Iraq - Foundation Dates

Club Name                  Year Province     Note

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya    22/04/1931 Baghdad      (Air Force)
Al-Minaa Al-Basri    22/11/1931 Basra        (Basra Port SC)
Al-Ittihad                 1937 Basra        (Union SC)
Nadi Al-Armeni             1949 Baghdad      (Armenian SC)
Al-Adhammiya               1951 Baghdad
Al-Shabab                  1951 Baghdad      (Youth SC)
Al-Kadhimiya               1952 Baghdad
Al-Janoub                  1952 Basra        (South SC)
Al-Thawra                  1955 Al-Tamim     (as Al-Ahly until 1958)
Nadi Al-Athori             1955 Baghdad      (Assyrian SC; 1974-87: Al-Tamouz)
Kut                        1956 Al-Wasat
Al-Amara                   1956 Maysan
Amana                01/07/1957 Baghdad
Mosul                      1957 Ninevah 
Diyala                     1957 Diyala
Karbala                    1958 Karbala
Al-Salikh                  1958 Baghdad
Al-Nahda                   1958 Baghdad
Arbil                      1958 Arbil        (as Brusk until 1968)
Al-Fetowa                  1960 Ninevah
Al-Nassriya                1960 Dhi Qar
Nadi Al-Shahid Masis       1960 Al-Tamim
Babil                      1960 Babil
Al-Najaf                   1960 Najaf
Al-Ramadi                  1962 Anbar
Maysan                     1963 Maysan
Samawa                     1963 Muthanna
Al-Karkh                   1963 Baghdad
Al-Kufa                    1964 Najaf
Al-Tamim                   1964 Al-Tamim
Al-Hilla                   1964 Babil
Al-Diwaniya                1965 Al-Qadissiya
Al-Rafidain                1965 Al-Qadissiya
Al-Furat                   1965 Dhi Qar
Al-Haza                    1967 Wasat
Al-Majar Al-Kaber          1967 Maysan
Al-Hindiya                 1967 Karbala
Talafar                    1968 Ninevah
Al-Rumaitha                1968 Muthanna
Al-Yaqtha                  1968 Al-Qadissiya
Hajia                      1968 Diyala
Al-Falluja                 1968 Anbar
Al-Shatra                  1969 Dhi Qar
Qalaa Sakr                 1969 Dhi Qar
Al-Zawraa                  1969 Baghdad      (as Al-Muwasalat until 1972)
Talaba                     1969 Baghdad      (as Al-Jameaa until 1977)
Al-Maseeb                  1969 Babil
Al-Muqdadiya               1970 Diyala
Duhok                      1970 Duhok
Al-Zubair                  1971 Basra
Al-Numaniya                1972 Wasat
Al-Hay                     1972 Wasat
Qarqoush                   1972 Ninevah
Tadamoun                   1972 Najaf
Al-Khudar                  1972 Muthanna
Al-Madhitiya               1972 Babil
Al-Muthanna                1973 Muthanna
Al-Jumaher                 1973 Karbala
Samarra                    1973 Salah-Al-Deen
Haifa                      1973 Baghdad
Qasim                      1973 Babil
Al-Qarna                   1974 Basra        (Previously Saddam Al-Qarna) 
Al-Shurta                  1974 Baghdad
Al-Tajara                  1974 Baghdad      (as Iktisad until 1978)
Al-Sinaa                   1974 Baghdad
Salah-Al-Deen              1974 Salah-Al-Deen
Al-Hadoud                  1976 Baghdad
Al-Bahri                   1976 Basra
Kirkuk                     1977 Al-Tamim     (as Wahid Huzairan until 1991)
Al-Amal                    1978 Baghdad
Al-Nafat                   1979 Baghdad      (Previously Al-Omma) 
Al-Ramelya                 1979 Basra
Al-Saqr Al-Arabi           1983 Baghdad
Karama                     1984 Al-Tamim
Wisam Al-Majd              1984 Baghdad
Brusk                      1984 Arbil
Al-Ratba                   1985 Anbar
Shabab Al-Dour             1987 Salah-Al-Deen
Anbar                      1987 Anbar
Al-Salam                   1988 Baghdad
Daghara                    1989 Al-Qadissiya
Balad                      1989 Salah-Al-Deen
Al-Dour Al-Ahly            1989 Salah-Al-Deen
Al-Touz                    1990 Salah-Al-Deen
Nadi Al-Rafahi             1990 Dhi Qar
Khanquin                   1990 Diyala
Ta’awon                    1990 Baghdad
Al-Khutot                  1990 Baghdad
Abi Al-Khasib              1990 Basra
Al-Souwera                 1991 Wasat
Afak                       1991 Al-Qadissiya
Ghamas                     1991 Al-Qadissiya
Shamiya                    1991 Al-Qadissiya
Dholoeiya                  1991 Salah-Al-Deen
Dhi Qar                    1991 Dhi Qar
Nadi Bulldozer             1991 Diyala
Jalola                     1991 Diyala
Kahraba Al-Dibs            1991 Al-Tamim
