Iraqi Premier League
Club Position in 2018-19 First season in Premier League Seasons in Premier League First season of current spell in Premier League Premier League titles Last Premier League title
Al-Diwaniya 14th 1988-89 12 2017-18 0 n/a
Al-Hudood 9th 2008-09 9 2014-15 0 n/a
Al-Kahrabaa 10th 2004-05 15 2014-15 0 n/a
Al-Karkh 6th 1990-91 24 2018-19 0 n/a
Al-Minaa 17th 1974-75 44 1990-91 1 1977-78
Al-Naft 4th 1985-86 35 1985-86 0 n/a
Al-Najaf 12th 1987-88 33 1987-88 0 n/a
Al-Qasim 1st in Iraq Division One 2019-20 1 2019-20 0 n/a
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2nd 1974-75 46 1974-75 6 2016-17
Al-Samawa 18th 1974-75 17 2015-16 0 n/a
Al-Shorta 1st 1974-75 46 1974-75 5 + 1 dp 2018-19
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 16th 2017-18 3 2017-18 0 n/a
Al-Talaba 13th 1975-76 45 1975-76 5 2001-02
Al-Zawraa 3rd 1975-76 45 1975-76 14 2017-18
Amanat Baghdad 8th 1974-75 27 2008-09 0 n/a
Erbil 11th 1987-88 28 2018-19 4 2011-12
Naft Al-Junoob 15th 2004-05 15 2012-13 0 n/a
Naft Al-Wasat 7th 2014-15 6 2014-15 1 2014-15
Naft Maysan 5th 2009-10 9 2013-14 0 n/a
Zakho 2nd in Iraq Division One 2002-03 15 2019-20 0 n/a
Clubs -- Clubs for 2019–20 season
The following 20 clubs are competing in the Iraqi Premier League during the 2019–20 season .
The Iraqi Premier League (; ) is the highest league in the league system of Iraqi football and currently contains the top 20 Iraqi football clubs. It is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and is the top tier of an extensive pyramid-like structure, operating on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraq Division One in which two teams get relegated and two teams get promoted each season. The league was formed by the IFA in 1974 as the Iraqi National League, the first nationwide league of clubs in Iraq, replacing the four regional championships that existed at the time (the most notable of which being the Iraqi Central 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 76 teams to have competed since the inception of the league in 1974, 11 have won the title: Al-Zawraa (14), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (6), Al-Talaba (5), Al-Shorta (5 + 1 dp. ), Erbil (4), Al-Rasheed (3), Al-Minaa (1), Salahaddin (1), Al-Jaish (1), Duhok (1) and Naft Al-Wasat (1). The current champions are Al-Shorta, who won the title in 2018-19.