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Al-Talaba SC
Al-Talaba Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1969, the club was named Al-Jamiea but became known as Al-Talaba ahead of the 1978–79 season after being merged with a new club of the same name. Their home stadium is Al-Talaba Stadium. Al-Talaba are one of Iraq's most successful teams having won five league titles, most recently in the 2001–02 season. They have also achieved two FA Cups, one Super Cup and a joint-record three Baghdad Championships. The club's best achievements on the continental stage include finishing fourth at the 1986 Asian Club Championship and finishing second and fourth at the 1995 and 1998–99 editions of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup respectively. The club was owned by the National Union of Iraqi Students until 1993, when the club was attached to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Madina Stadium
Al-Madina International Stadium () is a football stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. It is Iraq's first-ever stadium solar power plant, and the second in the Middle East of its kind. Construction work for the stadium was completed on 18 December 2019; it can accommodate over 32,000 spectators. History Construction Al-Madina International Stadium's construction started in 2 July 2012 and the construction was at an overall cost of $100 million funded by the government of Iraq. It is a grass surfaced football arena with a total area of 30,000 m2. It can accommodate up to 32,000 spectators, and has other sports-related facilities. It was designed and built by Nurol Construction. It is owned by the Federal government of Iraq. Name The stadium has changed its name four times. It was called "Al-Sadr City Stadium", before the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided in 2017 to name it "Al-Habibiya Stadium" in reference to the stadium's location. In early December 2019, the name "Al-Shohada Stadiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
The 1995–96 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the sixth edition of association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation ( ... specifically for its members cup holders. First round West Asia ''1 AkMaral withdrew'' East Asia ''1 Ratnam withdrew after 1st leg'' Second round West Asia East Asia Quarterfinals West Asia East Asia Semifinals ''1 Both Kazma and their replacement Riyadh SC withdrew'' Final References RSSSF Asian Club Competitions 1995 {{DEFAULTSORT:1995-96 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975–76 Iraqi National League ...
The 1975–76 Iraqi National Clubs League (First Division) was the 2nd season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Newly-promoted club Al-Zawraa won the league title and also won the Iraq FA Cup to complete the first national double in Iraqi football. Al-Zawraa's squad included many of the players that played for Al-Naqil in the 1974–75 season, a club that folded due to financial difficulties after finishing as league runners-up that campaign. League table Results Season statistics Top scorers Hat-tricks References External links Iraq Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:1975-76 Iraqi National League Iraq Stars League seasons 1 Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Premier League
The Iraq Stars League (), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Association. The league was formed by the Iraq Football Association in 1974 as the Iraqi National Clubs League, the first nationwide league of clubs in Iraq, and later became known as the Iraqi Premier League. In 2023, the competition was rebranded as the Iraq Stars League and transitioned into a fully professional competition. The current format sees 20 teams playing 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season. Of the 80 teams to have competed since the inception of the league in 1974, eleven have won the title. Al-Zawraa are the most successful club with 14 titles, followed by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Shorta with 7 each, and Al-Talaba with 5. These Baghdad-based clubs together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Salih
Jamal Salih Hassan () is a former Iraq national football player and coach, and currently as a sports director for Sharjah FC, and has been in the role since March 2018. Career He began his career as a player with Al-Omma Sports Club. He helped guide Al-Jamiea (merged with Al-Talaba in 1978) to the top division in 1970 with the likes of Qusai Abdul-Sattar and Shamil Kamil, and became head coach of the club in 1974. He went on to coach Al-Rasheed, Al-Nafat, the Iraqi army national side and several clubs in Libya and the UAE. Later on, he worked as a pundit for Dubai Sports channel for their Bundesliga matches. On March 4 of 2018, Doctor Jamal Salih was appointed as the sports director of Sharjah FC, and also Salih was responsible for the sports activities in the club. Also on the same day, Sharjah FC formed a technical committee that Doctor Jamal Salih was held president of. Salih is one of the members of great achieves for Sharjah FC, a UAE Pro League in the 2018– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Sinaa SC
