Competition: | Iraq Stars League |
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Season: | 2023–24 |
Dates: | 26 October 2023 – 14 July 2024 |
Winners: | Al-Shorta (7th title) |
Relegated: | Amanat Baghdad Naft Al-Wasat |
Continentalcup1: | AFC Champions League Elite |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Al-Shorta |
Continentalcup2: | AFC Champions League Two |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Continentalcup3: | Gulf Club Champions League |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Duhok |
League Topscorer: | Aymen Hussein (27 goals) |
Highest Scoring: | Karbala 3–5 Erbil (19 February 2024) Al-Shorta 4–4 Newroz (4 May 2024) Duhok 4–4 Al-Minaa (1 July 2024) Newroz 4–4 Erbil (14 July 2024) |
Matches: | 380 |
Total Goals: | 872 |
Longest Wins: | 8 matches Al-Zawraa |
Longest Unbeaten: | 23 matches Al-Shorta |
Longest Winless: | 31 matches Naft Al-Wasat |
Longest Losses: | 5 matches Al-Qasim Naft Al-Wasat |
Prevseason: | 2022–23 (Iraqi Premier League) |
Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 Iraq Stars League was the 50th season of the highest tier football league in Iraq since its establishment in 1974, and the first season since launching as a professional league under the name Iraq Stars League. The season started on 26 October 2023 and ended on 14 July 2024, with the post-season play-offs held from 19–24 July 2024.[1]
Al-Shorta won the league title for the third season in a row, sealing the title in the penultimate round of the season by defeating Duhok 1–0. Al-Shorta also won the Iraq FA Cup title to secure the double.[2]
20 teams competed in the 2023–24 Iraq Stars League: 18 teams from the 2022–23 Iraqi Premier League, as well as Al-Minaa and Amanat Baghdad who were promoted from the 2022–23 Iraqi First Division League and both returned to the top tier after a one-year absence.[3] [4]
The four teams that finished 3rd to 6th competed in a play-off tournament to decide Iraq's participant in the 2024–25 Gulf Club Champions League. If a match ended in a draw after 90 minutes, there would be no extra time played and the game would go straight to a penalty shootout.[5]
Duhok qualified for the 2024–25 Gulf Club Champions League.
The 17th and 18th-placed teams competed in a play-off, with the winner remaining in the Stars League and the loser advancing to the relegation play-off.
If the scores were level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If the scores were still level after extra time, the 18th-placed team would advance to the relegation play-off due to their inferior league position.[5]
The loser of the play-out round competed in a play-off with the 3rd-placed team from the Premier Division League for a place in next season's Stars League. If the match ended in a draw after 90 minutes, there would be no extra time played and the game would go straight to a penalty shootout.[5]
Al-Qasim remained in the Iraq Stars League, while Peshmerga Sulaymaniya remained in the Iraqi Premier Division League.
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Aymen Hussein | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 27 |
2 | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Al-Shorta | 20 |
3 | Alaa Al Dali | Naft Maysan | 18 |
Ibrahim Ghazi | Al-Hudood | ||
5 | Mohanad Ali | Al-Shorta | 16 |
Ibrahim Tomiwa | Newroz | ||
Mohammed Qasim Nassif | Erbil |
See main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks.
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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4–0 (A)[6] | |||||
3–0 (H)[7] | |||||
4–2 (H)[8] | |||||
4–0 (A)[9] | |||||
5–3 (A)[10] | |||||
4–1 (A)[11] | |||||
4–1 (A)[12] | |||||
4–2 (H)[13] | |||||
William Jebor4 | 4–2 (H)[14] |