Samarra Sport Club ( ar, نادي سامراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi football club based in

Samarra Samarra ( ar, سَامَرَّاء, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The city of Samarra was founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutasim for his Turkish professional army ...

. It was founded in 1973, 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

In the Iraqi Premier League

Samarra 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 22 consecutive seasons, starting from the 1989–90 season, where they played for the first time, until the 2010–11 season, when they relegated to the

2020–21 Season

After qualifying for the preliminary round, Samarra in the

2020–21 Iraq Division One The 2020–21 Iraq Division One was the 47th season of the Iraq Division One, the second tier of the Iraqi football league system since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have changed throughout history due to several fac ...

played 13 matches, winning 8, drawing 3, losing 2 and gaining 27 points to occupy second place behind the leaders

Al-Sinaa Al-Sinaa Sport club ( ar, نادي الصناعة الرياضي, lit=''Industry SC'') is a football club based in Thawra District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi Premier League. History Premier League Play Ove ...

in Group 2, and qualified for the third place match. In the match to determine the third place, Samarra played against

Afak , settlement_type = Town , pushpin_map = Iraq , pushpin_label_position = , pushpin_map_caption = , pushpin_mapsize = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Gove ...

, the second team in Group 1, and defeated them 1–0 to occupy the third place, and qualified for the play-off match, which qualifies for the

. In the play-off match, Samarra managed to defeat

Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Sport Club ( ar, نادي الصناعات الكهربائية الرياضي, lit=''Electrical Industries SC''), is an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad, that plays in the second tier Iraq Division One. History Al-Si ...

on penalties, after the original time of the match ended with a score of 1-1, to officially qualify the team to play in the Iraqi Premier League.

Players

First-team squad

Managerial history

* Zahid Qassim * Ayoub Younis *

Ahmed Kadhim Ahmed Kadhim Assad ( ar, احمد کاظم عصاد; born on 1 July 1976) is an Iraqi professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Salam Zgharta. International career He was used in a three-man defensive li ...

* Sami Bahat * Ali Hussien Dawood (Caretaker) *

Samer Saeed Samer Saeed Mujbel Al Mamoori ( ar, سامر سعيد مجبل) (born 1 December 1987 in Iraq) is a former Iraqi midfielder. He currently manages Al-Diwaniya in the Iraqi Premier League. Career Saeed belongs among the generation of ...

* Moayad Taha * Nihad Ghazi

Honours

**Winners (1): 1988–89

References

External links

Club's page on goalzz.com
{{Iraqi Premier League Samarra 1973 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Saladin