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| Full name | Al-Bahri Sport club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1976; 49 years ago (1976) | ||
| Ground | Al-Bahri Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 7,000 | ||
| Chairman | Alaa Saber | ||
| Manager | Nasser Talla Dahilan | ||
| League | Iraqi Premier Division League | ||
| 2024–25 | Iraqi Premier Division League, 6th of 20 | ||
Al-Bahri Sport Club (Arabic:نادي البحري الرياضي,lit. 'Navy Club') is an Iraqi professionalfootball club based in Al-Jubaila,Basra. In 1990, theIraqi Defense Ministry dissolved the club within its decision to dissolve all Iraqi military clubs, the club was playing in theIraqi Premier League, then it was reconstituted.
Al-Bahri were founded in 1976, and in only their second season in existence, they reached the semifinals of the1977–78 Iraq FA Cup, beating the reigning champions at the time (Al-Zawra'a) on the way, however they withdrew from the semifinal and handed their opponentsAl-Tayaran a 3–0 victory. The following season, they won theIraqi First Division League and were promoted into the1979–80 Iraqi National League. However, they failed to win a single match, drawing four games and losing a huge 18 matches, finishing bottom of the league and being relegated back into the lower division.
They returned to the Iraqi Premier League in the1986–87 season by finishing in the top two of a ten-team relegation/promotion playoff. They finished eighth out of 12 teams in the league, successfully avoiding relegation for the first time in their history. In the1987–88 Iraqi National League, Al-Bahri finished 11th out of 16 teams, and in1988–89, they were one of the ten teams to reach the final round, eventually finishing in the top six of the league. In1989–90, Al-Bahri finished 11th out of 14 teams. Their spell in the Iraqi Premier League would come to an end when halfway through the1990–91 season, theIraqi Defense Ministry dissolved the club within its decision to dissolve all Iraqi military clubs.
The club was reconstituted for the following season but never managed to make it back into the Iraqi Premier League until the2016–17 season when they finished as runners-up in the2015–16 Iraqi First Division League, which was enough to secure promotion.[citation needed]
Abdul Yemma Warwar(2016–2018)Nasser Talla Dahilan(2018) Saad Hafidh(2018–2019) Abdul Yemma Warwar(2019) Asaad Abdul Razzaq(2019–2022) Ahmed Rahim(2022–2024) Ammar Hussein(2024)Ehsan Hadi(2024–2025)Ali Wahaib Shnaiyn(2025)Nasser Talla Dahilan(2025–)The Al-Bahrivolleyball team won theIraqi volleyball League title in the 2006–07 and 2010–11 seasons.[1] The team also participated in theAVC Club Volleyball Championship andArab Clubs Championship as a representative ofIraq.[2][3]
The U-20 volleyball team won theIraqi volleyball League U-20 title in the 2015–16 season.[4]
