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Gender:Male

Est:1973

Al-Qasim

Also known as: Al-Qasim Sport club, Al Qasim Sport Club, نادي القاسم الرياضي‎, Alqasim SC

📍 Babil, Iraq, Iraq•Iraqi Premier League

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Al-Qasim Sport Club (Arabic: نادي القاسم الرياضي‎) is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Qasim City, Babil, that plays in Iraqi Premier League. Al-Qasim Club was founded in 1973 by a group of young athletes. The team have been in the Iraq Division One for many years and have not been able to qualify for the Premier League due to lack of financial support and lack of a good stadium. In the 2015–16 season, the team strengthened their ranks with good players and was about to qualify for the Premier League, but finished second behind Al-Bahri in Elite Stage, and Al-Bahri qualified. As well as in the 2017–18 season, but they finished second behind Erbil in Final stage, and Erbil qualified. Al-Qasim managed to win the 2018–19 Iraq Division One and qualify for the 2019–20 Iraqi Premier League for first time, and chose Al Kifl Stadium to have them a playground for their Premier League matches. Al-Qasim won the 2018–19 Iraq Division One title after defeating Zakho in the final penalty shootout 4–1, after the match with a draw in the full time.

City:Babil, Iraq

Country:Iraq

Stadium:Al-Najaf International Stadium

Capacity:10,000

Home Venue

Al-Najaf International Stadium

Capacity:10,000

Location:Babil, Iraq

Al Kifl Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الكفل الاولمبي) is a multi-use stadium in Babylon, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Al-Qasim SC. It also has facilities for athletics which offers the possibility to host various sporting events. It is named after the town Al Kifl in which the stadium is located. The stadium holds 10,000 people. The opening ceremony of the stadium took place on 1st May 2018 in a cheerful and festive atmosphere characterized by choreographed shows, songs and musical concerts in front of stands filled with a great audience. It was concluded by a friendly match between Al-Qasim SC and Al-Kifl SC who won the match 2–1. Anecdotally, former Iraqi national football team legend Younis Mahmoud was guest of honor and kicked off the inaugural game ball.