Al-Jamiea Sport Club ( ar, نادي الجامعة الرياضي), is an
Iraqi football team based in
Baghdad, that plays in the
Iraq Division Two.
Al-Talaba controversy
The club was founded by the former national team star
Younis Mahmoud, and some fans of the
Al-Talaba club considered that the establishment of the Al-Jamiea Club represents a coup against the Al-Talaba Club to dismantle it and rob its financial resources, because the two clubs belong to the same sponsor, the
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
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, and because the name of the “Al-Jamiea” is the name of the team that Al-Talaba club was previously known by, but the Minister of Higher Education confirmed that there is no contemplation of dismantling the Al-Talaba club and the
financial grant
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will be paid to it, and Younis Mahmoud stressed that the Al-Jamiea club relies on
self-support.
See also
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Al-Talaba SC
References
External links
Al-Jamiea SCon Goalzz.com
{{Iraq Division Two
Football clubs in Iraq
Association football clubs established in 2020
2020 establishments in Iraq
Football clubs in Baghdad