Al-Zawraa

Football club infobox
clubname = Al-Zawraa


fullname = Al-Zawraa Sport Club
nickname = The Gulls
Al-Nawarees (النوارس)
founded = 1969 as "Al-Muwasalat"
1972 renamed to Al-Zawraa
ground = Al Zawraa Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq
capacity = 20,000
chairman = flagicon|IRQ Salam Hashim
manager = flagicon|IRQ Radhi Shnaishil
league = Iraq Super League
season = 2006-07
position = 8th (4th in final (elite) group)
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Al-Zawraa ( _ar. نادي الزوراء) is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. It was founded in 1969. Al-Zawraa is considered to be one of the best Iraqi football clubs in history, as it has won 11 national titles (most recently the 2005 - 2006 season).The team was a runner-up to the Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse in the 2000 edition of the now defunct Asian Cup Winner's Cup.

Honours

Local Honours

* Iraq Super League(11): 1976, 1977, 1979, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006
* Iraq FA Cup Winners(14): 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000

International performance

AFC Champions League

*2003: Third qualifying round
*2005: Group stage
*2007: Group stage

Asian Club Championship

::1996: Second Round::1997: 4th place::1998: Second Round::2001: First Round::2002: Second Round

Asian Cup Winners Cup

::1993/94: First Round::1999/00: "Finalist"

Rivalries

Al-Zawra rival team is Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

2007/2008 Squad

First Team

Youth Team

Famous players

Famous Head Coaches

* Emmanuel "Ammo" Baba
* Wathik Naji Jasim
* Falah Hassan
* Anwar Jassim
* Adnan Hamad

ee also

* Iraqi clubs at the AFC Champions League

External links

* [http://Zawraaclub.com Official site]