	−14	15	Relegation to Iraqi First Division League
11	Al-Shirqat	20	2	5	13	14	39	−25	11	Relegation to Iraqi First Division League

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2024. Source: IFA official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Diyala	20	10	7	3	25	14	+11	37	Qualification for the Second Round
2	Al-Jolan	20	11	2	7	22	17	+5	35
3	Masafi Al-Wasat	20	8	7	5	24	19	+5	31
4	Al-Ramadi	20	8	7	5	24	20	+4	31
5	Al-Sinaa	20	7	10	3	15	11	+4	31
6	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	20	7	7	6	21	15	+6	28
7	Al-Bahri	20	6	8	6	19	14	+5	26
8	Al-Gharraf	20	6	7	7	18	16	+2	25
9	Ghaz Al-Shamal	20	5	9	6	21	21	0	24
10	Al-Kufa	20	3	6	11	15	32	−17	15	Relegation to Iraqi First Division League
11	Al-Diwaniya	20	2	4	14	9	34	−25	10	Relegation to Iraqi First Division League

Second round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Karma	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15	Qualification for the Iraq Stars League
2	Al-Ramadi	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Qualification for the play-out round
3	Al-Jolan	6	0	3	3	6	10	−4	3
4	Al-Nasiriya	6	0	3	3	8	16	−8	3

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Diyala	6	3	2	1	5	2	+3	11	Qualification for the Iraq Stars League
2	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Qualification for the play-out round
3	Masafi Al-Wasat	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	7
4	Al-Etisalat	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5

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.

20 July 202417:30 UTC+3

Al-Ramadi	1–4	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya

Al-Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad

Promotion play-off

The winner of the play-out round will compete in a play-off with 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.

24 July 202419:30 UTC+3

Al-Qasim	2–1	Peshmerga Sulaymaniya

Al-Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad

Final

20 July 202417:30 UTC+3

Al-Karma	2–2	Diyala

Penalties
	6–7

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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