Amanat Baghdad SC

Amanat Baghdad
Full name	Amanat Baghdad Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Lions of the Capital,; Qaher Al-Amaliqa[1]
Founded	1 July 1957 as Amanat Al-Asima
Ground	Amanat Baghdad Stadium; (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Falah Mendeb Al-Masudi
Manager	Essam Hamad Salem
League	Iraqi Premier League
2018–19	Iraqi Premier League, 8th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Amanat Baghdad Sport Club (Arabic: نادي امانة بغداد‎), is an Iraqi football team based in Karkh District, Baghdad.

History

On July 1, 1957, Amanat Al-Asima (Arabic: امانة العاصمة‎ literally: Capital Secretariat) were formed.[2]
In 1977, Amanat Al-Asima merged with Al-Baladiyat to form Al-Amana (Arabic: الأمانة‎ literally: Secretariat).[3] Al-Baladiyat (Arabic: البلديات‎ literally: Municipalities)[3] were a club formed in 1974 by the merger of Esalet Al-Mai (Arabic: إساله الماي‎ literally: Water Liquefaction, formed in 1954)[4] and Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab (Arabic: مصلحة نقل الركاب‎ literally: Passenger Transport Department, formed in 1956).[5]
On August 5, 2009, Al-Amana was renamed to Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد‎).[6]
In 2014, Baghdad renamed to Amanat Baghdad (Arabic: أمانة بغداد‎ literally: Mayoralty of Baghdad).[7]

Since 2011 Amanat Baghdad have got their own stadium. The Amanat Baghdad Stadium holds 5,000 people.

As of 26 July 2020

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JOR	Yousef Al-Alousi
4	DF	IRQ	Milad Falah
13	DF	IRQ	Ayman Rzayej
16	GK	IRQ	Ali Jassim
17	FW	IRQ	Jabbar Karim
19	MF	IRQ	Mohammed Salam
25	MF	IRQ	Sattar Yassin
30	DF	NGA	Samuel Eko
35	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Jabbar
99	MF	IRQ	Thamer Barghash
—	GK	IRQ	Sarhang Muhsin
—	DF	IRQ	Ali Raad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	IRQ	Muhaymen Adnan
—	DF	IRQ	Zaid Tahseen
—	DF	IRQ	Montadhar Sattar
—	DF	IRQ	Mohammed Saeed
—	MF	IRQ	Moammal Abdul Redha
—	MF	IRQ	Rafed Muayyed
—	MF	IRQ	Hussein Abdullah
—	FW	IRQ	Redha Fadhel
—	FW	IRQ	Ali Saad
—	DF	IRQ	Mustafa Nadhim
—	DF	IRQ	Ali Hussein Habib

Updated to match played 3 August 2020
Source:

Iraq Division One (second tier)
- Winners (2): 1990–91, 2004–05 (shared) (as Al-Baladiyat)
Iraq FA Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1975–76 (as Al-Baladiyat)

Iraq Central FA League
- Winners (5):
  - 1956–57, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1970–71 (as Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab)
  - 1958–59 (as Amanat Al-Asima)
- Runners-up (1): 1967–68 (as Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab)
Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup
- Winners (1): 1965 (as Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab)

Police Director General Cup
- Winners (2): 1959, 1960 (as Amanat Al-Asima)

The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Al-Amana:

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