| Full name | Masafi Al-Wasat Sports Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2004; 21 years ago (2004) | ||
| Ground | Al-Masafi Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Mohammed Dahlooz | ||
| Manager | Mahdi Kadhim | ||
| League | Iraqi Premier Division League | ||
| 2024–25 | Iraqi Premier Division League, 13th of 20 | ||
Masafi Al-Wasat Sports Club (Arabic:نادي مصافي الوسط الرياضي), also known asAl-Masafi Sports Club, is afootball team based inBaghdad, that plays inIraqi Premier Division League.[1]
Masafi Al-Wasat played in theIraqi Premier League for the first time in the2009–10 season, this was after it won the Baghdad group in theIraqi First Division League, in2008–09 season[2] The team played six seasons in Premier League, where in the first two seasons it was so good that it topped its group in the first matches,[3] but in the next two seasons it was not good enough as it was close to relegation.[4] In the last two seasons the team was very bad, at the end of its fifth season it was In the last place in the standings, but was saved by theFootball Association's decision when it decided that no team would be relegated that season.[5] In the team's sixth season in the Premier League, the2014–15 season, the team finished last in the standings at the end of the season, after poor results[6] and attempts to avoid relegation[7] and a change of coach,[8][9] but the team did not improve, and was finally relegated to theIraqi First Division League.[10]