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{{short description|Top-tier professional football league in Iraq}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football league
| name            = Iraq Stars League
| image           = Iraq Stars League logo.svg
| country         = Iraq
| pixels          = 200
| confed          = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| founded         = {{start date and age|1974|8|18|df=y}}
| organiser       = [[Iraqi Pro League Association]]
| first           = 
| folded          = 
| divisions       = 
| teams           = [[#2024–25 season|20]] (since [[2014–15 Iraqi Premier League|2014–15]])
| feeds           = 
| promotion       = 
| relegation      = [[Iraqi Premier Division League]]
| levels          = 1
| domest_cup      = [[Iraq FA Cup]]<br />[[Iraqi Super Cup]]
| league_cup      =
| confed_cup      = [[AFC Champions League Elite]]<br />[[AFC Champions League Two]]<br />[[Arab Club Champions Cup]]<br />[[AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League]]
| champions       = [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (8th title)
| season          = [[2024–25 Iraq Stars League|2024–25]]
| most successful club = [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]<br/> (14 titles)
| sponsor         = 
| top_goalscorer  = [[Amjad Radhi]] (181)
| tv              = [[Al Iraqiya|Al-Iraqiya TV]]<br />[[Al Kass Sports Channels|Al-Kass Sports]]
| website         = 
| current         = [[2024–25 Iraq Stars League]]
}}

The '''Iraq Stars League''' ({{langx|ar|دوري نجوم العراق|Dawrī Nujūm Al-'Irāq}}) is the highest level of the [[Iraqi football league system]]. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of [[promotion and relegation]] with the [[Iraqi Premier Division League]]. It is governed by the [[Iraqi Pro League Association]].

The league was formed by the [[Iraq Football Association]] in 1974 as the Iraqi National Clubs First Division League, the first nationwide league of clubs in Iraq, and later became known as the Iraqi Premier League. In 2023, the competition was rebranded as the Iraq Stars League and transitioned into a fully professional competition. The current format sees 20 teams playing 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season.

Of the 80 teams to have competed since the inception of the league in 1974, eleven have won the title. [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] are the most successful club with 14 titles, followed by [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (8), [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] (7) and [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] (5); these four clubs together contest the [[Baghdad derbies]]. The current league champions are Al-Shorta, who won their fourth consecutive title in the [[2024–25 Iraq Stars League|2024–25]] season.

== History ==
=== Origins ===
{{Main|Iraqi National First Division}}
Up until 1973, leagues in Iraq were contested at a regional level.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=38511955|title=البداية الحقيقية للدوري العراقي.. ابطال الدوري في 42 نسخة سابقة|publisher=Kooora|last=Mahmoud|first=Shukri|lang=ar|date=12 November 2021|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619223807/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=38511955|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Iraq Central FA League|Central FA League]], the [[Iraq FA Basra League|Basra League]] and the [[Iraq FA Kirkuk League|Kirkuk League]] were all founded in 1948,<ref>{{cite web|title=Football leagues set up in Iraq's main centres|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481016-01.1.8|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=16 October 1948|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727191249/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=d&d=iraq19481016-01.1.8|url-status=live}}</ref> while the Mosul League was founded in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mosul forms new football group|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19501211-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=11 December 1950|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=2 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502145306/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=d&d=iraq19501211-01.1.4|url-status=live}}</ref> The first nationwide league to be held in the country was in the 1973–74 season when the [[Iraqi National First Division|Iraqi National First Division League]] was formed,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=37491182|title=من أرشيف الدوري العراقي ... نتائج دوري القطر للموسم 1973 / 1974 والجوية يفوز ببطولته|publisher=Kooora|last=Anwiyah|first=Emmanuel|lang=ar|date=18 November 2018|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619223809/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=37491182|url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] being crowned champions.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Al-Sabti|first1=Ali|title=Iraqi League History 1956-1974|year=2018|location=Iraq}}</ref> The IFA then decided to replace the competition with a new National Clubs First Division League which would only be open to clubs and not institute-representative teams.<ref name="sabti"/>

=== Foundation ===
The league held its first season in [[1974–75 Iraqi National League|1974–75]] and was originally composed of ten clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=35539542|title=..... ارشيفي - 1 - (( برنامج تعرف على بطل الدوري - الطيران للموسم 1974 / 1975 ))|publisher=Kooora|last=Anwiyah|first=Emmanuel|lang=ar|date=20 June 2015|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619223816/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=35539542|url-status=live}}</ref> The league's first ever goal was scored by [[Falah Hassan]] of [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya|Al-Tayaran]] (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) in a 1–1 draw with [[Al-Sinaa SC|Al-Sinaa]].<ref>{{cite web|title=قصة فوز ( الطيران) باول بطولة للدوري العراقي 74-1975|url=https://forum.kooora.com/?t=19104594|publisher=Kooora|lang=ar|date=9 May 2009|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=14 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014091954/https://forum.kooora.com/?t=19104594|url-status=live}}</ref> Al-Tayaran were crowned champions of the inaugural season which featured the following teams:<ref>{{cite book|last1=Al-Munshi|first1=Dr.Dhia|title=Iraqi Football Encyclopedia: Chico.. Jamoli… and football in Iraq|year=2005|location= Citadel Printing & Design, Al-Saadoun, Baghdad}}</ref>
{|
|valign="top"|
*[[Al-Baladiyat SC|Al-Baladiyat]]
*[[Al-Jaish SC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish]]
*[[Al-Muwasalat SC|Al-Muwasalat]]
*[[Al-Naqil SC|Al-Naqil]]
*[[Al-Rafidain SC|Al-Rafidain]]
|valign="top"|
*[[Al-Samawa SC|Al-Samawa]]
*[[Al-Sinaa SC|Al-Sinaa]]
*[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]
*[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya|Al-Tayaran]]
*[[Babil SC|Babil]]
|}

