Al-Kahrabaa SC

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Al-Kahrabaa
Full nameAl-Kahrabaa Sports Club
FoundedJuly 21, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-07-21)
GroundAl-Kahrabaa Stadium
Capacity2,000
ChairmanAli Jabbar Al-Asadi
ManagerLuay Salah
LeagueIraq Stars League
2022–23Iraqi Premier League, 5th of 20
Current season

Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الكهرباء الرياضي, lit.'Electricity Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad, and is known for its football team that competes in the Iraq Stars League.

History[edit]

Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club was founded on 21 July 2001 by Saad Abdul Hamed Al-Khatib (who was the first ever chairman) in the Ministry of Electricity.[1] They were promoted to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time for the 2004–05 season[2] where they remained until they got relegated to the Iraqi First Division League in 2013. They were promoted back to the Premier League at the first attempt[3] under coach Shaker Mahmoud,[4] where they have remained since. During the 2017–18 season, Al-Kahrabaa finished fifth, their best league position in history, which they later equalled in the 2022–23 season.[5]

Al-Kahrabaa reached the final of the 2018–19 Iraq FA Cup for the first time in their history after beating Al-Talaba 3–0 in the semi-finals,[6] but lost the final against Iraqi giants Al-Zawraa 1–0 at the national Al-Shaab Stadium.[7] Al-Kahrabaa reached the final of the Iraq FA Cup again in the 2021–22 season, but were beaten 2–1 by Al-Karkh.[8]

AFC Cup debut[edit]

Al-Kahrabaa finished the 2022–23 Iraqi Premier League in fifth place but since they have the license for the competition, they qualified for their first ever 2023–24 AFC Cup debut.

Current squad[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 13 February, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iraq IRQ Ali Ebadi
3 DF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Khalil
4 DF Iraq IRQ Harith Falah
5 DF Iraq IRQ Saif Hatem Abbood
6 FW Iraq IRQ Najm Shwan
7 MF Iraq IRQ Almuntaser Bellah Foad
8 MF Iraq IRQ Amir Faisal
9 FW Iraq IRQ Mustafa Al Ameen
10 FW Senegal SEN Daouda Diémé
11 FW Cameroon CMR Anael Ngoba
13 DF Iraq IRQ Hayder Ahmed
15 MF Iraq IRQ Hussein Jassem Al-Tameeni
16 MF Syria SYR Zaher Midani
17 FW Ghana GHA Dennis Tetteh
18 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Hasan
19 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Salam
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Iraq IRQ Ivan Khalid
23 GK Iraq IRQ Ammar Ali
24 DF Ghana GHA Nartey Polo
25 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Khaled
27 FW Iraq IRQ Muhaiman Salim
29 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Al-Sajjad
30 FW Senegal SEN Ibrahima Diop
32 MF Iraq IRQ Murtadha Jamal
33 FW Ghana GHA Shafiu Mumuni
34 MF Iraq IRQ Abdullah Abdulameer
77 GK Iraq IRQ Abdullah Faisal
90 FW Iraq IRQ Mahmoud Khalil
FW Ghana GHA Rafiq Aminu
MF Iraq IRQ Nabeel Sabah
MF Iraq IRQ Murtadha Ali

Out on loan[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Iraq IRQ Ali Jasim (on loan at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya until the end of the 2023–24 season)

Current technical staff[edit]

Position Name Nationality
Manager: Luay Salah Iraq
Assistant manager: Usama Ali Iraq
Goalkeeping coach: Jalil Zaidan Iraq
Fitness coach: Haider Abdul Qadir Iraq
Team analyst: Alaa Abd Aon Iraq
Reserve coach: Adnan Abdullah Iraq
U-19 coach: Ali Wali Iraq
Technical advisor: Abbas Attiya Iraq
Director of football: Hussein Zahrawi Iraq
Managing director: Juma Jaber Iraq
Administrative director: Habib Jabbar Iraq
Club doctor: Qasim Mowhi Iraq

Updated to match played 8 November 2018
Source: alsumaria.tv

Managerial history[edit]

Since the club’s promotion to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in 2004–05 fifteen coaches have led the team:[9]

Honours[edit]

Other sports[edit]

Basketball[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "نادي الكهرباء الرياضي 2001 في بداية تأسيس النادي". iraqsp.net (in Arabic). 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 2004- 2005". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ "كرة الكهرباء تعود لدوري الكبار". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 14 August 2014.
  4. ^ "رئيس نادي الكهرباء يشيد بتأهل فريق الكرة الى الممتاز". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 12 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018". goalzz.com. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  6. ^ "الكهرباء يبلغ نهائي كأس العراق للمرة الاولى في تأريخه". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. ^ "الزوراء يفوز على الكهرباء ويتوج بكأس العراق". nrttv.com (in Arabic). 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. ^ "الكرخ بطلا لكأس العراق للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". Kooora.com (in Arabic). 16 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  9. ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Kahraba – Coaches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

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