Al-Etisalat Sports Club (''The Communications'', ar, الاتصالات), is an
Iraqi football team based in
Baghdad was called Al-Bareed before season 2009/10. They play in the
Iraqi Premier League.
The Al-Bareed team was founded in 1963, and was merged with
Al-Minaa
Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the mo ...
for the
1974–75 season to form
Al-Muwasalat. After the season ended, Al-Muwasalat was dissolved and Al-Minaa were reinstated in their place, meanwhile Al-Bareed was consigned to competing in non-
IFA
IFA or Ifa may refer to:
Organisations
Economics
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* Index Fund Advisors
* Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, representing actuaries in the UK
* Institute of Act ...
competitions as it was an institute-representative team and not a club. In 1992, Al-Bareed was registered as a sports club and entered the lower divisions of Iraqi club football organised by the IFA.
Current squad
References
External links
Club page on Goalzz
{{Iraq Division Two
Football clubs in Iraq
Football clubs in Baghdad
Sport in Baghdad