Al-Samawa SC ( ar, نادي السماوة), is an Iraqi sports club based in As-Samawa, Al-Muthanna, Iraq, which plays in 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 team ...

, the second tier of the Iraqi football. The club's home stadium is

As Samawah Stadium As Samawah Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Samawah, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Samawa FC. The stadium holds 15,000 people.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?showstadiums=1&searchcountry ...

History

Al-Samawa Sports Club was founded in 1963 by Shamkhi Jabr Athab, the first president of the club was Hatem Rashid Deibes. In

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

the 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 ...

since the beginning of the league, they won sixth place. In the end of next season 1975–76 they came in last place and relegated to

. The club returned to play in the Premier League again in the 1999–2000 season, and continued for seven seasons until they relegated to Division One in the 2005–06 season. The club returned after a year to qualification for the Premier League again since the 2007–08 season, and after three seasons relegated to Division One in the 2009–10 season, but returned to play in the Premier League in 2015–16 season where qualified after winning the Iraqi First Division championship for 2014-15 season.

Current squad

First-team squad

Technical staff

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Managerial history

Since winning the

and returning to play in the

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

in the 2015 season so far, the team has led twelve coaches. * Ali Wahab * Mohammed Alosh * Khalid Aoda * Hassan Kamal * Sabah Abdul Hassan * Aqeel Ghani * Muneer Jaber * Hazim Saleh * Safaa Adnan * Ghalib Abdul Hussein * Maitham Dael-Haq *

Samir Kadhim Samir Kadhim Hassan is an Iraqi football defender who played for Iraq in the 1996 Asian Cup. He also played for Al Wakra Samir was a dominating and aggressive man-marker and a regular for the Iraqi national team during the 1990s. He was a mem ...

* Ghalib Abdul Hussein * Aqeel Ghani *

Shaker Mahmoud Shaker Mahmoud Hamza (born 5 May 1963) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Shabab. He helped Iraq to their second Olympic Games in 1984 in Los Angeles, United States, where he p ...

* Aqeel Ghani * Haider Hussien * Ali Jawad

Honours

**Winners: 2014–15

References

External links

Al-Samawa SC
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