=== "Stars League" formation ===
On 4 June 2023, [[Iraq Football Association]] (IFA) signed a three-year partnership agreement with [[Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional]] (LaLiga) to transform the Iraqi Premier League into a professional league from the [[2023–24 Iraq Stars League|2023–24]] season. The competition is named the Iraq Stars League and is designed to meet the licensing criteria set down by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC). A new association named the [[Iraqi Pro League Association]], chaired by Javier Jiménez Sacristán and Matteo Mantovani, was formed to operate the competition and supervise the associated youth leagues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dirjal reveals undisclosed details about the Iraqi Pro League|url=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%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A/|publisher=Winwin|accessdate=9 July 2023|lang=ar|archive-date=28 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028144951/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%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, LaLiga began training an Iraqi management team to assume full operational control of the league once the partnership concludes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iraq signs 2 contracts with Spanish La Liga to develop Iraqi football|url=https://english.news.cn/20230605/22f03b1b91d24ec799e42f0ba2a48aaf/c.html|work=Xinhua|accessdate=9 July 2023|archive-date=13 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213033135/https://english.news.cn/20230605/22f03b1b91d24ec799e42f0ba2a48aaf/c.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A start date of 26 October 2023 was set for the first Stars League season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dirjal: Iraq's qualification for the 2026 World Cup begins with the establishment of a professional league|url=https://sports.asharq.com/article/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-2026-%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A3-%D8%A8%D8%A5%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86/|work=Sports Asharq|date=8 July 2023 |accessdate=9 July 2023|lang=ar|archive-date=13 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213032922/https://sports.asharq.com/football/21979/%25D8%25AF%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AC%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584-%25D8%25AA%25D8%25A3%25D9%2587%25D9%2584-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B9%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7%25D9%2582-%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D9%2588%25D9%2586%25D8%25AF%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584-2026-%25D9%258A%25D8%25A8%25D8%25AF%25D8%25A3-%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A5%25D9%2582%25D8%25A7%25D9%2585%25D8%25A9-%25D8%25AF%25D9%2588%25D8%25B1%25D9%258A-%25D9%2585%25D8%25AD%25D8%25AA%25D8%25B1%25D9%2581%25D9%258A%25D9%2586/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== "Baghdad's Big Four" dominance ===
{{main|Baghdad derbies}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; float:right; margin-left:1em"
|+ Results of the 'Big Four' from 1990 to 2002
|-
! Season !! {{abbr|[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya|QWJ]]|Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya}} !! {{abbr|[[Al-Shorta SC|SHR]]|Al-Shorta}} !! {{abbr|[[Al-Talaba SC|TLB]]|Al-Talaba}} !! {{abbr|[[Al-Zawraa SC|ZWR]]|Al-Zawraa}}
|- style="border-top:3px solid black"
|-
| [[1989–90 Iraqi National League|1989–90]] || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1''' || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || 6 || style="background: LemonChiffon;"| 4
|-
| [[1990–91 Iraqi National League|1990–91]] || 6 || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || style="background: silver;"| 2 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1991–92 Iraqi National League|1991–92]] || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1''' || 5 || style="background: LemonChiffon;"| 4 || style="background: silver;"| 2
|-
| [[1992–93 Iraqi National League|1992–93]] || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || style="background: LemonChiffon;"| 4 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1''' || style="background: silver;"| 2
|-
| [[1993–94 Iraqi National League|1993–94]] || style="background: silver;"| 2 || 5 || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1994–95 Iraqi National League|1994–95]] || style="background: silver;"| 2 || 6 || style="background: LemonChiffon;"| 4 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League|1995–96]] || 8 || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || 6 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1996–97 Iraqi Premier League|1996–97]] || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1''' || 5 || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || style="background: silver;"| 2
|-
| [[1997–98 Iraqi Premier League|1997–98]] || style="background: silver;"| 2 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1''' || 5 || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3
|-
| [[1998–99 Iraqi Premier League|1998–99]] || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || 5 || style="background: silver;"| 2 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League|1999–2000]] || style="background: silver;"| 2 || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || style="background: LemonChiffon;"| 4 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[2000–01 Iraqi Elite League|2000–01]] || style="background: silver;"| 2 || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || style="background: LemonChiffon;"| 4 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[2001–02 Iraqi Elite League|2001–02]] || style="background: silver;"| 2 || style="background: #cc9966;"| 3 || style="background: #ffe34d;"| '''1''' || style="background: LemonChiffon;"| 4
|- style="border-top:3px solid black" class="sortbottom"
| '''{{abbr|Top four|Number of times that each side finished in the top four.}}''' || 11 || 8 || 10 || '''13'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="5"|out of 13
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="5"|{{color box|#FFE34D}} League champions<br>
|- style="border-top:3px solid black" class="sortbottom"
|}

Since the league's inception, it has been dominated by the four biggest clubs in [[Baghdad]]: [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]], [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]], [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] and [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]], who together contest the [[Baghdad derbies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/greatest_asian_club_derbies_iraq.html|title=Greatest Asian Club Derbies: Iraq|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=21 February 2021|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619223807/https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/greatest_asian_club_derbies_iraq.html|url-status=live}}</ref> From the [[1989–90 Iraqi National League|1989–90]] season until the [[2005–06 Iraqi Premier League|2005–06]] season, the league was won by one of the four Baghdad teams every time.<ref name="sabti"/>

After the [[2003 US invasion of Iraq]], players started to leave the [[Baghdad]]-based clubs and join clubs in northern Iraq such as [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] and [[Duhok SC|Duhok]] due to the economic instability and security issues in the capital city.<ref name="rise">{{cite web|url=https://ahdaaf.me/2015/07/21/people-must-know-their-history-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-iraqi-elites-football-teams/|title=The rise and fall of Iraq's elite football teams|publisher=Ahdaaf.me|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin|date=21 July 2015|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=7 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207020729/https://ahdaaf.me/2015/07/21/people-must-know-their-history-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-iraqi-elites-football-teams/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> This migration of talent led to a shift in the dominance of the "Big Four" as [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] won three consecutive league titles from 2007 to 2009 with [[Duhok SC|Duhok]] winning the league in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/nationalleagues/nationalleague=iraq-iraqi-league-2000000099/news/newsid/178/766/1/index.html|title=Arbil favourites to retain crown|publisher=FIFA.com|date=18 October 2012|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=3 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203000036/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/nationalleagues/nationalleague=iraq-iraqi-league-2000000099/news/newsid/178/766/1/index.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In the [[2008–09 Iraqi Premier League|2008–09]] season, none of Baghdad's Big Four clubs finished in the top four and this is the only time that this has happened in the history of the league; the top four spots were occupied by [[Erbil SC|Erbil]], [[Al-Najaf SC|Al-Najaf]], [[Duhok SC|Duhok]] and [[Amanat Baghdad SC|Al-Amana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4070|title=Iraqi League 2008/2009|publisher=Goalzz|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619223806/https://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4070|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Baghdad's Big Four have since returned to dominating the league, having won all titles since [[2015–16 Iraqi Premier League|2015–16]].

== Competition format ==

=== Competition ===
There are currently 20 clubs in the Iraq Stars League. Over the course of a season, each club plays the others twice (in a double [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin system]]), once at home and once away, for a total of 38 games (however, matches between Baghdad's Big Four clubs are usually played at the neutral venue of [[Al-Shaab Stadium]] to accommodate larger crowds).<ref name="handbook">{{cite web|url= https://ifa.iq/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-2020-1.pdf|title= نظام المسابقات في الدوري العراقي موسم ۲۰۲٠ - ۲۰۲١|publisher= [[Iraq Football Association]]|access-date= 10 July 2022|archive-date= 8 July 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220708162051/https://ifa.iq/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-2020-1.pdf|url-status= live}}</ref>

Teams receive [[three points for a win]] and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are [[Group tournament ranking system|ranked]] by total points, followed by head-to-head points, head-to-head [[goal difference]], total goal difference, goals scored and finally number of wins.<ref name="handbook"/> If teams remain level after all these criteria, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank.<ref name="handbook"/>

