Al-Diwaniya FC

Al-Diwaniya is a football club based in Al Diwaniyah, Al-Qādisiyyah, Iraq, the club was formed in 1965 and has played at its home ground, it currently play in the Iraqi Premier League.

Al-Diwaniya
Full nameAl-Diwaniya Football Club
Founded1965 (1965)
GroundAl-Diwaniya Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanHussien Al-Ankoshei
ManagerHazim Saleh
LeagueIraqi Premier League
2018–19Iraqi Premier League, 14th

History

1988–2018 : Ups and downs

The 1988–89 season, the club was playing in Iraqi Premier League for first time, it was less successful during that season, and was relegated to Iraq Division One at the end. But gained promotion three years later, it played in league in three seasons (1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95), and was relegated to Division One again, but gained promotion four years later.

The club returned to play in premier League for three more seasons (1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02), then relegated to Division One for two consecutive years, and then returned to the premier League to play one season (2004–05) and then relegated at the end. Four years later, it returned and played in the premier League for two conconsecutive seasons (2009–10, 2010–11) then relegated and away from the premier League for six years.

In the 2016–17 season, Al-Diwaniya has achieved agreat level under the leadership of coach Qusay Munir, and became champions of the 2016–2017 Iraq Division one and were promoted to the 2017-18 Iraqi Premier League.[1]

Current squad

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRQ Walid Attiya
4 DF  IRQ Hamoud Meshaan
8 MF  IRQ Anwar Mahdi
10 FW  IRQ Mohammed Abdullah
17 MF  IRQ Saifeddine Dhaher
18 MF  IRQ Haider Majed
25 GK  IRQ Salam Matlab
27 DF  IRQ Mohammed Saeed
30 GK  IRQ Layth Mean
— FW  IRQ Mohammed Hatam
— MF  IRQ Hakim Shams Al-Din
— GK  IRQ Mahdi Hashim
— MF  IRQ Hussein Abdullah
— MF  IRQ Mustafa Abdullah
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  IRQ Alaa Jawad
— MF  IRQ Ivan Sulayman
— DF  IRQ Yassir Frayih
— DF  IRQ Ali Raad
— DF  IRQ Bilal Khudhair
— FW  IRQ Ali Kadhim
— FW  IRQ Ahmed Abdul Abbas
— DF  IRQ Arshad Waheed
— MF  IRQ Saif Kadhim
— FW  IRQ Hussein Ali
— MF  IRQ Ali Abboud
— FW  IRQ Hussein Salman
— FW  BEL Nathan Kabasele
— MF  ARG Maxi Rolón

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Name Nationality
Manager:Hazim Saleh
Assistant manager:Saeed Mohsen
Assistant manager:Abdul Zahra Aodah
Goalkeeping coach:Karim Suhail
Fitness coach:Majed Abdul Hameed
Administrative director:Ali Aajel

Updated to match played 8 July 2020
Source: alsabaah.iq

Board members
Position Name Nationality
President:Hussien Al-Ankoshei
Vice-president:Mazin Farhan
Secretary:Haider Jaber
Treasurer:Abdul Hussein Karim

Updated to match played 24 September 2019
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Managerial history
  • Qusay Munir (2017)
  • Sabah Abdul Hassan (2017)
  • Sami Bahat (2017)
  • Nabil Zaki (2017–2018)
  • Ahmad Kadhim Assad (2018)
  • Haider Yahya (2018)
  • Samir Kadhim Hassan (2018)
  • Ali Hashim (2018)
  • Razzaq Farhan (2018–2019)
  • Sadiq Saadoun (2019)
  • Hamid Rahim (2019–2020)
  • Hazim Saleh (2020–)

Honours
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References
  1. "الديوانية يتوج بطلا لدوري الدرجة الأولى ويتأهل للممتاز". almasalah.net (in Arabic). August 11, 2017.


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