Samarra Sport Club () is an Iraqi professional football club based in

Samarra Samarra (, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and mi ...

. Founded in 1973, the club competes 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 the Iraqi Premier League

Samarra 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 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

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 ...

2020–21 Season

After qualifying for the preliminary round, Samarra in the 2020–21 Iraqi First Division League played 13 matches, winning 8, drawing 3, losing 2 and gaining 27 points to occupy second place behind the leaders

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in Group 2, and qualified for the third place match. In the match to determine the third place, Samarra played against Afak, 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

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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.

Managerial history

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

Honours

(second tier) **Winners (1): 1988–89

References

External links

Club's page on goalzz.com
{{Iraq Division One Football clubs in Iraq Samarra 1973 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Saladin