Samarra Sport Club ( ar, نادي سامراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi football club based in

Samarra Samarra ( ar, سَامَرَّاء, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The city of Samarra was founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutasim for his Turkish professional ar ...

. It was founded in 1973, that plays in

Iraq Division One The Iraq Division One is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Premier League. The league is contested by 24 clubs. It is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two top-finishing teams ...

History

In the Iraqi Premier League

Samarra played in the

Iraqi Premier League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion an ...

for 22 consecutive seasons, starting from the 1989–90 season, where they played for the first time, until the 2010–11 season, when they relegated to the

2020–21 Season

After qualifying for the preliminary round, Samarra in the

2020–21 Iraq Division One The 2020–21 Iraq Division One was the 47th season of the Iraq Division One, the second tier of the Iraqi football league system since its establishment in 1974. The number of clubs in the league have changed throughout history due to several fac ...

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. In the match to determine the third place, Samarra played against

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, 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

. 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.

Players

First-team squad

Managerial history

* Zahid Qassim * Ayoub Younis * Ahmed Kadhim * Sami Bahat * Ali Hussien Dawood (Caretaker) * Ahmed Kadhim * Samer Saeed * Moayad Taha * Nihad Ghazi

Honours

**Winners (1): 1988–89

References

External links

Club's page on goalzz.com
{{Iraqi Premier League Samarra 1973 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Saladin