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Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الدفاع الجوي الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad, that plays in Iraq Division Three.[1]

Al-Difaa Al-Jawi SC

Full name	Al-Difaa Al-Jawi Sport Club
Founded	1994; 28 years ago (1994)
Ground	Al-Ghazaliya Stadium
Chairman	Maan Zaid Al-Saadi
Manager	Haitham Kadhim
League	Iraq Division Three
Home colours Away colours

History

In Premier League

Al-Difaa Al-Jawi team played in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 1999–2000 season,[2] and it lasted for six seasons in the Premier League until the 2004–05 season, at the end of which it was relegated to the Iraq Division One.[3] The team played its first four seasons in the name of Al-Difaa Al-Jawi, and in the last two seasons in the league the name of the club was changed, and it played in the league under the name Al-Estiqlal.[4]

Re-establishment

After the team's exit from the Iraqi Premier League in 2005, its sports activities were suspended and the situation continued until 2021, when the club was re-established in that year under its first name (Al-Difaa Al-Jawi) and a new administrative body was elected, and multiple sports teams were formed, including the football team, which is currently playing in the Iraq Division Three.[5][6]

Managerial history

• Hakeem Shaker (1997–1999)
• Saleh Radhi (1999–2002)
• Salam Hashim (2002–2003)
• Haitham Kadhim (2022–present)

Famous players

• Younis Abed Ali
• Ali Mutashar
• Wissam Zaki
• Samal Saeed
• Samer Saeed

Honours

• Al-Quds International Championship
  • Winner (1): 1999

References

External links

• Al-Difaa Al-Jawi SC on Goalzz.com
• Iraq Clubs- Foundation Dates

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