Full name | Al-Athori Sports Club |
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Founded | 1955 |
League | Iraq Division One |
Al-Athori Sports Club or Nadi Al-Athori (Arabic: نادي الأثوري الرياضي, meaning Assyrian Sports Club), is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad that was founded in 1955. They were the champions of the Iraq FA Cup Championship in the 1959–60 season, which was the top division of Iraqi football at the time, and it is the club's only major honour. They were led by player-manager Ammo Baba in that season. They were relegated from the top division in 1962 and now compete in the lower divisions of Iraqi football. In 1974, the club was renamed to 'Al-Tamouz', but they returned to the name of Al-Athori in 1987.