Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club ( ar, نادي الدفاع المدني الرياضي, lit=''Civil Defense SC''), 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 team based in Al-Shaab,

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 plays 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 ...

and

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 ...

History

Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club was founded in 2005 by

Ministry of Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...

. The club didn't have a headquarters until 2017, when they rehabilitated one of the war shelters to turn it into a club headquarters, they played in the

in 2015–16 season, the team played their first match against Al-Mahmoudiyah FC and beat him, but they were in the 32nd round facing

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 ...

, the league champions that season and lost the match. The club played in

in 2017–18 season and almost qualified for

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 ...

in 2018 season, but in the final lost against

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

, the Iraqi champions for three seasons in the last ten years and Erbil is qualified.

Personnel

Board members

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Managerial history

* Haider Jabbar *

Mahdi Kadhim Mahdi Kadhim (born 1 July 1967) is an Iraqi former football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification. He played for the national team between 1992 and 1993. Madhi played two matches for Iraq and scored in the ...

* Adel Ajar * Kadhim Yousef

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