The two teams at the bottom of the league table are relegated to the [[Iraqi Premier Division League]], while the top two teams in the Premier Division League are promoted to the Stars League. The 18th-placed team in the Stars League competes in a play-off with the 3rd-placed team from the Premier Division League for a place in the following season's Stars League. Each club must register a 25-man squad for the season, but are not required to register players who have been registered for their reserve or youth teams. Each club is allowed a maximum of six foreign outfield players in their squad, however this restriction does not apply to Yemeni players and to a maximum of one Syrian player. Only six foreign players including Yemeni and Syrian players can play at any given time, and no more than two players from countries ranked below 90th in the [[FIFA Men's World Ranking]] can play at any given time. A maximum of five substitutions are available per match for each team.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.facebook.com/Alrabiaa.Sports/posts/pfbid02cSfQvVQgo8vFYkwUwZMNaCgbBnAC7ZS857qWxgEwBXk8nZuuiAnoWtH2gXX1vFQSl|title= تعليمات اتحاد الكرة للأندية المشاركة في الدوري الممتاز والدرجة الاولى|publisher= Al-Rabiaa Sports|date= 23 August 2022|access-date= 23 August 2022|archive-date= 23 August 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220823170205/https://www.facebook.com/Alrabiaa.Sports/posts/pfbid02cSfQvVQgo8vFYkwUwZMNaCgbBnAC7ZS857qWxgEwBXk8nZuuiAnoWtH2gXX1vFQSl|url-status= live}}</ref>

The top four teams in the league qualify for the [[Iraqi Super Cup]], along with the winners and runners-up of the [[Iraq FA Cup]]. If one of the FA Cup finalists finish in the league's top four, the fifth-placed team in the league enters the Super Cup, while if both FA Cup finalists finish in the league's top four, the fifth and sixth-placed teams in the league enter the Super Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/domestic_leagues/news/al_shorta_win_iraq_super_cup_2.html|title=Al Shorta lift Iraq Super Cup|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=3 October 2022|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=12 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812183328/https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/domestic_leagues/news/al_shorta_win_iraq_super_cup_2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Clubs==
===2024–25 season===
Twenty clubs are competing in the 2024–25 Iraq Stars League, including two promoted from the [[2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League|Premier Division League]]:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
![[2024–25 Iraq Stars League|2024–25]]<br>Club
![[2023–24 Iraq Stars League|2023–24]]<br>Position
!First season in<br>the league
!Seasons<br>in the<br>league
!First season of<br>current spell in<br>the league
!Titles
!Most<br>recent title
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Hudood SC|Al-Hudood]] || {{ntsh|9}}9th || 2008–09 || 13 || 2022–23 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Kahrabaa SC|Al-Kahrabaa]] || {{ntsh|13}}13th || 2004–05 || 20 || 2014–15 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Karkh SC|Al-Karkh]] || {{ntsh|15}}15th || 1990–91 || 29 || 2018–19 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Karma SC|Al-Karma]]<sup>b</sup> || {{ntsh|20}}2nd ([[2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League|PDL]])|| 2024–25 || 1 || 2024–25 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Minaa SC|Al-Minaa]] || {{ntsh|12}}12th|| 1975–76 || 47 || 2023–24 || 1 || 1977–78
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]]<sup>b</sup> || {{ntsh|11}}11th || 1985–86 || 40 || 1985–86 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Najaf SC|Al-Najaf]]<sup>b</sup> || {{ntsh|4}}4th || 1987–88 || 38 || 1987–88 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Qasim SC|Al-Qasim]]<sup>b</sup> || {{ntsh|17}}17th || 2019–20 || 6 || 2019–20 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]<sup>a, b</sup> || {{ntsh|2}}2nd || 1974–75 || 51 || 1974–75 || 7 || 2020–21
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]<sup>a, b</sup> || {{ntsh|1}}1st || 1974–75 || 51 || 1974–75 || 8 || 2024–25
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]]<sup>b</sup> || {{ntsh|8}}8th || 1975–76 || 50 || 1975–76 || 5 || 2001–02
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]<sup>b</sup> || {{ntsh|3}}3rd || 1975–76 || 50 || 1975–76 || 14 || 2017–18
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Diyala SC|Diyala]] || {{ntsh|19}}1st ([[2023–24 Iraqi Premier Division League|PDL]]) || 1975–76 || 15 || 2024–25 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Duhok SC|Duhok]] || {{ntsh|6}}6th || 1988–89 || 22 || 2022–23 || 1 || 2009–10
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Erbil SC|Erbil]] || {{ntsh|14}}14th || 1987–88 || 33 || 2018–19 || 4 || 2011–12
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Karbala SC|Karbala]] || {{ntsh|16}}16th || 1992–93 || 23 || 2022–23 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Naft Al-Basra SC|Naft Al-Basra]] || |{{ntsh|18}}18th || 2004–05 || 20 || 2012–13 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Naft Maysan SC|Naft Maysan]] || {{ntsh|10}}10th || 2009–10 || 14 || 2013–14 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Newroz SC|Newroz]]<sup>b</sup> || {{ntsh|7}}7th || 2021–22 || 4 || 2021–22 || 0 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[Zakho SC|Zakho]] || {{ntsh|5}}5th || 2002–03 || 20 || 2019–20 || 0 || –
|}
{{Clear}}

<sup>a</sup>: Founding member of the league<br />
<sup>b</sup>: Never been relegated from the league

====Map====
<section begin=map />
{{location map+ |Iraq |width=600 |float=left|caption=Location of clubs in Iraq for the 2024–25 Iraq Stars League season |places=
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=33.3116664|long=44.2858654|mark=Blue pog.svg|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">Baghdad</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=30.5312178|long=47.7019912|mark=Green pog.svg|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">Basra</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=33.3728061|long=43.9157973|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">[[Al-Karma SC|Al-Karma]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=32.0119334|long=44.3293703|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">[[Al-Najaf SC|Al-Najaf]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=32.4000000|long=44.6293703|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">[[Al-Qasim SC|Al-Qasim]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=33.8000000|long=44.6858654|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">[[Diyala SC|Diyala]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=36.1676274|long=44.0089184|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">[[Erbil SC|Erbil]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=32.5879294|long=44.0159224|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">[[Karbala SC|Karbala]]</div>|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=35.557222|long=45.435556|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">[[Newroz SC|Newroz]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=31.8203976|long=47.1254253|label= <div style="font-size:80%;">[[Naft Maysan SC|Naft Maysan]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=37.1500|long=42.6833|label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Zakho SC|Zakho]]</div>|position=right}}
{{location map~ |Iraq |lat=36.86|long=42.87|label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Duhok SC|Duhok]]</div>|position=right}}

<!--DISPLAY OF BAGHDAD TEAMS IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER-->
{{Location map~ |Iraq |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=32.800 |long=39.100 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">'''Baghdad&nbsp;teams'''<br>
[[Al-Hudood SC|Al-Hudood]]<br>
[[Al-Kahrabaa SC|Al-Kahrabaa]]<br>
[[Al-Karkh SC|Al-Karkh]]<br>
[[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]]<br>
[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]<br>
[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]<br>
[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]]<br>
[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]<br>
</div>|position=right}}

<!--DISPLAY OF BASRA TEAMS IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER-->
{{Location map~ |Iraq |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=30.665579 |long=40.6794021|label=<div style="font-size:80%;">'''Basra&nbsp;teams'''<br>
[[Al-Minaa SC|Al-Minaa]]<br>
[[Naft Al-Basra SC|Naft Al-Basra]]<br>
</div>|position=right}}
}}<section end=map />
{{clear}}

