Unlike the previous season, Kirkuk's teams were split into two divisions from this season with seven teams in the top-flight and eight teams in the second-tier.[1] The First Division started on the weekend of 5–6 November 1949, and Al-Dhahab Al-Aswad retained the league title with five victories and one defeat.[2][3] The number of teams in the First Division was increased to nine for the 1950–51 season.[4]