Iraqi football clubs in Asian competitions

Iraqi clubs in the AFC Club Competitions. From its introduction in 2002 until the forming of the AFC Professional League in 2009, Iraqi clubs were allowed to enter the AFC Champions League (ACL). Despite reaching respectable results, none of the Iraqi teams managed to get further than the group stage.

Since Iraq did not meet the new AFC standards for the ACL, its clubs participated in the AFC Cup from 2009 until 2018 (however, the AFC gave Iraq one qualifying spot for the ACL for the 2014 edition only). Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the AFC Cup three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Iraqi clubs returned to the ACL group stage in 2019.

List of finals

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Year Competition Iraqi team Opposing team Score Venue
1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament Aliyat Al-Shorta   Maccabi Tel Aviv w/o1   National Stadium, Bangkok
1989 Asian Club Championship Al-Rasheed   Al-Sadd 3–2   Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
0–1
(3–3 agg.)2
  Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Al-Talaba   Bellmare Hiratsuka 1–2   Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama
2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Al-Zawraa   Shimizu S-Pulse 0–1   Chiang Mai, Thailand
2012 AFC Cup Erbil   Al-Kuwait 0–4   Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil
2014 AFC Cup Erbil   Al-Qadsia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
  Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
2016 AFC Cup Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya   Bengaluru FC 1–0   Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
2017 AFC Cup Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya   Istiklol 1–0   Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
2018 AFC Cup Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya   Altyn Asyr 2–0   Basra International Stadium, Basra

1 Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play for political reasons.
2 Al-Sadd won on the away goals rule.

List of participations

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AFC Champions League Elite

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1971–2002

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Participations in the Asian Club Championship
Team 1971 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
  Al-Zawraa R2 4th R2 R1 R2 5
  Al-Rasheed QR2 GS RU GS QR1 5
  Al-Shorta QF 1
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya R2 1
  Al-Talaba 4th 1
  Aliyat Al-Shorta RU 1
Total 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14

2002–present

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Participations in the AFC Champions League Elite
Team 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2014 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024 2025 Total
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya GS GS GS QR2 GS GS GS 7
  Al-Zawraa QR3 GS GS GS QR2 PO PO 7
  Al-Shorta GS GS QR1 GS GS q 6
  Erbil GS 1
  Al-Najaf GS 1
  Al-Minaa GS 1
  Al-Talaba GS 1
Total 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 23

AFC Champions League Two

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2009–present

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Participations in the AFC Champions League Two
Team 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2024 2025 Total
  Erbil QF SF RU R16 RU GS 6
  Al-Zawraa R16 R16 ZSF GS GS 5
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya W W W q 4
  Al-Shorta GS R16 2
  Duhok QF R16 2
  Al-Kahrabaa ZSF 1
  Naft Al-Wasat R16 1
  Al-Talaba GS 1
Total 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 21

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

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Participations in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Team 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
  Al-Talaba RU 4th R1 3
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya R1 R1 2
  Al-Zawraa R1 RU 2
  Al-Shorta QF 1
Total 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8

