Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ( ar, نادي القوة الجوية الرياضي, lit=Air Force Club) is an Iraqi
sports club
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based in
Rusafa District,
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 ...
that competes in the
Iraqi Premier League
The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion ...
, the top-flight of
Iraqi football. Founded in 1931, it is the oldest existing club in Iraq.
Its football team is one of the most successful in Iraq having won seven
Iraqi Premier League
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titles, most recently in the
2020–21
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season, which it won alongside its fifth
Iraq FA Cup
The Iraq FA Cup, known as the Iraq Cup ( ar, كأس العراق) in Arabic, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Iraqi football. First held in the 1948–49 season for clubs and institutions before returning in 1975–76 ...
title. The club also won a joint-record three
Iraqi Elite Cups, and in 1996–97 it became the first of only two clubs to win all four major national trophies (
League
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,
FA Cup
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,
Elite Cup,
Super Cup
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) in the same season.
On the continental level, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are joint-record winners of the
AFC Cup
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having become the first club to win three consecutive titles in
2016
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,
2017
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and
2018
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. The Falcons have participated in the group stage of the
AFC Champions League
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five times since its foundation in 2002, and have previously reached the quarter-final of the
Arab Club Champions Cup
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.
History
On 4 July 1931, 73 days after the foundation of the
Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية العراقية, Al Quwwat al Jawwiyah al Iraqiyyah}) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It is responsible for the defense of Iraqi airspace as well ...
, the club was founded by a group of Iraqi flight policemen at the British
Royal Air Force
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station
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of
RAF Hinaidi
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. It is the oldest existing football club in
Iraq
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and one of its nicknames is ''Al-Areeq'' (The Deep-Rooted). The club was named ''
Gipsy Moth
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Development
The DH.60 was developed from the larger DH.51 biplane. ...
'' after the model of the first fleet of the Iraqi Air Force, but soon the club was renamed to ''Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malakiya'', simply meaning ''Royal Air Force''. They played their very first game a day later against a team from
RAF Habbaniya
Royal Air Force Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya ( ar, قاعدة الحبانية الجوية), (originally RAF Dhibban), was a Royal Air Force station at Habbaniyah, about west of Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, on the banks of the E ...
and won the match dressed in army fatigues and short khakis. The win over the British forces helped the club grow in popularity as many Iraqis began supporting the club as its reputation spread across the nation.
As the British forces and its leaders saw that the club's activities had broadened and its members and followers had multiplied which was clearly seen in the matches they played in, the British wanted to get rid of some of its leaders, but
King Ghazi
Ghazi ibn Faisal ( ar, غازي ابن فيصل, Gâzî ibn-i Faysal) (21 March 1912 – 4 April 1939) was the King of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920. He was born in Mecca, the only son ...
, who took over as ruler of Iraq in 1933, had a strong relationship with the Iraqi flight policemen and he invited the members to have talks to solve the problem. It was not long before a solution for the development of the club had been decided on and they became under the control of another branch of the Iraqi Air Force, which opened a number of doors for the club around areas in Iraq. They won their first trophy on 19 May 1933, defeating Al-Lasilki 1–0 after extra time in the final of the Prince Ghazi Cup, thanks to a goal by Nasser Hussein, wearing the colours of green and purple. Jawiya and
Al-Haras Al-Malaki (meaning Royal Guard) became close rivals with the two teams regularly competing for 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 ...
title (a league for teams in
Baghdad
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and its neighbouring cities). This league competition started in 1948 and continued all the way until 1973 when the Central FA League and other regional leagues were replaced by the
Iraqi National First Division
The 1973–74 Iraqi National First Division was a football tournament organised by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) in the 1973–74 season, which was formed as the top-tier national league in Iraq to replace the Iraq Central FA League and the ...
.
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Jawiya were one of the six teams to compete in the
1956–57 season which saw a
double-elimination format introduced for the first time. In 1957, Jawiya completed the signing of
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 ...
, one of the best players in Iraqi football history, and won their first league title in Ammo's first season at the club in
1957–58, after
Montakhab Al-Shorta withdrew from the replay of the final. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malakiya were renamed to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Air Force) when Iraq became a republic in 1958. The
1959–60 season saw Jawiya reach the final of the league again, but they lost 3–0 to
Al-Athori. Jawiya secured their second league title in the
1961–62 season as the league changed to a round-robin format. This qualified them for the
1962 Iraq Central FA Altruism Cup
The 1962 Iraq Central FA Altruism Cup was the 1st edition of the Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup. The match was contested between the winners and runners-up of the 1961–62 edition of the Iraq Central FA Premier League, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and A ...
(later known as
Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup
The Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup, previously called Iraq Central FA Altruism Cup (Arabic: كأس الإيثار, ''Al-Ithar Cup''), was an annual Iraqi football match contested at the end of the season between the champions and the runners-u ...
) which they won by defeating
Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya
Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya ( ar, فريق الكلية العسكرية, lit=''Military College''), known up until 1958 as Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malakiya, was an Iraqi football team founded in 1937 in Baghdad. They were the runners-up of Iraq's fir ...
4–2. Jawiya won the league title again in
1963–64 and also won the
Iraq Central FA Altruism Cup again that year. They were once managed by Scotsman
Frank Hill
Frank Robert Hill (21 May 1906 – 28 August 1993) was a Scottish association football, football player and manager.
Playing career
Forfar and Aberdeen
Hill was born in Forfar and started his career at Forfar Athletic F.C., Forfar Athletic, jo ...
in the fifties, a player at
Arsenal
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and manager at
Notts County
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and
Charlton Athletic
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– attempting on two separate occasions to sign Jawiya's star inside forward Ammo Baba. They had another British link as the team featured former
Bristol Rovers
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They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...
reserve
Youra Eshaya
Youra Eshaya Pera ( syr, ܝܘܪܐ ܐܫܥܝܐ, ar, يورا أيشايا) (1933-1992) is a former Iraqi and ethnic Assyrian football player who was the first Iraqi player ever to play in Europe.
Early life
He was born in 1933 in Iraq to Eshaya P ...
who went on to become one of the longest-serving players at the club from 1955 to 1971. Jawiya claimed their fourth title in
1972–73, winning the league with a 100% win record (seven wins from seven games).
The club continued their strong form and won the country's new nationwide league in the
1973–74 season. That season, Jawiya also won the first and only edition of the
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 decid ...
, a knockout tournament played between 20 teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities, by beating
Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed
Al-Naqil Sports Club ( ar, نادي النقل الرياضي, meaning ''Transport Sports Club''), was an Iraqi sports club based in Baghdad that was founded in 1937 under the name Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed ( ar, السكك الحديد, meaning ''Railw ...
2–1 in the final. In 1974, the
Iraq Football Association
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decided to form the
Iraqi Premier League
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(then known as the Iraqi National Clubs First Division) which was only open to clubs rather than institute-representative teams. The club changed their name from Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya to ''Al-Tayaran'' (meaning Airlines) on 15 August 1974. The first ever edition of the Iraqi Premier League in the
1974–75 season saw Al-Tayaran claim the title, finishing just a single point above runners-up
Al-Naqil, meaning they had won three league titles in a row (one Central FA First Division, one National First Division and one National Clubs First Division). All three titles were won under the management of
Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan
Abdellilah Mohammed Hassan (1934 – 30 March 2022) was an Iraq football coach, who managed the Iraq national team on two occasions in 1968 and 1972.
Career
Born in the northern city of Mosul in 1934, Abdellilah enrolled at the Sports Traini ...
. Al-Tayaran won their first
Iraq FA Cup
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title by beating
Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...
5–3 on penalties in the
1978 final after a 1–1 draw, with
Nadhum Shaker
Nadhim Shaker Salim ( ar, ناظم شاكر سالم; 18 December 1958 – 11 September 2020) was an Iraqi football player and coach of the Iraq national team.
Playing career
Nadhim Shaker was one of the most talented defenders in Iraqi footba ...
scoring the winning penalty.
In the
1989–90 season, Al-Tayaran managed to get their second Premier League title, known as the National Clubs First Division at the time. They finished four points ahead of defending champions Al-Rasheed. 12 goals from
Natiq Hashim
Natiq Hashim Abid-Aoun (15 January 1960 – 26 September 2004) was an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
Natiq started his career at Amana youth team in Baghdad along ...
were crucial in winning Amer Jamil's Al-Tayaran the title. Midway through the 1990–91 season, on 20 April 1991, the
Ministry of Interior
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decided to dissolve all the clubs that were under its control including
Al-Bahri (Navy Club),
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(Army Club) and Al-Tayaran. However, after immense pressure from supporters of the club, Al-Tayaran returned to action on 12 May 1991, but returned to their old name of ''Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya''. The
1991–92 season saw Jawiya win their first ever national
Double
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and goes down as one of the most successful seasons in the club's history. Managed by Adil Yousef, Jawiya claimed the title on the very last day of the season, defeating Al-Zawraa 1–0 in their last game thanks to an early goal by their top scorer
Akram Emmanuel
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He scored the winning goal in the 1991–92 Iraqi Na ...
to overtake their opponents and claim the trophy. The game was controversial as Al-Zawraa scored a goal through
Laith Hussein
Laith Hussein Shihaib Al-Tawlid ( ar, ليث حسين شهيب التولد; born 13 October 1968) is an Iraqi former football player who was the captain of the Iraqi national team. He was vital to speaking out against Uday Hussein, the chairman ...
that was ruled out for offside; had the goal counted, Al-Zawraa would have retained their title. Jawiya coupled their league success with their second
FA Cup
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win, defeating
Al-Khutoot 2–1 in the cup final. Jawiya managed to win their first Elite Cup title in
1994
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with a penalty shootout win over Al-Talaba after the game ended goalless.
