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Al Talaba
Al-Talaba Sports Club ( ar, نادي الطلبة الرياضي, lit=''Students Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1977, it was merged with another club called Al-Jamiea ahead of the 1978–79 season. Their home stadium is Al-Talaba Stadium. Al-Talaba are one of Iraq's most successful teams having won five league titles, with the most recent being in the 2001–02 season. They have also achieved two FA Cups, one Super Cup and a joint-record three Elite Cups. The club's best achievements on the continental stage include finishing fourth at the 1986 Asian Club Championship and finishing second and fourth at the 1995 and 1998–99 editions of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup respectively. The club was owned by the National Union of Iraqi Students from 1977 until 1993, when the owner of the club became the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Madina Stadium
Al-Madina International Stadium ( ar, ملعب المدينة الدولي, lit=City Stadium) is a football stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is Iraq's first-ever stadium solar power plant, and the second in the Middle East of its kind. Construction work for the stadium was completed on 18 December 2019; it can accommodate over 32,000 spectators. History Construction Al-Madina International Stadium's construction started in 2 July 2012 and the construction was at an overall cost of $100 million funded by the government of Iraq. It is a grass surfaced football arena with a total area of 30,000 m2. It can accommodate up to 32,000 spectators, and has other sports-related facilities. It was designed and built by Nurol Construction. It is owned by the Federal government of Iraq. Name The stadium has changed its name four times. It was called "Al-Sadr City Stadium", before the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided in 2017 to name it "Al-Habibiya Stadium" in reference to the stadium's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Elite Cup
The Iraqi Elite Cup ( ar, كأس النخبة العراقي), known officially as the Baghdad Championship ( ar, بطولة بغداد) and previously known as the Mother of all Battles Championship ( ar, بطولة أم المعارك, ''Botola Umm Al-Ma'arik''), referring to the name that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein referred to the Gulf War as, was an annual football competition in men's domestic Iraqi football that was usually held at the beginning of each season. It was founded in 1991, and its last edition was the 2003 edition. The top eight teams of the previous Iraqi Premier League season entered the competition, with the exception of the 1991 and 1993 editions, where the top six teams of the league entered. The teams were split into two groups, and the top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. The winners would contest the final, and the losers would play for third place. Although the cup was one of the four major domestic trophies attainable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975–76 Iraqi National League
The 1975–76 Iraqi National Clubs First Division was the 2nd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Newly-promoted club Al-Zawraa, founded in 1969, won the league title and also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the first national double in Iraqi football. Al-Zawraa's squad included many of the players that played for Al-Naqil in the 1974–75 season, a club that folded due to financial difficulties after finishing as league runners-up that campaign. League table Results Season statistics Top scorers Hat-tricks References External links Iraq Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:1975-76 Iraqi League Iraqi Premier League seasons Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ... 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Salih
Jamal Salih ( ar, جمال صالح) is a former Iraq national football player and coach, and currently as a sports director for Sharjah FC, and has been in the role since march of 2018. Career He began his career as a player with Al-Omma Sports Club. He helped guide Al-Jamiea (merged with Al-Talaba in 1978) to the top division in 1970 with the likes of Qusai Abdul-Sattar and Shamil Kamil, and became head coach of the club in 1974. He went on to coach Al-Rasheed, Al-Nafat, the Iraqi army national side and several clubs in Libya and the UAE. He holds a PhD in Sports Pedegogy from Pittsburgh University. Doctor Jamal Salih is one of the most historic coaches in the Iraqi Premier League, due to the three trophies that he collected as a manager in the 80's. Later on, he worked as a pundit for Dubai Sports channel for their Bundesliga matches. On March 4 of 2018, Doctor Jamal Salih was appointed as the sports director of Sharjah FC, and also Salih was responsible for the sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Sinaa SC
Al-Sinaa Sport club ( ar, نادي الصناعة الرياضي, lit=''Industry SC'') is a football club based in Thawra District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi Premier League. History Premier League Play Overview Al-Sinaa started playing in the Iraqi Premier League since the start of the championship in the 1974–75 season, and lasted for 23 consecutive seasons, before being relegated to the Iraq Division One in the 1997–98 season, but the team returned to play in the Premier League in the 2001–02 season, and in the 2010–11 season they got third place in the league, but was relegated to the Iraq Division One again in the 2012–13 season, then returned in the 2015–16 season, but was relegated from the league in the same season after it fell to the bottom of the standings in its group. 2020–21 Season After qualifying for the preliminary round, Al-Sinaa played in the 2020-21 Iraq Division One, 13 matches without losing, winnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq FA Baghdad Cup
The Iraq FA Baghdad Cup was a regional knockout cup competition organised by the Iraq Central Football Association (IFA) in the 1973–74 season for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities. Only one edition was played because the IFA decided to bring back the national cup tournament, the Iraq FA Cup, to be the primary knockout cup competition in Iraqi football. The tournament was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, beating Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 2–1 in the final. Jamieat Baghdad were banned from competing in the tournament by the IFA due to events that took place in, and their withdrawal from, their match against Kahrabaa Al-Wusta B in a second-tier league game. Bracket Matches Semi-finals Final References External links Iraqi Football Website {{DEFAULTSORT:1973-74 Iraq FA Baghdad Cup Iraq FA Baghdad Cup Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971–72 Iraq Central FA First Division ...
