Amanat Baghdad SC

Amanat Baghdad Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أمانة بغداد الرياضي, lit.'Mayoralty of Baghdad Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional football team based in Karkh District, Baghdad, that competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football. Formed in 1957 as Amanat Al-Asima (Arabic: أمانة العاصمة, lit.'Capital Mayoralty'), the team merged with Al-Baladiyat SC in 1977, who had finished as runners-up of the 1975–76 Iraq FA Cup.

Amanat Baghdad
Full nameAmanat Baghdad Sports Club
Nickname(s)Lions of the Capital,
Qaher Al-Amaliqa[1]
Founded1 July 1957; 67 years ago (1 July 1957) (as Amanat Al-Asima)
GroundAmanat Baghdad Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanFalah Mendeb Al-Masudi
ManagerWissam Talib
LeagueIraq Stars League
2022–23Iraqi First Division League, 2nd of 24 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

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On 1 July 1957, Amanat Al-Asima (Arabic: أمانة العاصمة, lit.'Capital Mayoralty') were formed to represent the Mayoralty of Baghdad.[2] Amanat Al-Asima won the Iraq Central FA Premier League title in the 1958–59 season and won the Police Director General Cup twice in 1959 and 1960.

In 1977, Amanat Al-Asima merged with Al-Baladiyat SC to form Al-Amana SC (Arabic: الأمانة).[3] On 5 August 2009, Al-Amana SC was renamed to Baghdad SC (Arabic: بغداد).[4] In 2014, Baghdad SC renamed to Amanat Baghdad SC (Arabic: أمانة بغداد).[5]

Merged teams

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Al-Baladiyat

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Al-Baladiyat SC (Arabic: البلديات, lit.'Municipalities')[3] was a club formed in 1974 by the merger of Isalat Al-Mai and Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab. Al-Baladiyat finished as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup in the 1975–76 season.

Isalat Al-Mai
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Isalat Al-Mai (Arabic: إسالة الماء, lit.'Water Board') was a team formed in 1954.[6] Isalat Al-Mai won the Iraq Central FA Second Division in the 1959–60 season.

Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab
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Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab logo

Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab (Arabic: مصلحة نقل الركاب, lit.'Passenger Transport Service') was a team formed in 1956.[7] Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won the Iraq Central FA Premier League four times in 1956–57, 1960–61, 1964–65 and 1970–71, and finished as runners-up in 1967–68. They also won the Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup in 1965. The team wore red shirts.[8]

Stadium

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Since 2011, Amanat Baghdad have got their own stadium. The Amanat Baghdad Stadium holds 5,000 people.

Current squad

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First-team squad

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As of 30 May 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  IRQHassan Abbas
4DF  IRQMilad Falah
5DF  IRQSafaa Jabbar
6MF  IRQJasim Mohammed
8FW  CMRErnest Thierry Anang
9MF  IRQKarrar Ali
11MF  IRQMohammed Ibrahim
13DF  IRQAyman Arzaij
14DF  IRQUday Shehab
16GK  IRQAbdulsalem Hammad
18MF  IRQMohammed Sabah
21MF  IRQMohammed Khalid
No.Pos. NationPlayer
26DF  IRQRaad Fanar
30MF  IRQHussein Ghazwan
35MF  BFALem Ismael Souleymane
53DF  IRQTaqi Falah
55MF  IRQOmar Adnan
66MF  IRQMohammed Ahmed
70MF  CIVFlorent Didier Koré
77MF  IRQHussein Zeyad
80FW  IRQRidha Fadhil
88FW  IRQAli Khalil
90DF  NIGKarim Doudou
98FW  IRQAshar Ali

Technical staff

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PositionNameNationality
Manager:Wissam Talib
Assistant manager:Vacant
Fitness coach:Raad Salman
Goalkeeping coach:Haitham Khalil
Team supervisor:Ahmed Ezzat

Updated to match played 3 August 2020
Source: [1]

Managerial history

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Honours

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Major

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National

Regional

Minor

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  • Police Director General Cup
    • Winners (2): 1959, 1960

Individual honours

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2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Al-Amana:

References

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  1. ^ "شباب نادي امانة بغداد.. مواهب متميزة ومدربين كبار وبناء علمي صحيح". aladalanews.net (in Arabic). 31 August 2015.
  2. ^ List of Iraqi League Champions
  3. ^ a b "الزوراء يواجه بغداد في افتتاح دوري النخبة". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 13 July 2010.
  4. ^ "نادي الأمانة يغير اسمه الى بغداد اعتبارا من الأربعاء". ankawa.com (in Arabic). 6 August 2009.
  5. ^ "تغيير اسم نادي بغداد الى "أمانة بغداد" وتسمية عبعوب رئيسا فخريا له". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ Iraqi League 1974–75
  7. ^ "كأس العراق الفرق الفائزة ببطولة كأس العراق". w.mdar.co (in Arabic). 23 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Convincing win for Asimah over P.T.S." The Iraq Times. 9 March 1959.
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