===Seasons===
Since its first season in [[1974–75 Iraqi National League|1974–75]] up until the [[2024–25 Iraq Stars League|2024–25]] season (not counting the qualifying rounds of the [[2000–01 Iraqi Elite League|2000–01]] season), 80 teams have participated in at least one season of the top division. Teams in bold are competing in the Iraq Stars League in the 2024–25 season. [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] and [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] are the only teams to have competed in all 51 seasons.
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
* '''51''' seasons: '''[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]''', '''[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]'''
* '''50''' seasons: '''[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]]''', '''[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]'''
* '''47''' seasons: '''[[Al-Minaa SC|Al-Minaa]]'''
* '''40''' seasons: '''[[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]]'''
* '''39''' seasons: [[Al-Sinaa SC|Al-Sinaa]]
* '''38''' seasons: '''[[Al-Najaf SC|Al-Najaf]]'''
* '''33''' seasons: '''[[Erbil SC|Erbil]]'''
* '''32''' seasons: [[Al-Jaish SC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish]]
* '''29''' seasons: '''[[Al-Karkh SC|Al-Karkh]]'''
* '''27''' seasons: [[Amanat Baghdad SC|Amanat Baghdad]]
* '''24''' seasons: [[Salahaddin SC|Salahaddin]]
* '''23''' seasons: '''[[Karbala SC|Karbala]]''', [[Samarra SC|Samarra]]
* '''22''' seasons: '''[[Duhok SC|Duhok]]'''
* '''20''' seasons: '''[[Al-Kahrabaa SC|Al-Kahrabaa]]''', [[Al-Mosul SC|Al-Mosul]], '''[[Naft Al-Basra SC|Naft Al-Basra]]''', '''[[Zakho SC|Zakho]]'''
* '''19''' seasons: [[Kirkuk SC|Kirkuk]]
* '''18''' seasons: [[Al-Samawa SC|Al-Samawa]]
* '''16''' seasons: [[Al-Shabab SC (Iraq)|Al-Shabab]], [[Al-Tijara SC|Al-Tijara]]
* '''15''' seasons: [[Al-Diwaniya SC|Al-Diwaniya]], '''[[Diyala SC|Diyala]]'''
| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
* '''14''' seasons: [[Al-Ramadi SC|Al-Ramadi]], '''[[Naft Maysan SC|Naft Maysan]]'''
* '''13''' seasons: '''[[Al-Hudood SC|Al-Hudood]]'''
* '''12''' seasons: [[Al-Nasiriya SC|Al-Nasiriya]]
* '''10''' seasons: [[Al-Kut SC|Al-Kut]], [[Naft Al-Wasat SC|Naft Al-Wasat]]
* '''9''' seasons: [[Al-Bahri SC|Al-Bahri]], [[Al-Sulaikh SC|Al-Sulaikh]], [[Maysan SC|Maysan]], [[Sulaymaniya SC|Sulaymaniya]]
* '''8''' seasons: [[Babil SC|Babil]]
* '''6''' seasons: [[Al-Difaa Al-Jawi SC|Al-Difaa Al-Jawi]], [[Al-Kadhimiya SC|Al-Kadhimiya]], '''[[Al-Qasim SC|Al-Qasim]]''', [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]], [[Masafi Al-Wasat SC|Masafi Al-Wasat]]
* '''5''' seasons: [[Peris SC|Peris]]
* '''4''' seasons: [[Al-Ittihad SC (Iraq)|Al-Ittihad]], [[Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya SC|Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya]], '''[[Newroz SC|Newroz]]''', [[New Sirwan SC|Sirwan]]
* '''3''' seasons: [[Al-Amara SC|Al-Amara]], [[Al-Baladiyat SC|Al-Baladiyat]], [[Basra SC|Al-Basra]], [[Al-Etisalat SC|Al-Etisalat]], [[Al-Hilla SC|Al-Hilla]], [[Al-Hussein SC (Iraq)|Al-Hussein]], [[Al-Khutoot Al-Jawiya SC|Al-Khutoot]], [[Al-Kufa SC|Al-Kufa]], [[Al-Shatra SC|Al-Shatra]], [[Al-Umal SC|Al-Umal]]
* '''2''' seasons: [[Al-Adala SC|Al-Adala]], [[Al-Furat SC|Al-Furat]], [[Al-Hasanain SC|Al-Hasanain]], [[Al-Hindiya SC|Al-Hindiya]], [[Al-Salam SC (Iraq)|Al-Salam]], [[Al-Shirqat SC|Al-Shirqat]], [[Al-Shuala SC|Al-Shuala]], [[Al-Thawra SC|Al-Thawra]], [[Iraq national under-20 football team|Iraq U19]]{{efn|name=youth|Played the second half of the [[1990–91 Iraqi National League|1990–91]] season to accommodate for the withdrawal of Erbil and played the first half of the [[1993–94 Iraqi National League|1993–94]] season before being replaced by Babil.}}
* '''1''' season: [[Al-Adhamiya SC|Al-Adhamiya]], [[Saad SC|Al-Dawr Al-Ahli]], [[Al-Jamahir SC|Al-Jamahir]], '''[[Al-Karma SC|Al-Karma]]''', [[Al-Muwasalat SC|Al-Muwasalat]], [[Al-Naqil SC|Al-Naqil]], [[Al-Numaniya SC|Al-Numaniya]], [[Al-Rafidain SC|Al-Rafidain]], [[Al-Taji SC|Al-Taji]], [[Ararat SC|Ararat]], [[Balad SC|Balad]], [[Haifa SC|Haifa]], [[Masafi Al-Janoob SC|Masafi Al-Junoob]], [[Peshmerga Sulaymaniya SC|Peshmerga]]
|}

;Notes
{{notelist}}

==Champions==
{{Main|List of Iraqi football champions}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Club
!Titles
!Winning seasons
|-
|[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|[[1975–76 Iraqi National League|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Iraqi National League|1976–77]], [[1978–79 Iraqi National League|1978–79]], [[1990–91 Iraqi National League|1990–91]], [[1993–94 Iraqi National League|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Iraqi National League|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League|1995–96]], [[1998–99 Iraqi Premier League|1998–99]], {{nowrap|[[1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League|1999–2000]]}}, [[2000–01 Iraqi Elite League|2000–01]], [[2005–06 Iraqi Premier League|2005–06]], [[2010–11 Iraqi Elite League|2010–11]], [[2015–16 Iraqi Premier League|2015–16]], [[2017–18 Iraqi Premier League|2017–18]] 
|-
|[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|[[1979–80 Iraqi National League|1979–80]], [[1997–98 Iraqi Premier League|1997–98]], [[2012–13 Iraqi Elite League|2012–13]], [[2018–19 Iraqi Premier League|2018–19]], [[2021–22 Iraqi Premier League|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Iraqi Premier League|2022–23]], [[2023–24 Iraq Stars League|2023–24]], [[2024–25 Iraq Stars League|2024–25]]
|-
|{{nowrap|[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]}}
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|[[1974–75 Iraqi National League|1974–75]], [[1989–90 Iraqi National League|1989–90]], [[1991–92 Iraqi National League|1991–92]], [[1996–97 Iraqi Premier League|1996–97]], [[2004–05 Iraqi Premier League|2004–05]], [[2016–17 Iraqi Premier League|2016–17]], [[2020–21 Iraqi Premier League|2020–21]]
|-
|[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]]
|style="text-align:center;"|5
|[[1980–81 Iraqi National League|1980–81]], [[1981–82 Iraqi National League|1981–82]], [[1985–86 Iraqi National League|1985–86]], [[1992–93 Iraqi National League|1992–93]], [[2001–02 Iraqi Elite League|2001–02]]
|-
|[[Erbil SC|Erbil]]
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|[[2006–07 Iraqi Premier League|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Iraqi Premier League|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Iraqi Premier League|2008–09]], [[2011–12 Iraqi Elite League|2011–12]]
|-
|[[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]]
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|[[1986–87 Iraqi National League|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Iraqi National League|1987–88]], [[1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National League|1988–89]]
|-
|[[Al-Minaa SC|Al-Minaa]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|[[1977–78 Iraqi National League|1977–78]]
|-
|[[Salahaddin SC|Salahaddin]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|[[1982–83 Iraqi National League|1982–83]]
|-
|[[Al-Jaish SC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|[[1983–84 Iraqi National League|1983–84]]
|-
|[[Duhok SC|Duhok]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|[[2009–10 Iraqi Premier League|2009–10]]
|-
|[[Naft Al-Wasat SC|Naft Al-Wasat]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|[[2014–15 Iraqi Premier League|2014–15]]
|-
|}

