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Al-Talaba SC is an Iraqi professional association football club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad, who currently play in the Iraqi Premier League. It was established in 1969, [1] and has not been relegated from the Iraqi Premier League since its promotion in 1975.
The club moved to Al Talaba Stadium in the early-1980s. Since 2010 the club has played their home games at several stadiums until the construction of the new stadium is finished. Al-Talaba is part of the Popular Teams of Baghdad, who whenever they play against each other, it is considered a derby. The other Popular Teams are Al-Shorta, Al-Zawraa and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. [2] The club has won the Iraqi Premier League five times, the Iraq FA Cup twice and the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship three times.
In the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Al-Talaba reached the final and lost to Bellmare Hiratsuka, becoming only the third Iraqi team (Aliyat Al-Shorta were the first in 1971 and Al-Rasheed were the second in 1989) to have reached this far into an AFC competition. They are also the first Iraqi team to become the runners-up of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
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Champions | Runners-up |
Season | League [3] | Iraq FA Cup [4] | FA Baghdad Cup [4] | Asia / Arab [5] [6] [7] [8] | Notes | |||||||||
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Division (tier) | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||||||
1970–71 | Central Div 2 (2) | 1st | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
1971–72 | Central Prem (1) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 8th | Not held | ||||
1972–73 | Central Div 2 (2) | [n 1] | ||||||||||||
1973–74 | Central Div 2 (2) | Banned | [n 1] |
Season | League [3] | Iraq FA Cup [4] | Umm al-Ma'arik Championship [4] | Asia / Arab [5] [6] [7] [8] | Notes | |||||||||
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Division (tier) | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||||||
1974–75 | Div 2 (2) | 5th | N/A | N/A | Not held | |||||||||
1975–76 | Prem (1) | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 8th | QF | ||||
1976–77 | Prem (1) | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 2nd | Not held | [n 2] | |||
1977–78 | Prem (1) | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 8th | QF | ||||
1978–79 | Prem (1) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 3rd | Banned | ||||
1979–80 | Prem (1) | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 13 | 27 | 3rd | RU | ||||
1980–81 | Prem (1) | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 1st | RU | ||||
1981–82 | Prem (1) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 34 | 1st | RU | ||||
1982–83 | Prem (1) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 21 | 33 | 2nd | QF | Not held | |||
1983–84 | Prem (1) | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 36 | 2nd | QF | ||||
1984–85 | Prem (1) | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 29 | N/A | QF | [n 3] [n 4] | |||
1985–86 | Prem (1) | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 25 | 1st | Not held | ||||
1986–87 | Prem (1) | 44 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 34 | 45 | 6th | R32 | Asian Club Championship | 4th | ||
1987–88 | Prem (1) | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 8th | SF | ||||
1988–89 | Prem (1) | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | – | RU | QF | [n 5] | |||||
1989–90 | Prem (1) | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 19 | 31 | 6th | R16 | ||||
1990–91 | Prem (1) | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 22 | 41 | 2nd | R16 | ||||
1991–92 | Prem (1) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 29 | 55 | 4th | R16 | 3rd | |||
1992–93 | Prem (1) | 69 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 130 | 34 | 110 | 1st | RU | W | |||
1993–94 | Prem (1) | 50 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 88 | 42 | 75 | 3rd | RU | W | |||
1994–95 | Prem (1) | 46 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 80 | 29 | 106 | 4th | 1R | RU | [n 6] | ||
1995–96 | Prem (1) | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 6th | W | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | RU | ||
1996–97 | Prem (1) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 16 | 60 | 3rd | QF | R1 | |||
1997–98 | Prem (1) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 28 | 61 | 5th | QF | 4th | |||
1998–99 | Prem (1) | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 25 | 75 | 2nd | RU | 3rd | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 4th | |
1999–2000 | Prem (1) | 50 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 116 | 56 | 100 | 4th | R16 | 4th | |||
2000–01 | Prem (1) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 22 | 60 | 4th | Not held | 4th | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | |
2001–02 | Prem (1) | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 18 | 91 | 1st | W | RU | |||
2002–03 | Prem (1) | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 15 | 59 | N/A | W | RU | AFC Champions League | GS | [n 7] |
2003–04 | Prem (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | N/A | Not held | RU | Arab Champions League | QF | [n 8] [n 9] |
2004–05 | Prem (1) | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 17 | – | 3rd | N/A | [n 8] | |||
2005–06 | Prem (1) | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 11 | – | 2nd – Group 4 – Second stage | Arab Champions League | R16 | [n 8] | ||
2006–07 | Prem (1) | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | – | 4th | [n 8] | ||||
2007–08 | Prem (1) | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 29 | 24 | – | 3rd – Group 2 – Elite stage | Arab Champions League | R32 | [n 8] | ||
2008–09 | Prem (1) | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 47 | 3rd – Group 2 – Group stage | [n 8] | ||||
2009–10 | Prem (1) | 43 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 25 | – | RU | [n 8] | ||||
2010–11 | Prem (1) | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 38 | 8th – Group B – Group stage | AFC Cup | GS | [n 8] | ||
2011–12 | Prem (1) | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 29 | 68 | 4th | |||||
2012–13 | Prem (1) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 47 | 35 | 14th | R16 [n 10] | ||||
2013–14 | Prem (1) | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 8th | Not held | [n 11] | |||
2014–15 | Prem (1) | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 5th – Group 2 – Group stage | [n 8] | ||||
2015–16 | Prem (1) | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 20 | – | 3rd – Final stage | Did not enter | [n 8] | |||
2016–17 | Prem (1) | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 38 | 54 | 7th | QF | ||||
2017–18 | Prem (1) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 59 | 43 | 14th | Not held | ||||
2018–19 | Prem (1) | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 47 | 52 | 44 | 13th | SF | ||||
2019–20 | Prem (1) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | – | N/A | R32 [n 12] | [n 13] | |||
2020–21 | Prem (1) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 39 | 17th | R32 | ||||
2021–22 | Prem (1) | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 33 | 69 | 3rd | R32 | ||||
2022–23 | Prem (1) | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 39 | 66 | 4th | QF | ||||
2023–24 | Prem (1) | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 40 | 38 | 53 | 8th | R16 |
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