Masafi Al-Wasat (), also known as Al-Masafi, is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

team based in

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 plays in

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 ...

History

in Premier League

Masafi Al-Wasat played in the

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 ...

for the first time in the 2009–10 season, this was after it won the Baghdad group in the

Iraqi First Division League The Iraqi First Division League is a Association football, football league that is the third tier of the Iraqi football league system, which was founded in 1974. The league consists of 20 teams split into two groups in the first stage. The top fou ...

, in 2008–09 season The team played six seasons in Premier League, where in the first two seasons it was so good that it topped its group in the first rounds, but in the next two seasons it was not good enough as it was close to relegation. In the last two seasons the team was very bad, at the end of its fifth season it was In the last place in the standings, but was saved by the Football Association's decision when it decided that no team would be relegated that season. In the team's sixth season in the Premier League, the 2014–15 season, the team finished last in the standings at the end of the season, after poor results and attempts to avoid relegation and a change of coach, but the team did not improve, and was finally relegated to the

Managerial history

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* Hamza Dawood *

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* Hassan Ahmed *

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* Humam Saleh *

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* Ali Majeed *

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* Mus'ab Abbas * Mahdi Kadhim

Famous players

* Ali Qasim Mshari *

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* Muslim Mubarak * Ous Ibrahim * Zakaria Charara * Raheem Owolabi Isiaka * Aatef Jenyat * Bakri Tarab * Feras Esmaeel

References

External links

Masafi Al-Wasat SC
on Goalzz.com

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