Al-Kahrabaa SC

Al-Kahrabaa Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الكهرباء الرياضي, lit. 'Electricity Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the Rusafa District, Baghdad, known for its football team that competes in the Iraq Stars League.

Al-Kahrabaa
Full nameAl-Kahrabaa Sports Club
FoundedJuly 21, 2001 (2001-07-21)
GroundAl-Kahrabaa Stadium
Capacity2,000
ChairmanAli Jabbar Al-Asadi
ManagerLuay Salah
LeagueIraq Stars League
2022–23Iraqi Premier League, 5th of 20

History

Al-Kahrabaa 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 Iraq Division One 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-Kahrabaa finished fifth, their best league position in history, which they later equalled in the 2022–23 season.[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] Al-Kahrabaa 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-Kahrabaa 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 18 October 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
77 GK Iraq IRQ Abdullah Faisal
— GK Iraq IRQ Ali Abdul-Hassan
1 GK Iraq IRQ Ali Ebadi
23 GK Iraq IRQ Ammar Ali
5 DF Iraq IRQ Saif Hatem Abbood
25 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Khaled
35 DF Iraq IRQ Nadhem Khudher
40 DF Iraq IRQ Hussein Abbas
— DF Ghana GHA Mohammed Alhassan
— DF Iraq IRQ Mustafa Sameer
4 DF Iraq IRQ Harith Falah
15 DF Cameroon CMR Aaron Mbimbe
19 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Salam
3 DF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Khalil
24 DF Ghana GHA Polo Amanor
14 MF Brazil BRA Airton
8 MF Iraq IRQ Amir Faisal
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Syria SYR Zaher Midani
21 MF Iraq IRQ Ivan Khalid
27 MF Iraq IRQ Mustafa Saadoun
32 MF Iraq IRQ Murtadha Jamal
99 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Kareem
7 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Jassim (on loan from Al-Shorta)
31 MF Iraq IRQ Abbas Jasim (on loan from Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
34 MF Iraq IRQ Abdullah Abdulameer
18 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Hasan
99 FW Cameroon CMR Frank Cédric Abogo
11 FW Ghana GHA Stephen Baffour
10 FW Senegal SEN Daouda Diémé
30 FW Senegal SEN Ibrahima Diop
— FW Iraq IRQ Mustafa Jawda
9 FW Iraq IRQ Muhaiman Salim
28 FW Iraq IRQ Ameer Saiah
29 FW Iraq IRQ Ameer Adel

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
— GK Iraq IRQ Sajjad Kazem (on loan at Newroz until the end of the 2022–23 season)

Current technical staff
Position Name Nationality
Manager:Luay SalahIraq
Assistant manager:Usama AliIraq
Goalkeeping coach:Jalil ZaidanIraq
Fitness coach:Haider Abdul QadirIraq
Team analyst:Alaa Abd AonIraq
Reserve coach:Adnan AbdullahIraq
U-19 coach:Ali WaliIraq
Technical advisor:Abbas AttiyaIraq
Director of football:Hussein ZahrawiIraq
Managing director:Juma JaberIraq
Administrative director:Habib JabbarIraq
Club doctor:Qasim MowhiIraq

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. "الكرخ بطلا لكأس العراق للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". Kooora.com (in Arabic). 16 July 2022.
  9. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Kahraba – Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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