Karbalaa FC

Karbala FC

Full name

Karbala Football Club

Founded

1958

Ground

Karbala Stadium

Capacity

30,000

Manager

Fadhel Abdul Hussein

League

Iraqi Premier League

2015–16

Iraqi Premier League, 15th

Home colours

Away colours

Karbala Football Club is an Iraqi football club based in Karbala that plays in the Iraqi Premier League.

SWAT Incident

On June 23, 2013 after a match again Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, seven football players of Karbala FC and their coach were beaten by the anti-terror police. They used sticks and batons against the coach and his players. Five of them were in critical condition, and on the 30th of June, Mohammed Al-Jaboury, coach of Karbala FC has died in hospital.^[1]

Stadium

The Karbala Stadium is a football stadium in Karbala, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Karbala FC. The stadium holds 5,000 people.

New Karbala Stadium is a purpose built football stadium being constructed in Karbala, Iraq. Once completed it will have the capacity to hold 30,000 people and become the new home of the Club. The stadium is projected to open sometime in the middle 2014.

Current squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Zuhair Fadhel
2	DF	Haider Faeq
3	DF	Haider Abdul Zahra
4	DF	Mohammed Ebadi
5	DF	Jassem Mohammed
6	MF	Sabah Karim
7	MF	Amer Saheb
8	FW	Mustafa Mahmood
9	MF	Mohaimen Saleem Mallakh
10	FW	Jabbar Karim
11	FW	Maithem Hamza
12	DF	Yahya Fadhel
13	MF	Taif Emad
14	DF	Aqeel Qasem
17	MF	Karrar Saleh (Captain)

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Ali Kadhem
19	MF	Raheem Oulabi
20	GK	Haidar Qasem
22	GK	Ali Taleb
26	MF	Abdul Aziz Kone
	DF	Murtadha Shendi
	DF	Ammori Edan
	MF	Idrees Hazem
	MF	Saif Fares
	MF	Maher Ghanem
	MF	Uday Umran
	MF	Mushtaq Ibrahim
	MF	Ghassan Khaled
	MF	Karrar Abbas
	FW	Alaa Mohaysen

Honours

Iraq Division One

Winners (1): 2002–03 (shared)

References

↑ Al-Jazeera SC official website – SWAT Incident

External links

Iraqi Premier League

2016–17 clubs	Al-Bahri Al-Hedood Al-Hussein Al-Kahraba Al-Karkh Al-Minaa Al-Naft Al-Najaf Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Samawa Al-Shorta Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa Amanat Baghdad Erbil Karbalaa Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Wasat Naft Maysan Zakho

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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