Al-Zawraa
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| Full name | Al-Zawra'a Sports Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
Al-Nawaris (The Gulls) Al-Mulook (The Kings) Al-Za'eem (The Boss) Madrasat Al-Kora (School of Football) |
| Founded | 29 June 1969 as Al-Muwasalat |
| Ground | Al-Shaab Stadium,Baghdad, Iraq |
| Capacity | 34,000 |
| Chairman | Falah Hassan |
| Manager | Essam Hamad |
| League | Iraqi Premier League |
| 2015–16 | Iraqi Premier League, 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Al-Zawra'a Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District, West Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Al-Zawra'a are considered to be one of the biggest clubs in Iraq having won 13 league titles, more than any other Iraqi team, and having never been relegated. They won their 13th title in the 2015–16 season and did so without losing a single league game, which was the fourth time that they had won the league unbeaten. They also hold the record for the most Iraq FA Cups (with 14), the joint-record for the most Umm Al-Ma'arik Cups (with three) and the record for the most Iraqi Super Cups (with three). They are also one of only two teams to have won all four of the aforementioned trophies in the same season (the 1999–2000 season), and they hold the Iraqi record for most consecutive league matches undefeated (39 matches, from 1993 to 1994).
However, Al-Zawra'a have failed to replicate their domestic dominance on the continental stage, failing to achieve a single major continental honour; the only existing Iraqi clubs to have done so are two of their fiercest rivals, Al-Shorta and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Their best continental achievements include finishing fourth at the 1996–97 Asian Club Championship and finishing as runners-up of the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup where they lost the final to Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse. Since the AFC Champions League was formed in 2002, Al-Zawra'a have never advanced past the group stages of the tournament, although they have reached the round of 16 at the AFC Cup and the Arab Club Championship twice each. The team's home color is white, thus the nickname Al-Nawaris, which means The Gulls.
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