Samarra SC
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| Full name | Samarra Sport Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Abnaa Al-Malwiya (Sons of Malwiya) | ||
| Founded | 1973 | ||
| Ground | Samarra Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Saddam Azeez | ||
| Manager | Ayoub Younes | ||
| League | Iraqi Premier Division League | ||
| 2022–23 | Iraqi First Division League, 5th in Group 1 | ||
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Samarra Sport Club (Arabic: نادي سامراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Samarra. Founded in 1973, the club competes in Iraqi Premier Division League.
History
[edit]In the Iraqi Premier League
[edit]Samarra played in the Iraqi Premier League for 22 consecutive seasons, starting from the 1989–90 season, where they played for the first time,[1] until the 2010–11 season, when they relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.[2]
2020–21 Season
[edit]After qualifying for the preliminary round, Samarra in the 2020–21 Iraqi First Division League played 13 matches, winning 8, drawing 3, losing 2 and gaining 27 points to occupy second place behind the leaders Al-Sinaa in Group 2, and qualified for the third place match.[3] In the match to determine the third place, Samarra played against Afak, the second team in Group 1, and defeated them 1–0 to occupy the third place, and qualified for the play-off match, which qualifies for the Iraqi Premier League.[4] In the play-off match, Samarra managed to defeat Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya on penalties, after the original time of the match ended with a score of 1-1, to officially qualify the team to play in the Iraqi Premier League.[5]
Managerial history
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Zahid Qassim- Ayoub Younis
- Ahmed Kadhim (2020–2021)
- Sami Bahat (2021)
- Ali Hussien Dawood (2021) (Caretaker)
- Ahmed Kadhim (2021)
- Samer Saeed (2021–2022)
- Moayad Taha (2022)
- Nihad Ghazi (2022)
- Zahed Qasim (2022–2023)
- Ali Wahab (2023)
- Ayoub Younes (2023-)
Honours
[edit]- Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
- Winners (1): 1988–89
References
[edit]- ^ تاريخ الدوري العراقي، الدوري العراقي موسم ١٩٨٩–١٩٩٠ niiiis.com (in Arabic)
- ^ Iraqi League 2010/2011-Group Stage goalzz.com
- ^ "سامراء يقلص الفارق مع المتصدر لنقطتين في الدوري". baghdadtoday.news (in Arabic). June 13, 2021.
- ^ "سامراء يفوز على عفك ويضمن بطاقة الملحق المؤهل لدوري الكرة الممتاز". shafaq.com (in Arabic). July 11, 2021.
- ^ "سامراء يهزم الصناعات الكهربائية ويتأهل لدوري الكرة الممتاز". iraqakhbar.com (in Arabic). July 30, 2021.
External links
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