2025–26 Al-Zawraa SC season

Al-Zawraa
2025–26 season
President	Haidar Shanshool
Head coach	Emad El Nahhas
Ground	Al-Zawraa Stadium
Iraq Stars League	TBD
Iraq FA Cup	TBD
AFC Champions League Two	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: N/A; All: TBD

The 2025–26 season is Al-Zawraa's 51st season in the Iraq Stars League. Al-Zawraa are participating in the Iraq Stars League and the Iraq FA Cup. Al-Zawraa are also competing in the AFC Champions League Two. ^[1]

Al-Zawraa were initially scheduled to begin their season with the Iraqi Super Cup, but the competition was cancelled.^[2]

Competitions

Iraq Stars League

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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Zakho	20	10	6	4	28	15	+13	36
6	Al-Talaba	19	10	4	5	25	16	+9	34
7	Al-Zawraa	18	8	7	3	23	15	+8	31
8	Al-Karkh	19	8	7	4	27	21	+6	31
9	Al-Gharraf	20	8	5	7	22	19	+3	29

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2026. Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of wins.

21 September 2025 1	Al-Zawraa	1–1	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
19:30 GMT	Raad 28'		Aribi 65'	Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

27 September 2025 2	Al-Karma	0–0	Al-Zawraa	Karma
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Karma Stadium

5 October 2025 3	Al-Zawraa	0–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad
19:30 GMT			Jawad 6' Jouini 60'	Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

27 October 2025 4	Al-Qasim	0–2	Al-Zawraa	Babil
18:30 GMT			Al-Rashdan 4' Tomiwa 30'	Stadium: Al Kifl Stadium

31 October 2025 5	Al-Mosul	1–3	Al-Zawraa	Mosul
18:30 GMT	Foning 60'		Al-Humaidan 22', 35' Abdulkareem 58'	Stadium: University of Mosul Stadium

21 November 2025 6	Al-Zawraa	2–1	Newroz	Baghdad
15:00 GMT	Abdulkareem 63', 75'		Rwa 66'	Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

28 December 2025 7	Al-Zawraa	2–0	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
	Hayder Abdulkareem 38', 79'			Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

1 January 2026 8	Al-Kahraba	0–1	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
			Abdulkareem 41'

5 January 2026 9	Al-Zawraa	0–0	Al-Gharraf	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

9 January 2026 10	Naft Maysan	2–2	Al-Zawraa	Maysan
	Saad 40' Faqar 69'		Raad 6' Tomiwa 52'	Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium

13 January 2026 11	Diyala	1–1	Al-Zawraa	Diyala
	Thameur 81'		Abdulkareem 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Diyala Stadium

17 January 2026 12	Al-Zawraa	1–0	Erbil	Baghdad
	Mohammed 69'			Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

22 January 2026 13	Al-Zawraa	2–0	Al-Najaf	Baghdad
	Abdulkareem 74' Aziz 84'			Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

28 January 2026 14	Duhok	0–0	Al-Zawraa	Duhok
				Stadium: Duhok Stadium

1 February 2026 15	Al-Naft	0–0	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
				Stadium: Sharar Haidar Stadium

5 February 2026 16	Al-Zawraa	4–2	Zakho	Baghdad
	Tomiwa 47' Riascos 49' Abdulkareem 58' Tomiwa 63'		Aliyu 80' Jameel 89'	Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

21 February 2026 17	Al-Karkh	3–1	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
19:15	Hamoud 12' Kofi 62' Jamal 76'		Abdulkareem 87'	Stadium: Sharar Haidar Stadium

26 February 2026 18	Al-Zawraa	1–2	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
17:30	Qasim 21'		Ateba 11', 68'	Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

2 March 2026 19	Al-Zawraa	1–1	Al-Mosul	Baghdad
19:15	Riascos 21'		Al-Dali 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

7 March 2026 20	Newroz	1–2	Al-Zawraa	Sulaymaniyah
17:00	Neto 30'		Hashim 13' Riascos 88'	Stadium: Newroz Stadium

13 March 2026 21	Al-Zawraa	v	Naft Maysan	Baghdad
19:15				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

22	Al-Gharraf	v	Al-Zawraa	Dhi Qar
				Stadium: Al-Nasiriya International Stadium

23	Al-Zawraa	v	Al-Kahraba	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

24	Erbil	v	Al-Zawraa	Erbil
				Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium

25	Al-Zawraa	v	Al-Karma	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

26	Zakho	v	Al-Zawraa	Zakho
				Stadium: Zakho Stadium

27	Al-Shorta	v	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

28	Al-Zawraa	v	Al-Karkh	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

29	Al-Zawraa	v	Diyala	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

30	Amanat Baghdad	v	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium

31	Al-Zawraa	v	Duhok	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

32	Al-Talaba	v	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium

33	Al-Minaa	v	Al-Zawraa	Basra
				Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium

34	Al-Zawraa	v	Al-Qasim	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

35	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	v	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium

