Al-Samawa FC

Samawa FC (Arabic: نادي السماوة‎), is an Iraqi sports club based in As-Samawa, Al-Muthanna, Iraq, which plays in the Iraqi Premier League,[1] the top tier of the Iraqi football. The club's home stadium is As Samawah Stadium.

Al Samawa
Full nameAl Samawa Football Club
Founded1963 (1963)
GroundAs Samawah Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanNamir Hasoon
ManagerGhalib Abdul Hussein
LeagueIraqi Premier League
2018–19Iraqi Premier League, 18th

History

Al-Samawa Football Club was founded in 1963[2] by Shamkhi Jabr Athab, the first president of the club was Hatem Rashid Deibes.[3] In 1974 the team played in the Iraqi Premier League since the beginning of the league, they won sixth place.[4] In the end of next season 1975–76 they came in last place and relegated to Iraq Division One.[5] Twenty-three years later, the club returned to play in the Premier League again in the 1999–2000 season,[6] and continued for seven seasons until they relegated to Division One in the 2005–06 season. The club returned after a year to qualification for the Premier League again since the 2007–08 season, and after three seasons relegated to Division One in the 2009–10 season, but returned to play in the Premier League in 2015–16 season[7] where qualified after winning the Iraqi First Division championship for 2014-15 season.[8]

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
2 DF  IRQ Mukhallad Sattar
3 DF  IRQ Ayad Sadir
4 DF  IRQ Ahmed Abdul Karim Mhaybes
5 DF  IRQ Moammal Khalid
6 MF  IRQ Ahmad Abbas Hattab
8 FW  IRQ Marwan Abbas
9 FW  IRQ Asaad Kadhim
10 MF  IRQ Mohammed Nazar
11 MF  IRQ Ahmed Hadhir
13 DF  IRQ Wissam Ali
14 MF  IRQ Jamal Kamal
15 MF  IRQ Moammal Karim
16 MF  IRQ Ibrahim Ali
17 MF  IRQ Hussein Manthor
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  IRQ Eihab Najeh
19 MF  IRQ Amjad Saad
21 GK  IRQ Hassan Ahmed
22 DF  IRQ Haider Subhi (Captain)
25 MF  IRQ Osama Fadhel
26 MF  IRQ Ahmed Adnan Jassim
27 DF  IRQ Ameer Ali Bari
28 MF  IRQ Hassan Salman
29 MF  IRQ Karrar Qasim
32 DF  IRQ Muntadher Subhi
37 MF  IRQ Ali Khalil
38 FW  IRQ Abdullah Ahmed
39 MF  IRQ Ahmed Sachit
— FW  IRQ Hussein Khalid Barakat
— DF  IRQ Ali Waheed
— DF  IRQ Karrar Kadhim Bachai
— DF  IRQ Ali Mohammed Kanoosh
— MF  IRQ Saifeddin Taher
— FW  IRQ Hussein Tuma
— FW  IRQ Ahmed Salam

Technical staff
Position Name Nationality
Manager:Ghalib Abdul Hussein
Assistant manager:Aqeel Ghani
Assistant manager:Sadeq Hanoon
Goalkeeping coach:Nabil Awad
Fitness coach:Abbas Luabi
Technical director:Ghalib Abdul Hussein
Administrative director:Ali Abdul Hussein

Updated to match played 30 July 2019
Source: sportnow.net

Managerial history

Since winning the Iraq Division One and returning to play in the Premier League in the 2015 season so far, the team has led twelve coaches.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

  • Ali Wahab (May 2015–June 2015)
  • Mohammed Alosh (2015–2016)
  • Khalid Aoda (Sep 2016–Nov 2016)
  • Hassan Kamal (Nov 2016–Dec 216)
  • Sabah Abdul Hassan (2016–2017)
  • Aqeel Ghani (Jan 2017–Fab 2017)
  • Muneer Jaber (Fab 2017–Apr 2017)
  • Hazim Saleh (2017–2018)
  • Safaa Adnan (2018–2019)
  • Ghalib Abdul Hussein (Jan 2019–Mar 2019)
  • Maytham Dael-Haq (Mar 2019–June 2019)
  • Samir Kadhim (June 2019–2020)
  • Ghalib Abdul Hussein (2020–present)

Honours
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References
  1. Samawa wins the title of first division championship and qualify for the Premier League
  2. "Iraq Clubs- Foundation Dates". rsssf.com. December 14, 2007.
  3. "قصة تأسيس نادي السماوة". forum.kooora.com. October 12, 2008.
  4. "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 1974- 1975". niiiis.com (in Arabic). August 11, 2008.
  5. "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 1975- 1976". niiiis.com (in Arabic). August 11, 2008.
  6. "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 1999- 2000". niiiis.com (in Arabic). April 3, 2009.
  7. "السماوة يتاهل للدوري الممتاز". almirbad.com (in Arabic). May 24, 2015.
  8. "السماوة يتوَّج بلقب دوري الدرجة الأولى". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). June 14, 2015.
  9. "علي وهاب مدرباً لنادي السماوة". aynaliraqnews.com (in Arabic). May 6, 2015.
  10. "علوش مدرب مصري يتعاقد مع فريق عراقي مقابل 750 دولار شهرياً". yallakora.com (in Arabic). July 8, 2015.
  11. "خالد عودة خلفا لمحمد علوش في تدريب نادي السماوة". sawanews.net (in Arabic). September 17, 2016.
  12. "السماوة يتعاقد مع المدرب حسن كمال خلفاً لخالد عودة". almirbad.com (in Arabic). November 9, 2016.
  13. "صباح عبد الحسن مدربا للسماوة". shafaaq.com (in Arabic). December 9, 2016.
  14. "إدارة السماوة تسمي عقيل غني مدربا لفريقها الكروي". wsa-news.com (in Arabic). January 29, 2017.
  15. "ادارة نادي السماوة تعين مدربا سادسا لفريقها الكروي وتقترض لتسديد رواتب لاعبيه". sobelalsalam.com (in Arabic). February 16, 2017.
  16. "حازم صالح مدرباً للسماوة خلفاً لمنير جابر". almirbad.com (in Arabic). April 21, 2017.
  17. "رسمياً.. صفاء عدنان مدرباً لنادي السماوة". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). October 9, 2017.
  18. "غالب عبد الحسين مدربا لكرة السماوة رسمياً". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). January 18, 2019.
  19. "السماوة يتعاقد مع ميثم داعي الحق لتدريب فريقه الأول". iraqakhbar.com (in Arabic). March 3, 2019.
  20. "رسمياً.. سمير كاظم مدرباً لنادي السماوة". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). June 23, 2019.


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