Amanat Baghdad SC

Amanat Baghdad
Full name	Amanat Baghdad Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Lions of the Capital,; Qaher Al-Amaliqa
Founded	1 July 1957; 66 years ago (as Amanat Al-Asima)
Ground	Amanat Baghdad Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Falah Mendeb Al-Masudi
Manager	Wissam Talib
League	Iraq Stars League
2022–23	Iraqi First Division League, 2nd of 24 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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 tier 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.

History edit

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 edit

Al-Baladiyat edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Current squad edit

First-team squad edit

As of 3 September 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IRQ	Sarhang Muhsin
—	GK	IRQ	Ahmed Khudher
—	DF	JOR	Yousef Al-Alousi
—	DF	NGA	Elum Chidiebere Henry
—	DF	IRQ	Ali Hussein
—	DF	IRQ	Milad Falah
—	DF	IRQ	Ayman Arzaij
—	DF	IRQ	Abbas Manie
—	DF	IRQ	Sajad Tahseen
—	DF	IRQ	Mohammed Sabah
—	MF	IRQ	Amir Ghannem
—	MF	IRQ	Mustafa Hussein
—	MF	IRQ	Mustafa Faleh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRQ	Abdulameer Kadhem
—	MF	IRQ	Muntadher Rahim
—	MF	IRQ	Hussein Zeyad
—	MF	IRQ	Sattar Yasin
—	MF	IRQ	Sattar Jabbar
—	MF	IRQ	Mohammed Hatam
—	MF	IRQ	Ali Abdulzahra
—	FW	IRQ	Sajjad Hussein
—	FW	IRQ	Jaber Kareem
—	FW	IRQ	Ali Abdulrazaq
—	FW	CIV	Zégbéhi Yohoré
—	FW	NGA	Sad'eeq Yusuf
—	FW	GHA	Nana Antwi Manu
—	FW	LBN	Mohammad Kdouh