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Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الدفاع المدني الرياضي, lit. 'Civil Defense SC'), is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Shaab, Baghdad, that plays in the Iraq Division One and Iraq FA Cup.

Al-Difaa Al-Madani SC

Full name	Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club
Founded	2005; 17 years ago (2005)
Ground	Al-Aaras Stadium
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Chairman	Adel Al-Hurr Lazim
Manager	Adel Ajar
League	Iraq Division One
2021–22	Iraq Division One, 13th of 24
Home colours Away colours

History

Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club was founded in 2005 by Ministry of Defence.[1] The club didn't have a headquarters until 2017, when they rehabilitated one of the war shelters to turn it into a club headquarters,[2] they played in the Iraq FA Cup in 2015–16 season, the team played their first match against Al-Mahmoudiyah FC and beat him, but they were in the 32nd round facing Al-Zawraa, the league champions that season and lost the match.[3] The club played in Iraq Division One in 2017–18 season and almost qualified for Iraqi Premier League in 2018 season,[4] but in the final lost against Erbil, the Iraqi champions for three seasons in the last ten years and Erbil is qualified.[5]

Personnel

Board members

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Adel Al-Hurr Lazim
Vice-president:	Jabbar Mohsin
Secretary:	Akram Wali
Treasurer:	Basheer Abdul Sada
Member of the Board:	Vacant

Updated to match played 14 December 2017
Source: newsabah.com

Managerial history

• Haider Jabbar
• Mahdi Kadhim
• Adel Ajar

See also

• 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup
• 2016–17 Iraq FA Cup

References

External links

• Al-Difaa Al-Madani profile at kooora.com (in Arabic)

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