Al-Shirqat Sports Club 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

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Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سه‌لاحه‌دین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...

, that plays in

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 ...

History

Early years

Al-Shirqat Club was founded on May 5, 1992 and played in the

Division Four The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Whilst the division disappeared in name ...

in 1993 for two seasons. Then the team qualified to the

Division Three The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the division become the fourth tier level. In 2004, following the ...

in 1995 and played in it until 1999. They were promoted to the Division Two in 1999 and to the

Division One The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...

in 2007 when they won the Division Two with Al-Dour SC from

Saladin Governorate The Saladin or Salah Al-Din Governorate ( ar, محافظة صلاح الدين) is one of Iraq's 19 governorates, north of Baghdad. It has an area of , with an estimated population of 1,042,200 people in 2003. It is made up of 8 districts, with t ...

in Premier League

Al-Shirqat team played in the

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 ...

for the first time in the 2009–10 season, and played in the Northern Group, and the team was not good enough, and eventually relegated to 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 ...

. After one season, the team returned to play again in the Premier League, after winning the Iraq Division One championship, but its results in the league were not good. At the end of the 2011–12 season, they finished in penultimate place and were relegated to the Iraq Division One.Iraqi Elite League: Asiacell 2011/2012 League
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Managerial history

Adel Khudhair Adel Khodhor Hafedh Al-Musawi ( ar, عادل خضيّر; born 1 July 1954, better known as Adel Khudhair, is an Iraqi association football, football coach and former international player. He played as a Defender (association football), defender a ...

Karim Saddam Karim Saddam Menshid (born 26 May 1960) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

* Mohammed Attiya * Farhan Hamad

Honours

Iraqi Premier Division League The Iraqi Premier Division League ( ar, دوري الدرجة الممتازة العراقي) is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Iraq Stars League. The league is contested by 22 clubs and is operated by t ...

(second tier) **Winners (1): 2010–11

References

External links

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{{Iraq Division 1 1992 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Saladin