Al-Rasheed SC
Al-Rasheed Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الرشيد الرياضي) was an Iraqi sports club based in Karkh, Baghdad. Its professional football team played in what is now known as the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of the Iraqi football, from 1984 until 1990. The club's home stadium was Al-Rasheed Stadium.
| Full name | Al-Rasheed Sports Club | ||
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| Founded | 23 November 1983 | ||
| Dissolved | 18 August 1990 | ||
| Ground | Al-Rasheed Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| Iraqi National League, 2nd | ||
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| Departments of Al-Rasheed SC | ||
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Football |
Basketball |
Handball |
Founded in 1983 by Uday Hussein, the son of Saddam Hussein, Al-Rasheed were promoted to the top tier in their first season of existence and went on to win 3 league titles in the row, 2 FA Cups, 3 Arab Champions Cup titles, and reach the final of the 1988–89 Asian Club Championship. In 1990, the club was dissolved and all its properties as well as its place in the top division were transferred to Al-Karkh SC.
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