== International competitions ==
=== Qualification for Asian competitions ===
The champions of the Iraq Stars League qualify for the subsequent season's [[AFC Champions League Elite]] league stage, while the winners of the [[Iraq FA Cup]] qualify for the [[AFC Champions League Two]] group stage. If the same team wins both the Stars League and the FA Cup, the Stars League runners-up qualify for the AFC Champions League Two group stage. The number of places allocated to Iraqi clubs in [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] competitions depends on the country's position in the [[AFC Club Competitions Ranking]], which is calculated based on the performance of clubs in AFC competitions over the previous four years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/gvwuaoq7r4jwg7bobcdp.pdf|title=Entry Manual: AFC Club Competitions 2017–2020|website=Asian Football Confederation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206135816/http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/gvwuaoq7r4jwg7bobcdp.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Collectively, Iraqi teams have reached nine finals of Asian club competitions. Before the foundation of the national league, [[Aliyat Al-Shorta SC|Aliyat Al-Shorta]] were the first Iraqi team to participate in the [[AFC Champions League Elite|Asian Champion Club Tournament]] in [[1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament|1971]] and they reached the final, but they refused to play Israeli side [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] and took the runner-up spot.<ref name="roll">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/roll-of-honour-19462|title=Roll of honour|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=21 February 2011|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=23 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523212913/https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/roll-of-honour-19462|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] reached the final of the [[AFC Champions League Elite|Asian Club Championship]] in [[1988–89 Asian Club Championship|1989]] but they lost a two-legged final on away goals to [[Al Sadd SC|Al-Saad]] of [[Qatar]].<ref name="roll"/> [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] reached the final of the [[1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] but they lost it 2–1 to [[Shonan Bellmare|Bellmare Hiratsuka]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asian-football.com/competitions/winners/winners_frame.html|title=Asian Cup Winner's Cup|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=28 April 1999|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=28 April 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990428134943/http://www.asian-football.com/competitions/winners/winners_frame.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> and five years later, [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] lost the final of the same competition 1–0 to [[Shimizu S-Pulse]] in [[1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|2000]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iraqsport.net/articles/html/230400-1.html|title=نعم .. الزوراء كان قريبا من الكأس الاسيوية ولكن ..!|publisher=Iraq Sport|last=Al-Abed|first=Safaa|lang=ar|date=23 April 2000|access-date=8 September 2023|archive-date=10 May 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510204303/http://www.iraqsport.net/articles/html/230400-1.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] reached the final of Asia's secondary tournament, the [[AFC Cup]], twice in [[2012 AFC Cup|2012]] and [[2014 AFC Cup|2014]] but lost both times to [[Kuwait SC|Al-Kuwait]] and [[Qadsia SC|Al-Qadsia]] respectively.<ref name="rise"/> [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] managed to win the AFC Cup when they beat [[India|Indian]] club [[Bengaluru FC]] 1–0 in the [[2016 AFC Cup Final|2016 final]], and they won the competition for the second consecutive season in [[2017 AFC Cup Final|2017]] by beating [[FC Istiklol]] by the same scoreline. They earned a joint-record third AFC Cup title with a 2–0 defeat of [[Altyn Asyr FK|Altyn Asyr]] in [[2018 AFC Cup Final|2018]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/latest/news/air-force-club-create-history|title=Air Force Club create history|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=27 October 2018|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=7 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907144843/http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/latest/news/air-force-club-create-history|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Qualification for Arab competitions ===
Iraqi clubs also participate in the [[Arab Club Champions Cup]] (organised by the [[Union of Arab Football Associations]]) and the [[AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League]] (organised by the [[Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation]]). [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] won the inaugural [[Arab Club Champions Cup]] in [[1981–82 Arab Club Champions Cup|1982]] by defeating [[Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]] 4–2 on aggregate in the final,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mondialar.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7/|publisher=Mondial AR|last=Al-Khafadji|first=Yass|title=البطولة الاولى للاندية العربية بكرة القدم|language=Arabic|date=20 July 2017|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219105722/https://mondialar.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] won the Arab Club Champions Cup three times in a row in [[1985 Arab Club Champions Cup|1985]], [[1986 Arab Club Champions Cup|1986]] and [[1987 Arab Club Champions Cup|1987]] making them the competition's joint-most successful side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uafaonline.com/index.php?page_id=77|title=بطولات الأندية العربية أبطال الدوري|publisher=Union of Arab Football Associations|lang=ar|date=11 July 2017|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=11 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711230925/http://www.uafaonline.com/index.php?page_id=77|url-status=dead}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Duhok SC|Duhok]] won the [[2024–25 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League]] by defeating [[Qadsia SC|Al-Qadsia]] 2–1 on aggregate in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/150420256|title=Duhok SC crowned Gulf Clubs Champion after thrilling win|publisher=Rudaw|date=15 April 2025}}</ref>

==Sponsorship==
The league was founded as the National Clubs First Division League and has been renamed several times, with the current name of Stars League remaining in place since 2023. The competition has had title sponsorship rights sold to three companies: [[Zain Group|Zain Iraq]] in the 2009–10 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=22083362|title=اطلاق تسمية دوري زين على الدوري العراقي لكرة القدم|publisher=Kooora|date=22 February 2010|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512230921/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=22083362|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Asiacell]] in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifa.iq/%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AE-1352/|title=جدول ترتيب فرق اندية دوري اسياسيل (النخبة) 2010-2011 – الدور الثالث و العشرون|publisher=Iraq Football Association|lang=ar|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619223816/https://ifa.iq/%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AE-1352/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Fuchs Petrolub|Fuchs]] in the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iraq.shafaqna.com/AR/6941/%D8%AA%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A5%D9%84/|title=تغيير اسم الدوري العراقي لكرة القدم إلى "دوري فوكس"|publisher=Shafaqna|date=12 April 2015|lang=ar|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619223808/https://iraq.shafaqna.com/AR/6941/%D8%AA%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A5%D9%84/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"
!Period
!Sponsor
!Name
|-
|1974–1988||rowspan=9|No sponsor ||National Clubs First Division League
|-
|1988–1989||Pan-National Clubs First Division League
|-
|1989–1995||National Clubs First Division League
|-
|1995–1996||Advanced League
|-
|1996–1999||Premier League
|-
|1999–2000||First Division League
|-
|2000–2002||Elite League
|-
|2002–2003||First Division League
|-
|2003–2009||Premier League
|-
|2009–2010||[[Zain Group|Zain Iraq]]||Zain Iraq League
|-
|2010–2012||[[Asiacell]]||Asiacell Elite League
|-
|2012–2013||rowspan=2|No sponsor ||Elite League
|-
|2013–2015||Premier League
|-
|2015–2016||[[Fuchs Petrolub|Fuchs]]||Fuchs Premier League
|-
|2016–2023 ||rowspan=2|No sponsor ||Premier League
|-
|2023–present
|Stars League
|}

