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| Full name | Masafi Al-Wasat Sports Club | ||
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| Founded | 2004 | ||
| Ground | Al-Masafi Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Mohammed Dahlooz | ||
| Manager | Mahdi Kadhim | ||
| League | Iraqi Premier Division League | ||
| 2022–23 | Iraq Division One, 4th in Group 2 | ||
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Masafi Al-Wasat (Arabic: مصافي الوسط), also known as Al-Masafi, is a football team based in Baghdad, that plays in Iraqi Premier Division League.[1]
History[edit]
in Premier League[edit]
Masafi Al-Wasat played in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 2009–10 season, this was after it won the Baghdad group in the Iraq Division One, in 2008–09 season[2] The team played six seasons in Premier League, where in the first two seasons it was so good that it topped its group in the first rounds,[3] but in the next two seasons it was not good enough as it was close to relegation.[4] In the last two seasons the team was very bad, at the end of its fifth season it was In the last place in the standings, but was saved by the Football Association's decision when it decided that no team would be relegated that season.[5] In the team's sixth season in the Premier League, the 2014–15 season, the team finished last in the standings at the end of the season, after poor results[6] and attempts to avoid relegation[7] and a change of coach,[8][9] but the team did not improve, and was finally relegated to the Iraq Division One.[10]
Managerial history[edit]
Nazar Ashraf- Hamza Dawood
- Nadhim Shaker
- Hassan Ahmed
- Yahya Alwan
- Humam Saleh
- Adel Nima
- Ali Majeed
- Ahmed Daham
- Mus'ab Abbas
- Mahdi Kadhim
Famous players[edit]
- Ali Qasim Mshari
- Mohammed Ali Karim
- Muslim Mubarak
- Ous Ibrahim
Zakaria Charara
Raheem Owolabi Isiaka
Aatef Jenyat- Bakri Tarab
- Feras Esmaeel
References[edit]
- ^ تعرف على نتائج قرعة دوري الدرجة الأولى العراقي (in Arabic). shafaq.com. 27 October 2022.
- ^ "الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم يرفع عدد اندية الدوري الممتاز الى اثنين واربعين". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). August 11, 2009.
- ^ "المصافي والصناعة يتصدران دوري النخبة لكرة القدم". radiosawa.com (in Arabic). December 26, 2010.
- ^ "إدارة المصافي تسعى للتواجد مع فرق المقدمة في دوري النخبة". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). January 3, 2013.
- ^ "النيجيري رحيم اولابي يوقع للمصافي العراقي". alkass.net (in Arabic). August 3, 2014.
- ^ "دوري العراق: كربلاء ينعش أماله على حساب المصافي". m.alarab.qa (in Arabic). March 8, 2015.
- ^ "سبعة فرق ضمنت التأهل للنهائي..وصراع مثير بين المصافي والكهرباء". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). April 30, 2015.
- ^ "المصافي العراقي يقيل مدربه يحيى علوان". m.al-sharq.com (in Arabic). February 19, 2015.
- ^ "مدرب المصافي يعتبر مهمة فريقه صعبة لكنه يسعى للبقاء مع الكبار". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). April 6, 2015.
- ^ "همام صالح يرفض تدريب المصافي ويتمنى إلغاء قرار الهبوط". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). May 9, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Masafi Al-Wasat SC on Goalzz.com
- Iraq Clubs- Foundation Dates