Al-Karma SC

Al-Karma SC
Full nameAl-Karma Sport Club
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
GroundAl-Ramadi Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMuthana Reikan Al-Halbousi
ManagerGhazi Fahad
LeagueIraq Stars League
2023–24Iraqi Premier Division League, 2nd of 22 (promoted)

Al-Karma Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الكرمة الرياضي), also pronounced Al-Garma, is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Karmah, Al-Anbar, that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Founded in 2020, Al-Karma have won the Iraqi First Division League once and were the runner-up of the Iraqi Premier Division League once, and the participated in the Iraq Stars League once in their history.

History

Founded in 2020, Al-Karma was promoted 3 times in the space of 4 years, having started off in the fourth tier of Iraqi football In the 2023–24 season, Al-Karma managed to finish runner-up in the Iraqi Premier Division League and be promoted to play in the Iraq Stars League for the 2024–25 season for the first time in its history.[11][12][13]

Stadium

On March 9, 2020, work began on the construction of Al-Karma Stadium, with a capacity of 5,000,[14][15] and the work is still ongoing.[16][17] For their first season in the Iraq Stars League, they have used Al-Ramadi Stadium as their home stadium in Ramadi, the capital of Al Anbar Governorate which Al-Karmah is located in.

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 20 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. Nation Player
1 GK Iraq IRQ Khaled Waleed
2 DF Iraq IRQ Mahmoud Khudhair
3 DF Brazil BRA Jeferson Bahia FGN
4 DF Iraq IRQ Aneed Shaaban
5 DF Iraq IRQ Saif Hatem
6 MF Brazil BRA Wenderson FGN
7 FW Iraq IRQ Ali Husni
8 MF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Raad
9 FW Cameroon CMR Frank Cédric Abogo FGN
10 FW Iraq IRQ Yasser Naji
11 FW Nigeria NGA John Okoli FGN
13 FW Yemen YEM Omar Al-Dahi ARB
15 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Najem
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Iraq IRQ Shihab Razzaq
17 DF Iraq IRQ Abdullah Khalaf
18 MF Angola ANG Herenilson FGN
19 MF Iraq IRQ Muntadher Raheem
20 GK Iraq IRQ Mohammed Hameed Captain
21 DF Tunisia TUN Najeh Ferjani FGN
23 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Mezher
24 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Al-Baqer (on loan from Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
29 DF Iraq IRQ Abbas Qasim
57 GK Iraq IRQ Rebaz Abdullah
90 FW Iraq IRQ Mahmoud Khalil
99 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Adnan

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Iraq Ghazi Fahad
Assistant coach Iraq Munir Jaber
Goalkeeping coach Romania Dragoș Plopeanu
Fitness coach Egypt Mohammed Mustafa
Match analyst Spain Dani Fernández

Managerial history

Honours

References

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  17. ^ "بالأرقام.. قضاء الكرمة في الأنبار يعلن عن مشاريعه المنجزة خلال عام 2022". ina.iq (in Arabic). December 29, 2022.