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Al-Talaba SC
Al-Talaba Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الطلبة الرياضي, lit. ''Students Sports Club'') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1969, the club was named Al-Jamiea but became known as Al-Talaba ahead of the 1978–79 season after being merged with a new club of the same name. Their home stadium is Al-Talaba Stadium.
Al-Talaba are one of Iraq's most successful teams having won five league titles, most recently in the 2001–02 season. They have also achieved two FA Cups, one Super Cup and a joint-record three Baghdad Championships. The club's best achievements on the continental stage include finishing fourth at the 1986 Asian Club Championship and finishing second and fourth at the 1995 and 1998–99 editions of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup respectively.
The club was owned by the National Union of Iraqi Students until 1993, when the club was attached to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research with the minister being the honorary president of the club.
In 1961, the University of Baghdad formed a football team made of the best football-playing students in the university, under the name of Montakhab Jami'at Baghdad (University of Baghdad Select XI), to compete in the 1960–61 Iraq Central FA Second Division, the second-tier league in the Baghdad region. The team was eliminated in the first round after losing 2–1 to the Railway Workers' Union on 22 February 1961. The team participated in the 1964 Republic Championship and also entered the Universities of Iraq League. The first president of the team was Hassan Kanah and the first technical staff consisted of the manager, Ghani Askar, and his two assistants, Moayad Al-Badri and Sami Al-Saffar.
On 17 December 1969, the Jami'at Baghdad team was formed as the University of Baghdad re-entered the official Iraq Football Association (IFA) league pyramid. By a special resolution from the IFA, the team's first participation was in the regional second tier without needing to compete in either the third or fourth tiers. In their first season, 1970–71, the team under the management of Thamir Muhsin finished top of the second-tier league and were promoted to the Iraq Central FA First Division. However, in the 1971–72 season, they finished in last place and were relegated back to the second-tier. In 1974, the team was banned from competing in the Iraq FA Baghdad Cup competition due to events that took place in, and their withdrawal from, their match against Kahrabaa Al-Wusta B in a second-tier league game.
After three seasons, Muhsin left the team and Jamal Salih became the new manager, and the Jami'at Baghdad team became known as Al-Jamiea Sports Club with the introduction of the national club system in Iraq. Jamal Salih led the team to promotion to the top division in the 1974–75 season, after which the club acquired its own headquarters and elected an administrative body. After finishing eighth in their first Iraqi National League top-flight season in 1975–76, Al-Jamiea were the runners-up in the 1976–77 season, finishing five points behind the league leaders Al-Zawra'a.
On 27 December 1977, a new club named Al-Talaba Sports Club (which translates to The Students) was formed under the same institution as Al-Jamiea Sports Club. Less than a year later, ahead of the 1978–79 season, the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to merge the two clubs in order to unify the institution's sporting activity, with the merger club taking the name of Al-Talaba and retaining Al-Jamiea's place in the top division. The club took the Volleyball Training Centre on Al-Maghrib Street in Baghdad as its headquarters. Mohammed Debdeb, the president of the National Union of Iraqi Students, was named president of the club and Hadib Majhoul was named as vice-president, while nine other board members were also named.
The board decided to replace manager Jamal Salih with Abdul Wahab Abdul Qadir, who led the team through the 1978–79 season. Al-Talaba finished in third place in the league, an improvement on Al-Jamiea's eighth-place finish the previous season. For the first time, an Al-Talaba player was among the league's top three goalscorers with Hussein Saeed scoring six goals and Haris Mohammed scoring five. Al-Talaba were disqualified from the 1978–79 Iraq FA Cup due to participating in an Arab University tournament without the approval of the Iraq Football Association. In 1979, Al-Talaba represented Iraq at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico, finishing in 17th place out of 26 teams.
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Al-Talaba SC
Al-Talaba Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الطلبة الرياضي, lit. ''Students Sports Club'') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1969, the club was named Al-Jamiea but became known as Al-Talaba ahead of the 1978–79 season after being merged with a new club of the same name. Their home stadium is Al-Talaba Stadium.
Al-Talaba are one of Iraq's most successful teams having won five league titles, most recently in the 2001–02 season. They have also achieved two FA Cups, one Super Cup and a joint-record three Baghdad Championships. The club's best achievements on the continental stage include finishing fourth at the 1986 Asian Club Championship and finishing second and fourth at the 1995 and 1998–99 editions of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup respectively.
The club was owned by the National Union of Iraqi Students until 1993, when the club was attached to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research with the minister being the honorary president of the club.
In 1961, the University of Baghdad formed a football team made of the best football-playing students in the university, under the name of Montakhab Jami'at Baghdad (University of Baghdad Select XI), to compete in the 1960–61 Iraq Central FA Second Division, the second-tier league in the Baghdad region. The team was eliminated in the first round after losing 2–1 to the Railway Workers' Union on 22 February 1961. The team participated in the 1964 Republic Championship and also entered the Universities of Iraq League. The first president of the team was Hassan Kanah and the first technical staff consisted of the manager, Ghani Askar, and his two assistants, Moayad Al-Badri and Sami Al-Saffar.
On 17 December 1969, the Jami'at Baghdad team was formed as the University of Baghdad re-entered the official Iraq Football Association (IFA) league pyramid. By a special resolution from the IFA, the team's first participation was in the regional second tier without needing to compete in either the third or fourth tiers. In their first season, 1970–71, the team under the management of Thamir Muhsin finished top of the second-tier league and were promoted to the Iraq Central FA First Division. However, in the 1971–72 season, they finished in last place and were relegated back to the second-tier. In 1974, the team was banned from competing in the Iraq FA Baghdad Cup competition due to events that took place in, and their withdrawal from, their match against Kahrabaa Al-Wusta B in a second-tier league game.
After three seasons, Muhsin left the team and Jamal Salih became the new manager, and the Jami'at Baghdad team became known as Al-Jamiea Sports Club with the introduction of the national club system in Iraq. Jamal Salih led the team to promotion to the top division in the 1974–75 season, after which the club acquired its own headquarters and elected an administrative body. After finishing eighth in their first Iraqi National League top-flight season in 1975–76, Al-Jamiea were the runners-up in the 1976–77 season, finishing five points behind the league leaders Al-Zawra'a.
On 27 December 1977, a new club named Al-Talaba Sports Club (which translates to The Students) was formed under the same institution as Al-Jamiea Sports Club. Less than a year later, ahead of the 1978–79 season, the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to merge the two clubs in order to unify the institution's sporting activity, with the merger club taking the name of Al-Talaba and retaining Al-Jamiea's place in the top division. The club took the Volleyball Training Centre on Al-Maghrib Street in Baghdad as its headquarters. Mohammed Debdeb, the president of the National Union of Iraqi Students, was named president of the club and Hadib Majhoul was named as vice-president, while nine other board members were also named.
The board decided to replace manager Jamal Salih with Abdul Wahab Abdul Qadir, who led the team through the 1978–79 season. Al-Talaba finished in third place in the league, an improvement on Al-Jamiea's eighth-place finish the previous season. For the first time, an Al-Talaba player was among the league's top three goalscorers with Hussein Saeed scoring six goals and Haris Mohammed scoring five. Al-Talaba were disqualified from the 1978–79 Iraq FA Cup due to participating in an Arab University tournament without the approval of the Iraq Football Association. In 1979, Al-Talaba represented Iraq at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico, finishing in 17th place out of 26 teams.