Quwat Salahaddin ( ar, قوات صلاح الدين, lit=''Salahaddin Forces'') was 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 the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

i football team based in

Habbaniyah Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya ( ar, ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة, ''al-Ḥabbānīyah'') is a city 85 km (53 mi) west of Baghdad in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military airfield, RAF Habbaniya, was the site of a battle in 1941, during Wor ...

which competed in 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 ...

from the 1962–63 season until the 1972–73 season. They also competed in Iraq's first national football league in the 1973–74 season.

History

Quwat Salahaddin were founded as Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha ( ar, الفرقة الثالثة, lit=''Third Division'') and were originally based in

Baqubah Baqubah ( ar, بَعْقُوبَة; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; also spelled Baquba and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate. The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated populat ...

before moving to

. Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha won the

on one occasion in 1965–66 and also won the

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 ...

on two occasions in

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and 1966. In 1972, the team was renamed to Quwat Salahaddin. In 1974, the

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 ...

decided to implement a clubs-only policy for domestic competitions, forming the Iraqi National Clubs First Division which was only open to clubs and not institute-representative teams such as Quwat Salahaddin. With the IFA dictating that only a single club would be allowed to represent the Army in the new top-flight, Al-Jaish Sports Club was established on 18 August 1974 by the Iraqi Olympic Committee, replacing Quwat Salahaddin, Quwat Al-Nasr and Al-Quwa Al-Bahriya in the top-flight. Quwat Salahaddin participated in the 1974–75 Armed Forces League, after which most of the team's players joined Al-Jaish SC and the newly-formed

Salahaddin SC Salahaddin SC ( ar, نادي صلاح الدين) is an Iraqi football team based in Tikrit. Honours Major *Iraqi Premier League **Champions (1): 1982–83 Minor *Al-Wehdat Championship **Winners (1): 1983 *Rovers Cup **Winners (1): 1982 Nota ...

Honours

Major

**Winners (1): 1965–66 **''Runners-up (3):'' 1962–63, 1963–64, 1969–70 *Iraq Central FA Second Division **Winners (1): 1961–62 *

**Winners (2):

, 1966 **''Runners-up (1):''

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Minor

*Army Cup **Winners (2): 1961, 1963 *Quartet Cup **Winners (1): 1963

References

{{reflist Defunct football clubs in Iraq