Al-Difaa Al-Madani SC


Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club, was an Iraqi football team based in Al-Shaab, Baghdad, that played in the Iraqi First Division League and Iraq FA Cup.
The club was dissolved by the Ministry of Interior in 2023.

History

Al-Difaa Al-Madani Sport Club was founded in 2005 by Ministry of Interior. The club didn't have a headquarters until 2017, when they rehabilitated one of the war shelters to turn it into a club headquarters, they played in the Iraq FA Cup in 2015–16 season, the team played their first match against Al-Mahmoudiyah FC and beat him, but they were in the 32nd round facing Al-Zawraa, the league champions that season and lost the match. The club played in Iraqi First Division League in 2017–18 season and almost qualified for Iraqi Premier League in 2018 season, but in the final lost against Erbil, the Iraqi champions for three seasons in the last ten years and Erbil is qualified.

Managerial history