Amanat Baghdad Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional

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team based in Karkh District,

Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...

, that competes in the

Iraqi Premier Division League The Iraqi Premier Division League () is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Iraq Stars League. The league is contested by 20 clubs and is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two ...

, the second tier of Iraqi football. Formed in 1957 as Amanat Al-Asima (), the team merged with Al-Baladiyat SC in 1977, who had finished as runners-up of the 1975–76 Iraq FA Cup.

History

On 1 July 1957, Amanat Al-Asima () were formed to represent the Mayoralty of Baghdad. Amanat Al-Asima won the

Iraq Central FA Premier League The Iraq Central FA Premier League, also known as the Iraq Central FA First Division and previously named the Iraq FA Baghdad First Division (), was the top-level division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973. ...

title in the 1958–59 season and won the Police Director General Cup twice in 1959 and 1960. In 1977, Amanat Al-Asima merged with Al-Baladiyat SC to form Al-Amana SC (). On 5 August 2009, Al-Amana SC was renamed to Baghdad SC (). In 2014, Baghdad SC renamed to Amanat Baghdad SC ().

Merged teams

Al-Baladiyat

Al-Baladiyat SC () was a club formed in 1974 by the merger of Isalat Al-Mai and Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab. Al-Baladiyat finished as runners-up of the

Iraq FA Cup The Iraq Cup (), commonly known as the Iraq FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in men's domestic Football in Iraq, Iraqi football organised by the Iraq Football Association. Firs ...

in the 1975–76 season.

=Isalat Al-Mai

= Isalat Al-Mai () was a team formed in 1954. Isalat Al-Mai won the Iraq Central FA Second Division in the 1959–60 season.

=Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab

Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab () was a team formed in 1956. Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won the

four times in 1956–57, 1960–61, 1964–65 and 1970–71, and finished as runners-up in 1967–68. They also won the Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup in

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. The team wore red shirts.

Stadium

Since 2011, Amanat Baghdad have got their own stadium. The Amanat Baghdad Stadium holds 5,000 people.

Current squad

First-team squad

Technical staff

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Managerial history

* Ahmed Khalef * Thair Ahmed * Essam Hamad * Jamal Ali * Wissam Talib

Honours

Major

National *

(second tier) **Winners (1): 1990–91 Regional *

(top tier) **Winners (1): 1958–59

Minor

*Police Director General Cup **Winners (2): 1959, 1960

Individual honours

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth FIFA Confederations Cup, Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009, as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton ...

:The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Al-Amana: :* 2009 – Essam Yassin

References

External links

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