Hanna Al-Sheikh Championship (also known as Hanna Al-Sheikh Cup) was the first known football competition in

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, held annually. Six clubs in Basra were involved in the tournament. This tournament began in the 1945. The last season was in 1968 because the founder and sponsor of the competition migrated out of

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Participating Clubs

Six clubs participated in the tournament:

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

, Al-Ittihad Al-Malaki, Al-Jobayla,

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 ...

Sharikat Naft Al-Basra Sharikat Naft Al-Basra ( ar, فريق شركة نفط البصرة, lit=Basra Petroleum Company), known as BPC for short, was an Iraqi football team based in Basra. They became Iraq's first ever national cup winners when they won the 1948–49 Ir ...

, and Thanawiyat Al-Basra.

References

External links

Iraqi Football Website
{{Football in Iraq Football competitions in Iraq Sport in Basra Basra 1940s establishments in Iraq 1945 establishments in Iraq

Participating Clubs

See also

References

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