1986–87 Iraqi National League

Iraqi National League
Season	1986–87
Champions	Al-Rasheed; (1st title)
Asian Club Championship	Al-Rasheed
Arab Club Champions Cup	Al-Rasheed; Al-Jaish
Top goalscorer	Rahim Hameed; (14 goals)
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 13th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Rasheed won their first league title, and also won the 1986–87 Iraq FA Cup to complete the double. The league was played in a quadruple round-robin format for the only time in history.^[1]^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Rasheed (C)	44	24	14	6	65	29	36	62	Asian Club Championship qualifying round and Arab Club Champions Cup group stage
2	Al-Jaish	44	19	21	4	57	24	33	59	Arab Club Champions Cup preliminary round^[a]
3	Al-Shabab	44	18	16	10	50	34	16	52
4	Al-Tayaran	44	16	19	9	47	41	6	51
5	Al-Shorta	44	15	19	10	40	32	8	49
6	Al-Talaba	44	15	15	14	34	34	0	45
7	Al-Zawraa	44	12	20	12	38	35	3	44
8	Al-Bahri	44	10	17	17	37	48	−11	37
9	Salahaddin	44	12	13	19	29	45	−16	37
10	Al-Sinaa	44	8	19	17	33	47	−14	35
11	Al-Naft	44	9	14	21	26	47	−21	32
12	Al-Mosul	44	4	17	23	23	63	−40	25

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ As holders, Al-Rasheed automatically qualified for the Arab Club Champions Cup meaning Iraq were given another slot in the competition. This slot was given to Al-Jaish, runners-up of the league and the FA Cup (both won by Al-Rasheed).

Results

Rounds 1–22

Home \ Away	BHR	JSH	MSL	NFT	RSH	SHB	SHR	SIN	TLB	TAY	ZWR	SAL
Al-Bahri		2–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Al-Jaish	4–0		2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Al-Mosul	1–2	0–3		1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	0–2
Al-Naft	1–0	0–1	2–0		0–4	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2
Al-Rasheed	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1		3–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Al-Shabab	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–0
Al-Shorta	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–1		2–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Al-Sinaa	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1
Al-Talaba	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0		1–3	0–0	3–1
Al-Tayaran	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1		3–2	0–3^[a]
Al-Zawraa	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1		2–0
Salahaddin	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–4	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The Al-Tayaran–Salahaddin match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Salahaddin after the game had originally ended in a 0–0 draw.

Rounds 23–44

Home \ Away	BHR	JSH	MSL	NFT	RSH	SHB	SHR	SIN	TLB	TAY	ZWR	SAL
Al-Bahri		0–2	1–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1
Al-Jaish	2–1		0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–0
Al-Mosul	1–1	0–3		1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–1
Al-Naft	1–0	0–3	2–1		1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2
Al-Rasheed	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0		1–2	4–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0
Al-Shabab	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–0
Al-Shorta	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1		0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1
Al-Sinaa	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–0		1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1
Al-Talaba	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0		2–0	0–1	0–1
Al-Tayaran	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–2		1–0	0–1
Al-Zawraa	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	7–2		1–0
Salahaddin	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Rahim Hameed	14	Al-Jaish
2	Ali Hussein Mahmoud	12	Al-Jaish
3	Karim Hadi	10	Al-Shabab
	Hassan Saddawi		Al-Tayaran
	Jassim Ibrahim		Al-Tayaran

Hat-tricks

Player^[1]	For	Against	Result
Jassim Ibrahim	Al-Tayaran	Al-Mosul	4–0

References

^ ^a ^b Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

Iraq Football Association

[table_note_res_CCPR0.63621578302058-3] As holders, Al-Rasheed automatically qualified for the Arab Club Champions Cup meaning Iraq were given another slot in the competition. This slot was given to Al-Jaish, runners-up of the league and the FA Cup (both won by Al-Rasheed).

[table_note_1_TAY_SAL0.62414357421181-4] The Al-Tayaran–Salahaddin match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Salahaddin after the game had originally ended in a 0–0 draw.

[sabti-1] Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Al-Munshi, Dr.Dhia (2005). Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq. Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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