Al-Haras Al-Malaki ( ar, فريق الحرس الملكي, lit=''Royal Guard''), 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 Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i football team based 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 ...

. They participated in the first ever national cup tournament held in

: the

1948–49 Iraq FA Cup The 1948–49 Iraq Football Association Cup was the first edition of what is now the Iraq FA Cup. Clubs and institute-representative teams participated in the tournament, which was won by Sharikat Naft Al-Basra, beating Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Ma ...

. They also won seven

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 ...

titles in a row (the top-tier league for teams from

and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973), making them the most successful team in the tournament's history.Iraq - List of Champions
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Honours

Players of Iraqi football team Haris Al-Maliki

**Winners (7): 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56 (record) *Army Cup **Winners (4): 1948, 1950, 1955, 1956 (shared record) *Jamal Baban Cup **Winners (2): 1948, 1951

References

{{reflist Football clubs in Baghdad Military association football clubs Defunct football clubs in Iraq