2022–23 Iraqi Third Division League Explained

Competition:	Iraqi Third Division League
Season:	2022–23
Prevseason:	2021–22
Nextseason:	2023–24 (Iraqi Second Division League)
Updated:	19 January 2023

The 2022–23 Iraqi Third Division League was the 49th season of what is now called the Iraqi Second Division League, the fourth tier of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have varied throughout history for various reasons; 120 clubs participated in this year's edition. The top 38 teams in the league were promoted directly to Iraqi Second Division League. There is no general date for the start of the league, but each subsidiary football association chooses the best time to start the league in their region.^[1]

Teams

A total of 120 teams are competing for the league after some teams withdrew for financial reasons. The teams are originally promoted to the Iraqi Second Division League based on the rule of one qualified team out of every five participating teams. The number of teams that will be promoted to the Second Division League will be 38 teams.^[2]

Overview

The 120 clubs are supposed to be divided into 18 groups by location (some of these groups play in subgroups as well), and each group represents the province to which these clubs belong and lies within its borders. But there are 5 provinces that do not have clubs that play in this level.

No.	Governorates	width=215	Teams	width=215	Promotion to the Iraqi Second Division League
1	Dohuk
2	Nineveh	Al-Ayadhiyah Bazwaya Hamidat Narkal Qalat Tel Afar Salam Tel Afar Shabab Al-Qayyara Shabab Sinjar Sinjar Talsquf Tarmi
3	Erbil
4	Kirkuk	Al-Ekhaa Al-Nujoom Al-Turkman Altun Kupri Baba Gurgur Ittihad Kirkuk Khak Teseen
5	Sulaymaniyah
6	Saladin	Al-Dhuluiya Al-Jarnaf Al-Malwiya Saad Salahaddin Tikrit	Al-Dhuluiya Salahaddin^[3]
7	Al Anbar	A'ali Al-Furat Abu Risha Al-Dawar Al-Fosfat Al-Nassaf Al-Qaeim Al-Rutba Al-Saqlawiya Al-Siddiqiya Al-Wihda Barwana Haditha Ittihad Al-Jazira Rawa	Al-Dawar Ittihad Al-Jazira
8	Baghdad	Al-Ain Al-Atheer Al-Baiyaa Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Al-Majd Al-Mawared Al-Maiya Al-Nahdha Al-Radd Al-Sariea Al-Shabab Al-Sinaat Al-Harbiya Al-Tarmiya Al-Tatweer Bismaya Biladi Junoob Baghdad Shabab Al-Adil Shabab Al-Khairat Tayaran Al-Jaish	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Al-Radd Al-Sariea Al-Shabab Al-Sinaat Al-Harbiya
9	Diyala	Al-Mansouriya Al-Miqdadiya Al-Sudour Al-Yarmouk Al-Wand Bani Saad Baquba Buhriz Hibhib Jalawla Khanaqin Mandali Shamal Al-Miqdadiya	Al-Mansouriya Al-Sudour Buhriz
10	Karbala	Al-Ebdaa Al-Jamahir Al-Nidhal Al-Taff Al-Tufoof Ain Al-Tamur Imam Al-Muttaqeen Shabab Al-Hussein	Al-Ebdaa
11	Babil	Al-Hashimiya Al-Midhatiya Al-Neel Al-Sadda Al-Shomali	Al-Hashimiya
12	Wasit	Al-Ahrar Al-Dujaila Al-Falahiya Al-Karimiya Al-Khajiya Al-Muntadher Al-Nahrain Al-Sharqiya Al-Shuhadaa Al-Wafaa Al-Wydad Wasit	Al-Falahiya Al-Wydad Wasit
13	Najaf
14	Al-Qādisiyyah	Al-Yaqdha Ghammas	Ghammas
15	Maysan	Ahrar Maysan Ahly Maysan Al-Amara Al-Shaheed Saad Ali Al-Gharbi Kumayt Salam Maysan
16	Muthanna
17	Dhi Qar	Al-Amir Al-Bathaa Al-Dawaya Al-Dhifaf Al-Fohoud Al-Fajr Al-Nassr Baladiyat Al-Nasiriyah Dhi Qar Maysaloon Qalat Sukar Teshrin	Teshrin
18	Basra	Al-Faw Al-Midaina Shatt Al-Arab Umm Qasr	Al-Faw