2024–25 Iraq Stars League Explained

Competition:	Iraq Stars League
Pixels:	259 × 160
Season:	2024–25
Dates:	20 September 2024 – July 2025
Continentalcup1:	AFC Champions League Elite
Continentalcup2:	AFC Champions League Two
Prevseason:	2023–24

The 2024–25 Iraq Stars League is the 51st season of the highest tier football league in Iraq since its establishment in 1974, and the second season since launching as a professional league under the name Iraq Stars League. The season started on 20 September 2024 and will end in July 2025.^[1]

Overview

20 teams are competing in the 2024–25 Iraq Stars League: 18 teams from the previous season, as well as Diyala and Al-Karma who were promoted from the 2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League, replacing Amanat Baghdad and Naft Al-Wasat who were relegated.^[2] Diyala are returning to the top-flight after a 13-year absence, while Al-Karma are playing in the top-flight for the first time in history this season.

Al-Shorta are the defending champions, having won the league in each of the previous three seasons.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Hudood		Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium	5,150
Al-Kahrabaa		Al-Zawraa Stadium	15,443
		Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium	5,150
Al-Karma		Al-Ramadi Stadium	10,000
Al-Minaa		Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium	30,000
Al-Naft		Al-Kut Olympic Stadium	32,000
Al-Najaf	Najaf	Al-Najaf International Stadium	30,000
Al-Qasim		Al-Najaf International Stadium	30,000
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		Al-Shaab Stadium	35,700
Al-Shorta		Al-Shaab Stadium	35,700
Al-Talaba		Al-Madina Stadium	32,000
Al-Zawraa		Al-Zawraa Stadium	15,443
		Al-Madina Stadium	32,000
Duhok	Duhok	Duhok Stadium	22,800
Erbil	Erbil	Franso Hariri Stadium	25,000
Karbala	Karbala	Karbala International Stadium	30,000
Naft Al-Basra		Al-Fayhaa Stadium	30,000
Naft Maysan		Maysan Olympic Stadium	25,000
Newroz	Sulaymaniya	Sulaymaniya Stadium	15,000
Zakho		Zakho International Stadium	20,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Hudood	Haidar Abdul-Amir	Saqr Ajail	Jako	none
Al-Kahrabaa	Wali Karim	Hussam Kadhim	Jako	none
	Ahmed Abdul-Jabbar	Jaafer Obeis	Kelme	none
Al-Karma	Ghazi Fahad	Mohammed Hameed	Kelme	Al-Rahma Telecom
Al-Minaa		Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Adidas	none
Al-Naft	Adel Nima	Ali Yaseen	Al-Naft (own brand)	none
Al-Najaf	Abdul-Ghani Shahad	Mohammed Jassim	Adidas	none
Al-Qasim	Ayman Hakeem	Hussein Abdul-Wahid	Kaka Sport	none
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Wesam Rizik	Saad Abdul-Amir	Kelme	none
Al-Shorta	Ahmed Salah	Mohanad Ali	Qitharah (own brand)	none
Al-Talaba	Basim Qasim	Saad Natiq	Puma	Al-Manasa IPTV
Al-Zawraa	Essam Hamad	Jalal Hassan	Adidas	none
	Sadeq Hanoon	Kosrat Baiz	Kelme	Alrabiaa Network Television
Duhok	Mesut Meral	Bayar Abubakir	Kelme	First Iraqi Bank
Erbil	Samir Babo	Sherko Karim	Puma	Korek Telecom
Karbala	Hassan Ahmed	Ali Salih	Kaka Sport	none
Naft Al-Basra	Andrej Panadić	Hussam Malik	Naft Al-Basra (own brand)	none
Naft Maysan	Ali Abdul-Jabbar	Akram Raheem	Naft Maysan (own brand)	none
Newroz	Jorvan Vieira	Mohammed Delawar	Puma	none
Zakho	Talal Al-Bloushi	Amjad Attwan	Hummel	none

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Hudood	Adel Nima	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Haidar Abdul-Amir	Start of current season
Al-Kahrabaa	Luay Salah	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Wali Karim	Start of current season
Al-Karkh	Haitham Shaaban	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Ahmed Abdul-Jabbar	Start of current season
Al-Karma	Natiq Haddad	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Ghazi Fahad	Start of current season
Al-Minaa	Hassan Ahmed	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Pablo Grandes	Start of current season
Al-Naft	Basim Qasim	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Adel Nima	Start of current season
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Razzaq Farhan	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Wesam Rizik	Start of current season
Al-Shorta	Moamen Soliman	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Ahmed Salah	Start of current season
Al-Talaba	Qahtan Chathir	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Basim Qasim	Start of current season
Duhok	Ahmed Khalaf	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Mesut Meral	Start of current season
Karbala	Chasib Sultan	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Carlos Hernandez	Start of current season
Naft Al-Basra	Haitham Al-Shaboul	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Andrej Panadić	Start of current season
Newroz	Nizar Mahrous	Mutual consent	End of previous season	Pre-season	Jorvan Vieira	Start of current season
Karbala	Carlos Hernandez	Mutual consent	Prior to the start of the season	Pre-season	Hassan Ahmed	Start of current season
Diyala SC	Sadeq Hanoon	Sacked	November 3rd 2024	19th	Yamen Zelfani	November 12th 2024
Al-Hudood SC	Haidar Abdul-Amir	Sacked	November 4th 2024	20th	Thair Jassem	November 5th 2024

Squads

See also: List of Iraqi football transfers summer 2024.

