| Season: | 2009–10 |
| Competition: | Iraqi Premier League |
| Winners: | Duhok (1st title) |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Duhok Al-Talaba Erbil (invited) |
| League Topscorer: | Amjad Radhi (31 goals) |
| Relegated: | Al-Kufa Kirkuk Al-Hudood Al-Shirqat Peris Salahaddin Al-Samawa Al-Etisalat Masafi Al-Junoob Maysan Sulaymaniya |
| Biggest Home Win: | (16 January 2010) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (7 April 2010) (4 May 2010) |
| Highest Scoring: | (8 April 2010) (15 May 2010) (3 July 2010) |
| Prevseason: | 2008–09 |
| Nextseason: | 2010–11 (Iraqi Elite League) |
The 2009–10 Iraqi Premier League (known as the Zain Iraq League for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 36th edition of the competition. It was initially set to start in October 2009, but was later rescheduled for December as a 36-team league. The season saw Duhok crowned as champions for the first time.[2]
Al-Talaba won 1–0 on aggregate
Duhok won 5–2 on aggregate
| GK | 12 | |||
| DF | 2 |  Ali Jassim | ||
| DF | 13 | Ayad Khalaf | ||
| DF | 3 | Majid Hameed | ||
| DF | 4 | Ahmad Abdul-Majid | ||
| MF | 50 | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (c) | ||
| MF | 26 | Thamir Fuad | ||
| MF | 20 | Ihab Kadhim | ||
| MF | 24 | Aqeel Mohammed | ||
| MF | 14 | Nawaf Salal | ||
| FW | 9 | Mohammed Abid Jadaya | ||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 5 | Haidar Abdul-Qadir | ||
| FW | 17 | Karrar Tariq | ||
| MF | 23 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Yahya Alwan | ||||
| GK | 21 | Oday Taleb | ||
| DF | 8 | Khalid Mushir (c) | ||
| DF | 18 | Adnan Attiya | ||
| DF | 5 | Hassan Mohammed Zaboun | ||
| DF | 20 | Jassim Mohammed Haji | ||
| MF | 7 | Ali Yousef | ||
| MF | 16 | Mohannad Nassir | ||
| MF | 34 | |||
| MF | 13 | |||
| FW | 23 | Amad Ismail | ||
| FW | 88 | Ahmad Mnajed | ||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 11 | Azad Ahmed | ||
| FW | Jassim Mohammed Suleiman | |||
| MF | 17 | Zirvan Mohammed | ||
| MF | 12 | Ahmed Mamoum | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Basim Qasim | ||||
Match rules
| Team | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duhok | 42 | 86 | 68.3% | 2011 AFC Cup | |
| 2 | Al-Talaba | 43 | 82 | 63.6% | 2011 AFC Cup | |
| 3 | Al-Zawraa | 42 | 77 | 61.1% | ||
| 4 | Erbil | 42 | 93 | 73.8% | 2011 AFC Cup (invited) |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amjad Radhi | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 31 |
| 2 | Hussein Karim | Al-Shorta | 21 |
| 3 | Ali Mansoor | Baghdad | 17 |
| Ali Jawad | Naft Al-Junoob | ||
| 5 | Mustafa Ahmad | Al-Zawraa | 16 |
See main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks.
| Player[3] | For ! | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 3–0 | ||||
| | 3–3 | ||||
| 4 | 5–0 | ||||
| | 5–0 | ||||
| | 3–2 | ||||
| | 4–1 | ||||
| | 3–2 | ||||
| | 5–1 | ||||
| | 4–3 | ||||
| 4 | 4–1 |