Al-Tijara Sport Club (''Trade SC'', ) is an Iraqi professional football club based in

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, that competes in the

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History

In Premier League

Al-Tijara was founded in 1974 as Al-Iktisad as an amalgamation of Ministry of Trade teams, the most prominent of which were the Orosdi-Back team and the Al-Asha team. Al-Iktisad gained promotion to the Iraqi Premier League in 1975. The team played fifteen seasons in the Iraqi Premier League until

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, first three seasons (

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– 78) from those, played in their old name Al-Iktisad.

Suspension and resumption

In 2014, sports activities were suspended in the club, and after four years, in 2018, activities resumed and new teams were established in various sports, including the football team, which recently qualified to play in the

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Managerial history

* Ammo Baba * Hassan Ahmed * Abdul Karim Jassim * Thiab Nuhair

Famous players

* Mahdi Abdul-Sahib * Maad Ibrahim * Hassan Ahmed

References

External links

Al-Tijara SC
on Goalzz.com

at the

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