Al-Karma top Iraq Stars League after win over Al Karkh in matchday nine

Matchday nine of the Iraq Stars League for the 2026/27 season concluded with several results, most notably Al Quwa Al Jawiya's 3-0 win over Mosul, and Duhok's similar 3-0 win over Al Zawra'a.

In other matches, Naft Maysan drew 1-1 with Erbil, Al Talaba drew goalless 0-0 with Al Shorta, while Newroz won 0-1 away to host Zakho.

Naft also beat Diyala 2-0, Gharraf drew goalless 0-0 with Al-Jolan SC, Al Minaa Basra beat Ghaz Al Shamal 2-0, and the match between Al Kahrabaa and Karbala ended in a goalless 0-0 draw.

In the standout match of the round, Al-Karma beat Al Karkh 3-2.

Al-Karma top the table with 20 points from 8 matches, having achieved 6 wins and 2 draws without any defeats, scoring 14 goals and conceding just 5.

Newroz are second with 18 points from 9 matches, followed by Al Zawra'a in third with the same 18 points, then Erbil in fourth also with 18 points from 9 matches.

Meanwhile, Karbala occupy the twentieth and last place with 6 points from 9 matches, preceded by Gharraf in nineteenth place with the same 6 points, while Al Karkh are in eighteenth place with 7 points from 8 matches.