==Managers==
[[Manager (association football)|Managers]] in the Iraq Stars League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection and player acquisition. Their influence varies from club-to-club. Managers are required to have an [[AFC Professional Coaching Diploma|AFC Pro-Diploma]] which is the highest level of [[coach (sport)|coaching]] [[accreditation]] issued by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://almaalomah.me/news/93224/sports/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF|publisher=Al-Maloomah|title=تحديات أمام تسمية مدرب الشرطة الجديد|date=11 March 2025|language=ar}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Current Iraq Stars League managers
|-
!scope="col"| Manager
!scope="col"| Nationality
!scope="col"| Club
!scope="col"| Appointed
!scope="col"| Time as manager
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Ayman|Hakeem}} 
| {{Flagu|Syria}} || [[Al-Qasim SC|Al-Qasim]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2024|3|9}} || {{ayd|2024|3|9}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Samir|Babo}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2024|5|20}} || {{ayd|2024|5|20}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Basim|Qasim}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2024|7|21}} || {{ayd|2024|7|21}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Adel|Nima}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2024|8|8}} || {{ayd|2024|8|8}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Yamen|Zelfani}} 
| {{Flagu|Tunisia}} || [[Diyala SC|Diyala]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2024|11|12}} || {{ayd|2024|11|12}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Qahtan|Chathir}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Newroz SC|Newroz]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2024|12|13}} || {{ayd|2024|12|13}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Ahmad|Abdul-Jabar}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Al-Karkh SC|Al-Karkh]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|1|15}} || {{ayd|2025|1|15}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Ahmed|Khalef}}
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Al-Karma SC|Al-Karma]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|1|30}} || {{ayd|2025|1|30}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Radhi|Shenaishil}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}}  || [[Al-Kahrabaa SC|Al-Kahrabaa]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|1|31}} || {{ayd|2025|1|31}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Hussam|Al Sayed}}
| {{Flagu|Syria}} || [[Al-Minaa SC|Al-Minaa]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|2|21}} || {{ayd|2025|2|21}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Haider|Obeid}}
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|2|26}} || {{ayd|2025|2|26}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Moamen|Soliman}} 
| {{Flagu|Egypt}} || [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|3|17}} || {{ayd|2025|3|17}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Emad|Aoda}}
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Naft Al-Basra SC|Naft Al-Basra]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|3|30}} || {{ayd|2025|3|30}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Hamza|Hadi}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Al-Hudood SC|Al-Hudood]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|4|5}} || {{ayd|2025|4|5}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Abbas|Attiya}}
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Karbala SC|Karbala]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|4|6}} || {{ayd|2025|4|6}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Ali|Abdul-Jabbar}}
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|4|6}} || {{ayd|2025|4|6}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Hussein|Abdul-Wahed|Hussein Abdul-Wahid Waham}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Naft Maysan SC|Naft Maysan]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|4|12}} || {{ayd|2025|4|12}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Wali|Kareem}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Al-Najaf SC|Al-Najaf]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|4|23}} || {{ayd|2025|4|23}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Abdul-Ghani|Shahad}} 
| {{Flagu|Iraq}} || [[Zakho SC|Zakho]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|4|28}} || {{ayd|2025|4|28}}
|-
!scope="row"| {{sortname|Amir|Azrafshan}} 
| {{Flagu|Sweden}} || [[Duhok SC|Duhok]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2025|5|24}} || {{ayd|2025|5|24}}
|}

== Players ==
===Top scorers===
{{see also|List of Iraq Stars League top scorers}}
<onlyinclude>{{updated|25 June 2025.}}<ref name="sabti">{{cite book|last1=Al-Sabti|first1=Ali|title=Iraqi League History 1974-2011|year=2014|location=Iraq}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" |Rank
! scope="col" |Player
! scope="col" |Goals
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|First app|Year of first appearance}}
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|Last app|Year of last appearance}}
! class="unsortable" |Club(s) (goals)
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Amjad|Radhi}}
|'''181'''
|2007||2024
|style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] (98), [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] (75), [[Al-Najaf SC|Al-Najaf]] (8)
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Sahib|Abbas}}
|'''177'''
|1988||2012
|style="text-align:left"|[[Salahaddin SC|Salahaddin]] (42), [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] (62), [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] (18), [[Karbalaa SC|Karbala]] (50), [[Al-Sinaa SC|Al-Sinaa]] (5)
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Karim|Saddam}}
|'''171'''
|1979||1996
|style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Sinaa SC|Al-Sinaa]] (23), [[Al-Jaish SC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish]] (11), [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] (4), [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] (127), [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (6)
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Ali|Hashim}}
|'''170'''
|1987||2004
|style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Najaf SC|Al-Najaf]] (149), [[Al-Karkh SC|Al-Karkh]] (21)
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left"|{{nowrap|{{fbicon|IRQ}} '''{{sortname|Alaa|Abdul-Zahra}}'''}}
|'''169'''
|2004||present
|style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] (54), [[Duhok SC|Duhok]] (26), [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (78), [[Al-Minaa SC|Al-Minaa]] (11)
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Hussein|Abdullah}}
|'''167'''
|1991||2010
|style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Sinaa SC|Al-Sinaa]] (32), [[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]] (16), [[Diyala SC|Diyala]] (40), [[Duhok SC|Duhok]] (58), [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] (14), [[Kirkuk SC|Kirkuk]] (2), [[Peris SC|Peris]] (5)
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Hammadi|Ahmed}}
|'''163'''
|2005||2023
|style="text-align:left"|[[Samarra SC|Samarra]] (19), [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] (144)
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Younis|Abid Ali}}
|'''157'''
|1983||2000
|style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (135), [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] (15), [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] (3), [[Al-Difaa Al-Jawi SC|Al-Difaa Al-Jawi]] (4)
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Ahmed|Radhi}}
|'''146'''
|1981||1999
|style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] (103), [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] (43)
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left"|{{fbicon|IRQ}} {{sortname|Alaa|Kadhim}}
|'''145'''
|1988||2007
|style="text-align:left"|[[Al-Sinaa SC|Al-Sinaa]] (8), [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] (137)
|}

<small>'''Bold''' denotes players still playing in the Iraq Stars League.</small></onlyinclude>

