Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club (), was an

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i football team based in Al-Shaab,

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, that played in the

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and

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. The club was dissolved by the

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in 2023.

History

Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club was founded in 2005 by

. The club didn't have a headquarters until 2017, when they rehabilitated one of the war shelters to turn it into a club headquarters, they played in the

in 2015–16 season, the team played their first match against Al-Mahmoudiyah FC and beat him, but they were in the 32nd round facing

Al-Zawraa Al-Zawra'a Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Al-Zawra'a have won the most ...

, the league champions that season and lost the match. The club played in

in 2017–18 season and almost qualified for

Iraqi Premier League The Iraq Stars League (), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Asso ...

in 2018 season, but in the final lost against

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, the Iraqi champions for three seasons in the last ten years and Erbil is qualified.

Personnel

Board members

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Managerial history

* Haider Jabbar * Mahdi Kadhim * Adel Ajar * Kadhim Yousef

References

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