The 1971–72 Iraq Central FA First Division was the 24th season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973), and the first after the return to the old name of ''First Division''. Aliyat Al-Shorta won the league title for the fourth time. Ali Kadhim won both the top scorer and best player awards. League table Results Top goalscorers References External links Iraqi Football Website {{DEFAULTSORT:1971-72 Iraq Central FA First Division Iraq Central FA League seasons Iraq League League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football Sports * Sports league * Rugby league, full contact footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq Central FA League
The Iraq Central FA League, previously named the Iraq FA Baghdad League ( ar, دوري الاتحاد العراقي لمنطقة بغداد) and also known as the League of the Institutes ( ar, دوري المؤسسات, ''Dawri Al-Muassasat'') due to containing a number of teams representing different Iraqi institutes, was the top-level division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973. It was controlled by the Iraq Central Football Association and was played under a variety of different formats including a double-elimination format, a round-robin format and a double round-robin format. It was one of four regional league championships played in Iraq at the time, with the others being in Basra, Kirkuk and Mosul. The last champions of the competition were Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who won the title in the 1972–73 season. The regional leagues folded in 1973 and were replaced by the Iraqi National First Division. List of champions Most successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamir Muhsin
Thamir Muhsin (1938–1995) was a senior lecturer at the Baghdad University, and a respected football coach in the Iraqi top division having managed at Al-Jamiea and the Iraq. He was born, and died, in Baghdad. The trainer worked closely with former Al-Maslaha teammate Wathiq Naji with the Iraqi youth team and spent time at the prestigious German Deutsche Hochschule fur Korperkultur (German College for Body Culture: D.H.f.K.) in Leipzig. The coach managed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Sinaa Al-Sinaa Sport club ( ar, نادي الصناعة الرياضي, lit=''Industry SC'') is a football club based in Thawra District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi Premier League. History Premier League Play Ove ... and Al-Shurta and the Iraq youth team during his coaching career. References People from Baghdad 1938 births 1995 deaths Iraqi football managers Iraq national football team managers Al-Shorta SC managers {{Iraq-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq Football Association
The Iraq Football Association (IFA) ( ar, الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi Premier League. The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Iraq is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. The Iraqi team is commonly known as ''Usood Al-Rafidain'' ( ar, أسود الرافدين), which literally means ''Lions of Mesopotamia''. History The Iraqi Football Association (Ittihad Al-Iraqi Le-Korat Al-Kadem) was formed on October 8, 1948, and was the third sports union to be founded in Iraq after the Track and Field Athletics and the Basketball Federations. The two unions took part at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, held from July 29 to August 14, however the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Baghdad
The University of Baghdad (UOB) ( ar, جامعة بغداد ''Jāmi'at Baghdād'') is the largest university in Iraq, tenth largest in the Arab world, and the largest university in the Arab world outside Egypt. Nomenclature Both University of Baghdad and Baghdad University are used interchangeably. History The College of Islamic Sciences claims that it originated in 1067 A.D. as Abu-Haneefa. However, the College of Law, the earliest of the modern institutions that were to become the first constituent Colleges (i.e. Faculties) of the University of Baghdad, was founded in 1908. The College of Engineering was established in 1921; the Higher Teachers Training College and the Lower College of Education in 1923, the College of Medicine in 1927, and the College of Pharmacy in 1936. In 1942, the first higher institution for girls, Queen Alia College, was established. In 1943, proposals for further new Colleges appeared, leading to the foundation of the College of Arts and the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winners of the Cup Winners' Cup used to contest the Asian Super Cup against the winners of the Asian Club Championship. The most successful clubs in the competition are Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Nissan FC from Japan. Finals Records and statistics The following table lists countries by number of winners and runner-up in Asian Cup Winners' Cup. By nation By club The following table lists clubs by number of times winners and runners-up in Asian Cup Winners' Cup. ''1 including Nissan FC.'' ''2 Yokohama Flügels was merged with Yokohama Marinos to Yokohama F. Marinos in 1999.'' Winning coaches The following table lists the winning coaches of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. External links Asian Cup Winners Cup– RSSSF The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
