Al-Karma SC

Al-Karma SC

Full name	Al-Karma Sport Club
Nickname	Soqoor Al-Gharbiya (Western Falcons)
Founded	2020; 5 years ago (2020)
Ground	Al-Ramadi Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Muthana Reikan Al-Halbousi
Manager	Ghazi Fahad
League	Iraq Stars League
2024–25	Iraq Stars League, 8th of 20
Home colours Away colours

Al-Karma Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الكرمة الرياضي), also pronounced Al-Garma, is an Iraqi professional football club based in Al-Karmah, Al-Anbar, that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football. Founded in 2020, Al-Karma have won the Iraqi First Division League once and were the runner-up of the Iraqi Premier Division League once, and now participate in the Iraq Stars League.

History

Founded in 2020,^[1][2] Al-Karma was promoted 3 times in the space of 4 years,^[3][4][5] having started off in the fourth tier of Iraqi football.^[6][7] In the 2023–24 season,^[8][9][10] Al-Karma managed to finish runner-up in the Iraqi Premier Division League and be promoted to play in the Iraq Stars League for the 2024–25 season for the first time in its history.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Stadium

On March 9, 2020, work began on the construction of Al-Karma Stadium, with a capacity of 5,000,^[15][16] and the work is still ongoing.^[17][18] For their first season in the Iraq Stars League, they have used Al-Ramadi Stadium as their home stadium in Ramadi, the capital of Al Anbar Governorate which Al-Karmah is located in.

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 3 August 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  IRQ Mahmoud Khudhair 3 DF  BRA Jeferson Bahia 12 DF  IRQ Hasan Ashour 16 MF  IRQ Shihab Razzaq 20 GK  IRQ Mohammed Hameed (captain) 22 MF  IRQ Moamel Abdulridha 25 FW  IRQ Montader Abdel Amir 27 MF  IRQ Abdullah Sattar Aiad 29 DF  IRQ Abbas Qasim 37 MF  NIG Youssouf Oumarou

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 GK  IRQ Laith Sajid 77 DF  IRQ Halo Fayaq — MF  IRQ Ali Mohsin — MF  IRQ Amoori Faisal — MF  JOR Ibrahim Sadeh — DF  IRQ Ahmed Maknzi — FW  JOR Ali Olwan — DF  IRQ Karrar Amer — FW  IRQ Aymen Hussein — DF  JOR Mohammad Abu Hashish

Personnel

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Ghazi Fahad
Assistant coach	Munir Jaber
Goalkeeping coach	Dragoș Plopeanu
Fitness coach	Mohammed Mustafa
Match analyst	Dani Fernández

Managerial history

• Shokur Ali Hassan
• Faleh Munif
• Khamis Humoud
• Shaker Mohammed Sabbar
• Haidar Mahmoud
• Ali Waheed
• Natiq Haddad
• Ghazi Fahad
• Ahmed Khalaf

Honours

• Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24
• Iraqi First Division League (third tier)
  • Winners (1): 2022–23

References

1. "نفط البصرة يتغلب على نادي الكرمة". alrased.news (in Arabic). September 13, 2022. Archived from the original on May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
2. "بحضور ممثلي الأندية المشاركة.. إقامة قرعة بطولة كأس العراق". shafaq.com (in Arabic). October 27, 2022.
3. "إقامة قرعة دوري الدرجة الأولى والثانية لبطولة كأس العراق". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). October 27, 2022.
4. "نتائجُ مبارياتِ الدور الأول من مُنافساتِ بُطولةِ كأس العراق للمَوسم ٢٠٢٣/٢٠٢٢". ifa.iq (in Arabic). November 1, 2022.
5. "الاتحاد العراقي يحدد موعد وآلية انطلاق بطولة الجمهورية". shafaq.com (in Arabic). July 28, 2023.
6. "رئيس اتحاد الكرة يبارك تأهل فرق الكرمة والغراف والفهد وغاز الشمال إلى دوري الدرجة الأولى". addustor.com (in Arabic). July 30, 2023.
7. "غاز الشمال والگرمة يتنافسان على لقب بطل دوري الدرجة الثانية لكرة القدم". shafaq.com (in Arabic). July 31, 2023.
8. "الجوية تقهر الكرخ وتتوعّد أربيل بمواجهة نارية في نهائي الكأس". azzaman.com (in Arabic). August 2, 2023.
9. "اليوم.. ملعب الشعب يحتضن نهائي دوري الدرجة الثانية". ina.iq (in Arabic). August 6, 2023.
10. "الگرمة" بطلاً لدوري الدرجة الثانية بفوزه على غاز الشمال بركلات الترجيح"". shafaq.com (in Arabic). August 6, 2023.
11. "الگرمة وديالى يخطفان بطاقتي التأهل لدوري نجوم العراق". shafaq.com (in Arabic). July 5, 2024.
12. "الكرمة وديالى يتأهلان إلى الدوري العراقي". alkhaleej.ae (in Arabic). July 6, 2024.
13. "ديالى بطلاً للدوري الممتاز بعد فوزه على الكرمة". shafaq.com (in Arabic). July 20, 2024.
14. "الكرمة يتوجه جواً إلى أربيل استعداداً لمواجهة دهوك بافتتاح دوري نجوم العراق". شفق نيوز (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-09-13.
15. "وزير الشباب والرياضة: بالإرادة والإصرار نُعيد الألفة والبناء". moys.gov.iq (in Arabic). March 9, 2020.
16. "المباشرة بإعمار ملعب الأنبار الأولمبي في الرمادي". diyaruna.com (in Arabic). March 31, 2020.
17. "تواصل الأعمال في مشروعي ملعبي الأنبار والگرمة". ina.iq (in Arabic). May 5, 2021.
18. "بالأرقام.. قضاء الكرمة في الأنبار يعلن عن مشاريعه المنجزة خلال عام 2022". ina.iq (in Arabic). December 29, 2022.

External links

• Al-Karma SC on Goalzz.com
• Iraq Clubs — Foundation Dates at the RSSSF