Iraqi football club
Football club
Karbala SC |
Full name | Karbala Sport Club |
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Founded | 1958; 66 years ago (1958) |
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Ground | Karbala International Stadium |
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Capacity | 30,000 |
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Chairman | Ahmed Haddam |
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Manager | Abbas Attiya |
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League | Iraq Stars League |
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2022–23 | Iraqi Premier League, 8th of 20 |
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Karbala Sport Club is an Iraqi football club based in Karbala that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football.
SWAT incident
On June 23, 2013, after a match against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, seven football players of Karbala FC and their coach were beaten by the anti-terror police. They used sticks and batons against the coach and his players. Five of them were in critical condition, and on the 30th of June, Mohammed Al-Jaboury, coach of Karbala FC has died in hospital.[1]
Stadium
Karbala International Stadium is a purpose built football stadium being constructed in Karbala, Iraq. It was opened in 2016 in which it has the capacity to hold 30,000 people and become the new home of the club.
Current squad
First-team squad
- As of 3 September 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | 1 | GK | IRQ | Abdulaziz Ammar | — | GK | IRQ | Alaa Ahmed | — | DF | GUI | Aboubacar Camara | — | DF | CIV | Ibrahim Koné | — | DF | TOG | Koami Awounyo | 2 | DF | IRQ | Raad Fanar | — | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Adel | — | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Kareem | — | DF | IRQ | AbdulRazaq Alhussaini | — | DF | MTN | Bilal Bala | 35 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Salim | 66 | DF | IRQ | Firas Fenjan | 30 | DF | IRQ | Firas Zamel | — | DF | IRQ | Hayder Faiq | 39 | FW | NGA | Donatus Edafe | 7 | FW | IRQ | Zidane Abduljabbar (on loan from Erbil) | 14 | MF | IRQ | Baqer Attwan | 88 | MF | BFA | Moussa Dao | — | MF | IRQ | Wissam Kadhim | 8 | MF | IRQ | Sajjad Raad | 9 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Abdulrazaq | — | FW | IRQ | Hussein Kareem | 10 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Qasim Nassif | 16 | FW | IRQ | Mustafa Radhi | |
Current personnel
Management
Position | Name | Nationality |
President: | Ahmed Haddam | |
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References
- ^ Al-Jazeera SC official website – SWAT Incident
External links
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