Amanat Baghdad SC

Amanat Baghdad Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أمانة بغداد الرياضي, lit. 'Mayoralty of Baghdad Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional football team based in Karkh District, Baghdad, that competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Formed in 1957 as Amanat Al-Asima (Arabic: أمانة العاصمة, lit. 'Capital Mayoralty'), the team merged with Al-Baladiyat SC in 1977, who had finished as runners-up of the 1975–76 Iraq FA Cup.

Amanat Baghdad

Full name	Amanat Baghdad Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Lions of the Capital, Qaher Al-Amaliqa[1]
Founded	1 July 1957; 68 years ago (1 July 1957) (as Amanat Al-Asima)
Ground	Amanat Baghdad Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Falah Mendeb Al-Masudi
Manager	Wissam Talib
League	Iraq Stars League
2024–25	Iraqi Premier Division League, 4th of 20 (promoted via play-offs)
Website	www.baghdad-club.net
Home colours Away colours

History

On 1 July 1957, Amanat Al-Asima (Arabic: أمانة العاصمة, lit. 'Capital Mayoralty') were formed to represent the Mayoralty of Baghdad.^[2] Amanat Al-Asima won the Iraq Central FA Premier League title in the 1958–59 season and won the Police Director General Cup twice in 1959 and 1960.

In 1977, Amanat Al-Asima merged with Al-Baladiyat SC to form Al-Amana SC (Arabic: الأمانة).^[3] On 5 August 2009, Al-Amana SC was renamed to Baghdad SC (Arabic: بغداد).^[4] In 2014, Baghdad SC renamed to Amanat Baghdad SC (Arabic: أمانة بغداد).^[5]

Merged teams

Al-Baladiyat

Al-Baladiyat SC (Arabic: البلديات, lit. 'Municipalities')^[3] was a club formed in 1974 by the merger of Isalat Al-Mai and Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab. Al-Baladiyat finished as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup in the 1975–76 season.

Isalat Al-Mai

Isalat Al-Mai (Arabic: إسالة الماء, lit. 'Water Board') was a team formed in 1954.^[6] Isalat Al-Mai won the Iraq Central FA Second Division in the 1959–60 season.

Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab

Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab logo

Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab (Arabic: مصلحة نقل الركاب, lit. 'Passenger Transport Service') was a team formed in 1956.^[7] Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won the Iraq Central FA Premier League four times in 1956–57, 1960–61, 1964–65 and 1970–71, and finished as runners-up in 1967–68. They also won the Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup in 1965. The team wore red shirts.^[8]

Stadium

Since 2011, Amanat Baghdad have got their own stadium. The Amanat Baghdad Stadium holds 5,000 people.

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 30 May 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 Hassan Abbas 4 DF  IRQ Milad Falah 5 DF  IRQ Safaa Jabbar 6 MF  IRQ Jasim Mohammed 8 FW  CMR Ernest Thierry Anang 9 MF  IRQ Karrar Ali 11 MF  IRQ Mohammed Ibrahim 13 DF  IRQ Ayman Arzaij 14 DF  IRQ Uday Shehab 16 GK  IRQ Abdulsalem Hammad 18 MF  IRQ Mohammed Sabah 21 MF  IRQ Mohammed Khalid

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  IRQ Raad Fanar 30 MF  IRQ Hussein Ghazwan 35 MF  BFA Lem Ismael Souleymane 53 DF  IRQ Taqi Falah 55 MF  IRQ Omar Adnan 66 MF  IRQ Mohammed Ahmed 70 MF  CIV Florent Didier Koré 77 MF  IRQ Hussein Zeyad 80 FW  IRQ Ridha Fadhil 88 FW  IRQ Ali Khalil 90 DF  NIG Karim Doudou 98 FW  IRQ Ashar Ali — DF  IRQ Ahmed Abdul-Hussein

Technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Wissam Talib
Assistant manager:	Vacant
Fitness coach:	Raad Salman
Goalkeeping coach:	Haitham Khalil
Team supervisor:	Ahmed Ezzat

Updated to match played 3 August 2020
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Managerial history

• Ahmed Khalef (2015–2018)
• Thair Ahmed (2018)
• Essam Hamad (2018–2021)
• Jamal Ali (2021)
• Wissam Talib (2021–present)

Honours

Major

National

• Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
  • Winners (1): 1990–91

Regional

• Iraq Central FA Premier League (top tier)
  • Winners (1): 1958–59

Minor

• Police Director General Cup
  • Winners (2): 1959, 1960

Individual honours

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Al-Amana:

• 2009 – Essam Yassin