==Awards==

===Trophy===
The current Iraq Stars League trophy was unveiled on 13 July 2024 and was designed and sculpted by the Iraqi painter and sculptor [[Ahmed Albahrani]]. The trophy is predominantly silver in colour and features a silver and gold football at the top. It has a silver base engraved with the words "Iraq Stars League" in both English and Arabic, alongside the competition’s logo and the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/iraqstarsleagueofficial/videos/1030631241977180/|title=فيديو/ المؤتمر الصحفي للنحات العالمي احمد البحراني …|publisher=Iraq Stars League|date=13 July 2024|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/iraqstarsleagueofficial/videos/1030631241977180/|title=فيديو/ المؤتمر الصحفي للنحات العالمي احمد البحراني …|publisher=Iraq Stars League|date=13 July 2024|lang=ar}}</ref>

==Records==
===League records===
;Titles
*'''Most titles:''' 14, [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]<ref name="booklet">{{cite book|publisher=Iraq Football Association|title=كراس الدوري العراقي - موسم ٢٠٢٠ - ٢٠٢١|date=23 October 2020|location=Iraq|lang=ar}}</ref>
*'''Most consecutive title wins:''' 4, [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] ([[2021–22 Iraqi Premier League|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Iraqi Premier League|2022–23]], [[2023–24 Iraq Stars League|2023–24]], [[2024–25 Iraq Stars League|2024–25]])<ref name="booklet"/>
*'''Biggest title-winning margin:''' 21 points, [[2021–22 Iraqi Premier League|2021–22]]; [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (91 points) over [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] (70 points)<ref name="SHR">{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=38725431|title=موسم الإنجاز وأرقام قياسية ... تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2021-2022|publisher=Al-Shorta SC|lang=ar|date=9 July 2022|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232452/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=38725431|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Smallest title-winning margin:''' 0 points, 0 [[goal difference]] and 2 wins – [[1980–81 Iraqi National League|1980–81]]; [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] (8 wins) over [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (6 wins)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=33236946|title=نهايات مثيرة للدوري العراقي|last=Al-Adhari|first=Mundher|lang=ar|publisher=Kooora|date=8 September 2013|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232451/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=33236946|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Earliest title win with the most games remaining:''' 7 games, [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] ([[2021–22 Iraqi Premier League|2021–22]])<ref name="SHR"/>

;Wins
*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 11, [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (13 March – 22 May 1998)<ref name="SHR2">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AlShortaSC_EN/status/1493286919828123648|title=Al-Shorta hold the two longest winning streaks in #IPFL history|publisher=Al-Shorta SC|date=14 February 2022|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=14 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214181708/https://twitter.com/AlShortaSC_EN/status/1493286919828123648|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Most consecutive wins from the start of a season:''' 9 – joint record:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=37447012|title=موسوعة ارشيف الزوراء (الجزء الحادي والخمسين)|publisher=Kooora|lang=ar|date=3 October 2018|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232450/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=37447012|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Erbil SC|Erbil]] ([[2008–09 Iraqi Premier League|2008–09]])
**[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] ([[2017–18 Iraqi Premier League|2017–18]])
*'''Most consecutive wins to the end of a season:''' 11, [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] ([[1997–98 Iraqi Premier League|1997–98]])<ref name="SHR2"/>
*'''Defeated all league opponents at least once in a season:''' joint record:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=38660019|title=تعرف على الأندية التي فاز على جميع الفرق الأخرى في الدوري العراقي|publisher=Kooora|lang=ar|date=29 April 2022|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232449/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=38660019|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya|Al-Tayaran]] ([[1974–75 Iraqi National League|1974–75]], 9 opponents)
**[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] ([[2000–01 Iraqi Elite League|2000–01]], 15 opponents)
**[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] ([[2021–22 Iraqi Premier League|2021–22]], 19 opponents)

;Losses
*'''Fewest losses in a season:''' 0 – joint record:<ref name="sabti"/>
**[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] four times ([[1976–77 Iraqi National League|1976–77]], 11 rounds, [[1978–79 Iraqi National League|1978–79]], 12 rounds, [[2005–06 Iraqi Premier League|2005–06]], 19 rounds, [[2015–16 Iraqi Premier League|2015–16]], 24 rounds)
**[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Jamiea]] ([[1976–77 Iraqi National League|1976–77]], 11 rounds)
**[[Al-Minaa SC|Al-Minaa]] ([[1977–78 Iraqi National League|1977–78]], 13 rounds)
**[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] ([[1980–81 Iraqi National League|1980–81]], 11 rounds)
**[[Salahaddin SC|Salahaddin]] ([[1982–83 Iraqi National League|1982–83]], 22 rounds)
**[[Al-Jaish SC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish]] ([[1983–84 Iraqi National League|1983–84]], 24 rounds)
*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 39 games – joint record:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=38062580|title=بمناسبة مرور عام على تتويج الشرطة بلقب الدوري ... تفاصيل مبارياته في ذلك الموسم|publisher=Al-Shorta SC|date=19 July 2020|lang=ar|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232451/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=38062580|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] (25 November 1993 – 3 October 1994)
**[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (21 May 2018 – 23 May 2019)

;Goals
*'''Most consecutive matches scored in:''' 37, [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (13 October 1997 – 13 November 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alshortasc.com/records|title=نادي الشرطة العراقي - الإحصائيات|publisher=Al-Shorta SC|lang=ar|access-date=30 June 2023|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125113623/https://www.alshortasc.com/records|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal:''' 14, [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] (16 July 2009 – 20 March 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=22184260|title=اربيل ورقم قياسي جديد 990 دقيقة بدون هدف بمرماهم ... وننتظر رقم جديد الفوز بالدوري اربع مرات م|publisher=Kooora|last=Anwiyah|first=Emmanuel|lang=ar|date=28 February 2010|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232448/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=22184260|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Scored in every match during a season:''' joint record:<ref name="sabti"/>
**[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] twice ([[1980–81 Iraqi National League|1980–81]], 11 rounds, and [[1997–98 Iraqi Premier League|1997–98]], 30 rounds)
**[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] ([[1976–77 Iraqi National League|1976–77]], 11 rounds)
**[[Al-Minaa SC|Al-Minaa]] ([[1977–78 Iraqi National League|1977–78]], 13 rounds)
**[[Karbalaa SC|Karbala]] ([[2005–06 Iraqi Premier League|2005–06]], 16 rounds up to elimination)

===Match records===
{{see also|List of highest-scoring Iraq Stars League matches}}
;Scorelines
*'''Highest scoring match:''' 11 goals – joint record:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/?t=12708218|publisher=Kooora|title=دوري الكرة في التاريخ|lang=ar|date=31 October 2008|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232449/https://forum.kooora.com/?t=12708218|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Al-Naqil SC|Al-Naqil]] 11–0 [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (12 October 1974)
**[[Al-Ramadi SC|Al-Ramadi]] 11–0 [[Kirkuk SC|Kirkuk]] (15 May 1995)
**[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] 9–2 [[Al-Diwaniya SC|Al-Diwaniya]] (11 May 2023)

;Attendances
*'''Highest attendance, single game:''' 68,000, [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] ''v.'' [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] (at [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], 13 December 1991)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=34883257|title=بمناسبة ذكرى افتتاحه: ملعب الشعب..حقائق غائبة.. وثائق تاريخية.. أحداث وغرائب!!|lang=ar|publisher=Kooora|date=5 November 2014|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232450/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=34883257|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Player records===
{{see also|List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks}}
;Appearances
*'''Youngest player:''' [[Mohanad Ali]], 13 years and 279 days (for [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] ''v.'' [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]], 26 March 2014)<ref>{{cite web|title=الشرطه 2 _1 الطلبه جرت في 26_3_2014 |language=ar | publisher=Waar Sport |date=26 March 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcHBaDvd4-A&t=5413}}</ref>

