The 1954–55 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division was the seventh season of the

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'') d ...

(the top division of football in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...

and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973).

Al-Haris Al-Maliki Al-Haras Al-Malaki ( ar, فريق الحرس الملكي, lit=''Royal Guard''), was an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad. They participated in the first ever national cup tournament held in Iraq: the 1948–49 Iraq FA Cup. They also won seven ...

won their sixth consecutive league title, beating the Civil Cantonment (C.C.) select team from Habbaniya in the final on 24 April 1955 at Al-Kashafa Stadium.

Matches

Final

The C.C. team walked off the pitch late in the second half in protest at the referee's decision to award Al-Haris Al-Maliki a second penalty kick won by

Ammo Baba Emmanuel Baba Dawud (27 November 1934 – 27 May 2009), better known as Ammo Baba ( ar, عمو بابا, syr, ܥܡܘ ܒܒܐ), was an Iraqi Assyrian football player and coach of the Iraq national football team. He scored the first international ...

. Al-Haris Al-Maliki were therefore awarded the trophy.

References

External links

Iraqi Football Website
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