# Al-Diwaniya SC

Al-Diwaniya Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الديوانية الرياضي) is a football club based in Al Diwaniyah, Al-Qādisiyyah, Iraq, the club was formed in 1965 and plays at the Al-Diwaniya Stadium. It currently competes in the Iraqi Premier Division League.

## History
### 1988–2018 : Ups and downs

The 1988–89 season, the club was playing in Iraqi Premier League for first time, it was less successful during that season, and was relegated to Iraqi First Division League at the end. But gained promotion three years later, it played in league in three seasons (1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95), and was relegated to First Division League again, but gained promotion four years later.
The club returned to play in premier League for three more seasons (1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02), then relegated to First Division League for two consecutive years, and then returned to the premier League to play one season (2004–05) and then relegated at the end. Four years later, it returned and played in the premier League for two consecutive seasons (2009–10, 2010–11) then relegated and away from the premier League for six years.
In the 2016–17 season, Al-Diwaniya has achieved agreat level under the leadership of coach Qusay Munir, and became champions of the 2016–2017 Iraqi First Division League and were promoted to the 2017-18 Iraqi Premier League.

## Current squad
### First-team squad

    As of 3 September 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | GK | IRQ | Redha Abdulaziz |
| — | DF | IRQ | Samal Saeed |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Muntadher Hussein |
| 16 | DF | IRQ | Sajjad Ahmed |
| — | DF | UAE | Mohammed Al-Dhahri |
| — | DF | BRA | Macarrao |
| — | DF | IRQ | Ali Hamed |
| 25 | DF | IRQ | Hassan Qassim |
| 8 | DF | IRQ | Anwar Mahdi |
| 19 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Jasim |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Bachai |
| — | MF | IRQ | Nadeem Kareem |
| — | MF | GUI | Jean Mousté |
| 18 | MF | IRQ | Ammar Jabbar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | IRQ | Aqeel Mahdi |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Emad Abdulzahra |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Ehab Razzaq |
| — | FW | IRQ | Bassim Ali |
| — | FW | IRQ | Obaida Kadhem |
| — | FW | IRQ | Emad Abdulhassan |
| — | FW | IRQ | Yousef Alaa |
| — | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Jumaa |
| 11 | FW | IRQ | Abdullah Hamed |
| 17 | FW | IRQ | Sajad Taleb |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Mustafa Elameen |

## Current technical staff

Updated to match played 8 July 2020 Source: alsabaah.iq

## Board members

Updated to match played 24 September 2019 Source: Mawazin.net, Alsumaria.tv

## Kit suppliers

| Period | Kit manufacturer |
| 2020– | Kappa |

## Managerial history

* Qusay Munir (2017)
* Sabah Abdul Hassan (2017)
* Sami Bahat (2017)
* Nabil Zaki (2017–2018)
* Ahmad Kadhim (2018)
* Haider Yahya (2018)
* Samir Kadhim (2018)
* Ali Hashim (2018)
* Razzaq Farhan (2018–2019)
* Sadiq Saadoun (2019)
* Hamid Rahim (2019–2020)
* Hazim Saleh (2020)
* Saad Hafedh (2020)
* Qusay Munir (2020–2021)
* Samir Kadhim (2021)
* Saeed Mohsen (2021)
* Luciano Soares (2021)
* Ahmed Khalef (2021)
* Ahmed Rahim (2021)
* Haider Karim (2021)
* Hamza Hadi (2021–)

## Honours

* Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
** Champions (1): 2016–17