Al-Kahrabaa SC explained

Clubname:Al-Kahrabaa
Fullname:Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club
Founded By:Saad Abdul Hamed Al-Khatib
Ground:Al-Kahrabaa Stadium
Capacity:2,000
Chairman:Ali Jabbar Al-Asadi
Manager:Wali Karim
League:Iraq Stars League
Current:2024–25 Iraq Stars League
Position:Iraq Stars League, 13th of 20
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Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الكهرباء الرياضي|lit=Electricity Sports Club) is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad, and is known for its football team that competes in the Iraq Stars League.

History

Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club was founded on 21 July 2001 by Saad Abdul Hamed Al-Khatib (who was the first ever chairman) in the Ministry of Electricity.[1] They were promoted to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time for the 2004–05 season[2] where they remained until they got relegated to the Iraqi First Division League in 2013. They were promoted back to the Premier League at the first attempt[3] under coach Shaker Mahmoud,[4] where they have remained since. During the 2017–18 season, Al-Kahrabaa finished fifth, their best league position in history, which they later equalled in the 2022–23 season.[5]

Al-Kahrabaa reached the final of the 2018–19 Iraq FA Cup for the first time in their history after beating Al-Talaba 3–0 in the semi-finals,[6] but lost the final against Iraqi giants Al-Zawraa 1–0 at the national Al-Shaab Stadium.[7] Al-Kahrabaa reached the final of the Iraq FA Cup again in the 2021–22 season, but were beaten 2–1 by Al-Karkh.[8]

AFC Cup debut

Al-Kahrabaa finished the 2022–23 Iraqi Premier League in fifth place but since they have the license for the competition, they qualified for their first ever 2023–24 AFC Cup debut.

Current squad

Out on loan

Current technical staff

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Manager:Luay Salah
Assistant manager:Usama Ali
Goalkeeping coach:Jalil Zaidan
Fitness coach:Haider Abdul Qadir
Team analyst:Alaa Abd Aon
Reserve coach:Adnan Abdullah
U-19 coach:Ali Wali
Technical advisor:Abbas Attiya
Director of football:Hussein Zahrawi
Managing director:Juma Jaber
Administrative director:Habib Jabbar
Club doctor:Qasim Mowhi

Notes and References

  1. Web site: نادي الكهرباء الرياضي 2001 في بداية تأسيس النادي. iraqsp.net. ar. 26 April 2008. 19 February 2019. 20 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190220063153/http://www.iraqsp.net/displayimage.php?album=304&pos=13. live.
  2. Web site: تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 2004- 2005. niiiis.com. ar. 11 August 2009. 19 February 2019. 16 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220316010735/http://www.niiiis.com/04-05.html. live.
  3. Web site: كرة الكهرباء تعود لدوري الكبار. alghadpress.com. ar. 14 August 2014.
  4. Web site: رئيس نادي الكهرباء يشيد بتأهل فريق الكرة الى الممتاز. alghadpress.com. ar. 12 August 2014.
  5. Web site: Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018. goalzz.com. 18 July 2018. 19 February 2019. 15 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180615055502/http://www.goalzz.com/?c=15144&mode=. live.
  6. Web site: الكهرباء يبلغ نهائي كأس العراق للمرة الاولى في تأريخه. alsumaria.tv. ar. 11 June 2019. 26 July 2019. 12 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190612141128/https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entertainment-News/307315/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9/alsumaria-news. live.
  7. Web site: الزوراء يفوز على الكهرباء ويتوج بكأس العراق. nrttv.com. ar. 26 July 2019. 26 July 2019. 31 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190831143055/https://www.nrttv.com/Ar/News.aspx?id=14833&MapID=2. live.
  8. Web site: الكرخ بطلا لكأس العراق للمرة الأولى في تاريخه. Kooora.com. ar. 16 July 2022. 16 July 2022. 16 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220816171703/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1156271. live.