Al-Karkh
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| Full name | Al Karkh Sport Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1963 as Al Rasheed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Al Karkh Stadium (Capacity 6,000) |
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| Chairman |  Sharar Haidar |
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Al Karkh (Arabic: الكرخ) is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. The team was known as Al Rasheed until 1991. They were runners-up to Qatari club Al Sadd in the 1989 Asian Champions Cup having narrowly lost on the away goals rule. In 2006, the club surprisingly got demoted from the top Iraqi league to the second division.
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[edit] Famous Head Coaches
- Emmanuel "Ammo" Baba
- Wathik Naji Jasim
- Anwar Jassim
[edit] Honours
(3): 1987, 1988, 1989 as (Al Rasheed)
- Iraq FA Cup Winners
(2): 1987, 1988 as (Al Rasheed)
(3): 1985, 1986, 1987 as (Al Rasheed)
[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions
- Asian Club Championship: 5 appearances
[edit] See also
Karkh area of Baghdad after which the team is named.
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