Al-Hussein SC

Al-Hussein, named after the Imam of Shia Husayn ibn Ali, were founded in 1999. Their first participation in the Iraq FA Cup was in the 2002–03 edition when they were in the third division of Iraqi football; they faced Al-Tharthar in Round 1 on September 2, 2002, and the game ended 0–0 with Al-Hussein being knocked out of the competition via penalty shootout. By the 2004–05 season, Al-Hussein were in the Iraqi First Division League (the second division of Iraqi football) and in that season, they finished top of their group in the first stage with 20 points from ten games to qualify for the final stage. In the final stage, Al-Hussein needed to finish top of their group to be promoted to the Iraqi Premier League but they only achieved seven points from six matches and failed to gain promotion. By the time the 2011–12 Iraqi First Division League came around, Al-Hussein had still failed to gain promotion. In that season, Al-Hussein performed poorly, finishing tenth in their 12-team group, losing half of their 22 matches. The 2012–13 Iraqi First Division League was a similar story as they only won one of their ten games and only managed to achieve six points from ten games. In the 2013–14 season, Al-Hussein performed better by winning nine of their 15 matches but this was not enough to qualify them for the second stage of the competition. After many seasons trying to get promoted to the top division of Iraq, Al-Hussein finally achieved it by being crowned champions of the 2015–16…

Maitham Dael-Haq Adel Acher (2018–2019) Sadiq Saadoun (2019–2019) Ziyad Qasim (2019–2020) (caretaker) Ali Wahab (2020–2020) Sabah Abdul Hassan (2020–) Karim Qumbil Kadhim Yousef Habib Jafar Sahel Naeem

Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier) Winner (1): 2015–16