Samarra SC
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| Full name | Samarra Sport Club | ||
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| Nicknames | Abnaa Al-Malwiya (Sons of Malwiya) | ||
| Founded | 1973 | ||
| Ground | Samarra Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Saddam Azeez | ||
| Manager | Ayoub Younes | ||
| League | Iraqi First Division League | ||
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Samarra Sport Club (Arabic: نادي سامراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Samarra. Founded in 1973, the club competes in Iraqi First Division League.
History
[edit | edit source]In the Iraqi Premier League
[edit | edit source]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 Iraqi First Division League.[2]
2020–21 Season
[edit | edit source]After qualifying for the preliminary round, Samarra in the 2020–21 Iraqi First Division League 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 | edit source]- Iraq Zahid Qassim
- Iraq Ayoub Younis
- Iraq Ahmed Kadhim (2020–2021)
- Iraq Sami Bahat (2021)
- Iraq Ali Hussien Dawood (2021) (Caretaker)
- Iraq Ahmed Kadhim (2021)
- Iraq Samer Saeed (2021–2022)
- Iraq Moayad Taha (2022)
- Iraq Nihad Ghazi (2022)
- Iraq Zahed Qasim (2022–2023)
- Iraq Ali Wahab (2023)
- Iraq Ayoub Younes (2023-)
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
- Winners (1): 1988–89
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ تاريخ الدوري العراقي، الدوري العراقي موسم ١٩٨٩–١٩٩٠ niiiis.com (in Arabic)
- ^ Iraqi League 2010/2011-Group Stage goalzz.com
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