Iraqi clubs statistics

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2002–present

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Al-Kahrabaa Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Al-Kahrabaa 8 5 1 2 11 6 +5
Al-Kahrabaa results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2023–24 AFC Cup Group stage
0–0   Al-Kuwait Basra International Stadium, Basra
2–0   Al-Ittihad King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca
1–3   Al-Wehdat King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
3–1   Al-Wehdat Basra International Stadium, Basra
1–0   Al-Kuwait Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
3–1   Al-Ittihad Basra International Stadium, Basra
Zonal semi-finals
1–0   Al-Ahed Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
0–1 (a.e.t.)
2–4 (p)
  Al-Ahed Basra International Stadium, Basra
Al-Minaa Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Al-Minaa[1] 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5
Al-Minaa results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2006 AFC Champions League Group stage
0–1   Mash'al Mubarek Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
1–3   Al-Hilal King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
1–2   Al-Ain Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
1–2   Al-Ain Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally
2–2   Mash'al Mubarek Markaziy Stadium, Karshi
1–1   Al-Hilal Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Al-Najaf Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Al-Najaf[2] 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1
Al-Najaf results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
0–1   Neftchi Farg'ona Kuwait City, Kuwait
4–1   Al-Sadd Doha, Qatar
1–1   Al-Karama Homs, Syria
2–4   Al-Karama Kuwait City, Kuwait
1–1   Neftchi Farg'ona Farg'ona, Uzbekistan
1–0   Al-Sadd Kuwait City, Kuwait
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya[3] 71 32 18 22 92 75 +17
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2004 AFC Champions League Group stage
0–1[a]   Al-Qadsia Damascus, Syria
0–1   Al-Sadd Doha, Qatar
0–3   Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi, UAE
0–0   Al-Wahda Damascus, Syria
0–1[a]   Al-Qadsia Kuwait City, Kuwait
1–0   Al-Sadd Damascus, Syria
2006 AFC Champions League Group stage
1–0   Al Arabi Kuwait City, Kuwait
0–2   Al-Shabab Tripoli, Lebanon
0–2   Al-Sadd Tripoli, Lebanon
0–3   Al-Sadd Doha, Qatar
3–0   Al Arabi Tripoli, Lebanon
1–2   Al-Shabab Riyadh, KSA
2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
1–0   Al-Wasl Dubai, UAE
0–0   Al-Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
0–1   Saipa Kuwait City, Kuwait
1–1   Saipa Tehran, Iran
1–2   Al-Wasl Kuwait City, Kuwait
2–1   Al-Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
2016 AFC Cup Group stage
2–0   Shabab Al-Dhahiriya Hebron, Palestine
2–1   Al-Oruba Wakra, Qatar
2–5   Al-Wahda Saida, Lebanon
1–0   Al-Wahda Wakra, Qatar
4–1   Shabab Al-Dhahiriya Wakra, Qatar
4–0   Al-Oruba Seeb, Oman
Round of 16
2–1   Al-Wehdat Wakra, Qatar
Quarterfinals
1–1   Al-Jaish Wakra, Qatar
4–0   Al-Jaish Wakra, Qatar
Semifinals
1–1   Al-Ahed Wakra, Qatar
4–3   Al-Ahed Beirut, Lebanon
Final
1–0   Bengaluru Doha, Qatar
2017 AFC Cup Group stage
0–0   Safa Beirut, Lebanon
2–1   Al-Hidd Doha, Qatar
0–0   Al-Wahda Beirut, Lebanon
1–1   Al-Wahda Doha, Qatar
2–0   Safa Doha, Qatar
1–0   Al-Hidd Manama, Bahrain
Zonal semi-finals
1–1   Al-Zawraa Erbil, Iraq
1–0   Al-Zawraa Doha, Qatar
Zonal finals
