Al-Kahrabaa FC

Al-Kahrabaa Football Club (Arabic: نادي الكهرباء الرياضي‎, lit. 'Electric Club or Electricity Club') is an Iraqi professional football club based in the Rusafa District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad that plays in Iraqi Premier League.

Al Kahrabaa
Electric Club (English)
Full nameAl Kahrabaa Football Club
Founded21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)
GroundAl Taji Stadium (Temporary)
Capacity5,000
ChairmanAli Jabbar Al-Asadi
ManagerAbbas Attiya
LeagueIraqi Premier League
2018–19Iraqi Premier League, 10th

History

Al-Kahrabaa Sport Club was founded on 21 July 2001 by the Ministry of Electricity.[1] They were promoted to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 2004–05 season[2] where they remained until they got relegated to the Iraq Division One in 2012. They won the league during that season and 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 season in history.[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]

Club logo controversy

At the start of their history, Al-Kahrabaa used a badge that was very similar to the one used by Defensor Sporting, a club based in Montevideo.[8]

Honours

Domestic

National

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 Mohammed Kadhim Radhi
2 DF  IRQ Khaldoun Aziz
3 DF  IRQ Saad Jassim
4 DF  IRQ Harith Falah
5 DF  IRQ Saif Hatem
9 MF  IRQ Murtadha Hdayeb
10 FW  IRQ Alaa Mhaysen
11 FW  CIV Abou Kone
12 GK  IRQ Haider Jamaleddine
13 MF  CMR Gustave Moundi Djengue
14 MF  GHA Amissah Anfoh Assan
15 DF  IRQ Hussein Ali Jaber
17 MF  IRQ Mohammed Ibrahim
18 DF  IRQ Karrar Karim
20 MF  IRQ Ahmed Mahmoud
21 GK  IRQ Mohammed Abbas Ali
22 MF  IRQ Hussein Fadhel
23 GK  IRQ Ammar Ali Hassan
24 MF  IRQ Qasim Zaidan
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  IRQ Ali Khalid
26 MF  IRQ Hassan Abdul Karim
27 MF  IRQ Gielan Luqman
35 DF  IRQ Nadhum Khodhor
24 MF  IRQ Mustafa Ali
— MF  IRQ Murtadha Al-Kinani
— DF  IRQ Arkan Ameer
— MF  IRQ Akam Hashim
— DF  IRQ Ammori Eidan
— MF  IRQ Omar Saddam
— MF  IRQ Niaz Abdullah
— DF  IRQ Muntadhar Abdul Sada
— GK  IRQ Muntadhar Ahmed
— DF  IRQ Rawa Yousef
— DF  IRQ Arkan Ameer
— MF  IRQ Ameer Ayad
— FW  IRQ Ahmed Salah
— MF  CMR Jacob Youmbi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  IRQ Hussein Falah (on loan at Al-Qasim until the end of the 2020–21 season)

Current technical staff
Position Name Nationality
Manager:Abbas Attiya
Assistant manager:Qusay Hashim
Goalkeeping coach:Bader Shaker
Fitness coach:Waleed Juma
Director of football:Hussein Zahrawi
Administrative director:Habib Jabbar
Club doctor:Qasim Mowhi

Updated to match played 8 November 2018
Source: alsumaria.tv

Managerial history

Since the club’s promotion to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in 2004–05 fifteen coaches have led the team[9]:

Honours

References
  1. "نادي الكهرباء الرياضي 2001 في بداية تأسيس النادي". iraqsp.net (in Arabic). 26 April 2008.
  2. "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 2004- 2005". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 11 August 2009.
  3. "كرة الكهرباء تعود لدوري الكبار". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 14 August 2014.
  4. "رئيس نادي الكهرباء يشيد بتأهل فريق الكرة الى الممتاز". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 12 August 2014.
  5. "Iraqi Premier League 2017/2018". goalzz.com. 18 July 2018.
  6. "الكهرباء يبلغ نهائي كأس العراق للمرة الاولى في تأريخه". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 11 June 2019.
  7. "الزوراء يفوز على الكهرباء ويتوج بكأس العراق". nrttv.com (in Arabic). 26 July 2019.
  8. "Imitación ilimitada (copias en el otro Fútbol)". cafefutbol.blogspot.com (in Spanish). 28 September 2009.
  9. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Kahraba – Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 May 2013.


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