List of Iraq Stars League winning managers

The following is a list of association football managers who have won the Iraq Stars League, the top level of the Iraqi football league system, since its establishment in 1974.

Winning managers

Ayoub Odisho is the most successful manager in Iraq Stars League history, having won four league titles coaching Al-Talaba, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Zawraa.
Key
† Winning manager also won Iraq FA Cup in the same season, completing the Iraqi domestic Double.
Season Manager Club (Titles) Ref.
Name (Titles) Nationality
1974–75 (1st) Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan IRQ Al-Tayaran (1) [1]
1975–76 (2nd) Saadi Salih † IRQ Al-Zawraa (1) [1]
1976–77 (3rd) Saadi Salih (2) IRQ Al-Zawraa (2) [1]
1977–78 (4th) Jamil Hanoon IRQ Al-Minaa (1) [1]
1978–79 (5th) Anwar Jassam † IRQ Al-Zawraa (3) [1]
1979–80 (6th) Douglas Aziz IRQ Al-Shorta (1) [1]
1980–81 (7th) Ammo Baba IRQ Al-Talaba (1) [1]
1981–82 (8th) Jamal Salih IRQ Al-Talaba (2) [1]
1982–83 (9th) Wathiq Naji IRQ Salahaddin (1) [1]
1983–84 (10th) Munthir Al-Waadh IRQ Al-Jaish (1) [1]
1984–85 (11th) Cancelled due to FIFA World Cup qualification
1985–86 (12th) Yahya Alwan IRQ Al-Talaba (3) [1]
1986–87 (13th) Nasrat Nassir † IRQ Al-Rasheed (1) [1]
1987–88 (14th) Jamal Salih (2) † IRQ Al-Rasheed (2) [1]
1988–89 (15th) Jamal Salih (3) IRQ Al-Rasheed (3) [1]
1989–90 (16th) Amer Jameel IRQ Al-Tayaran (2) [1]
1990–91 (17th) Falah Hassan † IRQ Al-Zawraa (4) [1]
1991–92 (18th) Adil Yousef † IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3) [1]
1992–93 (19th) Ayoub Odisho IRQ Al-Talaba (4) [1]
1993–94 (20th) Ammo Baba (2) † IRQ Al-Zawraa (5) [1]
1994–95 (21st) Hadi Mutanash † IRQ Al-Zawraa (6) [1]
1995–96 (22nd) Adnan Hamad † IRQ Al-Zawraa (7) [1]
1996–97 (23rd) Ayoub Odisho (2) † IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (4) [1]
1997–98 (24th) Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed IRQ Al-Shorta (2) [1]
1998–99 (25th) Amer Jameel (2) † IRQ Al-Zawraa (8) [1]
1999–2000 (26th) Adnan Hamad (2) † IRQ Al-Zawraa (9) [1]
2000–01 (27th) Sabah Abdul-Jalil IRQ Al-Zawraa (10) [1]
2001–02 (28th) Thair Ahmed † IRQ Al-Talaba (5) [1]
2002–03 (29th) Cancelled due to the Iraq War
2003–04 (30th) Cancelled due to scheduling and security issues
2004–05 (31st) Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2) IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (5) [1]
2005–06 (32nd) Salih Radhi IRQ Al-Zawraa (11) [1]
2006–07 (33rd) Akram Salman IRQ Erbil (1) [1]
2007–08 (34th) Thair Ahmed (2) IRQ Erbil (2) [1]
2008–09 (35th) Thair Ahmed (3) IRQ Erbil (3) [1]
2009–10 (36th) Basim Qasim IRQ Duhok (1) [2]
2010–11 (37th) Radhi Shenaishil IRQ Al-Zawraa (12) [1]
2011–12 (38th) Nizar Mahrous SYR Erbil (4) [3]
2012–13 (39th) Thair Jassam IRQ Al-Shorta (3) [1]
2013–14 (40th) Ended prematurely without awarding title
2014–15 (41st) Abdul-Ghani Shahad IRQ Naft Al-Wasat (1) [4]
2015–16 (42nd) Basim Qasim (2) IRQ Al-Zawraa (13) [5]
2016–17 (43rd) Basim Qasim (3) IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (6) [6]
2017–18 (44th) Ayoub Odisho (3) IRQ Al-Zawraa (14) [1]
2018–19 (45th) Nebojša Jovović MNE Al-Shorta (4) [7]
2019–20 (46th) Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 (47th) Ayoub Odisho (4) † IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (7) [8]
2021–22 (48th) Moamen Soliman EGY Al-Shorta (5) [9]
2022–23 (49th) Ahmed Salah IRQ Al-Shorta (6) [10]
2023–24 (50th) Moamen Soliman (2) † EGY Al-Shorta (7) [11]
2024–25 (51st) Moamen Soliman (3) EGY Al-Shorta (8) [12]

Multiple winners

Rank Manager Titles Club(s) Winning years
1
 Iraq Ayoub Odisho
4
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (2), Al-Talaba (1), Al-Zawraa (1) 1993, 1997, 2018, 2021
2 Iraq Basim Qasim
3
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1), Al-Zawraa (1), Duhok (1) 2010, 2016, 2017
Iraq Jamal Salih
3
 Al-Rasheed (2), Al-Talaba (1) 1982, 1988, 1989
Iraq Thair Ahmed
3
 Erbil (2), Al-Talaba (1) 2002, 2008, 2009
Egypt Moamen Soliman
3
 Al-Shorta (3) 2022, 2024, 2025
6 Iraq Adnan Hamad
2
 Al-Zawraa (2) 1996, 2000
Iraq Amer Jameel
2
 Al-Tayaran (1), Al-Zawraa (1) 1990, 1999
Iraq Ammo Baba
2
 Al-Talaba (1), Al-Zawraa (1) 1981, 1994
Iraq Saadi Salih
2
 Al-Zawraa (2) 1976, 1977
Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil
2
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1), Al-Zawraa (1) 2001, 2005

Winners by nationality

Country Managers Titles
 Iraq 27 41
 Egypt 1 3
 Montenegro 1 1
 Syria 1 1
Total 30 46

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