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Full name | Al-Haras Al-Malaki |
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Founded | 1947 |
Dissolved | 1956 |
President | Obaid Abdullah Al-Mudhayfi |
League | Iraq Central FA Premier League |
Al-Haras Al-Malaki ( Arabic: فريق الحرس الملكي, lit. 'Royal Guard'), was an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad. They participated in the first ever national cup tournament held in Iraq: the 1948–49 Iraq FA Cup. [1] They also won seven Iraq Central FA Premier League titles in a row (the top-tier league for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973), making them the most successful team in the tournament's history. [2]
The club participated in the first ever national cup tournament held in Iraq: the 1948–49 Iraq FA Cup. [1] They also won seven Iraq Central FA Premier League titles in a row (the top-tier league for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973). [2]
In 1950, the club played an unofficial friendly against the Pakistan national team on their tour to Iran and Iraq in the national team's international debut. [3] In Iraq, due to the Iraqi FA's inability to gather a full national team, Pakistan played an unofficial friendly against the club resulting in a 1–1 draw. [3] [4]
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