Al-Mahmoudiya              1991 Baghdad
Shahid Adnan Al-Jawiya     1991 Baghdad
Al-Mahawel                 1991 Babil
Hadithiya                  1991 Anbar
Habbaniya                  1991 Anbar
Ona                        1991 Anbar
Het                        1991 Anbar
Fousfat                    1991 Anbar
Maatsum                    1992 Wasat
Aziziya                    1992 Wasat
Sharqat                    1992 Wasat
Sinjar                     1992 Ninevah
Dhamar                     1992 Ninevah
Al-Mashkhab                1992 Najaf
Qalaa Salih                1992 Maysan
Nadi Al-Shahid Khalid      1992 Al-Qadissiya
Maafi                      1992 Salah-Al-Deen
Ajaz                       1992 Dhi Qar
Al-Nasr                    1992 Dhi Qar
Bataa                      1992 Dhi Qar
Samel                      1992 Duhok
Hawija                     1992 Al-Tamim
Shula                      1992 Baghdad
Tarmiya                    1992 Baghdad
Qaqah                      1992 Baghdad
Hurriya                    1992 Baghdad
Bareed                     1992 Baghdad
Nadaa                      1992 Basra
Umm Qasr                   1992 Basra
Basra                      1992 Basra        (Previously Saddamiya Al-Masroh until 2003) 
Al-Masroh                  1992 Babil
Huttin                     1992 Babil
Soufiya                    1992 Anbar
Qaim                       1992 Anbar
Rawa                       1992 Anbar
Amoud                      1992 Anbar
Badra                      1993 Wasat
Fatat                      1993 Ninevah
Qeara                      1993 Ninevah
Al-Khowarneq               1993 Najaf
Fatat Al-Najaf             1993 Najaf
Nadi Ali Al-Gharbi         1993 Maysan
Mimouna                    1993 Maysan
Al-Jabaish                 1993 Dhi Qar
Al-Shahid Arkan            1993 Diyala
Nadi Shabab Al-Nour        1993 Al-Tamim
Nadi Batal Al-Tahreer      1993 Baghdad
Al-Khor                    1993 Basra
Etro                       1993 Basra
Safwan                     1993 Basra
Shatt Al-Arab              1993 Basra
Faw                        1993 Basra
Al-Hussainiya              1994 Karbala
Al-Garaf                   1994 Dhi Qar
Qanat Al-Tamim             1994 Al-Tamim
Al-Estiklal                1994 Baghdad      (as Defaa Al-Jawiya until 2003) 
Kahraba Al-Hartha          1994 Basra
Al-Fatat                   1994 Basra
Al-Fatat                   1994 Anbar
Moufaqiya                  1995 Wasat
Hamam Al-Alel              1995 Ninevah
Natasar                    1995 Ninevah
Makhmour                   1995 Ninevah
Bartla                     1995 Ninevah
Al-Shahid Sirwan           1995 Ninevah
Umm Al-Rabieen             1995 Ninevah
Al-Salman                  1995 Muthanna
Al-Fatat                   1995 Muthanna
Al-Sahaqi                  1995 Salah-Al-Deen
Aqra                       1995 Duhok
Kara                       1995 Duhok
Daqok                      1995 Al-Tamim
Al-Dir                     1995 Basra
Hashimiya                  1995 Babil
Al-Shoqli                  1995 Babil
Al-Fatat                   1996 Diyala 
Dasiniya                   1996 Duhok        (as Pires until 2005) 
Medan                      1996 Baghdad
Wasat                      1997 Wasat
Zubeidiya                  1997 Wasat
Hakna                      1997 Ninevah
Bashiqa                    1997 Ninevah
Al-Alam                    1997 Salah-Al-Deen
Al-Emadiya                 1997 Duhok
Tayaran Al-Jaish           1997 Baghdad
Asso                       1997 Arbil
Al-Dajliya                 1998 Wasat
Shekhan                    1998 Ninevah
Etaniya                    1998 Ninevah
Al-Khudhor                 1998 Ninevah
Zakho                      1998 Duhok 
Al-Salama                  1998 Baghdad
Abu Ghraib                 1998 Baghdad
Kimet                      1999 Maysan
Fatat                      1999 Salah-Al-Deen
Beji                       1999 Salah-Al-Deen
Mateen                     1999 Duhok
Bardarash                  1999 Duhok
Tammouz                    1999 Baghdad
Siyaha                     1999 Baghdad
Nadi Al-Majd               2000 Baghdad
Ohan                       2000 Baghdad
Ararat                     2000 Arbil
Shaqlawa                   2000 Arbil
Baghdad                    2003 Baghdad
Peshmerga                  2003 Sulimaniya
Kahraba                    2003 Baghdad
Gas Al-Janoub              2003 Basra


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