Al Shurta
Full name	Al Shurta Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al Qeetharah
Founded	1938
Ground	BAGHDAD
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Raad Hamodi
Manager	Shakir Mahmoud
League	Iraq Super League
2005-06	10th
Home colours Away colours

Al Shurta is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. They are widley regarded as Iraq's best team because they are only one of two Iraqi teams to ever win any competition outside of Iraq (the other team being Al Karkh (formerly known as Al Rasheed) who are not even in the top division anymore). The level of teams they have to play against outside of Iraq is significantly harder, which is why winning a competition outside of Iraq is such a great achievement. They were runners-up in the 1971 Asian Champions Cup, having withdrawn from the final in which they were due to face Maccabi Tel-Aviv for political reasons. The final was awarded to the Israeli club. They were also the winners of the first-ever edition of the Arab Champions League in 1982, then called the Arab Club Champions cup. They beat Al-Nejmeh from Lebanon 2-0. Before the Iraq Super League was the Baghdad Super League, Al Shurta were totally dominant in the league, winning around half of the titles. Image File history File links Iraq-police_logo. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadia, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iraq. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iraq. ... The Iraq Super League is the highest league in the league system of Iraqi football and currently contains the top 28 Iraqi football clubs. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Baghdad ( translit: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... Al Karkh is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. ... Asian Champions League Logo The AFC Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between club Champions and cup winners of the top 14 Asian leagues. ... Maccabi Tel Aviv is a sport association in Israel, and part of the Maccabi association. ... The Arab Champions League is a soccer tournament for clubs in the Arab world, inspired by the UEFA Champions League. ... Nejmeh Sporting Club (Arabic: ‎) is a Lebanese football club. ...

Honours

• Bahgdad Super League

(6): 1962-63, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1971-72, 1972-73

• Iraq Super League

(2): 1979-80, 1997-98 The Iraq Super League is the highest league in the league system of Iraqi football and currently contains the top 28 Iraqi football clubs. ...

• Arab Champions League:

(1): 1981-82 The Arab Champions League is a soccer tournament for clubs in the Arab world, inspired by the UEFA Champions League. ...