First Division League champions Peshmarga team played in the
Iraqi First Division League season 2009–10, and managed to top its group and be promoted to play in the
Premier League. The top team in each group played in the final match to determine the league champion, where Peshmarga and
Al-Jaish met at
Al-Karkh Stadium in
Baghdad, and Peshmarga was able to defeat Al-Jaish with a score (3–0) and win the championship.
in Premier League Peshmarga team played in the
Premier League for the first time in the
2010–11 season, and played in the Northern Group, and the team was not good enough, and despite the change of coach, the team continued to lose its matches, and eventually relegated to the
Iraqi First Division League. ==Rivalries==