Al-Hedod Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الحدود الرياضي, lit.'The Borders Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Falastin Street, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad. It has teams in various sports including football, basketball, Jujutsu, kickboxing and wrestling. The best known section of the club are the Jujutsu, kickboxing and wrestling teams who play in the Arab and Asian tournaments as representatives of Iraq.

History

Al-Hedod SC was founded in 1976 by the Border Guards Command of the MOI, In 2008–09 season, the football team was playing in the Iraqi Premier League for first time. It was less successful during the first two seasons, and relegated to Iraqi First Division League at the end of the 2009–10 season. But regained promotion one year later, it played in league in 2011–12 season, and was relegated to First Division League again. But two years later, the team was promoted to the Iraqi Premier League, has resumed playing in the league since the 2014–15 season until it was relegated to the First Division League in the 2020–21 season.

In addition to the club's participation in the Iraqi Premier League and Iraq FA Cup, the club has a military football team playing in the Interior Ministry League. In January 2018, they beat Himayat Al-Munshaat wal-Shakhsiyat on penalties to win the Iraqi Ministry of Interior Cup.

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 19 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK IRQ Abdul Rahman Mohammed 2 DF IRQ Hussein Abtan 3 DF IRQ Saif Kareem 5 DF IRQ Ahmed Abdul-Ridha 8 MF SEN Romuald Dacosta 9 FW IRQ Shirwan Kurdistan 11 MF IRQ Atheer Salih 13 MF IRQ Hussein Jabbar 14 DF IRQ Ali Hassan 15 MF IRQ Abbas Majid 16 FW IRQ Hussein Abd-Alredha 17 MF GHA Farouk Mohammed 18 FW IRQ Ali Karim 19 DF IRQ Hussein JassimNo. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW IRQ Mohammed Jameel 21 MF IRQ Murtadha Jamal 22 GK IRQ Saqr Ajail 23 MF LBN Hasan Srour 24 DF IRQ Saif Hatem Abbood 25 MF IRQ Baqer Attwan 30 GK IRQ Hayder Basim 33 FW GHA Denny Antwi 35 MF IRQ Ahmad Fadhil 44 DF FRA Arnold Temanfo 77 FW IRQ Muhaiman Salim 82 DF IRQ Ali Akbar 88 FW IRQ Ahmed Al-Sarori
1GKIRQAbdul Rahman Mohammed
2DFIRQHussein Abtan
3DFIRQSaif Kareem
5DFIRQAhmed Abdul-Ridha
8MFSENRomuald Dacosta
9FWIRQShirwan Kurdistan
11MFIRQAtheer Salih
13MFIRQHussein Jabbar
14DFIRQAli Hassan
15MFIRQAbbas Majid
16FWIRQHussein Abd-Alredha
17MFGHAFarouk Mohammed
18FWIRQAli Karim
19DFIRQHussein Jassim
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20FWIRQMohammed Jameel
21MFIRQMurtadha Jamal
22GKIRQSaqr Ajail
23MFLBNHasan Srour
24DFIRQSaif Hatem Abbood
25MFIRQBaqer Attwan
30GKIRQHayder Basim
33FWGHADenny Antwi
35MFIRQAhmad Fadhil
44DFFRAArnold Temanfo
77FWIRQMuhaiman Salim
82DFIRQAli Akbar
88FWIRQAhmed Al-Sarori

Current technical staff

PositionNameNationality
Manager:Haidar Abdul-AmirIraq
Assistant manager:Firas Al-ShaikhlySweden
Assistant manager:Qasim FarhanIraq
Fitness coach:Faris JihadIraq
Goalkeeping coach:Hisham AliIraq
Director of football:Hazim TaymouzIraq
Administrative director:Muslim KarimIraq
Club doctor:Firas Al-MinshedawiIraq

Updated to match played 10 October 2021 Source:

Managerial history

Honours

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