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.
History
In the Iraqi Premier League
Samarra played in the
Iraqi Premier League 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
Iraq Division One.
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 in Group 2, and qualified for the third place match. In the match to determine the third place, Samarra played against
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, 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
Iraqi Premier League. In the play-off match, Samarra managed to defeat
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 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
* Sami Bahat
* Ali Hussien Dawood (Caretaker)
*
Ahmed Kadhim
*
Samer Saeed
* Moayad Taha
* Nihad Ghazi
Honours
*
Iraq Division One
**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