The 1980–81 Iraqi National Clubs First Division League was the 7th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The competition was originally meant to be held in a double round-robin format, but was later changed to a single round-robin tournament due to the Iran–Iraq War. Al-Talaba won the league title for the first time in their history.
Al-Shorta defeated Al-Zawraa 3–0 on the final day of the season on 19 May to move level with Al-Talaba on both points and goal difference. The next tiebreaker was number of wins, and therefore Al-Talaba were crowned champions having won two more matches than Al-Shorta.
League table
Results
Season statistics Top scorers PosScorerGoalsTeam1Hussein Saeed11Al-Talaba2Ali Hussein Mahmoud9Al-Shorta3Faisal Aziz5Al-ShortaKarim MousaAl-Shabab
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date 4Al-Talaba Al-Adhamiya 6–0 Al-Shorta Al-Amana 3–1 Al-Shorta Al-Zawraa 3–0
Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals
References
External links Iraq Football Association