Amanat Baghdad

Full name

Amanat Baghdad Sports Club

Nickname(s)

Lions of the Capital

Founded

July 1, 1957 as Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab

Ground

Amanat Baghdad Stadium
(Capacity: 5,000)

Chairman

Dr. Saber AL-Isawi

Manager

Ahmed Khalaf

League

Iraqi Premier League

2015–16

Iraqi Premier League, 8th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Amanat Baghdad (Arabic: نادي امانة بغداد‎‎), is an Iraqi football team based in Karkh District, West Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad.

History

On July 1, 1957 Al-Baladiyat (Arabic: البلديات‎‎ literally: Municipalities) were formed by the merger of Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab (Arabic: مصلحة نقل الركاب‎‎ literally: Passenger Transport Department) and Esalet Al-Mae (Arabic: إساله الماي‎‎ literally: Water Liquefaction).^[1] In 1977, Al-Amana (Arabic: الأمانة‎‎) were formed by the merger of Al-Baladiyat and Amana Al-Asama.^[2] On August 5, 2009 the team renamed to Baghdad FC. In 2014 they renamed to Amanat Baghdad.

Stadium

Since 2011 Amanat Baghdad have got their own stadium. The Amanat Baghdad Stadium holds 5,000 people.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	MF	Meeland Falah
5	DF	Ikechukwu Okorie
7	DF	Sattar Jabbar
8	FW	Abdul Fattah Al Agha
9	MF	Sajad Hussain
10	FW	Marwan Abbas (Captain)
15	DF	Ali Mohamed Ala Allah
18	DF	Ayman Rzaiej
22	GK	Ali Apo Hmra Ali
24	MF	Abdullah Abd Al Amir
27	MF	Omar Saheb
29	DF	Rida Nasr Allah
30	MF	Amissah Assan
33	FW	Mohmed Sabah M

No.	Position	Player
36	MF	Jasim Mohammed
	GK	Saqr Ajeel
	GK	Rybaz Yusuf
	GK	Haider Mohammed
	DF	Waleed Bahar
	DF	Malek Khaled
	DF	Kareem Deli
	DF	Mahmood Ayal
	MF	Aqeel Abbas
	FW	Rami Rahim
	FW	Amir Mithaa
		Abbas Kadhim
		Mohammed Moussa
		Abdul Hadi

Honours

Iraq FA Cup Championship: (3)

1956–57, 1960–61 (as Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab), 1958–59 (as Amana Al-Asama)

League of the Institutes: (2)

1964–65, 1970–71 (as Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab)

Iraq Division One: (2)

1990–91, 2004–05 (shared)

Individual honours

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Al-Amana:

2009 – Essam Yassin

Notes

External links

Iraqi Premier League

2016–17 clubs	Al-Bahri Al-Hedood Al-Hussein Al-Kahraba Al-Karkh Al-Minaa Al-Naft Al-Najaf Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Samawa Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa Amanat Baghdad Erbil Karbalaa Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Wasat Naft Maysan Zakho

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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