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Full name | Amanat Baghdad Sports Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Lions of the Capital, Qaher Al-Amaliqa[1] | ||
Founded | 1 July 1957 | (as Amanat Al-Asima)||
Ground | Amanat Baghdad Stadium | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | Falah Mendeb Al-Masudi | ||
Manager | Wissam Talib | ||
League | Iraqi Premier Division League | ||
2023–24 | Iraq Stars League, 19th of 20 (relegated) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Amanat Baghdad Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أمانة بغداد الرياضي, lit. 'Mayoralty of Baghdad Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional football team based in Karkh District, Baghdad, that competes in the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of Iraqi football. Formed in 1957 as Amanat Al-Asima (Arabic: أمانة العاصمة, lit. 'Capital Mayoralty'), the team merged with Al-Baladiyat SC in 1977, who had finished as runners-up of the 1975–76 Iraq FA Cup.