Al-Jaish Sports Club ( ar, نادي الجيش الرياضي, lit=''Army Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in
Baghdad. The football team has won the
Iraqi Premier League once in its history, back in 1984. For the 2008/09 season Al Jaish will play 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 teams ...
as they were relegated from the
Iraqi Premier League the season before.
Honours
Major
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Iraqi Premier League
**Winners (1):
1983–84
**''Runners-up (2):''
1986–87,
1987–88
*
Iraq FA Cup
**Winners (2):
1979–80,
1982–83
**''Runners-up (4):''
1978–79,
1986–87,
1990–91,
1994–95
Minor
*Al-Qadisiya Championship
**Winners (2): 1983, 1984
*Marah Halim Cup
**Winners (1): 1984
**''Runners-up (1):'' 1983
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Rovers Cup
**Winners (1): 1983
*Military Friendship Championship
**Winners (1): 1980
Famous head coaches
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Munzir Al-Waaiz
*
Hakeem Shaker
*
Wojciech Przybylski
Wojciech Wiesław Przybylski (7 August 1939 – 8 January 2021) was a Polish sports and political activist, and a former football player and manager.
Early years
In 1953 Przybylski started to get involved with his local football team, Unia Wąb ...
References
External links
Club's page on Goalzz.com
{{Iraq Division Two
Sport in Baghdad
1974 establishments in Iraq
Military association football clubs
Football clubs in Baghdad