Iraqi Basketball League
Current clubs
Table:
Team

City

Arena

Colour

Al Shorta SC

Baghdad

Baghdad Arena

Duhok SC

Duhok

Duhok Sports Hall

Al-Kahraba

Baghdad

Baghdad Sport Hall

Hillah

Hillah

Hillah Basketball Arena

Al-Karkh BC

Baghdad

Baghdad Sport Hall

Muwafaqiya

Baghdad

Baghdad Sport Hall

Najaf BC

Najaf

Najaf Basketball Hall

Zakho SC

Zakho

Zakho Sport Hall

Al-Mina'a BC

Basra

Basra City Indoor Basketball Court

Naft Al-Janoob

Basra

Basra City Indoor Basketball Court

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Al-Shorta Sports Club ( Arabic : نادي الشرطة الرياضي , lit . 'Police Sports Club ' ) is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District , East Districts of the Tigris River , Baghdad . It has teams in 18 different sports , more than any other Iraqi club . The oldest and best known section of the club is the football team , which was founded in 1932 under the name Montakhab Al-Shorta and they are the third-oldest existing football club in the country . They are one of Iraq 's most successful clubs and they are the only existing Iraqi team to win a major top-tier continental club competition , having lifted the Arab Champions League trophy in 1982 after a 4-2 aggregate win over Al-Nejmeh in the final . They also reached the final of the AFC Champions League in 1971 , where they refused to face Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv in protest at the Israeli occupation of Palestine , instead waving the Palestinian flag around the field . They were referred to as champions by the Arab media and were greeted with a heroes ' reception upon their return to Baghdad , holding an open top bus parade , with Israel being expelled from the AFC three years later . The club has added two stars above their logo to represent these two achievements . They are the reigning champions of the Iraqi Premier League , having won the title in the 2018-19 season . They also won a joint record three Iraqi Elite Cups , in 2000 , 2001 and 2002 , being the only team to win that trophy three consecutive times . Al-Shorta hold numerous Premier League records in Iraq , such as the longest unbeaten run , the fewest losses in a season , the fewest goals conceded in a season , the most consecutive wins in a season , the most consecutive games scored in and the most seasons played in the top-flight .
Baghdad ( /ˈbæɡdæd , bəɡˈdæd/ ; Arabic : بغداد [ baɣˈdaːd ] ( listen ) ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world . Located along the Tigris River , the city was founded in the 8th century and became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate . Within a short time of its inception , Baghdad evolved into a significant cultural , commercial , and intellectual center of the Muslim world . This , in addition to housing several key academic institutions , including the House of Wisdom , as well as hosting a multiethnic and multireligious environment , garnered the city a worldwide reputation as the Centre of Learning . Baghdad was the largest city in the world for much of the Abbasid era during the Islamic Golden Age , peaking at a population of more than a million . The city was largely destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258 , resulting in a decline that would linger through many centuries due to frequent plagues and multiple successive empires . With the recognition of Iraq as an independent state ( formerly the British Mandate of Mesopotamia ) in 1932 , Baghdad gradually regained some of its former prominence as a significant center of Arabic culture , with a population variously estimated at 6 or over 7 million . [ note 1 ] In contemporary times , the city has often faced severe infrastructural damage , most recently due to the United States-led 2003 invasion of Iraq , and the subsequent Iraq War that lasted until December 2011 . In recent years , the city has been frequently subjected to insurgency attacks . The war had resulted in a substantial loss of cultural heritage and historical artifacts as well . As of 2018 [ update ] , Baghdad was listed as one of the least hospitable places in the world to live , ranked by Mercer as the worst major city for quality of life in the world .
Duhok Basketball Club is a Kurdish professional basketball club based in Duhok . The club competes in the Iraqi Division I Basketball League . Duhok Basketball Club was founded in 1972 .
