Al-Kahrabaa SC

Al Kahrabaa
Electric Club (English)

File:Al-Kahraba FC Badge.png
Full name	Al Kahrabaa Football Club
Founded	21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)
Ground	Al Taji Stadium (Temporary)
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Ali Jabbar Al-Asadi
Manager	Abbas Attiya
League	Iraqi Premier League
2018–19	Iraqi Premier League, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Al-Kahrabaa Football Club (Arabic: نادي الكهرباء الرياضي, lit. 'Electric Club or Electricity Club') is an Iraqi professional football club based in the Rusafa District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad that plays in Iraqi Premier League.

History

Al-Kahrabaa Sport Club was founded on 21 July 2001 by the Ministry of Electricity. They were promoted to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 2004–05 season where they remained until they got relegated to the Iraq Division One in 2012. They won the league during that season and were promoted back to the Premier League at the first attempt under coach Shaker Mahmoud, where they have remained since. During the 2017–18 season, Al-Kahrabaa finished fifth, their best season in history.

Al-Kahrabaa reached the final of the 2018–19 Iraq FA Cup for the first time in their history after beating Al-Talaba 3-0 in the semi-finals, but lost the final against Iraqi giants Al-Zawraa 1-0 at the national Al-Shaab Stadium.

Club logo controversy

At the start of their history, Al-Kahrabaa used a badge that was very similar to the one used by Defensor Sporting, a club based in Montevideo.

Honours

Domestic

National

• Iraq FA Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Current squad

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
1	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Kadhim Radhi
2	DF	IRQ	Khaldoun Aziz
3	DF	IRQ	Saad Jassim
4	DF	IRQ	Harith Falah
5	DF	IRQ	Saif Hatem
6	DF	IRQ	Karrar Faleh
8	FW	IRQ	Mustafa Jodah
9	MF	IRQ	Murtadha Hdayeb
10	FW	IRQ	Alaa Mhaysen
11	FW	CIV	Abou Kone
12	GK	IRQ	Haider Jamaleddine
13	MF	CMR	Gustave Moundi Djengue
14	MF	GHA	Amissah Anfoh Assan
15	DF	IRQ	Hussein Ali Jaber
17	MF	IRQ	Mohammed Ibrahim

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	IRQ	Karrar Karim
19	MF	IRQ	Ali Mohsin Znad
20	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Mahmoud
21	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Abbas Ali
22	MF	IRQ	Hussein Fadhel
23	GK	IRQ	Ammar Ali Hassan
24	MF	IRQ	Qasim Zaidan
25	DF	IRQ	Ali Khalid
26	MF	IRQ	Hassan Abdul Karim
27	MF	IRQ	Gielan Luqman
28	FW	IRQ	Alaa Mohammed
32	DF	IRQ	Hassan Ashour
35	DF	IRQ	Nadhum Khodhor

Current technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Abbas Attiya
Assistant manager:	Qusay Hashim
Goalkeeping coach:	Bader Shaker
Fitness coach:	Waleed Juma
Director of football:	Hussein Zahrawi
Administrative director:	Habib Jabbar
Club doctor:	Qasim Mowhi

Updated to match played 8 November 2018
Source: alsumaria.tv

Managerial history

Since the club’s promotion to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in 2004–05 fifteen coaches have led the team:

• Nabil Zaki (2001–2006)
• Adil Abdul-Ridha (2006)
• Nazar Ashraf (2006)
• Younis Abid Ali (2006–2007)
• Rajah Mohammed (2007)
• Bassim Mohammed (2007)
• Nabil Zaki (2007)
• Shaker Mahmoud (2007–2008)
• Naeem Saddam (2008)
• Sabah Abdul Hassan (2008)
• Karim Farhan (2008)
• Shaker Mahmoud (2009–2011)
• Hassan Ahmed (2011–2013)
• Nabil Zaki (2013–2014)
• Shaker Mahmoud (2014–2015)
• Ali Hadi (2013–2014)
• Khalid Mohammed Sabbar (2016)
• Younis Al Qattan (2016)
• Abbas Attiya (2016–2018)
• Khalid Mohammed Sabbar (2018)
• Abbas Attiya (2018–present)

Honours

• Iraq Division One
  • Winner (1): 2013–14

• Iraq FA Cup
  • Runners Up (1): 2018-19

External links

• Team picture