Al-Sinaa Sports Club () is a football club based in Thawra District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi Premier Division League. History Premier League Play Overview Al-Sinaa started playing in the Iraqi Premier League since the start of the championship in the 1974–75 season, and lasted for 23 consecutive seasons, before being relegated to the Iraqi First Division League in the 1997–98 season. The team returned to play in the Premier League in the 2001–02 season, and, in the 2010–11 season, got third place in the league, but was relegated to the Iraqi First Division League again in the 2012–13 season. It returned in the 2015–16 season, but was relegated from the league in the same season after it fell to the bottom of the standings in its group. 2020–21 season After qualifying for the preliminary round, Al-Sinaa played in the 2020–21 Iraqi First Division League, 13 matches without losing, winning 11, drawing 2, gaining 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq FA Baghdad Cup
The Iraq FA Baghdad Cup was a regional knockout cup competition organised by the Iraq Central Football Association (IFA) in the 1973–74 season for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities. Only one edition was played because the IFA decided to bring back the national cup tournament, the Iraq FA Cup, to be the primary knockout cup competition in Iraqi football. The tournament was won by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, beating Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed 2–1 in the final. Jami'at Baghdad were banned from competing in the tournament by the IFA due to events that took place in, and their withdrawal from, their match against Kahrabaa Al-Wusta B in a second-tier league game. Bracket Matches Semi-finals Final References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1973-74 Iraq FA Baghdad Cup Iraq FA Baghdad Cup Cup A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971–72 Iraq Central FA First Division ...
The 1971–72 Iraq Central FA First Division League was the 24th season of the Iraq Central FA Premier League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973), and the first after the return to the old name of ''First Division''. Aliyat Al-Shorta won the league title for the fourth time. Ali Kadhim won both the top scorer and best player awards. League table Results Top goalscorers References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1971-72 Iraq Central FA First Division Iraq Central FA Premier League seasons 1 Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq Central FA League
The Iraq Central FA Premier League, also known as the Iraq Central FA First Division and previously named the Iraq FA Baghdad First Division (), was the top-level division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973. It was controlled by the Iraq Central Football Association and was played under a variety of different formats including a double-elimination format, a round-robin format and a double round-robin format. It was one of several regional league championships played in Iraq at the time, with others including the Basra, Kirkuk and Mosul leagues. The last champions of the competition were Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who won the title in the 1972–73 season. The regional leagues folded in 1973 and were replaced by the Iraqi National First Division, before the Iraqi National Clubs League was established in 1974. The competition has since often been referred to as the League of the Institutes () due to containing a number of teams representing differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq Football Association
The Iraq Football Association (IFA) () is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraq national football team, Iraqi national team and the Iraqi football league system. The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Iraq is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations (founded in 1974) and the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (founded in 2016). The Iraqi team is commonly known as ''Usood Al-Rafidain'' (), which literally means ''Lions of Mesopotamia''. History The Iraq Football Association (Ittihad Al-Iraqi Le-Korat Al-Kadem) was formed on October 8, 1948, and was the third sports union to be founded in Iraq after the Track and Field Athletics and the Basketball Federations. The two unions took part at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 Olympic Games in London, held from July 29 to August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Baghdad
The University of Baghdad (UOB) (, also known as Baghdad University) is a public university, public research university in Baghdad, Iraq. It is the largest university in Iraq and the tenth largest in the Arab world. History The College of Islamic Sciences claims that it originated in 1067 A.D. as Abu Hanifa Mosque, Abu-Haneefa. The College of Law, the earliest of the modern institutions that were to become the first constituent Colleges (i.e. Faculties) of the University of Baghdad, was founded in 1908. The College of Engineering was established in 1921; the Higher Teachers Training College and the Lower College of Education in 1923, the College of Medicine in 1927, and the College of Pharmacy in 1936. In 1942, the first higher institution for girls, Queen Alia College, was established. In 1943, proposals for further new Colleges appeared, leading to the foundation of the College of Arts and the College of Science – University of Baghdad, College of Science in 1949, and Abu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
