1948–49 Iraq FA Kirkuk League
Season | 1948–49 |
---|---|
Champions | Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad (1st title) |
Relegated | Armenian Shant Al-Anakib Ittihad Kirkuk |
1949–50 (Iraq FA Kirkuk First Division) → |
The 1948–49 Iraq FA Kirkuk League was the first season of the Iraq FA Kirkuk Premier League (the top division of football in Kirkuk from 1948 to 1973) organised by the Kirkuk branch of the Iraq Football Association. It started in November 1948 and finished in March 1949.
In the last round of the competition, Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad defeated Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya to effectively seal the title, since it meant Al-Athoreen needed to defeat Armenian Relief Corps by an unrealistic scoreline to overtake them on goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). Al-Athoreen drew their game meaning that Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad were crowned inaugural Iraq FA Kirkuk League champions.[1][2][3]
League table
[edit]The last two results of the season (Al-Nahl IPC v. Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya and Ittihad Kirkuk v. Al-Madaris) are not available.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 6.833 | 18 | League Champions |
2 | Al-Athoreen | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 14 | 3.571 | 17 | |
3 | Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 1.600 | 14 | |
4 | Armenian Relief Corps | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 2.250 | 11 | |
5 | Al-Nahl IPC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 30 | 1.033 | 10 | |
6 | Al-Dababir IPC | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 1.000 | 10 | |
7 | Al-Madaris | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.706 | 8 | |
8 | Al-Qamar Al-Ahmar | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 0.613 | 8 | |
9 | Armenian Shant | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0.550 | 6 | Relegated to Iraq FA Kirkuk Second Division |
10 | Al-Anakib | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 0.276 | 4 | |
11 | Ittihad Kirkuk | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 0.169 | 0 | |
12 | Nusoor Al-Athori[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
13 | Wimpey's[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Notes:
- ^ Nusoor Al-Athori withdrew after 10 games (3 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses, 14 goals scored, 31 goals conceded, 7 points) and their results were annulled after they failed to turn up for a game against Al-Madaris.[4]
- ^ Wimpey's withdrew after 7 games (0 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses, 2 goals scored, 68 goals conceded, 0 points) and their results were annulled.[5]
Known results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Black Gold recover from lapse; win Kirkuk League". The Iraq Times. 10 March 1949.
- ^ "Football leads at Kirkuk". The Iraq Times. 24 December 1949.
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin (2020). Birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia: The early years of football in Iraq. ISBN 979-8670555623.
- ^ "Two Kirkuk teams fail to turn up". The Iraq Times. 24 February 1949.
- ^ "Kirkuk Football League". The Iraq Times. 28 January 1949.