Al Karkh

Full name	Al Karkh Sport Club
Founded	1963 as Al Rasheed
Ground	Al Karkh Stadium (Capacity: 6,000)
Chairman	Sharar Haidar
Manager	Habib Jaffar
Home colours Away colours

Al Karkh (Arabic: الكرخ‎) is an Iraqi football club based in Karkh, Baghdad. The team was known as Al Rasheed until 1991. They were runners-up to Qatari club Al Sadd in the 1989 Asian Champions Cup having narrowly lost on the away goals rule. In 2006, the club surprisingly got demoted from the top Iraqi league to the second division.

[edit] Famous Head Coaches

• Emmanuel "Ammo" Baba
• Wathik Naji Jasim
• Anwar Jassim

[edit] Honours

• Iraqi Premier League

(3): 1987, 1988, 1989 as (Al Rasheed)

• Iraq FA Cup Winners

(2): 1987, 1988 as (Al Rasheed)

• Arab Champions League

(3): 1985, 1986, 1987 as (Al Rasheed)

[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 5 appearances

1986: Qualifying Stage

1988: Group Stage

1989: Finalist

1990: Group Stage

[edit] External links

• club's page on Goalzz.com

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