1966–67 Iraq Central FA Premier League

The 1966–67 Iraq Central FA Premier League was the 19th season of the Iraq Central FA Premier League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973). After the outbreak of the Six-Day War on 5 June 1967, the league was postponed for over a month, with one match remaining from the first half of the season and the second half of the season having not yet started.[1]

Iraq Central FA Premier League
Season1966–67
ChampionsN/A (season cancelled)

In July, the Iraq Central Football Association (IFA) decided to cancel all scheduled matches from the second half of the season,[2] and planned to complete the first half of the season by holding its last game between Aliyat Al-Shorta and Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha on 21 August at Al-Shaab Stadium.[3] However, it is unclear if this match ended up taking place,[4] and the league season was reportedly considered as cancelled by the IFA.[5]

Shidrak Yousif was named as best player while Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's Hisham Atta and Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab's Adel Ibrahim were joint-top scorers at the time of cancellation with five goals each.[6]

League table at abandonment
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Aliyat Al-Shorta 5 3 2 0 16 4 4.000 8
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 3 2 1 9 5 1.800 8
3 Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 6 3 1 2 11 6 1.833 7
4 Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha 5 3 1 1 6 5 1.200 7
5 Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 6 0 4 2 5 9 0.556 4
6 Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya 6 1 2 3 4 10 0.400 4
7 Al-Firqa Al-Khamisa 6 0 2 4 3 15 0.200 2
Source: Baghdad News

Results
Home \ Away FKH FTH ASH KUL QWJ SIK MAS
Al-Firqa Al-Khamisa 1–2 0–0 1–1
Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha –[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 2–1
Aliyat Al-Shorta 6–0 5–1 1–1
Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya 2–0 0–2 0–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 1–1 3–2
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 0–0 1–1 0–3
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab 4–1 1–3 0–0
Source: Baghdad News
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha–Aliyat Al-Shorta match was scheduled to be played on 21 August 1967 to complete the first half of the season, however it is unclear if this match ended up taking place.[3]

References
  1. "Sports Briefs". Baghdad News. 26 July 1967.
  2. "Cancellation of the second section of league matches". Al-Riyadh. 11 July 1967.
  3. "Sports Briefs: Local". Baghdad News. 18 August 1967.
  4. "Soviet Football Team here". Baghdad News. 23 November 1967.
  5. "Aliyat - champions for the third time". Al-La'ab. 11 April 1970.
  6. Al-Sabti, Ali (2018). Iraqi League History 1956-1974. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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