1–2   Al-Wahda Sidon, Lebanon
1–0   Al-Wahda Wakra, Qatar
Final
1–0   Istiklol Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2018 AFC Cup Group stage
2–2   Al-Jazeera Wakra, Qatar
1–0   Al-Suwaiq Seeb, Oman
4–3   Malkiya Isa Town, Bahrain
1–1   Al-Jazeera Amman, Jordan
1–1   Malkiya Karbala, Iraq
2–0   Al-Suwaiq Karbala, Iraq
Zonal semi-finals
3–1   Al-Ahed Karbala, Iraq
2–2   Al-Ahed Beirut, Lebanon
Zonal finals
1–0   Al-Jazeera Amman, Jordan
3–1   Al-Jazeera Karbala, Iraq
Final
2–0   Altyn Asyr Basra, Iraq
2019 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
1–2   Pakhtakor Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2021 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
1–1 (a.e.t.)
3–2 (p)
  Al-Wehda Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Group stage
0–1   Sharjah Sharjah, UAE
0–0   Pakhtakor Sharjah, UAE
0–0   Tractor Sharjah, UAE
0–1   Tractor Sharjah, UAE
2–3   Sharjah Sharjah, UAE
0–1   Pakhtakor Sharjah, UAE
2022 AFC Champions League Group stage
2–1   Al-Jazira Riyadh, KSA
1–2   Mumbai City Riyadh, KSA
1–1   Al-Shabab Riyadh, KSA
0–3   Al-Shabab Riyadh, KSA
3–2   Al-Jazira Riyadh, KSA
0–1   Mumbai City Riyadh, KSA
2023–24 AFC Champions League Group stage
2–2   Sepahan Erbil, Iraq
2–1   AGMK Olmaliq, Tashkent
0–1   Al-Ittihad Jeddah, KSA
2–0   Al-Ittihad Erbil, Iraq
0–1   Sepahan Isfahan, Iran
3–2   AGMK Erbil, Iraq
Al-Shorta Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Al-Shorta[4] 35 5 11 19 29 48 −19
Al-Shorta results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2004 AFC Champions League Group stage
0–2   Sharjah Sharjah, UAE
1–2   Al-Hilal Damascus, Syria
0–2   Al-Hilal Riyadh, KSA
2–3   Sharjah Damascus, Syria
2005 AFC Champions League Group stage
1–3   Al-Salmiya Salmiya, Kuwait
1–1   PAS Zarqa, Jordan
0–2   Al-Rayyan Doha, Qatar
0–0   Al-Rayyan Amman, Jordan
0–1   Al-Salmiya Amman, Jordan
0–1   PAS Tehran, Iran
2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
0–1   Al-Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
2014 AFC Cup Group stage
0–0   Al-Qadsia Wakra, Qatar
3–1   Al-Wahda Sidon, Lebanon
0–0   Al-Hidd Riffa, Bahrain
0–0   Al-Hidd Wakra, Qatar
0–3   Al-Qadsia Kuwait City, Kuwait
0–0   Al-Wahda Wakra, Qatar
2015 AFC Cup Group stage
2–2   Al-Hidd Doha, Qatar
1–1   Al-Jazeera Amman, Jordan
6–2   Taraji Wadi Al-Nes Doha, Qatar
0–1   Taraji Wadi Al-Nes Al-Ram, Palestine
1–1   Al-Hidd Riffa, Bahrain
4–0   Al-Jazeera Doha, Qatar
Round of 16
0–2   Al-Kuwait Doha, Qatar
2020 AFC Champions League Group stage
1–1   Esteghlal Erbil, Iraq
0–1[a]   Al-Wahda Erbil, Iraq
0–1   Al-Ahli Doha, Qatar
2–1   Al-Ahli Doha, Qatar
1–1   Esteghlal Doha, Qatar
2021 AFC Champions League Group stage
0–2   Al-Duhail Jeddah, KSA
0–3   Esteghlal Jeddah, KSA
0–3   Al-Ahli Jeddah, KSA
1–2   Al-Ahli Jeddah, KSA
2–1   Al-Duhail Jeddah, KSA
0–1   Esteghlal Jeddah, KSA
Al-Talaba Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Al-Talaba[5] 9 2 2 5 7 10 −3
Al-Talaba results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2002–03 AFC Champions League Group stage
0–1   Persepolis Tashkent, Uzbekistan
3–0   Nisa Asgabat Tashkent, Uzbekistan
0–3   Pakhtakor Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2011 AFC Cup Group stage
0–1   Al-Wehdat Erbil, Iraq
0–1   Al-Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
2–1   Al-Suwaiq Muscat, Oman
1–1   Al-Suwaiq Erbil, Iraq
0–0   Al-Wehdat Amman, Jordan
1–2   Al-Kuwait Erbil, Iraq
Al-Zawraa Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Al-Zawraa[6] 57 23 18 16 85 68 +17
