Al-Sulaikh SC

Al-Sulaikh SC (Arabic: نادي الصليخ الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi First Division League.^[1]

Al-Sulaikh SC

Full name	Al-Sulaikh Sport Club
Founded	1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Ground	Al-Sulaikh Stadium
Chairman	Alaa Gatea
Manager	Shaker Abed Ali
League	Iraqi First Division League
2022–23	Iraqi First Division League, 11th in Group 2 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

Early years

Al-Sulaikh Sports Club was founded in 1957 in Baghdad.

Al-Hawat

In 1974, Al-Sulaikh merged with a club named Al-Hawat. Al-Hawat had previously participated in the Iraq FA Baghdad First Division in the 1949–50 season.^[2]

In Premier League

Al-Sulaikh played in the Iraqi Premier League in 2005–06 season,^[3] but relegated to the Iraqi First Division League after finished the season in 7th place in the Group Stage.^[4]

Honours

• Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
  • Winners: 1995–96

Managerial history

• Khudhair Abbas
• Ali Wahab
• Karim Farhan
• Rashid Sultan
• Hazim Saleh
• Muthana Khalid
• Shaker Abed Ali

Famous players

• Mahdi Karim^[5]
• Mustafa Karim^[6]
• Essam Yassin^[7]

See also

• 2002–03 Iraq FA Cup
• 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup
• 2022–23 Iraq FA Cup