Iraqi Premier League
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Established
1974 (52 years old)
First Recorded Event
2020-10-25
Current Season
2026-2027
Current Round
2
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Iraq
Gender
Male
TV Rights
22 Aug 
Description
The Iraq Stars League (Arabic: دوري نجوم العراق, romanized: Dawrī Nujūm Al-'Irāq), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Association.
The league was formed by the Iraq Football Association in 1974 as the Iraqi National Clubs League, the first nationwide league of clubs in Iraq, and later became known as the Iraqi Premier League. In 2023, the competition was transformed into a professional league under the name Iraq Stars League. The current format sees 20 teams playing 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season.
Of the 80 teams to have competed since the inception of the league in 1974, eleven have won the title. Al-Zawraa are the most successful club with 14 titles, followed by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (7), Al-Shorta (7) and Al-Talaba (5), who together contest the Baghdad derbies. The current champions are Al-Shorta, who won their third consecutive title in 2023–24.
Seasons
2026-2027
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
Teams
  Al-Gharraf  |  Al-Jolan |  Al-Kahrabaa | |||
 Al-Karkh |  Al-Karma |  Al-Minaa | |||
 Al-Mosul |  Al-Naft |  Al-Quwa Al-Jawi | |||
 Al-Shorta |  Al-Talaba |  Al-Zawraa | |||
 Diyala |  Duhok |  Erbil | |||
 Ghaz Al-Shamal |  Karbala |  Naft Maysan | |||
 Newroz |  Zakho |
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