Al-Karkh SC

Al-Karkh SC
Full name Al-Karkh Sport Club
Founded 1963 as Al Rasheed
Ground Al Karkh Stadium
(Capacity: 6,000)
Chairman Sharar Haidar
Manager Ali Wahab
League Iraqi Premier League
2010-11 North Group, 5th
Home colours
Away colours

Al-Karkh Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الكرخ‎) is an Iraqi football club based in Karkh, Baghdad. The team was known as Al-Rasheed Club until 1991. They were runners-up to Qatari club Al-Sadd SC 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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First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Mohammed Saleh
3 DF Ali Bahjat
4 DF Ali Abd Ali
5 DF Ashraf Abdul-Karim
6 DF Zaman Jawad
7 MF Jawad Kazem
8 MF Ammar Jabbar
9 MF Salam Qasem
10 FW Yaser yahya alwan
11 MF Haider Eisa
13 DF Saleh Tareq
No. Position Player
14 MF Ahmed Abdul-Hussein
15 FW Muhanned Abdul-Rahman
19 FW Ahmed Abbas
20 GK Alaa Khaleel
21 GK Haidar Raad
22 FW Mustafa Jawad
26 MF Ali Mahmood
29 DF Maitham Khaled
30 MF Ali Sabri
33 DF Abbas Jumaah
35 MF Alaa Jawad

Famous Head Coaches

Famous players

Honours

1987, 1988, 1989 as (Al Rasheed)
1987, 1988 as (Al Rasheed)
1985, 1986, 1987 as (Al Rasheed)

Performance in AFC competitions

1986: Qualifying Stage
1988: Group Stage
1989: Finalist
1990: Group Stage

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