Al-Diwaniya SC

Al-Diwaniya
Full name	Al-Diwaniya Sport Club
Founded	1965; 59 years ago
Ground	Al-Diwaniya Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Haider Jabbar (temporary)
Manager	Samer Saeed
League	Iraqi Premier Division League
2022–23	Iraqi Premier League, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Website	https://diwaniyasc.store/index.html

Al-Diwaniya Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الديوانية الرياضي) is a football club based in Al Diwaniyah, Al-Qādisiyyah, Iraq, the club was formed in 1965 and plays at the Al-Diwaniya Stadium. It currently competes in the Iraqi Premier Division League.

History

1988–2018 : Ups and downs

The 1988–89 season, the club was playing in Iraqi Premier League for first time, it was less successful during that season, and was relegated to Iraqi First Division League at the end. But gained promotion three years later, it played in league in three seasons (1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95), and was relegated to First Division League again, but gained promotion four years later.

The club returned to play in premier League for three more seasons (1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02), then relegated to First Division League for two consecutive years, and then returned to the premier League to play one season (2004–05) and then relegated at the end. Four years later, it returned and played in the premier League for two consecutive seasons (2009–10, 2010–11) then relegated and away from the premier League for six years.

In the 2016–17 season, Al-Diwaniya has achieved agreat level under the leadership of coach Qusay Munir, and became champions of the 2016–2017 Iraqi First Division League and were promoted to the 2017-18 Iraqi Premier League.^[1]

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	GK	IRQ	Redha Abdulaziz
—	DF	IRQ	Samal Saeed
3	DF	IRQ	Muntadher Hussein
16	DF	IRQ	Sajjad Ahmed
—	DF	UAE	Mohammed Al-Dhahri
—	DF	BRA	Macarrao
—	DF	IRQ	Ali Hamed
25	DF	IRQ	Hassan Qassim
8	DF	IRQ	Anwar Mahdi
19	DF	IRQ	Hussein Jasim
4	DF	IRQ	Karrar Bachai
—	MF	IRQ	Nadeem Kareem
—	MF	GUI	Jean Mousté
18	MF	IRQ	Ammar Jabbar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	IRQ	Aqeel Mahdi
7	MF	IRQ	Emad Abdulzahra
6	MF	IRQ	Ehab Razzaq
—	FW	IRQ	Bassim Ali
—	FW	IRQ	Obaida Kadhem
—	FW	IRQ	Emad Abdulhassan
—	FW	IRQ	Yousef Alaa
—	FW	IRQ	Mohammed Jumaa
11	FW	IRQ	Abdullah Hamed
17	FW	IRQ	Sajad Taleb
10	FW	IRQ	Mustafa Elameen

Current technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Hamza Hadi
Assistant manager:	Ibrahim Abd-Nader
Assistant manager:	Haider Karim
Goalkeeping coach:	Hamid Kadhim
Fitness coach:	Vacant
Administrative director:	Ali Aajel
U-19 Manager:	Adel Hattab
U-16 Manager:	Samah Hussien
U-13 Manager:	Jawad Kadhim
Director of football:	Hatem Shalal
Administrative Coordinator:	Zakaria Yahia
Director of public relations:	Ali Awadh

Updated to match played 8 July 2020
Source: alsabaah.iq

Board members

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Hussien Al-Ankoshei
Vice-president:	Mazin Farhan
Secretary:	Haider Jaber
Treasurer:	Abdul Hussein Karim
Member of the Board:	Karrar Hamdallah
Member of the Board:	Dhurgham Mahmoud