Afak Sports Club ( ar, نادي عفك), is an

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 ...

i football club based in

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, Al-Qādisiyyah. The team competes in the

Iraq Division One The Iraq Division One is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Premier League. The league is contested by 24 clubs. It is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two top-finishing teams ...

History

Afak Club was established in 1991 by some athletes in Al Diwaniyah Governorate, and after reaching the

, it participated seven times in the final rounds of qualifying for the

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

, but did not qualify. In the

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season, the team managed to reach the third-place match after playing 13 matches without losing, but they lost in the match to determine the third place against

Samarra Samarra ( ar, سَامَرَّاء, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The city of Samarra was founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutasim for his Turkish professional army ...

1-0, from a penalty kick, and for the eighth time, they were close to qualifying, without qualifying to play in the Premier League.

Stadium

On May 31, 2016,

Afak Stadium Afak Stadium (Arabic: ملعب عفك) is a multi-use stadium in Al Diwaniyah, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Afak FC and Al-Diwaniya FC. The stadium holds 5,000 people. The stadium was i ...

was opened in the presence of sports and government figures. The stadium accommodate 5,000 spectators.

Managerial history

* Haider Hussein *

Saeed Mohsen Saeed Mohsen Ali ( ar, سعيد محسن علي) (Born 22 January 1982) is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Najaf FC in Iraq Coaching career Al-Diwaniya FC Mohsen began his coaching career as an assistant to the Iraqi Hamid R ...

* Haider Abbas * Hussein Mohie

References

External links

Afak SC
on Goalzz.com {{Iraq Division 1 Football clubs in Al-Qādisiyyah