2023–24 Iraqi Division One

The 2023–24 Iraqi Division One is the 50th season of the Iraqi Division One, the second 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. The top two teams are promoted to the Iraq Stars League, while the bottom two teams in each group are directly relegated to the Iraqi Division Two.[1]

Iraqi Division One
Season2023–24
DatesNovember 2023 – June 2024
2024–25 →

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season:

Overview

Changes

In November 2020, The Iraq FA announced that the number of teams will decrease from 28 to 24 in total starting from 2021 to 2022 season. To make these changes possible, the Iraq FA announced that in 2022–23 season, a two teams are promoted to the Premier League, where the winner and runner-up of each group will play a play-off match, so that the winners will be promoted directly to the Premier League, while 6 teams in total are directly relegated to Division Two.[2]

On April 8, 2023, the promotion and relegation mechanism was changed, and the Football Association announced the promotion of the winning team in each group directly to the Premier League, and the relegation of the last two teams in the standings in each group to the Division Two, as a result, two teams are promote and 4 teams are relegate.[3][4]

Teams

A total of 24 teams are contesting the league, including 18 sides from the 2022–23 season[5] and the 2 relegated sides from the Iraqi Premier League and the 4 promoted sides from the Iraqi Division Two, because of the recent changes necessary to adjustment to having 24 teams possible this season. Indeed, Al-Sinaa and Al-Diwaniya were relegated from the Premier League in the previous season,[6][7][8] and the four teams Al-Karma, Ghaz Al-Shamal, Al-Gharraf and Al-Fahad were promoted from the Division Two.[9][10]

2023–24 season
Locations of the 2023–24 Iraqi Division One teams
Team Manager Location Stadium Capacity
Afak Iraq Hussein Mohie Al-Qādisiyyah (Afak) Al-Kifl Stadium 8,000
Al-Bahri Iraq Ahmed Rahim Basra (Al-Jubaila) Al-Bahri Stadium 7,000
Al-Difaa Al-Madani Iraq Nafie Mohammed Baghdad (Al-Shaab) Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Diwaniya Iraq Haider Hussien Shamran Al-Qādisiyyah (Al-Diwaniyah) Al-Kut Olympic Stadium 20,000
Al-Etisalat Iraq Rashid Sultan Baghdad (Al-Mansour) Al-Taji Stadium 5,000
Al-Fahad Iraq Ali Jawad Al-Anbar (Al-Khalidiya) Al-Ramadi Stadium 15,000
Al-Gharraf Iraq Moayad Tauma Dhi Qar (Al-Gharraf) Al-Shatra Stadium 7,500
Al-Hussein Iraq Sahl Naeem Baghdad (Sadr City) Five Thousand Stadium 5,000
Al-Jolan Iraq Thair Jassam Al-Anbar (Al-Fallujah) Al-Fallujah Stadium 7,000
Al-Karma Iraq Haidar Mahmoud Al-Anbar (Al-Karmah) Al-Fallujah Stadium 7,000
Al-Kufa Iraq Maitham Jaber Najaf Najaf Stadium 30,000
Al-Muroor Iraq Adel Achar Baghdad (Sadr City) Al-Walaa Stadium 5,000
Al-Nasiriya Iraq Ali Wahab Dhi Qar (Nasiriyah) An Nasiriya Stadium 10,000
Al-Ramadi Iraq Shaker Mahmoud Al-Anbar (Al-Ramadi) Al Ramadi Stadium 15,000
Al-Sinaa Iraq Qusay Munir Baghdad (Al-Habibiya) Al-Sinaa Stadium 10,000
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Iraq Qusay Hashim Baghdad (Al-Wazireya) Al-Sinaa Stadium 5,000
Al-Shirqat Iraq Farhan Hamad Saladin (Al-Shirqat) Al-Shirqat Stadium 5,000
Diyala Iraq Sadeq Hanoon Diyala Diyala Stadium 10,000
Ghaz Al-Shamal Iraq Natiq Haddad Kirkuk Ghaz Al-Shamal Stadium 5,000
Masafi Al-Junoob Iraq Sattar Jabbar Basra (Shaibah) Masafi Al-Junoob Stadium 5,000
Masafi Al-Wasat Iraq Mahdi Kadhim Baghdad (Al-Dura) Al-Masafi Stadium 5,000
Maysan Iraq Mizher Rahim Maysan Maysan Stadium 25,000
Peshmerga Sulaymaniya Iraq Ammar Hussein Sulaymaniyah Peshmerga Stadium 10,000
Samarra Iraq Ayoub Younes Saladin (Samarra) Samarra Stadium 10,000

League table

TBD

References
  1. "المسابقات تعلن مواعيد منهاجها الكروي للموسم المقبل". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. "اعتماد تصنيف وآلية وموعد انطلاق دوري الدرجة الأولى". الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. "تغيير في آلية التأهل والهبوط بالدرجة الاولى". almaalomah.me (in Arabic). 8 April 2023.
  4. "بالوثيقة.. تغيير آلية الصعود والهبوط في الدوريين الممتاز والأول". baghdadtoday.news (in Arabic). 8 April 2023.
  5. "تنظيم جيد لدوري المظاليم لكنه بحاجة إلى المزيد من الأضواء". azzaman-iraq.com (in Arabic). 7 June 2023.
  6. "رسمياً .. هبوط الصناعة والديوانية لدوري الدرجة الأولى". nabd.com (in Arabic). 11 July 2023.
  7. "الدوري العراقي الممتاز.. قراءة سريعة في أوراق الجولة الـ 36". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 12 July 2023.
  8. "النفط يجتاز القاسم ويضمن البقاء.. وهبوط الصناعة رسميا". kooora.com (in Arabic). 12 July 2023.
  9. "الاتحاد العراقي يحدد موعد وآلية انطلاق بطولة الجمهورية". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 28 July 2023.
  10. "رئيس اتحاد الكرة يبارك تأهل فرق الكرمة والغراف والفهد وغاز الشمال إلى دوري الدرجة الأولى". addustor.com (in Arabic). 30 July 2023.
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