Al-Jaish SC (Iraq)

This article is about the Iraqi football club. For other uses, see Al-Jaish (disambiguation).

Al-Jaish SC

Full name	Al-Jaish Sports Club
Ground	Al Jaish Stadium
Capacity	6,000
Manager	Maher Ohkla
League	Iraq Division One
2015–16	Iraq Division One, 12th
Home colours Away colours

Nadi Al-Jaish Al-Riyadhi Al-Iraqi (Arabic: نادي الجيش الرياضي العراقي, lit. 'Iraqi Army Sports Club'), known as Al-Jaish Sports Club or simply Al-Jaish for a short, is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. The team has won the Iraqi Premier League once in its history, back in 1984. For the 2008/09 season Al Jaish will play in the Iraq Division One as they were relegated from the Iraqi Premier League the season before. They hold the joint-record for the longest whole league season undefeated in Iraq (24 games in 1983/84).

Honours

Domestic

National

• Iraqi Premier League
  • Winners (1): 1983–84
  • Runners-up (2): 1986–87, 1987–88
• Iraq FA Cup
  • Winners (2): 1979–80, 1982–83
  • Runners-up (4): 1978–79, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1994–95

Regional

• Iraq Central FA League
  • Winners (1): 1965–66
  • Runners-up (3): 1963–64, 1969–70, 1971–72

• Iraq Central FA Second Division
  • Winners (1): 1961–62

• Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup
  • Winners (1): 1966

Friendly

• Saddam Qadisiya Championship
  • Winners (2): 1983, 1984

• Republic Championship
  • Winners (2): 1966, 1971

• Marah Halim Cup
  • Winners (1): 1984

• Rovers Cup
  • Winners (1): 1983

• Military Friendship Championship
  • Winners (1): 1980

• Army Cup
  • Winners (1): 1961

Famous Head Coaches

• Munzir Al-Waaiz
• Hakeem Shaker
• Wojciech Przybylski

External links

• Club's page on Goalzz.com