Karbala SC

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Karbala SC
Full nameKarbala Sport Club
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
GroundKarbala International Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanAhmed Haddam
ManagerAbbas Attiya
LeagueIraq Stars League
2022–23Iraqi Premier League, 8th of 20

Karbala Sport Club is an Iraqi football club based in Karbala that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football.

SWAT incident[edit]

On June 23, 2013, after a match against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, seven football players of Karbala FC and their coach were beaten by the anti-terror police. They used sticks and batons against the coach and his players. Five of them were in critical condition, and on the 30th of June, Mohammed Al-Jaboury, coach of Karbala FC has died in hospital.[1]

Stadium[edit]

Karbala International Stadium is a purpose built football stadium being constructed in Karbala, Iraq. It was opened in 2016 in which it has the capacity to hold 30,000 people and become the new home of the club.

Current squad[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 3 September 2022

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 Abdulaziz Ammar
GK Iraq IRQ Alaa Ahmed
DF Guinea GUI Aboubacar Camara
DF Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahim Koné
DF Togo TOG Koami Awounyo
2 DF Iraq IRQ Raad Fanar
DF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Adel
DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Kareem
DF Iraq IRQ AbdulRazaq Alhussaini
DF Mauritania MTN Bilal Bala
35 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Salim
66 DF Iraq IRQ Firas Fenjan
30 DF Iraq IRQ Firas Zamel
DF Iraq IRQ Hayder Faiq
39 FW Nigeria NGA Donatus Edafe
7 FW Iraq IRQ Zidane Abduljabbar (on loan from Erbil)
14 MF Iraq IRQ Baqer Attwan
88 MF Burkina Faso BFA Moussa Dao
MF Iraq IRQ Wissam Kadhim
8 MF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Raad
9 FW Iraq IRQ Ahmed Abdulrazaq
FW Iraq IRQ Hussein Kareem
10 FW Iraq IRQ Mohammed Qasim Nassif
16 FW Iraq IRQ Mustafa Radhi

Current personnel[edit]

Management[edit]

Position Name Nationality
President: Ahmed Haddam Iraq
Vice-president: Iraq
Member of the Board: Iraq
Member of the Board: Iraq
Member of the Board: Iraq
Member of the Board: Iraq
Member of the Board: Iraq

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