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Al-Sha'ab International Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الشعب الدولي, lit. 'The People's Stadium') is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Baghdad, Iraq.The 35,700-seater was the home stadium of the Iraq national football team, as well as the largest stadium in Iraq, from its opening on 6 November 1966 until the Basra International Stadium was opened in 2013.
The Umm al-Ma'arik Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك, lit. 'Mother of all Battles Championship'), known as the Baghdad Championship (Arabic: بطولة بغداد) in its last edition, and also referred to as the Iraqi Elite Cup, was an annual football competition in men's domestic Iraqi football that was usually held at the beginning of each season.
The Baghdad derbies are a series of derby matches between four Baghdad-based football clubs: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, Al-Talaba and Al-Zawraa, [1] collectively known as the 'Popular Teams'. [ nb 1 ] They are the four most successful teams in the history of Iraqi football , and league games between the clubs are usually played at the ...
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), [2] to compete in the 1960–61 Iraq Central FA Second Division, the second-tier league in the Baghdad region. [3]
Baghdad Sports City Baghdad: 85,000 Football Iraq national football team: TBD Proposed Tajiat Olympic Stadium: Baghdad: 60,000 Football Iraq national football team: Under construction Al-Kashafa Stadium: Al Kasrah, Baghdad: 45,000 Football
The Iraqi football champions are the winners of the highest league in Iraqi football. Following the establishment of the Iraq Football Association (IFA) in 1948, a regional league called the Iraq Central FA Premier League was held for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities, alongside other regional leagues including the Basra, Kirkuk and Mosul leagues.
Amanat Baghdad Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أمانة بغداد الرياضي, lit. ' Mayoralty of Baghdad Sports Club ') is an Iraqi professional football team based in Karkh District , Baghdad , that competes in the Iraqi Premier Division League , the second tier of Iraqi football.
In 1957, Jawiya completed the signing of Ammo Baba, one of the best players in Iraqi football history, and won their first league title in Ammo's first season at the club in 1957–58, after Al-Shorta Select XI withdrew from the replay of the final. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malakiya were renamed to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Air Force) when Iraq became a ...