Al-Difaa Al-Madani SC

Al-Difaa Al-Madani SC
Full name	Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club
Founded	2005
Dissolved	2023
Ground	Al-Aaras Stadium
Owner	Ministry of Interior
Chairman	Adel Al-Hurr Lazim
Manager	Kadhim Yousef
Final season; 2022–23;	Iraqi First Division League, 10th in Group 1
Home colours	Away colours

Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الدفاع المدني الرياضي, lit. 'Civil Defense SC'), was an Iraqi football team based in Al-Shaab, Baghdad, that played in the Iraqi First Division League and Iraq FA Cup.

The club was dissolved by the Ministry of Interior in 2023.^[1]

History

Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club was founded in 2005 by Ministry of Interior.^[1] The club didn't have a headquarters until 2017, when they rehabilitated one of the war shelters to turn it into a club headquarters,^[2] they played in the Iraq FA Cup in 2015–16 season, the team played their first match against Al-Mahmoudiyah FC and beat him, but they were in the 32nd round facing Al-Zawraa, the league champions that season and lost the match.^[3] The club played in Iraqi First Division League in 2017–18 season and almost qualified for Iraqi Premier League in 2018 season,^[4] but in the final lost against Erbil, the Iraqi champions for three seasons in the last ten years and Erbil is qualified.^[5]

Personnel

Board members

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Adel Al-Hurr Lazim
Vice-president:	Jabbar Mohsin
Secretary:	Akram Wali
Treasurer:	Basheer Abdul Sada
Member of the Board:	Vacant

Updated to match played 14 December 2017
Source: newsabah.com

Managerial history

Haider Jabbar
Mahdi Kadhim
Adel Ajar
Kadhim Yousef

References

^ ^a ^b "وزير الداخلية يستثني ثلاثة أندية من قرار حل أندية الوزارة" (in Arabic). Almaalomah. 23 November 2023.
^ "ناد رياضي يستغل ملجئا ويحوله لمقر خاص". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 15 May 2017.
^ "اليوم.. الزوراء يلاقي الدفاع المدني بغياب عشرة لاعبين ضمن بطولة الكأس". almustakbalpaper.net (in Arabic). 9 November 2015.
^ "فريق الدفاع المدني يضرب موعدا مع الكبار في دوري الكرة الممتاز". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 12 July 2018.
^ "تأهل أربيل للدوري الممتاز عبر بوابة الدفاع المدني". aynaliraqnews.com (in Arabic). 20 August 2018.

External links

Al-Difaa Al-Madani – team profile at kooora.com (in Arabic)

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[:0-1] "وزير الداخلية يستثني ثلاثة أندية من قرار حل أندية الوزارة" (in Arabic). Almaalomah. 23 November 2023.

[2] "ناد رياضي يستغل ملجئا ويحوله لمقر خاص". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 15 May 2017.

[3] "اليوم.. الزوراء يلاقي الدفاع المدني بغياب عشرة لاعبين ضمن بطولة الكأس". almustakbalpaper.net (in Arabic). 9 November 2015.

[4] "فريق الدفاع المدني يضرب موعدا مع الكبار في دوري الكرة الممتاز". alghadpress.com (in Arabic). 12 July 2018.

[5] "تأهل أربيل للدوري الممتاز عبر بوابة الدفاع المدني". aynaliraqnews.com (in Arabic). 20 August 2018.

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