36	Al-Zawraa	v	Al-Naft	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

37	Al-Najaf	v	Al-Zawraa	Najaf
				Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium

TBD	Al-Zawraa	v	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium

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AFC Champions League Two

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Nassr	6	6	0	22	2	+20	18	Round of 16
2	Al-Zawraa	6	3	3	8	11	−3	9	Round of 16
3	Istiklol	6	3	3	7	13	−6	9
4	Goa	6	0	6	3	14	−11	0

Source: ACL2

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17 September 2025 (2025-09-17) 1	Goa	0–2	Al-Zawraa	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
19:30 UTC+5:30		Report	Bani Hani 44' Al-Rashdan 90+5'	Attendance: 8,756 Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)

1 October 2025 (2025-10-01) 2	Al-Zawraa	0–2	Al-Nassr	Al Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad
21:15 UTC+3		Report	Al-Khaibari 52' Félix 81'	Attendance: 14,125 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) 3	Istiklol	2–1	Al-Zawraa	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
18:45 UTC+5	Juraboev 20' Komolafe 84'	Report	Tomiwa 4'	Attendance: 6,420 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Kuwait)

5 November 2025 (2025-11-05) 4	Al-Zawraa	2–1	Istiklol	Al Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad
19:00 UTC+3	Abdulkareem 7' Tomiwa 53' (pen.)	Report	Dzhuraboev 64' (pen.)	Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

26 November 2025 (2025-11-26) 5	Al-Zawraa	2–1	Goa	Al Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad
19:00 UTC+3	Raad 38' Abdulkareem 65'	Report	Ismail 51' (o.g.)	Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)

24 December 2025 (2025-12-24) 6	Al-Nassr	5–1	Al-Zawraa	Al-Awwal Park, Riyadh
19:00 UTC+3	Coman 12', 56' Wesley 19' Al-Amri 29' João Félix 44'	Report	Tomiwa 50'	Attendance: 8,575 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Round of 16

10 February 2026 (2026-02-10) 7	Al-Zawraa	3–2	Al Wasl	Al-Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad
19:00 UTC+3	Jamous 45+7' Riascos 68', 76'	Report	Borja 5', 65'	Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

17 February 2026 (2026-02-17) 8	Al Wasl	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Zawraa	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 UTC+4	Palacios 46' Borja 76' Adryelson 90+3', 109'	Report	Gbadamosi 21', 65'	Attendance: 3,602 Referee: Alex King (Australia)

References

^ "#ACLTwo hopefuls discover challengers". Asian Football Confederation. 21 September 2025.
^ "إلغاء بطولة السوبر العراقي والاقتصار على مباراة بطل الدوري والكأس" (in Arabic). Ashour Land. 15 August 2025.
^ "دوري نجوم العراق 2025/2026" (in Arabic). Kooora. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
^ "⁨ ⁨ موسم جديد، تحديات جديدة💪 جدول مباريات الزعيم بين أيديكم🕊️🗓️⁩" (Instagram). Instagram. Al Zawraa SC. 23 October 2025.
^ "AFC Champions League Two- Fixtures & Standings". the-afc.com. Retrieved 21 September 2025.

External links

[1] "#ACLTwo hopefuls discover challengers". Asian Football Confederation. 21 September 2025.

[2] "إلغاء بطولة السوبر العراقي والاقتصار على مباراة بطل الدوري والكأس" (in Arabic). Ashour Land. 15 August 2025.

[3] "دوري نجوم العراق 2025/2026" (in Arabic). Kooora. Retrieved 2025-09-21.

[4] "⁨ ⁨ موسم جديد، تحديات جديدة💪 جدول مباريات الزعيم بين أيديكم🕊️🗓️⁩" (Instagram). Instagram. Al Zawraa SC. 23 October 2025.

[5] "AFC Champions League Two- Fixtures & Standings". the-afc.com. Retrieved 21 September 2025.

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