Al-Haris Al-Maliki

Al-Haris Al-Maliki

Full name	Al-Haris Al-Maliki
Founded	1947
Dissolved	1956
President	Obaid Abdullah Al-Mudhayfi
League	Iraq Central FA League

Al-Haris Al-Maliki (Arabic: فريق الحرس الملكي, lit. 'Royal Guards'), was an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad. They participated in the first ever national cup tournament held in Iraq: the 1948–49 Iraq FA Cup.^[1] They also won seven Iraq Central FA League titles in a row (the top-tier league for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973), making them the most successful team in the tournament's history.^[2]

Honours[]

Al-Haris Al-Maliki players

• Iraq Central FA League
  • Winners (7): 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56 (record)
• Army Cup
  • Winners (4): 1948, 1950, 1955, 1956 (shared record)
• Jamal Baban Cup
  • Winners (2): 1948, 1951

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