after achieving the 2014–15 iraqi premier league, naft al-wasat became the second team to be crowned as the iraqi premier league champions in their first season, the other being al-zawra'a in the 1975–76 season.<ref name="iraq 1975/76"></ref> naft al-wasat are also the first team from najaf to achieve the league and the fifth team that isn't from baghdad to achieve it since its start in 1974. when the final match of the 2014–15 season, between naft al-wasat and al-quwa al-jawiya, ended in a 6–5 win for naft al-wasat via a penalty shoot-out, noor sabri remained undefeated in every penalty shoot-out throughout his career since 1999.