Al-Kahrabaa FC


Al-Kahrabaa Football Club is an Iraqi professional football club based in the Rusafa District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad that plays in Iraqi Premier League.

History

Al-Kahrabaa Sport Club was founded on 21 July 2001 by the Ministry of Electricity. They were promoted to the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 2004–05 season where they remained until they got relegated to the Iraq Division One in 2012. They won the league during that season and were promoted back to the Premier League at the first attempt under coach Shaker Mahmoud, where they have remained since. During the 2017–18 season, Al-Kahrabaa finished fifth, their best season in history.
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, but lost the final against Iraqi giants Al-Zawraa 1-0 at the national Al-Shaab Stadium.

Club logo controversy

At the start of their history, Al-Kahrabaa used a badge that was very similar to the one used by Defensor Sporting, a club based in Montevideo.

Honours

Domestic

National

First-team squad

Out on loan

Current technical staff

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: