Samarra Sport Club (Arabic: نادي سامراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Samarra. Founded in 1973, the club competes in Iraqi Premier Division League.
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| Full name | Samarra Sport Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Abnaa Al-Malwiya (Sons of Malwiya) | ||
| Founded | 1973 | ||
| Ground | Samarra Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Saddam Azeez | ||
| Manager | Ayoub Younes | ||
| League | Iraqi Premier Division League | ||
| 2022–23 | Iraq Division One, 5th in Group 1 | ||
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History edit
In the Iraqi Premier League edit
Samarra played in the Iraqi Premier League for 22 consecutive seasons, starting from the 1989–90 season, where they played for the first time,[1] until the 2010–11 season, when they relegated to the Iraq Division One.[2]
2020–21 Season edit
After qualifying for the preliminary round, Samarra in the 2020–21 Iraq Division One played 13 matches, winning 8, drawing 3, losing 2 and gaining 27 points to occupy second place behind the leaders Al-Sinaa in Group 2, and qualified for the third place match.[3] In the match to determine the third place, Samarra played against Afak, the second team in Group 1, and defeated them 1–0 to occupy the third place, and qualified for the play-off match, which qualifies for the Iraqi Premier League.[4] In the play-off match, Samarra managed to defeat Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya on penalties, after the original time of the match ended with a score of 1-1, to officially qualify the team to play in the Iraqi Premier League.[5]
Managerial history edit
Zahid Qassim- Ayoub Younis
- Ahmed Kadhim (2020–2021)
- Sami Bahat (2021)
- Ali Hussien Dawood (2021) (Caretaker)
- Ahmed Kadhim (2021)
- Samer Saeed (2021–2022)
- Moayad Taha (2022)
- Nihad Ghazi (2022)
- Zahed Qasim (2022–2023)
- Ali Wahab (2023)
- Ayoub Younes (2023-)
Honours edit
- Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
- Winners (1): 1988–89
References edit
- ^ تاريخ الدوري العراقي، الدوري العراقي موسم ١٩٨٩–١٩٩٠ niiiis.com (in Arabic)
- ^ Iraqi League 2010/2011-Group Stage goalzz.com
- ^ "سامراء يقلص الفارق مع المتصدر لنقطتين في الدوري". baghdadtoday.news (in Arabic). June 13, 2021.
- ^ "سامراء يفوز على عفك ويضمن بطاقة الملحق المؤهل لدوري الكرة الممتاز". shafaq.com (in Arabic). July 11, 2021.
- ^ "سامراء يهزم الصناعات الكهربائية ويتأهل لدوري الكرة الممتاز". iraqakhbar.com (in Arabic). July 30, 2021.
External links edit
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