Al-Diwaniya SC

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]

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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