Jawiya, under the leadership of
Ayoub Odisho
Ayoub Odisho Barjam ( ar, أيوب اوديشو; born 15 December 1960), is an Iraqi Assyrian former football player and coach of Al Zawraa in the Iraqi Premier League.
Playing career
Ayoub was a tough tackling full-back, who played for Al-Ta ...
, started the
1996–97 season by winning the
1996 Iraqi Elite Cup. Jawiya also managed to win the Iraqi Premier League with 22 wins from 30 games with their top scorer being
Sabah Jeayer
Sabah Jeayer, (born 26 May 1970) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup, Talaba SC, and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
Sabah Jeayer was a talented forward, who is great in the air and also a goalscorer capable of rising t ...
. Four days before clinching the league title, Jawiya won their third
Iraq FA Cup
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with a penalty shootout victory against
Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...
in front of 50,000 spectators at
Al-Shaab Stadium
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. Jawiya became history-makers by winning the
Iraqi Super Cup
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3–1 against
Al-Zawraa
Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi footbal ...
at the end of the season to become the first team in Iraqi football history to win all four major domestic trophies in a single season. The joy of the 1996–97 campaign was followed by a heartbreaking 1997–98 season. Jawiya conceded a 97th-minute equalising penalty to Al-Zawraa in the
1998 Iraq FA Cup final and lost the ensuing penalty shootout. Jawiya then drew 1–1 against Al-Zawraa in their last league match of the season, and missed out on the title to Al-Shorta after Al-Shorta scored a 91st-minute winning penalty in their match against Al-Sulaikh. Jawiya players mistakenly thought that Al-Shorta had drawn their match which would have made them champions and they began celebrating on the field, with Ayoub Odisho giving an interview on live television. Midway through Odisho's interview, the stadium announcer declared that the final score of Al-Shorta's game was 3–2 and that Al-Shorta were officially the champions of Iraq and Odisho stopped talking and stood still with a shocked expression on his face.
Jawiya clinched their third Elite Cup title in
1998
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by beating
Al-Naft
Al Naft Sport Club ( ar, نادي النفط الرياضي, lit=''Oil SC'') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the Adhamiyah District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad. Their football team plays in the highest division in ...
in the final. Jawiya also managed to win the
2001 Iraqi Super Cup against Al-Zawraa with a 1–0 win. In 2003 the club briefly changed their name back to Al-Tayaran before returning to the name Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya again. Jawiya entered the
2004–05 season in search of a fifth Premier League title, and they managed to achieve it by beating
Al-Minaa
Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the mo ...
2–0 in the final coached by
Sabah Abdul-Jalil
Sabah Abdul-Jalil ( ar, صباح عبد الجليل; 1 July 1951 – 28 February 2021) was an Iraqi coach and football midfielder, who last coached Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq.2006–07 season, Jawiya reached the final of the league again but lost it to hosts Erbil by a score of 1–0. Their position as league runners-up qualified them for the 2008 AFC Champions League
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but they exited at the group stage for the third time in a row. In the 2014–15 campaign, Jawiya qualified for the league final where they played newly promoted Naft Al-Wasat
Naft Al-Wasat Sports Club ( ar, نادي نفط الوسط الرياضي, lit=''Midland Oil'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Najaf, Iraq. Its professional football team plays in the Iraqi Premier League, the top tier of Iraqi football. The c ...
, and lost on penalties after a goalless draw. Jawiya won the 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup
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by defeating rivals Al-Zawraa
Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi footbal ...
2–0, thus denying their opponents the Double.
By finishing as runners-up of the 2014–15 league, Jawiya qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup
The 2016 AFC Cup was the 13th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Bengaluru FC in the final to win their first AFC Cup title, becoming ...
