Al-Basra SC
Al-Basra Sport Club (Arabic: نادي البصرة الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Jamhoriya, Basra, that plays in Iraq Division Two.
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Full name | Al-Basra Sport club | ||
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Founded | 1992 | ||
Ground | Al-Basra Stadium | ||
Chairman | Hassan Abed Ali | ||
Manager | Bassam Khairallah | ||
League | Iraq Division Two | ||
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History
in Premier League
The Al-Basra team played in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 2002–03 season, and they weren’t good enough, and it was at the bottom of the standings, but there was no relegation in the league.[1] So they returned in the next season with the same level and bottom of the standings, and there was no relegation either, where the league stopped due to the war[2] and in their third season In the Premier League, the 2004–05 season was a bad season for the team as well, and in the end, the team was eliminated from the Group Stage and relegated to the Iraq Division One.[3]
Current squad
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current technical staff
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Manager: | Bassam Khairallah | ![]() |
Assistant manager: | Hussein Naseer | ![]() |
Assistant manager: | Fahad Abdullah | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach: | Ghassan Abdul Karim | ![]() |
Fitness coach: | Ali Mohammed | ![]() |
Updated to match played 3 September 2018
Source: Al-Basra Club website
References
- "The history of Iraqi Premier League 2002-03". niiiis.com (in Arabic). July 31, 2003.
- "The history of Iraqi Premier League 2003-04". niiiis.com (in Arabic). August 3, 2004.
- "The history of Iraqi Premier League 2004-05". niiiis.com (in Arabic). November 4, 2005.