Al-Jaish Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الجيش الرياضي, lit. 'Army Sports Club') is an Iraqi sports club based in Baghdad. The football team has won the Iraqi Premier League once in its history, back in 1984. For the 2008/09 season Al Jaish will play in the Iraq Division One as they were relegated from the Iraqi Premier League the season before.

Al-Jaish SC

Full name	Al-Jaish Sports Club
Founded	18 August 1974; 48 years ago (1974-08-18)
Ground	Al Jaish Stadium
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Osama Al-Sakni
Manager	Maher Ohkla
League	Iraq Division Two
2020–21	Iraq Division One, 25th of 28 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Honours

Major

• Iraqi Premier League
  • Winners (1): 1983–84
  • Runners-up (2): 1986–87, 1987–88
• Iraq FA Cup
  • Winners (2): 1979–80, 1982–83
  • Runners-up (4): 1978–79, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1994–95

Minor

• Al-Qadisiya Championship
  • Winners (2): 1983, 1984
• Marah Halim Cup
  • Winners (1): 1984
  • Runners-up (1): 1983
• Rovers Cup
  • Winners (1): 1983[1][2]
• Military Friendship Championship
  • Winners (1): 1980

Famous head coaches

• Munzir Al-Waaiz
• Hakeem Shaker
• Wojciech Przybylski

References

External links

• Club's page on Goalzz.com

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