, Asia's second-tier club tournament. They reached the 2016 AFC Cup Final
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, where Hammadi Ahmad scored the only goal of the game against Indian
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side Bengaluru
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to become the first Iraqi club to win the AFC Cup and claim their first ever major continental trophy. Jawiya then went on to win the 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League
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, their sixth Premier League title, under the helm of Basim Qasim
Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid ( ar, باسم قاسم; born 22 March 1963) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who last coached Al-Naft.
He was a defender in his playing days, also capable of playing in midfield, and he played for Ir ...
. They rounded off the season by winning their second consecutive AFC Cup, this time beating FC Istiklol
)
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, ground = Central Republican Stadium
, capacity = 20,000
, chairman = Shohruh Saidzoda 1–0 in the final
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. They then became the first team in history to win the AFC Cup three times in a row with a 2–0 win over Altyn Asyr in the 2018 final, and clinched their seventh Premier League title in the 2020–21
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season under Ayoub Odisho
Ayoub Odisho Barjam ( ar, أيوب اوديشو; born 15 December 1960), is an Iraqi Assyrian former football player and coach of Al Zawraa in the Iraqi Premier League.
Playing career
Ayoub was a tough tackling full-back, who played for Al-Ta ...
, coupling it with the 2020–21 Iraq FA Cup
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title to earn their third national double.
Stadium
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's stadium is located in Baghdad
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, near Falastin Street, opposite the former stadium site of their rivals Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...
. It has a capacity of 6,000. The seats are light blue in colour.
Kits
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's home kit is blue with white trimmings, while their away kit is yellow with blue trimmings. In the past, Jawiya have worn white away kits with blue trimmings and have also worn a red and white striped away kit with blue trimmings. Their past third kits include black with gold trimmings, purple with white trimmings and grey with white trimmings.
Rivalries
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's main rivals are Al-Zawraa
Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi footbal ...
, with whom they contest the ''Iraqi El Clásico''. Jawiya also share a fierce rivalry with the other big Baghdad clubs, namely Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...
and Al-Talaba.
Supporters
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are one of the traditional "Big Four" of Baghdad and thus have a large fanbase, concentrated mainly in Iraq's capital. The supporters call themselves ''Al-Soqoor'', which means ''The Falcons''; this is also the nickname of the club. In 2012, Jawiya fans decided to form an ultras group under the name ''Ultras Blue Hawks''. The group has grown in number and is now in its thousands. They wave flags and banners at games, play instruments and set off flares and fireworks in order to create a good atmosphere at Jawiya's games; they aim to intimidate the opposition as well as inspire their own team.
Current squad
Out on loan
Managers
Current technical staff
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, Technical Advisor:, , Mejbel Fartous
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, Administrative director:, , Haitham Kadhim
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, Team supervisor:, , Ahmed Khudhair
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Honours
Major
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, 1973–74
, –
, -
! scope=col, Iraq FA Cup
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, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2015–16, 2020–21
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! scope=col, Iraqi Elite Cup
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, 1994
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, 1996
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, 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
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* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, 1991
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, 1992
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, 1993
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, 1995
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, 1999
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, -
! scope=col, Iraqi Super Cup
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, 2
, 1997
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, 2001
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, 2000
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, 2002
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, 2017
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, 2021
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! scope=col, Iraq Central FA League
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, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1968–69
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, 1974
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, –
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! scope=col, Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup
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, 1962
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, 1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
, 1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
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, Continental
! scope=col, AFC Cup
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, 2016
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, 2017
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, 2018
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*
* shared record
Minor
*New Iraq Championship
**Winners (1): 2003
*Jerusalem International Championship
**Winners (1): 2001
*Victory Championship
**Winners (1): 1988
*Farewell League Trophy
**Winners (1): 1986
*Al-Milad Cup
**Winners (1): 1985
*Al-Wehdat Championship
**Winners (1): 1984
*Stafford Cup
**Winners (1): 1982
*Army League
**Winners (1): 1973–74
*Army Cup
**Winners (4): 1958, 1959, 1964, 1973 (shared record)
*Authority Director Cup
**Winners (1): 1964
*Al-Firqa Al-Thaniya Cup
**Winners (1): 1961
*Inter-Forces Tournament
**Winners (1): 1957
*Wajih Younis Cup
**Winners (1): 1956
*Jamal Baban Cup
**Winners (1): 1950
*Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Cup
**Winners (2): 1941, 1942
*Palestine Cup
**Winners (1): 1942
*Capital Secretariat Cup
**Winners (1): 1941
*Guardian Cup
**Winners (1): 1940
*Taha Al-Hashimi Cup
**Winners (1): 1939
*Casuals Cup
**Winners (4): 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36 (record)
*Prince Ghazi Cup
**Winners (3): 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35 (record)
Statistics
In domestic competitions
Regional
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