Al-Kahrabaa SC

Al-Kahraba'a 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.

Al-Kahraba'a

Full name	Al-Kahraba'a Sports Club
Founded	July 21, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-07-21)
Ground	Al-Kahraba'a Stadium
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Ali Jabbar Al-Asadi
Manager	Wali Karim
League	Iraq Stars League
2024–25	Iraq Stars League, 13th of 20
Home colours Away colours

History

Al-Kahraba'a 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-Kahraba'a finished fifth, their best league position in history, which they later equalled in the 2022–23 season.^[5]

Al-Kahraba'a 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-Kahraba'a 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

Al-Kahraba'a 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

First-team squad

As of 15 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRQ Mohammed Ahmed 2 DF  IRQ Sattar Jabbar 3 DF  IRQ Sajjad Khalil 5 MF  IRQ Hussein Jassem Al-Tameeni 6 DF  IRQ Hussam Kadhim 7 DF  IRQ Abbas Adel 8 MF  IRQ Amir Faisal 11 FW  IRQ Muntadher Adel Namma 13 DF  IRQ Ali Al-Karar Ahmed 14 MF  MTN Mohamed Dellah Yaly 15 DF  IRQ Khudhur Ali 18 MF  IRQ Murtadha Hedaib 21 GK  IRQ Mohammed Abbas 25 DF  IRQ Ali Khaled 27 MF  IRQ Ali Raheem Kenani

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  IRQ Ahmed Sartip 32 FW  MTN Mohamed Soueïd 34 MF  IRQ Abdullah Abdul-Amir 41 GK  IRQ Amjad Rahim 44 MF  TUN Khemais Maaouani 45 DF  IRQ Ali Kareem 46 FW  IRQ Muntadher Rahim 47 MF  IRQ Hayder Abdulkareem 49 FW  IRQ Nihad Muhammad 79 FW  IRQ Wakaa Ramadan 80 DF  MAR Mohamed Bentarcha 96 MF  IRQ Mueen Ahmed 99 FW  BRA Ruan Teles — MF  IRQ Ali Mahdi

Out on loan

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

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

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:^[9]

• 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 FA Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2021–22

Other sports

Basketball

• Iraqi Basketball Premier League:
  • Champions (2): 2005–06, 2012–13