Al-Kahrabaa SC

Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الكهرباء الرياضي, lit. 'Electricity Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad, and is known for its football team that competes in the Iraq Stars League.

Al-Kahrabaa

Full name	Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club
Founded	July 21, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-07-21)
Ground	Al-Kahrabaa Stadium
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Ali Jabbar Al-Asadi
Manager	Wali Karim
League	Iraq Stars League
2023–24	Iraq Stars League, 13th of 20
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club was founded on 21 July 2001 by Saad Abdul Hamed Al-Khatib (who was the first ever chairman) in the Ministry of Electricity.^[1] They were promoted to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time for the 2004–05 season^[2] where they remained until they got relegated to the Iraqi First Division League in 2013. They were promoted back to the Premier League at the first attempt^[3] under coach Shaker Mahmoud,^[4] where they have remained since. During the 2017–18 season, Al-Kahrabaa finished fifth, their best league position in history, which they later equalled in the 2022–23 season.^[5]

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,^[6] but lost the final against Iraqi giants Al-Zawraa 1–0 at the national Al-Shaab Stadium.^[7] Al-Kahrabaa reached the final of the Iraq FA Cup again in the 2021–22 season, but were beaten 2–1 by Al-Karkh.^[8]

AFC Cup debut

Al-Kahrabaa finished the 2022–23 Iraqi Premier League in fifth place but since they have the license for the competition, they qualified for their first ever 2023–24 AFC Cup debut.

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 15 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  IRQ Sajjad Khalil 4 DF  IRQ Harith Falah 8 MF  IRQ Amir Faisal 12 GK  IRQ Mohanad Kadhim 15 MF  IRQ Hussein Jassem Al-Tameeni 18 MF  IRQ Mohammed Hasan 25 DF  IRQ Ali Khaled 27 FW  IRQ Muhaiman Salim 32 MF  IRQ Murtadha Jamal 34 MF  IRQ Abdullah Abdul-Amir 88 DF  IRQ Amir Jalil — MF  IRQ Murtadha Ali — GK  IRQ Amjad Rahim — GK  IRQ Mohammed Abbas — GK  IRQ Mohammed Ahmed

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  IRQ Ali Kareem — DF  NGA Aniyikaye Adeleye FGN — DF  NGA Gbolagade Adelowo FGN — DF  IRQ Hussam Kadhim — DF  IRQ Khudhur Ali — DF  IRQ Sattar Jabbar — MF  GHA Farouk Mohammed FGN — MF  IRQ Mohammed Haitham — MF  IRQ Mohammed Zamel — MF  IRQ Murtadha Hedaib — FW  NGA David Ikegoba FGN — FW  IRQ Karrar Alaa — FW  IRQ Muntadher Adel — FW  BRA Ruan Teles FGN —  IRQ Ali Al-Karrar Ahmed —  IRQ Hassan Jaafer

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRQ Ali Jasim (on loan at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya until the end of the 2023–24 season)

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:^[9]

• 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 (2018–2021)
• Ahmed Salah Alwan (2021)
• Luay Salah (2021–present)

Honours

• Iraq FA Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2021–22

Other sports

Basketball

• Iraqi Basketball Premier League:
  • Champions (2): 2005–06, 2012–13

References

1. "نادي الكهرباء الرياضي 2001 في بداية تأسيس النادي". iraqsp.net (in Arabic). 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
2. "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 2004- 2005". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
3. "كرة الكهرباء تعود لدوري الكبار". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 14 August 2014.
4. "رئيس نادي الكهرباء يشيد بتأهل فريق الكرة الى الممتاز". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 12 August 2014.
5. "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018". goalzz.com. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
6. "الكهرباء يبلغ نهائي كأس العراق للمرة الاولى في تأريخه". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
7. "الزوراء يفوز على الكهرباء ويتوج بكأس العراق". nrttv.com (in Arabic). 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
8. "الكرخ بطلا لكأس العراق للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". Kooora.com (in Arabic). 16 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
9. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Kahraba – Coaches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

External links

• Team profile on Goalzz