;Titles
*'''Most titles:''' 7 – joint record:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=113924|title=سلام هاشم .. المُنجِز القياسي|publisher=Almada Paper|date=1 October 2014|lang=ar|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232450/https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=113924|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Salam Hashim]] (three with [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] in [[1986–87 Iraqi National League|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Iraqi National League|1987–88]] and [[1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National League|1988–89]] and four with [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] in [[1990–91 Iraqi National League|1990–91]], [[1993–94 Iraqi National League|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Iraqi National League|1994–95]] and [[1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League|1995–96]])
**[[Mohamed Jassim Mahdi]] (seven with [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] in [[1990–91 Iraqi National League|1990–91]], [[1993–94 Iraqi National League|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Iraqi National League|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League|1995–96]], [[1998–99 Iraqi Premier League|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 Iraqi Elite League|2000–01]])
*'''Most titles as captain:''' 3 – joint record:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/iraq-cap-champs.html|title=Iraq - Championship Winning Captains|publisher=RSSSF|date=26 July 2006|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232449/https://www.rsssf.org/players/iraq-cap-champs.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Hazem Jassam]] (three with [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] in [[1975–76 Iraqi National League|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Iraqi National League|1976–77]] and [[1978–79 Iraqi National League|1978–79]])
**[[Ahmed Radhi]] (one with [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] in [[1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National League|1988–89]] and two with [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] in [[1990–91 Iraqi National League|1990–91]] and [[1998–99 Iraqi Premier League|1998–99]])
**[[Rafid Badr Al-Deen]] (three with [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] in [[2006–07 Iraqi Premier League|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Iraqi Premier League|2007–08]] and [[2008–09 Iraqi Premier League|2008–09]])
**[[Alaa Abdul-Zahra]] (three with [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] in [[2021–22 Iraqi Premier League|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Iraqi Premier League|2022–23]] and [[2023–24 Iraq Stars League|2023–24]])

;Goals
*'''Most goals:''' 181, [[Amjad Radhi]]<ref name="sabti"/>
*'''Most goals for one club:''' 149, [[Ali Hashim]] (for [[Al-Najaf SC|Al-Najaf]])<ref name="sabti"/>
*'''Most top scorer awards:''' 4, [[Karim Saddam]] ([[1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National League|1988–89]], [[1989–90 Iraqi National League|1989–90]], [[1990–91 Iraqi National League|1990–91]], [[1992–93 Iraqi National League|1992–93]])<ref name="booklet"/>
*'''Most consecutive top scorer awards:''' 3 – joint record:<ref name="booklet"/>
**[[Rahim Hameed]] ([[1985–86 Iraqi National League|1985–86]], [[1986–87 Iraqi National League|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Iraqi National League|1987–88]])
**[[Karim Saddam]] ([[1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National League|1988–89]], [[1989–90 Iraqi National League|1989–90]], [[1990–91 Iraqi National League|1990–91]])
*'''Most goals in a season:''' 36, [[Younis Abid Ali]] ([[1993–94 Iraqi National League|1993–94]], 50 rounds)<ref name="booklet"/>
*'''Most goals in a single game:''' 6 – joint record:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=12971710|title=لاعبون سجلوا 6 اهداف في مباراة واحدة في الدوري الممتاز بكرة القدم|lang=ar|publisher=Kooora|date=17 November 2008|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232449/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=12971710|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Shakir Mohammed Sabbar]] (for [[Al-Ramadi SC|Al-Ramadi]] ''v.'' [[Kirkuk SC|Kirkuk]], 15 May 1995)
**[[Sahib Abbas]] (for [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] ''v.'' [[Al-Karkh SC|Al-Karkh]], 18 October 1996)
**[[Alaa Kadhim]] (for [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] ''v.'' [[Al-Mosul SC|Al-Mosul]], 9 January 1998)
*'''Fastest goal:''' 9.504 seconds, [[Alaa Abdul-Zahra]] (for [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] ''v.'' [[Naft Al-Basra SC|Naft Al-Junoob]], 21 October 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://almasalah.com/Ar/news/153748/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2|title=Alaa Abdul Zahra enters the history of the Iraqi Premier League|publisher=Al-Masalah|date=22 October 2018|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725041754/https://almasalah.com/Ar/news/153748/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Most hat-tricks:''' 10 – joint record:<ref name="sabti"/>
**[[Qahtan Chathir]]
**[[Sahib Abbas]]
*'''Most hat-tricks in a season:''' 4, [[Qahtan Chathir]] ([[Al-Karkh SC|Al-Karkh]], [[1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League|1999–2000]])<ref name="sabti"/>

===Managerial records===
{{see also|List of Iraq Stars League winning managers}}
;Titles
The following managers have won multiple titles:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://niiiis.com/leaguecoaches.html|title=المدربون الفائزون حملة لقب الدوري|publisher=NIIIIS.com|lang=ar|access-date=20 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619232451/http://niiiis.com/leaguecoaches.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Manager
!Club(s)
!Wins
!Winning seasons
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Ayoub Odisho]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]], [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] (2), [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 4
|[[1992–93 Iraqi National League|1992–93]], [[1996–97 Iraqi Premier League|1996–97]], [[2017–18 Iraqi Premier League|2017–18]], [[2020–21 Iraqi Premier League|2020–21]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Jamal Salih]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]], [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] (2)
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4|3
|[[1981–82 Iraqi National League|1981–82]], [[1987–88 Iraqi National League|1987–88]], [[1988–89 Iraqi Pan-National League|1988–89]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Thair Ahmed]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]], [[Erbil SC|Erbil]] (2)
|[[2001–02 Iraqi Elite League|2001–02]], [[2007–08 Iraqi Premier League|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Iraqi Premier League|2008–09]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Basim Qasim]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Duhok SC|Duhok]], [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]], [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]
|[[2009–10 Iraqi Premier League|2009–10]], [[2015–16 Iraqi Premier League|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Iraqi Premier League|2016–17]]
|-
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Moamen Soliman]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]
|[[2021–22 Iraqi Premier League|2021–22]], [[2023–24 Iraq Stars League|2023–24]], [[2024–25 Iraq Stars League|2024–25]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Saadi Salih]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=5|2
|[[1975–76 Iraqi National League|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Iraqi National League|1976–77]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Ammo Baba]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]], [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]
|[[1980–81 Iraqi National League|1980–81]], [[1993–94 Iraqi National League|1993–94]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Amer Jameel]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]], [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]
|[[1989–90 Iraqi National League|1989–90]], [[1998–99 Iraqi Premier League|1998–99]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Adnan Hamad]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]
|[[1995–96 Iraqi Advanced League|1995–96]], [[1999–2000 Iraqi First Division League|1999–2000]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Sabah Abdul-Jalil]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]], [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]
|[[2000–01 Iraqi Elite League|2000–01]], [[2004–05 Iraqi Premier League|2004–05]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Iraqi football champions]]
* [[Iraqi clubs in the AFC Club Competitions]]
* [[Iraqi Women's Football League]]
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://ifa.iq/ Iraq Football Association]

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