Balad Sport Club ( ar, نادي بلد الرياضي), is an
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
i football team based in
Balad District,
Saladin
Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سهلاحهدین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...
, that plays in the
Iraq Division Two
The Iraq Division Two is a football league that is the third tier of the Iraqi football league system. The league consists of 126 teams and was founded in 1974.
League format
The Division Two consists of 126 teams divided into 2 groups. The ...
.
History
The establishing
Balad Sport Club was established in 1989 after appeals and demands from the people of Balad to establish a club that officially represents the city. The club was established by an elite of the city's intellectuals after submitting the application for founding to the
Iraqi Football Association
The Iraq Football Association (IFA) ( ar, الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi Premier League. The Iraqi Football Association was founde ...
, and the club was established after the official approval of the Football Association directly.
In Premier League
Balad 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 an ...
for the first time in the
2004–05 season, and finished 7th in Group Stage, won 6 matches, drew 3 and lost 7, and relegated to 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 ...
.
تاريخ الكرة العراقية الدوري العراقي موسم ٢٠٠٤–٢٠٠٥
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Players
Current squad
Current technical staff
See also
* 2020–21 Iraq FA Cup
The 2020–21 Iraq FA Cup was the 31st edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a clubs-only competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football, featuring 126 teams (20 from the Iraqi Premier League and 106 from the Iraq Division One and ...
* 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup
The 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup is the 33rd edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football, featuring a record 168 clubs from the top four tiers of the Iraqi football league system, (20 from the Iraqi Pr ...
References
External links
Balad SC
on Goalzz.com
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Football clubs in Saladin