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 the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

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. I ...

. 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