The Iraq Football Association normalisation committee has announced that the new season of the Iraq Professional League will start on September 20 with the participation of 20 clubs.

A statement said the “Normalisation Committee agreed on the decision of the Competitions Committee to launch the new 2020-2021 season on September 20 with the participation of 20 clubs.”

A draw will be conducted on August 29 as the teams will be playing just one leg against each other.

The normalisation committee previously decided to call off the 2019-2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the approval of the 15 clubs.

Nepalese football is in complete halt due to global pandemic.

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