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Al-Karkh SC
Full nameAl-Karkh Sport Club
Founded1963 as Al Rasheed
GroundAl-Karkh Stadium
Capacity6,000
ChairmanIraq Sharar Haidar
ManagerIraq Habib Jaffar

Al-Karkh Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الكرخ) is an Iraqi football club based in Karkh, Baghdad. The team was known as Al-Rasheed Club until 1991. They were runners-up to Qatari club Al-Sadd SC in the 1989 Asian Champions Cup having narrowly lost on the away goals rule. In 2006, the club surprisingly got demoted from the top Iraqi league to the second division.

First-team squad

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 Iraq IRQ Haidar Raad
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Iraq IRQ Saad Abdul-Amir


Famous Head Coaches

Honours

1987, 1988, 1989 as (Al Rasheed)
1987, 1988 as (Al Rasheed)
1985, 1986, 1987 as (Al Rasheed)

Performance in AFC competitions

1986: Qualifying Stage
1988: Group Stage
1989: Finalist
1990: Group Stage