Al-Kahrabaa SC
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Full name | Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club | ||
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Founded | July 21, 2001 | ||
Ground | Al Taji Stadium | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | Ali Jabbar Al-Asadi | ||
Manager | Luay Salah | ||
League | Iraqi Premier League | ||
2021–22 | Iraqi Premier League, 9th of 20 | ||
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Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الكهرباء الرياضي, lit. 'Electricity Club') is an Iraqi professional football club based in the Rusafa District, near the Tigris river, Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi Premier League.
History
Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club was founded on 21 July 2001 by 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 Iraq Division One 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 season in history.[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]
Club logo controversy
At the start of their history, Al-Kahrabaa used a badge that was very similar to the one used by Defensor Sporting, a club based in Montevideo.[9]
Current squad
First-team squad
- As of 18 October 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Current technical staff
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Manager: | Luay Salah | |
Assistant manager: | Usama Ali | |
Goalkeeping coach: | Jalil Zaidan | |
Fitness coach: | Haider Abdul Qadir | |
Team analyst: | Alaa Abd Aon | |
Reserve coach: | Adnan Abdullah | |
U-19 coach: | Ali Wali | |
Technical advisor: | Abbas Attiya | |
Director of football: | Hussein Zahrawi | |
Managing director: | Juma Jaber | |
Administrative director: | Habib Jabbar | |
Club doctor: | Qasim Mowhi |
Updated to match played 8 November 2018
Source: alsumaria.tv
Managerial history
Since the club’s promotion to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in 2004–05 fifteen coaches have led the team:[10]
- Nabil Zaki (2001–2006)
- Adil Abdul-Ridha (2006)
- Nazar Ashraf (2006)
- Younis Abid Ali (2006–2007)
- Rajah Mohammed (2007)
- Bassim Mohammed (2007)
- Nabil Zaki (2007)
- Shaker Mahmoud (2007–2008)
- Naeem Saddam (2008)
- Sabah Abdul Hassan (2008)
- Karim Farhan (2008)
- Shaker Mahmoud (2009–2011)
- Hassan Ahmed (2011–2013)
- Nabil Zaki (2013–2014)
- Shaker Mahmoud (2014–2015)
- Ali Hadi (2013–2014)
- Khalid Mohammed Sabbar (2016)
- Younis Al Qattan (2016)
- Abbas Attiya (2016–2018)
- Khalid Mohammed Sabbar (2018)
- Abbas Attiya (2018–2021)
- Ahmed Salah Alwan (2021)
- Luay Salah (2021–present)
Honours
- Iraq Division One (second tier)
- Winner (1): 2013–14 (shared)
References
- ^ "نادي الكهرباء الرياضي 2001 في بداية تأسيس النادي". iraqsp.net (in Arabic). 26 April 2008.
- ^ "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 2004- 2005". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 11 August 2009.
- ^ "كرة الكهرباء تعود لدوري الكبار". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 14 August 2014.
- ^ "رئيس نادي الكهرباء يشيد بتأهل فريق الكرة الى الممتاز". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018". goalzz.com. 18 July 2018.
- ^ "الكهرباء يبلغ نهائي كأس العراق للمرة الاولى في تأريخه". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 11 June 2019.
- ^ "الزوراء يفوز على الكهرباء ويتوج بكأس العراق". nrttv.com (in Arabic). 26 July 2019.
- ^ "الكرخ بطلا لكأس العراق للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". Kooora.com (in Arabic). 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Imitación ilimitada (copias en el otro Fútbol)". cafefutbol.blogspot.com (in Spanish). 28 September 2009.
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Kahraba – Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
External links
- CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar)
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- Articles with short description
- Use dmy dates from October 2017
- Articles containing Arabic-language text
- Sport in Baghdad
- 2001 establishments in Iraq
- Association football clubs established in 2001
- Football clubs in Baghdad
- All stub articles
- West Asian football club stubs
- Iraqi sport stubs