Competition: | Iraq Stars League |
Pixels: | 150px |
Season: | 2024–25 |
Dates: | October 2024 – July 2025 |
Continentalcup1: | AFC Champions League Elite |
Continentalcup2: | AFC Champions League Two |
Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2024–25 Iraq Stars League will be 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 will start in October 2024 and will end in July 2025.[1]
20 teams are set to compete 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 will play in the top-flight for the first time in history this season.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Al-Hudood | Adel Nima | Mutual consent | End of previous season | Pre-season | Haider 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-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 Padanić | Start of current season |
Newroz | Nizar Mahrous | Mutual consent | End of previous season | Pre-season | Jorvan Vieira | Start of current season |
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.