al-Talaba SC

al-Talaba
	al-Talaba
Basic data
Surname	الطلبة ; al-Talaba Sport Club
Seat	Baghdad
founding	1969 as al-Jameaa
president	Alaa Kadhim
Website	altalaba.sportboard.net
First soccer team
Head coach	Adil Nima
Venue	al Talaba stadium
Places	8,000
league	Iraqi Super League
2017/18	14th place
home	Away

The al-Talaba Sport Club - Arabic نادي الطلبة الرياضي, DMG Nādī ṭ-Ṭalaba ar-riyāḍī 'Student Sports Club' - is a football club from Baghdad in Iraq . The club plays in the highest league in the country, the Dawri al-Nokhba , also anglicised as the Iraqi Super League . The club plays its home games in the al-Talaba stadium.

Club history

Al-Talaba was founded in 1969 under the name al-Jameaa and adopted its current name in 1977. Al Talaba has been champion of Iraq five times. The greatest international success dates back to 1996 when the club reached the final of the Asian Cup Winners Cup , but lost to Bellmare Hiratsuka from Japan 2-1. As early as 1986/87, the “students” reached the final round of the Asian Club Championship at that time, now the AFC Champions League , but only finished fourth in the final score. In 1999 al-Talaba once again reached the semi-finals of the cup winners' competition. The club won their last national title with their second cup win in 2003.