Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Explained

Clubname:Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya
Fullname:Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya
Founded:1937

Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya (Arabic: فريق الكلية العسكرية|lit=''Military College''), known up until 1958 as Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malakiya, was an Iraqi football team founded in 1937 in Baghdad which represented the Iraqi Military Academy. They were the runners-up of Iraq's first ever national cup when they lost the final of the 1948–49 Iraq FA Cup to Sharikat Naft Al-Basra.[1] They were also the first ever winners of the Iraq Central FA Premier League, a regional league for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities, when they earned the title in 1948–49.[2] Their final season in the top-flight was 1969–70 when they were relegated to the region's second-tier.[3]

Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya were consigned to competing in non-IFA competitions after 1974 following the introduction of a clubs-only league system in Iraq, and competed in Army competitions until 1991 when the team was disbanded along with several other Army teams due to the Gulf War.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Cup goes to Basrah. The Iraq Times. 8 April 1949. 30 July 2020. 27 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727183115/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=d&d=iraq19490408-01.1.4. live.
  2. Web site: Military College win Iraq Times Cup. The Iraq Times. 14 April 1949. 30 July 2020. 28 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200728021244/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/?a=d&d=iraq19490421-01.1.4. live.
  3. Web site: Iraq 1974/75. 25 July 2019. 5 February 2023. 5 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230205204429/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iraq75.html. live.
  4. Web site: Iraq 1974/75. 25 July 2019. 5 February 2023. 5 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230205204429/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iraq75.html. live.