Al-Zawraa results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualifying play–off
1–1   Al-Sadd Doha, Qatar
1–2   Al-Sadd Baghdad, Iraq
2005 AFC Champions League Group stage
1–2   Al-Ahli Tripoli, Lebanon
2–1   Pakhtakor Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1–5   Al-Jaish Tripoli, Lebanon
0–0   Al-Jaish Damascus, Syria
1–5   Al-Ahli Jeddah, KSA
2–1   Pakhtakor Tripoli, Lebanon
2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
1–0   Al-Arabi Kuwait City, Kuwait
0–0   Al-Rayyan Doha, Qatar
1–2   Al-Wahda Doha, Qatar
1–1   Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi, UAE
3–2   Al-Arabi Doha, Qatar
3–1   Al-Rayyan Doha, Qatar
2009 AFC Cup Group stage
2–0   Al-Hilal Al-Sahili Dubai, UAE
0–2   Safa Beirut, Lebanon
2–0   Al-Suwaiq Dubai, UAE
1–0   Al-Suwaiq Seeb, Oman
1–1   Al-Hilal Al-Sahili Sanaa, Yemen
2–1   Safa Dubai, UAE
Round of 16
1–3   Erbil Dubai, UAE
2012 AFC Cup Group stage
2–3   Al-Shorta Amman, Jordan
5–0   Al-Tilal Duhok, Iraq
1–0   Safa Duhok, Iraq
0–1   Safa Beirut, Lebanon
2–1   Al-Shorta Duhok, Iraq
2–0   Al-Tilal Duhok, Iraq
Round of 16
0–1   Chonburi Chonburi, Thailand
2017 AFC Cup Group stage
0–0   Al-Suwaiq Doha, Qatar
1–1   Al-Ahli Amman, Jordan
3–1   Al-Jaish Doha, Qatar
3–0   Al-Jaish Doha, Qatar
1–0   Al-Suwaiq Doha, Qatar
1–1   Al-Ahli Doha, Qatar
Zonal semi-finals
1–1   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Erbil, Iraq
0–1   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Doha, Qatar
2018 AFC Cup Group stage
1–1   Al-Ahed Beirut, Lebanon
0–0   Al-Jaish Doha, Qatar
3–1   Manama Manama, Bahrain
1–1   Al-Ahed Karbala, Iraq
2–1   Manama Karbala, Iraq
1–1   Al-Jaish Riffa, Bahrain
2019 AFC Champions League Group stage
0–0   Zob Ahan Isfahan, Iran
5–0   Al-Wasl Karbala, Iraq
1–4   Al-Nassr Riyadh, KSA
1–2   Al-Nassr Karbala, Iraq
2–2   Zob Ahan Karbala, Iraq
5–1   Al-Wasl Dubai, UAE
2020 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
1–4   Bunyodkor Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2021 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
1–2   Al-Wahda Dubai, UAE
2022 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
1–1 (a.e.t.)
5–6 (p)
  Sharjah Sharjah, UAE
2023–24 AFC Cup Group stage
1–2   Al-Arabi Basra International Stadium, Iraq
1–1   Al-Riffa Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
4–1   Nejmeh Basra International Stadium, Iraq
2–1   Nejmeh King Fahd Sports City, Taif
1–1   Al-Arabi Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
2–1   Al-Riffa Basra International Stadium, Iraq
Duhok Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Duhok[7] 16 8 3 5 23 18 +5
Duhok results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2011 AFC Cup Group stage
1–0   Al-Nasr Kuwait City, Kuwait
4–2   Al-Faisaly Duhok, Iraq
0–0   Al-Jaish Damascus, Syria
0–1   Al-Jaish Duhok, Iraq
1–0   Al-Nasr Duhok, Iraq
0–0   Al-Faisaly Amman, Jordan
Round of 16
1–0   Dempo Duhok, Iraq
Quarterfinals
1–5   Al-Wehdat Amman, Jordan
0–1   Al-Wehdat Duhok, Iraq
2013 AFC Cup Group stage
3–1   Al-Shaab Ibb Duhok, Iraq
0–1   Al-Faisaly Duhok, Iraq
3–1   Dhofar Salalah, Oman
6–1   Dhofar Duhok, Iraq
2–1   Al-Shaab Ibb Duhok, Iraq
0–1   Al-Faisaly Amman, Jordan
Round of 16
1–1 (a.e.t.)
1–4 (p)
  Al-Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
Erbil Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Erbil[8] 63 36 15 12 125 63 +62
Erbil results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2008 AFC Champions League Group stage
1–1   Al-Gharafa Amman, Jordan
