Al-Samawa FC

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Al Samawa
Samawa FC logo.png
Full nameAl Samawa Football Club
Founded1963; 58 years ago (1963)
GroundAs Samawah Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanNamir Hasoon
ManagerAqeel Ghani
LeagueIraq Division One
2020–21Iraqi Premier League, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Current season

Samawa FC (Arabic: نادي السماوة), is an Iraqi sports club based in As-Samawa, Al-Muthanna, Iraq, which plays in the Iraq Division One,[1] the second tier of the Iraqi football. The club's home stadium is As Samawah Stadium.

History[]

Al-Samawa Football Club was founded in 1963[2] by Shamkhi Jabr Athab, the first president of the club was Hatem Rashid Deibes.[3] In 1974 the team played in the Iraqi Premier League since the beginning of the league, they won sixth place.[4] In the end of next season 1975–76 they came in last place and relegated to Iraq Division One.[5] Twenty-three years later, the club returned to play in the Premier League again in the 1999–2000 season,[6] and continued for seven seasons until they relegated to Division One in the 2005–06 season. The club returned after a year to qualification for the Premier League again since the 2007–08 season, and after three seasons relegated to Division One in the 2009–10 season, but returned to play in the Premier League in 2015–16 season[7] where qualified after winning the Iraqi First Division championship for 2014-15 season.[8]

Current squad[]

First-team squad[]

As of 23 October 2020

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 Iraq IRQ Abbas Talib Abed
2 DF Iraq IRQ Abi Wahid Nayef
3 DF Iraq IRQ Ayad Sadir
4 DF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Abdul Karim Mhaybes
5 MF Iraq IRQ Moamal Khaled
6 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Khudhor
7 MF Iraq IRQ Eihab Najeh
8 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Swaichit
9 FW Iraq IRQ Hussein Tuma
10 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Nazar
11 MF Iraq IRQ Abdullah Ahmed
15 DF Iraq IRQ Hassan Khairi
17 MF Iraq IRQ Hussein Manthor
18 FW Iraq IRQ Mohammed Hatam
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Ismail
20 MF Iraq IRQ Saif Taher
21 GK Iraq IRQ Hassan Ahmed Aasi
22 DF Iraq IRQ Haider Subhi (Captain)
24 DF Iraq IRQ Murshed Hussein
25 GK Iraq IRQ Qaed Sadir
26 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Adnan Jassim
31 MF Iraq IRQ Amjad Saad
33 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Mohammed Kanoosh
37 FW Iraq IRQ Ali Khalil Sarhan
45 DF Iraq IRQ Karrar Kadhim Bachai
55 DF Iraq IRQ Karrar Karim Shlaga
99 FW Iraq IRQ Karrar Hamid Abed

Technical staff[]

Position Name Nationality
Manager: Aqeel Ghani Iraq
Assistant manager: Bariq Rasim Iraq
Goalkeeping coach: Khalid Aoda Iraq
Fitness coach: Majid Abdul-Hameed Iraq
Technical director: Ghalib Abdul Hussein Iraq
Administrative director: Ali Abdul Hussein Iraq
Team supervisor: Saad Aziz Jabbar Iraq
U19 Manager: Hmood Salih Iraq
U16 Manager: Ahmed Abdul Hussien Iraq

Updated to match played 30 July 2019
Source: sportnow.net

Managerial history[]

Since winning the Iraq Division One and returning to play in the Premier League in the 2015 season so far, the team has led twelve coaches.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

  • Iraq Ali Wahab (May 2015–June 2015)
  • Egypt Mohammed Alosh (2015–2016)
  • Iraq Khalid Aoda (Sep 2016–Nov 2016)
  • Iraq Hassan Kamal (Nov 2016–Dec 216)
  • Iraq Sabah Abdul Hassan (2016–2017)
  • Iraq Aqeel Ghani (Jan 2017–Fab 2017)
  • Iraq Muneer Jaber (Fab 2017–Apr 2017)
  • Iraq Hazim Saleh (2017–2018)
  • Iraq Safaa Adnan (2018–2019)
  • Iraq Ghalib Abdul Hussein (Jan 2019–Mar 2019)
  • Iraq Maytham Dael-Haq (Mar 2019–June 2019)
  • Iraq Samir Kadhim (June 2019–2020)
  • Iraq Ghalib Abdul Hussein (2020–2020)
  • Iraq Aqeel Ghani (2020–2020)
  • Iraq Shaker Mahmoud (2020–2021)
  • Iraq Samir Kadhim (2021–2021)
  • Iraq Aqeel Ghani (2021–present)

Kit suppliers[]

Period Kit manufacturer
2020– Adidas

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ Samawa wins the title of first division championship and qualify for the Premier League
  2. ^ "Iraq Clubs- Foundation Dates". rsssf.com. December 14, 2007.
  3. ^ "قصة تأسيس نادي السماوة". forum.kooora.com. October 12, 2008.
  4. ^ "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 1974- 1975". niiiis.com (in Arabic). August 11, 2008.
  5. ^ "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 1975- 1976". niiiis.com (in Arabic). August 11, 2008.
  6. ^ "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 1999- 2000". niiiis.com (in Arabic). April 3, 2009.
  7. ^ "السماوة يتاهل للدوري الممتاز". almirbad.com (in Arabic). May 24, 2015.
  8. ^ "السماوة يتوَّج بلقب دوري الدرجة الأولى". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). June 14, 2015.
  9. ^ "علي وهاب مدرباً لنادي السماوة". aynaliraqnews.com (in Arabic). May 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "علوش مدرب مصري يتعاقد مع فريق عراقي مقابل 750 دولار شهرياً". yallakora.com (in Arabic). July 8, 2015.
  11. ^ "خالد عودة خلفا لمحمد علوش في تدريب نادي السماوة". sawanews.net (in Arabic). September 17, 2016.
  12. ^ "السماوة يتعاقد مع المدرب حسن كمال خلفاً لخالد عودة". almirbad.com (in Arabic). November 9, 2016.
  13. ^ "صباح عبد الحسن مدربا للسماوة". shafaaq.com (in Arabic). December 9, 2016.
  14. ^ "إدارة السماوة تسمي عقيل غني مدربا لفريقها الكروي". wsa-news.com (in Arabic). January 29, 2017.
  15. ^ "ادارة نادي السماوة تعين مدربا سادسا لفريقها الكروي وتقترض لتسديد رواتب لاعبيه". sobelalsalam.com (in Arabic). February 16, 2017.
  16. ^ "حازم صالح مدرباً للسماوة خلفاً لمنير جابر". almirbad.com (in Arabic). April 21, 2017.
  17. ^ "رسمياً.. صفاء عدنان مدرباً لنادي السماوة". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). October 9, 2017.
  18. ^ "غالب عبد الحسين مدربا لكرة السماوة رسمياً". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). January 18, 2019.
  19. ^ "السماوة يتعاقد مع ميثم داعي الحق لتدريب فريقه الأول". iraqakhbar.com (in Arabic). March 3, 2019.
  20. ^ "رسمياً.. سمير كاظم مدرباً لنادي السماوة". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). June 23, 2019.

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