Squad registration rules

The rules for the squad selection of the Iraq Stars League:^[3]

• Each club must submit a 25-man squad for the league.
• Each club must have no more than six foreign players in their squad. This restriction does not apply to players from Yemen, and does not apply to a maximum of one player from Syria.
• Each club must have no more than six foreign players on the pitch at any given time.
• No more than two players from countries that are outside the top 90 in the FIFA Men's World Rankings can play at any given time. The two permitted players from countries outside the top 90 must be capped for their respective national teams.
• Clubs are not permitted to sign a foreign goalkeeper.
• Players registered for a club's reserve or youth teams are not required to be registered in the 25-man squad.

Transfer windows and squad registration

See main article: List of Iraqi football transfers summer 2024. The summer transfer window in Iraq started on 2 August 2024 and ended on 2 October 2024, while the winter transfer window will start on 5 January 2025 and will end on 5 February 2025.^[4]

List of foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7 (Syrian)	Yemeni players	Former players
Al-Hudood	Romuald Dacosta	Mohamed Dellahi	Stiwar Mena	Harlin Suárez	Mouhamed Soueid	Paulo Victor
Al-Kahrabaa	Aniyikaye Adeleye	Gbolagade Adelowo	David Ekejiuba	Farouk Mohammed	Ruan Teles
Al-Karkh	Caio Acaraú	Christ Kouvouama	Mohannad Abu Taha	Leanderson Lucas	Anass Nouader	Ifeanyi Eze
Al-Karma	Jeferson Bahia	Najeh Ferjani	Wenderson	Frank Cédric Abogo	Herenilson			Omar Al-Dahi
Al-Minaa		Gerald Takwara	Abdallah Amri	Clech Loufilou	Tuisila Kisinda	Lolo Plá
Al-Naft	Samson Dare	Joel Tchofo	Valentine Odoh	Ramses Donfack	Mohammed Sadat	Sami Hien		Ahmed Al-Sarori
Al-Najaf	Moustapha Fall	Denny Antwi	Magnime Agbotcho	Dominique Mendy	Iyayi Atiemwen	Bechir Ghariani
Al-Qasim		Elie Sou	Odeni George	Karim Abubakar	Messouke Oloumou	Dennis Chembezi
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		Carlos Salazar
Al-Shorta				Lucas Santos	Salomon Banga	Mahmoud Al-Mawas	Fahd Al-Youssef		Djamel Benlamri^[5] ^[6]
Al-Talaba	Ghaith Maaroufi	Ngweni Ndassi	Habib Oueslati	Austin Amutu	Ronald Ngah	Simon Msuva		Hamza Al-Rimi
Al-Zawraa		Hasan Srour	Anouar Tarkhatt	Clarence Bitang	Mamadou Soro	Aziz Chtioui
Diyala	Habib Omar Fofana	Bakary N'Diaye	Nathaniel Nangolo	Ducapel Moloko	Benjamin Okoronkwo	Mateus Toto
Duhok	Gilbert Koomson	Wonlo Coulibaly	Reuben Acquah	Moisés	Yannick Zakri	Charki El Bahri
Erbil	Bilel Ifa	Hélio	Collin Anderson	Higor Vidal	Youssef Ben Souda
Karbala	Mohamed Ouattara
Naft Al-Basra	Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui	Hamed Touré	Joseph Onoja	Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro	Omwele Zeke Aristote
Naft Maysan		Dare Olatunji	Daouda Diémé	Alexandré Yeoule	Usman Sale	Soualio Dabilo Ouattara	Ali Koute	Ahmed Maher
Newroz		Wellington Taira				El Hadji Youssoupha Konate
Zakho	Patrick Marcelino	Moisés Wolschick	Mohammad Abu Hashish	Ayoub Nanah	Gustavo Henrique	Mahmoud Al-Aswad	Ibrahim Hesar	Nasser Mohammedoh

League table

Relegation play-off

The 18th-placed team in the Stars League will compete in a play-off with the 3rd-placed team from the Premier Division League for a place in next season's Stars League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Amjad Attwan	Zakho	7
2	Mohanad Ali	Al-Shorta	4
	Hatem Al-Harith	Qasim
	Mohammed Qasim Majid	Najaf
	John Okoli	Karma

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks.

Notes(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Manager of the Month

Manager	Team	Month	References
Adel Nima	Al Naft	October	^[8]
Ghazi Fahad	Al Karma SC	November	^[9]

External links

• Official website
• Iraq Football Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: المدربون الأجانب في دوري نجوم العراق. ar. 13 August 2024. Almaalomah.
2. Web site: موازين تنشر تفاصيل اجتماع اندية دوري نجوم العراق. ar. 13 August 2024. Mawazin.
3. Web site: اتحاد الكرة العراقي يعتبر اللاعب اليمني "لاعباً محلياً" في دوري النجوم. ar. 20 August 2024. Shafaq.
4. Web site: فترةُ الانتقالاتِ الصيفيّة والشتويّة للموسم 2024/2025. facebook.com. Arabic. August 4, 2024. August 11, 2024.
5. https://www.awras.com/%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AE/
6. https://www.winwin.com/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A
7. Web site: طوفان الشرطة يجتاح ديالى. Kooora. ar. 26 September 2024.
8. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBojvLggOza/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
9. https://www.instagram.com/p/DC9aO9JCR2l/

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