Duhok or Dohuk ( Kurdish : Dihok , دهۆك , Syriac : ܢܘܗܕܪܐ , romanized : Nohadra ) is the capital of the Duhok Governorate in Iraq 's Kurdistan Region . The city is encircled by mountains along the Tigris river . Duhok has a growing tourist industry . Its population has increased rapidly since the 1990s , as the rural population moved to the cities after villages were destroyed by the Iraqi Army during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq . The University of Duhok , founded in 1992 , is a renowned center for teaching and research . The city of Duhok is populated by Kurds and Assyrians . Duhok Governorate contains many mosques and historical shrines and tombs built during the Ayyubid period and historical sites from the Guti Medes , and still exist in the present , including the Great Duhok Mosque , the Azadi Mosque , the Saladin Salah Din Al - Ayoubi Mosque and the Great Mosque in Akre . It also has historical churches such as the Mar Odisho Church in the village of Dooreh ( located in the Amadiya District ) , the Church of Mart Shmoni and the Church of Sultana Mahdokht ( established in 325 AD ) in the village of Araden .
Hillah ( Arabic : الحلة al-Ḥillah ) , also spelled Hilla , is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River , 100 km ( 62 mi ) south of Baghdad . The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998 . It is the capital of Babylon Province and is located adjacent to the ancient city of Babylon , and close to the ancient cities of Borsippa and Kish . It is situated in a predominantly agricultural region which is extensively irrigated with water provided by the Hilla canal , producing a wide range of crops , fruit and textiles . Its name may be derived from the word beauty in Arabic . The river runs exactly in the middle of the town , and it is surrounded by date palm trees and other forms of arid vegetation , reducing the harmful effects of dust and desert wind . The city was once a major center of Islamic scholarship and education . The tomb of the Jewish prophet Ezekiel is reputed to be located in a nearby village , Al Kifl . It became a major administrative centre during the rule of the Ottoman and British Empires . In the 19th century , the Hilla branch of the Euphrates started to silt up and much agricultural land was lost to drought , but this process was reversed by the construction of the Hindiya Barrage in 1911-1913 , which diverted water from the deeper Hindiya branch of the Euphrates into the Hilla canal . It saw heavy fighting in 1920 during an uprising against the British , when 300 men of the Manchester Regiment were apparently defeated in the city . [ citation needed ]
Najaf ( Arabic : ٱلنَّجَف ) or Al-Najaf al-Ashraf ( Arabic : ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف ) , also known as Baniqia ( Arabic : بَانِيقِيَا ) is a city in central-south Iraq about 160 km ( 100 mi ) south of Baghdad . Its estimated population in 2013 was 1,000,000 people . It is the capital of Najaf Governorate . It is widely considered the third holiest city of Shia Islam ( after Mecca and Medina ) , the Shi'ite world 's spiritual capital , and the center of Shi'ite political power in Iraq .
Zakho is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraqi Kurdistan , at the centre of the eponymous Zakho District of the Dohuk Governorate , located a few kilometers from the Iraqi-Turkish border . The city has a population of 212,000 . The original settlement may have been on a small island in the Little Khabur river , which flows through the modern city . The Khabur flows west from Zakho to form the border between Iraq and Turkey , continuing into the Tigris . The most important rivers in the area are the Zeriza , Seerkotik and the aforementioned Little Khabur . In July 2010 , Zakho became the seat of the University of Zakho , one of only eleven public universities in the Kurdistan Region .
Al-Mina ' a ( basketball club ) is a basketball club , located in Al Maqal , Basra , Iraq that plays in the Iraq Basketball League .
Basra ( Arabic : البصرة al-Baṣrah ) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab . It had an estimated population of 2.5 million in 2012 . Basra is also Iraq 's main port , although it does not have deep water access , which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr . The city is one of the ports from which the fictional Sinbad the Sailor journeyed . It played an important role in early Islamic history and was built in 636 . Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq , with summer temperatures regularly exceeding 50 °C ( 122 °F ) . In April 2017 , the Iraqi Parliament recognized Basra as Iraq 's economic capital .