Al-Sinaa SC

Al-Sinaa Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الصناعة الرياضي, lit. 'Industry Sports Club') is a football club based in Thawra District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi First Division League.

Al-Sinaa SC

Full name	Al-Sinaa Sports club
Nickname(s)	Masnaa Al-Nujoom (Stars Factory)
Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965) (as Kahrabaa Al-Wusta)
Ground	Al-Sinaa Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Ammar Abdullah Al-Janabi
Manager	Safwan Abdul-Ghani
League	Iraqi First Division League
2024–25	Iraqi Premier Division League, 19th of 20 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

Premier League Play Overview

Al-Sinaa started playing in the Iraqi Premier League since the start of the championship in the 1974–75 season,^[1] and lasted for 23 consecutive seasons, before being relegated to the Iraqi First Division League in the 1997–98 season.^[2] The team returned to play in the Premier League in the 2001–02 season,^[3] and, in the 2010–11 season, got third place in the league,^[4] but was relegated to the Iraqi First Division League again in the 2012–13 season.^[5] It returned in the 2015–16 season, but was relegated from the league in the same season after it fell to the bottom of the standings in its group.^[6]

2020–21 season

After qualifying for the preliminary round, Al-Sinaa played in the 2020–21 Iraqi First Division League, 13 matches without losing, winning 11, drawing 2, gaining 35 points and taking first place in Group 2, and qualified for the Iraqi Premier League, led by coach Sadeq Hanoon.^[7][8] In the final match, the team beat Newroz 1–0 to become the champion of the Iraqi First Division League.^[9]

Managerial history

• Qusay Munir (2018–2019)
• Sadeq Hanoon (2020–2022)
• Tahsin Fadhel 2022)
• Khalid Mohammed Sabbar (2022–2023)
• Qusay Munir (2023–2024)
• Safwan Abdul-Ghani (2024-)

Honours

Domestic

• Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
  • Winners (1): 2020–21
• Iraq FA Cup
  • Winners (1): 1983–84