Al-Sulaikh SC

Iraqi football club

Football club

Al-Sulaikh SC

Full name

Al-Sulaikh Sport Club

Founded

1957; 67 years ago (1957)

Ground

Al-Sulaikh Stadium

Chairman

Alaa Gatea

Manager

Shaker Abed Ali

League

Iraqi First Division League

2022–23

Iraq Division One, 11th in Group 2 (relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Al-Sulaikh SC (Arabic: نادي الصليخ الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi First Division League.^[1]

History

Early years

Al-Sulaikh Sports Club was founded in 1957 in Baghdad.

Al-Hawat

In 1974, Al-Sulaikh merged with a club named Al-Hawat. Al-Hawat had previously participated in the Iraq FA Baghdad First Division in the 1949–50 season.^[2]

In Premier League

Al-Sulaikh played in the Iraqi Premier League in 2005–06 season,^[3] but relegated to the Iraq Division One after finished the season in 7th place in the Group Stage.^[4]

Honours

Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
- Winners: 1995–96

Managerial history

Khudhair Abbas
Ali Wahab
Karim Farhan
Rashid Sultan
Hazim Saleh
Muthana Khalid
Shaker Abed Ali

Famous players

Mahdi Karim^[5]
Mustafa Karim^[6]
Essam Yassin^[7]

References

^ "الصليخ يبدأ الإعداد للدوري التأهيلي". al-mashriq.net (in Arabic). November 8, 2018.
^ Abdul-Wahab, Mohammed (6 August 2013). "هذه هي اندية العراق لسنة 1974". Kooora (in Arabic).
^ "الصليخ رقم صعب في الدوري". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). August 16, 2005.
^ "Iraqi League stats for the 2005–06 season". goalzz.com. June 24, 2006.
^ "مهدي كريم يودع ملاعب الإحتراف ، ويعود الى الدوري العراقي الممتاز". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). July 29, 2009.
^ "ادارة الصليخ تحتفي بنجمها مصطفى كريم". kooora.com (in Arabic). June 1, 2009.
^ "عصام ياسين: أستحق أن أكون ضمن قائمة المنتخب". magazine.imn.iq (in Arabic). January 4, 2019.