1–1   Al-Qadisiya Kuwait City, Kuwait
0–2   Pakhtakor Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1–5   Pakhtakor Amman, Jordan
1–0   Al-Gharafa Doha, Qatar
4–2   Al-Qadisiya Amman, Jordan
2009 AFC Cup Group stage
0–1   Al-Mabarrah Beirut, Lebanon
1–1   Al-Arabi Amman, Jordan
1–1   Al-Oruba Seeb, Oman
3–0   Al-Oruba Zarqa, Jordan
3–2   Al-Mabarrah Zarqa, Jordan
0–2   Al-Arabi Kuwait City, Kuwait
Round of 16
3–1   Al-Zawraa Dubai, UAE
Quarterfinals
1–1   Al-Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
0–1   Al-Kuwait Erbil, Iraq
2011 AFC Cup Group stage
2–1   Al-Ahed Beirut, Lebanon
1–1   Al-Karamah Erbil, Iraq
0–0   Al-Oruba Erbil, Iraq
5–0   Al-Oruba Seeb, Oman
6–2   Al-Ahed Erbil, Iraq
3–0   Al-Karamah Damascus, Syria
Round of 16
1–0 (a.e.t.)   Tampines Rovers Erbil, Iraq
Quarterfinals
2–1   Persipura Jayapura Jayapura, Indonesia
1–0   Persipura Jayapura Erbil, Iraq
Semifinals
0–2   Al-Kuwait Erbil, Iraq
3–3   Al-Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
2012 AFC Cup Group stage
1–1   Kazma Erbil, Iraq
2–2   Al-Oruba Erbil, Iraq
2–0   East Bengal Calcutta, India
2–0   East Bengal Erbil, Iraq
2–1   Kazma Kuwait City, Kuwait
2–1   Al-Oruba Erbil, Iraq
Round of 16
4–0   Neftchi Farg'ona Erbil, Iraq
Quarterfinals
5–1   Kelantan Erbil, Iraq
1–1   Kelantan Kota Bharu, Malaysia
Semifinals
4–1   Chonburi Erbil, Iraq
4–1   Chonburi Chonburi, Thailand
Final
0–4   Al-Kuwait Erbil, Iraq
2013 AFC Cup Group stage
4–0   Al-Ahli Taizzz Erbil, Iraq
2–0   Al-Ansar Beirut, Lebanon
1–0   Fanja Erbil, Iraq
4–0   Fanja Seeb, Oman
4–0   Al-Ahli Taizzz Erbil, Iraq
2–0   Al-Ansar Erbil, Iraq
Round of 16
3–4 (a.e.t.)   Al-Shorta Erbil, Iraq
2014 AFC Cup Group stage
3–1   Shabab Al Ordon Amman, Jordan
6–0   Alay Osh Doha, Qatar
1–2   Al Riffa Doha, Qatar
3–0   Al Riffa Riffa, Bahrain
3–2   Shabab Al Ordon Doha, Qatar
3–0   Alay Osh Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Round of 16
0–0 (a.e.t.)
3–0 (p)
  Nejmeh Doha, Qatar
Quarterfinals
1–0   Hà Nội T&T Hanoi, Vietnam
1–0   Hà Nội T&T Beirut, Lebanon
Semifinals
1–1   Kitchee Zarqa, Jordan
2–1   Kitchee Mong Kok, Hong Kong
Final
0–0 (a.e.t.)
2–4 (p)
  Al Qadsia Dubai, UAE
2015 AFC Cup Group stage
3–1   Istiklol Dushanbe, Tajikistan
0–1   Al Qadsia Doha, Qatar
1–2   Ahal Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
2–3   Ahal Doha, Qatar
0–0   Istiklol Doha, Qatar
2–1   Al Qadsia Kuwait City, Kuwait
Naft Al-Wasat Statistics
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Naft Al-Wasat[9] 7 5 0 2 9 4 +5
Naft Al-Wasat results
Season Round Result Opponent Venue
2016 AFC Cup Group stage
1–0   Tripoli Tehran, Iran
1–2   Al-Faisaly Amman, Jordan
2–0   Istiklol Tehran, Iran
1–0   Istiklol Dushanbe, Tajikistan
3–1   Tripoli Tripoli, Lebanon
1–0   Al-Faisaly Tehran, Iran
Round of 16
0–1   Al-Jaish Tehran, Iran

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Result not considered in determining the final group rankings.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Al-Minaa Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Al-Najaf Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Al-Shorta Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Al-Talaba Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Al-Zawraa Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Duhok Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Erbil Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Naft Al-Wasat Matches Archive". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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