Al-Kahraba'a 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-Kahraba'a 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-Kahraba'a finished fifth, their best league position in history, which they later equalled in the 2022–23 season.[5]

Al-Kahraba'a 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-Kahraba'a 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-Kahraba'a 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

First-team squad

As of 15 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iraq IRQ Mohammed Ahmed
2 DF Iraq IRQ Sattar Jabbar
3 DF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Khalil
5 MF Iraq IRQ Hussein Jassem Al-Tameeni
6 DF Iraq IRQ Hussam Kadhim
7 DF Iraq IRQ Abbas Adel
8 MF Iraq IRQ Amir Faisal
11 FW Iraq IRQ Muntadher Adel Namma
13 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Al-Karar Ahmed
14 MF Mauritania MTN Mohamed Dellah Yaly
15 DF Iraq IRQ Khudhur Ali
18 MF Iraq IRQ Murtadha Hedaib
21 GK Iraq IRQ Mohammed Abbas
25 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Khaled
27 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Raheem Kenani
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Iraq IRQ Ahmed Sartip
32 FW Mauritania MTN Mohamed Soueïd
34 MF Iraq IRQ Abdullah Abdul-Amir
41 GK Iraq IRQ Amjad Rahim
44 MF Tunisia TUN Khemais Maaouani
45 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Kareem
46 FW Iraq IRQ Muntadher Rahim
47 MF Iraq IRQ Hayder Abdulkareem
49 FW Iraq IRQ Nihad Muhammad
79 FW Iraq IRQ Wakaa Ramadan
80 DF Morocco MAR Mohamed Bentarcha
96 MF Iraq IRQ Mueen Ahmed
99 FW Brazil BRA Ruan Teles

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Iraq IRQ Ali Jasim (on loan at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya until the end of the 2023–24 season)

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

Other sports

Basketball

References

  1. ^ "نادي الكهرباء الرياضي 2001 في بداية تأسيس النادي". iraqsp.net (in Arabic). 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 2004- 2005". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  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. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  6. ^ "الكهرباء يبلغ نهائي كأس العراق للمرة الاولى في تأريخه". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. ^ "الزوراء يفوز على الكهرباء ويتوج بكأس العراق". nrttv.com (in Arabic). 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. ^ "الكرخ بطلا لكأس العراق للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". Kooora.com (in Arabic). 16 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  9. ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Kahraba – Coaches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kahrabaa_FC
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